tailscale/tsweb/request_id.go

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
package tsweb
import (
"context"
"net/http"
"github.com/google/uuid"
)
// 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
// 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"
// 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) {
id := r.Header.Get(RequestIDHeader)
if id == "" {
// REQ-1 indicates the version of the RequestID pattern. It is
// currently arbitrary but allows for forward compatible
// transitions if needed.
id = "REQ-1" + uuid.NewString()
}
ctx := withRequestID(r.Context(), RequestID(id))
r = r.WithContext(ctx)
h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
}
type requestIDKey struct{}
// RequestIDFromContext retrieves the RequestID from context that can be set by
// the SetRequestID function.
func RequestIDFromContext(ctx context.Context) RequestID {
val, _ := ctx.Value(requestIDKey{}).(RequestID)
return val
}
// withRequestID sets the given request id value in the given context.
func withRequestID(ctx context.Context, rid RequestID) context.Context {
return context.WithValue(ctx, requestIDKey{}, rid)
}