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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ export function createHub(server) {
return token ? verifyToken(token) : null
}

function isAllowedOrigin(origin) {
if (!origin) return true
if (origin === 'tauri://localhost' || origin === 'http://tauri.localhost' || origin === 'https://tauri.localhost') return true
return /^https?:\/\/(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1)(:\d+)?$/.test(origin)

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Allow configured deployment origins for WebSocket upgrades.

The default PIXCODE_HOST is 0.0.0.0, and the README documents server, VDS, and public-server deployments. In those deployments, src/lib/ws.js uses location.host, but server/ws.js rejects the browser origin before wss.handleUpgrade. Add a configurable allowlist of exact trusted origins while retaining the local and Tauri defaults.

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In `@server/ws.js` at line 19, Update the WebSocket origin validation in the
upgrade handling around the origin regex to allow an exact, configurable
allowlist of trusted deployment origins, while preserving the existing
localhost, 127.0.0.1, and Tauri defaults. Read the configured origins through
the server’s established configuration mechanism and reject all origins not
matching either the defaults or the allowlist before wss.handleUpgrade.

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}

function broadcast(channel, event, data) {
const frame = JSON.stringify({ ch: channel, ev: event, data })
for (const connection of connections) {
Expand All @@ -24,6 +30,7 @@ export function createHub(server) {
let url
try { url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost') } catch { socket.destroy(); return }
if (url.pathname !== '/ws') { socket.destroy(); return }
if (!isAllowedOrigin(req.headers.origin)) { socket.destroy(); return }
const principal = authenticate(url)
if (!principal) {
socket.write('HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n')
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