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Continues the architectural work from #8007 in three reviewable commits, on top of #8655 (key logging; still open when this branch was prepared). This does not wholesale import the old rewrite.

  1. Accept ClientHello before selecting the SNI context. Run the callback once without holding connection/state locks, then create the server connection from rustls Accepted. Send the actual fatal TLS alert for callback exceptions, invalid results, and explicit alert returns. Preserve callback failure and partial output across retries.
  2. Introduce SocketOrBio and share handshake record IO and output progress. Queue newly drained TLS records before any fallible flush so backpressure cannot discard records. Retain partial record headers across WouldBlock and timeout.
  3. Replace independent handshake/shutdown flags with TlsState. Share close-notify progress between socket and BIO transports, wait for the peer on nonblocking shutdown, preserve cleartext trailers, and make protocol failures terminal. Both client and server fatal handshake alerts use the common output queue. Keep rustls errors intact until Python exception conversion.

The followup itself removes approximately 700 net lines. It removes the old provisional SNI resolver/replay machinery and the separate ShutdownState, without changing existing test assertions or logic. Three SNI expected-failure markers are removed.

Validation

  • Release test_ssl: 196 tests, 40 skips, passing.
  • Release SSL/asyncio SSL and leak-filtered run: 252 tests across test_ssl, test_asyncio.test_sslproto, and test_asyncio.test_events, 51 skips, passing.
  • Workspace Rust tests, excluding wasm/venvlauncher/C-API; separate C-API tests (103), passing.
  • Workspace and separate C-API clippy; no new warnings (existing compiler-source must-use warnings remain).
  • Focused runtime probes: TLS 1.2/1.3 fragmented and multi-record ClientHello, SNI callback-once and peer alert reasons, nonblocking alert backpressure, nonblocking unwrap retries, unexpected BIO EOF, and cleartext trailers on both BIO and sockets. Shutdown probes also pass on CPython.
  • Existing keylog and verified-chain probes pass, including SNI context selection, context replacement, session resumption, and capath trust anchors.
  • New Rust unit tests exercise a >4 KiB ClientHello, bytewise fragmentation, and plaintext SNI alert encoding.
  • Configured pre-commit hooks run on every commit; focused independent reviews cover retry behavior and CPython differences.

Scope and CI

The generic VM module-load hook, Rust-to-Python Serde infrastructure, and tls-unique channel binding from the original discussion are not included. Some application-data IO branches remain for followup; the shared handshake/shutdown record loops and transport/output ownership are established here.

The parent PR's WASI CI failure was traced to repeated Wasmer installer download failures until the 30-minute job limit, before interpreter tests ran. No unrelated workflow changes are included.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added TLS key logging support through an SSL context keylog filename setting.
    • Improved Server Name Indication (SNI) handling during TLS handshakes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved reliability for fragmented or large ClientHello messages.
    • Improved non-blocking TLS reads by preserving partially received records.
    • Improved TLS shutdown and alert handling, including MemoryBIO connections.
    • Improved SSL error reporting and EOF detection.

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📦 Library Dependencies

The following Lib/ modules were modified. Here are their dependencies:

[ ] lib: cpython/Lib/ssl.py
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_ssl.py (TODO: 3)

dependencies:

  • ssl (native: _ssl, errno, sys, time)
    • warnings (native: _contextvars, _thread, _warnings, builtins, sys)
    • base64, calendar, collections, enum, os, socket

dependent tests: (54 tests)

  • ssl: test_asyncio test_ftplib test_httplib test_httpservers test_imaplib test_logging test_poplib test_ssl test_urllib test_urllib2_localnet test_venv test_xmlrpc
    • asyncio.selector_events: test_asyncio
    • ftplib: test_urllib2
      • urllib.request: test_http_cookiejar test_pathlib test_pydoc test_sax test_site test_urllib2net test_urllibnet
    • http.client: test_docxmlrpc test_hashlib test_ucn test_unicodedata test_wsgiref
      • logging.handlers: test_concurrent_futures test_pkgutil
    • http.server: test_robotparser
      • pydoc: test_enum
    • smtplib: test_smtplib test_smtpnet
    • urllib.request:
      • pathlib: test_ast test_dbm_sqlite3 test_ensurepip test_importlib test_json test_launcher test_os test_pathlib test_peg_generator test_pyrepl test_runpy test_tarfile test_tempfile test_tomllib test_tools test_traceback test_unparse test_winapi test_zipapp test_zipfile test_zoneinfo test_zstd

[ ] lib: cpython/Lib/asyncio
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_asyncio (TODO: 30)

dependencies:

  • asyncio (native: _asyncio, _overlapped, _pyrepl.console, _pyrepl.main, _pyrepl.simple_interact, _remote_debugging, _winapi, asyncio.tools, base_events, collections.abc, concurrent.futures, coroutines, errno, events, exceptions, futures, graph, itertools, locks, log, math, msvcrt, protocols, queues, readline, runners, streams, sys, taskgroups, tasks, threads, time, timeouts, transports, unix_events, windows_events)
    • logging (native: atexit, collections.abc, email.message, email.utils, errno, http.client, logging.handlers, multiprocessing.queues, select, sys, time, urllib.parse, win32evtlog, win32evtlogutil)
    • site (native: _io, _pyrepl.main, _pyrepl.pager, _pyrepl.readline, _pyrepl.unix_console, _pyrepl.windows_console, atexit, builtins, errno, readline, sitecustomize, sys, usercustomize)
    • ssl, warnings
    • _colorize, argparse, ast, collections, contextlib, contextvars, dataclasses, enum, functools, heapq, inspect, io, linecache, os, reprlib, rlcompleter, selectors, signal, socket, stat, struct, subprocess, threading, tokenize, traceback, types, weakref

dependent tests: (7 tests)

  • asyncio: test_asyncio test_external_inspection test_inspect test_logging test_os test_pdb test_unittest

Legend:

  • [+] path exists in CPython
  • [x] up-to-date, [ ] outdated

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Walkthrough

The SSL module now uses unified socket/BIO transport handling and an explicit TLS state machine. It adds configurable key logging, moves SNI processing to ClientHello acceptance, preserves rustls errors, supports partial record headers, and rewrites shutdown handling.

Changes

SSL transport and key logging

Layer / File(s) Summary
TLS states, transport, and key logging
crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs, crates/stdlib/src/ssl/handshake.rs
SocketOrBio unifies socket and MemoryBIO operations. TlsState replaces handshake and shutdown flags. SSL contexts and connections support configurable key-log sinks.
Handshake, SNI, and TLS error flow
crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs, crates/stdlib/src/ssl/compat.rs, crates/stdlib/src/ssl/handshake.rs, extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_ssl.py
ClientHello data is accepted incrementally before SNI callbacks run. Rejected connections queue plaintext alerts. Rustls errors remain available until Python error conversion. Handshake and MemoryBIO shutdown tests cover fragmented input and trailing data.
Read, write, certificate, context, and shutdown lifecycle
crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs, crates/stdlib/src/ssl/compat.rs, crates/stdlib/src/ssl/cert.rs
Read, write, certificate, context, and shutdown paths use the new TLS states. Partial record headers survive non-blocking errors. Certificate dictionaries use cert_der_to_dict_helper. Shutdown drains alerts and close-notify records.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e939d

The TLS lifecycle rewrite is mergeable based on the supplied validation; the remaining EOF-helper cleanup is non-blocking and does not change behavior.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PySSLSocket
  participant SocketOrBio
  participant Acceptor
  participant SNI_callback
  participant rustls_Connection
  PySSLSocket->>SocketOrBio: receive TLS records
  SocketOrBio->>Acceptor: feed ClientHello bytes
  Acceptor->>SNI_callback: invoke SNI callback
  SNI_callback-->>PySSLSocket: return acceptance or alert
  PySSLSocket->>rustls_Connection: create accepted TLS connection
  rustls_Connection-->>PySSLSocket: produce handshake output
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crates/stdlib/src/ssl/compat.rs (1)

971-975: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse this EOF predicate in accept_client_hello.

This branch uses socket.is_bio_mode() && !socket.transport_eof(). accept_client_hello in crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs (around lines 2805-2812) re-implements the same decision inline as self.is_bio_mode() && !self.io.incoming().as_ref().is_some_and(|bio| bio.eof()).

Both predicates must agree, because they decide WantRead against Eof for the same BIO transport. Call transport_eof() at the ssl.rs site so the rule stays in one place.

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In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl/compat.rs` around lines 971 - 975, Update
accept_client_hello to use the existing transport_eof() predicate when choosing
between WantRead and Eof, replacing its inline BIO/EOF check while preserving
the current behavior.
crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs (1)

2798-2808: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse compat::recv_at_most_one_tls_record instead of re-implementing the empty-read decision.

Lines 2791-2808 duplicate super::compat::recv_at_most_one_tls_record (compat.rs:959-979): the same blocking-error to WantRead mapping and the same "empty read is WantRead in BIO mode unless the incoming BIO is at EOF, otherwise Eof" rule. Line 2801 also re-implements self.transport_eof() (line 2466). The two copies agree today, so this is a maintainability concern. If one copy changes later, handshake EOF handling and application-data EOF handling diverge silently.

Call the shared helper and convert its SslError at the boundary.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-                            let bytes = self.sock_recv_at_most_one_tls_record(vm).map_err(|e| {
-                                if is_blocking_io_error(&e, vm) {
-                                    create_ssl_want_read_error(vm).upcast()
-                                } else {
-                                    e
-                                }
-                            })?;
-                            if bytes.is_empty() {
-                                return Err(
-                                    if self.is_bio_mode()
-                                        && !self.io.incoming().as_ref().is_some_and(|bio| bio.eof())
-                                    {
-                                        create_ssl_want_read_error(vm).upcast()
-                                    } else {
-                                        SslError::Eof.into_py_err(vm)
-                                    },
-                                );
-                            }
-                            super::handshake::feed_acceptor(&mut acceptor, bytes.as_bytes())
-                                .map_err(|e| e.into_pyexception(vm))?;
+                            let data = super::compat::recv_at_most_one_tls_record(self, vm)
+                                .map_err(|e| e.into_py_err(vm))?;
+                            let bytes = PyBytesRef::try_from_object(vm, data)?;
+                            super::handshake::feed_acceptor(&mut acceptor, bytes.as_bytes())
+                                .map_err(|e| e.into_pyexception(vm))?;
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In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs` around lines 2798 - 2808, Replace the duplicated
empty-read and blocking-error handling in the surrounding receive flow with the
shared super::compat::recv_at_most_one_tls_record helper. Convert the helper’s
SslError result into the existing Python error type at this boundary, preserving
the current WantRead and EOF behavior while removing the local BIO EOF decision
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Inline comments:
In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl/handshake.rs`:
- Line 77: Add a non-WASM target guard to the AWS-LC-dependent handshake tests
in the handshake test module, including the test using
rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider(). Keep these tests available on
non-WASM targets while preventing them from compiling for target_arch =
"wasm32".

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs`:
- Around line 2798-2808: Replace the duplicated empty-read and blocking-error
handling in the surrounding receive flow with the shared
super::compat::recv_at_most_one_tls_record helper. Convert the helper’s SslError
result into the existing Python error type at this boundary, preserving the
current WantRead and EOF behavior while removing the local BIO EOF decision
logic.

In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl/compat.rs`:
- Around line 971-975: Update accept_client_hello to use the existing
transport_eof() predicate when choosing between WantRead and Eof, replacing its
inline BIO/EOF check while preserving the current behavior.

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use alloc::sync::Arc;

fn large_client_hello() -> Vec<u8> {
let provider = Arc::new(rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider());

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Gate the AWS-LC-dependent handshake tests on non-WASM targets.

crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs includes handshake without a target guard. Its test module therefore also compiles for WASM. The AWS-LC rustls dev-dependency applies only to non-WASM targets, so rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider() can be unavailable in WASM test builds. Add #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] to the AWS-LC-dependent tests.

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In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl/handshake.rs` at line 77, Add a non-WASM target guard
to the AWS-LC-dependent handshake tests in the handshake test module, including
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Replace the provisional server connection and replay flags with explicit handshake states. Retain fatal alerts across nonblocking retries and preserve fragmented input on timeout. Enable the three SNI alert regressions.

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Queue drained TLS records before fallible output and use one handshake record loop for both transports.

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Track close-notify progress in TlsState, preserve pending alerts across retries, and share record-boundary shutdown for sockets and MemoryBIO. Retain rustls errors until Python exception conversion.

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Use the same certificate dict helper for getpeercert() and
Certificate.get_info() so OCSP, caIssuers, and CRL URLs are present.
Clear CHANNEL_BINDING_TYPES on the rustls backend, and add a MemoryBIO
leftover-plaintext snippet.

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crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs (1)

2798-2808: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Reuse transport_eof for the BIO EOF check.

Line 2800 to Line 2802 repeat the logic of the transport_eof helper added at Line 2466. The inline form is self.is_bio_mode() && !incoming.eof(), which equals self.is_bio_mode() && !self.transport_eof() because transport_eof returns true when no incoming BIO exists. Use the helper to keep one definition of transport EOF.

♻️ Proposed refactor
                             if bytes.is_empty() {
                                 return Err(
-                                    if self.is_bio_mode()
-                                        && !self.io.incoming().as_ref().is_some_and(|bio| bio.eof())
-                                    {
+                                    if self.is_bio_mode() && !self.transport_eof() {
                                         create_ssl_want_read_error(vm).upcast()
                                     } else {
                                         SslError::Eof.into_py_err(vm)
                                     },
                                 );
                             }
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In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs` around lines 2798 - 2808, Replace the inline BIO
EOF condition in the bytes-empty handling with the existing transport_eof
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In `@crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs`:
- Around line 2798-2808: Replace the inline BIO EOF condition in the bytes-empty
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