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notify: limit new handler to parseRetryAfter
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import (
"net/http"
"net/url"
"slices"
"strconv"
"strings"
"time"

commoncfg "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -239,6 +241,28 @@ type Retrier struct {
RetryCodes []int
}

// ParseRetryAfter parses the Retry-After header value, which can be either
// a delay in seconds (integer) or an HTTP-date. Returns zero if absent or unparseable.
func ParseRetryAfter(h http.Header) time.Duration {
val := h.Get("Retry-After")
if val == "" {
return 0
}
// Try integer seconds first.
if secs, err := strconv.Atoi(val); err == nil {
return time.Duration(secs) * time.Second
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Repository: prometheus/alertmanager

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printf '%s\n' '--- ParseRetryAfter references ---'
rg -n -C 5 'ParseRetryAfter|Retry-After' notify --glob '*.go'

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RFC 9110 Retry-After delay-seconds non-negative decimal integer and Go strconv.Atoi signed input documentation

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RFC 9110 specifies that the Retry-After header's delay-seconds value is a non-negative decimal integer [1]. Because this value must be non-negative, any negative integer is semantically invalid for this field according to the HTTP specification [1]. When parsing such values in Go, it is important to note that the strconv.Atoi function is designed to parse signed integers [2][3]. Documentation for Atoi specifies that it is equivalent to calling strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 0) and converting the result to the platform's int type [2][3][4]. Consequently, Atoi will successfully parse strings containing leading minus signs (e.g., "-5") and return negative int values [2][3][5]. Because Atoi does not enforce the non-negative constraint required by RFC 9110, developers must perform manual validation after parsing to ensure the value meets the header's requirements [1][2][5]. For example: val, err:= strconv.Atoi(headerValue) if err!= nil { // Handle invalid integer format } else if val < 0 { // Handle invalid semantic value (must be non-negative for Retry-After) } By using Atoi, the application will accept negative inputs as valid integers, making post-parsing validation essential to maintain compliance with RFC 9110 [1][2].

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Reject negative numeric Retry-After values.

strconv.Atoi accepts signed input, so Retry-After: -1 returns -1 * time.Second. Return 0 when secs < 0, and add a regression test.

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In `@notify/util.go` around lines 251 - 253, Update the integer-seconds parsing
branch to return 0 when Atoi produces a negative secs value, while preserving
positive and zero durations; add a regression test covering a negative numeric
Retry-After value.

}
// Try HTTP-date format.
if t, err := http.ParseTime(val); err == nil {
d := time.Until(t)
if d < 0 {
return 0
}
return d
}
return 0
}

// Check returns a boolean indicating whether the request should be retried
// and an optional error if the request has failed. If body is not nil, it will
// be included in the error message.
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