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fix(http): update cpp-httplib to v0.63.0 to stop realtime WebSocket drops under load - #73
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cpp-httplib v0.50.1 reads each WebSocket frame header field (the 2-byte header, the extended length, the 4-byte mask) with a single Stream::read. The server reads its socket through a 4 KiB buffer, so once frames queue up behind a busy server a field can straddle the end of the buffer; the read comes back short, the frame is rejected, and the connection is dropped without a close frame. Realtime clients see it as a transport drop under load. v0.59.0 reads each field in full (read_exact); v0.63.0 is the current release and adds further WebSocket hardening. The public API the servers use (ws::WebSocket, read(), close(), CloseStatus) and the CMake options are unchanged. ws::ReadResult gains Timeout, returned only after a read timeout set on the socket itself, which neither server sets; both read loops now skip it rather than re-handling the previous message. The idle backstop is still 300 s. test_websocket_frames: a real server and a raw TCP client that writes a burst of masked 640-byte binary frames at every alignment of the 4 KiB buffer. v0.50.1 drops a frame at 50 of 648 alignments; v0.63.0 receives every frame. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Vitor A. M. Jorge <vitor.jorge@widelabs.com.br>
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Check name Status Explanation Title check The title clearly identifies the cpp-httplib update and its purpose of preventing realtime WebSocket drops under load. Linked Issues check Issue #72requires a cpp-httplib update to at least v0.59.0 and a regression test for short reads at all 4 KiB buffer alignments. The PR updates the submodule to v0.63.0.test_websocket_framessends…Out of Scope Changes check The changed files support Issue #72. The cpp-httplib update supplies the frame-read fix. The read-loop changes handle the updated result type. The CMake changes build and register the required regress…Description check The description directly explains the cpp-httplib update, WebSocket timeout handling, regression test, and reported testing. These changes match the pull request changeset and objectives. Full details: Linked Issues check
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#72requires a cpp-httplib update to at least v0.59.0 and a regression test for short reads at all 4 KiB buffer alignments. The PR updates the submodule to v0.63.0.test_websocket_framessends a burst of masked frames and checks 648 consecutive lead-frame alignments. CMake builds and registers the test for non-Windows HTTP-server builds. The two WebSocket read loops also handleReadResult::Timeoutwithout treating it as a frame error. No public API or server CMake option change is shown.
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#72. The cpp-httplib update supplies the frame-read fix. The read-loop changes handle the updated result type. The CMake changes build and register the required regression test. The test directly verifies frame delivery under queued-load conditions. No unrelated production behavior or public API change is identified.
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Review comments at @tests/cpp/common/test_websocket_frames.cpp:
- Around line 41-43: Update append_frame to use the shortest RFC 6455
payload-length encoding: encode lengths below 126 in the 7-bit field, or adjust
the lead-payload range to start at 126 while retaining 648 consecutive lengths.
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The pre-commit.ci failure is pre-existing on main: license-headers reports missing license header: src/runtime/ggml/llama_log_shim.cpp, which this PR does not touch. The same check fails on main at 2bdfb03 (pre-commit.ci run). The checker requires files under src/runtime/ggml/ to carry the parakeet.cpp-derived notice, and llama_log_shim.cpp (added in #47) only has the NVIDIA header. All other hooks pass on this PR. |
…th form The lead frame's payload ran from 0 to 647 bytes but was always written with the 16-bit extended length. RFC 6455 requires the shortest encoding, so the 126 leads below 126 bytes were malformed frames that a strict parser could reject for a reason unrelated to short reads. The sweep now uses 648 consecutive payload lengths from 126, covering the same alignments of the 4 KiB buffer with valid frames. Results are unchanged: v0.50.1 drops frames at 50 of 648 alignments, v0.63.0 at none. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Vitor A. M. Jorge <vitor.jorge@widelabs.com.br>
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Fixes #72
The core idea of this PR is to update the behavior of websockets under load to use the new cpp-httplib.
The library cpp-httplib v0.50.1 reads each WebSocket frame header field (2-byte header, extended length, 4-byte mask) with a single Stream::read. The server reads its socket through a 4 KiB buffer, so once frames queue up at a busy server a field can cros the end of the buffer; the read comes back short, the frame is rejected, and the connection is dropped without the closing frame. Realtime clients see it as a transport drop under load. v0.59.0 reads each field in full (read_exact); v0.63.0 is the current release and adds useful WebSocket hardening.
The public API servers use and the CMake options are unchanged. However, ws::ReadResult gains Timeout, returned only after a read timeout set on the socket itself, which neither server sets; both read loops now skip it rather than re-handling the previous message. The idle backstop remains 300 s.
test_websocket_frames: consists of a real server and a raw TCP client that writes a burst of masked 640-byte binary frames at every alignment of the 4 KiB buffer. v0.50.1 drops a frame at 50 of 648 alignments; v0.63.0 receives every frame.
Testing
Fresh clone of this branch, submodules from
.gitmodules, Ubuntu 24.04.2, g++ 13.3.0:scripts/configure.sh cpu-server -DNEMO_SPEECH_BUILD_TESTS=ON, thencmake --build --preset cpu-server: builds cleanly, no warnings in changed files. (cpu-serverrather thancpu-asr, sincecpu-asrdoes not build the HTTP server.)ctest --test-dir build/cpu-server --output-on-failure: 17/17 passed.pre-commit run --all-files: all hooks pass exceptlicense-headers, whichalso fails on
main(src/runtime/ggml/llama_log_shim.cpp, added in feat(runtime): mmap-backed zero-copy ASR weight loading #47);unrelated to this change.
Important
cpp-httplib intends Timeout as a way to get control back periodically, to send something or check a deadline; continue simply ignores it. That is correct as long as no read timeout is set on the WebSocket, and I checked that nothing in the repository sets one (the server's HTTP set_read_timeout does not apply to upgraded WebSocket connections). Whoever adds one later should replace the continue with the periodic work they need.
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