https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11393 introduced a second challenge, one for HTTP Basic Authentication, to the existing `WWW-Authenticate` header sent by Forgejo's container registry in response to missing or invalid credentials. However, that led to unexpected compatibility issues with some clients. For example, it broke Renovate (see https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/41774). To be extra-safe, the decision was taken to revert that particular change without introducing a second header field (i.e., sending two `WWW-Authenticate` headers). That effectively restores the old behaviour. ``` $ curl -v -u andreas --basic http://192.168.178.62:3000/v2 Enter host password for user 'andreas': * Trying 192.168.178.62:3000... * Connected to 192.168.178.62 (192.168.178.62) port 3000 * using HTTP/1.x * Server auth using Basic with user 'andreas' > GET /v2 HTTP/1.1 > Host: 192.168.178.62:3000 > Authorization: Basic ***** > User-Agent: curl/8.15.0 > Accept: */* > * Request completely sent off < HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized < Content-Length: 50 < Content-Type: application/json < Docker-Distribution-Api-Version: registry/2.0 < Www-Authenticate: Bearer realm="http://192.168.178.62:3000/v2/token",service="container_registry",scope="*" < Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:00:21 GMT < {"errors":[{"code":"UNAUTHORIZED","message":""}]} ``` ## Checklist The [contributor guide](https://forgejo.org/docs/next/contributor/) contains information that will be helpful to first time contributors. There also are a few [conditions for merging Pull Requests in Forgejo repositories](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/PullRequestsAgreement.md). You are also welcome to join the [Forgejo development chatroom](https://matrix.to/#/#forgejo-development:matrix.org). ### Tests for Go changes (can be removed for JavaScript changes) - I added test coverage for Go changes... - [ ] in their respective `*_test.go` for unit tests. - [x] in the `tests/integration` directory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server. - I ran... - [x] `make pr-go` before pushing ### Tests for JavaScript changes (can be removed for Go changes) - I added test coverage for JavaScript changes... - [ ] in `web_src/js/*.test.js` if it can be unit tested. - [ ] in `tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.js` if it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the [developer guide for JavaScript testing](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/tests/e2e/README.md#end-to-end-tests)). ### Documentation - [ ] I created a pull request [to the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs) to explain to Forgejo users how to use this change. - [x] I did not document these changes and I do not expect someone else to do it. ### Release notes - [x] This change will be noticed by a Forgejo user or admin (feature, bug fix, performance, etc.). I suggest to include a release note for this change. - [ ] This change is not visible to a Forgejo user or admin (refactor, dependency upgrade, etc.). I think there is no need to add a release note for this change. *The decision if the pull request will be shown in the release notes is up to the mergers / release team.* The content of the `release-notes/<pull request number>.md` file will serve as the basis for the release notes. If the file does not exist, the title of the pull request will be used instead. Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11616 Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.codeberg.org> Reviewed-by: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@gmx.de> Co-authored-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <andreas@ahlenstorf.ch> Co-committed-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <andreas@ahlenstorf.ch> |
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Gitea Package Registry
This document gives a brief overview how the package registry is organized in code.
Structure
The package registry code is divided into multiple modules to split the functionality and make code reuse possible.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
models/packages |
Common methods and models used by all registry types |
models/packages/<type> |
Methods used by specific registry type. There should be no need to use type specific models. |
modules/packages |
Common methods and types used by multiple registry types |
modules/packages/<type> |
Registry type specific methods and types (e.g. metadata extraction of package files) |
routers/api/packages |
Route definitions for all registry types |
routers/api/packages/<type> |
Route implementation for a specific registry type |
services/packages |
Helper methods used by registry types to handle common tasks like package creation and deletion in routers |
services/packages/<type> |
Registry type specific methods used by routers and services |
Models
Every package registry implementation uses the same underlying models:
| Model | Description |
|---|---|
Package |
The root of a package providing values fixed for every version (e.g. the package name) |
PackageVersion |
A version of a package containing metadata (e.g. the package description) |
PackageFile |
A file of a package describing its content (e.g. file name) |
PackageBlob |
The content of a file (may be shared by multiple files) |
PackageProperty |
Additional properties attached to Package, PackageVersion or PackageFile (e.g. used if metadata is needed for routing) |
The following diagram shows the relationship between the models:
Package <1---*> PackageVersion <1---*> PackageFile <*---1> PackageBlob
Adding a new package registry type
Before adding a new package registry type have a look at the existing implementation to get an impression of how it could work.
Most registry types offer endpoints to retrieve the metadata, upload and download package files.
The upload endpoint is often the heavy part because it must validate the uploaded blob, extract metadata and create the models.
The methods to validate and extract the metadata should be added in the modules/packages/<type> package.
If the upload is valid the methods in services/packages allow to store the upload and create the corresponding models.
It depends if the registry type allows multiple files per package version which method should be called:
CreatePackageAndAddFile: error if package version already existsCreatePackageOrAddFileToExisting: error if file already existsAddFileToExistingPackage: error if package version does not exist or file already exists
services/packages also contains helper methods to download a file or to remove a package version.
There are no helper methods for metadata endpoints because they are very type specific.