Changelog of @hackage/sproxy2 1.90.1

For differences with the original Sproxy scroll down.

1.90.1

  • Fixed headers processing. Wrong headers were making Chromium drop connection in HTTP/2. Firefox sometimes couldn't handle gzipped and chunked responses in HTTP/1.1.

  • After authenticating, redirect to original path with query parameters if method was GET. Otherwise redirect to "/". Previously, when unauthenticated users click on "https://example.net/foo?bar", they are redirected to "https://example.net/foo" regardless of the method.

1.90.0 (Preview Release)

Sproxy2 is overhaul of original Sproxy (see also Hackage). Here are the key differences (with Sproxy 0.9.8):

  • Sproxy2 can work with remote PostgreSQL database. Quick access to the database is essential as sproxy does it on every HTTP request. Sproxy2 pulls data into local SQLite3 database.

  • At this release Sproxy2 is compatible with Sproxy database with one exception: SQL wildcards are not supported for HTTP methods. E. i. you have to change '%' in the database to specific methods like GET, POST, etc.

  • OAuth2 callback URLs changed: Sproxy2 uses /.sproxy/oauth2/:provider, e. g. /.sproxy/oauth2/google. Sproxy used /sproxy/oauth2callback for Google and /sproxy/oauth2callback/linkedin for LinkedIn.

  • Sproxy2 does not allow login with email addresses not known to it.

  • Sproxy2: OAuth2 callback state is serialized, signed and passed base64-encoded. Of course it's used to verify the request is legit.

  • Sproxy2: session cookie is serialized, signed and sent base64-encoded.

  • Path /.sproxy belongs to Sproxy2 completely. Anything under this path is never passed to backends.

  • Sproxy2 supports multiple backends. Routing is based on the Host HTTP header.

  • Sproxy2 uses WAI / Warp for incoming connections. As a result Sproxy2 supports HTTP2.

  • Sproxy2 uses HTTP Client to talk to backends. As a result Sproxy2 reuses backend connections instead of closing them after each request to the backend.

  • Sproxy2 optionally supports persistent key again (removed in Sproxy 0.9.2). This can be used in load-balancing multiple Sproxy2 instances.

  • Configuration file has changed. It's still YAML, but some options are renamed, removed or added. Have a look at well-documented sproxy.yml.example