Summary
The core rule-based assistant scanner runs over 40 intensive regular expression pattern evaluations (BUG_PATTERNS) on raw user strings without a designated maximum string/character length constraint. When analyzing highly complex or multi-megabyte files via the direct text analyzer, this triggers severe thread-blocking latency spikes and potential Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities.
Steps To Reproduce
- Start the local backend service using
uvicorn app.main:app --reload.
- Open the frontend workspace (
frontend/index.html) or access the /debugging/ endpoint via Swagger docs or curl.
- Paste a highly nested or exceptionally large minified code snippet (exceeding 50,000 lines or 2MB) into the analyzer canvas.
- Click Analyze Code or dispatch the payload to trigger the backend execution loop.
Expected Behavior
The backend should implement an early validation gateway (e.g., maximum character length ceiling or regex matching timeout protection) that gracefully rejects or truncates excessively large payloads before firing complex pattern evaluations, returning an HTTP 400 Bad Request or an informative warning array.
Actual Behavior
The uvicorn main loop completely blocks execution while processing sequentially intensive regex matching over massive strings, spiking server response times past acceptable timeframes or locking completely under heavy payloads.
Environment
- OS: macOS / Windows / Linux
- Browser (if frontend): N/A (Backend API issue)
- Python version (if backend): 3.12+
Logs/Screenshots
No explicit exception logged; the application thread remains unresponsive/blocked in code_assistant.py during sequential pattern loops.
Summary
The core rule-based assistant scanner runs over 40 intensive regular expression pattern evaluations (
BUG_PATTERNS) on raw user strings without a designated maximum string/character length constraint. When analyzing highly complex or multi-megabyte files via the direct text analyzer, this triggers severe thread-blocking latency spikes and potential Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities.Steps To Reproduce
uvicorn app.main:app --reload.frontend/index.html) or access the/debugging/endpoint via Swagger docs orcurl.Expected Behavior
The backend should implement an early validation gateway (e.g., maximum character length ceiling or regex matching timeout protection) that gracefully rejects or truncates excessively large payloads before firing complex pattern evaluations, returning an HTTP 400 Bad Request or an informative warning array.
Actual Behavior
The uvicorn main loop completely blocks execution while processing sequentially intensive regex matching over massive strings, spiking server response times past acceptable timeframes or locking completely under heavy payloads.
Environment
Logs/Screenshots
No explicit exception logged; the application thread remains unresponsive/blocked in
code_assistant.pyduring sequential pattern loops.