Confirm changes automatically from the client that made them

A change made over the network answers with a one-time confirm_token
and closes its connection (HTTP/2: a GOAWAY). The web UI and hc send the
token straight back to /confirm, which accepts it only for the newest
change, from the same user and API token, the same address, and over a
new connection: proof that the client can still reach the API through
the new ruleset (an established connection would get through anyway). A
change that cuts its client off can't be confirmed so, and rolls back by
itself. The setting manual_confirm (hc settings set --auto-confirm off)
and hc --no-confirm leave confirming to a person. Changes through the
local socket still need no confirmation. e2e: 136 checks, among them a
lockout change rolled back without anyone confirming.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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abrown38andClaude Opus 5.5 committed 2026-10-19 13:23:28 +01:00
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// Import: an existing nftables ruleset as Housecarl's configuration.
import { h, mount, field, textarea, input, checkbox, errorBox, copyBox } from "../ui.js";
import { api } from "../api.js";
import { refreshProbation } from "../app.js";
import { refreshProbation, autoConfirm } from "../app.js";
export async function render(el) {
const json = textarea("", { rows: 6, class: "mono", placeholder: "the output of: sudo nft -j list ruleset" });
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ export async function render(el) {
mount(out, h("div", { class: "msg " + (dry ? "info" : "ok") },
dry ? "Would import: " : "Imported: ",
`${st.zones.length} zones, ${st.sets.length} sets, ${st.services.length} services, ${st.rules.length} rules, ${st.forwards.length} port forwards, ${st.snats.length} source NAT rules, ${st.redirects.length} redirects.`,
r.confirm_by ? " It is on probation: confirm it in the banner." : ""),
r.confirm_by && !r.confirm_token ? " It is on probation: confirm it in the banner." : ""),
r.notes.length ? h("div", { class: "panel" }, h("h2", null, "Notes"), h("ul", null, r.notes.map((n) => h("li", null, n)))) : null,
r.raw.length ? h("div", { class: "panel" }, h("h2", null, "Kept as raw rules"), h("ul", { class: "mono small" }, r.raw.map((n) => h("li", null, n)))) : null,
!dry ? h("p", null, "Check the ", h("a", { href: "#/rules" }, "rules"), " and ", h("a", { href: "#/nat" }, "NAT"),
"; both rulesets apply until the old table goes: ", copyBox("sudo hc takeover \"inet main\"")) : null);
if (!dry) refreshProbation();
if (!dry && r.confirm_token) autoConfirm(r.confirm_token);
else if (!dry) refreshProbation();
} catch (e) { mount(out, errorBox(e)); }
};
mount(el,
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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export async function render(el) {
const v6 = listEditor(s.antispoof_v6, { addLabel: "Add" });
const flow = listEditor(s.flowtable_devices, { suggestions: ifs.map((i) => i.name), placeholder: "wan", addLabel: "Add device" });
const probation = input({ value: fmtSeconds(s.probation_seconds || 120), class: "short" });
const manual = checkbox("a person confirms each change (otherwise the browser or hc that made it confirms it by itself, once it reaches Housecarl again over a new connection)", s.manual_confirm);
const err = h("div");
const save = async (dry) => {
mount(err);
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export async function render(el) {
try {
const r = await change("PATCH", "/settings", { input_policy: input_.value, forward_policy: forward.value, output_policy: output.value,
log_policy_drops: logDrops.input.checked, builtins, own_prefixes: own.value(), antispoof_v4: v4.value(), antispoof_v6: v6.value(),
flowtable_devices: flow.value(), probation_seconds: p === 120 ? 0 : p }, { query: dry ? { dry_run: 1 } : undefined });
flowtable_devices: flow.value(), probation_seconds: p === 120 ? 0 : p, manual_confirm: manual.input.checked }, { query: dry ? { dry_run: 1 } : undefined });
if (!dry && (r.applied || r.staged)) rerender();
} catch (e) { mount(err, errorBox(e)); }
};
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ export async function render(el) {
field("Antispoof IPv4", v4),
field("Antispoof IPv6", v6),
field("Flowtable", flow, "Forwarded TCP and UDP between these devices skip the rules once established (fast path). Exact names; none: off."),
field("Probation", probation, "How long a change made here has to be confirmed before it is rolled back.")),
field("Probation", probation, "How long a change made over the network has to be confirmed before it is rolled back."),
h("label"), manual),
err,
write ? h("div", { class: "actions form-actions" },
h("button", { class: "primary", onclick: () => save(false) }, "Save"),