feat(server): add opt-in HTTP gzip and WebSocket permessage-deflate compression (#934)

## Summary

- Adds `"compression": {"gzip": true, "websocket": true}` config option
(both `false` by default — no behavior change)
- HTTP gzip middleware wraps the entire router; skips WebSocket upgrade
requests and clients without `Accept-Encoding: gzip`
- WebSocket permessage-deflate enabled via
`hub.upgrader.EnableCompression` when `websocket: true`
- `CompressionConfig` struct and `GZipEnabled()` /
`WSCompressionEnabled()` helpers on `Config`
- `Hub.upgrader` moved from package-level var to struct field so tests
using `NewHub()` don't need changes

## Why opt-in / off by default

Operators behind a reverse proxy that already compresses (nginx, Caddy
with `encode gzip`) should leave this off to avoid double-compression.
Only enable when the proxy does **not** compress.

## Test plan

- [x] `TestCompressionConfigDefaults` — both helpers return false when
`Compression` is nil
- [x] `TestCompressionConfigExplicitFalse` — both helpers return false
when set to false
- [x] `TestCompressionConfigEnabled` — both helpers return true when set
to true
- [x] `TestGZipMiddlewareCompresses` — response body is valid gzip,
headers set correctly
- [x] `TestGZipMiddlewareSkipsNoAcceptEncoding` — passthrough when
client doesn't send Accept-Encoding: gzip
- [x] `TestGZipMiddlewareSkipsWebSocket` — WebSocket upgrades are never
gzip-wrapped

All 6 tests pass (`go test ./...` in `cmd/server`).

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cmd/server/compress.go

@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// gzipWriterPool pools *gzip.Writer instances to avoid the ~256KB sliding
+// window allocation on every compressed response. Writers are Reset() to the
+// new underlying writer on Get and returned via gzipPut after Close.
+//
+// We use a bounded buffered channel rather than sync.Pool because sync.Pool
+// is aggressively reaped by the GC (full clear after two GC cycles), which
+// makes it lose its pooled entries under any workload that triggers GC —
+// notably the -race-enabled test suite where allocations are inflated ~8x
+// and GC fires repeatedly during a 200-request loop. A channel keeps the
+// gzip.Writer instances live across GC cycles, which is exactly the
+// guarantee `TestGZipMiddleware_PoolReusesWriters` asserts.
+const gzipPoolCapacity = 64
+
+var gzipWriterPool = make(chan *gzip.Writer, gzipPoolCapacity)
+
+func gzipGet() *gzip.Writer {
+	select {
+	case gz := <-gzipWriterPool:
+		return gz
+	default:
+		// gzip.NewWriterLevel only errors on invalid level; DefaultCompression
+		// is always valid, so the error branch is unreachable. Fall back to
+		// the default writer (same level) so we always return a usable writer.
+		gz, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(discardWriter{}, gzip.DefaultCompression)
+		if err != nil {
+			return gzip.NewWriter(discardWriter{})
+		}
+		return gz
+	}
+}
+
+func gzipPut(gz *gzip.Writer) {
+	// Reset to a no-op writer so the pooled instance does not retain a
+	// reference to the previous http.ResponseWriter (which would defeat GC
+	// of the request's allocations).
+	gz.Reset(discardWriter{})
+	select {
+	case gzipWriterPool <- gz:
+	default:
+		// Pool full; drop the writer and let GC reclaim it.
+	}
+}
+
+type discardWriter struct{}
+
+func (discardWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) { return len(p), nil }
+
+// defaultCompressibleTypes is the conservative allow-list of MIME types the
+// middleware will gzip-encode. Anything already compressed (images, video,
+// fonts, octet-stream, x-gzip, …) bypasses the encoder entirely.
+var defaultCompressibleTypes = []string{
+	"application/json",
+	"application/javascript",
+	"application/x-javascript",
+	"application/xml",
+	"text/html",
+	"text/css",
+	"text/plain",
+	"text/xml",
+	"image/svg+xml",
+}
+
+// gzipResponseWriter wraps http.ResponseWriter and compresses Write() output
+// only when the response Content-Type matches the configured allow-list and
+// no upstream handler has already set Content-Encoding. It also propagates
+// Flush / Hijack to the underlying writer (required for SSE and WebSocket).
+type gzipResponseWriter struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	gz             *gzip.Writer
+	level          int
+	allowedTypes   []string
+	wroteHeader    bool
+	compressActive bool
+}
+
+// init lazily decides per response whether to compress, based on the response
+// headers the inner handler has set. We must defer this until WriteHeader (or
+// the first Write call) because Content-Type is set by the handler, not the
+// middleware.
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) init() {
+	if g.wroteHeader {
+		return
+	}
+	g.wroteHeader = true
+
+	h := g.ResponseWriter.Header()
+	// Don't double-encode.
+	if h.Get("Content-Encoding") != "" {
+		g.compressActive = false
+		return
+	}
+	if !isCompressibleContentType(h.Get("Content-Type"), g.allowedTypes) {
+		g.compressActive = false
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Lease a writer from the pool and rebind it to the real ResponseWriter.
+	gz := gzipGet()
+	gz.Reset(g.ResponseWriter)
+	g.gz = gz
+	g.compressActive = true
+
+	h.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+	h.Add("Vary", "Accept-Encoding")
+	// gzip stream length is unknown — strip any precomputed length.
+	h.Del("Content-Length")
+}
+
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	g.init()
+	g.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+}
+
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	g.init()
+	if !g.compressActive {
+		return g.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
+	}
+	return g.gz.Write(b)
+}
+
+// Flush propagates to the underlying writer so SSE / streaming handlers can
+// push chunks to the client immediately. We must also flush the gzip writer
+// when active, otherwise the buffered DEFLATE block never reaches the wire.
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) Flush() {
+	if g.compressActive && g.gz != nil {
+		_ = g.gz.Flush()
+	}
+	if f, ok := g.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		f.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+// Hijack delegates to the underlying writer's Hijacker. We refuse to hijack a
+// connection that has already started a gzip stream — that would leave the
+// caller with a half-written DEFLATE block.
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if h, ok := g.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+		return h.Hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, http.ErrNotSupported
+}
+
+// close releases the pooled gzip.Writer back to the pool.
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) close() {
+	if g.gz == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	_ = g.gz.Close()
+	gzipPut(g.gz)
+	g.gz = nil
+}
+
+// isCompressibleContentType returns true if ct matches one of allow (which
+// is the configured allow-list, or defaultCompressibleTypes). Matching is
+// done on the bare MIME type, ignoring any "; charset=..." parameters.
+func isCompressibleContentType(ct string, allow []string) bool {
+	if ct == "" {
+		// No content-type set → handler hasn't decided yet. Refuse to
+		// compress; we cannot guess. Most real handlers set Content-Type
+		// before the first Write.
+		return false
+	}
+	mt := ct
+	if idx := strings.Index(mt, ";"); idx >= 0 {
+		mt = mt[:idx]
+	}
+	mt = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(mt))
+
+	// Hard skip: anything that is already compressed.
+	if strings.HasPrefix(mt, "image/") && mt != "image/svg+xml" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(mt, "video/") || strings.HasPrefix(mt, "audio/") {
+		return false
+	}
+	switch mt {
+	case "application/x-gzip", "application/gzip", "application/zip",
+		"application/x-bzip2", "application/x-7z-compressed",
+		"application/x-rar-compressed", "application/x-zstd",
+		"application/octet-stream", "application/pdf":
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(allow) == 0 {
+		allow = defaultCompressibleTypes
+	}
+	for _, a := range allow {
+		if strings.EqualFold(mt, a) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// gzipMiddleware compresses HTTP responses when the client supports gzip and
+// the response Content-Type is in the allow-list. WebSocket upgrade requests
+// pass through unmodified. The middleware uses the default allow-list and
+// gzip.DefaultCompression — for configurable behaviour use
+// gzipMiddlewareWithConfig.
+func gzipMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return gzipMiddlewareWithConfig(nil, next)
+}
+
+// gzipMiddlewareWithConfig is the configurable form of gzipMiddleware. When
+// cfg is nil, defaults (gzip.DefaultCompression, defaultCompressibleTypes)
+// are used.
+func gzipMiddlewareWithConfig(cfg *CompressionConfig, next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	level := gzip.DefaultCompression
+	var allow []string
+	if cfg != nil {
+		if cfg.Level >= gzip.BestSpeed && cfg.Level <= gzip.BestCompression {
+			level = cfg.Level
+		}
+		if len(cfg.ContentTypes) > 0 {
+			allow = cfg.ContentTypes
+		}
+	}
+
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if !strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		if strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get("Upgrade"), "websocket") {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
+		grw := &gzipResponseWriter{
+			ResponseWriter: w,
+			level:          level,
+			allowedTypes:   allow,
+		}
+		defer grw.close()
+		next.ServeHTTP(grw, r)
+	})
+}

cmd/server/compress_review_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package main
+
+// Tests added in response to PR #934 review findings. These tests demonstrate
+// the four behaviors the original implementation lacked:
+//
+//   1. gzipResponseWriter must implement http.Flusher (SSE / streaming).
+//   2. gzipResponseWriter must implement http.Hijacker (WebSocket / raw conn).
+//   3. gzip.Writer instances must be pooled (sync.Pool) to avoid the
+//      ~256KB window allocation per request.
+//   4. A content-type allow-list must skip already-compressed payloads
+//      (images, video, application/x-gzip, …) and must skip responses
+//      whose handler already set its own Content-Encoding header.
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGZipResponseWriter_ImplementsFlusher(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := false
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if _, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+			seen = true
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}))
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/events", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	handler.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
+	if !seen {
+		t.Error("gzipResponseWriter must implement http.Flusher (required for SSE / streaming endpoints)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipResponseWriter_ImplementsHijacker(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := false
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if _, ok := w.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+			seen = true
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(`{}`))
+	}))
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	defer srv.Close()
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", srv.URL+"/api/x", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	resp.Body.Close()
+	if !seen {
+		t.Error("gzipResponseWriter must implement http.Hijacker (required for raw conn / WebSocket upgrade)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddleware_SkipsImageContentType(t *testing.T) {
+	payload := strings.Repeat("\x89PNGfakebinary", 64)
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/png")
+		w.Write([]byte(payload))
+	}))
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/tiles/1.png", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	if got := rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"); got == "gzip" {
+		t.Errorf("image/png responses must NOT be gzip-encoded, got Content-Encoding=%q", got)
+	}
+	if rr.Body.String() != payload {
+		t.Errorf("image body was mutated; expected pass-through")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddleware_SkipsAlreadyEncodedResponses(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "br")
+		w.Write([]byte("alreadybrotlied"))
+	}))
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/x", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	if got := rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"); got != "br" {
+		t.Errorf("handler-set Content-Encoding must be preserved, got %q (gzip middleware double-wrapped)", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddleware_AllowsJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `{"nodes":[{"id":"abc"}]}`
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+		w.Write([]byte(body))
+	}))
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/nodes", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+	if rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding") != "gzip" {
+		t.Fatalf("application/json must still be compressed, got %q", rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	}
+	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(rr.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid gzip: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer gz.Close()
+	decoded, _ := io.ReadAll(gz)
+	if string(decoded) != body {
+		t.Errorf("decoded=%q, want %q", string(decoded), body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddleware_PoolReusesWriters(t *testing.T) {
+	body := strings.Repeat("x", 1024)
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(body))
+	}))
+	// Warm the pool: first N requests pay the one-time allocation cost.
+	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+		handler.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
+	}
+	runtime.GC()
+	var before runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&before)
+
+	const N = 200
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+		handler.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
+	}
+	var after runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&after)
+	allocBytes := after.TotalAlloc - before.TotalAlloc
+
+	// Each gzip.Writer carries a ~256KB sliding window. Without a sync.Pool,
+	// N=200 requests allocate roughly N * 256KB = 50MB. With a pool the
+	// per-request alloc footprint should be a tiny fraction of that.
+	// 10MB ceiling gives generous headroom for testing.AllocsPerRun noise
+	// while still catching a regression to the unpooled implementation.
+	if allocBytes > 10*1024*1024 {
+		t.Errorf("gzip.Writer not pooled: %d bytes allocated across %d requests (expected ≤10MB)", allocBytes, N)
+	}
+}

cmd/server/compress_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCompressionConfigDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &Config{}
+	if cfg.GZipEnabled() {
+		t.Error("GZipEnabled should be false when compression is nil")
+	}
+	if cfg.WSCompressionEnabled() {
+		t.Error("WSCompressionEnabled should be false when compression is nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompressionConfigExplicitFalse(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &Config{Compression: &CompressionConfig{GZip: false, Websocket: false}}
+	if cfg.GZipEnabled() {
+		t.Error("GZipEnabled should be false")
+	}
+	if cfg.WSCompressionEnabled() {
+		t.Error("WSCompressionEnabled should be false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompressionConfigEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &Config{Compression: &CompressionConfig{GZip: true, Websocket: true}}
+	if !cfg.GZipEnabled() {
+		t.Error("GZipEnabled should be true")
+	}
+	if !cfg.WSCompressionEnabled() {
+		t.Error("WSCompressionEnabled should be true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddlewareCompresses(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `{"nodes":[{"id":"abc"}]}`
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(body))
+	}))
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/nodes", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	if rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding") != "gzip" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Content-Encoding: gzip, got %q", rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	}
+	if rr.Header().Get("Vary") != "Accept-Encoding" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Vary: Accept-Encoding, got %q", rr.Header().Get("Vary"))
+	}
+	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(rr.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("response is not valid gzip: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer gz.Close()
+	decoded, err := io.ReadAll(gz)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading gzip: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(decoded) != body {
+		t.Errorf("decompressed body = %q, want %q", string(decoded), body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddlewareSkipsNoAcceptEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("hello"))
+	}))
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/nodes", nil)
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	if rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding") != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected no Content-Encoding, got %q", rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	}
+	if rr.Body.String() != "hello" {
+		t.Errorf("expected plain body, got %q", rr.Body.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGZipMiddlewareSkipsWebSocket(t *testing.T) {
+	called := false
+	handler := gzipMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		called = true
+		w.Write([]byte("ws"))
+	}))
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/ws", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	req.Header.Set("Upgrade", "websocket")
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	if !called {
+		t.Error("expected next handler to be called")
+	}
+	if rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding") != "" {
+		t.Errorf("WebSocket should not be gzip-encoded, got %q", rr.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	}
+}

cmd/server/config.go

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	obsBlacklistSetCached map[string]bool
 	obsBlacklistOnce      sync.Once
 
+	Compression   *CompressionConfig   `json:"compression,omitempty"`
 	ResolvedPath  *ResolvedPathConfig  `json:"resolvedPath,omitempty"`
 	NeighborGraph *NeighborGraphConfig `json:"neighborGraph,omitempty"`
 
@@ -127,6 +128,39 @@ func IsWeakAPIKey(key string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// CompressionConfig controls HTTP gzip and WebSocket permessage-deflate compression.
+// Both are disabled by default — enable only when the upstream proxy does not already compress.
+type CompressionConfig struct {
+	GZip      bool `json:"gzip"`
+	Websocket bool `json:"websocket"`
+
+	// Level is the gzip compression level (1=BestSpeed … 9=BestCompression).
+	// 0 / out-of-range means "use compress/gzip.DefaultCompression".
+	Level int `json:"level,omitempty"`
+
+	// MinSizeBytes is an advisory minimum response size below which gzip
+	// would not pay off. Currently informational — kept here so operators
+	// can express intent and so future small-body fast-paths can use it.
+	MinSizeBytes int `json:"minSizeBytes,omitempty"`
+
+	// ContentTypes overrides the default compressible-MIME allow-list. When
+	// empty, a conservative default (application/json, text/html, text/css,
+	// application/javascript, text/plain, image/svg+xml, application/xml)
+	// is used. Already-compressed types (image/*, video/*, application/zip,
+	// application/x-gzip, …) are always skipped.
+	ContentTypes []string `json:"contentTypes,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// GZipEnabled returns true when HTTP gzip compression is explicitly enabled.
+func (c *Config) GZipEnabled() bool {
+	return c.Compression != nil && c.Compression.GZip
+}
+
+// WSCompressionEnabled returns true when WebSocket permessage-deflate is explicitly enabled.
+func (c *Config) WSCompressionEnabled() bool {
+	return c.Compression != nil && c.Compression.Websocket
+}
+
 // ResolvedPathConfig controls async backfill behavior.
 type ResolvedPathConfig struct {
 	BackfillHours int `json:"backfillHours"` // how far back (hours) to scan for NULL resolved_path (default 24)

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// WebSocket hub
 	hub := NewHub()
+	hub.upgrader.EnableCompression = cfg.WSCompressionEnabled()
 
 	// HTTP server
 	srv := NewServer(database, cfg, hub)
@@ -359,9 +360,17 @@ func main() {
 	_ = cfg.NeighborMaxAgeDays()     // ditto — owned by ingestor now
 
 	// Graceful shutdown
+	var handler http.Handler = router
+	if cfg.GZipEnabled() {
+		handler = gzipMiddlewareWithConfig(cfg.Compression, router)
+		log.Printf("[server] HTTP gzip compression enabled")
+	}
+	if cfg.WSCompressionEnabled() {
+		log.Printf("[server] WebSocket permessage-deflate compression enabled")
+	}
 	httpServer := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         fmt.Sprintf(":%d", cfg.Port),
-		Handler:      router,
+		Handler:      handler,
 		ReadTimeout:  30 * time.Second,
 		WriteTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
 		IdleTimeout:  120 * time.Second,

cmd/server/websocket.go

@@ -11,16 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 )
 
-var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
-	ReadBufferSize:  1024,
-	WriteBufferSize: 4096,
-	CheckOrigin:     func(r *http.Request) bool { return true },
-}
-
 // Hub manages WebSocket clients and broadcasts.
 type Hub struct {
-	mu      sync.RWMutex
-	clients map[*Client]bool
+	mu       sync.RWMutex
+	clients  map[*Client]bool
+	upgrader websocket.Upgrader
 }
 
 // Client is a single WebSocket connection.
@@ -33,6 +28,11 @@ type Client struct {
 func NewHub() *Hub {
 	return &Hub{
 		clients: make(map[*Client]bool),
+		upgrader: websocket.Upgrader{
+			ReadBufferSize:  1024,
+			WriteBufferSize: 4096,
+			CheckOrigin:     func(r *http.Request) bool { return true },
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (h *Hub) Broadcast(msg interface{}) {
 
 // ServeWS handles the WebSocket upgrade and runs the client.
 func (h *Hub) ServeWS(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+	conn, err := h.upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[ws] upgrade error: %v", err)
 		return

config.example.json

@@ -244,6 +244,23 @@
     "_comment": "Voltage cutoffs (millivolts) for the per-node battery trend chart on /node-analytics. Latest sample below lowMv shows the node as ⚠️ Low; below criticalMv shows 🪫 Critical. Both default to 3300 / 3000 if omitted. Source data: observer_metrics.battery_mv populated from observer status messages; only nodes that are themselves observers (matching pubkey ↔ observer id) yield a series. Issue #663."
   },
   "_comment_mqttSources": "Each source connects to an MQTT broker. topics: what to subscribe to. iataFilter: only ingest packets from these regions (optional). region: default IATA region for this source — used when packet/topic doesn't specify one (optional, priority: payload > topic > this field).",
+  "compression": {
+    "gzip": false,
+    "websocket": false,
+    "level": 6,
+    "minSizeBytes": 1024,
+    "contentTypes": [
+      "application/json",
+      "application/javascript",
+      "application/xml",
+      "text/html",
+      "text/css",
+      "text/plain",
+      "image/svg+xml"
+    ]
+  },
+  "_comment_compression": "Opt-in HTTP gzip middleware + WebSocket permessage-deflate. Both default to false — enable ONLY when your upstream reverse proxy is NOT already compressing. gzip: enables the gzipMiddleware wrapper around the HTTP handler. websocket: sets gorilla websocket Upgrader.EnableCompression. level: gzip compression level 1..9 (1=BestSpeed, 9=BestCompression, default 6). minSizeBytes: advisory minimum response size below which compression would not pay off. contentTypes: MIME allow-list — only responses with these Content-Type values are compressed. Already-compressed types (image/*, video/*, audio/*, application/zip, application/x-gzip, application/pdf, application/octet-stream) are always skipped, as are responses whose handler already set Content-Encoding. Omit contentTypes to use the built-in default allow-list.",
+  "_comment_mqttSources": "Each source connects to an MQTT broker. topics: what to subscribe to. iataFilter: only ingest packets from these regions (optional).",
   "_comment_channelKeys": "Hex keys for decrypting channel messages. Key name = channel display name. public channel key is well-known.",
   "_comment_hashChannels": "Channel names whose keys are derived via SHA256. Key = SHA256(name)[:16]. Listed here so the ingestor can auto-derive keys.",
   "_comment_defaultRegion": "IATA code shown by default in region filters.",