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Closes #695.

The generic handler appended the query string to the upstream URL and put it in the cache key for every version-pinned path. /generic/github/{owner}/{repo}/releases/download/{tag}/{asset}?a=1, ?a=2 and so on were each fetched and stored as a separate artifact.

• A GitHub release asset with a query now answers 400 before it reaches the upstream. Release assets take no query.
• Configured generic_artifacts keep their query, as Cache configured version-pinned paths of generic upstreams #424 settled: it is passed on and is part of the cache key, since a query such as ?variant= can select a different file.
• The docs now say that generic_paths only checks the path, that a release asset takes no query, and that each distinct query on a configured artifact is stored as a copy of its own until storage.max_size or a generic retention rule removes it.

TestGenericHandler_ServesReleaseAssetCachedUnderUnhashedKey checked that a query on a release asset reached the upstream; that case is now covered by TestGenericHandler_RefusesAQueryOnAReleaseAsset.

Tested with go test ./... and golangci-lint run ./... (0 issues).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Requests for GitHub release assets that include a query string now return a 400 error before contacting the upstream service.
• Documentation
  • Clarified how generic path checks handle query strings, how queries affect version-pinned artifact caching, and which retention settings can remove cached artifacts.

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Walkthrough

The generic handler now rejects GitHub release-asset requests with non-empty query strings before artifact handling. Tests verify the response and upstream request count. The configuration documentation describes query handling and caching.

Changes: Generic release-asset query handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Identify and reject queried release assets internal/handler/generic.go, internal/handler/generic_test.go, docs/configuration.md	The handler marks parsed GitHub release assets and returns HTTP 400 when their raw query is non-empty. Tests check that queried requests are rejected and query-free requests reach the upstream. The documentation describes path checks, query handling, and cache retention.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: bug

Suggested reviewers: andrew

Merge Risk: Low · up to 99d2e

Queried requests to a non-GitHub generic upstream with a path shaped like a GitHub release download are now refused with 400 instead of being forwarded. This only affects a narrow configuration, but the rejection should be limited to GitHub upstreams before merge or explicitly accepted.

Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to 99d2e

The change rejects query-bearing release-asset requests before upstream fetching or cache access. Existing upstream restrictions and configured-artifact query behavior remain intact. No material security risk introduced or worsened by this PR was identified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — For paths classified by the fallback release-asset parser, a client can no longer create additional upstream downloads and artifact-cache entries merely by varying the query. The restriction affects matching paths across configured generic upstreams, not only an upstream named github.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The new gate does not replace existing controls: only GET and HEAD proceed, traversal checks run first, and requests must select a configured upstream and pass its path restriction. Production routing also retains the existing middleware chain; its query-in-path check inspects URL.Path rather than RawQuery.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Rejected requests perform request-local classification and terminate before artifact handling. Repetition, concurrent rejected requests, or interruption of this branch cannot leave a partially written artifact or reservation through the new code. Accepted requests retain the existing fetch and cache lifecycle.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: rejecting query strings on GitHub release assets.
Linked Issues check		Issue #695 asks the documentation to clarify that generic_paths checks only the path and does not restrict query strings. docs/configuration.md now states this and explains that configured artifac…
Out of Scope Changes check		The documentation, release-asset query handling, and tests all address issue #695's query-string and caching behavior. The changes do not introduce an unrelated feature.

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Explanation

Issue #695 asks the documentation to clarify that generic_paths checks only the path and does not restrict query strings. docs/configuration.md now states this and explains that configured artifact queries pass upstream and create separate cache entries. For GitHub release assets, GenericHandler.Routes returns 400 for a non-empty query before artifact handling; TestGenericHandler_RefusesAQueryOnAReleaseAsset checks this behavior. The issue describes refusing or dropping queries on version-pinned paths as a possible option, not a required universal behavior.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @internal/handler/generic.go:
- Line 217: Update the release-asset decision in the handler around
parseGitHubReleaseAsset to include the upstream identity, marking assets only
for GitHub upstreams. Preserve normal request forwarding for non-GitHub
upstreams even when their paths match the release-asset pattern.

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