Add gem version validation between Ruby gem and Node renderer

Adds validation to ensure the React on Rails Pro gem version matches
the node renderer package version for best compatibility.

**Changes:**

- **Ruby side** (`lib/react_on_rails_pro/utils.rb`):
  - Add `railsEnv` to `common_form_data` method to send Rails environment
    to the node renderer

- **Node renderer** (`packages/node-renderer/src/worker/checkProtocolVersionHandler.ts`):
  - Add gem version validation logic with environment-aware behavior
  - Create `normalizeVersion()` function to handle version format differences:
    - Ruby gem format: `4.0.0.rc.1` → NPM format: `4.0.0-rc.1`
    - Case-insensitive comparison (e.g., `4.0.0-RC.1` == `4.0.0-rc.1`)
    - Whitespace trimming
  - **Development**: Throw 412 error when versions don't match
  - **Production**: Log warning but allow request to proceed

- **Tests** (`packages/node-renderer/tests/worker.test.ts`):
  - Update 11 existing tests to include `railsEnv` field
  - Add 6 new comprehensive tests for gem version validation:
    - Matching versions test
    - Development environment mismatch rejection
    - Production environment mismatch allowance
    - Version normalization tests (dot format, case-insensitive, whitespace)

**Edge cases handled:**
- ✅ Prerelease format differences (4.0.0.rc.1 vs 4.0.0-rc.1)
- ✅ Case sensitivity (4.0.0-RC.1 vs 4.0.0-rc.1)
- ✅ Whitespace trimming

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: AbanoubGhadban

react_on_rails_pro/lib/react_on_rails_pro/utils.rb

@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ def self.common_form_data
         "gemVersion" => ReactOnRailsPro::VERSION,
         "protocolVersion" => ReactOnRailsPro::PROTOCOL_VERSION,
         "password" => ReactOnRailsPro.configuration.renderer_password,
-        "dependencyBundleTimestamps" => dependencies
+        "dependencyBundleTimestamps" => dependencies,
+        "railsEnv" => Rails.env.to_s
       }
     end
 

react_on_rails_pro/packages/node-renderer/src/worker/checkProtocolVersionHandler.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,40 @@
  */
 import type { FastifyRequest } from './types';
 import packageJson from '../shared/packageJson';
+import log from '../shared/log';
+
+const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production';
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a version string to handle differences between Ruby gem and NPM version formats.
+ * Converts prerelease versions like "4.0.0.rc.1" to "4.0.0-rc.1" for consistent comparison.
+ * Also handles case normalization and whitespace trimming.
+ *
+ * @param version - The version string to normalize
+ * @returns Normalized version string
+ */
+function normalizeVersion(version: string): string {
+  if (!version) return '';
+
+  let normalized = version.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+  // Replace the first dot after major.minor.patch with a hyphen to handle Ruby gem format
+  // Examples: "4.0.0.rc.1" -> "4.0.0-rc.1", "4.0.0.alpha.1" -> "4.0.0-alpha.1"
+  normalized = normalized.replace(/^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\.([a-z]+)/, '$1-$2');
+
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+interface RequestBody {
+  protocolVersion?: string;
+  gemVersion?: string;
+  railsEnv?: string;
+}
 
 export = function checkProtocolVersion(req: FastifyRequest) {
-  const reqProtocolVersion = (req.body as { protocolVersion?: string }).protocolVersion;
+  const { protocolVersion: reqProtocolVersion, gemVersion, railsEnv } = req.body as RequestBody;
+
+  // Check protocol version
   if (reqProtocolVersion !== packageJson.protocolVersion) {
     return {
       headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate' },
@@ -20,5 +51,34 @@ Update either the renderer or the Rails server`,
     };
   }
 
+  // Check gem version
+  if (gemVersion) {
+    const normalizedGemVersion = normalizeVersion(gemVersion);
+    const normalizedPackageVersion = normalizeVersion(packageJson.version);
+
+    if (normalizedGemVersion !== normalizedPackageVersion) {
+      const isProduction = railsEnv === 'production' || NODE_ENV === 'production';
+
+      const mismatchMessage = `React on Rails Pro gem version (${gemVersion}) does not match node renderer version (${packageJson.version}). Using exact matching versions is recommended for best compatibility.`;
+
+      if (isProduction) {
+        // In production, log a warning but allow the request to proceed
+        log.warn(mismatchMessage);
+      } else {
+        // In development, throw an error to prevent potential issues
+        return {
+          headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate' },
+          status: 412,
+          data: `Version mismatch error: ${mismatchMessage}
+
+Gem version: ${gemVersion}
+Node renderer version: ${packageJson.version}
+
+Update either the gem or the node renderer package to match versions.`,
+        };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return undefined;
 };

react_on_rails_pro/packages/node-renderer/tests/worker.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const bundlePathForTest = () => bundlePath(testName);
 
 const gemVersion = packageJson.version;
 const { protocolVersion } = packageJson;
+const railsEnv = 'test';
 
 disableHttp2();
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
     const form = formAutoContent({
       gemVersion,
       protocolVersion,
+      railsEnv,
       renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
       bundle: createReadStream(getFixtureBundle()),
       asset1: createReadStream(getFixtureAsset()),
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
     const form = formAutoContent({
       gemVersion,
       protocolVersion,
+      railsEnv,
       renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
       bundle: createReadStream(getFixtureBundle()),
       [`bundle_${SECONDARY_BUNDLE_TIMESTAMP}`]: createReadStream(getFixtureSecondaryBundle()),
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
           password: undefined,
           gemVersion,
           protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv,
         })
         .end();
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(401);
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
           password: 'wrong',
           gemVersion,
           protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv,
         })
         .end();
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(401);
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
           password: 'my_password',
           gemVersion,
           protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv,
         })
         .end();
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
@@ -192,6 +198,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
           password: undefined,
           gemVersion,
           protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv,
         });
       expect(res.headers['cache-control']).toBe('public, max-age=31536000');
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
     const form = formAutoContent({
       gemVersion,
       protocolVersion,
+      railsEnv,
       password: 'my_password',
       targetBundles: [bundleHash],
       asset1: createReadStream(getFixtureAsset()),
@@ -306,6 +314,7 @@ describe('worker', () => {
     const form = formAutoContent({
       gemVersion,
       protocolVersion,
+      railsEnv,
       password: 'my_password',
       targetBundles: [bundleHash, bundleHashOther],
       asset1: createReadStream(getFixtureAsset()),
@@ -319,4 +328,144 @@ describe('worker', () => {
     expect(fs.existsSync(assetPath(testName, bundleHashOther))).toBe(true);
     expect(fs.existsSync(assetPathOther(testName, bundleHashOther))).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  describe('gem version validation', () => {
+    test('allows request when gem version matches package version', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: packageJson.version,
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'development',
+        });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.payload).toBe('{"html":"Dummy Object"}');
+    });
+
+    test('rejects request in development when gem version does not match', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: '999.0.0',
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'development',
+        })
+        .end();
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(412);
+      expect(res.payload).toContain('Version mismatch error');
+      expect(res.payload).toContain('999.0.0');
+      expect(res.payload).toContain(packageJson.version);
+    });
+
+    test('allows request in production when gem version does not match (with warning)', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: '999.0.0',
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'production',
+        });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.payload).toBe('{"html":"Dummy Object"}');
+    });
+
+    test('normalizes gem version with dot before prerelease (4.0.0.rc.1 == 4.0.0-rc.1)', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      // If package version is 4.0.0, this tests that 4.0.0.rc.1 gets normalized to 4.0.0-rc.1
+      // For this test to work properly, we need to use a version that when normalized matches
+      // Let's create a version with .rc. that normalizes to the package version
+      const gemVersionWithDot = packageJson.version.replace(/-([a-z]+)/, '.$1');
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: gemVersionWithDot,
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'development',
+        });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.payload).toBe('{"html":"Dummy Object"}');
+    });
+
+    test('normalizes gem version case-insensitively (4.0.0-RC.1 == 4.0.0-rc.1)', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      const gemVersionUpperCase = packageJson.version.toUpperCase();
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: gemVersionUpperCase,
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'development',
+        });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.payload).toBe('{"html":"Dummy Object"}');
+    });
+
+    test('handles whitespace in gem version', async () => {
+      await createVmBundleForTest();
+
+      const app = worker({
+        bundlePath: bundlePathForTest(),
+      });
+
+      const gemVersionWithWhitespace = `  ${packageJson.version}  `;
+
+      const res = await app
+        .inject()
+        .post('/bundles/1495063024898/render/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
+        .payload({
+          renderingRequest: 'ReactOnRails.dummy',
+          gemVersion: gemVersionWithWhitespace,
+          protocolVersion,
+          railsEnv: 'development',
+        });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.payload).toBe('{"html":"Dummy Object"}');
+    });
+  });
 });