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feat(frontend): npm run dev:live serves the branch against a real backend (TASK-686) - #3073
npm run dev:live runs the Vite dev server on localhost:3000 and proxies /api and /socket.io to a real backend.
Default target is staging (api-staging.commonly.me), where writes are safe.
DEV_LIVE_TARGET=prod points at prod, read-only: HTTP writes are refused at the proxy, and the socket is not proxied.
The proxy drops the browser Origin header, because prod refuses http://localhost:3000. Prod CORS is unchanged.
Plain npm start is unchanged and has no proxy.
Verified
Proxied /api/health returns the backend JSON. An Origin-bearing request reaches the backend without the Origin (staging 403s a localhost Origin when called direct).
The branch renders at localhost. Headless check: the page loads from the branch and reaches the app shell.
Not yet
A logged-in pod walk: this seat has no staging test account, so the pod-level walk is still owed.
…kend (TASK-686)
Vite dev server proxies /api and /socket.io to staging by default, or to prod
with DEV_LIVE_TARGET=prod. Prod is read-only for the browser: HTTP writes are
refused at the proxy and the socket is not proxied. The proxy drops the
browser Origin header, since prod refuses http://localhost:3000. Prod CORS is
unchanged. Plain npm start has no proxy.
Verified: proxied /api/health returns the backend JSON with no Origin, and
an Origin-bearing request reaches the backend without it (staging 403s a
localhost Origin when called direct). The branch renders at localhost.
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The frontend adds a dev:live command and an opt-in Vite proxy for staging or production. Production mode blocks API requests other than GET and HEAD and does not proxy /socket.io. Tests cover production restrictions and invalid targets. Guides document setup and production sign-in.
Changes: Live backend proxy
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Summary
Configure and use the live proxy frontend/package.json, frontend/vite.config.ts, frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs, frontend/TESTING.md, docs/development/ui-validation.md
The dev:live script enables the proxy. Vite selects staging by default or production when configured, and rejects an invalid target. Production mode blocks API writes and omits the socket proxy. Tests cover these behaviors. The guides describe setup, staging authentication, and production sign-in.
sequenceDiagram
participant Frontend
participant Vite
participant LiveBackend
Frontend->>Vite: Send API request
Vite->>LiveBackend: Proxy allowed request to configured target
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Possibly related PRs
Team-Commonly/commonly#3081: Adds the seeded staging pod and seat-test login described in the live testing guide.
Team-Commonly/commonly#2568: Makes Connect and BYO setup commands use the configured API base URL set by dev:live.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review e3c93
Proxy target isolation and meaningful live-proxy tests should be strengthened before merging to avoid credential exposure and false-positive validation.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding npm run dev:live to serve the frontend against a real backend.
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Other comments: 1
frontend/TESTING.md: 1
35-37: Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Clarify that GET requests can change production data.
The proxy blocks write methods, but it does not make the backend read-only. For example, loading messages from a user-created pod can set onboarding.podOpenedAt through backend/controllers/messageController.ts and backend/services/onboardingMarks.ts. Describe this as a method restriction and warn about GET side effects, or prevent those effects. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @frontend/TESTING.md around lines 35 - 37:
Update the “Prod, read-only” section to clarify that the proxy blocks HTTP write
methods but does not make production read-only: GET requests may still change
data, including onboarding state when loading messages from a user-created pod.
Keep the existing proxy and socket.io behavior accurate, and describe the setup
as method-restricted rather than read-only unless those GET side effects are
prevented.
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Review comments at @frontend/package.json:
- Line 44: Update the dev:live script in package.json to make Vite fail to start
when port 3000 is occupied, ensuring it cannot silently serve the page on a
different port while API requests still target port 3000.
Review comments at @frontend/vite.config.ts:
- Line 40: Add integration tests for the proxy behavior configured by the
readOnlyProd bypass: assert a production POST returns 404 without writing
upstream, staging requests are proxied, and production socket requests are
refused. Do not rely on the health-check test to cover these paths.
- Around line 14-15: Update target selection around liveName and liveTarget so
staging and production do not share authentication storage: give each target a
distinct origin or scope token storage by target, and ensure axiosConfig uses
only the token for the active target.
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Other comments:
Review comments at @frontend/TESTING.md:
- Around line 35-37: Update the “Prod, read-only” section to clarify that the
proxy blocks HTTP write methods but does not make production read-only: GET
requests may still change data, including onboarding state when loading messages
from a user-created pod. Keep the existing proxy and socket.io behavior
accurate, and describe the setup as method-restricted rather than read-only
unless those GET side effects are prevented.
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Without --strictPort, Vite moves to another port while the page's API
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Runs the real vite.config.ts in prod read-only mode and asserts POST/PUT/
PATCH/DELETE to /api are refused locally, /socket.io never reaches prod,
and an unknown DEV_LIVE_TARGET fails the config load.
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Added frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs (commit fad5d48) for the CodeRabbit thread on vite.config.ts:40. It runs the real vite.config.ts in prod read-only mode and checks, offline:
POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE to /api/* return a Vite 404 from the local server, so nothing leaves for api.commonly.me. The 404 is what TESTING.md documents.
/socket.io answers with Vite's HTML fallback, not an engine.io handshake (no "sid").
An unknown DEV_LIVE_TARGET fails the config load.
Added to the npm test node list. node --test scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs is 3/3 locally.
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Follow-up Comments
Verify that each write stays local.
45-46: Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Verify that each write stays local.
A forwarded request can also receive a non-JSON 404, so these assertions do not prove that the proxy refused it. Route the test to a local backend fixture and assert that it receives no write requests. Include a positive control that reaches the fixture.
As per path instructions, “A test that would still pass with the fix reverted is not a test (rule 1).”
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Review comment at @frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs around lines 45 -
46:
Update the test around the status and content-type assertions to verify write
requests stay local: route requests through a local backend fixture and assert
it receives no write requests. Add a positive control that reaches the fixture,
so the test distinguishes proxy refusal from a forwarded request returning a
non-JSON 404.
Source: Path instructions
Avoid a fixed port for the test server.
24-24: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Avoid a fixed port for the test server.
If another process or test run uses port 3199, strictPort makes npm test fail. Let Vite select an available port and use the actual listening address for requests. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs at line 24:
Update the Vite server configuration in the test to allow an available port
instead of requiring the fixed port, then use the actual listening address when
constructing requests so they target the selected port.
Test successful proxy traffic.
51-58: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Test successful proxy traffic.
If the proxy is disabled entirely, Vite can still return 404 for the write requests and HTML for this polling request. The current tests can therefore pass while dev:live cannot reach either backend. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Add fixture-backed tests for forwarded API requests, staging socket traffic, and removal of Origin.
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Review comment at @frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs around lines 51 -
58:
Extend the tests using withDevLive to verify fixture-backed API requests are
forwarded, staging socket traffic reaches its backend, and proxied requests have
their Origin header removed; retain the existing prod read-only socket test.
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Do not reference an unavailable seed command.
43-44: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Do not reference an unavailable seed command.
At revision d3dccd37581d583c0177a5d088ea7002a60fc924, the TASK-697 seed script and docs/development/ui-validation.md are absent, and backend/package.json does not define seed:staging. A clean checkout cannot perform the setup described here. Land this documentation with the seed change, or document a command and path available in this revision. ()
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Review comment at @frontend/TESTING.md around lines 43 - 44:
Update the setup instructions referencing the TASK-697 staging seed so they use
a seed command and path available in this revision; if the seed change is not
present, defer documenting its command until it lands. Ensure a clean checkout
can follow the documented workflow.
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Add regression coverage for Origin removal.
102-103: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Add regression coverage for Origin removal.
frontend/scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs does not send an Origin header or inspect the upstream request. Add HTTP and WebSocket fixture tests that send Origin: http://localhost:3000 and assert that the upstream receives no Origin header.
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Review comment at @docs/development/ui-validation.md around lines 102 - 103:
Add HTTP and WebSocket fixture tests to the dev live proxy test suite that send
Origin: http://localhost:3000 and verify the corresponding upstream requests
contain no Origin header.
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Review of the dev:live branch at 3669368 (flint's one review round).
Diff: 5 files. The proxy, the refusal and socket checks, the unknown-target guard, the package script and the docs were read against the TASK-686 notes.
node --test scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs: 3/3 pass on this head.
No blocking defects. The token-isolation point is answered by the doc note, not by code, since the proxy cannot isolate browser storage.
Review of the dev:live branch at this head (flint's one review round).
Diff: 5 files. The proxy, the refusal and socket checks, the unknown-target guard, the package script and the docs were read against the TASK-686 notes.
node --test scripts/dev-live-proxy.test.mjs: 3/3 pass on this head.
No blocking defects. The token-isolation point is answered by the doc note, since the proxy cannot isolate browser storage.
Staging and prod now serve on separate origins (3102 / 3101), so a prod
token saved on one cannot reach a staging run. The config sets the API
base to the same origin. Proxy tests run the real config against a stub
upstream (DEV_LIVE_UPSTREAM) and assert refused prod writes never reach
it, GET reads and staging writes are proxied with Origin dropped, the
socket path is not proxied in prod, and each target binds its own port.
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Re-review of the dev:live branch at this head (flint's one review round, after the two CodeRabbit threads).
Token isolation: staging and prod now bind separate ports (3102 and 3101), so their origins and localStorage differ. The test asserts the port follows the target.
Proxy tests: 6/6 pass on this head, run against the real config with a stub upstream (DEV_LIVE_UPSTREAM). They cover refused prod writes with no upstream call, prod GET proxying, the prod socket refusal, staging writes with Origin dropped, the per-target port, and the unknown-target guard.
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What
npm run dev:liveruns the Vite dev server on localhost:3000 and proxies/apiand/socket.ioto a real backend.api-staging.commonly.me), where writes are safe.DEV_LIVE_TARGET=prodpoints at prod, read-only: HTTP writes are refused at the proxy, and the socket is not proxied.Originheader, because prod refuseshttp://localhost:3000. Prod CORS is unchanged.npm startis unchanged and has no proxy.Verified
/api/healthreturns the backend JSON. An Origin-bearing request reaches the backend without the Origin (staging 403s a localhost Origin when called direct).Not yet
docs/development/ui-validation.md: lands after docs(design): D215 artboard v2 with measuring scripts and blurred before shots #3059 and feat(ui): read-only interaction crawler for v2 routes (TASK-675) #3062 merge, per the row.Test plan
npm run dev:liveon a clean checkout loads a pod from staging after sign-in.DEV_LIVE_TARGET=prod npm run dev:live: a GET-only page renders; a POST returns the proxy 404.🤖 Generated with Claude Code