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getonbrd: untrusted hostname "${parsed.hostname}" — must be

Error message

getonbrd: untrusted hostname "${parsed.hostname}" — must be ${TRUSTED_HOST}

What it means

getonbrd.mjs throws this in assertGetonbrdUrl() when the URL is valid HTTPS but its hostname is not TRUSTED_HOST ('www.getonbrd.com'). It is the host-allowlist half of the SSRF guard; with redirect:'error' it pins every Get on Board request to www.getonbrd.com. A live throw means FEED_BASE's hostname drifted off the trusted host.

Source

Thrown at providers/getonbrd.mjs:31

// Wire in via a `job_boards:` entry with `provider: getonbrd`.

const FEED_BASE = 'https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/categories/programming/jobs';
const TRUSTED_HOST = 'www.getonbrd.com';
const PER_PAGE = 100;
const DEFAULT_MAX_PAGES = 3;
const MAX_PAGES_CAP = 50;

/** @param {string} url */
function assertGetonbrdUrl(url) {
  let parsed;
  try {
    parsed = new URL(url);
  } catch {
    throw new Error(`getonbrd: invalid URL: ${url}`);
  }
  if (parsed.protocol !== 'https:') throw new Error(`getonbrd: URL must use HTTPS: ${url}`);
  if (parsed.hostname !== TRUSTED_HOST) {
    throw new Error(`getonbrd: untrusted hostname "${parsed.hostname}" — must be ${TRUSTED_HOST}`);
  }
  return url;
}

/** Resolve the page cap: a positive integer `max_pages` on the entry, capped. */
function resolveMaxPages(entry) {
  const v = entry?.max_pages;
  if (Number.isInteger(v) && v > 0) return Math.min(v, MAX_PAGES_CAP);
  return DEFAULT_MAX_PAGES;
}

/**
 * Normalize a single Get on Board job (JSON:API resource). Exported for tests.
 *
 * Field mapping → the normalized Job shape:
 *   - title:    `attributes.title`, trimmed (items without one are dropped).
 *   - url:      `links.public_url` — an absolute `https:` posting URL host-locked
 *               to www.getonbrd.com (off-host or non-https drops the item). It is

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Solutions

1. Restore FEED_BASE to https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/categories/programming/jobs.
2. If a different host is genuinely required, update TRUSTED_HOST to match in the same change and record the reason.
3. Keep tests that hit this branch asserting the throw rather than changing the input.

Example fix

// before
const FEED_BASE = 'https://getonbrd-cdn.example.com/api/v0/categories/programming/jobs';
const TRUSTED_HOST = 'www.getonbrd.com'; // mismatch

// after
const FEED_BASE = 'https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/categories/programming/jobs';
const TRUSTED_HOST = 'www.getonbrd.com';

// Startup invariant: the Get on Board feed host must equal TRUSTED_HOST.
function checkGetonbrdHost() {
  const u = new URL('https://www.getonbrd.com/api/v0/categories/programming/jobs');
  if (u.hostname !== 'www.getonbrd.com') throw new Error('getonbrd host drift');
}

When it happens

Trigger: FEED_BASE was pointed at a mirror/CNAME (e.g. 'https://getonbrd-mirror.example.com/...') without updating TRUSTED_HOST; a test calls assertGetonbrdUrl('https://evil.com/...'); the constant and the trusted host were edited out of sync.

Common situations: Contributor adds a regional mirror but edits only one symbol; a security test throws foreign hosts at the guard; an env override redirected the provider.

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• glints: untrusted hostname "${parsed.hostname}" — must be on

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