chore: drop Cloudflare Web Analytics from the CSP [HOLD: needs auto-inject disabled]

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Merge note (2026-09-28): viz.resq.software only changes on a manual deploy, so merging this does not
touch the live site. Before the next viz deploy, turn off Cloudflare Web Analytics auto-inject for
viz.resq.software in the Cloudflare dashboard. Otherwise the beacon's inline script is CSP-blocked (console noise only).

Why

The console error on viz.resq.software:

Executing inline script violates the following Content Security Policy directive …
 'sha256-VLvy03+g+fgPjqeFKnCPQF+6BZ43z/wUCf7BfyYvEvs='

is Cloudflare Web Analytics' auto-injected bootstrap inline <script>.
Cloudflare rotates that script's content periodically, so its sha256 hash drifts
out of the CSP allow-list and the beacon is blocked on every rotation — the
allow-list already carried four prior rotations. It's pure maintenance churn:
GA4 + PostHog already cover RUM and product analytics, and the beacon is
ad-blocked for most visitors anyway. Chasing each new hash in code is the trap
the original author explicitly flagged (SecurityConstants doc comment).

Change

Once auto-inject is off, the whole Cloudflare Web Analytics surface leaves the CSP:

• script-src — drop the rotating inline-script hashes + static.cloudflareinsights.com
• connect-src — drop cloudflareinsights.com + *.cloudflareinsights.com (beacon ingest)
• delete SecurityConstants — it existed solely to track the rotating hashes
  ("this class can be deleted" per its own doc)
• test — SecurityHeadersTests.CspAllowsAnalyticsOrigins now asserts PostHog + GA4
  remain and that no cloudflareinsights origin or sha256- hash survives (a
  regression guard so the churn can't creep back)

PostHog and GA4 origins are untouched.

Operator step (prerequisite)

Cloudflare dashboard → Web Analytics → the site for viz.resq.software →
turn Auto-inject off. Then mark this PR ready and merge.

Test plan

• dotnet test … SecurityHeadersTests — 6/6 passing (incl. the rewritten guard)
• dotnet format --verify-no-changes — clean
• dotnet build -c Release (pre-push hook) — succeeded, 0 warnings
• After deploy: reload viz.resq.software, confirm the CSP inline-script error is gone and PostHog/GA4 still report.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics scripts and beacon endpoints are no longer permitted by the site’s content security policy. GA4 and PostHog remain allowed.

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Walkthrough

The application CSP no longer allows Cloudflare Web Analytics origins or script hashes. GA4 and PostHog origins remain allowed. Security-header tests now check that Cloudflare origins and SHA-256 hashes are absent.

Changes

CSP analytics policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update CSP policy and regression guard src/ResQ.Viz.Web/Program.cs, src/ResQ.Viz.Web/SecurityConstants.cs, tests/ResQ.Viz.Web.Tests/SecurityHeadersTests.cs	The CSP no longer allows Cloudflare Web Analytics origins or script hashes, and the associated hash constants were removed. Security-header tests check their absence; checks for GA4 and PostHog remain.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7ab31

Disable Cloudflare Web Analytics auto-inject before deploying this CSP change, and update the deployment guidance. Otherwise the browser will block the injected analytics module.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7ab31

The new policy removes permission for Cloudflare Web Analytics without weakening the other analytics permissions. The remaining risk is rollout coordination: the required dashboard setting has not been verified, so an out-of-order deployment could block the optional beacon.

Retained concerns

• Low · architecture · inferred: The CSP change assumes an external Auto-inject setting is disabled, while existing deployment guidance still describes injection and obsolete CSP permissions. Dashboard state and release sequencing are unverified, leaving the operational security-policy contract prone to drift.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The policy affects browsers receiving Viz responses, not a newly reachable server endpoint. Its removed permissions narrow the Cloudflare third-party script and connection surface.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — No introduced path from the optional Cloudflare injection to script execution is demonstrated under the application-emitted CSP. Whether Cloudflare modifies that header at the edge is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• inferred — Cloudflare deployment settings control whether a third-party bootstrap is injected; the browser CSP is the visible execution control. The test verifies the application’s header, not the external setting or final edge response.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — A mismatched rollout would primarily leave optional Cloudflare analytics blocked; the contradictory guidance and unverified external setting can sustain policy and operational drift.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Verify and record Auto-inject as disabled before the next deploy, align deployment guidance with the new CSP, and check the served policy and injector state after deployment and rollback.

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Measured the live site against this PR's premises. The change is right; two of the premises need correcting, and one of the corrections makes the case for merging much stronger.

1. The hash is per-request, not periodic — so allow-listing it never could have worked

Six fetches of https://viz.resq.software, six distinct hashes for the bootstrap inline script:

sha256-4v8QPDd9QKNi405bBDbiFUdhUWR8OB/pRduSuSH11Es=
sha256-Hn4fDMVLN3r6IXxskT/j5mbQYuxlfgFax2H45i6R6uQ=
sha256-KKTnkctXD8bdj85KVKvMisGVkTG8L/paWAriPvL7JKw=
sha256-p5bA3FGFqHUhO+x7+k7mI5Bs9xREQ7qFzaNVzhW9mOw=
sha256-44RszbxtLDykRbYnvE4t1KvX07lYsADAbSXieZ6zE5s=
sha256-ziPY8Qr/Ar6UxCfeGfd9d2AIHvvqZdxBTdfk/Wn+nS8=

All 921 chars, first differing at index 178:

A: window.__CF$cv$params={r:'a3e8da31dc75d688',t:'MTc4OTk5MTQyNg=='}
B: window.__CF$cv$params={r:'a3e8da332c1e49c1',t:'MTc4OTk5MTQyNw=='}

A per-request ray ID and timestamp. So this is not "Cloudflare rotates the script periodically" — the content is unique to every response, and no finite allow-list can ever match it. The four hashes in SecurityConstants cannot have been matching live traffic; the bootstrap is CSP-blocked on every page load, not occasionally. The hash quoted in the description matches none of the six either, for the same reason.

That is a stronger argument for this PR than the one it makes. Chasing the hash was never "maintenance churn with a bad ratio" — it was unwinnable.

2. Auto-inject is still ON — and the obvious way to check it gives a false negative

It only fires for requests carrying an Accept: text/html header, which every real browser sends and curl omits by default:

curl -A '<browser UA>'                        -> 0 of 12 responses carry the beacon
curl -A '<browser UA>' -H 'Accept: text/html' -> beacon present

I got a clean "it's gone" from the first form and nearly reported it. Worth knowing for whoever verifies the dashboard toggle afterwards — check with the Accept header or the result is meaningless.

3. The hold is still correct, but not for the stated reason

Merging while it is still on would CSP-block the beacon that currently loads on the non-rotated hashes

The inline bootstrap does not currently load — it is blocked on every request, per (1). What merging would newly block is the external module, which does load today:

<script type="module" src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v31edd6df95cf4e85bb...">

allowed by static.cloudflareinsights.com in script-src. So merging early trades one blocked script for two, rather than breaking something that works. Dashboard-first is still the right order — the reason is just narrower than written.

4. Deleting the four hashes is safe

Verified none of them belongs to an app inline script. The only non-Cloudflare inline script served is application/ld+json (schema.org), which is data and not executed, so it needs no hash. The app bundle is an external /assets/index-*.js under 'self'.

5. One note on the test

csp.Should().NotContain("sha256-") is broader than the comment above it. It forbids any hash in the policy in perpetuity — including a future legitimate one, since hash-based allow-listing is the recommended way to tighten an inline source and style-src still carries 'unsafe-inline' that someone may eventually want to replace that way. NotContain("cloudflareinsights") already covers the actual regression. Either scope the hash assertion to script-src, or keep it and say in the comment that it is a deliberate tripwire meant to force a conversation. Not a blocker.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/ResQ.Viz.Web/Program.cs:
- Around line 246-250: Update the Cloudflare Web Analytics paragraph in the
deployment documentation to state that its script and beacon endpoints are no
longer permitted by the CSP; do not describe the removed permissions as part of
the current CSP contract.
- Around line 246-250: Update the CSP configuration so `script-src` and
`connect-src` allow Cloudflare’s analytics script and beacon origins whenever
Auto-inject may remain enabled; only remove those origins when deployment
guarantees Auto-inject is disabled.

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