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Description

Target issue

closes #15212
part of #14801 (slice 3 of 3; slices 1 and 2, #15190 and #15211, are merged)

Supersedes #15213: its branch carried #15211's pre-squash commits and could not be force-pushed
(protected branch), so this is the same docs change rebuilt on current main.

Implementation Details

Docs-only; no code touched. Slices 1 and 2 make the Authorization Server and Casa pass the connection
details they observed on the browser's request to FIDO2, instead of FIDO2 recording the relay's own
address and HTTP-client string. This documents what ipAddress / userAgent on a raw entry now mean
and what to configure.

• docs/janssen-server/fido/passkey-telemetry.md — new note: the browser never calls FIDO2 directly
  (the Authorization Server or Casa relays every ceremony). The relays send their own directly-observed
  getRemoteAddr() as X-Forwarded-For, plus the browser's User-Agent; they do not relay an
  X-Forwarded-For supplied by the browser or an upstream proxy. In the container images Jetty's
  forwarded module resolves that address to the real browser IP behind Apache/nginx; behind any other
  untrusted proxy FIDO2 records that proxy's address, which trustedProxyIpRanges cannot recover. Also
  covers when the relays' addresses need to be in trustedProxyIpRanges.
• docs/janssen-server/fido/fido2-server-properties-config.md — cross-reference from the existing
  "Note on a common topology" callout: the Authorization Server and Casa are callers that need trusting
  when trustedProxyEnabled is true, even though neither is a browser-facing proxy.
• docs/janssen-server/reference/json/properties/fido2-properties.md intentionally left alone: it is
  generated by DocPropertyProcessor from AppConfiguration annotations (-Amodule=Fido2 in
  jans-fido2/pom.xml) and this change adds no property.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified how the Authorization Server and Casa forward browser IP address and User-Agent information to FIDO2.
  • Documented how trusted-proxy settings affect which IP address FIDO2 records.
  • Explained HTTPS requirements and how proxy configuration can affect the forwarded browser context.

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Walkthrough

The FIDO2 documentation describes how the Authorization Server and Casa forward browser request context, the endpoint protocol requirements, and how FIDO2 proxy settings affect recorded client addresses.

Changes

Client context documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Relay forwarding and endpoint requirements docs/janssen-server/fido/passkey-telemetry.md	The documentation describes the request address and User-Agent sent by the relays. It also describes behavior when the FIDO2 endpoint uses non-loopback HTTP.
Forwarded-address trust and configuration docs/janssen-server/fido/passkey-telemetry.md, docs/janssen-server/fido/fido2-server-properties-config.md	The documentation explains how FIDO2 proxy settings affect forwarded addresses and identifies the Authorization Server and Casa as trusted-proxy callers.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 45a3f

The pages accurately explain client-context forwarding, endpoint behavior, and proxy trust settings. No actionable merge risk remains.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 45a3f

This documentation-only change explains existing controls and failure behavior without changing runtime permissions, connectivity, or defaults. No introduced or materially worsened security risk was identified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The affected security scope is the integrity and transport privacy of browser-origin telemetry across relay-to-FIDO2 connections. This documentation diff adds no runtime authority or network exposure.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• observed — Unset proxy trust preserves legacy acceptance of forwarded addresses without a source-range check. A caller able to reach FIDO2 can therefore supply misleading IP telemetry in that mode. This condition predates the PR, and the added text warns about it rather than weakening the control.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — With proxy trust enabled, unlisted connecting addresses do not gain forwarded-address trust. Allowlisting a relay authorizes its supplied address for telemetry; it cannot reconstruct a browser address lost upstream. Existing guidance also warns that trusting loopback does not distinguish a local proxy from a direct local caller.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the documentation change and its focus on client-context forwarding to passkey telemetry.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description follows the repository template, identifies the target issues, explains the docs-only implementation, and records the relevant validation and documentation checklist items.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes meet the documentation requirements in [#15212]. passkey-telemetry.md explains that the browser calls the Authorization Server or Casa, not FIDO2 directly. It documents relay forwarding …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the two documentation pages requested by [#15212]. The added content explains relay forwarding and telemetry behavior and supports the requested configuration guidance. No u…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/janssen-server/fido/passkey-telemetry.md:
- Line 190: Clarify the `X-Forwarded-For` description in the passkey telemetry
documentation: state that the relays do not copy the raw upstream header, while
Jetty may derive `getRemoteAddr()` from a trusted proxy header and the relays
forward that derived address.
- Around line 188-190: Qualify the forwarding statement in the documentation
around “Both relays” to distinguish their behavior for a non-loopback HTTP FIDO2
endpoint: state that the Authorization Server falls back to the plain client
overload, while Casa fails before sending the FIDO2 request. Keep the existing
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