x/net/http2: allow sending 1xx responses

Currently, it's not possible to send informational responses
such as 103 Early Hints or 102 Processing.

This patch allows calling WriteHeader() multiple times in order
to send informational responses before the final one.

In conformance with RFC 8297, if the status code is 103 the current
content of the header map is also sent. Its content is not removed
after the call to WriteHeader() because the headers must also be
included in the final response.

The Chrome and Fastly teams are starting a large-scale experiment to measure
the real-life impact of the 103 status code.
Using Early Hints is proposed as a (partial) alternative to Server Push,
which are going to be removed from Chrome: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/K3rYLvmQUBY/m/21anpFhxAQAJ

Being able to send this status code from servers implemented using Go would help
to see if implementing it in browsers is worth it.

Fixes #26089.
Fixes #36734.
Updates #26088.
Updates #42597.

Author: dunglas

http2/server.go

@@ -2627,8 +2627,7 @@ func checkWriteHeaderCode(code int) {
 	// Issue 22880: require valid WriteHeader status codes.
 	// For now we only enforce that it's three digits.
 	// In the future we might block things over 599 (600 and above aren't defined
-	// at http://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7231.html#status.codes)
-	// and we might block under 200 (once we have more mature 1xx support).
+	// at http://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7231.html#status.codes).
 	// But for now any three digits.
 	//
 	// We used to send "HTTP/1.1 000 0" on the wire in responses but there's
@@ -2649,13 +2648,36 @@ func (w *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 }
 
 func (rws *responseWriterState) writeHeader(code int) {
-	if !rws.wroteHeader {
-		checkWriteHeaderCode(code)
-		rws.wroteHeader = true
-		rws.status = code
-		if len(rws.handlerHeader) > 0 {
-			rws.snapHeader = cloneHeader(rws.handlerHeader)
+	if rws.wroteHeader {
+		return
+	}
+
+	checkWriteHeaderCode(code)
+
+	// Handle informational headers, except 100 (Continue) which is handled automatically
+	if code > 100 && code < 200 {
+		var h http.Header
+		if code == 103 {
+			// Per RFC 8297 we must not clear the current header map
+			h = rws.handlerHeader
+		}
+
+		if rws.conn.writeHeaders(rws.stream, &writeResHeaders{
+			streamID:    rws.stream.id,
+			httpResCode: code,
+			h:           h,
+			endStream:   rws.handlerDone && !rws.hasTrailers(),
+		}) != nil {
+			rws.dirty = true
 		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	rws.wroteHeader = true
+	rws.status = code
+	if len(rws.handlerHeader) > 0 {
+		rws.snapHeader = cloneHeader(rws.handlerHeader)
 	}
 }
 

http2/server_test.go

@@ -4331,3 +4331,92 @@ func TestNoErrorLoggedOnPostAfterGOAWAY(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("got protocol error")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestServerSendsProcessing(t *testing.T) {
+	testServerResponse(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusProcessing)
+		w.Write([]byte("stuff"))
+
+		return nil
+	}, func(st *serverTester) {
+		getSlash(st)
+		hf := st.wantHeaders()
+		goth := st.decodeHeader(hf.HeaderBlockFragment())
+		wanth := [][2]string{
+			{":status", "102"},
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(goth, wanth) {
+			t.Errorf("Got = %q; want %q", goth, wanth)
+		}
+
+		hf = st.wantHeaders()
+		goth = st.decodeHeader(hf.HeaderBlockFragment())
+		wanth = [][2]string{
+			{":status", "200"},
+			{"content-type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8"},
+			{"content-length", "5"},
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(goth, wanth) {
+			t.Errorf("Got = %q; want %q", goth, wanth)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestServerSendsEarlyHints(t *testing.T) {
+	testServerResponse(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		h := w.Header()
+		h.Add("Link", "</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style")
+		h.Add("Link", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusEarlyHints)
+
+		h.Add("Link", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusEarlyHints)
+
+		w.Write([]byte("stuff"))
+
+		return nil
+	}, func(st *serverTester) {
+		getSlash(st)
+		hf := st.wantHeaders()
+		goth := st.decodeHeader(hf.HeaderBlockFragment())
+		wanth := [][2]string{
+			{":status", "103"},
+			{"link", "</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style"},
+			{"link", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script"},
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(goth, wanth) {
+			t.Errorf("Got = %q; want %q", goth, wanth)
+		}
+
+		hf = st.wantHeaders()
+		goth = st.decodeHeader(hf.HeaderBlockFragment())
+		wanth = [][2]string{
+			{":status", "103"},
+			{"link", "</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style"},
+			{"link", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script"},
+			{"link", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script"},
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(goth, wanth) {
+			t.Errorf("Got = %q; want %q", goth, wanth)
+		}
+
+		hf = st.wantHeaders()
+		goth = st.decodeHeader(hf.HeaderBlockFragment())
+		wanth = [][2]string{
+			{":status", "200"},
+			{"link", "</style.css>; rel=preload; as=style"},
+			{"link", "</script.js>; rel=preload; as=script"},
+			{"link", "</foo.js>; rel=preload; as=script"},
+			{"content-type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8"},
+			{"content-length", "5"},
+		}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(goth, wanth) {
+			t.Errorf("Got = %q; want %q", goth, wanth)
+		}
+	})
+}