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Summary

Fixes the findings of a security audit of LogStruct, and prepares the 0.3.0 release.

  • Bound and scrub dynamic log keys, including object keys, and limit integration input before conversion or serialization. A Rails filter block with three arguments gets a copy of the parameters that stops at 10,000 values, 20 levels of nesting or a value that contains itself; past those, its keys are filtered.
  • Remove child key names from filtered Hash summaries. additional_data can't set any field of its line's own type, set or not, or req_id.
  • Errors raised while formatting, serializing or filtering a value are reported with their class and backtrace, but not their message (which can quote the value) or the key (which can be the secret). This covers LogStruct's matchers, Rails' filter_parameters blocks and GlobalID formatting.
  • Use a random process HMAC key before a Rails key is available. CarrierWave logs a hashed file ID and no longer logs file names, storage paths or extensions.
  • Update Next.js and Dalli to patched versions and add Ruby and pnpm advisory checks to task ci.

Review fixes (second commit onwards)

Reviewing the first two commits found these, each with a regression test:

  • Three-argument filter blocks filtered whole lines. The root copy applied the output limits (max_array_items 10, max_hash_keys 100), and any truncation made every key fail closed. A request with an 11-item array, or any error line with a normal backtrace, was written with src, evt and msg filtered. The copy now keeps everything Rails would give the block and only stops at the resource limits above.
  • _more_keys from Ahoy and Lograge was wrong. The integrations' truncated copy added its count as one more key, which the formatter then cut and recounted as 1. Rails' default filter_parameters (:_key) also filtered the count. The shared BoundedInput.symbolize_keys leaves the count a slot, and the formatter writes Integer counts as it writes its own. Parameters get exact counts (keys.size) instead of true.
  • additional_data rejected 110 common names. Reserving every built-in field name made name, url, status, data, action and others raise in dev/test and get dropped in production, on every log type. Each generated type now lists its own fields (field_keys), which are reserved whether or not the line has them.
  • A SystemStackError was reported as RuntimeError without a backtrace. Rails filter blocks still reported the key and raw error. One LogStruct.handle_value_error now handles all of these paths.
  • Removed the now-unused LogField::Filename, StorePath and Extension.

Behavior changes

  • Oversized Hash keys and their values are omitted and counted in _oversized_keys.
  • Filtered Hash summaries no longer contain _keys.
  • additional_data can't set its line type's fields or req_id.
  • CarrierWave file_id is a keyed hash; its filename, storage path and extension fields were removed from the schema.
  • Lograge normalizes request parameter keys only at the first level.

Verification

  • task ci (Node 22.19.0): passed

Bound input traversal and key output, fail closed when filter context is incomplete, protect error reporting, and pseudonymize CarrierWave identifiers. Update vulnerable dependencies and gate CI on Ruby and docs advisory audits.
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Walkthrough

The change adds bounded input processing and dependency audits. It also updates field normalization, filtered-value summaries, serialization errors, and CarrierWave logs to limit exposed data. Documentation and tests are updated for these behaviors.

Changes

Logging behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounded input and formatting
lib/log_struct/bounded_input.rb, lib/log_struct/config_struct/filters.rb, lib/log_struct/formatter.rb, lib/log_struct/config_struct/limits.rb, test/log_struct/formatter_test.rb, test/log_struct/param_filters_test.rb, docs/app/docs/log-fields/page.tsx
Input traversal now has depth, node, key-count, and key-byte limits. Formatting handles Rails parameters through the hash path, counts omitted oversized keys, and uses generic serialization errors. Lazy filter roots use bounded copies and an unavailable sentinel.
Normalized integration fields
lib/log_struct/integrations/ahoy.rb, lib/log_struct/integrations/lograge.rb, lib/log_struct/shared/merge_additional_data_fields.rb, test/log_struct/integrations/*, test/code_examples/log_fields_test.rb, test/log_struct/concerns/logging_test.rb, docs/app/docs/log-fields/page.tsx
Ahoy, Lograge, and additional-data processing apply entry and key-size limits. Reserved additional-data keys derive from serialized log fields.
Filtered values and CarrierWave output
lib/log_struct/hash_utils.rb, lib/log_struct/param_filters.rb, lib/log_struct/integrations/carrierwave.rb, lib/log_struct/log/carrierwave*, schemas/log_sources/carrierwave.yml, test/log_struct/hash_utils_test.rb, test/log_struct/param_filters_test.rb, test/log_struct/integrations/carrierwave_test.rb, docs/app/docs/filtering-sensitive-data/page.tsx, docs/app/docs/log-fields/*, docs/app/docs/soc2-compliance/page.tsx, docs/app/docs/sorbet-types/page.tsx
Filtered Hash summaries no longer list child keys, and matcher errors omit key context. Hashing uses a random process fallback key when no salt is set and bounds long inputs. CarrierWave logs use a hashed file identifier and omit filename, storage path, and extension fields.

Dependency security checks

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dependency audit task
Gemfile, Taskfile.yml, docs/package.json
The CI task now runs bundler-audit and pnpm audit. The test dependencies add bundler-audit and constrain dalli; the docs next dependency changes to version 16.4.1.

Priority: ⚪ Pending latest changes

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0dd1a

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Comment thread docs/app/docs/log-fields/page.tsx Outdated
A Rails filter block with three arguments gets every parameter again. Its
copy applied the line's output limits, and any cut made the block's keys
fail closed, so a request with an 11-item array or an error line with a
normal backtrace was written with src, evt and msg filtered. The copy now
only stops at 10,000 values, 20 levels of nesting or a value that
contains itself.

Ahoy's properties and Lograge's params count the keys they leave out in
a slot the formatter keeps, and the formatter writes those Integer counts
as it writes its own: it used to recount the added key as 1, and Rails'
default :_key filter hid it. ActionController::Parameters get exact
counts instead of true.

Errors raised while formatting, serializing or filtering a value go
through LogStruct.handle_value_error, which keeps the error's class and
backtrace but not its message. This also covers Rails filter blocks,
which still reported the key and the raw error, GlobalID formatting, and
SystemStackErrors, which were reported as RuntimeErrors without a
backtrace.

Remove LogField::Filename, StorePath and Extension, which no log type
writes since CarrierWave stopped logging them.
Reserving every built-in field name made common keys like name, url,
status, data and action raise in development and test, and disappear in
production, on every log type. additional_data was meant to be kept from
replacing a line's typed fields, or standing in for one its type didn't
write.

Each generated log type lists its fields in FIELD_KEYS, and
MergeAdditionalDataFields reserves them, set or not, along with src, evt,
lvl, ts and req_id. A custom type's serialize writes its own fields after
merging additional_data, so its field_keys default to none.
@ndbroadbent ndbroadbent changed the title Harden sensitive log handling and dependency checks Harden sensitive log handling and release 0.3.0 Oct 23, 2026
Ruby 3.3 quotes a method in a backtrace with a backtick (`as_json'), and
Ruby 3.4 with a single quote.
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ndbroadbent merged commit 560563e into main Oct 23, 2026
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