Envoy Proxy: Make Envoy the default network proxy backend
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Description
Goal
Flip TOOLHIVE_NETWORK_PROXY default from squid to envoy, retiring the Squid backend as the primary path for network-isolated workloads.
Prerequisites
- #5902 (Envoy backend) — merged ✅
- #5903 (hardening: digest pin, admin lockdown) — pending
- #5904 (graduate toggle to RunConfig/CLI) — pending
- Envoy e2e behavioral matrix green on Linux Docker Engine (#5917/#5922)
Tasks
- Validate Envoy on all target platforms: Linux Docker Engine, Docker Desktop (macOS), Colima, Rancher Desktop.
- Flip the default in
newNetworkProxyfrom"squid"to"envoy"(one-line change). - Update docs to describe Envoy as the default; document Squid as the legacy fallback via
TOOLHIVE_NETWORK_PROXY=squid. - Confirm all existing network-isolation e2e tests pass with Envoy as the default (the parametrised suite from #5917 covers this directly).
- Release note calling out the change.
Rollback
TOOLHIVE_NETWORK_PROXY=squid restores the prior behaviour without a code change.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at newNetworkProxy and the parametrised network-isolation e2e suite referenced in #5917/#5922. First confirm the pending Envoy hardening and RunConfig/CLI work are complete, then validate the listed platforms and update the relevant documentation and release note. Done means Envoy is the default, Squid remains available through TOOLHIVE_NETWORK_PROXY=squid, and the existing e2e tests pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- devops, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100