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Why

NGINX Gateway Fabric keeps nginx's 1m client_max_body_size default and an HTTPRoute can't override it. So any profile icon over 1MB gets a 413 at the gateway and never reaches usersrole. That 413 has no CORS headers, so the browser shows it as a network error. This adds a ClientSettingsPolicy on the usersrole HTTPRoute that raises the body limit to 4m (ingress.maxBodySize). The paired service change in jdwlabs/apps#261 raises Spring's max-request-size to 4MB, so the service stays the limit that actually applies.

Cherry-picked from d59c431. The Chart.yaml conflict came from appVersion moving to 1.3.7 on main, and I resolved it to version: 0.12.0. That's a minor bump because the chart now ships a new resource kind, the same precedent as 6c0ece0.

Needs attention

  • profile-service is covered as well. In non, charts/profile-service/values-non.yaml (cutover step 1) gives profile-service its own HTTPRoute on usersrole.non.jdwlabs.com with PathPrefix /api/profiles, which wins /api/profiles/{id}/icon. A policy on the usersrole route never reaches those requests, so charts/profile-service now ships its own ClientSettingsPolicy (maxBodySize: 4m in base values, chart 0.2.0 -> 0.3.0). prd renders none until its profile-service ingress turns on.
  • Service-side gap in profile-service (not fixed here): apps/backend/profile-service/handlers.go wraps the whole body in http.MaxBytesReader(maxUploadBytes = 2 << 20). That's the same file-equals-request ceiling apps#261 fixes in the JVM, so in non a file close to 2MB will still be refused by the service itself (not by the gateway).
  • Both templates now fail the render unless maxBodySize matches NGF's Size pattern ^\d{1,4}(k|m|g)?$.
  • The 413 repro in the commit message comes from when the source commit was written, before the non cutover.

Risk / rollout

Adds one namespaced gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha1 resource per env. The NGF CRD must already exist on the cluster, which I didn't check against live state. Rollback is a revert.

Verified

  • helm dependency build + helm lint charts/usersrole (base, -f values-non.yaml, -f values-prd.yaml): 0 failed
  • helm lint + helm template for every chart × values file: pass. profile-service non renders ClientSettingsPolicy/profile-service-non targeting HTTPRoute/profile-service-non, and prd renders none.
  • helm template usersrole non + prd: both render a ClientSettingsPolicy/usersrole targeting HTTPRoute/usersrole with body.maxSize: "4m". With ingress.maxBodySize unset, no policy renders.
  • python3 tools/check-image-pins.py: 0 issues. bash tools/tests/test-version-routes.sh: 16 passed.

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  • New Features
    • The users role and profile services can now configure ingress request-body limits up to 4 MB, allowing supported uploads to pass through the gateway’s default 1 MB limit.
    • The configured limit applies when ingress is enabled and a maximum body size is set.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Invalid maximum body size values now cause chart rendering to fail with an error instead of applying an invalid limit.

NGINX Gateway Fabric leaves nginx's own client_max_body_size default in place
and offers no per-route override through the HTTPRoute, so the gateway rejected
every profile icon over 1MB with a 413 the service never saw. Reproduced
against the non environment: a 1.5MB POST returned 413 while a 100KB POST
reached the app and returned 401.

The 413 carries no CORS headers, which is why the browser reported it as a
network failure and the upload appeared to fail for no stated reason.

4m sits above the service's own 4MB max-request-size so the service stays the
binding limit. The policy lives in this chart rather than in common because this
is the only service here that accepts uploads, and NGF only honours a policy in
the same namespace as its target.

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Policy Scope Limitation

The newly added ClientSettingsPolicy only targets the usersrole HTTPRoute, which means that in non-environments where profile-service has its own route, icon uploads exceeding 1MB will still fail with a 413 error. This is a known limitation mentioned in the PR description and requires a follow-up change to fully resolve the issue across all environments.

{{- if and .Values.ingress.enabled .Values.ingress.maxBodySize -}}
{{/*
Raises the gateway's client body limit for this route only.

NGINX Gateway Fabric leaves nginx's own `client_max_body_size` default in place
(1m) and offers no per-route override through the HTTPRoute itself, so an upload
larger than that is rejected with a 413 at the gateway and never reaches the pod.
That 413 also carries no CORS headers, which is why a browser reports it as a
network failure rather than a size limit.

Lives in this chart rather than in `common` because this is the only service
here that accepts uploads, and NGF only honours a policy sitting in the same
namespace as its target — which the release namespace already satisfies.
*/}}
apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha1
kind: ClientSettingsPolicy
metadata:
  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
  labels:
    {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
spec:
  targetRef:
    group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
    kind: HTTPRoute
    name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
  body:
    maxSize: {{ .Values.ingress.maxBodySize | quote }}
{{- end }}

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The usersrole and profile-service charts set the ingress body-size limit to 4m. Each chart conditionally renders a validated ClientSettingsPolicy for its HTTPRoute and updates its chart version.

Changes: Ingress request body limits

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure ingress request body limit
charts/usersrole/values.yaml, charts/profile-service/values.yaml, charts/usersrole/templates/clientsettingspolicy.yaml, charts/profile-service/templates/clientsettingspolicy.yaml, charts/usersrole/Chart.yaml, charts/profile-service/Chart.yaml
Both charts set ingress.maxBodySize to 4m. When ingress is enabled and the value is set, each template validates the value and renders a ClientSettingsPolicy targeting the chart’s HTTPRoute. Valid values populate body.maxSize; invalid values fail rendering. The chart versions change to 0.12.0 and 0.3.0.

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Change: Bug fix

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The intended 4m upload limit covers both routes. An operator setting the limit to zero to disable checking would instead retain the gateway default; that override should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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Title check Passed The title "fix(usersrole): raise the gateway body limit for icon uploads" follows the type(scope) convention and matches the main change. The PR adds a ClientSettingsPolicy to the usersrole HTTPRoute …
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The title "fix(usersrole): raise the gateway body limit for icon uploads" follows the type(scope) convention and matches the main change. The PR adds a ClientSettingsPolicy to the usersrole HTTPRoute that raises the NGINX Gateway Fabric body limit from 1m to 4m so profile icon uploads over 1MB pass the gateway. The changeset also adds a similar policy to profile-service, which the title does not mention, but that is a secondary part of the same fix.

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The description follows the template. It has a Why section that explains the 1m gateway default, the 413 response, and the chosen fix. It has a Needs attention section that covers the profile-service HTTPRoute gap, the service-side 2MB limit in handlers.go, and render-time validation. It has a Risk / rollout section that names the new CRD dependency and the rollback path. It has a Verified section with commands and results. It does not include a 'Closes #N' reference, and the Needs attention bullets lack explicit file:line references for the service-side spot, although the handlers.go path is named. The Why section runs longer than the 1-3 sentences the template asks for.

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Add input validation for body size limit

Consider adding validation to ensure the maxBodySize value is properly formatted and
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charts/usersrole/templates/clientsettingspolicy.yaml [1-28]

+{{- if and .Values.ingress.enabled .Values.ingress.maxBodySize -}}
+{{/*
+Raises the gateway's client body limit for this route only.
 
+NGINX Gateway Fabric leaves nginx's own `client_max_body_size` default in place
+(1m) and offers no per-route override through the HTTPRoute itself, so an upload
+larger than that is rejected with a 413 at the gateway and never reaches the pod.
+That 413 also carries no CORS headers, which is why a browser reports it as a
+network failure rather than a size limit.
 
+Lives in this chart rather than in `common` because this is the only service
+here that accepts uploads, and NGF only honours a policy sitting in the same
+namespace as its target — which the release namespace already satisfies.
+*/}}
+apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha1
+kind: ClientSettingsPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  targetRef:
+    group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+    kind: HTTPRoute
+    name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+  body:
+    maxSize: {{ .Values.ingress.maxBodySize | quote }}
+{{- end }}
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Ensure the maxBodySize value is consistently validated across all environments to
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charts/usersrole/values.yaml [50-64]

+ingress:
+  enabled: true
+  gateway:
+    name: platform-gateway
+    namespace: nginx-gateway
+    sectionName: https
+  annotations:
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
+  hosts:
+    - host: usersrole.default.jdwlabs.com
+  # Profile icon uploads are multipart POSTs to /api/profiles/{id}/icon. The
+  # service caps a file at 2MB and the whole request at 4MB; the gateway's own
+  # default is 1m, which rejected anything larger with a 413 that never reached
+  # the app. Keep this at or above the service's max-request-size.
+  maxBodySize: 4m
 
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jdwillmsen and others added 2 commits October 23, 2026 12:56
In non, profile-service's HTTPRoute takes /api/profiles, icon uploads
included, away from usersrole's catch-all on the shared host. NGF applies the
policy attached to the route that matched, so the usersrole policy never
reached those requests. An icon over 1MB still got a 413 at the gateway.

maxBodySize sits in the base values so prd picks it up the moment its ingress
turns on, and prd renders no policy until then. The size is checked at render
time against the CRD's own pattern so a bad value fails here rather than at
sync.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
NGF's Size accepts up to four digits with an optional k, m or g suffix. A value
like 4MB renders cleanly and is then refused by the API server at sync, far
from the change that caused it. The template now fails the render instead.

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  • Add input validation for body size limit: applied in a28f49f (usersrole) and 95ab6f7 (profile-service). Both templates now fail the render unless ingress.maxBodySize matches ^[0-9]{1,4}[kmg]?$, which is NGF's own Size CRD pattern (^\d{1,4}(k|m|g)?$). Before this, a value like 4MB rendered cleanly and was only refused by the API server at sync. Checked: 4m, 4096k and 10 render. 4MB, 12345m and 4 m fail with the value in the error.
  • Validate body size across environments: not applied separately. The render-time check above runs for every env's values, so there's nothing env-specific left to validate.

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Move the size-format check into chart schemas.

Both chart templates implement the same fail check. Define the constraint in each chart’s values.schema.json and keep the templates focused on rendering. Helm applies chart schemas during lint and template; this also avoids maintaining two copies of the check. Preserve the currently accepted numeric values when defining the schema. (docs.helm.sh)

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The policy was gated on maxBodySize being truthy, and a numeric 0 is falsy. To
NGF, 0 means "no limit", so setting it silently left the gateway at its 1m
default. Both templates now test whether the value is set. An unset, null or
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