feat: add timeout middleware

internal/api/api.go

@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ func NewAPIWithVersion(ctx context.Context, globalConfig *conf.GlobalConfigurati
 	logger := observability.NewStructuredLogger(logrus.StandardLogger(), globalConfig)
 
 	r := newRouter()
+
+	if globalConfig.API.MaxRequestDuration > 0 {
+		r.UseBypass(api.timeoutMiddleware(globalConfig.API.MaxRequestDuration))
+	}
+
 	r.Use(addRequestID(globalConfig))
 
 	// request tracing should be added only when tracing or metrics is enabled

internal/api/errorcodes.go

@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ const (
 	ErrorCodeHookTimeoutAfterRetry             ErrorCode = "hook_timeout_after_retry"
 	ErrorCodeHookPayloadOverSizeLimit          ErrorCode = "hook_payload_over_size_limit"
 	ErrorCodeHookPayloadUnknownSize            ErrorCode = "hook_payload_unknown_size"
+	ErrorCodeRequestTimeout                    ErrorCode = "request_timeout"
 )

internal/api/errors.go

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			output.Message = e.Message
 			output.Payload.Reasons = e.Reasons
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, output); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, output); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			output.Message = e.Message
 			output.Payload.Reasons = e.Reasons
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, output.HTTPStatus, output); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, output.HTTPStatus, output); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 		}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, e.HTTPStatus, resp); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, e.HTTPStatus, resp); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -266,20 +266,20 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 			// Provide better error messages for certain user-triggered Postgres errors.
 			if pgErr := utilities.NewPostgresError(e.InternalError); pgErr != nil {
-				if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, pgErr.HttpStatusCode, pgErr); jsonErr != nil {
+				if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, pgErr.HttpStatusCode, pgErr); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 					HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 				}
 				return
 			}
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, e.HTTPStatus, e); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, e.HTTPStatus, e); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 		}
 
 	case *OAuthError:
 		log.WithError(e.Cause()).Info(e.Error())
-		if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusBadRequest, e); jsonErr != nil {
+		if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusBadRequest, e); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 			HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 		}
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				Message: "Unexpected failure, please check server logs for more information",
 			}
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, resp); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, resp); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func HandleResponseError(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				Message:    "Unexpected failure, please check server logs for more information",
 			}
 
-			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, httpError); jsonErr != nil {
+			if jsonErr := sendJSON(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, httpError); jsonErr != nil && jsonErr != context.DeadlineExceeded {
 				HandleResponseError(jsonErr, w, r)
 			}
 		}

internal/api/middleware.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/supabase/auth/internal/models"
@@ -260,3 +262,96 @@ func (a *API) databaseCleanup(cleanup *models.Cleanup) func(http.Handler) http.H
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// timeoutResponseWriter is a http.ResponseWriter that prevents subsequent
+// writes after the context contained in it has exceeded the deadline. If a
+// partial write occurs before the deadline is exceeded, but the writing is not
+// complete it will allow further writes.
+type timeoutResponseWriter struct {
+	ctx   context.Context
+	w     http.ResponseWriter
+	wrote int32
+	mu    sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (t *timeoutResponseWriter) Header() http.Header {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	return t.w.Header()
+}
+
+func (t *timeoutResponseWriter) Write(bytes []byte) (int, error) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	if t.ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+		if atomic.LoadInt32(&t.wrote) == 0 {
+			return 0, context.DeadlineExceeded
+		}
+
+		// writing started before the deadline exceeded, but the
+		// deadline came in the middle, so letting the writes go
+		// through
+	}
+
+	t.wrote = 1
+
+	return t.w.Write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (t *timeoutResponseWriter) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	if t.ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+		if atomic.LoadInt32(&t.wrote) == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+
+		// writing started before the deadline exceeded, but the
+		// deadline came in the middle, so letting the writes go
+		// through
+	}
+
+	t.wrote = 1
+
+	t.w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+}
+
+func (a *API) timeoutMiddleware(timeout time.Duration) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), timeout)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			timeoutWriter := &timeoutResponseWriter{
+				w:   w,
+				ctx: ctx,
+			}
+
+			go func() {
+				<-ctx.Done()
+
+				err := ctx.Err()
+
+				if err == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+					timeoutWriter.mu.Lock()
+					defer timeoutWriter.mu.Unlock()
+					if timeoutWriter.wrote == 0 {
+						// writer wasn't written to, so we're sending the error payload
+
+						httpError := &HTTPError{
+							HTTPStatus: http.StatusGatewayTimeout,
+							ErrorCode:  ErrorCodeRequestTimeout,
+							Message:    "Processing this request timed out, please retry after a moment.",
+						}
+
+						httpError = httpError.WithInternalError(err)
+
+						HandleResponseError(httpError, w, r)
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+
+			next.ServeHTTP(timeoutWriter, r.WithContext(ctx))
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/api/middleware_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	jwt "github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -312,3 +313,25 @@ func TestFunctionHooksUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func (ts *MiddlewareTestSuite) TestTimeoutMiddleware() {
+	ts.Config.API.MaxRequestDuration = 5 * time.Microsecond
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	timeoutHandler := ts.API.timeoutMiddleware(ts.Config.API.MaxRequestDuration)
+
+	slowHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Sleep for 1 second to simulate a slow handler which should trigger the timeout
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		ts.API.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+	timeoutHandler(slowHandler).ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	assert.Equal(ts.T(), http.StatusGatewayTimeout, w.Code)
+
+	var data map[string]interface{}
+	require.NoError(ts.T(), json.NewDecoder(w.Body).Decode(&data))
+	require.Equal(ts.T(), ErrorCodeRequestTimeout, data["error_code"])
+	require.Equal(ts.T(), float64(504), data["code"])
+	require.NotNil(ts.T(), data["msg"])
+}

internal/conf/configuration.go

@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ type MFAConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 type APIConfiguration struct {
-	Host            string
-	Port            string `envconfig:"PORT" default:"8081"`
-	Endpoint        string
-	RequestIDHeader string `envconfig:"REQUEST_ID_HEADER"`
-	ExternalURL     string `json:"external_url" envconfig:"API_EXTERNAL_URL" required:"true"`
+	Host               string
+	Port               string `envconfig:"PORT" default:"8081"`
+	Endpoint           string
+	RequestIDHeader    string        `envconfig:"REQUEST_ID_HEADER"`
+	ExternalURL        string        `json:"external_url" envconfig:"API_EXTERNAL_URL" required:"true"`
+	MaxRequestDuration time.Duration `json:"max_request_duration" split_words:"true" default:"10s"`
 }
 
 func (a *APIConfiguration) Validate() error {