Integrated: 8324209: Check implementation of Expect: 100-continue in the java.net.http.HttpClient

Darragh Clarke dclarke at openjdk.org
Tue Aug 20 11:13:01 UTC 2024


On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 13:46:30 GMT, Darragh Clarke <dclarke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Currently `HttpClient` will timeout if a server doesn't respond to a request which includes `Expect: 100-Continue`
> 
> Section 10.1.1 of [rfc 9110](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-expect) states that
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> a client SHOULD NOT wait for an indefinite period before sending the content.
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> 
> 
> This PR changes `HttpClient` to wait for a maximum of 5 seconds for a server response, this will be shorter if a timeout is set. If no response is received, the message will be sent regardless. 
> This should bring `HttpClient` in line with how [HttpUrlConnection](https://github.com/DarraghClarke/jdk/blob/61386c199a3b29457c002ad31a23990b7f6f88fd/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java#L1305) treats expect continue timeouts.
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> This is done using `orTimeout` in the `expectContinue` method , though there is some changes in `streams.java` where it was possible for race conditions to cause timeouts where `CompleteableFuture`s were removed from `response_cfs` prematurely or in some cases not removed at all.
> 
> I've tested this against tiers 1-3 and it appears to be stable.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 01d03e07
Author:    Darragh Clarke <dclarke at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/01d03e07c7642e148e4e17848d28686858ea37a7
Stats:     109 lines in 4 files changed: 70 ins; 0 del; 39 mod

8324209: Check implementation of Expect: 100-continue in the java.net.http.HttpClient

Reviewed-by: dfuchs, jpai

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20525


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