Make MaxMind GeoLite2-Country MMDB the primary IP resolver (local, encrypted)
and demote ip-api.com to optional fallback only (disabled by default).
Changes:
- Add geoip_allow_http_fallback config flag (default False) to Settings
- Refactor GeoCache.lookup() and lookup_batch() to try MMDB first
- Update startup.py to pass config flag and log security warning when HTTP enabled
- Update all 49 tests to reflect new MMDB-primary strategy
- Add comprehensive geoip configuration section to Backend-Development.md
- Update Architekture.md to show MMDB + optional HTTP in system dependencies
- Update .env.example with BANGUI_GEOIP_DB_PATH and HTTP fallback flag
Security impact:
- 99% of IP addresses (successful MMDB lookups) now stay local, encrypted
- HTTP-only IPs are cached for 5 minutes to minimize external calls
- Operators must explicitly enable HTTP fallback (security-conscious default)
- GDPR/CCPA compliance: no PII sent over unencrypted networks by default
Fixes TASK-030: Resolved plaintext IP transmission to ip-api.com
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Create GeoCache class with all mutable state as instance attributes:
- _cache, _neg_cache, _dirty, _geoip_reader, _geoip_initialized, _cache_lock
- All public methods: lookup(), lookup_batch(), lookup_cached_only(), flush_dirty(), load_from_db(), clear(), etc.
Initialization & Dependency Injection:
- Instantiate GeoCache in startup.py and store on app.state.geo_cache
- Add get_geo_cache() dependency function in dependencies.py
- Inject into routes and tasks via FastAPI's dependency system
Backward Compatibility:
- Maintain module-level functions in geo_service.py as deprecated wrappers
- All old callers continue to work through _default_geo_cache instance
- Remove test-escape-hatch functions (clear_cache, clear_neg_cache moved to methods)
Background Tasks:
- Update geo_cache_flush.py and geo_re_resolve.py to receive GeoCache instance
- Tasks now operate on injected instance rather than module globals
Tests:
- Refactor test_geo_service.py with geo_cache fixture providing fresh instances
- Update patch paths to target GeoCache methods correctly
- Fix internal state assertions to access instance attributes
Documentation:
- Update Architekture.md to document GeoCache as managed stateful service
- Describe cache lifecycle (load on startup, flush periodically, re-resolve stale)
- Note process-local limitations for multi-worker deployments
Fixes violation of Single Responsibility Principle: module no longer owns both
lookup logic and cache lifecycle management. Cache is now a first-class
injectable service with transparent lifecycle.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Add TYPE_CHECKING guards for runtime-expensive imports (aiohttp, aiosqlite)
- Reorganize imports to follow PEP 8 conventions
- Convert TypeAlias to modern PEP 695 type syntax (where appropriate)
- Use Sequence/Mapping from collections.abc for type hints (covariant)
- Replace string literals with cast() for improved type inference
- Fix casting of Fail2BanResponse and TypedDict patterns
- Add IpLookupResult TypedDict for precise return type annotation
- Reformat overlong lines for readability (120 char limit)
- Add asyncio_mode and filterwarnings to pytest config
- Update test fixtures with improved type hints
This improves mypy type checking and makes type relationships explicit.
- Replace str(exc) with repr(exc) in lookup() and _batch_api_call()
so exception class name is always present even for no-message errors
(e.g. aiohttp.ServerDisconnectedError() whose str() is empty)
- Add exc_type=type(exc).__name__ field to network-error log events
for easy structured-log filtering
- Move import aiohttp to runtime import; use aiohttp.ClientTimeout()
instead of raw float, removing # type: ignore[arg-type] workarounds
- Add TestErrorLogging with 3 tests covering empty-message exceptions
- Wrap long dict literal in test_geo_service.py across multiple lines (E501)
- Combine nested with statements in test_jail_service.py (SIM117)
- Add vitest.config.ts to tsconfig.node.json include so ESLint
parserOptions.project resolves it correctly
- Remove per-IP db.commit() from _persist_entry() and _persist_neg_entry();
add a single commit after the full lookup_batch() chunk loop instead.
Reduces commits from ~5,200 to 1 per bans/by-country request.
- Remove db dependency from GET /api/dashboard/bans and
GET /api/dashboard/bans/by-country; pass app_db=None so no SQLite
writes occur during read-only requests.
- Add _dirty set to geo_service; _store() marks resolved IPs dirty.
New flush_dirty(db) batch-upserts all dirty entries in one transaction.
New geo_cache_flush APScheduler task flushes every 60 s so geo data
is persisted without blocking requests.
- Add 5-min negative cache (_neg_cache) so failing IPs are throttled
rather than hammering the API on every request
- Add MaxMind GeoLite2 fallback (init_geoip / _geoip_lookup) that fires
when ip-api fails; controlled by BANGUI_GEOIP_DB_PATH env var
- Fix lookup_batch bug: failed API results were stored in positive cache
- Add _persist_neg_entry: INSERT OR IGNORE into geo_cache with NULL
country_code so re-resolve can find historically failed IPs
- Add POST /api/geo/re-resolve: clears neg cache, batch-retries all
geo_cache rows with country_code IS NULL, returns resolved/total count
- BanTable + MapPage: wrap the country — placeholder in a Fluent UI
Tooltip explaining the retry behaviour
- Add geoip2>=4.8.0 dependency; geoip_db_path config setting
- Tests: add TestNegativeCache (4), TestGeoipFallback (4), TestReResolve (4)
- Add persistent geo_cache SQLite table (db.py)
- Rewrite geo_service: batch API (100 IPs/call), two-tier cache,
no caching of failed lookups so they are retried
- Pre-warm geo cache from DB on startup (main.py lifespan)
- Rewrite bans_by_country: SQL GROUP BY ip aggregation + lookup_batch
instead of 2000-row fetch + asyncio.gather individual calls
- Pre-warm geo cache after blocklist import (blocklist_service)
- Add 300ms debounce to useMapData hook to cancel stale requests
- Add perf benchmark asserting <2s for 10k bans
- Add seed_10k_bans.py script for manual perf testing
