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What & why

Closes #602.

When CompozyOS runs the bundled Tailscale provider on a host without a host-level Tailnet route,
the embedded node can be connected and remotely reachable while core endpoint verification fails.
The provider owns a userspace tsnet network in its subprocess, but the verifier previously used
net.DefaultResolver and net.Dialer in the host network. All HTTP transport errors became
endpoint probe failed, obscuring this distinction. A successful remote request to / does not
prove the exact daemon-owned tier challenge.

The private provider now opens a bounded loopback TCP relay to its own private endpoint using
tsnet.Server.Dial. The core sends TLS through that relay, retaining the advertised URL for SNI,
certificate trust/hostname verification, HTTP Host, the challenge path and exact nonce comparison.
It still follows no redirects, bounds the response/deadline, and advertises only after proof.
The relay cannot select arbitrary destinations and closes with its tier before node shutdown.

Public Funnel proof rejects private verification transports and retains authenticated public DNS
and the existing outbound address policy. Existing providers that omit the new optional
verification_address field keep the direct verification path. Diagnostics distinguish DNS,
connection refusal/unreachable routing, timeout, cancellation, certificate failure, redirect
refusal, HTTP status and nonce mismatch without exposing raw transport errors or challenge secrets.

How you verified it

  • Real TLS socket tests cover stalled-body timeout diagnostics, relay success without host DNS, certificate trust, original hostname,
    exact nonce, public-tier rejection and invalid relay addresses. Existing gateway suites cover
    tier binding, redirect/body/deadline/outbound policy rejection and advertisement/recovery.
  • Provider tests exercise the relay through the actual forwarding lifecycle, preserve Host and the
    exact challenge path/response, check stable status identity and prove closure after teardown.
  • The pinned upstream tailscale.com/tsnet TestSelfDial passed with race detection using its own
    local test control server and virtual node. No real Tailnet credentials or host setup were used.
  • Focused gateway/provider/extension suites passed with race detection; owning integration suites,
    make codegen and make gate evidence are detailed in the QA report.

The host is macOS. An isolated Linux/systemd VPS, disposable authorized Tailnet credentials,
public certificate issuance and remote device were not available. These local checks do not claim
that the reporter's external Tailnet/Linux scenario passed. The affected QA scenario preserves
that limitation. No active gateway, auth key, host Tailscale installation or Tailnet device changed.

Impact

  • Additive extension protocol field with generated Go and TypeScript SDKs; no new RPC methods,
    config keys, public Gateway DTOs, migrations or authentication changes.
  • Relay addresses are runtime-only and are not advertised. Existing endpoint identity checks
    include the relay address. Provider trust and private/public ownership remain unchanged.
  • Updated Tailscale troubleshooting, extension authoring, official Compozy runtime guidance,
    cross-surface audit and RT-connectivity-provider-route QA evidence.
  • SDK test configuration uses typed CommonJS, matching its package format and removing the Vite
    native-loader warning encountered in the required gate without suppressing diagnostics.
  • The preview install command pins Bun 1.4.0 (the repository version) and requires the lockfile.
    The first Vercel build used Bun 1.3.14, ignored the newer lockfile and installed drifting
    dependencies, causing unrelated Fumadocs/Zod type errors. No Vercel project settings changed.
  • Authored and verified by the assigned Codex agent (GPT-6 Astra); no merge performed.

See docs/qa/reports/2026-09-10-issue-602-endpoint-verification.md and the issue's section in
docs/_memory/change-impact.md for evidence boundaries and compatibility details.

First CodeRabbit review: four inline findings were fixed together in c8e742972; all threads
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in the complete review inventory.
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  • Initial implementation and preview-install remediation passed make gate locally. Per the
    operator's instruction, subsequent gates run in PR CI to preserve local machine capacity.
  • New or changed behavior is covered by tests, with external validation limits documented above
  • The authoring agent is named above and verified the result through the listed checks

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Walkthrough

The gateway now supports private endpoint verification through a loopback relay. Tailscale creates and manages the relay, endpoint verification routes probes through it, and probe errors receive classified diagnostics. Endpoint contracts carry the relay address.

Changes

Private endpoint verification

Layer / File(s) Summary
Endpoint contract and verification transport
internal/extension/contract/gateway_source.go, internal/extension/gateway_source.go, internal/gateway/connectivity.go, internal/gateway/endpoint_transport.go, sdk/go/contracts/types_006_gen.go
Endpoint data now carries VerificationAddress. Validation requires an empty value or a loopback IP with a non-zero port. Relay-specific resolvers and dialers route verification traffic through that address.
Relay-aware endpoint verification
internal/gateway/endpoint_verify.go, internal/gateway/endpoint_verify_test.go
Verification validates relay usage by tier, preserves TLS hostname authentication, rejects invalid relay addresses, and classifies probe failures. Tests cover TLS, nonce, DNS, network, timeout, cancellation, redirect, and status cases.
Tailscale verification relay lifecycle
extensions/connectivity/tailscale/forwarder.go, extensions/connectivity/tailscale/node.go, extensions/connectivity/tailscale/provider.go, extensions/connectivity/tailscale/verification.go, extensions/connectivity/tailscale/provider_test.go
Private tier establishment creates a localhost relay and advertises its address. Tailscale dialing is injected into the forwarder. Teardown and shutdown close both forwarders. Lifecycle tests verify forwarding and cleanup.

TypeScript test configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Vitest configuration export
sdk/typescript/vitest.config.ts
The Vitest configuration uses a CommonJS export with a UserConfig type assertion.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TailscaleProvider
  participant startVerificationRelay
  participant tierForwarder
  participant GatewayVerifier
  participant HTTPSChallenge
  TailscaleProvider->>startVerificationRelay: establish private verification relay
  startVerificationRelay->>tierForwarder: start loopback forwarder
  TailscaleProvider-->>GatewayVerifier: advertise VerificationAddress
  GatewayVerifier->>tierForwarder: connect to verification address
  tierForwarder->>HTTPSChallenge: forward HTTPS challenge
  HTTPSChallenge-->>GatewayVerifier: return status and nonce
  TailscaleProvider->>tierForwarder: close relay during teardown
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This incremental batch only touches a test-configuration file and the endpoint verification source/test files, and no functional defect was found in the configuration change. There is no evidence of new risk introduced by this increment.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Most changes support issue #602, but the conversion of sdk/typescript/vitest.config.ts from ES modules to CommonJS is unrelated to private Tailscale endpoint verification. Its configuration content is… Remove the unrelated vitest.config.ts conversion, or provide a specific requirement and justification that links it to this pull request.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 13 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #602 by routing private endpoint probes through a bounded loopback relay backed by tsnet.Server.Dial. The implementation preserves TLS hostname validation, challenge verifica…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: private Tailscale endpoint verification through tsnet.
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Greptile Summary

The PR adds an optional private-endpoint verification relay through the embedded tsnet network while preserving TLS hostname, challenge nonce, redirect, and public-address checks.

  • Extends the connectivity endpoint contract and generated Go/TypeScript SDKs with verification_address.
  • Adds provider-owned relay lifecycle management for private Tailscale endpoints.
  • Improves endpoint verification diagnostics and updates tests, documentation, QA records, and runtime guidance.
  • The latest timeout-diagnostic adjustment does not recognize the timeout error returned during HTTP response-body reads.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The PR is not yet safe to merge because response-body timeouts remain misclassified and the newly added focused test should fail on the corresponding HTTP timeout error.

The latest fix checks body-read failures only against context sentinels, while HTTP client timeouts during body reads surface as timeout-capable network errors; this bypasses the existing timeout classifier and contradicts the new test’s expected diagnostic.

Files Needing Attention: internal/gateway/endpoint_verify.go, internal/gateway/endpoint_verify_test.go

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
internal/gateway/endpoint_verify.go Selects the private relay transport and expands probe diagnostics, but body-read timeout classification misses net.Error timeouts.
internal/gateway/endpoint_transport.go Implements loopback relay resolution, policy-aware dialing, address validation, and sanitized transport-error classification.
extensions/connectivity/tailscale/verification.go Creates a private-tier-only loopback relay with a fixed tsnet destination.
extensions/connectivity/tailscale/provider.go Publishes the runtime verification address and ties relay startup and shutdown to tier lifecycle.
internal/gateway/endpoint_verify_test.go Adds TLS relay and diagnostic coverage, including a body-read timeout expectation inconsistent with the production check.
internal/extension/contract/gateway_source.go Adds the optional verification address to the connectivity wire contract.
sdk/typescript/vitest.config.ts Converts the Vitest configuration to typed CommonJS using ViteUserConfig.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Core as Gateway verifier
    participant Relay as Loopback relay
    participant TS as Embedded tsnet
    participant Endpoint as Private HTTPS endpoint
    Core->>Relay: TLS connection using advertised host/SNI
    Relay->>TS: Dial fixed private destination
    TS->>Endpoint: Forward opaque TLS bytes
    Core->>Endpoint: GET exact challenge path
    Endpoint-->>Core: HTTP 200 and exact tier nonce
    Core->>Core: Verify certificate, hostname, status, and nonce
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In `@internal/gateway/endpoint_verify_test.go`:
- Line 425: Update the address-verification test loop to create a named subtest
with t.Run("Should ...") for each address case, preserving the existing
rejection assertions and making each invalid address report independently.
- Around line 434-437: Strengthen the failure assertion in the test around
Verify so it checks both errors.Is(err, ErrEndpointUnverified) and that the
error contains “invalid endpoint descriptor”. Keep the existing sentinel
assertion while requiring the descriptor-specific message to distinguish
validation failures from later probe, policy, TLS, or transport errors.

In `@internal/gateway/endpoint_verify.go`:
- Line 128: Update the handling around readBoundedChallengeBody to pass timeout
and cancellation errors through endpointProbeError, while preserving “challenge
response is invalid” for other body-read and close errors. Add a regression test
using a response body that stalls beyond the verifier timeout.

In `@sdk/typescript/vitest.config.ts`:
- Line 18: Update the Vitest configuration type annotation at the satisfies
clause to use the supported ViteUserConfig export from vitest/config, or replace
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First CodeRabbit review inventory: review 5172795956, all inline threads, and the expanded checks in summary comment 5626041317.

  • 3983977157: fixed in c8e7429; invalid addresses have independent named subtests.
  • 3983977170: fixed in the same commit; assertions require the descriptor-specific failure and sentinel.
  • 3983977175: fixed in the same commit; body-read deadline/cancellation is classified safely. The real HTTPS stalled-body regression failed before the fix and the owning integration suite passed afterward.
  • 3983977180: fixed in the same commit; the installed Vitest declaration exports ViteUserConfig, and direct configuration typechecking passed.
  • Summary scope warning for the Vitest configuration: already addressed by the PR's Impact section. The additive protocol field requires generated SDKs and the SDK verification lane. That lane emitted Vite's ESM-in-CommonJS warning, conflicting with the then-required zero-warning local gate. The typed CommonJS export preserves the existing package format and removes the warning without suppressing diagnostics. This is a verification dependency, not a package-format migration.
  • Summary 80% docstring warning: not an applicable repository requirement. The review's blanket metric does not identify a missing public contract. Exported Verify, Establish, Status, Teardown, Close, and endpoint contract types retain their Go documentation. The opaque-TLS trust boundary is documented in endpoint_transport.go; the new field, lifecycle ownership, tier restriction, and TLS identity are documented in extension-authoring/runtime guidance and the QA report. No boilerplate comments were added to private helpers or generated SDK output solely to satisfy an external percentage.

Greptile completed its implementation review and the preview-install follow-up without actionable findings (summary comment 5626086860).

The operator revised delivery to one consolidated first-review remediation and current-head green GitHub CI. Subsequent local gates/heavy validation and additional review rounds are not required; no second review was requested. The owned queued local gate was canceled. Earlier completed local evidence remains valid for the inputs it checked, and CI owns delivery validation of c8e7429.

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