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https://entire.io/gh/jdx/mise/trails/783

Tool plugins can now authenticate their downloads. A PreInstall hook can return a headers table next to url and sha256, so mise downloads, verifies and records artifacts that need a Bearer token or a custom Accept header, such as private GitHub release assets or Artifactory.

function PLUGIN:PreInstall(ctx)
    return {
        version = ctx.version,
        url = "https://api.github.com/repos/acme/dist/releases/assets/12345",
        sha256 = sha256,
        headers = {
            Accept = "application/octet-stream",
            Authorization = "Bearer " .. token,
        },
    }
end

Previously headers was silently ignored, so plugins had to download in PostInstall and lost checksum and attestation verification, retries and lockfile URLs.

• Headers go only to the origin (scheme, host, port) of url. A redirect to another origin, such as a signed storage URL, drops them.
• Header values are marked sensitive, so PreInstall debug/trace output redacts them.
• Headers are not part of mise.lock or install identity.
• An explicit Authorization header overrides netrc and the automatic GitHub token.
• A non-string value or invalid header name is a plugin error.

Tests cover parsing and redaction, and a download that sends the headers and drops them on a cross-origin redirect. Docs are in tool-plugin-development.md.

Implements the request in #14527.

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Changes install-time HTTP behavior and credential forwarding rules; mistakes could leak tokens to mirrors or redirect targets, though the origin-scoping logic and tests target that risk.

Overview
PreInstall plugins can return a headers table so mise can download private or token-gated artifacts through the normal install path (checksums, retries, verification) instead of custom PostInstall downloads.

Parsing validates string UTF-8 header names/values, marks values sensitive for redacted Debug output, and wires headers into download(). When plugin headers are present, downloads use a no-auto-redirect client and manual redirect following so those headers are sent only to the origin of the plugin’s url—not URL-rewritten mirrors and not cross-origin redirect targets (e.g. signed blob storage). Plugin Authorization overrides the HTTP headers resolver on the same hop.

Docs add the headers field and an authenticated-download example; tests cover parsing, redaction, redirect/mirror behavior, redirect limits, and header precedence.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Plugin downloads can now use custom HTTP headers for authenticated and other header-based requests. Headers are sent only to the original URL’s origin and are omitted for cross-origin redirects and configured mirror URLs. Custom authorization headers take precedence over other authorization sources.
  • Header values are excluded from debug output and mise.lock.
• Documentation
  • Added examples and guidance for authenticated plugin downloads, header handling, and interactions with other authentication options.

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📝 Walkthrough

Pre-install hooks can now provide validated HTTP headers for downloads. The installer uses these headers at the original URL’s origin and does not forward them to cross-origin redirects or rewritten mirrors.

Changes: Authenticated downloads

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse plugin download headers crates/vfox/src/hooks/pre_install.rs, docs/tool-plugin-development.md	PreInstall accepts an optional Lua headers table. It validates header names and values, marks values sensitive, and documents the field. Tests cover parsing, invalid values, and debug redaction.
Apply headers across redirects crates/vfox/src/http.rs, crates/vfox/src/vfox.rs, crates/vfox/src/vfox/install.rs, crates/vfox/src/vfox/tests.rs, docs/tool-plugin-development.md	Downloads pass plugin headers to the request path. When headers are nonempty, the installer follows redirects manually and sends plugin headers only to the original URL’s origin. Tests cover cross-origin redirects, rewritten mirrors, redirect limits, and authorization precedence.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Plugin as Lua plugin
  participant PreInstall
  participant Installer as Download installer
  participant Origin as Original URL origin
  participant Target as Redirect or mirror target
  Plugin->>PreInstall: Return URL and download headers
  PreInstall->>Installer: Provide parsed headers
  Installer->>Origin: Request URL with plugin headers
  Origin-->>Installer: Return redirect response
  Installer->>Target: Request target without plugin headers
  Target-->>Installer: Return response

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This change lets plugins supply download headers, and the installer restricts them to the original origin. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains in the reviewed material.

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Summary

Adds a headers table to PreInstall so plugins can authenticate artifact downloads without replacing mise’s download and verification steps.

• vfox plugins can add headers to authenticated artifact downloads.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/vfox/src/hooks/pre_install.rs:
- Around line 293-295: Update the headers iteration in pre-install header
parsing to read Lua values without coercing them, reject any value that is not a
string before constructing its HeaderValue, and change the test for a numeric
header value to expect an error.

Review comments at @crates/vfox/src/vfox/install.rs:
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are exhausted; do not make another request to current without the plugin or
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