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Openssl 3 with NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS slows down node.js v17 startup #40524

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@nassau-t

Description

Version

v17.0.0

Platform

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19042.0 x64

Subsystem

openssl 3

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Create an empty file a.js
Have a certificate.pem file with 1 certificate.

>SET NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=

>timethis node a.js

TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:19:06 2021


TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:19:06 2021
TimeThis :      End Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:19:07 2021
TimeThis :  Elapsed Time :  00:00:00.110

>SET NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=certificate.pem

>timethis node a.js

TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:20:51 2021


TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:20:51 2021
TimeThis :      End Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:20:51 2021
TimeThis :  Elapsed Time :  00:00:00.215

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

You must set a value for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS

What is the expected behavior?

>node -v
v16.11.1

>timethis node a.js

TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:22:16 2021


TimeThis :  Command Line :  node a.js
TimeThis :    Start Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:22:16 2021
TimeThis :      End Time :  Tue Oct 19 21:22:17 2021
TimeThis :  Elapsed Time :  00:00:00.115

What do you see instead?

It seems that openssl 3 slows down node.js startup.
With this empty script is 86% slower than node.js v16. With a big script, it is around 46% slower.
I don't know if this is expected, so this is a normal beaviour of openssl 3... It's strange that it only happens with EXTRA_CA_CERTS.

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