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Part of the turnloop P8 tokio removal, lane L part 2 (scripts/tokio_inventory.json group L: perry-stdlib -> tokio). It follows #11115, which split the promise bridge from the tokio runtime.

What this does

After this PR, an auto-optimized program whose network imports are only fetch, net, tls and ws links no tokio. Before it, every such program carried tokio's current-thread runtime.

1. The node:tls server runs on turnloop

crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/turnloop_server.rs (new) replaces the last tokio sockets that the net and tls programs reached.

tokio (before) turnloop (after)
a spawned accept loop per listen(), select!ing on a shutdown oneshot tcp_listen plus one multishot accept_start; close() closes the listener
a tokio::spawn per connection running TlsStream::accept a perry_tls_session::TlsSession per accepted handle, fed from its multishot read
run_tls_socket_task, select!ing on a read and a per-socket mpsc the same session driven from the completion sink; write / end / destroy submit where the JS call happens
a 1 ms tokio::time::sleep before 'close' an unreferenced timer_arm deadline

Details:

  • It uses completion-sink slot 14. Turnloop ids sit in their own band (1 << 50 + handle, deadlines at + 1 << 48), because the JS-visible TLS handle ids overlap other bindings' id spaces.
  • A thread that does not own the agent's loop posts through perry_ffi::agent_post. That is the P1 rule perry-ext-net's turnloop_io::on_loop follows.
  • The events, their order, the registries, the liveness accounting and the handshake error texts are unchanged. Those texts are "tls handshake: <rustls message>", "tls handshake eof", and rustls's unexpected-EOF text for TCP EOF without close_notify.
  • The one observable timing change: a bind failure is now reported synchronously, so the listener's keep-alive is released before listen() returns. The liveness test asserts the new order.
  • No executor or block_on helper was added. The server is completion-driven, with no futures, so lane K has nothing here to reuse.

2. Stdlib features

web-fetch, tls-runtime, external-tls-server, external-net-pump and external-ws-pump now imply async-bridge instead of async-runtime. external-net-tls follows through tls-runtime.

tls_stream.rs (the tokio-socket TLS adapter) is compiled only for bundled net's TLS client and wss://, under tls / bundled-ws.

The container line is untouched; that is lane K's.

3. CLI feature selection

The auto-optimize driver used to select async-runtime for every wrapper it co-builds with the stdlib (binding_needs_shared_tokio: net, ws, http*, undici, fastify, mongodb, nodemailer). It now selects it only for wrappers that still bundle tokio, through a new binding_bundles_tokio predicate: http, https, http2 and mongodb.

  • The test_gap_fetch_request_from_node_incoming_message SIGABRTs deterministically on pristine main, and is in no allowlist #7629 link check (shared_tokio_lib_stems) and the no-auto warning key on the new predicate too.
  • The rule that added async-runtime for the bundled-ws / bundled-net / http-client wrappers is gone. Those wrappers now get async-bridge.
  • net, ws, undici and nodemailer stay in the co-build set, so they keep sharing the stdlib's perry-runtime / perry-ffi compilation. Only the tokio request is dropped.
  • New tests: only_tokio_bundling_wrappers_select_async_runtime and every_tokio_bundling_wrapper_is_co_built. shared_tokio_stems_cover_the_wrappers_that_own_sockets is updated because net and ws no longer bundle tokio.

Evidence

Host: perrymaster, Node 26.5.1 from /opt/node-v26.5.1-linux-x64. Both arms were built the same way from one target dir: cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static with CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS=16.

  • Base: 32544274c (origin/main at branch point).
  • Branch: 41f7fd2db, which differs from the PR head only in the changelog fragment.

Tokio reachability, auto-optimize ON

In the table, "CGUs" means tokio codegen units in the per-program stdlib archive. "Strings" means tokio-1. strings in the linked binary.

probe base features base CGUs / strings branch features branch CGUs / strings output vs Node
timers async-bridge 0 / 0 async-bridge 0 / 0 same
fetch (refused) async-bridge,web-fetch 16 / 41 async-bridge,web-fetch 0 / 0 same
net echo …,async-runtime,external-net-pump,external-net-tls,external-tls-server 16 / 52 same without async-runtime 0 / 0 same
tls server + tls.connect (+net import) as net 16 / 52 as net 0 / 0 same
tls-only import (test_issue_3199 copy) as net 16 / 52 as net 0 / 0 differs from Node on both arms, identically (see below)
ws echo …,async-runtime,external-ws-pump 16 / 41 async-bridge,external-ws-pump 0 / 0 hangs (rc 124) on both arms
http (control) …,async-runtime,external-http-*-pump,… 16 / 79 unchanged 16 / 76 same

Finding: a tls-only import already routes to perry-ext-net, and so to external-net-tls, on main. It does not reach bundled net/mod.rs. Bundled net/mod.rs and ws.rs are now reached only with the well-known flip disabled or through full.

The tls-only probe fails on both arms with TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length') at socket.getSession(). On a server-side socket, js_tls_socket_get_session only reads client metadata, so it returns undefined. This is pre-existing and unchanged by this PR; the gap harness shows the same test as PARITY_FAIL on both arms.

The ws probe hangs identically on base, so it is also pre-existing and not investigated here.

Gap A/B

Harness: PERRY_SKIP_BUILD=1 PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1 ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter <name>, one test at a time. The harness auto-optimizes the ext-routed tests itself. npm ci --ignore-scripts was run first, so the ws tests have their package.

53 tests on each arm: every net / tls / ws / fetch test in test-files/ (test_gap_*, the tls/net/ws/fetch test_issue_*, test_parity_tls, test_tls_connect, test_net_*, test_ws_*), at base 32544274c vs branch 41f7fd2db.

base branch
PASS 47 47
identical non-PASS on both arms test_issue_3199_3200_tls_server_tlssocket (the getSession() defect above), test_issue_4971_tls_connect_options (client1Closed is true where Node says false), test_issue_617_inline_await_fetch_with_auth (Node itself throws ReferenceError), test_ws_static_constants_6117 PARITY_FAIL; test_node_http_ws_upgrade NODE_FAIL; test_tls_connect SKIPPED same six, same statuses

Per-test statuses are identical. An earlier 77-test run at the previous rebase point (8708312d0 vs 57c6384b3) also covered timers / readline / worker tests. test_gap_6287_timer_batch_order and test_gap_turnloop_p9_worker_agent_net each failed once on the branch there and passed on re-run, so I measured them against base:

  • the timers probe binary misorders t0/t10 10 times in 20 runs on base, while the branch binary was clean in 20/20;
  • the p9 worker binary fails a fetch 2 times in 40 on base and 1 time in 40 on the branch.

These are flakes that exist on main, not regressions. Everything else in that run matched.

Unit tests (release, CGU16)

  • perry-stdlib --lib -- tls: 11/11.
    • This includes the three new end-to-end tls::turnloop_server_tests, each against a real blocking rustls client on a thread: handshake plus data both ways with close_notify ending in end then close; a rejected certificate giving 'tlsClientError' with no connection; and TCP EOF mid-handshake giving "tls handshake: tls handshake eof".
    • They assert the subject ran: the sink is installed, the listener is a live turnloop handle, and the exact event sequence.
    • The rewritten tls::liveness_tests also passes.
    • Sabotage-checked: making turnloop_server::write drop its bytes makes the round-trip test fail.
  • perry --bin perry -- optimized_libs shared_tokio stdlib_features: 67/67.

Checks and gates

  • RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo check -p perry-stdlib -p perry-runtime -p perry -p perry-ffi --all-targets (dev profile): clean.
  • --no-default-features checks of async-bridge,web-fetch, the net set, async-bridge,external-ws-pump, tls-runtime, tls and bundled-ws all compile.
    • Under -D warnings they fail on unused items in common/{mod,dispatch,net_method_values,net_socket_bridge}.rs. None of those are touched here.
    • Measured against base for tls-runtime / tls / bundled-ws / external-ws-pump, the number of failing locations is identical, and zero of them are in files this PR touches.
  • cargo tree -i tokio finds no tokio for the first four sets.
  • cargo fmt --check, check_file_size.sh, gc_runtime_root_holders.py all pass. One verdict was added: ACCEPTORS is not_a_gc_pointer, because it holds an Arc<ServerConfig>, the cert resolver and a bool.
  • tokio_inventory.py --update plus self-test: 5 edges, unchanged. source_sites.perry-stdlib is 69 → 62. The perry-stdlib edge text is rewritten on top of lane K's.
  • SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1 scripts/run_lint_gates.sh: 88 of 90 script gates passed; compile tier not run. The 2 failures:
    • cargo xwin check: cargo-xwin is not installed on perrymaster.
    • Public benchmark evidence freshness: known red on main.

Not run

  • The full gap sweep. It stalls on perrymaster; only the A/B above was run.
  • cargo xwin check for Windows. The new module uses only std::net and turnloop, no cfg(windows) code, but it has not been type-checked for Windows.
  • The public-baseline lint step and the compile lint tier.
  • No instruction-count A/B: nothing on a hot path changed.

What remains for lane L

  1. http / https / http2. perry-ext-http still has a tokio manifest edge. Its servers (perry-ext-http: node:http/https/http2 servers on turnloop only; drop hyper + hyper-util (tokio lane A2) #11144) and client (perry-ext-http: node:http/https client on turnloop only; drop reqwest + tokio-rustls (tokio lane C) #11205) already run on turnloop. When lane D drops that edge, remove the three entries from binding_bundles_tokio and move external-http-server-pump / external-http-client-pump to async-bridge. Lane D had not landed when this was cut.
  2. pg / mysql2 / mongodb decline paths (group B). They call Handle::current() inside perry_ffi_spawn_blocking; the driver still selects async-runtime for them by module name.
  3. Bundled net/mod.rs and ws.rs. They are still on tokio sockets, but reached only with PERRY_DISABLE_WELL_KNOWN or through full. tls/turnloop_server.rs is the worked example for porting them.
  4. Then tokio_bridge.rs, tls_stream.rs, the async-runtime shims in perry_ffi_async.rs and dep:tokio delete, and the CLI's shared-tokio guard (shared_tokio.rs, binding_bundles_tokio) goes with them.

Pre-existing defects seen on the way, not fixed here:

  • the ws echo probe hangs on both arms;
  • getSession() on a server-side TLSSocket returns undefined.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • TLS server bind failures are now reported before listen() returns, and listener keep-alive is released immediately after a failed bind.
    • TLS socket writes, shutdowns, and destruction are handled through the active connection, while existing event ordering and handshake error messages are preserved.
  • Build Improvements
    • Auto-optimized builds avoid including Tokio for several networking features that do not require it, which can reduce build output size.

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The TLS server now uses turnloop handles and sans-I/O TLS sessions instead of Tokio tasks. Feature and auto-optimization rules now select async-runtime for wrappers that bundle Tokio, while related async features select async-bridge.

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TLS transport and runtime selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Separate bridge and Tokio selection
crates/perry-stdlib/Cargo.toml, crates/perry-stdlib/src/lib.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls_stream.rs, crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs*, crates/perry/src/commands/compile/shared_tokio.rs, scripts/tokio_inventory.json, changelog.d/11277-stdlib-tls-server-turnloop.md
Feature declarations use async-bridge for the listed fetch, network, WebSocket, and TLS features. Auto-optimization selects Tokio for wrappers classified as bundling Tokio. Tests and inventory records reflect the selection changes.
Move TLS listener to turnloop
crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/turnloop_server.rs, scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json
TLS server state and listener setup use turnloop handles. The turnloop server registers loop operations, binds and closes listeners, and sets up accepted connections. The root-holder inventory records the acceptor configuration.
Handle TLS connections and socket events
crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/turnloop_server.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/dispatch.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/liveness.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/socket_api.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/*tests.rs
The turnloop server advances TLS sessions and handles socket data, writes, shutdown, and completion events. Socket dispatch and liveness checks use live_transport. Tests cover handshake outcomes, data exchange, close events, and synchronous bind failure.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TLSSocketAPI
  participant turnloop_server
  participant turnloop
  participant CompletionSink
  participant TlsSession
  participant TLSEventQueue
  TLSSocketAPI->>turnloop_server: submit write, end, or destroy
  turnloop->>CompletionSink: deliver data, EOF, or shutdown completion
  CompletionSink->>turnloop_server: route connection completion
  turnloop_server->>TlsSession: advance TLS session
  turnloop_server->>TLSEventQueue: emit TLS and socket events
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8691e

The TLS server now runs on turnloop, and programs that use only fetch, net, tls, or ws no longer link Tokio. One narrow issue remains: if a server is closed while a listen call posted from another thread is still binding, the port can stay bound until the process exits. This is safe to merge with a small follow-up fix.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8691e

The TLS handshake remains a gate before a connection reaches application code, but the new transport can report that a server has closed before its last connection has finished shutting down. The runtime-selection changes also affect a broad set of network programs. No authentication bypass was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · inferred: A peer-driven clean EOF can make the server’s active-connection count reach zero and queue its close event before the accepted transport completes shutdown. This weakens the close event as a signal that connection cleanup has finished.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A remote peer can drive accept, handshake, and connection teardown on a TLS listener. Application-visible socket access remains gated on successful handshake; no broader tenant or service boundary is established by the inspected path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The completion sink passes peer ciphertext into the TLS session; handshake errors take a failure path rather than emitting a secure-connection event.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Early server-close notification may make shutdown or restart coordination treat a peer connection as cleaned up while its transport still awaits a shutdown completion.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Keep the last connection counted until transport shutdown or close completes if the server-close event is intended to signal completed connection cleanup.
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In `@crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/turnloop_server.rs`:
- Around line 241-245: In the bind completion flow, re-check `server.closing`
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Comment on lines +241 to +245
if let Some(server) = servers().lock().unwrap().get_mut(&server_id) {
server.bound_port = local.port();
server.bound_host = local.ip().to_string();
server.listener_open = true;
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Close the listener when close() ran during the posted bind.

The closing check at lines 212-219 and the listener_open = true store at line 244 use two separate locks. In posted mode (on_loop from a non-owner thread), js_tls_server_close can run between them. In that case, close sees listener_open == false and does not call close_listener. The loop thread then binds, stores the acceptor, pushes 'listening' after the server already began closing, and starts accepting. on_accept rejects each connection because closing is set. The listener handle and the port stay bound for the process lifetime.

Re-check closing under the same lock that sets listener_open. If the server is closing, close the listener and return.

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-        if let Some(server) = servers().lock().unwrap().get_mut(&server_id) {
-            server.bound_port = local.port();
-            server.bound_host = local.ip().to_string();
-            server.listener_open = true;
-        }
+        {
+            let mut all = servers().lock().unwrap();
+            match all.get_mut(&server_id) {
+                Some(server) if !server.closing => {
+                    server.bound_port = local.port();
+                    server.bound_host = local.ip().to_string();
+                    server.listener_open = true;
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    drop(all);
+                    let _ = tl::close(tl_id(server_id));
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
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if let Some(server) = servers().lock().unwrap().get_mut(&server_id) {
server.bound_port = local.port();
server.bound_host = local.ip().to_string();
server.listener_open = true;
}
{
let mut all = servers().lock().unwrap();
match all.get_mut(&server_id) {
Some(server) if !server.closing => {
server.bound_port = local.port();
server.bound_host = local.ip().to_string();
server.listener_open = true;
}
_ => {
drop(all);
let _ = tl::close(tl_id(server_id));
return;
}
}
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In `@crates/perry-stdlib/src/tls/turnloop_server.rs` around lines 241 - 245, In
the bind completion flow, re-check `server.closing` while holding the same
`servers()` lock used to set `listener_open`. If the server is closing or no
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Merge queue: this now conflicts with main; please rebase onto current main and push. Its cargo-test failure (parcel_watcher_tests::explicit_and_wildcard_compile_packages_preserve_watcher_facades) was main's own break, fixed by #11279, so a fresh run on current main clears it. If there's no reply, the merge queue will rebase it itself.

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