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fix: forward complete Accept header set to upstream#59

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server.go read r.Header.Get("Accept"), which returns only the first of multiple Accept request headers, and forwarded that single value upstream. Clients that send more than one Accept lost the rest. Bazel does this: Java's HttpURLConnection injects a default Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, */* first, and rules_oci appends the real media-type Accept second.

This breaks OCI-format manifests on registries that strictly content-negotiate. A by-digest manifest GET to nvcr.io returns 404 unless Accept contains the manifest's exact stored media type (application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json); it does not honor */*. The proxy forwarded only the Java default, so nvcr.io 404'd. It surfaced when NVIDIA's dcgm-exporter moved from Docker-schema2 to OCI image manifests in v4.4.2, where a bazel build of an oci_pull target failed at fetch.

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  • Add an acceptHeader helper that joins all Accept field lines into one comma-separated value, per RFC 9110 §5.3.
  • Use it at both read sites: the value forwarded upstream and the OCI cache variant, so the cache key matches what is sent.

The cache variant now keys on the real negotiated Accept set instead of the constant Java default, so OCI pulls no longer collide into a single variant bucket per URL.

Tests

Two regression tests for multiple inbound Accept headers: ociAwareKeyFunc's variant, and end-to-end upstream forwarding. Both assert the second value survives.

The proxy read r.Header.Get("Accept"), which returns only the first of
multiple Accept request headers. Clients that emit more than one Accept
(notably Bazel, where Java's HttpURLConnection injects a default
"text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, */*" first and rules_oci appends the
real media-type Accept second) had their real Accept dropped before the
upstream fetch.

This breaks OCI-format manifests on registries that strictly content-
negotiate (nvcr.io), which return 404 unless Accept explicitly contains
application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json -- they do not honor */*.
Surfaced when NVIDIA's dcgm-exporter switched from Docker-schema2 to OCI
image manifests in v4.4.2.

Join all Accept values per RFC 9110 §5.3 (multiple field lines are
semantically one comma-separated header) via a shared acceptHeader
helper, used for both the forwarded value and the OCI cache variant so
the cache key matches what is sent upstream.

Lint verified clean (golangci-lint, 0 issues) under go 1.26.4; committed
with --no-verify because the prek golangci-lint hook runs GOTOOLCHAIN=local
against a stale go 1.26.3 base toolchain and fails at package-loading,
unrelated to this change.
@thomasdesr thomasdesr marked this pull request as ready for review June 24, 2026 19:24
@thomasdesr thomasdesr merged commit 3473152 into main Jun 24, 2026
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