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http_server: honor Connection: close on HTTP/1.1 - #12776
HTTP/1.1 input connections with Connection: close were left open until the idle timeout (about 10 seconds). The response also omitted Connection: close.
in_http on 5.1.5 and current master uses the built-in HTTP server, not the older Monkey http_conn.c path described in the issue. In flb_http_server_should_connection_be_closed(), HTTP/1.1 defaults to keep-alive, and the Connection header was only checked for keep-alive. A close token never opted out, so the session stayed open.
This change:
Treats a close token in Connection as opting out of keep-alive (close wins if both tokens are present).
Adds Connection: close to the response before the request handler commits it.
Still closes the session after the response is written.
HTTP/1.0 still closes by default, and HTTP/1.1 without Connection: close still keeps the connection open.
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I built flb-it-http_server and ran the full internal HTTP server suite, including three new tests:
HTTP/1.1 + Connection: close returns Connection: close and the server sends EOF without waiting for the idle timeout.
HTTP/1.1 with no Connection header stays open (keep-alive).
Connection: keep-alive, close still closes, because close takes precedence.
All tests in that suite passed.
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Backporting
Backport to latest stable release.
The same close-handling code is on the 5.1 branch. I have not opened a backport PR.
Fluent Bit is licensed under Apache 2.0, by submitting this pull request I understand that this code will be released under the terms of that license.
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Bug Fixes
HTTP connections now correctly recognize comma-separated Connection header values, including mixed capitalization and surrounding whitespace.
When a request asks to close the connection, that instruction takes precedence over keep-alive, and the response indicates that the connection will close.
Requests without a close instruction continue to use keep-alive by default.
Fixesfluent#12655
HTTP/1.1 keep-alive is the default, but the server only inspected the
Connection header for "keep-alive". A request with "Connection: close"
kept the socket open until the idle timeout, so one-shot clients stalled
for about 10 seconds and the response never advertised the close.
Treat a "close" token as opting out of keep-alive (it wins if both
tokens are present), put Connection: close on the response before the
handler commits it, and then close the session as before.
Signed-off-by: SahinurDEV <68515168+SahinurDEV@users.noreply.github.com>
The HTTP server now matches comma-separated Connection tokens case-insensitively, gives close precedence over keep-alive, and sets a Connection: close response header when an HTTP/0.9–1.x connection will close. New tests check explicit close, token-list close, and default keep-alive behavior.
The server matches complete comma-separated Connection tokens case-insensitively and ignores spaces and tabs around tokens. A close token takes precedence over keep-alive.
Close response and connection tests src/http_server/flb_http_server.c, tests/internal/http_server.c
When an HTTP/0.9–1.x connection is due to close, the server sets Connection: close before request callbacks. Tests check the response header and socket closure for close requests, and an open connection when the request omits the header.
fluent/fluent-bit#12688: Adds Connection: close and closes the socket for malformed-request 400 responses; this change covers parsed requests that select closure.
fluent/fluent-bit#12692: Selects connection closure for requests containing both Transfer-Encoding and Content-Length; this change selects closure from Connection tokens.
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The title clearly summarizes the main change: honoring the HTTP/1.1 Connection: close directive.
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Issue #12655 requires the HTTP server to honor Connection: close, return that response header, and close the session after the response. flb_http_server_should_connection_be_closed() now recognize…
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Issue #12655 requires the HTTP server to honor Connection: close, return that response header, and close the session after the response. flb_http_server_should_connection_be_closed() now recognizes close as a token and gives it precedence over keep-alive. The request path sets Connection: close before dispatching the handler. The new tests check the response header, EOF, default HTTP/1.1 keep-alive, and close precedence.
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Preserve close across repeated Connection fields
On a valid HTTP/1.1 request with separate Connection lines, such as Connection: close followed by Connection: keep-alive, the HTTP/1 parser's request-header hash replaces the first value with the later one. This lookup then sees only keep-alive and leaves the socket open even though the combined field contains close. Aggregate repeated field instances before applying the close precedence and add a regression test for this representation.
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I looked into this. Repeated Connection lines never reach this code as separate values: the bundled Monkey parser (lib/monkey/mk_server/mk_http_parser.c) keeps one slot per known header in p->headers[], so a later Connection: line overwrites the earlier one before http1_session_process_request() walks header_list. I tried aggregating in the HTTP/1 glue with a regression test for Connection: close + Connection: keep-alive, and the test still failed because only keep-alive is in the list.
So fixing that case means changing Monkey's parser, which I'd rather keep out of this PR. The single field and comma-separated forms (keep-alive, close) are handled and covered by tests here. Happy to follow up on the Monkey side if maintainers want it.
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HTTP/1.1 input connections with
Connection: closewere left open until the idle timeout (about 10 seconds). The response also omittedConnection: close.Fixes #12655
in_httpon 5.1.5 and currentmasteruses the built-in HTTP server, not the older Monkeyhttp_conn.cpath described in the issue. Inflb_http_server_should_connection_be_closed(), HTTP/1.1 defaults to keep-alive, and theConnectionheader was only checked forkeep-alive. Aclosetoken never opted out, so the session stayed open.This change:
closetoken inConnectionas opting out of keep-alive (closewins if both tokens are present).Connection: closeto the response before the request handler commits it.HTTP/1.0 still closes by default, and HTTP/1.1 without
Connection: closestill keeps the connection open.Testing
I built
flb-it-http_serverand ran the full internal HTTP server suite, including three new tests:Connection: closereturnsConnection: closeand the server sends EOF without waiting for the idle timeout.Connectionheader stays open (keep-alive).Connection: keep-alive, closestill closes, becauseclosetakes precedence.All tests in that suite passed.
Documentation
Backporting
The same close-handling code is on the
5.1branch. I have not opened a backport PR.Fluent Bit is licensed under Apache 2.0, by submitting this pull request I understand that this code will be released under the terms of that license.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Connectionheader values, including mixed capitalization and surrounding whitespace.keep-alive, and the response indicates that the connection will close.