feat: limit broadcast payload size

.tool-versions

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-elixir 1.18.4
+elixir 1.18.4-otp-27
 nodejs 18.13.0
 erlang 27

lib/realtime/tenants.ex

@@ -501,4 +501,20 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants do
   @spec region(Tenant.t()) :: String.t() | nil
   def region(%Tenant{extensions: [%{settings: settings}]}), do: Map.get(settings, "region")
   def region(_), do: nil
+
+  @doc """
+  """
+  @spec validate_payload_size(Tenant.t() | binary(), map()) :: :ok | {:error, :payload_size_exceeded}
+  def validate_payload_size(tenant_id, payload) when is_binary(tenant_id) do
+    tenant_id
+    |> Cache.get_tenant_by_external_id()
+    |> validate_payload_size(payload)
+  end
+
+  @payload_size_padding 500
+  def validate_payload_size(%Tenant{max_payload_size_in_kb: max_payload_size_in_kb}, payload) do
+    max_payload_size = max_payload_size_in_kb * 1000 + @payload_size_padding
+    payload_size = :erlang.external_size(payload)
+    if payload_size > max_payload_size, do: {:error, :payload_size_exceeded}, else: :ok
+  end
 end

lib/realtime/tenants/batch_broadcast.ex

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.BatchBroadcast do
             messages: list(%{id: String.t(), topic: String.t(), payload: map(), event: String.t(), private: boolean()})
           },
           super_user :: boolean()
-        ) :: :ok | {:error, atom()}
+        ) :: :ok | {:error, atom() | Ecto.Changeset.t()}
   def broadcast(auth_params, tenant, messages, super_user \\ false)
 
   def broadcast(%Plug.Conn{} = conn, %Tenant{} = tenant, messages, super_user) do
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.BatchBroadcast do
   end
 
   def broadcast(auth_params, %Tenant{} = tenant, messages, super_user) do
-    with %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: true} = changeset <- changeset(%__MODULE__{}, messages),
+    with %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: true} = changeset <- changeset(%__MODULE__{}, messages, tenant),
          %Ecto.Changeset{changes: %{messages: messages}} = changeset,
          events_per_second_rate = Tenants.events_per_second_rate(tenant),
          :ok <- check_rate_limit(events_per_second_rate, tenant, length(messages)) do
@@ -71,15 +71,11 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.BatchBroadcast do
       |> Enum.group_by(fn event -> Map.get(event, :topic) end)
       |> Enum.each(fn {topic, events} ->
         if super_user do
-          Enum.each(events, fn message ->
-            send_message_and_count(tenant, events_per_second_rate, message, false)
-          end)
+          Enum.each(events, fn message -> send_message_and_count(tenant, events_per_second_rate, message, false) end)
         else
           case permissions_for_message(tenant, auth_params, topic) do
             %Policies{broadcast: %BroadcastPolicies{write: true}} ->
-              Enum.each(events, fn message ->
-                send_message_and_count(tenant, events_per_second_rate, message, false)
-              end)
+              Enum.each(events, fn message -> send_message_and_count(tenant, events_per_second_rate, message, false) end)
 
             _ ->
               nil
@@ -88,22 +84,26 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.BatchBroadcast do
       end)
 
       :ok
+    else
+      %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: false} = changeset -> {:error, changeset}
+      error -> error
     end
   end
 
   def broadcast(_, nil, _, _), do: {:error, :tenant_not_found}
 
-  defp changeset(payload, attrs) do
+  defp changeset(payload, attrs, tenant) do
     payload
     |> cast(attrs, [])
-    |> cast_embed(:messages, required: true, with: &message_changeset/2)
+    |> cast_embed(:messages, required: true, with: fn message, attrs -> message_changeset(message, tenant, attrs) end)
   end
 
-  defp message_changeset(message, attrs) do
+  defp message_changeset(message, tenant, attrs) do
     message
     |> cast(attrs, [:id, :topic, :payload, :event, :private])
     |> maybe_put_private_change()
     |> validate_required([:topic, :payload, :event])
+    |> validate_payload_size(tenant)
   end
 
   defp maybe_put_private_change(changeset) do
@@ -113,18 +113,25 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.BatchBroadcast do
     end
   end
 
+  defp validate_payload_size(changeset, tenant) do
+    payload = get_change(changeset, :payload)
+
+    case Tenants.validate_payload_size(tenant, payload) do
+      :ok -> changeset
+      _ -> add_error(changeset, :payload, "Payload size exceeds tenant limit")
+    end
+  end
+
   @event_type "broadcast"
   defp send_message_and_count(tenant, events_per_second_rate, message, public?) do
     tenant_topic = Tenants.tenant_topic(tenant, message.topic, public?)
 
     payload = %{"payload" => message.payload, "event" => message.event, "type" => "broadcast"}
 
     payload =
-      if message[:id] do
-        Map.put(payload, "meta", %{"id" => message.id})
-      else
-        payload
-      end
+      if message[:id],
+        do: Map.put(payload, "meta", %{"id" => message.id}),
+        else: payload
 
     broadcast = %Phoenix.Socket.Broadcast{topic: message.topic, event: @event_type, payload: payload}
 

lib/realtime/tenants/replication_connection.ex

@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ defmodule Realtime.Tenants.ReplicationConnection do
 
       {:noreply, state}
     else
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: false} = changeset} ->
+        error = Ecto.Changeset.traverse_errors(changeset, &elem(&1, 0))
+        log_error("UnableToBroadcastChanges", error)
+        {:noreply, state}
+
       {:error, error} ->
         log_error("UnableToBroadcastChanges", error)
         {:noreply, state}

lib/realtime_web/channels/realtime_channel/broadcast_handler.ex

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defmodule RealtimeWeb.RealtimeChannel.BroadcastHandler do
 
   import Phoenix.Socket, only: [assign: 3]
 
+  alias Realtime.Tenants
   alias RealtimeWeb.RealtimeChannel
   alias RealtimeWeb.TenantBroadcaster
   alias Phoenix.Socket
@@ -38,8 +39,23 @@ defmodule RealtimeWeb.RealtimeChannel.BroadcastHandler do
           |> increment_rate_counter()
 
         %{ack_broadcast: ack_broadcast} = socket.assigns
-        send_message(tenant_id, self_broadcast, tenant_topic, payload)
-        if ack_broadcast, do: {:reply, :ok, socket}, else: {:noreply, socket}
+
+        res =
+          case Tenants.validate_payload_size(tenant_id, payload) do
+            :ok -> send_message(tenant_id, self_broadcast, tenant_topic, payload)
+            {:error, error} -> {:error, error}
+          end
+
+        cond do
+          ack_broadcast && match?({:error, :payload_size_exceeded}, res) ->
+            {:reply, {:error, :payload_size_exceeded}, socket}
+
+          ack_broadcast ->
+            {:reply, :ok, socket}
+
+          true ->
+            {:noreply, socket}
+        end
 
       {:ok, policies} ->
         {:noreply, assign(socket, :policies, policies)}
@@ -65,11 +81,23 @@ defmodule RealtimeWeb.RealtimeChannel.BroadcastHandler do
     } = socket
 
     socket = increment_rate_counter(socket)
-    send_message(tenant_id, self_broadcast, tenant_topic, payload)
 
-    if ack_broadcast,
-      do: {:reply, :ok, socket},
-      else: {:noreply, socket}
+    res =
+      case Tenants.validate_payload_size(tenant_id, payload) do
+        :ok -> send_message(tenant_id, self_broadcast, tenant_topic, payload)
+        {:error, error} -> {:error, error}
+      end
+
+    cond do
+      ack_broadcast && match?({:error, :payload_size_exceeded}, res) ->
+        {:reply, {:error, :payload_size_exceeded}, socket}
+
+      ack_broadcast ->
+        {:reply, :ok, socket}
+
+      true ->
+        {:noreply, socket}
+    end
   end
 
   defp send_message(tenant_id, self_broadcast, tenant_topic, payload) do

lib/realtime_web/channels/realtime_channel/presence_handler.ex

@@ -161,13 +161,5 @@ defmodule RealtimeWeb.RealtimeChannel.PresenceHandler do
     end
   end
 
-  # Added due to the fact that JSON decoding adds some overhead and erlang term will be slighly larger
-  @payload_size_padding 500
-  defp validate_payload_size(tenant, payload) do
-    if :erlang.external_size(payload) > tenant.max_payload_size_in_kb * 1000 + @payload_size_padding do
-      {:error, :payload_size_exceeded}
-    else
-      :ok
-    end
-  end
+  defp validate_payload_size(tenant, payload), do: Tenants.validate_payload_size(tenant, payload)
 end

lib/realtime_web/controllers/fallback_controller.ex

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ defmodule RealtimeWeb.FallbackController do
     |> render("error.json", message: message)
   end
 
-  def call(conn, %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: true} = changeset) do
+  def call(conn, {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{valid?: false} = changeset}) do
     log_error(
       "UnprocessableEntity",
       Ecto.Changeset.traverse_errors(changeset, &translate_error/1)

mix.exs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Realtime.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :realtime,
-      version: "2.56.5",
+      version: "2.57.0",
       elixir: "~> 1.18",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,

test/e2e/tests.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { load } from "https://deno.land/[email protected]/dotenv/mod.ts";
-import {
-  createClient,
-  SupabaseClient,
-} from "npm:@supabase/[email protected]";
+import { createClient, SupabaseClient } from "npm:@supabase/supabase-js@latest";
 import { assertEquals } from "https://deno.land/[email protected]/assert/mod.ts";
 import {
   describe,