updates to api protections

README.md

@@ -117,17 +117,18 @@ PUBLIC_DATA_CACHE_STALE_MS=86400000
 PUBLIC_DATA_PREWARM_INTERVAL_MS=300000
 PUBLIC_DATA_COLD_TIMEOUT_MS=8000
 VITE_STATIC_DATA=false
-VITE_SITE_GATE=false
+VITE_SITE_GATE=true
 API_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS=60000
 API_RATE_LIMIT_MAX=120
 SITE_SESSION_SECRET=long-random-shared-secret
 SITE_SESSION_TTL_SECONDS=43200
 ```
 
-HTML responses set a signed, HttpOnly site-session cookie. `/api/*` and `/data/*`
-requests must present that cookie and same-origin browser request metadata, so the
-data is served to active site sessions instead of as an open public API. All PM2
-web instances must share the same `SITE_SESSION_SECRET`.
+Successful Turnstile verification sets signed, HttpOnly Turnstile and site-session
+cookies. `/api/*` and `/data/*` requests must present those cookies plus
+same-origin browser request metadata, so the data is served to verified active
+site sessions instead of as an open public API. All PM2 web instances must share
+the same `SITE_SESSION_SECRET`.
 
 On startup, the web server preloads the critical public snapshots before
 signalling PM2 `ready`: team leaderboard, player leaderboard, home teams, and

example.env

@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ DISCORD_INCLUDE_PATCH=true
 # TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY is the server-only secret used to call the Siteverify endpoint.
 VITE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY=
 TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY=
-VITE_SITE_GATE=false
+VITE_SITE_GATE=true
 VITE_STATIC_DATA=false

frontend/src/App.jsx

@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ const liveRefreshMs = 15000
 const siteVersion = import.meta.env.VITE_SITE_VERSION || '1.0.0'
 
 const turnstileSiteKey = import.meta.env.VITE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY || ''
-const siteGateEnabled = String(import.meta.env.VITE_SITE_GATE || 'false').toLowerCase() === 'true'
+const siteGateSetting = import.meta.env.VITE_SITE_GATE
+const siteGateEnabled = siteGateSetting == null
+  ? Boolean(turnstileSiteKey)
+  : String(siteGateSetting).toLowerCase() === 'true'
 const staticDataBase = (import.meta.env.VITE_STATIC_DATA_BASE || '/data').replace(/\/+$/, '')
 const staticDataEnabled = String(import.meta.env.VITE_STATIC_DATA || 'false').toLowerCase() === 'true'
 const missingStaticDataPaths = new Set()

server.cjs

@@ -1281,8 +1281,19 @@ function isProtectedDataPath(req) {
   }
 }
 
+function isSiteSessionBootstrapPath(req) {
+  if (!req.url) return false
+  try {
+    const pathname = new URL(req.url, `http://${req.headers.host || 'localhost'}`).pathname
+    return pathname === '/api/turnstile/verify' || pathname === '/api/turnstile/session'
+  } catch {
+    return req.url === '/api/turnstile/verify' || req.url === '/api/turnstile/session'
+  }
+}
+
 function requireSiteSession(req, res) {
   if (!isProtectedDataPath(req)) return true
+  if (isSiteSessionBootstrapPath(req)) return true
 
   if (!SITE_SESSION_HMAC_KEY) {
     sendJson(res, 503, { error: 'Site session signing is not configured' })
@@ -1299,6 +1310,11 @@ function requireSiteSession(req, res) {
     return false
   }
 
+  if (!isTurnstileSessionVerified(req)) {
+    sendJson(res, 403, { error: 'Turnstile session required' })
+    return false
+  }
+
   return true
 }
 
@@ -2469,12 +2485,10 @@ function htmlWithSeo(req, data) {
 
 function sendHtml(req, res, data, status = 200) {
   const html = htmlWithSeo(req, data)
-  const siteSessionCookie = buildSiteSessionCookie(req)
   send(res, status, html, {
     ...securityHeaders(req, { html: true }),
     'content-type': mimeTypes['.html'],
     'cache-control': 'no-cache',
-    ...(siteSessionCookie ? { 'set-cookie': siteSessionCookie } : {}),
   })
 }
 
@@ -2978,7 +2992,11 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
           sendJson(res, 403, { error: 'Turnstile verification failed', detail: verification.error })
           return
         }
-        const headers = TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY ? { 'set-cookie': buildTurnstileSessionCookie(req) } : {}
+        const cookies = [
+          buildTurnstileSessionCookie(req),
+          buildSiteSessionCookie(req),
+        ].filter(Boolean)
+        const headers = cookies.length ? { 'set-cookie': cookies } : {}
         send(res, 200, JSON.stringify({ success: true, ttl: TURNSTILE_SESSION_TTL_SECONDS }), {
           ...jsonHeaders,
           ...headers,