feat(core): add experimental trusted proxy headers support

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Description

This pull request introduces experimental support for trusted proxy headers.

The new trustedProxyHeaders option allows applications to explicitly define which proxy headers can be trusted and consumed to construct the base URL of the application.

Unlike endpoint handlers, API functions do not have direct access to the incoming request object. As a result, they cannot construct the request URL directly from the request. The URL must either be provided explicitly through the request options or constructed using trusted proxy headers.

Usage

import { createAuth } from "@aura-stack/auth"

const auth = createAuth({
  oauth: [],
  trustedProxyHeaders: [{ url: "forwarded" }],
  trustedOrigins: ["https://example.com"],
})

The trustedProxyHeaders option accepts an array of objects that define which headers should be used to construct the request URL.

The following built-in values are supported:

• url: "forwarded" — constructs the URL using the Forwarded header.
• protocol: "forwarded.proto" — infers the protocol from the Forwarded header.
• host: "forwarded.host" — infers the host from the Forwarded header.

When using protocol and host, both values can be combined to construct the URL from the corresponding forwarded header information.

Warning

trustedProxyHeaders should only be configured when the application is running behind a trusted proxy and the configured headers are guaranteed to be controlled by that proxy. Untrusted client-controlled headers must not be used to construct the application URL.

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Walkthrough

The change adds configurable trusted proxy header sources. It updates configuration resolution, derives request origins from configured headers, integrates the result into authorization, adds validation errors, and expands tests for valid and invalid configurations.

Changes

Trusted proxy header configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration and validation packages/core/src/@types/config.ts, packages/core/src/@types/internal.ts, packages/core/src/router/context.ts, packages/core/src/shared/assert.ts	trustedProxyHeaders now accepts a boolean or configured URL/protocol/host sources. Environment values take precedence, and new type guards validate the configuration.
Proxy origin derivation packages/core/src/shared/utils.ts, packages/core/src/shared/errors.ts	The shared utilities parse Forwarded values, derive origins from configured headers, preserve boolean behavior, and report invalid custom configurations.
Authorization integration and coverage packages/core/src/shared/utils/authorization.ts, packages/core/test/config/trustedProxyHeaders.test.ts, packages/core/test/instance.test.ts, packages/core/CHANGELOG.md	Authorization uses configured proxy sources when building request origins. Tests cover built-in headers, custom headers, trusted origins, environment configuration, and invalid settings. The changelog documents the feature.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant signInCredentials
  participant getBaseURL
  participant getBaseURLFromProxyHeaders
  Client->>signInCredentials: Submit request with proxy headers
  signInCredentials->>getBaseURL: Resolve request origin
  getBaseURL->>getBaseURLFromProxyHeaders: Use configured sources
  getBaseURLFromProxyHeaders-->>getBaseURL: Return derived origin
  getBaseURL-->>signInCredentials: Return base URL

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Secure-connection detection is incorrect for boolean and custom-array configurations, and an empty source list causes request-time errors. These bounded issues should be corrected before release.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/core/src/router/context.ts`:
- Line 24: Update the trustedProxyHeaders validation in context creation so an
empty array is rejected rather than treated as an enabled proxy-header
configuration. Preserve the existing handling for non-empty arrays and other
accepted values, ensuring invalid configuration fails before request handling.

In `@packages/core/src/shared/utils.ts`:
- Line 44: In the URL protocol check near the trustedProxyHeaders handling,
replace the misspelled "httpss://" literal with the correct "https://" scheme so
HTTPS URLs are recognized when no forwarded protocol header exists.
- Around line 48-49: Update the trusted proxy headers branch in the surrounding
URL validation logic to detect array configurations with
Array.isArray(trustedProxyHeaders) before calling getBaseURLFromProxyHeaders;
preserve the existing isTrustedProxyHeadersSource handling for a single source
object and ensure configured source arrays can produce the HTTPS result.

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• packages/core/src/shared/errors.ts
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