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net/tls: follow-up to #11130 — TLS write backpressure + pre-connect TLS writes, connect-retry window, repeated end() callbacks - #11182

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Follow-up to #11130 (merged), fixing the CodeRabbit findings on that PR that are real and in its own code. The other findings, which concern code already on main, are filed as #11155 and #11156. Each review thread has a reply with the verdict and evidence.

Fixes

  1. TLS write() backpressure (turnloop_tls_io.rs, turnloop_io.rs). writableLength and write()'s boolean were judged against the driver's ciphertext queue. Mid-handshake that queue is empty, so a 64 KiB write after 'connect' and before 'secureConnect' returned true with the whole chunk buffered. They now use the TLS layer's outstanding application bytes, which are retired exactly when bytesWritten grows. This is used on both the write path and the completion path, so 'drain' fires when the plaintext has actually left.
  2. Pre-connect tls.connect writes were sent unencrypted. Found while checking (1). A write, or an end(), made before the TCP connect completed went through the runtime's plaintext backlog and reached the wire ahead of the ClientHello; the server answered DecodeError. These are now held in ext-net (Aux::held_tls_writes) and replayed through the TLS layer as soon as it is installed. This bug came in with net: socket.write() returns Node's boolean + 'drain'; bound in-flight writes so bursts can't exhaust the loop #11130's pre-connect backlog. On the turnloop: move perry-ext-net off tokio and tokio-rustls (tokio group A, net half) #11105 base, a pre-connect write to an IP literal was also submitted as plaintext on the connecting handle, and a hostname connect answered ENOENT.
  3. Writes during a connect retry (write_queue.rs). Between two attempts of a connect plan, the failed attempt's entry is still present and closing. A write or end() in that window was refused, which the binding reports as 'error' plus a destroy of a socket that was about to connect. While plan.retrying, they now go to the backlog for the attempt that follows.
  4. Repeated end() (turnloop_io.rs, write_queue.rs). Only one shutdown token was kept, so end(cb1); end(cb2) ran cb2 first and cb1 only at close. Only the first end() now submits the shutdown; later callbacks complete with it, in order, or immediately if it already completed. This covers TLS sockets too, whose pending_shutdown was overwritten the same way. The runtime refuses a second deferred shutdown instead of silently replacing the token.
  5. write() before connect() (lifecycle.rs). On new net.Socket(), Node returns false (and fails the write with ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED); net: socket.write() returns Node's boolean + 'drain'; bound in-flight writes so bursts can't exhaust the loop #11130 returned true for a chunk under the high-water mark. It now returns false and arms no 'drain'. The missing ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED + destroy predates net: socket.write() returns Node's boolean + 'drain'; bound in-flight writes so bursts can't exhaust the loop #11130 and is tracked in net: write() on new net.Socket() before connect() is silently dropped (Node: ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED + destroy) #11156.

Tests

New gap tests. Both are byte-identical to Node 26.5.1 (/opt/node-v26.5.1-linux-x64, matches .node-version) across 5 runs. Results from the harness (PERRY_SKIP_BUILD=1 … ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter X), with the unfixed arm built from a5af7ea6 (#11130's merged content):

test unfixed fixed
test_gap_tls_write_backpressure_handshake PARITY_FAIL PASS
test_gap_net_socket_end_twice_callbacks PARITY_FAIL PASS

The TLS test imports node:net deliberately. The harness links the perry-ext-net wrapper only for tests that import net (or http, ws, …). A tls-only test links the bundled stdlib TLS and passed on the unfixed tree too; my first version did exactly that. On the unfixed tree it prints 64 KiB during handshake true, then client error ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR: received fatal alert: DecodeError.

New unit tests. Each fails with its fix reverted and passes with it:

  • perry-runtime turnloop_net: writes_between_connect_attempts_reach_the_attempt_that_succeeds and a_second_deferred_shutdown_does_not_replace_the_first. The first asserts that the retry window was actually reached before writing, so it cannot pass vacuously.
  • perry-ext-net: write_before_connect_is_called_returns_false_and_owes_no_drain. write_returns_node_boolean_against_the_high_water_mark was reworked to model a connected socket's queue, since it had relied on the pre-connect() path.

On this branch (current main c7d0963 + these two commits), perry-dev build of -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static:

  • Gap tests, all PASS on the harness: the two above plus net: socket.write() returns Node's boolean + 'drain'; bound in-flight writes so bursts can't exhaust the loop #11130's three, test_gap_net_socket_write_return_drain, test_gap_net_write_burst_then_end and test_gap_net_write_before_connect_hostname. The first of those hit the harness's 900 s compile timeout once (the ext-net auto-optimize rebuild ran at load ~33); it PASSed on re-run.
  • Unit tests: perry-ext-net 36/36 and perry-runtime turnloop_net 23/23 (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1).
  • Checks: cargo check -p perry-runtime -p perry-ext-net --all-targets is clean apart from pre-existing warnings. cargo fmt --all -- --check and scripts/check_file_size.sh are clean. Against the base: unrooted_local_shape.py --check OK and --no-raise-vs 384→384, raw_handle_debt.py --no-raise-vs 901→901, gc_runtime_root_holders.py OK.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • TLS writes and shutdowns issued before a connection completes are now retained and sent once the connection is ready.
    • Writes and shutdowns issued between connection attempts are carried over to the attempt that succeeds.
    • TLS write backpressure now reflects pending application data, including data buffered during the handshake.
    • Repeated end() calls invoke each callback in order.
    • write() on a new socket before connect() returns false, without triggering a later drain event.

…w, repeated end()

- TLS: write() and writableLength count outstanding application bytes (the
  TLS layer's pending plaintext), not the driver's ciphertext queue, which is
  empty mid-handshake. A 64 KiB write before 'secureConnect' returned true.
- TLS: writes and end() on a tls.connect socket before its TCP connect are
  held in ext-net and replayed through the TLS layer once it is installed.
  They sat in the runtime's plaintext backlog and went out in the clear ahead
  of the ClientHello (server: DecodeError).
- A write or end() while a connect plan is between attempts goes to the
  backlog instead of being refused by the closing failed attempt.
- Repeated end(): only the first submits the shutdown; later callbacks
  complete with it, in order. The runtime refuses a second deferred shutdown
  instead of overwriting the first token.
- write() on new net.Socket() before connect() returns false, as in Node.
The parity harness only links the ext-net wrapper for tests that import net
(or http/ws/...). A tls-only test links the bundled stdlib TLS, so this test
passed on the unfixed tree too. Importing node:net makes it exercise the code
it is about: it now fails on a5af7ea (64 KiB mid-handshake write returns true;
the pre-connect write goes out before the ClientHello, DecodeError) and passes
with the fix.
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The changes update socket write and shutdown handling during connect retries and TLS handshakes. They also change write backpressure accounting to use outstanding application bytes and make writes before connect() return false. New tests cover these behaviors and repeated end() callbacks.

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Socket connection lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Queue writes and shutdowns between retries
crates/perry-runtime/src/turnloop_net/write_queue.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/turnloop_net/tests.rs
Writes and shutdowns arriving during a retry are handled through the connect plan backlog. Tests check ordered delivery through the successful attempt and verify that a second deferred shutdown does not replace the first completion token.
Hold TLS writes and complete repeated end calls
crates/perry-ext-net/src/turnloop_io.rs, test-files/test_gap_net_socket_end_twice_callbacks.ts, changelog.d/11182-net-tls-write-review-followup.md
Writes and the first end call made before TCP connect completes are held and replayed through TLS. Repeated end calls are completed after shutdown, and the new test checks callback order on connecting and connected sockets.
Report pending application bytes
crates/perry-ext-net/src/lifecycle.rs, crates/perry-ext-net/src/turnloop_tls_io.rs, crates/perry-ext-net/src/turnloop_io.rs, test-files/test_gap_tls_write_backpressure_handshake.ts
Writes before connect() return false without setting writableNeedDrain. TLS write accounting uses outstanding plaintext bytes instead of the ciphertext queue. The TLS test covers writes before TCP connect and during the handshake.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Socket as tls.connect socket
  participant Command as turnloop_io::command
  participant Connect as on_connect
  participant Replay as replay_held_tls
  participant TLS as turnloop_tls_io
  Socket->>Command: Write or end before TCP connect completes
  Command->>Command: Store the write or end token
  Connect->>Replay: Replay held TLS operations
  Replay->>TLS: Submit held writes and shutdown
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This change fixes several net and TLS write and end() behaviors, including preventing plaintext from being sent before the TLS handshake. One gap remains: if a socket errors before its first shutdown completes, or while replaying writes held before the TLS connection, some end(cb) and write(cb) callbacks never run. Normal success paths behave correctly. The change is mergeable, but the failure-path callback completion should be fixed soon.

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Priority: land early. This fixes a regression from #11130, which is on main. When a tls.connect socket is written to before its TCP connect finishes, the bytes go out UNENCRYPTED, ahead of the TLS handshake, and the server then fails with DecodeError. That is plaintext application data on the wire. #11182 holds early TLS writes and sends them through the TLS layer, and the new gap test test_gap_tls_write_backpressure_handshake fails without the fix. It also fixes the other CodeRabbit follow-ups: writes during connect retries, the write() return value before connect(), and repeated end() callbacks.

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In `@crates/perry-ext-net/src/turnloop_io.rs`:
- Around line 890-897: Update failure handling in submission_failed and on_error
to fail and emit completion events for all extra_end_users before destroying the
socket. In replay_held_tls, preserve the held writes and held end when replay
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Comment on lines +890 to +897
let extra = with_aux(id, |a| {
a.shutdown_done = true;
std::mem::take(&mut a.extra_end_users)
});
push_event(PendingNetEvent::ShutdownComplete(id, user, None));
for user in extra {
push_event(PendingNetEvent::ShutdownComplete(id, user, None));
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Complete all pending completion callbacks on failure.

on_shutdown drains extra_end_users only after a successful shutdown. A refused command enters submission_failed, while a driver error enters on_error; both report only one token and then destroy the socket. The later emit_close_once drops the remaining tokens through forget_aux.

replay_held_tls has the same issue. It takes all held writes and held_tls_end before replay. A first replay failure returns and drops the remaining callbacks.

Drain repeated-end tokens in every failure path. Retain and fail the remaining held writes and held end with their operation-specific completion events before destroying the socket.

Suggested fix for repeated end callbacks
+fn fail_extra_end_users(id: i64, message: &str) {
+    for user in with_aux(id, |a| std::mem::take(&mut a.extra_end_users)) {
+        push_event(PendingNetEvent::ShutdownComplete(
+            id,
+            user,
+            Some(message.to_owned()),
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn submission_failed(id: i64, completion: u64, message: String) {
+    let completion_message = message.clone();
     if completion != 0 {
         push_event(PendingNetEvent::WriteComplete(
             id,
             completion,
             Some(message.clone()),
@@
         push_event(PendingNetEvent::Error(id, message));
     }
+    fail_extra_end_users(id, &completion_message);
     destroy(id);
 }

Call the same helper from on_error before destroy(id).

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In `@crates/perry-ext-net/src/turnloop_io.rs` around lines 890 - 897, Update
failure handling in submission_failed and on_error to fail and emit completion
events for all extra_end_users before destroying the socket. In replay_held_tls,
preserve the held writes and held end when replay fails, and emit their
operation-specific failure completion events before socket destruction so no
callbacks are dropped.

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