From 6b96837eb981763a95aa6e41bd7a2deec8cfe2ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohammed Al Sahaf <msaa1990@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:42:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] internal: fix MaxSizeSubjectsListForLog off-by-one when
 maxToDisplay is 0

The loop appended before checking the length, so with maxToDisplay=0
one domain leaked into the output before the break check. Reorder so
the length check comes first.

Signed-off-by: Mohammed Al Sahaf <msaa1990@gmail.com>
---
 internal/logs.go      |  2 +-
 internal/logs_test.go | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 internal/logs_test.go

diff --git a/internal/logs.go b/internal/logs.go
index 4ed4a572e..9f8af0553 100644
--- a/internal/logs.go
+++ b/internal/logs.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ func MaxSizeSubjectsListForLog(subjects map[string]struct{}, maxToDisplay int) [
 	numberOfNamesToDisplay := min(len(subjects), maxToDisplay)
 	domainsToDisplay := make([]string, 0, numberOfNamesToDisplay)
 	for domain := range subjects {
-		domainsToDisplay = append(domainsToDisplay, domain)
 		if len(domainsToDisplay) >= numberOfNamesToDisplay {
 			break
 		}
+		domainsToDisplay = append(domainsToDisplay, domain)
 	}
 	if len(subjects) > maxToDisplay {
 		domainsToDisplay = append(domainsToDisplay, fmt.Sprintf("(and %d more...)", len(subjects)-maxToDisplay))
diff --git a/internal/logs_test.go b/internal/logs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afbd5a462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/logs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Matthew Holt and The Caddy Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package internal
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestMaxSizeSubjectsListForLog_MaxIsZero is the regression test for
+// the off-by-one where a domain leaked into the output when maxToDisplay
+// was 0.
+func TestMaxSizeSubjectsListForLog_MaxIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	subjects := map[string]struct{}{
+		"a.com": {},
+		"b.com": {},
+	}
+	got := MaxSizeSubjectsListForLog(subjects, 0)
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected only the suffix entry, got %d items: %v", len(got), got)
+	}
+	if len(got[0]) < 4 || got[0][:4] != "(and" {
+		t.Errorf("expected the only entry to be the '(and N more...)' suffix, got %q", got[0])
+	}
+}