gitpod-io · roboquat · Jun 2, 2025 · May 26, 2025
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const redactedFields = ["auth_", "password", "token", "key", "jwt", "secr
 export const hashedFields = ["contextURL", "workspaceID", "username"];
 
 // hashedValues are regular expressions which when matched cause the entire value to be hashed
-export const hashedValues = new Map<string, RegExp>([]);
+export const hashedValues = new Map<string, RegExp>([["url", /https?:\/\/[^\s]+\.git\b/g]]);
 // redactedValues are regular expressions which when matched cause the entire value to be redacted
 export const redactedValues = new Map<string, RegExp>([
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#email-state-(type=email)

@@ -59,5 +59,116 @@ export class ScrubbingTest {
         const scrubbedValue = new TrustedValue(scrubber.scrubValue("[email protected]"));
         expect(scrubber.scrub({ key: scrubbedValue })).to.deep.equal({ key: "[redacted:email]" });
     }
+
+    @test public testAnalyticsProperties_URLScrubbing() {
+        // Test case that mirrors the analytics.track() usage pattern
+        const mockInstance = {
+            id: "test-instance-123",
+            workspaceId: "test-workspace-456",
+            stoppingTime: "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+            status: {
+                conditions: [
+                    {
+                        message:
+                            "Content initialization failed: cannot initialize workspace: git initializer gitClone: git clone --depth=1 --shallow-submodules https://gitlab.com/acme-corp/web/frontend/services/deployment-manager.git --config http.version=HTTP/1.1 . failed (exit status 128):",
+                    },
+                    {
+                        message: "Another error with URL: https://github.com/user/repo.git",
+                    },
+                    {
+                        message: "Error without URL",
+                    },
+                    {
+                        message: "API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed",
+                    },
+                ],
+                timeout: false,
+            },
+        };
+
+        // This mirrors the exact usage in workspace-instance-controller.ts
+        const scrubbedProperties = scrubber.scrub({
+            instanceId: mockInstance.id,
+            workspaceId: mockInstance.workspaceId,
+            stoppingTime: new Date(mockInstance.stoppingTime),
+            conditions: mockInstance.status.conditions,
+            timeout: mockInstance.status.timeout,
+        });
+
+        // Verify workspaceId is hashed (field-based scrubbing)
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.workspaceId).to.match(/^\[redacted:md5:[a-f0-9]{32}\]$/);
+
+        // Verify instanceId is not scrubbed (not in sensitive fields)
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.instanceId).to.equal("test-instance-123");
+
+        // Verify URLs in nested conditions are hashed (pattern-based scrubbing)
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[0].message).to.include("[redacted:md5:");
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[0].message).to.include(":url]");
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[0].message).to.not.include("gitlab.com");
+
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[1].message).to.include("[redacted:md5:");
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[1].message).to.include(":url]");
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[1].message).to.not.include("github.com");
+
+        // Verify non-URL message is unchanged
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[2].message).to.equal("Error without URL");
+
+        // Verify non-.git URL is NOT scrubbed
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[3].message).to.equal(
+            "API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed",
+        );
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.conditions[3].message).to.not.include("[redacted:md5:");
+
+        // Verify other properties are preserved
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.timeout).to.equal(false);
+        // Date objects get converted to empty objects by the scrubber since they don't have enumerable properties
+        expect(scrubbedProperties.stoppingTime).to.be.an("object");
+    }
+
+    @test public testURL_PatternScrubbing() {
+        // Test individual URL scrubbing for .git URLs
+        const urlMessage = "git clone https://gitlab.com/acme-corp/web/frontend/services/deployment-manager.git failed";
+        const scrubbedMessage = scrubber.scrubValue(urlMessage);
+
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("[redacted:md5:");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include(":url]");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.not.include("gitlab.com");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("git clone");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("failed");
+    }
+
+    @test public testURL_NonGitURLsNotScrubbed() {
+        // Test that non-.git URLs are NOT scrubbed
+        const apiMessage = "API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed";
+        const scrubbedMessage = scrubber.scrubValue(apiMessage);
+
+        // Non-.git URLs should remain unchanged
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.equal("API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.not.include("[redacted:md5:");
+    }
+
+    @test public testURL_MixedURLTypes() {
+        // Test message with both .git and non-.git URLs
+        const mixedMessage = "Clone from https://github.com/user/repo.git then visit https://docs.gitpod.io/configure";
+        const scrubbedMessage = scrubber.scrubValue(mixedMessage);
+
+        // .git URL should be scrubbed
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("[redacted:md5:");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include(":url]");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.not.include("github.com/user/repo.git");
+
+        // Non-.git URL should remain unchanged
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("https://docs.gitpod.io/configure");
+    }
+
+    @test public testURL_HttpGitURLs() {
+        // Test that http:// .git URLs are also scrubbed
+        const httpMessage = "git clone http://internal-git.company.com/project.git";
+        const scrubbedMessage = scrubber.scrubValue(httpMessage);
+
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include("[redacted:md5:");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.include(":url]");
+        expect(scrubbedMessage).to.not.include("internal-git.company.com");
+    }
 }
 module.exports = new ScrubbingTest();
@@ -133,7 +133,13 @@ function doScrub(obj: any, depth: number, nested: boolean): any {
         const result: any = {};
         for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj as object)) {
             if (typeof value === "string") {
-                result[key] = scrubber.scrubKeyValue(key, value);
+                // First apply field-based scrubbing, then pattern-based scrubbing
+                let scrubbedValue = scrubber.scrubKeyValue(key, value);
+                // If no field-based scrubbing was applied, apply pattern-based scrubbing
+                if (scrubbedValue === value) {
+                    scrubbedValue = scrubber.scrubValue(value);
+                }
+                result[key] = scrubbedValue;
             } else {
                 result[key] = doScrub(value, depth + 1, nested);
             }

diff --git a/components/scrubber/config.go b/components/scrubber/config.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	// HashedValues are regular expressions which - when matched - cause the entire value to be hashed
-	HashedValues = map[string]*regexp.Regexp{}
+	HashedValues = map[string]*regexp.Regexp{
+		"url": regexp.MustCompile(`https?://[^\s]+\.git\b`),
+	}
 
 	// RedactedValues are regular expressions which - when matched - cause the entire value to be redacted
 	RedactedValues = map[string]*regexp.Regexp{

diff --git a/components/scrubber/sanitisation_test.go b/components/scrubber/sanitisation_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func TestSanitiser(t *testing.T) {
 		{Func: SanitiseHashURLPathSegments, Name: "hash contextURL with BBS user repo", Input: "https://bitbucket.gitpod-dev.com/users/gitpod/repos/repotest/browse", Expectation: "[redacted:md5:454c2006e527428ce0fbb2222edfb5c5]/users/[redacted:md5:5bc8d0354fba47db774b70d2a9161bbb]/repos/[redacted:md5:3c3f61c49fd93e84a73e33f6194586cd]/browse"},
 		{Func: SanitiseHashURLPathSegments, Name: "hash contextURL with BBS project PR", Input: "https://bitbucket.gitpod-dev.com/projects/TES/repos/2k-repos-0/pull-requests/1/overview", Expectation: "[redacted:md5:454c2006e527428ce0fbb2222edfb5c5]/projects/[redacted:md5:08e789053de980e0f1ac70a61125a17d]/repos/[redacted:md5:14571b57e21a5c26b9e81fe6216e27d1]/pull-requests/1/[redacted:md5:bce059749d61c1c247c303d0118d0d53]"},
 		{Func: SanitiseHashURLPathSegments, Name: "hash contextURL with BBS branch", Input: "https://bitbucket.gitpod-dev.com/projects/TES/repos/2k-repos-0/branches?base=test", Expectation: "[redacted:md5:454c2006e527428ce0fbb2222edfb5c5]/projects/[redacted:md5:08e789053de980e0f1ac70a61125a17d]/repos/[redacted:md5:14571b57e21a5c26b9e81fe6216e27d1]/branches?[redacted:md5:0135e6beb2a6deb4f0668facc47bce76]"},
+		{Func: SanitiseHashURLPathSegments, Name: "GitLab Git URL", Input: "https://gitlab.com/acme-corp/web/frontend/services/deployment-manager.git", Expectation: "[redacted:md5:8c3e227c86409b1e3e734e711a77fd6c]/[redacted:md5:7c879ad6a7611d94b34c1911910257c9]/[redacted:md5:2567a5ec9705eb7ac2c984033e06189d]/[redacted:md5:aca33b9c046b2a50b8c3c54cc0380de8]/[redacted:md5:10cd395cf71c18328c863c08e78f3fd0]/[redacted:md5:d890bc8f5f32a034527f9be94624af58]"},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {

diff --git a/components/scrubber/scrubber_test.go b/components/scrubber/scrubber_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ func TestValue(t *testing.T) {
 		{Name: "empty string"},
 		{Name: "email", Value: "[email protected]", Expectation: "[redacted:email]"},
 		{Name: "email in text", Value: "The email is [email protected] or [email protected]", Expectation: "The email is [redacted:email] or [redacted:email]"},
+		{Name: "GitLab Git URL in text", Value: "Content initialization failed: cannot initialize workspace: git initializer gitClone: git clone --depth=1 --shallow-submodules https://gitlab.com/acme-corp/web/frontend/services/deployment-manager.git --config http.version=HTTP/1.1 . failed (exit status 128)", Expectation: "Content initialization failed: cannot initialize workspace: git initializer gitClone: git clone --depth=1 --shallow-submodules [redacted:md5:aa0dfa0c402612a8314b8e7c4326a395:url] --config http.version=HTTP/1.1 . failed (exit status 128)"},
+		{Name: "Non-git URL not scrubbed", Value: "API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed", Expectation: "API call to https://api.example.com/endpoint failed"},
+		{Name: "Mixed URLs", Value: "Clone from https://github.com/user/repo.git then visit https://docs.gitpod.io/configure", Expectation: "Clone from [redacted:md5:3c5467d320a0b72072bc609f12e7d879:url] then visit https://docs.gitpod.io/configure"},
+		{Name: "HTTP Git URL", Value: "git clone http://internal-git.company.com/project.git", Expectation: "git clone [redacted:md5:11774800a9c933d1181c479ea207cdff:url]"},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
     WorkspaceTimeoutDuration,
 } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
 import { IAnalyticsWriter, TrackMessage } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/analytics";
+import { scrubber } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/scrubbing";
 import { AttributionId } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/attribution";
 import { Deferred } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/deferred";
 import { LogContext, log } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/logging";
@@ -729,11 +730,12 @@ export class WorkspaceStarter {
                     project?.settings?.prebuilds?.triggerStrategy ?? "webhook-based";
             }
 
-            // update analytics
+            // update analytics - scrub properties that might contain sensitive data like URLs
+            const scrubbedTrackProperties = scrubber.scrub(trackProperties);
             this.analytics.track({
                 userId: user.id,
                 event: "workspace_started",
-                properties: trackProperties,
+                properties: scrubbedTrackProperties,
                 timestamp: new Date(instance.creationTime),
             });
         } catch (err) {
@@ -1083,15 +1085,17 @@ export class WorkspaceStarter {
             };
 
             if (WithReferrerContext.is(workspace.context)) {
+                // Scrub properties that might contain sensitive data like URLs
+                const scrubbedReferrerProperties = scrubber.scrub({
+                    workspaceId: workspace.id,
+                    instanceId: instance.id,
+                    referrer: workspace.context.referrer,
+                    referrerIde: workspace.context.referrerIde,
+                });
                 this.analytics.track({
                     userId: user.id,
                     event: "ide_referrer",
-                    properties: {
-                        workspaceId: workspace.id,
-                        instanceId: instance.id,
-                        referrer: workspace.context.referrer,
-                        referrerIde: workspace.context.referrerIde,
-                    },
+                    properties: scrubbedReferrerProperties,
                 });
             }
             return instance;
@@ -1395,10 +1399,16 @@ export class WorkspaceStarter {
                 err = new StartInstanceError("imageBuildFailed", err);
                 increaseImageBuildsCompletedTotal("failed");
             }
+            // Scrub properties that might contain sensitive data like URLs
+            const scrubbedImageBuildProperties = scrubber.scrub({
+                workspaceId: workspace.id,
+                instanceId: instance.id,
+                contextURL: workspace.contextURL,
+            });
             this.analytics.track({
                 userId: user.id,
                 event: "imagebuild-failed",
-                properties: { workspaceId: workspace.id, instanceId: instance.id, contextURL: workspace.contextURL },
+                properties: scrubbedImageBuildProperties,
             });
 
             throw err;

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { repeat } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/repeat";
 import { PrebuildUpdater } from "./prebuild-updater";
 import { RedisPublisher } from "@gitpod/gitpod-db/lib";
 import { durationLongerThanSeconds } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/timeutil";
+import { scrubber } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/scrubbing";
 
 export const WorkspaceInstanceController = Symbol("WorkspaceInstanceController");
 
@@ -286,17 +287,20 @@ export class WorkspaceInstanceControllerImpl implements WorkspaceInstanceControl
 
         try {
             await this.userDB.trace({ span }).deleteGitpodTokensNamedLike(ownerUserID, `${instance.id}-%`);
+            // Scrub properties that might contain sensitive data like URLs
+            const scrubbedProperties = scrubber.scrub({
+                instanceId: instance.id,
+                workspaceId: instance.workspaceId,
+                stoppingTime: new Date(instance.stoppingTime!),
+                conditions: instance.status.conditions,
+                timeout: instance.status.timeout,
+            });
+
             this.analytics.track({
                 userId: ownerUserID,
                 event: "workspace_stopped",
                 messageId: `bridge-wsstopped-${instance.id}`,
-                properties: {
-                    instanceId: instance.id,
-                    workspaceId: instance.workspaceId,
-                    stoppingTime: new Date(instance.stoppingTime!),
-                    conditions: instance.status.conditions,
-                    timeout: instance.status.timeout,
-                },
+                properties: scrubbedProperties,
                 timestamp: new Date(instance.stoppedTime!),
             });
         } catch (err) {