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Summary

  • Reject admin chart/CSV queries whose from/to range would produce more than 4096 time buckets.
  • Reject to values more than 24 hours in the future so a huge timestamp cannot enlarge the series and crash the server.

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  • System Console → Mattermost Academy → Guide completions still loads for All time, Last 30 days, Last year
  • CSV export for those same presets still works
  • GET /plugins/com.mattermost.academy/api/v1/admin/stats/completions-over-time?from=0&to=1000000000000000 as a system admin returns 400 (does not crash the server)
  • The same URL with only to=1000000000000000 also returns 400

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An unbounded from/to on the admin chart endpoint allocated one bucket per day in the range, so a huge to could crash the Mattermost process.

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The completions-over-time path now validates bucket values, caps generated points, and rejects oversized ranges. Tests cover default and invalid buckets, range limits, timestamp validation, and the admin endpoint response.

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Completions query validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bucket normalization and series limits
server/progress/stats.go, server/progress/stats_test.go
normalizeBucket now reports invalid values. Aggregation falls back to day for invalid buckets and stops at maxCompletionsOverTimePoints.
Query bucket and range validation
server/progress/export.go, server/progress/export_test.go
The parser rejects invalid buckets and oversized ranges. The 4096-point cap applies when from is provided, including omitted to values. Future timestamp validation remains in place.
Endpoint validation coverage
server/progress/admin_test.go
The admin endpoint test verifies that an extremely large range returns HTTP 400 Bad Request.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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A narrow set of boundary-range chart and CSV requests can return incomplete data instead of the intended HTTP 400 response. The issue is bounded but should be corrected.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: limiting completions-over-time query ranges.
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In `@server/progress/export.go`:
- Line 78: Update the range validation around AggregateCompletionsOverTime to
count aligned time buckets using the same from-down and (to-1)-down boundaries
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A raw from/to span of 4096 days can still emit 4097 points after the aggregator snaps both bounds down to bucket starts.

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esethna marked this pull request as draft September 10, 2026 18:37
The security fix only needs ceil((to-from)/bucketSeconds) and a 24h future-to bound; chart alignment is not required to prevent the crash.

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In `@server/progress/export.go`:
- Around line 76-78: Update AggregateCompletionsOverTime’s range validation to
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The chart already defaults to to now; validating only when both bounds are set let from=0 skip the 4096-point cap.

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Should we limit the execution in AggregateCompletionsOverTime as well? What happens if from is not set? the same question goes for a large from query.

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maxCompletionsToFuture = 24 * time.Hour
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func completionsBucketSeconds(bucket string) int64 {

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This function is very similar to nextBucket. can we unify them?

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They are similar but server different purposes which may not be optimal to combine. One computes seconds for the cap check, and one is to output the next calendar step for drawing.

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Stop the series loop at 4096 points, reject non-empty unknown bucket values, and cover week/month spans that are over the daily cap.

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Should we limit the execution in AggregateCompletionsOverTime as well? What happens if from is not set? the same question goes for a large from query.

If from is omitted we treat it as all time and start the series at the earliest completion, so the bucket count is bounded by real data rather than the query string. If from is set far in the past, we already return 400 when the range would exceed 4096 buckets; or if from is not before to it also errors out.

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server/progress/export.go (1)

90-90: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Count aligned buckets before accepting the range.

Line 90 compares raw seconds, but aggregation uses aligned inclusive bucket boundaries. For from=1, to=4096*86400+1, and bucket=day, this check accepts the query while aggregation generates 4097 buckets. The point cap then removes the final bucket instead of returning the required HTTP 400 response.

Count buckets from bucketStart(from) through bucketStart(to-1) with nextBucket, and reject counts above maxCompletionsOverTimePoints. Add a regression test with an unaligned from.

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In `@server/progress/export.go` at line 90, Update the range validation around the
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through bucketStart(to-1), advancing with nextBucket, and return HTTP 400 when
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@coderabbitai 4096 is a recommended cap, not a hard limit. The added complexity may not be necessary here

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@esethna Thanks for clarifying. I agree. The 4096-point value should remain a query-validation guard, not a required execution limit in AggregateCompletionsOverTime. I withdraw the concern about adding an aggregation-level cap.


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