feat(http): trace SSR requests from the server render to the browser page by santoshyadavdev · Pull Request #240 · pangular-inspector/devtools

santoshyadavdev · 2026-10-10T10:16:55Z

What and why

Phase 1 core of #32. Server HttpClient calls were recorded, but nothing tied them to the request that rendered the page or to the browser tab that loaded it, and render time was not measured.

devtools.ssrMiddleware (opt-in, from initPangularHub()):
- For HTML GET/HEAD requests outside the hub base, it gives each request an id and passes it to the render in the x-pangular-ssr-id header.
- It adds Server-Timing: pangular;desc="<id>", render;dur=…, fetch;dur=….
- It records status, render and total time, bytes, kept headers, and the render mode read from ng-server-context.
- It does nothing while the http inspector is off.
Interceptor: tags server calls with requestId and only accepts ids the middleware handed out, so a forged header is ignored. Overlay: reads the id from the navigation entry's serverTiming and reports it as ssrRequestId, so the HTML isn't rewritten.
Devframe: adds requests to pangular:http, with URLs and headers redacted, capped by limits.httpCalls and cleared by Clear timeline.
Agent tools: list-ssr-requests and explain-ssr-request (read-only, mapped to http, listed as page tools). explain-ssr-request flags browser calls that repeated a server call instead of reading the transfer cache.
Panel: an SSR requests section in the SSR & HTTP tab. It opens on the request that served the selected page and shows its server calls and Fetched again in the browser.
Demo: an /examples/ssr page (RenderMode.Server) with a cached GET, a POST and a transferCache: false GET, plus a POST /api/quote endpoint. server.ts mounts ssrMiddleware.
Docs: the SSR & HTTP inspector page and guide, the tools page (51 → 53) and the resources page.

Refs #32

How it was verified

pnpm commit:check
pnpm format:check
pnpm typecheck
pnpm test:devtools (1373) and pnpm test:panel (162), with new ssr-requests.test.ts and network-ssr-requests.test.ts. The request-id test fails when the interceptor change is reverted.
pnpm docs:build passes
pnpm extension:build and extension/ui committed
pnpm test:axe passes on every view
Manual: pnpm build --configuration development and the SSR server, then /examples/ssr:
- The document got Server-Timing with the id, render;dur=140 and fetch;desc="3 calls".
- The panel showed the request marked this page, 3 server calls, and the POST and /api/products/3 call under Fetched again in the browser.

Notes for reviewers

The middleware is opt-in rather than built into nodeMiddleware, so existing setups see no new headers.
Requests that express.static serves as prerendered files never reach the engine, so they aren't traced.
Left for follow-ups from SSR inspector: trace a request from the browser to the rendered response #32: guard and resolver timings on the server, transfer cache skip reasons (filter, auth headers, includePostRequests), and all of Phase 2.

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New Features
- Added SSR request tracing to the HTTP inspector, with render details, timing, response metrics, related server calls, and browser requests repeated instead of served from cache.
- Added an SSR requests example and agent tools for listing and explaining traced requests.
- Added optional server middleware to record SSR requests and expose timing information.
Documentation
- Added guidance on enabling SSR tracing, viewing request details, and understanding its limitations.

…page Server HttpClient calls were recorded, but nothing tied them to the request that rendered the page or to the browser tab that loaded it, and render time was not measured. Add an opt-in `devtools.ssrMiddleware` that gives each HTML request an id, passes it to the render in a request header, records status, timings, bytes and render mode, and adds a Server-Timing header. The interceptor tags server calls with the id, and the overlay reads it back from Server-Timing to link the page. The SSR & HTTP tab gains an SSR requests section, and two read-only agent tools, list-ssr-requests and explain-ssr-request, flag calls the browser made again instead of reading the transfer cache. Refs #32

Add a server-rendered page that makes a cached GET, a POST and a GET with transferCache: false, plus a /api/quote endpoint, and mount ssrMiddleware in server.ts, so the SSR requests section has a render with refetched calls to show. Refs #32

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The change adds middleware that records eligible server-rendered requests and links them to server calls and browser pages. It adds SSR request views and agent tools, documents setup and request analysis, and adds a server-rendered example.

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SSR request tracing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
SSR request middleware and setup `packages/devtools/src/ssr-registry.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/ssr-middleware.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/hub.ts`, `src/server.ts`, `apps/docs/src/content/guides/ssr-http.md`, `apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/ssr-http.md`	The hub exposes optional SSR middleware. The middleware filters requests, assigns IDs, adds timing data, measures responses, and records eligible requests. The server example mounts it before the Angular handler.
HTTP request correlation and shared state `packages/devtools/src/types.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/http-rules.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/http.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/http-overlay.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/__tests__/ssr-requests.test.ts`	HTTP calls and page reports can carry SSR request IDs. Devframe stores sanitized SSR requests in HTTP shared state, links pages, and clears the request records with HTTP calls. Tests cover correlation and state updates.
SSR request analysis tools `packages/devtools/src/rpc/ssr-tools.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/config.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts`, `packages/devtools/src/__tests__/ssr-requests.test.ts`, `apps/docs/src/content/agents/resources.md`, `apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md`, `apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/ssr-http.md`	The new agent tools list and explain requests. They correlate requests with server calls and pages, identify qualifying browser refetches, and sanitize request data. Documentation describes the tools and their selection behavior.
Network inspector request view `app/src/pages/network-inspector.ts`, `app/src/__tests__/network-ssr-requests.test.ts`, `apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/ssr-http.md`, `extension/ui/index.html`, `extension/ui/assets/browser-agent-rpc-BXhoSh1z-Cc4SWYUj.js`	The network inspector displays request details, server calls, linked pages, and qualifying refetched calls. Tests cover the empty state, request selection, and displayed calls. The extension asset references are updated.
SSR requests example `src/app/app.routes.server.ts`, `src/app/examples/examples-overview.ts`, `src/app/examples/examples.routes.ts`, `src/app/examples/examples.ts`, `src/app/examples/ssr-requests-example.ts`, `src/server.ts`	The examples app adds a server-rendered SSR requests page with product GETs and a quote POST. The server adds the quote endpoint used by the example.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant createSsrMiddleware
  participant AngularHandler
  participant pangularHttpInterceptor
  participant Devframe
  participant NetworkInspector
  Browser->>createSsrMiddleware: request an HTML document
  createSsrMiddleware->>AngularHandler: forward request with SSR request ID
  AngularHandler->>pangularHttpInterceptor: make server-side fetch
  pangularHttpInterceptor->>Devframe: report server call and fetch duration
  createSsrMiddleware->>Devframe: record completed SSR request
  Devframe->>NetworkInspector: publish request and HTTP state
  Browser->>NetworkInspector: report page with Server-Timing request ID
  NetworkInspector->>NetworkInspector: associate page and qualifying refetched calls

Merge Risk | ⚪ Minimal · up to cb7c1

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cb7c1

The SSR tracing and inspector changes have no established merge-blocking risk, and the updated extension assets are consistent. The PR appears mergeable subject to normal checks.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to cb7c1

The new tracing stays within the existing HTTP inspector and does not add execution privileges. Request metadata is filtered and retention is bounded. Remaining uncertainty concerns correlation integrity and lifecycle behavior in deployment configurations beyond the inspected example.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The inspected exposure is application-wide diagnostic metadata for eligible requests handled by a tracing-enabled server, including requests without a connected browser page. Storage and active identity tracking are process-local; the available evidence does not establish tenant isolation or production deployment exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — While recording is enabled, middleware overwrites IDs on eligible requests and removes them on skipped requests. The interceptor rejects inactive IDs. This controls ordinary incoming header forgery in the inspected handler ordering, but global membership is not a binding between an ID and a specific render context.
observed — Browser page correlation remains client-reported diagnostic data: the receiver validates ID syntax rather than proof of navigation ownership. Tool output labels collected content as untrusted. The inspected consumers use correlation for display and explanation, not authorization.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

inferred — An earlier valid pangular Server-Timing metric can take precedence over the middleware-generated metric because the producer appends and the browser selects the first match. This weakens diagnostic attribution, but the inspected flow does not establish a security privilege or data-access bypass from that ambiguity.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Preserve correlation as a diagnostic hint, not an authorization identity. For stronger attribution integrity, define a unique authoritative pangular timing metric or reject ambiguous duplicates.

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santoshyadavdev · 2026-10-10T10:17:58Z

@erkamyaman this is one part of the issue I will open another PR soon to cover rest of the issue

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app/src/pages/network-inspector.ts (1)
1612-1628: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Match only client-side calls in refetched.

The server helper ssrRequestStory in packages/devtools/src/rpc/ssr-tools.ts also requires c.side === 'client'. This computed does not. page.calls should hold only client calls today. If the page report ever includes a call with side: 'server', the panel lists it as a browser refetch. The agent tool would not list it. Add the same condition so the two views stay consistent.
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     return page.calls.filter(
       (c) =>
-        !c.cacheHit &&
+        c.side === 'client' &&
+        !c.cacheHit &&
         !c.mocked &&
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Review comment at @app/src/pages/network-inspector.ts around lines 1612 - 1628:
Update the `refetched` computed in the network inspector to include only calls
where `c.side === 'client'`, matching the client-side filtering in
`ssrRequestStory`. Preserve the existing cache, mock, timestamp, and
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Review comments at @app/src/pages/network-inspector.ts:
- Around line 1558-1560: Update selectedRequestId to derive its linkedSignal
source from the selected page’s ssrRequestId value rather than the page object,
so unchanged request IDs do not reset the user’s selection on shared-state
updates. Declare the derived value after selected to preserve class field
initialization order.

Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts:
- Around line 613-629: Move the `ssr.record` assignment in the `ssrRegistry()`
setup below the declarations of `flushTimer` and `flushServerCalls`, before it
can be invoked. Preserve its existing callback behavior.

Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/ssr-middleware.ts:
- Around line 50-56: Update createSsrMiddleware so that, when a registry record
exists but wantsHtml returns false, it removes the incoming SSR request ID
header before calling next(). Preserve the existing early return when no
registry record exists.

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Review comments at @app/src/pages/network-inspector.ts:
- Around line 1612-1628: Update the `refetched` computed in the network
inspector to include only calls where `c.side === 'client'`, matching the
client-side filtering in `ssrRequestStory`. Preserve the existing cache, mock,
timestamp, and fetched-call checks.

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src/app/app.routes.server.ts
src/app/examples/examples-overview.ts
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santoshyadavdev added 3 commits October 10, 2026 12:16

feat(demo): add an SSR requests example page

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Add a server-rendered page that makes a cached GET, a POST and a GET with transferCache: false, plus a /api/quote endpoint, and mount ssrMiddleware in server.ts, so the SSR requests section has a render with refetched calls to show. Refs #32

docs(docs): document SSR request tracing and the ssr agent tools

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Refs #32

santoshyadavdev requested a review from erkamyaman as a code owner October 10, 2026 10:16

github-actions Bot added area: panel The devtools panel app (app/) area: package The ng-devtools package (packages/ng-devtools) area: extension The Chrome extension area: demo The demo apps area: agents MCP server, agent tools and resources area: docs The documentation site labels Oct 10, 2026

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