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This replaces the media-download-only allow-list from #1314 with one product-wide SSRF setting that can also be turned off, and makes the download behave like any other upstream request.

New top-level startup config block:

outbound:
  ssrf_protection:
    enabled: true        # default
    allowed_hosts: []    # host or host:port, IPv6 with a port as [addr]:port

Env vars: AISIX_OUTBOUND__SSRF_PROTECTION__ENABLED, AISIX_OUTBOUND__SSRF_PROTECTION__ALLOWED_HOSTS (comma-separated). It governs every URL supplied by an API caller that the gateway fetches. Today that is only the media download (upstream.media_fetch). URLs that operators configure (provider api_base, guardrail endpoints, MCP, A2A, JWKS, exporters) are not affected.

upstream.media_fetch.allowed_hosts is removed outright. It was never released, so there's no alias or tombstone. upstream.media_fetch.enabled and max_bytes are unchanged.

What changes in the download:

• enabled: false turns the address check off completely: no blocklist and no DNS pinning, and allowed_hosts is ignored. The redirect cap (10), size cap, request-body budget, retries and timeout budget still apply in both modes.
• It now honours HTTPS_PROXY / HTTP_PROXY / ALL_PROXY / NO_PROXY the same way the provider clients do. The forced no_proxy() is gone. Whether a proxy takes a URL is decided by the same matcher reqwest uses internally (hyper_util's Matcher::from_system), so the check and the client can't disagree.
• Certificate verification follows upstream.tls (ca_file and now also verify: false). The download still never presents the upstream mTLS client identity.
• With protection on and a direct connection, DNS pinning is kept: the resolver checks every address and the client connects only to those. When a proxy applies, the host is resolved locally and every address is checked before the request goes to the proxy, which then resolves the host again itself. Pinning can't work through a proxy, and we accept that. One consequence: a host that does not resolve locally is refused ("its host does not resolve") even if the proxy could resolve it.
• The 400 for a blocked host keeps its shape, but the hint now reads "To allow it, an operator adds the host to outbound.ssrf_protection.allowed_hosts, or turns the check off with outbound.ssrf_protection.enabled: false".

The address classification, the allow-list parsing and the resolver now live in a new aisix_gateway::ssrf module, so the next caller-URL fetcher reuses them instead of copying media_fetch.

config.example.yaml / config.managed.yaml document the new block, the proxy/TLS behaviour, and the fake-ip / transparent-proxy case: public names that resolve into 198.18.0.0/15 are blocked, so list them in allowed_hosts or turn the check off. config.reference.json is regenerated. The paired chart change is api7/api7-helm-chart#409.

Upgrade impact: none for released versions, because media_fetch itself is unreleased. A config that set upstream.media_fetch.allowed_hosts on a main build or a v1.7.0 release candidate must move it to outbound.ssrf_protection.allowed_hosts, because the old key now fails the boot as an unknown field.

Tests: the existing media e2e suites move to the new key and assert the new hint. New e2e cases cover a loopback URL (direct and via redirect) fetched with enabled: false, an allow-listed http:// host fetched through HTTP_PROXY, an https:// host tunnelled through HTTPS_PROXY with upstream.tls.verify: false against a self-signed cert, a non-allow-listed name refused before the proxy sees anything, and the same host passing through the proxy with protection off. Unit tests moved with the classification into ssrf.rs, plus a disabled-mode/redirect-cap case in media_fetch.

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The change adds shared outbound SSRF configuration and gateway routing, then applies that routing to media downloads. It also updates startup initialization, TLS behavior for caller-selected peers, configuration examples, and end-to-end coverage for proxy and SSRF scenarios.

Changes: Outbound SSRF protection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define outbound SSRF configuration crates/aisix-core/src/config.rs, config.reference.json, config.example.yaml, config.managed.yaml	Adds outbound.ssrf_protection defaults and environment overrides. Moves the allowed-host setting out of upstream.media_fetch and updates the configuration examples.
Implement shared SSRF routing crates/aisix-gateway/src/ssrf.rs, crates/aisix-gateway/src/lib.rs, crates/aisix-gateway/Cargo.toml	Adds URL routing, DNS checks, address pinning, proxy detection, address classification, and refusal types. Exposes the module and adds hyper-util with the client-proxy feature.
Apply SSRF routing to media fetching crates/aisix-gateway/src/media_fetch.rs, crates/aisix-gateway/src/upstream_http.rs, crates/aisix-server/src/main.rs	Media fetching selects a client for each SSRF route and uses shared refusal hints. Startup initializes SSRF protection. Caller-selected peers follow the configured TLS verification setting without using the upstream client identity.
Validate configuration and proxy behavior tests/e2e/src/cases/chat-media-parts-native-providers-e2e.test.ts, tests/e2e/src/cases/claude-platform-native-messages-e2e.test.ts	Updates test configuration and adds coverage for disabled protection, proxy routing, TLS verification, redirects, and private-address rejection before proxy access.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatRequest
  participant MediaFetch
  participant SsrfProtection
  participant Proxy
  participant MediaServer
  ChatRequest->>MediaFetch: Submit image URL
  MediaFetch->>SsrfProtection: Route URL for each redirect hop
  SsrfProtection-->>MediaFetch: Return Pinned or Unchecked route
  alt Pinned route
    MediaFetch->>MediaServer: Fetch using checked and pinned addresses
  else Unchecked route
    MediaFetch->>Proxy: Send through environment proxy when configured
    Proxy->>MediaServer: Forward HTTP request or CONNECT tunnel
  end

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 41fc8

This change moves media-download host allow-listing to a new outbound.ssrf_protection setting. Deployments upgrading from the v1.7.0 release candidates that still set upstream.media_fetch.allowed_hosts will fail to start, because the old key is now rejected as unknown. The old key should still be accepted, ignored, and reported with a warning that points to the new setting before this is merged.

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E2e Test Quality Review		PASS — The PR adds real end-to-end coverage for the gateway-to-media-server-to-provider flow. The new tests cover disabled protection, redirects, proxy routing for HTTP and HTTPS, TLS verification, al…
Security Check		No security-check failure was introduced. Category 1: media logs and errors use display_uri, which removes query and fragment credentials; no authentication headers or secret configs are logged. Cat…

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PASS — The PR adds real end-to-end coverage for the gateway-to-media-server-to-provider flow. The new tests cover disabled protection, redirects, proxy routing for HTTP and HTTPS, TLS verification, allow-listed hosts, refusal before proxy access, and protection-off proxy access. Existing tests retain size, request-budget, redirect, invalid-scheme, and error-status coverage. Assertions are structured and include response context. Test setup uses real spawned gateway and network services, with no hidden test-order dependency or ignored operational errors identified. The implementation scope matches the SSRF configuration goal.

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No security-check failure was introduced. Category 1: media logs and errors use display_uri, which removes query and fragment credentials; no authentication headers or secret configs are logged. Category 2: no database persistence changed. Category 3: no mutating endpoints or permission checks changed. Category 4: no cross-resource access changed. Category 5: TLS mapping is correct: verify: false explicitly maps to danger_accept_invalid_certs(true), while the default remains verification enabled; caller clients still omit the mTLS identity. Category 6: no shared-resource deletion or binding changed. Category 7: the new fields are host settings, not secret references, and environment-list parsing is registered for outbound.ssrf_protection.allowed_hosts.

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