Bug 1740692 - Establish a speculative connection when receiving rel=preconnect in 103 response, r=necko-reviewers,manuel,valentin

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D163572

modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml

@@ -11221,6 +11221,12 @@
   value: false
   mirror: always
 
+# Enable `Link: rel=preconnect` in 103 Early Hint response.
+- name: network.early-hints.preconnect.enabled
+  type: RelaxedAtomicBool
+  value: false
+  mirror: always
+
 # Whether to use the network process or not
 # Start a separate socket process. Performing networking on the socket process
 # is control by a sepparate pref

netwerk/protocol/http/EarlyHintPreconnect.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "EarlyHintPreconnect.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/CORSMode.h"
+#include "mozilla/dom/Element.h"
+#include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_network.h"
+#include "nsIOService.h"
+#include "nsIURI.h"
+
+namespace mozilla::net {
+
+void EarlyHintPreconnect::MaybePreconnect(const LinkHeader& aHeader,
+                                          nsIURI* aBaseURI,
+                                          nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal) {
+  if (!StaticPrefs::network_early_hints_preconnect_enabled()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!gIOService) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> uri;
+  if (NS_FAILED(aHeader.NewResolveHref(getter_AddRefs(uri), aBaseURI))) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // only preconnect secure context urls
+  if (!uri->SchemeIs("https")) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Note that the http connection manager will limit the number of connections
+  // we can make, so it should be fine we don't check duplicate preconnect
+  // attempts here.
+  CORSMode corsMode = dom::Element::StringToCORSMode(aHeader.mCrossOrigin);
+  if (corsMode == CORS_ANONYMOUS) {
+    gIOService->SpeculativeAnonymousConnect(uri, aPrincipal, nullptr);
+  } else {
+    gIOService->SpeculativeConnect(uri, aPrincipal, nullptr);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace mozilla::net

netwerk/protocol/http/EarlyHintPreconnect.h

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_net_EarlyHintPreconnect_h
+#define mozilla_net_EarlyHintPreconnect_h
+
+#include "nsNetUtil.h"
+
+namespace mozilla::net {
+
+class EarlyHintPreconnect final {
+ public:
+  static void MaybePreconnect(const LinkHeader& aHeader, nsIURI* aBaseURI,
+                              nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal);
+
+  EarlyHintPreconnect() = delete;
+  EarlyHintPreconnect(const EarlyHintPreconnect&) = delete;
+  EarlyHintPreconnect& operator=(const EarlyHintPreconnect&) = delete;
+};
+
+}  // namespace mozilla::net
+
+#endif  // mozilla_net_EarlyHintPreconnect_h

netwerk/protocol/http/EarlyHintPreloader.cpp

@@ -190,10 +190,6 @@ void EarlyHintPreloader::MaybeCreateAndInsertPreload(
     nsIURI* aBaseURI, nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal,
     nsICookieJarSettings* aCookieJarSettings,
     const nsACString& aResponseReferrerPolicy) {
-  if (!aLinkHeader.mRel.LowerCaseEqualsASCII("preload")) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   nsAttrValue as;
   ParseAsValue(aLinkHeader.mAs, as);
 

netwerk/protocol/http/EarlyHintsService.cpp

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #include "EarlyHintsService.h"
+#include "EarlyHintPreconnect.h"
 #include "EarlyHintPreloader.h"
 #include "mozilla/PreloadHashKey.h"
 #include "mozilla/Telemetry.h"
@@ -85,9 +86,13 @@ void EarlyHintsService::EarlyHint(const nsACString& aLinkHeader,
 
   for (auto& linkHeader : linkHeaders) {
     CollectLinkTypeTelemetry(linkHeader.mRel);
-    EarlyHintPreloader::MaybeCreateAndInsertPreload(
-        mOngoingEarlyHints, linkHeader, aBaseURI, principal, cookieJarSettings,
-        aReferrerPolicy);
+    if (linkHeader.mRel.LowerCaseEqualsLiteral("preconnect")) {
+      EarlyHintPreconnect::MaybePreconnect(linkHeader, aBaseURI, principal);
+    } else if (linkHeader.mRel.LowerCaseEqualsLiteral("preload")) {
+      EarlyHintPreloader::MaybeCreateAndInsertPreload(
+          mOngoingEarlyHints, linkHeader, aBaseURI, principal,
+          cookieJarSettings, aReferrerPolicy);
+    }
   }
 }
 

netwerk/protocol/http/moz.build

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     "ConnectionEntry.cpp",
     "ConnectionHandle.cpp",
     "DnsAndConnectSocket.cpp",
+    "EarlyHintPreconnect.cpp",
     "EarlyHintPreloader.cpp",
     "EarlyHintRegistrar.cpp",
     "EarlyHintsService.cpp",

netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpHandler.cpp

@@ -2262,8 +2262,12 @@ nsresult nsHttpHandler::SpeculativeConnectInternal(
   if (mDebugObservations && obsService) {
     // this is basically used for test coverage of an otherwise 'hintable'
     // feature
+
+    // This is used to test if the `crossOrigin` attribute is parsed correctly.
+    nsPrintfCString debugURL("%s%s", aURI->GetSpecOrDefault().get(),
+                             anonymous ? "anonymous" : "use-credentials");
     obsService->NotifyObservers(nullptr, "speculative-connect-request",
-                                nullptr);
+                                NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16(debugURL).get());
     for (auto* cp :
          dom::ContentParent::AllProcesses(dom::ContentParent::eLive)) {
       PNeckoParent* neckoParent =

netwerk/test/browser/browser.ini

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ support-files =
   early_hint_error.sjs
   early_hint_asset.sjs
   early_hint_asset_html.sjs
+  early_hint_preconnect_html.sjs
   post.html
   res.css
   res.css^headers^
@@ -146,3 +147,4 @@ skip-if =
 support-files =
   early_hint_referrer_policy_html.sjs
   early_hint_preload_test_helper.jsm
+[browser_103_preconnect.js]

netwerk/test/browser/browser_103_preconnect.js

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+Services.prefs.setBoolPref("network.early-hints.enabled", true);
+Services.prefs.setBoolPref("network.early-hints.preconnect.enabled", true);
+Services.prefs.setBoolPref("network.http.debug-observations", true);
+
+registerCleanupFunction(function() {
+  Services.prefs.clearUserPref("network.early-hints.enabled");
+  Services.prefs.clearUserPref("network.early-hints.preconnect.enabled");
+  Services.prefs.clearUserPref("network.http.debug-observations");
+});
+
+// Test steps:
+// 1. Load early_hint_preconnect_html.sjs
+// 2. In early_hint_preconnect_html.sjs, a 103 response with
+//    "rel=preconnect" is returned.
+// 3. We use "speculative-connect-request" topic to observe whether the
+//    speculative connection is attempted.
+// 4. Finally, we check if the observed URL is the same as the expected.
+async function test_hint_preconnect(href, crossOrigin) {
+  let requestUrl = `https://example.com/browser/netwerk/test/browser/early_hint_preconnect_html.sjs?href=${href}&crossOrigin=${crossOrigin}`;
+
+  let observed = "";
+  let observer = {
+    QueryInterface: ChromeUtils.generateQI(["nsIObserver"]),
+    observe(aSubject, aTopic, aData) {
+      if (aTopic == "speculative-connect-request") {
+        Services.obs.removeObserver(observer, "speculative-connect-request");
+        observed = aData;
+      }
+    },
+  };
+  Services.obs.addObserver(observer, "speculative-connect-request");
+
+  await BrowserTestUtils.withNewTab(
+    {
+      gBrowser,
+      url: requestUrl,
+      waitForLoad: true,
+    },
+    async function() {}
+  );
+
+  if (!crossOrigin) {
+    crossOrigin = "anonymous";
+  }
+
+  Assert.equal(observed, `${href}/${crossOrigin}`);
+}
+
+add_task(async function test_103_preconnect() {
+  await test_hint_preconnect("https://localhost", "use-credentials");
+  await test_hint_preconnect("https://localhost", "");
+  await test_hint_preconnect("https://localhost", "anonymous");
+});

netwerk/test/browser/early_hint_preconnect_html.sjs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"use strict";
+
+function handleRequest(request, response) {
+  Cu.importGlobalProperties(["URLSearchParams"]);
+  let qs = new URLSearchParams(request.queryString);
+  let href = qs.get("href");
+  let crossOrigin = qs.get("crossOrigin");
+
+  // write to raw socket
+  response.seizePower();
+
+  response.write("HTTP/1.1 103 Early Hint\r\n");
+  response.write(
+    `Link: <${href}>; rel=preconnect; crossOrigin=${crossOrigin}\r\n`
+  );
+  response.write("\r\n");
+
+  let body = `<!DOCTYPE html>
+      <html>
+      <body>
+      <h1>Test rel=preconnect<h1>
+      </body>
+      </html>`;
+
+  response.write("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n");
+  response.write("Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8\r\n");
+  response.write("Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n");
+  response.write(`Content-Length: ${body.length}\r\n`);
+  response.write("\r\n");
+  response.write(body);
+
+  response.finish();
+}