ssl: add key logging with a shared host append sink by youknowone · Pull Request #8655 · RustPython/RustPython

youknowone · 2026-09-05T10:10:20Z

Summary

Implement SSLContext.keylog_filename for the rustls backend, enabling the existing SSLKEYLOGFILE handling in Lib/ssl.py.
Extract the reusable, synchronized append-file destination into rustpython-host_env::fs::AppendLog; keep NSS/TLS record formatting in _ssl. This follows Pyre's context-owned sink design without introducing a TLS dependency into host_env.
Match CPython 3.14 path semantics: preserve the original str/bytes/PathLike object, disable the old destination before conversion/open failures, reject deletion, and trace filename reference cycles.
Use connection-local routing to follow SSLObject.context changes, including mid-handshake, without leaking routing state through cached configs or explicit sessions. Suppress logging from the temporary SNI-probing connection so only the selected context records the real handshake.

Independent of #8653, based on upstream/main. No Python library/test modifications.

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Workspace Rust tests (excluding wasm, venvlauncher and capi), plus separate capi tests.
Workspace and separate capi clippy; only existing compiler-source warnings.
Release test_ssl: 196 tests, 40 skips (three previously skipped keylog tests now run).
Five new Rust tests cover append/replacement/disable, failed replacement, concurrent records, NSS formatting and disabled defaults.
Local MemoryBIO checks against CPython cover TLS 1.2/1.3 client/server secret equality, path object identity, invalid replacements, cached configs, explicit TLS 1.2 resumption, SNI and mid-handshake context selection, and isolation of routing between resumed connections. Filename reference-cycle collection also checked locally. Deletion checked against current CPython source because installed CPython 3.14.2 crashes on it.
Configured pre-commit hooks.

As in Pyre/rustls' file logger, opening errors are reported by the setter, while subsequent callback writes are best effort. Propagating asynchronous keylog write failures as Python exceptions is not included. Key logging is disabled by default and exposes TLS secrets only when explicitly enabled.

AI assistance: Codex (GPT-5) assisted with implementation, comparison, testing and review.

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New Features
- Added TLS key logging support for SSL contexts and sockets.
- Added the keylog_filename setting to configure, replace, or disable TLS key log output.
- Key logs are written in a standard NSS-compatible format for client, server, socket, and BIO connections.
- Logging is disabled by default and handles unavailable or invalid destinations without disrupting TLS connections.
- Log files support appending and safe concurrent writes.

coderabbitai · 2026-09-05T10:17:25Z

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This change adds a thread-safe append-only log sink and exposes TLS key logging through SSL contexts. Client, server, BIO, SNI, and socket context changes route rustls secrets to NSS-format log records.

Changes

TLS key logging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Append-only log sink `crates/host_env/src/fs.rs`, `crates/host_env/src/fs/append_log.rs`	Adds the public `AppendLog` type. It supports file replacement, disabling, flushed writes, headers, and concurrent record writes.
TLS key-log adapter `crates/stdlib/src/ssl/keylog.rs`	Adds replaceable connection routing and NSS-format key-log records with lowercase hexadecimal secrets.
SSL context and socket integration `crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs`	Adds the `keylog_filename` property and connects context-specific key logging to client, server, BIO, SNI, and socket context changes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c8819

This adds TLS secret logging, but created or reused key-log files may be readable more broadly than the owner. Restrict file permissions before merge to prevent local disclosure of TLS session keys.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Python
  participant PySSLContext
  participant PySSLSocket
  participant Rustls
  participant AppendLog
  Python->>PySSLContext: Set keylog_filename
  PySSLContext->>AppendLog: Replace or disable log destination
  PySSLContext->>PySSLSocket: Create connection key logger
  PySSLSocket->>Rustls: Attach key logger to TLS configuration
  Rustls->>PySSLSocket: Emit TLS secrets
  PySSLSocket->>AppendLog: Append NSS-format records

Suggested reviewers: joshuamegnauth54, kyokuping, shaharnaveh

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⚡	`gc_collect.py[rustpython]`	212.4 ms	167.9 ms	+26.49%
⚡	`gc_traversal.py[rustpython]`	813.3 ms	723.1 ms	+12.46%

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Port the context-owned keylog sink design from Pyre, retaining CPython 3.14 path and context-switch semantics. Keep host file lifecycle in host_env and TLS formatting in stdlib. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5

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coderabbitai · 2026-09-05T11:32:48Z

+            let path = FsPath::try_from_object(vm, value.clone())?.to_path_buf(vm)?;
+            self.key_log
+                .0
+                .set_path(Some(&path), super::keylog::HEADER)


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#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail rg -n -C 12 \ 'struct AppendLog|impl AppendLog|OpenOptions|create_new|set_permissions|PermissionsExt|mode\(' \ crates/host_env/src/fs

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

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Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-732): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Reachability: Internal · Exploitability: Moderate

Create key-log files with restrictive permissions.

AppendLog::set_path creates files with platform-default permissions. Apply owner-only permissions or an equivalent ACL when creating and replacing the key-log file. Do not write TLS secrets to an existing file with broader permissions.

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* ssl: add key logging with a shared host append sink Port the context-owned keylog sink design from Pyre, retaining CPython 3.14 path and context-switch semantics. Keep host file lifecycle in host_env and TLS formatting in stdlib. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5 * ssl: use core and alloc imports for key logging Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5

youknowone added 2 commits September 5, 2026 20:22

ssl: add key logging with a shared host append sink

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Port the context-owned keylog sink design from Pyre, retaining CPython 3.14 path and context-switch semantics. Keep host file lifecycle in host_env and TLS formatting in stdlib. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5

ssl: use core and alloc imports for key logging

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youknowone force-pushed the ssl-keylog branch from 657506f to c8819cd Compare September 5, 2026 11:24

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ssl: unify handshake, transport and shutdown state #8656

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