---
phase: 09-osint-infrastructure
plan: 03
subsystem: recon
tags: [stealth, user-agent, dedup, sha256, osint]

requires:
  - phase: 09-osint-infrastructure
    provides: "pkg/recon package namespace (Plan 09-01, parallel wave 1)"
provides:
  - "pkg/recon/stealth.go: 10-entry browser UA pool with RandomUserAgent/StealthHeaders helpers"
  - "pkg/recon/dedup.go: stable cross-source Finding dedup keyed by sha256(provider|masked|source)"
affects: [09-01, 09-02, 10-sources, 11-sources, 12-sources, 13-sources, 14-sources, 15-sources, 16-sources]

tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns:
    - "stdlib-only dedup (crypto/sha256 + encoding/hex)"
    - "first-seen-wins stable dedup preserving input order"
    - "cross-platform UA pool covering desktop + mobile"

key-files:
  created:
    - pkg/recon/stealth.go
    - pkg/recon/stealth_test.go
    - pkg/recon/dedup.go
    - pkg/recon/dedup_test.go
  modified: []

key-decisions:
  - "Use engine.Finding directly in dedup.go instead of a local Finding alias to avoid duplicate type declaration with Plan 09-01's source.go in parallel wave 1"
  - "Hash key = sha256(ProviderName|KeyMasked|Source) so same key found at different URLs is retained"
  - "Stable dedup: first-seen metadata (DetectedAt, Confidence) wins over later duplicates"

patterns-established:
  - "Stealth mode helpers: exported RandomUserAgent + StealthHeaders for recon sources to merge into requests"
  - "Stable dedup primitive: Dedup([]engine.Finding) []engine.Finding, stdlib only, O(n)"

requirements-completed: [RECON-INFRA-06]

duration: 8min
completed: 2026-04-05
---

# Phase 09 Plan 03: Stealth UA Pool + Cross-Source Dedup Summary

**10-entry browser User-Agent pool with RandomUserAgent/StealthHeaders and a stable SHA256-keyed Finding Dedup primitive ready for SweepAll orchestration.**

## Performance

- **Duration:** ~8 min
- **Started:** 2026-04-05T21:35:00Z
- **Completed:** 2026-04-05T21:43:18Z
- **Tasks:** 2 (both TDD)
- **Files created:** 4

## Accomplishments
- Stealth UA pool with 10 realistic browser User-Agents covering Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Edge on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android
- `RandomUserAgent()` + `StealthHeaders()` helpers returning rotated UA + `Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9`
- Stable cross-source `Dedup([]engine.Finding) []engine.Finding` keyed by `sha256(ProviderName|KeyMasked|Source)`
- First-seen metadata preserved; different Source URLs keep the same provider+masked key as distinct findings
- `go test ./pkg/recon/` green, `go vet ./pkg/recon/...` clean

## Task Commits

TDD flow (test → feat per task):

1. **Task 1: Stealth UA pool + RandomUserAgent**
   - RED: `bbbc05f` (test: add failing test for stealth UA pool)
   - GREEN: `2c140e9` (feat: implement stealth UA pool and StealthHeaders)
2. **Task 2: Cross-source finding dedup**
   - RED: `ecfa2bf` (test: add failing test for cross-source Dedup)
   - GREEN: `2988fdf` (feat: implement stable cross-source finding Dedup)

## Files Created/Modified
- `pkg/recon/stealth.go` — 10-entry UA pool, `RandomUserAgent`, `StealthHeaders`
- `pkg/recon/stealth_test.go` — `TestUAPoolSize`, `TestRandomUserAgentInPool` (100 iterations), `TestStealthHeadersHasUA`
- `pkg/recon/dedup.go` — `Dedup([]engine.Finding) []engine.Finding` with sha256 key + stable first-seen semantics
- `pkg/recon/dedup_test.go` — `TestDedupEmpty`, `TestDedupNoDuplicates`, `TestDedupAllDuplicates`, `TestDedupPreservesFirstSeen`, `TestDedupDifferentSource`

## Decisions Made
- **Use `engine.Finding` directly in `dedup.go` rather than a local `recon.Finding` alias.** Plan 09-01 (same wave, parallel) will declare `type Finding = engine.Finding` in `pkg/recon/source.go`. Declaring it again here would cause a post-merge duplicate declaration. Importing `engine.Finding` explicitly is forward-compatible — when 09-01 merges, `recon.Finding` becomes available and this file continues to compile either way.
- **Dedup key = `sha256(ProviderName|KeyMasked|Source)`.** Masked key avoids hashing plaintext; including `Source` ensures a leaked key found at multiple URLs is reported at every location rather than collapsed to one.
- **Stable first-seen wins.** Iteration is single-pass with a `seen` map; output order matches input order.

## Deviations from Plan

### Auto-fixed Issues

**1. [Rule 3 - Blocking] Use `engine.Finding` instead of local `Finding` alias**
- **Found during:** Task 2 (Dedup implementation)
- **Issue:** Plan 09-03 executes in wave 1 parallel with Plan 09-01. Plan 09-01 declares `type Finding = engine.Finding` in `pkg/recon/source.go`. The original plan body for 09-03 referenced bare `Finding` in `dedup.go`, which would require either a duplicate alias (post-merge conflict/duplicate declaration) or a dependency on 09-01's file that does not yet exist on this branch.
- **Fix:** Imported `github.com/salvacybersec/keyhunter/pkg/engine` in `dedup.go` and `dedup_test.go` and used `engine.Finding` directly. Behavior and test coverage are identical; signature is `Dedup([]engine.Finding) []engine.Finding`. A doc comment in `dedup.go` records the rationale.
- **Files modified:** `pkg/recon/dedup.go`, `pkg/recon/dedup_test.go`
- **Verification:** `go test ./pkg/recon/ -count=1` passes; `go vet ./pkg/recon/...` clean.
- **Committed in:** `2988fdf` (Task 2 GREEN commit)

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**Total deviations:** 1 auto-fixed (1 blocking / parallel-safety)
**Impact on plan:** No scope change. The public signature matches downstream expectations because `recon.Finding` is a type alias — `[]recon.Finding` and `[]engine.Finding` are interchangeable, so SweepAll (Plan 09-01) can still call `Dedup` without any adapter.

## Issues Encountered
None beyond the deviation above.

## User Setup Required
None.

## Next Phase Readiness
- Plan 09-02 (rate limiter + jitter) can import `StealthHeaders` for outbound requests when `Config.Stealth` is true.
- Plan 09-01's `Engine.SweepAll` can call `recon.Dedup(all)` before returning to satisfy RECON-INFRA-08's "deduplicates findings before persisting" criterion.
- RECON-INFRA-06 (stealth UA rotation) satisfied.

## Self-Check: PASSED
- FOUND: pkg/recon/stealth.go
- FOUND: pkg/recon/stealth_test.go
- FOUND: pkg/recon/dedup.go
- FOUND: pkg/recon/dedup_test.go
- FOUND commit: bbbc05f
- FOUND commit: 2c140e9
- FOUND commit: ecfa2bf
- FOUND commit: 2988fdf

---
*Phase: 09-osint-infrastructure*
*Plan: 03*
*Completed: 2026-04-05*
