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38 changes: 30 additions & 8 deletions cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package v2

import (
"errors"

"log/slog"
"maps"
"net/http"
Expand All @@ -31,12 +30,11 @@ import (
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/cmd/api/src/queries"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/packages/go/bhlog/attr"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/packages/go/graphschema"
"github.com/specterops/dawgs/ops"
"github.com/specterops/dawgs/util"
)

var (
errUnauthorizedGraphMutation = errors.New("unauthorized graph mutation")
)
var errUnauthorizedGraphMutation = errors.New("unauthorized graph mutation")

type CypherQueryPayload struct {
Query string `json:"query"`
Expand All @@ -45,13 +43,30 @@ type CypherQueryPayload struct {

// Helper function to handle error conditions in CypherQuery.
func handleCypherDBErrors(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request, err error) {
var (
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errorResp *api.ErrorWrapper
errorCategoryLabel string
)

if errors.Is(err, errUnauthorizedGraphMutation) {
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusForbidden, "Permission denied: User may not modify the graph.", request), response)
} else if util.IsNeoTimeoutError(err) {
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, "transaction timed out, reduce query complexity or try again later", request), response)
return
} else if util.IsNeoTimeoutError(err) || util.IsPostgresTimeoutError(err) {
errorCategoryLabel = cypherQueryErrorTypeTimeout
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errorResp = api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, "transaction timed out, reduce query complexity or try again later", request)
} else if errors.Is(err, ops.ErrGraphQueryMemoryLimit) {
errorCategoryLabel = cypherQueryErrorTypeMemory
errorResp = api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error(), request)
} else if errors.Is(err, ops.ErrGraphQueryExecutionFailed) {
errorCategoryLabel = cypherQueryErrorTypeExecute
errorResp = api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error(), request)
} else {
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error(), request), response)
errorCategoryLabel = cypherQueryErrorTypeUnknown
errorResp = api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error(), request)
}

cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(errorCategoryLabel).Inc()
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), errorResp, response)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -C 4 \
  'GetPrimaryDisplayKinds|HandleDatabaseError|handleCypherDBErrors|cypherQueryErrors' \
  cmd/api/src/api/v2

Repository: SpecterOps/BloodHound

Length of output: 50378

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- cypherquery.go ---'
sed -n '1,210p' cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go

printf '%s\n' '--- CypherQuery declarations and callers ---'
rg -n -C 8 'func .*CypherQuery|Resources\.CypherQuery|GetPrimaryDisplayKinds' cmd/api/src/api/v2 --glob '*.go'

printf '%s\n' '--- HandleDatabaseError definitions and callers in relevant packages ---'
rg -n -C 12 'func HandleDatabaseError|HandleDatabaseError\(' cmd/api/src --glob '*.go' | head -n 500

printf '%s\n' '--- metric declarations and uses ---'
rg -n -C 8 'cypherQueryErrors|cypherQueryErrorType' cmd/api/src --glob '*.go'

Repository: SpecterOps/BloodHound

Length of output: 50378

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- candidate files ---'
git ls-files '*cypherquery.go' '*api*.go' | head -n 200

printf '%s\n' '--- target file ---'
cat -n cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go

printf '%s\n' '--- exact target references ---'
rg -n -C 10 \
  'GetPrimaryDisplayKinds|HandleDatabaseError|handleCypherDBErrors|cypherQueryErrors|Resources\.CypherQuery|func .*CypherQuery' \
  cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go

printf '%s\n' '--- HandleDatabaseError definitions ---'
rg -l 'func HandleDatabaseError' --glob '*.go' | while IFS= read -r file; do
  echo "FILE: $file"
  rg -n -A 30 -B 5 'func HandleDatabaseError' "$file"
done

printf '%s\n' '--- metric references outside the target file ---'
rg -n -C 6 'cypherQueryErrors|cypherQueryErrorType' --glob '*.go' --glob '!cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go' .

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#!/bin/bash
set -u

printf '%s\n' '--- target file ---'
cat -n cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go

printf '%s\n' '--- target references ---'
rg -n -C 10 \
  'GetPrimaryDisplayKinds|HandleDatabaseError|handleCypherDBErrors|cypherQueryErrors|Resources\.CypherQuery|func .*CypherQuery' \
  cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go || true

printf '%s\n' '--- HandleDatabaseError definition ---'
rg -l 'func HandleDatabaseError' --glob '*.go' . | while IFS= read -r file; do
  echo "FILE: $file"
  rg -n -A 35 -B 5 'func HandleDatabaseError' "$file"
done

printf '%s\n' '--- metric references outside target ---'
rg -n -C 6 'cypherQueryErrors|cypherQueryErrorType' --glob '*.go' --glob '!cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go' . || true

Repository: SpecterOps/BloodHound

Length of output: 19562

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path

cypher = Path("cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go").read_text()
errors = Path("cmd/api/src/api/error.go").read_text()

lookup = "primaryDisplayKinds, err := s.DB.GetPrimaryDisplayKinds(request.Context())"
lookup_pos = cypher.index(lookup)
lookup_block = cypher[lookup_pos:cypher.index("\n\t}", lookup_pos) + 3]

handler_start = errors.index("func HandleDatabaseError")
handler_end = errors.index("\n}", handler_start) + 2
handler = errors[handler_start:handler_end]

print("metadata lookup uses HandleDatabaseError:",
      "api.HandleDatabaseError(request, response, err)" in lookup_block)
print("metadata lookup block increments cypherQueryErrors:",
      "cypherQueryErrors" in lookup_block)
print("HandleDatabaseError increments cypherQueryErrors:",
      "cypherQueryErrors" in handler)
print("CypherQuery has other metric increments:",
      cypher.count("cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues("))

assert "api.HandleDatabaseError(request, response, err)" in lookup_block
assert "cypherQueryErrors" not in lookup_block
assert "cypherQueryErrors" not in handler
assert cypher.count("cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(") >= 3
PY

Repository: SpecterOps/BloodHound

Length of output: 363

Instrument GetPrimaryDisplayKinds failures. These errors bypass cypherQueryErrors through api.HandleDatabaseError; add instrumentation and a test, or document that the metric excludes metadata lookup failures.

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In `@cmd/api/src/api/v2/cypherquery.go` around lines 46 - 69, Update the
GetPrimaryDisplayKinds failure path that uses api.HandleDatabaseError to
increment cypherQueryErrors with an appropriate category before returning, and
add coverage verifying the metric increment; if that path must remain excluded,
explicitly document the exclusion instead.

}

// Helper function to handle processing of property keys.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -95,11 +110,19 @@ func (s Resources) CypherQuery(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Reque
}

if err := api.ReadJSONRequestPayloadLimited(&payload, request); err != nil {
cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(cypherQueryErrorTypeDecode).Inc()
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, "JSON malformed.", request), response)
return
}

if preparedQuery, err = s.GraphQuery.PrepareCypherQuery(payload.Query, queries.DefaultQueryFitnessLowerBoundExplore); err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, queries.ErrCypherQueryTooComplex) {
cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(cypherQueryErrorTypeFitness).Inc()
} else if errors.Is(err, queries.ErrCypherQueryUnparseable) {
cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(cypherQueryErrorTypeParse).Inc()
} else {
cypherQueryErrors.WithLabelValues(cypherQueryErrorTypeUnknown).Inc()
}
api.WriteErrorResponse(request.Context(), api.BuildErrorResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error(), request), response)
return
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -219,5 +242,4 @@ func (s Resources) cypherMutation(request *http.Request, primaryDisplayKinds gra
}

return graphResponse, err

}
44 changes: 44 additions & 0 deletions cmd/api/src/api/v2/metrics.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
// Copyright 2026 Specter Ops, Inc.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

package v2

import (
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
)

const (
cypherQueryErrorTypeTimeout = "timeout"
cypherQueryErrorTypeMemory = "memory"
cypherQueryErrorTypeDecode = "decode"
cypherQueryErrorTypeFitness = "fitness"
cypherQueryErrorTypeParse = "parse"
cypherQueryErrorTypeExecute = "execute"
cypherQueryErrorTypeUnknown = "unknown"
)

var cypherQueryErrors = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
prometheus.CounterOpts{
Namespace: "bh",
Subsystem: "api",
Name: "cypher_query_errors",
},
[]string{"error_type"},
)

func RegisterApiEndpointMetrics(registry prometheus.Registerer) error {
return registry.Register(cypherQueryErrors)
}
22 changes: 12 additions & 10 deletions cmd/api/src/queries/graph.go
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Expand Up @@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ const (
)

var (
ErrUnsupportedDataType = errors.New("unsupported result type for this query")
ErrGraphUnsupported = errors.New("type 'graph' is not supported for this endpoint")
ErrCypherQueryTooComplex = errors.New("cypher query is too complex and is likely to result in poor or unstable database performance")
ErrUnsupportedDataType = errors.New("unsupported result type for this query")
ErrGraphUnsupported = errors.New("type 'graph' is not supported for this endpoint")
ErrCypherQueryTooComplex = errors.New("cypher query is too complex and is likely to result in poor or unstable database performance")
ErrCypherQueryUnparseable = errors.New("cypher query could not be parsed")
)

type ParallelPathDelegate = func(ctx context.Context, db graph.Database, node *graph.Node) (graph.PathSet, error)
type ParallelListDelegate = func(ctx context.Context, db graph.Database, node *graph.Node, skip int, limit int) (graph.NodeSet, error)
type (
ParallelPathDelegate = func(ctx context.Context, db graph.Database, node *graph.Node) (graph.PathSet, error)
ParallelListDelegate = func(ctx context.Context, db graph.Database, node *graph.Node, skip int, limit int) (graph.NodeSet, error)
)

type EntityQueryParameters struct {
QueryName string
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ func NewGraphQuery(graphDB graph.Database, cache cache.Cache, cfg config.Configu
}

func (s *GraphQuery) GetAssetGroupComboNode(ctx context.Context, primaryNodeKinds graphschema.PrimaryDisplayKinds, owningObjectID string, assetGroupTag string) (map[string]any, error) {
var graphData = map[string]any{}
graphData := map[string]any{}

return graphData, s.Graph.ReadTransaction(ctx, func(tx graph.Transaction) error {
if assetGroupNodes, err := ops.FetchNodeSet(tx.Nodes().Filterf(func() graph.Criteria {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ func (s *GraphQuery) SearchNodesByNameOrObjectId(ctx context.Context, nodeKinds
}

func (s *GraphQuery) searchExactAndFuzzyMatchedNodes(ctx context.Context, kinds graph.Kinds, nameTerm string, objectIDTerm string, useRawObjectID bool) (NodeSearchResults, error) {
var results = NodeSearchResults{}
results := NodeSearchResults{}
if err := s.Graph.ReadTransaction(ctx, func(tx graph.Transaction) error {
if exactMatchNodes, err := ops.FetchNodes(tx.Nodes().Filter(query.And(createNodeSearchGraphCriteria(kinds, nameTerm, objectIDTerm, true)...))); err != nil {
return err
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -477,7 +480,7 @@ func (s *GraphQuery) PrepareCypherQuery(rawCypher string, queryComplexityLimit i

queryModel, err := frontend.ParseCypher(parseCtx, rawCypher)
if err != nil {
return graphQuery, err
return graphQuery, fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrCypherQueryUnparseable, err)
}

// Query rewriter targets certain AST elements like relationship types and may rewrite them to add additional
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -639,7 +642,6 @@ func (s *GraphQuery) SearchByNameOrObjectID(ctx context.Context, includeOpenGrap
)
if includeOpenGraphNodes {
return s.searchExactOrFuzzyMatchedNodes(ctx, nil, searchValue, useRawObjectID, searchType, nodes)

} else {
defaultSearchKinds := graph.Kinds{ad.Entity, azure.Entity}
if nodes, err = s.searchExactOrFuzzyMatchedNodes(ctx, defaultSearchKinds, searchValue, useRawObjectID, searchType, nodes); err != nil {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -886,7 +888,7 @@ func (s *GraphQuery) FetchNodesByObjectIDsAndKinds(ctx context.Context, kinds gr
}

func (s *GraphQuery) ValidateOUs(ctx context.Context, ous []string) ([]string, error) {
var validated = make([]string, 0)
validated := make([]string, 0)

for _, ou := range ous {
if err := s.Graph.ReadTransaction(ctx, func(tx graph.Transaction) error {
Expand Down
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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.0
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.1
github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
github.com/teambition/rrule-go v1.8.2
github.com/ulule/limiter/v3 v3.11.2
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Expand Up @@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.5.1 h1:wklWg9c9ZYugOAk7qG4yP4PBrlQsmSLPTvW1K4PRQMs=
github.com/sonatard/noctx v0.5.1/go.mod h1:64XdbzFb18XL4LporKXp8poqZtPKbCrqQ402CV+kJas=
github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0 h1:9uLlrd5T46OXs5qpp8L/MTltk0zikUGi0sNNyCpA8G0=
github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff v0.7.0/go.mod h1:iBszgVvyxdc8SFZ7gm69go2KDdt3ag071iBaWPF6cjs=
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.0 h1:OE+1qBFytKeYPiQAxpkHb2X/a1Z5kBAQbFPBKCRlDRk=
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.0/go.mod h1:XCuUPKCGiY3GgUesZn7rNxCokSvDdXdgbRKiveBh0Og=
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.1 h1:F6a3YxY2giHIHicFxq+bKwXn0RMP7m0nLRPc0DWhCwU=
github.com/specterops/dawgs v0.7.1/go.mod h1:BYnaDTAwRXiDIqNJerXnjJt3Jms6eNP3fRegc1x/m20=
github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0 h1:b/YBCLWAJdFWJTN9cLhiXXcD7mzKn9Dm86dNnfyQw1I=
github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0/go.mod h1:NC2ByUVxtQs4b3sIUphxK0NioZnmxgyCrfzeuq8lxMg=
github.com/spf13/cast v1.10.0 h1:h2x0u2shc1QuLHfxi+cTJvs30+ZAHOGRic8uyGTDWxY=
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions packages/go/metricsregistration/metricsregistration.go
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (

"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/cmd/api/src/api/middleware"
v2 "github.com/specterops/bloodhound/cmd/api/src/api/v2"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/packages/go/analysis"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/packages/go/analysis/post"
"github.com/specterops/bloodhound/packages/go/metrics"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -56,5 +57,9 @@ func RegisterBHCEMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer) error {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to register graph storage optimization metrics: %w", err)
}

if err := v2.RegisterApiEndpointMetrics(registerer); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to register API endpoint internal metrics: %w", err)
}

return nil
}
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