rust_web_server/proxy_config/

validate.rs

//! Static checks for the proxy sections of `rws.config.toml`, used by
//! `rws --check` and printed at startup. The parser itself is lenient — a
//! typo'd key just leaves a default in place — so this is where a route that
//! points at a missing upstream, an auth secret that isn't set, or a key the
//! parser never reads gets reported.

use std::collections::HashSet;

use crate::config_check::ConfigReport;
use crate::proxy_config::{parser, ActionConfig, AuthConfig, MiddlewareConfig, ProxyConfig};

const STRATEGIES: &[&str] = &["round_robin", "random", "ip_hash", "least_connections"];

const HEALTH_CHECK_KEYS: &[&str] = &["path", "interval_secs", "timeout_ms", "healthy_threshold", "unhealthy_threshold"];
const PROXY_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["upstream", "connect_timeout_ms", "read_timeout_ms", "strip_path_prefix", "add_path_prefix", "preserve_host", "upstream_host"];
const GRPC_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["upstream", "connect_timeout_ms", "read_timeout_ms"];
const STATIC_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["root", "index"];
const REDIRECT_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["location", "status"];
const FASTCGI_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["address", "root", "index", "split_path", "front_controller", "connect_timeout_ms", "read_timeout_ms", "max_idle"];
const RESPOND_ACTION_KEYS: &[&str] = &["status", "body", "content_type"];
const REWRITE_RULE_KEYS: &[&str] = &["type", "name", "value", "prefix", "from", "to", "code", "reason"];

/// The keys the parser reads in a section, by the section's path with array
/// indices removed (`route[2].middleware.auth` → `route.middleware.auth`).
/// `None` for a section the parser never reads at all.
fn known_keys(section: &str) -> Option<Vec<&'static str>> {
    // The global `[middleware]` table has the same shape as `[route.middleware]`.
    let route_form;
    let section = if section == "middleware" || section.starts_with("middleware.") {
        route_form = format!("route.{section}");
        route_form.as_str()
    } else {
        section
    };
    let keys: Vec<&'static str> = match section {
        "upstream" => vec!["name", "backends", "strategy", "weights", "tls_ca_file", "tls_client_cert_file", "tls_client_key_file", "protocol"],
        "upstream.sticky" => vec!["cookie", "max_age_secs"],
        "upstream.circuit_breaker" => vec!["failure_threshold", "recovery_secs", "half_open_probes"],
        "upstream.retry" => vec!["attempts", "status"],
        "upstream.health_check" | "ws_proxy.health_check" => HEALTH_CHECK_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route" => vec!["name"],
        "route.match" => vec!["host", "path", "method", "content_type"],
        // `[route.action]` takes `type` plus the short form of every action's keys.
        "route.action" => {
            let mut keys = vec!["type"];
            for group in [PROXY_ACTION_KEYS, GRPC_ACTION_KEYS, STATIC_ACTION_KEYS, REDIRECT_ACTION_KEYS, RESPOND_ACTION_KEYS, FASTCGI_ACTION_KEYS] {
                for key in group {
                    if !keys.contains(key) {
                        keys.push(key);
                    }
                }
            }
            keys
        }
        "route.action.proxy" => PROXY_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.grpc" => GRPC_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.static" => STATIC_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.fastcgi" => FASTCGI_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.redirect" => REDIRECT_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.respond" => RESPOND_ACTION_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp" => super::mcp_gateway::GATEWAY_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp.upstream" => super::mcp_gateway::UPSTREAM_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp.caller" => super::mcp_gateway::CALLER_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp.openapi" => super::mcp_gateway::OPENAPI_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp.allow" => super::mcp_gateway::ALLOW_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.mcp.limit" => super::mcp_gateway::LIMIT_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.llm" => super::llm::LLM_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.a2a" => super::a2a_gateway::KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.llm.provider" => super::llm::PROVIDER_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.action.llm.key" => super::llm::KEY_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "route.middleware" => vec!["timeout_ms", "max_body_size", "early_hints"],
        "route.middleware.rate_limit" => vec!["max_requests", "window_secs"],
        "route.middleware.cache" => vec!["ttl_secs", "vary_by", "dir", "max_size", "purge_token_env"],
        "route.middleware.auth" => vec![
            "type", "token_env", "secret_env", "previous_secret_env", "htpasswd_file",
            // oidc
            "issuer", "provider", "tenant", "client_id", "client_secret_env", "redirect_uri", "scopes", "allowed_emails",
            "allowed_domains", "allowed_groups", "groups_claim", "cookie_secret_env", "session_ttl_secs", "exclude", "forward_headers",
            // forward
            "url", "copy_headers", "timeout_ms",
        ],
        "route.middleware.ip_filter" => vec!["allow", "deny"],
        "route.middleware.mirror" => vec!["upstream", "backends", "percent"],
        "route.middleware.authz" => vec!["relation", "object"],
        "route.middleware.waf" => vec!["mode", "paranoia", "threshold", "inspect_body_bytes", "max_args", "exclude"],
        "route.middleware.waf.rule" => vec!["id", "field", "contains", "prefix", "equals", "cidr", "action", "score"],
        "authz" => vec!["store", "tuples"],
        "route.middleware.wasm" => vec!["module", "fuel", "memory_mb", "config"],
        "route.middleware.rewrite.request" | "route.middleware.rewrite.response" => REWRITE_RULE_KEYS.to_vec(),
        "tcp_proxy" => vec!["name", "listen", "backends", "connect_timeout_ms"],
        "udp_proxy" => vec!["name", "listen", "backends", "reply_timeout_ms", "buffer_size"],
        "ws_proxy" => vec!["name", "listen", "backends", "connect_timeout_ms", "read_timeout_ms"],
        _ => return None,
    };
    Some(keys)
}

/// `route[2].middleware.rewrite.request[0]` → `route.middleware.rewrite.request`.
fn strip_indices(section: &str) -> String {
    let mut out = String::with_capacity(section.len());
    let mut in_index = false;
    for c in section.chars() {
        match c {
            '[' => in_index = true,
            ']' => in_index = false,
            _ if !in_index => out.push(c),
            _ => {}
        }
    }
    out
}

/// Report keys and tables in the proxy sections that the parser ignores.
pub fn check_unknown_keys(toml: &str, report: &mut ConfigReport) {
    let map = parser::parse(toml);
    let mut sections: Vec<&String> = map.keys().collect();
    sections.sort();
    for section in sections {
        let root = section.split(['.', '[']).next().unwrap_or("");
        if !["route", "upstream", "tcp_proxy", "udp_proxy", "ws_proxy", "middleware", "authz"].contains(&root) {
            continue;
        }
        let shape = strip_indices(section);
        // Header names, relation names: any key.
        if shape == "route.action.mcp.upstream.headers_env" || shape == "route.action.mcp.openapi.headers_env" || shape == "route.action.a2a.headers_env" || shape.starts_with("authz.type.") || shape == "route.action.params" || shape == "route.action.fastcgi.params" {
            continue;
        }
        match known_keys(&shape) {
            None => report.error(format!("[{}]: unknown table — ignored", shape)),
            Some(keys) => {
                for (key, _) in &map[section] {
                    if !keys.contains(&key.as_str()) {
                        report.error(format!("[{}] {}: unknown key — ignored", shape, key));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/// `host:port`, or a URL with an `http://`, `https://`, `h2://`, `ws://` or
/// `wss://` scheme, whose port may be left to the scheme's default.
fn is_host_port(backend: &str) -> bool {
    let (rest, has_scheme) = match ["http://", "https://", "h2://", "h2s://", "grpc://", "grpcs://", "ws://", "wss://"]
        .iter()
        .find_map(|scheme| backend.strip_prefix(scheme))
    {
        Some(rest) => (rest, true),
        None => (backend, false),
    };
    let rest = rest.trim_end_matches('/');
    if rest.is_empty() || rest.contains('/') || rest.contains(char::is_whitespace) {
        return false;
    }
    match rest.rsplit_once(':') {
        Some((host, port)) => !host.is_empty() && port.parse::<u16>().is_ok_and(|p| p > 0),
        None => has_scheme,
    }
}

impl ProxyConfig {
    /// Check the configuration for mistakes the parser lets through. Reads
    /// the auth secrets' environment variables and htpasswd files, so run it
    /// in the environment the server will run in.
    pub fn validate(&self, report: &mut ConfigReport) {
        // [authz], built over a throwaway store (nothing is written).
        let authz = super::builder::config_authorizer_with(self, Some(std::sync::Arc::new(crate::authz::MemoryStore::new())));
        if self.authz.as_ref().is_some_and(|a| a.store == "sql")
            && !cfg!(any(feature = "model-sqlite", feature = "model-postgres", feature = "model-mysql"))
        {
            report.error("[authz]: store = \"sql\" needs a build with a model-sqlite / model-postgres / model-mysql feature".to_string());
        }
        if let Some(Err(e)) = &authz {
            report.error(format!("[authz]: {e}"));
        }
        let mut names = HashSet::new();
        for (i, upstream) in self.upstreams.iter().enumerate() {
            let label = if upstream.name.is_empty() { format!("[[upstream]] #{}", i + 1) } else { format!("upstream '{}'", upstream.name) };
            if upstream.name.is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: missing `name` — no route can refer to it"));
            } else if !names.insert(upstream.name.as_str()) {
                report.error(format!("{label}: declared more than once"));
            }
            if upstream.backends.is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: `backends` is empty"));
            }
            match upstream.protocol.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
                "" | "http1" => {}
                "h3" => {
                    if !cfg!(feature = "http3") {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: protocol = \"h3\" needs a build with the http3 feature (the default)"));
                    }
                    if let Some(plain) = upstream.backends.iter().find(|b| !b.starts_with("https://")) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: protocol = \"h3\" needs https:// backends (QUIC is always TLS); '{plain}' isn't"));
                    }
                }
                other => report.error(format!("{label}: protocol must be \"http1\" or \"h3\", not \"{other}\"")),
            }
            for backend in &upstream.backends {
                if !is_host_port(backend) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: backend '{backend}' is not host:port"));
                }
            }
            let client = match (&upstream.tls_client_cert_file, &upstream.tls_client_key_file) {
                (Some(cert), Some(key)) => Some((cert.as_str(), key.as_str())),
                (None, None) => None,
                _ => {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: tls_client_cert_file and tls_client_key_file go together"));
                    None
                }
            };
            if upstream.tls_ca_file.is_some() || client.is_some() {
                if !crate::config_check::offline() {
                    if let Err(e) = crate::proxy::UpstreamTls::new(upstream.tls_ca_file.as_deref(), client) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: {e}; its TLS backends would answer 502"));
                    }
                }
                if !upstream.tls {
                    report.warn(format!("{label}: TLS settings are set but no backend is https://, h2s:// or grpcs://, so they aren't used"));
                }
            }
            if !STRATEGIES.contains(&upstream.strategy.as_str()) {
                report.error(format!(
                    "{label}: unknown strategy '{}' (expected one of {})",
                    upstream.strategy,
                    STRATEGIES.join(", ")
                ));
            }
            if !upstream.weights.is_empty() {
                if upstream.weights.len() != upstream.backends.len() {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: `weights` has {} entries for {} backends (one each, in order)", upstream.weights.len(), upstream.backends.len()));
                }
                if upstream.weights.contains(&0) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: `weights` must be whole numbers of 1 or more"));
                }
                if upstream.strategy == "ip_hash" {
                    report.warn(format!("{label}: `weights` don't apply to strategy ip_hash"));
                }
            }
            if let Some(sticky) = &upstream.sticky {
                let token = |c: char| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || "!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~".contains(c);
                if sticky.cookie.is_empty() || !sticky.cookie.chars().all(token) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: sticky cookie name '{}' isn't a valid cookie name", sticky.cookie));
                }
            }
            if let Some(breaker) = &upstream.circuit_breaker {
                if breaker.failure_threshold == 0 {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: circuit_breaker.failure_threshold must be 1 or more"));
                }
                if breaker.recovery_secs == 0 {
                    report.warn(format!("{label}: circuit_breaker.recovery_secs = 0 probes an open backend on the next request"));
                }
            }
            if let Some(retry) = &upstream.retry {
                if retry.attempts == 0 {
                    report.warn(format!("{label}: retry.attempts = 0 never retries"));
                } else if retry.attempts as usize >= upstream.backends.len() {
                    report.warn(format!(
                        "{label}: retry.attempts = {} but there are {} backends — a request goes to each at most once",
                        retry.attempts,
                        upstream.backends.len()
                    ));
                }
                if let Some(status) = retry.status.iter().find(|s| !(400..=599).contains(*s)) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: retry.status {status} isn't an error status (400–599)"));
                }
            }
            #[cfg(not(any(feature = "http-client", feature = "http2")))]
            if upstream.tls {
                report.error(format!("{label}: https:// backends need the `http2` or `http-client` feature, which this build doesn't include"));
            }
        }

        for (i, route) in self.routes.iter().enumerate() {
            let label = if route.name.is_empty() { format!("route #{}", i + 1) } else { format!("route '{}'", route.name) };
            // The proxy writes the upstream `Host` itself, after the rewrites.
            if matches!(route.action, ActionConfig::Proxy { .. })
                && route.middleware.rewrite_request.iter().any(|r| r.type_.starts_with("header_") && r.name.as_deref().is_some_and(|n| n.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("host")))
            {
                report.warn(format!("{label}: a request rewrite of `Host` doesn't reach the upstream — set `preserve_host = true` or `upstream_host = \"…\"` on the proxy action"));
            }
            match &route.action {
                ActionConfig::Proxy { upstream, .. } | ActionConfig::Grpc { upstream, .. } => {
                    if upstream.is_empty() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: proxy action has no `upstream`"));
                    } else if !names.contains(upstream.as_str()) {
                        if is_host_port(upstream) {
                            report.warn(format!("{label}: upstream '{upstream}' is not a declared [[upstream]]; using it as a backend address (no health checks)"));
                        } else {
                            report.error(format!("{label}: upstream '{upstream}' is not a declared [[upstream]]"));
                        }
                    }
                }
                ActionConfig::Static { root, .. } => {
                    if root.is_empty() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: static action has no `root`"));
                    } else if !crate::config_check::offline() && !std::path::Path::new(root).is_dir() {
                        report.warn(format!("{label}: static root '{root}' is not a directory (yet)"));
                    }
                }
                ActionConfig::FastCgi(f) => {
                    if f.address.is_empty() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: fastcgi action has no `address` (unix:/run/php/php-fpm.sock or host:port)"));
                    } else if let Err(e) = crate::fastcgi::Address::parse(&f.address) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: {e}"));
                    }
                    if f.root.is_empty() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: fastcgi action has no `root`"));
                    } else if !crate::config_check::offline() && !std::path::Path::new(&f.root).is_dir() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: fastcgi root '{}' is not a directory", f.root));
                    }
                }
                ActionConfig::Redirect { location, status } => {
                    if location.is_empty() {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: redirect action has no `location`"));
                    }
                    if !(300..=399).contains(status) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: redirect status {status} is not a 3xx code"));
                    }
                }
                ActionConfig::Respond { status, .. } => {
                    if !(100..=599).contains(status) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: respond status {status} is not an HTTP status code"));
                    }
                }
                ActionConfig::Mcp(gateway) => {
                    super::mcp_gateway::validate(gateway, route.match_.path.as_deref(), &label, report);
                }
                ActionConfig::Llm(llm) => {
                    super::llm::validate(llm, &label, report);
                }
                ActionConfig::A2a(gateway) => {
                    super::a2a_gateway::validate(gateway, route.match_.path.as_deref(), &label, report);
                }
                ActionConfig::Unknown(kind) if kind.is_empty() => {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: [route.action] has no `type`"));
                }
                ActionConfig::Unknown(kind) => {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: unknown action type '{kind}' (expected proxy, grpc, static, redirect, respond, mcp, llm or a2a)"));
                }
            }
            let has_auth = route.middleware.auth.is_some() || self.global_middleware.auth.is_some();
            validate_middleware(&label, &route.middleware, authz.as_ref(), has_auth, report);

            let m = &route.match_;
            if m.host.is_none() && m.path.is_none() && m.method.is_none() && m.content_type.is_none() && i + 1 < self.routes.len() {
                report.warn(format!("{label}: matches every request, so the routes after it are never reached"));
            }
        }

        validate_middleware("[middleware]", &self.global_middleware, authz.as_ref(), self.global_middleware.auth.is_some(), report);
        if self.global_middleware.authz.is_some() {
            report.warn("[middleware.authz]: applies to every request, /healthz, /readyz and /metrics included — probes without a caller get 401".to_string());
        }

        let listeners = self.tcp_proxies.iter().map(|p| ("tcp_proxy", &p.name, &p.listen, &p.backends))
            .chain(self.udp_proxies.iter().map(|p| ("udp_proxy", &p.name, &p.listen, &p.backends)))
            .chain(self.ws_proxies.iter().map(|p| ("ws_proxy", &p.name, &p.listen, &p.backends)));
        for (kind, name, listen, backends) in listeners {
            let label = format!("[[{kind}]] '{name}'");
            if listen.parse::<std::net::SocketAddr>().is_err() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: listen '{listen}' is not an address like 0.0.0.0:5432"));
            }
            if backends.is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: `backends` is empty"));
            }
            for backend in backends {
                if !is_host_port(backend) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: backend '{backend}' is not host:port"));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

fn validate_middleware(
    label: &str,
    mw: &MiddlewareConfig,
    authz: Option<&Result<crate::authz::Authorizer, String>>,
    has_auth: bool,
    report: &mut ConfigReport,
) {
    for link in &mw.early_hints {
        if !crate::early_hints::valid(link) {
            report.error(format!("{label}: early_hints value {link:?} is empty or holds a line break"));
        } else if !link.trim_start().starts_with('<') {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: early_hints value {link:?} doesn't start with <URL>; browsers will ignore it"));
        }
    }
    if let Some(rule) = &mw.authz {
        let schema = authz.and_then(|a| a.as_ref().ok()).map(|a| a.schema());
        match (authz, crate::authz::ObjectTemplate::parse(&rule.object)) {
            (None, _) => report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.authz] needs an [authz] section")),
            (_, Err(e)) => report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.authz] {e}")),
            (Some(_), Ok(template)) => {
                let kind = template.object_type().unwrap_or_default();
                if rule.relation.is_empty() {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.authz] needs `relation`"));
                } else if let Some(schema) = schema {
                    if !schema.has_relation(kind, &rule.relation) {
                        report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.authz] {kind}#{} isn't defined in [authz]", rule.relation));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if !has_auth {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: [middleware.authz] without auth here or in [middleware]: no caller is known, every request gets 401"));
        }
    }
    if let Some(m) = &mw.mirror {
        match (m.upstream.is_empty(), m.backends.is_empty()) {
            (true, true) => report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.mirror] needs `upstream` or `backends`")),
            (false, false) => report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.mirror] has both `upstream` and `backends`; use one")),
            _ => {}
        }
        for b in &m.backends {
            if crate::proxy_config::health::parse_backend_url(b).is_none() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: mirror backend '{b}' is not a backend address"));
            }
        }
        if !(m.percent.is_finite() && (0.0..=100.0).contains(&m.percent)) {
            report.error(format!("{label}: mirror percent must be a number from 0 to 100"));
        } else if m.percent == 0.0 {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: mirror percent is 0: nothing is mirrored"));
        }
    }
    if let Some(wasm) = &mw.wasm {
        if wasm.module.is_empty() {
            report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.wasm] has no `module`; the route answers 503"));
        } else if cfg!(not(feature = "wasm-plugins")) {
            report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.wasm] needs the wasm-plugins feature, which this build doesn't include; the route answers 503"));
        } else if !crate::config_check::offline() {
            #[cfg(feature = "wasm-plugins")]
            if let Err(e) = crate::wasm_plugin::WasmLayer::from_file(&wasm.module) {
                report.error(format!("{label}: {e}; the route answers 503"));
            }
        }
        if wasm.fuel == 0 || wasm.memory_mb == 0 {
            report.error(format!("{label}: [middleware.wasm] fuel and memory_mb must be above 0"));
        }
    }
    match &mw.auth {
        Some(AuthConfig::Bearer { token_env }) | Some(AuthConfig::Jwt { secret_env: token_env, .. }) => {
            if token_env.is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: auth has no `token_env` / `secret_env`; the route answers 503"));
            } else if !crate::config_check::offline() && std::env::var(token_env).unwrap_or_default().is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: auth secret env var '{token_env}' is unset or empty; the route answers 503 until it is set"));
            }
        }
        Some(AuthConfig::Oidc(o)) => {
            if o.client_id.is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: oidc auth has no `client_id`; the route answers 503"));
            }
            match (o.issuer.is_empty(), o.provider.as_str()) {
                (true, "") => report.error(format!("{label}: oidc auth needs `issuer` (discovery URL) or `provider` (google, microsoft, github); the route answers 503")),
                (true, "google" | "microsoft" | "github") => {}
                (true, other) => report.error(format!("{label}: oidc provider {other:?}: expected google, microsoft or github (others: set `issuer`)")),
                (false, _) if !o.issuer.starts_with("https://") && !o.issuer.starts_with("http://") => report.error(format!("{label}: oidc issuer {:?} is not a URL", o.issuer)),
                _ => {}
            }
            if o.client_secret_env.is_empty() {
                report.warn(format!("{label}: oidc auth has no `client_secret_env`: a public client (PKCE only), which most providers refuse for web apps"));
            } else if !crate::config_check::offline() && std::env::var(&o.client_secret_env).unwrap_or_default().is_empty() {
                report.error(format!("{label}: oidc client secret env var '{}' is unset or empty; the route answers 503", o.client_secret_env));
            }
            if o.cookie_secret_env.is_empty() {
                report.warn(format!("{label}: oidc auth without `cookie_secret_env`: sign-ins are lost on restart and don't work across replicas"));
            } else if !crate::config_check::offline() && std::env::var(&o.cookie_secret_env).unwrap_or_default().len() < 32 {
                report.error(format!("{label}: oidc cookie secret env var '{}' must hold at least 32 characters; the route answers 503", o.cookie_secret_env));
            }
            #[cfg(not(feature = "sso"))]
            report.error(format!("{label}: oidc auth needs the `sso` feature, which this build doesn't include; the route answers 503"));
        }
        Some(AuthConfig::Unknown(kind)) => {
            report.error(format!("{label}: auth type {kind:?} is not one of bearer, jwt, basic, oidc, forward; the route answers 503"));
        }
        Some(AuthConfig::Forward { url, .. }) => {
            if !(url.starts_with("http://") || url.starts_with("https://")) {
                report.error(format!("{label}: forward auth `url` {url:?} is not an http(s) URL; the route answers 503"));
            }
            #[cfg(not(feature = "auth"))]
            report.error(format!("{label}: forward auth needs the `auth` feature, which this build doesn't include; the route answers 503"));
        }
        Some(AuthConfig::Basic { htpasswd_file }) => {
            #[cfg(feature = "auth")]
            if !crate::config_check::offline() {
                if let Err(e) = crate::auth::BasicAuthLayer::from_htpasswd_file(htpasswd_file) {
                    report.error(format!("{label}: basic auth: {e}; the route answers 503"));
                }
            }
            #[cfg(not(feature = "auth"))]
            let _ = htpasswd_file;
        }
        None => {}
    }
    #[cfg(not(feature = "auth"))]
    if matches!(mw.auth, Some(AuthConfig::Jwt { .. }) | Some(AuthConfig::Basic { .. })) {
        report.error(format!("{label}: jwt and basic auth need the `auth` feature, which this build doesn't include; the route answers 503"));
    }

    if let Some(waf) = &mw.waf {
        for e in &waf.errors {
            report.error(format!("{label}: {e}"));
        }
        // Inspected bodies arrive whole (not streamed): without a limit an
        // upload is held in memory in full.
        if waf.config.inspect_body_bytes > 0 && mw.max_body_size.is_none() && std::env::var("RWS_CONFIG_MAX_BODY_SIZE_IN_BYTES").map_or(true, |v| v.trim().is_empty() || v.trim() == "0") {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: [waf] reads request bodies whole; set max_body_size on the route (or max_body_size_in_bytes globally) so uploads have a limit"));
        }
        if waf.config.mode == crate::waf::Mode::Detect {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: [waf] mode = \"detect\": matches are logged, nothing is refused"));
        }
    }
    for entry in mw.ip_allow.iter().chain(&mw.ip_deny) {
        if !crate::ip_filter::is_valid_entry(entry) {
            report.error(format!("{label}: ip_filter entry '{entry}' is not an IP address or CIDR range — ignored"));
        }
    }
    if !mw.ip_allow.is_empty() && !mw.ip_deny.is_empty() {
        report.warn(format!("{label}: ip_filter has both `allow` and `deny`; only `allow` is used"));
    }
    if let Some(cache) = &mw.cache {
        if crate::proxy_config::cache_max_bytes(&cache.max_size).is_none() {
            report.error(format!("{label}: cache max_size {:?} is not a size (e.g. \"512M\")", cache.max_size));
        }
        if !cache.purge_token_env.is_empty() && !crate::config_check::offline() && std::env::var(&cache.purge_token_env).unwrap_or_default().trim().is_empty() {
            report.error(format!("{label}: cache purge_token_env {} is unset or empty; PURGE is refused", cache.purge_token_env));
        }
        if !cache.max_size.is_empty() && cache.dir.is_empty() {
            report.warn(format!("{label}: cache max_size only applies with `dir` (the memory cache is bounded by entries)"));
        }
        if !cache.dir.is_empty() && !crate::config_check::offline() {
            let probe = std::path::Path::new(&cache.dir).join(format!(".rws-check-{}", std::process::id()));
            let writable = std::fs::create_dir_all(&cache.dir).and_then(|_| std::fs::write(&probe, b"")).is_ok();
            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&probe);
            if !writable {
                report.error(format!("{label}: cache dir {:?} isn't writable; the route caches in memory instead", cache.dir));
            }
        }
    }
    if let Some(rl) = &mw.rate_limit {
        if rl.max_requests == 0 || rl.window_secs == 0 {
            report.error(format!("{label}: rate_limit needs max_requests and window_secs above 0"));
        }
    }
    for rule in mw.rewrite_request.iter().chain(&mw.rewrite_response) {
        let known = ["header_set", "header_remove", "uri_set", "uri_strip_prefix", "strip_prefix",
                     "uri_add_prefix", "add_prefix", "status", "body_replace"];
        if !known.contains(&rule.type_.as_str()) {
            report.error(format!("{label}: unknown rewrite rule type '{}' — ignored", rule.type_));
        }
    }
}