// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause package tsweb import ( "context" "net/http" "time" "tailscale.com/util/ctxkey" "tailscale.com/util/rands" ) // RequestID is an opaque identifier for a HTTP request, used to correlate // user-visible errors with backend server logs. The RequestID is typically // threaded through an HTTP Middleware (WithRequestID) and then can be extracted // by HTTP Handlers to include in their logs. // // RequestID is an opaque identifier for a HTTP request, used to correlate // user-visible errors with backend server logs. If present in the context, the // RequestID will be printed alongside the message text and logged in the // AccessLogRecord. // // A RequestID has the format "REQ-1{ID}", and the ID should be treated as an // opaque string. The current implementation uses a UUID. type RequestID string // String returns the string format of the request ID, for use in e.g. setting // a [http.Header]. func (r RequestID) String() string { return string(r) } // RequestIDKey stores and loads [RequestID] values within a [context.Context]. var RequestIDKey ctxkey.Key[RequestID] // RequestIDHeader is a custom HTTP header that the WithRequestID middleware // uses to determine whether to re-use a given request ID from the client // or generate a new one. const RequestIDHeader = "X-Tailscale-Request-Id" // GenerateRequestID generates a new request ID with the current format. func GenerateRequestID() RequestID { // Return a string of the form "REQ-<...>" // Previously we returned "REQ-1". // Now we return "REQ-2" version, where the "2" doubles as the year 2YYY // in a leading date. now := time.Now().UTC() return RequestID("REQ-" + now.Format("20060102150405") + rands.HexString(16)) } // SetRequestID is an HTTP middleware that injects a RequestID in the // *http.Request Context. The value of that request id is either retrieved from // the RequestIDHeader or a randomly generated one if not exists. Inner // handlers can retrieve this ID from the RequestIDFromContext function. func SetRequestID(h http.Handler) http.Handler { return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { var rid RequestID if id := r.Header.Get(RequestIDHeader); id != "" { rid = RequestID(id) } else { rid = GenerateRequestID() } ctx := RequestIDKey.WithValue(r.Context(), rid) r = r.WithContext(ctx) h.ServeHTTP(w, r) }) } // RequestIDFromContext retrieves the RequestID from context that can be set by // the SetRequestID function. // // Deprecated: Use [RequestIDKey.Value] instead. func RequestIDFromContext(ctx context.Context) RequestID { return RequestIDKey.Value(ctx) }