node:tls: make Server.setSecureContext() replace the listening socket's TLS context - #43015
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…nd hostname Listener::listen put the default SSL_CTX into the listen socket's SNI tree under the bind hostname. The entry resolves to the context a ClientHello gets anyway, so it selected nothing, but as an exact match it shadowed an addContext() wildcard for that one name: a client that sent the bind hostname as SNI got the default certificate where node serves the wildcard context. The SNICallback bind-hostname test now dials the address listen() bound: "localhost" resolves to both ::1 and 127.0.0.1 on a dual-stack host and connect() need not pick the one listen() did.
…'s TLS context The native SSL_CTX of a tls.Server is built once, in listen(), from the server's option fields. setSecureContext() only reassigned those fields, so a listening server kept its original certificate, key and client-CA store until restart. A CA the operator removed kept authorizing client certificates, and a session saved before the call kept resuming. Build a new context from the staged options and make it the listen socket's default for later accepts (us_listen_socket_set_default_ssl_ctx). A connection already accepted keeps the context it was accepted with, like node's tlsConnectionListener, also when its ClientHello arrives after the swap. The build runs before any field is assigned, so material BoringSSL rejects throws and leaves the server on its previous credentials. A server listening on a Windows named pipe swaps its context the same way. An omitted ALPNProtocols now keeps the server's list, as in node, where only the Server constructor assigns it. Clearing it made an Http2SecureServer stop negotiating h2 after setSecureContext() followed by close() and listen(). Co-authored-by: Ciro Spaciari <ciro.spaciari@gmail.com>
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In `@src/js/node/tls.ts`:
- Line 1426: In the conditional assignment around next.ALPNProtocols, cache the
property value once before the check, then test and assign using that cached
value to satisfy bun/no-duplicate-conditional-property-access while preserving
the existing undefined behavior.
In `@src/uws_sys/ListenSocket.rs`:
- Line 76: Make the public ListenSocket::set_default_ssl_ctx method unsafe,
documenting that callers must provide a live, non-null SslCtx pointer before
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A safe method that accepts a raw SSL_CTX pointer lets safe code hand C a null or dangling pointer. The owned handle makes the compiler hold the invariant, and the one caller already has it. Also read next.ALPNProtocols once in setSecureContext(), which the bun/no-duplicate-conditional-property-access lint rule requires.
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In `@src/js/node/tls.ts`:
- Line 1412: Update the listening-server TLS path around
setListenerSecureContext so tls.createSecureContext(options) inputs are
installed on the native listener instead of skipped by the InternalSecureContext
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Beyond the inline findings, I also traced the SSL_CTX reference counts across the swap: us_listen_socket_set_default_ssl_ctx up-refs the new ctx and unrefs the old default exactly once, and secure_ctx.set(Some(ctx)) drops the listener's own Rust ref on the previous one, so the swap itself is balanced — the inline note about a sslCtxLiveCount() test is about coverage, not a suspected leak.
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Findings were reported inline and the hunt was cut off at the bug cap, so approval is not on the table. The one concrete thing examined beyond the posted findings is the refcount handoff at the C/Rust boundary (packages/bun-usockets/src/crypto/openssl.c us_listen_socket_set_default_ssl_ctx and src/uws_sys/ListenSocket.rs set_default_ssl_ctx): the C side takes its own reference and releases the old default, the Rust side keeps and later drops its own via the JsCell<Option<OwnedSslCtx>>, and the early-return on ls->ssl_ctx == ctx avoids a spurious up_ref/unref pair. That is recorded here so the author reads the refcount-test finding as a coverage request rather than a suspected imbalance.
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…ten completes A cluster worker's listen() is asynchronous. net.ts built the native TLS options when listen() was called, so a setSecureContext() or addContext() made before the primary answered was lost. The options are now read when the listener is created. setSecureContext() no longer reads ALPNProtocols. Node assigns it in the Server constructor only, and a listening server reported the new list while its listener kept negotiating the old one. The requestCert clamp on rejectUnauthorized moves into the server's native option builder, its one owner for listen() and for the context swap. The named-pipe accept owns its SSL_CTX reference for the whole accept, because setSecureContext() can now replace the slot it came from.
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tls.Server#setSecureContext()on a listening server changes nothing. Later handshakes keep the original certificate, key and client-CA store. A CA that the operator removed keeps authorizing client certificates (authorized=true). Node applies the new context to the next connection.Listener::listen(src/runtime/socket/Listener.rs) builds theSSL_CTXonce.setSecureContext(src/js/node/tls.ts) only reassigned the option fields thatlisten()reads.Fix
setSecureContext()on a listening server builds anSSL_CTXfrom the staged options.us_listen_socket_set_default_ssl_ctx()makes it the default for later accepts. It runs before any field is assigned, so rejected material throws and nothing changes.listen()no longer registers the default context under the bind hostname in the SNI tree. That entry shadowed anaddContext()wildcard and would pin the name to the old context.setSecureContext()no longer readsALPNProtocols(constructor only). A cluster worker reads its TLS options when the primary answers, so a call made before'listening'counts.node-tls-server.test.ts(17 new tests, 11 fail on bun 1.4.2),node-tls-namedpipes.test.ts. On Linux:test/js/node/tls/,node-http2.test.js,node-net-server.test.ts. Self-reviewed: one regression found and fixed (Notes).Background
SSL_CTXis BoringSSL's TLS configuration: certificate chain, key, CA store, verify mode. Each accepted socket creates itsSSLfrom the listen socket's default and holds a reference.addContext()). A matching ClientHello switches that connection's context.SSL_CTX, so a new context never resumes an old session.Notes
Repro (two CAs, server trusts
caA, thensetSecureContext({ ..., ca: caB })):The same holds for an
Http2SecureServer, which is the class@grpc/grpc-jsreloads credentials on.Scope.
tls.ServerandHttp2SecureServeronly. Not covered, on purpose:https.ServerandBun.serve().reload({ tls })(Bun server.reload certFile & keyFile #8872). They go throughBun.serve, notListener.rs. fix(node:https): support live secure context updates #42576 and the draft node: tls/https v26 compat wave 2 — allowHalfOpen close_notify, fetch setDefaultCACertificates, https.Server setSecureContext/keylog/TLSSocket (+6 tests) #35535 addhttps.Server#setSecureContext(). No open PR coversBun.serve().reload({ tls }).setSecureContext(secureContextInstance). Node takes an options object only. node v26.3.0 reads the instance as options with no key and no certificate, and every later handshake fails. Bun 1.4.2 and this branch both leave the listening socket on its context for that form. A context fromtls.createSecureContext()carries norequestCertverify mode, so this PR does not install it.addContext()orSNICallbackcontext is still not negotiated. That is node:tls: keep ALPN across an SNI SecureContext selection #33253. The wildcard test here asserts the certificate only.Cluster workers. A worker's
listen()completes when the primary answers.net.tsbuilt the native TLS options whenlisten()was called, so asetSecureContext()oraddContext()made before'listening'was lost.listenOnPrimaryHandlenow reads them again. Fortls-cluster-set-secure-context-fixture.mjs, node v26.3.0 printsdefault: agent3, viaAddContext: agent2and bun 1.4.2 printsagent1for both.ALPNProtocols. This is a behavior change outside a listening server too.
setSecureContext({ ALPNProtocols })no longer sets the list, also beforelisten(). node v26.3.0 reads the option in theServerconstructor only (lib/internal/tls/wrap.jsL1381-L1382). Probe: a server created with['h2']and given['http/1.1']throughsetSecureContext()negotiatesh2in node, also afterclose()+listen(). Bun 1.4.2 negotiateshttp/1.1after the re-listen. Before this change a listening server reported the new list onserver.ALPNProtocolswhile its listener kept the old one.requestCert clamp. A server that does not request a client certificate must not reject for one.
net.tsapplied that to the options after[buntls]built them. The rule now lives in[buntls], solisten(), the cluster reply and the context swap share it.Related PRs. The C primitive and its header comment are taken as they are from the drafts #35535 and #41400, so the C hunks merge without a conflict. The Rust wrapper takes an
&OwnedSslCtxwhere the drafts take a raw pointer, so safe code cannot pass a dead pointer. Neither draft calls it fromListener.rs. #42576 has the same function under the nameus_listen_socket_set_ssl_ctx. #42050 builds_sharedCredseagerly so that bad material throws beforelisten(). Its notes say it does not rotate the listener. It edits the same function intls.ts, so one of the two needs a rebase. #32435 adds thetls.Servermethods tohttps.Server. #37896 changes what a cluster TLS worker's_handleis. Here a_handlethat is not aListeneris a no-op, and the worker's connections are wrapped in JS from the server's own fields. #33365 was the first version of this fix. A stale-PR sweep closed it. #42355 and #42998 editListener.rsandopenssl.cin other places.Self-review. A review of the first version of this diff found one regression, and it is fixed. That version moved the bind-hostname SNI entry to the new context. A connection accepted before the swap whose ClientHello arrived after it was switched to the new context, which had no ALPN selector yet, so an h2 server answered
unknownProtocol. The first commit removes the entry, and two tests pin the case fortls.ServerandHttp2SecureServer. The review also asked for h2 coverage, for theALPNProtocolsfix, for the requestCert/rejectUnauthorized matrix tests and for the maintainer's symbol name. All are in.Reference counts.
secure_ctxis anOwnedSslCtx. The swap isset_default_ssl_ctx(C takes its own reference and drops the one on the old default) andsecure_ctx.set(Some(ctx))(drops the listener's reference on the old one). The testfrees the context it replacesasserts withsslCtxLiveCount()that 20 swaps and one rejected swap add no liveSSL_CTX, and thatclose()releases the last one.Windows. A named-pipe TLS server keeps its context in
WindowsNamedPipeListeningContext.ctx, now aJsCell. Each accept clones the context out of the cell before it can run JS, becausesetSecureContext()can replace the slot. At ddd655c I built the debug binary on Windows x64 and rannode-tls-namedpipes.test.ts(7 pass) and the new tests innode-tls-server.test.ts(18 pass, the cluster test included). The canary on that machine (1.4.3) fails the named-pipe test: it servesagent1after the swap.bun run rust:check-allpasses for all 12 targets at the same commit.Test hygiene.
SNICallback runs even when the requested servername matches the bind hostnamenow dials the addresslisten()bound.localhostresolves to::1and127.0.0.1on a dual-stack host, andconnect()need not pick the onelisten()did. #35160 makes the same change on its own.no test proof · iteration 13 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/tls/node-tls-server.test.ts, test/js/node/tls/node-tls-namedpipes.test.ts