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fix(plugins): keep a log record's arguments when redacting it - #2251

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Found on the first deploy of the plugin host at plugins.surfsense.com. The log redaction from #2249 formatted every record and then set its args to None. uvicorn's access-log formatter unpacks a record's five arguments (client, method, path, version, status). So every request logged Python's "Logging error" with TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable NoneType object in place of its access line. Requests were still served, but the access log was lost.

Fix (plugins/remote/host/redacted_logs.py):

  • Arguments are redacted one by one and keep their shape and type. A non-string argument is replaced only when its text holds a credential.
  • A message template that has arguments is left whole, so its %s placeholders still match its arguments.
  • A credential that only appears once the message is formatted (split between the template and its arguments) still collapses the record to its redacted text, as before.

Tests:

  • New: uvicorn's real AccessFormatter formats a redacted access record (POST /web-crawl/mcp?key=*** HTTP/1.1 200 OK), and a credential split between the template and its arguments, or held inside an exception argument, is hidden.
  • tests/test_redacted_logs.py, tests/test_host.py and proprietary/license_check: 41 passed. Ruff is clean.
  • A real uvicorn run with redaction on printed "GET /health?key=*** HTTP/1.1" 200 OK with zero logging errors.

After merging, redeploy surfsense-plugin-host on Coolify (it builds from dev).

High-level PR Summary

This PR fixes a logging bug in the plugin host where credential redaction was breaking uvicorn's access logs. The original implementation set log record arguments to None after redaction, causing uvicorn's formatter (which unpacks five specific arguments) to crash with a TypeError. The fix preserves the shape and structure of log arguments while still redacting credentials within them, handling cases where credentials appear in mappings, tuples, or are split between message templates and their arguments.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved credential redaction in log messages, including credentials split across message templates and their values.
    • Sensitive query values and credentials in connection error details are now concealed in logs.
    • Access log formatting continues to work with redacted messages and preserves the expected log output format.

Redaction formatted every record and dropped its arguments. uvicorn's access
log unpacks its five arguments, so on the deployed host every request logged
"TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable NoneType object" in place of its access
line. Each argument is now redacted in place, keeping its shape and type, and a
template with arguments is left whole so its placeholders still match. A record
whose credential shows only once formatted, split across the template and its
arguments, still keeps just its redacted text.
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The logging redaction logic now processes mapping and tuple arguments while retaining their structure when possible. It replaces a formatted message and clears its arguments if credentials remain. Tests cover access-log formatting and credentials split across templates and arguments.

Changes: Logging argument redaction

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Redact arguments and validate formatting
plugins/remote/host/redacted_logs.py, plugins/remote/host/tests/test_redacted_logs.py
The redaction logic handles mapping values and tuple arguments while preserving their containers. It replaces the formatted message and clears arguments when credentials remain. Tests verify access-log formatting and redaction of credentials in templates and exception arguments.

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# access log unpacks its five. Only one that holds a credential is replaced,
# and a template with arguments is left whole, so its placeholders still match.
if isinstance(record.args, Mapping):
record.args = {key: _redacted_value(v) for key, v in record.args.items()}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve mapping lookup behavior when redacting arguments.

If a caller logs with a nonempty defaultdict, copying it into a plain dict removes its __missing__ behavior. For example, logger.warning("%(missing)s", defaultdict(lambda: "fallback", {"other": "value"})) previously formats, but record.getMessage() now raises KeyError. _redact returns, and the handler loses the log line. Keep the original mapping when its values do not change; preserve lookup behavior when redacted values require a replacement. Add one mapping-argument check. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @plugins/remote/host/redacted_logs.py at line 65:
Update the mapping-argument handling around `record.args` so unchanged values
retain the original mapping, preserving behaviors such as
`defaultdict.__missing__`; when redaction changes values, apply replacements
without converting the mapping to a plain `dict` or losing its lookup behavior.

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