feat: send the rate-limit exemption header on tunnel and proxy requests

[alnr]

What changed

ory tunnel and ory proxy now attach the rate-limit exemption header (configured via the ORY_RATE_LIMIT_HEADER environment variable) to requests they forward to Ory Network.

The mechanism already exists for SDK API calls (newSDKConfiguration) and the wrapped Kratos/Hydra CLI commands (setHeaderTransport); this extends it to the reverse-proxy data path so E2E suites driving traffic through the tunnel are not rate limited.

Behavior details:

• The header is attached only to Ory-bound requests, in the same guarded branch as Ory-Base-URL-Rewrite-Token — it is never sent to the developer's upstream application in ory proxy mode.
• When configured, it overwrites any client-supplied value.
• When ORY_RATE_LIMIT_HEADER is unset, behavior is unchanged: a client-supplied header still passes through.

Testing

Four new subtests in TestReqMiddleware cover injection on Ory-bound requests, no leakage to the upstream app, override of client-supplied values, and passthrough when unconfigured.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Rate-limit metadata is now applied to eligible Ory-bound requests.
  • Configured rate-limit values take precedence over client-provided values.
• Bug Fixes
  • Rate-limit headers are no longer forwarded to developer-upstream requests.
  • Client-provided rate-limit headers remain unchanged when no configured value is available.

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• cmd/cloudx/proxy/helpers.go
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The proxy retrieves rate-limit metadata and passes it to request middleware. Ory-bound requests receive the configured header and secret. Developer-upstream requests remain unchanged. Tests cover configured, absent, overriding, and pass-through header behavior.

Changes

Rate-limit forwarding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Middleware rate-limit forwarding cmd/cloudx/proxy/helpers.go	The proxy passes rate-limit metadata to reqMiddleware. Ory-bound requests conditionally receive the configured header and value.
Middleware forwarding tests cmd/cloudx/proxy/helpers_test.go	Tests verify Ory-bound forwarding, upstream exclusion, client-header replacement, and pass-through without configured rate-limit metadata.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 305ab

The current implementation can forward a client-supplied rate-limit exemption header to the developer’s upstream application when the header is configured, violating the intended Ory-only routing behavior; the PR is not merge-ready until the header is removed before upstream forwarding.

Suggested reviewers: aeneasr

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: forwarding the rate-limit exemption header on tunnel and proxy requests.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the change, request scope, configuration, and test coverage, but omits the issue/design reference and checklist sections.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Inline comments:
In `@cmd/cloudx/proxy/helpers.go`:
- Around line 306-308: Remove the client-supplied rateLimitName header before
the destination branch when rateLimitValue is configured, then continue setting
the configured value only in the Ory-bound branch. Preserve other headers and
add coverage for an upstream-bound request with a client-supplied rate-limit
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[simonresch]

Looks good. 👍