stack level too deep (SystemStackError) on authenticate_or_request_with_http_token

[dtonon]

rails_api_logger 0.6.3
rails 7.0.3

---

I'm getting this error when I call the API without, or with a wrong, authentication token:

class ApiController < ActionController::API
  include ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token::ControllerMethods

  before_action :authenticate

  def authenticate
    authenticate_or_request_with_http_token do |token, _options|
      ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.secure_compare(token, Rails.application.credentials.api_key)
    end
  end

  ....

end

application.rb

require_relative "boot"
require "rails/all"

Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

module MyApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
    config.load_defaults 7.0

    .....

    # log to InboundRequestsLoggerMiddleware only requests from /api
    config.middleware.insert_before Rails::Rack::Logger, InboundRequestsLoggerMiddleware, path_regexp: /api/

    ....

  end
end

The stacktrace:

Puma caught this error: stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `each'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:63:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:180:in `block in as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `each'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:63:in `as_json'

[ 2000+ repetitions ]

/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:180:in `block in as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `each'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:63:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:180:in `block in as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `each'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:179:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb:63:in `as_json'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:35:in `encode'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:22:in `encode'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/coders/json.rb:7:in `dump'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/type/serialized.rb:29:in `serialize'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activemodel-7.0.4.3/lib/active_model/attribute.rb:56:in `value_for_database'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activemodel-7.0.4.3/lib/active_model/attribute.rb:72:in `forgetting_assignment'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activemodel-7.0.4.3/lib/active_model/attribute_mutation_tracker.rb:55:in `forget_change'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activemodel-7.0.4.3/lib/active_model/dirty.rb:251:in `clear_attribute_change'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:819:in `block in update_columns'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:817:in `each'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:817:in `each_with_object'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activerecord-7.0.4.3/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:817:in `update_columns'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/rails_api_logger-0.6.3/lib/rails_api_logger/inbound_requests_logger_middleware.rb:19:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:93:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/request_store-1.5.1/lib/request_store/middleware.rb:19:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:26:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/rack-2.2.8/lib/rack/method_override.rb:24:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/rack-2.2.8/lib/rack/runtime.rb:22:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/activesupport-7.0.4.3/lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache_middleware.rb:29:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:61:in `block in call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:26:in `collect_events'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/server_timing.rb:60:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:14:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:23:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/rack-2.2.8/lib/rack/sendfile.rb:110:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/actionpack-7.0.4.3/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/host_authorization.rb:137:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/railties-7.0.4.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:530:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/configuration.rb:270:in `call'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/request.rb:98:in `block in handle_request'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:340:in `with_force_shutdown'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/request.rb:97:in `handle_request'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/server.rb:431:in `process_client'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/server.rb:233:in `block in run'
/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/puma-6.2.1/lib/puma/thread_pool.rb:147:in `block in spawn_thread'

[coorasse]

Is this still happening in version 0.7.0? This should be solved now, please let me know.

[wooly]

@coorasse this is happening for us for post requests made to our API that satisfy the following conditions:

• There is no authentication header present
• The API endpoint nonsense and the backend is a 404

[dtonon]

Is this still happening in version 0.7.0? This should be solved now, please let me know.

Sorry for the late reply, I didn't update the gem yet, I will try

[coorasse]

We released a new version (0.8.2) which should solve a similar problem when used in combination with Appsignal. See appsignal/appsignal-ruby#1265. Let me know if the problem is solved, please.