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The current ETag response from ofrep is based on the config version/context targeting key. There's a whole bunch of other attributes that are possible to change in the OFREP response that could invalidate the configuration and need to be taken into account of the response here.

This allows namely, the SSE URL to update between requests even if no other response values change. Without this, the old connection would be maintained and not updated/refreshes.

I wrote the etag handling as a middleware as this should be discrete from any actual body writing/response editing. The middleware should act discrete from the actual response and be a mutator to the headers/response code alone.

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The current ETag response from ofrep is based on the config version/context targeting key. There's a whole bunch of other attributes that are possible to change in the OFREP response that could invalidate the configuration and need to be taken into account of the response here.

This allows namely, the SSE URL to update between requests even if no other response values change. Without this, the old connection would be maintained and not updated/refreshes.

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OFREP bulk evaluation now generates ETags from response bodies. Matching If-None-Match requests return 304 responses unless the configuration-version check vetoes the response. Bulk evaluation retains last-modified metadata, and CORS exposes the ETag header.

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OFREP ETag handling

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Response-body ETag middleware
flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go, flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag_test.go
Responses are buffered and successful bodies receive quoted SHA-256 ETags. Matching quoted, unquoted, weak, repeated, comma-separated, and wildcard validators return bodyless 304 responses. Non-OK responses pass through unchanged.
Bulk handler integration
flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/handler.go, flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/sse_bulk_test.go, flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/sse/event.go, flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/sse/service_test.go
The bulk route applies conditional ETag middleware. flagConfigEtag is used to veto validator-based 304 responses when the configuration version differs. flagConfigLastModified uses SSE configuration timestamps. Tests cover response changes, evaluation context changes, validator precedence, and SSE availability.
CORS ETag exposure
flagd/pkg/service/middleware/cors/cors.go, flagd/pkg/service/middleware/cors/cors_test.go
CORS exposes the ETag response header. Cross-origin OFREP coverage verifies the exposed-header value.

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Malformed ETag validators can prevent valid cache matches, causing responses that should return 304 to return full bodies instead. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant CORS
  participant conditionalETag
  participant HandleBulkEvaluation
  Client->>CORS: Send bulk evaluation request with If-None-Match
  CORS->>conditionalETag: Forward request
  conditionalETag->>HandleBulkEvaluation: Evaluate and buffer response
  HandleBulkEvaluation-->>conditionalETag: Return response body and configuration metadata
  conditionalETag-->>CORS: Return 200 with ETag or 304 without body
  CORS-->>Client: Return response with exposed ETag header
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In `@flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go`:
- Line 28: Update the If-None-Match handling in the ETag comparison path to
parse the header as an entity-tag list, recognizing wildcard, comma-separated
tags, and weak tags. Use weak comparison so any listed matching tag returns the
existing not-modified response, and add coverage for these forms.
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Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go Outdated
Depending on the deployment, it may not be a direct fit/match. Our response may be modified and we need to handle for that case (eg Cloudflare in front)

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In `@flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go`:
- Around line 114-120: The ETag list parser in the loop handling `quoted` must
not let an unmatched quote in malformed input suppress later validators. Only
toggle into quoted mode when a quote begins an entity tag, while preserving
quote handling within valid tags, and add coverage for malformed `bogus",`
followed by the current ETag to ensure it still evaluates and returns 304.
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Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go

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Great work @JamieSinn!

Some nits from me.

Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/handler.go Outdated
Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go
Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go
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// normalizeETag lets quoted and unquoted forms compare equal.
func normalizeETag(etag string) string {

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I would suggest to remove this func. When generating etag we could apply quoteETag and then just compare without extra memory allocations.

		etag := quoteETag(bodyETag(rec.body.Bytes()))
		w.Header().Set("ETag", etag)

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Coderabbit pointed (correctly) out that we may not control the etag throughout its lifecycle of the request path, and we need to ensure that it's in a consistent format.

I thought it's a good catch, but also a bit extra to ensure/enforce a given format.

Thoughts?

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This is a tough one. The RFC says that * could be used only with unsafe methods. Per 13.1.2 the safe method are HEAD and GET and only those could return Not Modified status. In all other cases should respond with 412 Precondition Failed.

In some way the OFREP spec with POST endpoints conflicts with the RFC for ETag. I see OFREP POST as a safe method so we should not allow "*" and you are right about weak comparing.

I still prefer etag generation with quotes and compare it to incoming values.

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Sounds good - I can update to always quote and then we can skip normalizing.

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@erka you might be interested in this too - open-feature/protocol#84

Comment thread flagd/pkg/service/flag-evaluation/ofrep/etag.go Outdated
pre-refactor: 9282 ns/op, 2.4KB/op, 7 allocs
after: 7523 ns/op, 464B/op, 8 allocs
Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>
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JamieSinn added a commit to JamieSinn/protocol that referenced this pull request Aug 27, 2026
…he query params

This was an unclear gap that I ran into when implementing open-feature/flagd#2036

This basically states that the `flagConfigEtag` is the "winner", but only in the truth case of 200 vs 304. It must never downgrade a 200 to a 304 from any other cache control headers.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>
…lean case

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@dosubot dosubot Bot added the size:L This PR changes 100-499 lines, ignoring generated files. label Aug 27, 2026
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…uery params (#84)

* chore: Clarify ADR-0008's handling for cache headers in addition to the query params

This was an unclear gap that I ran into when implementing open-feature/flagd#2036

This basically states that the `flagConfigEtag` is the "winner", but only in the truth case of 200 vs 304. It must never downgrade a 200 to a 304 from any other cache control headers.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>

* reword based on coderabbit

Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>

* Update service/adrs/0008-sse-for-bulk-evaluation-changes.md

Co-authored-by: Todd Baert <todd.baert@dynatrace.com>
Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>

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Signed-off-by: Jamie Sinn <james.sinn@dynatrace.com>
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