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This implements TLS AIA-fetching support on Linux — by doing the following:

  1. Install a cert-verification callback: on a failure, it records URLs from the AIA extension of any issuer-missing cert.
  2. Make RequestServer fetch each missing intermediate on a fresh handle.
  3. Parse each such intermediate, cache it, and then retry the request.

Otherwise, without this change, some sites reachable in other browsers (which already do this) are unreachable in Ladybird — because we fail to load those whose responses have missing intermediate CA certs, even when a missing intermediate is pointed at by an AIA extension. Fixes #4560.

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The callback is OpenSSL-specific, so it’s only installed on Linux — where curl verifies with OpenSSL. On macOS, curl verifies with Apple’s SecTrust — which fetches missing intermediates itself.

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On retry, the fetched intermediates are only ever offered to chain-building as untrusted certs. The completed chain must still validate to a locally-trusted root; thus, this doesn’t introduce new/specious trust.

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There is also a second, much older issue about AIA fetching: #4560

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I don't believe Firefox implements AIA FWIW, it preloads a bunch of disclosed intermediate certificates, and I suppose there are downsides to doing it. Not sure what Safari does, I didn't research that much. This isn't a problem on MacOS since curl uses SecTrust (I guess Safari probably also just relies on this?). Probably on windows we can use their cert stuff. I personally much prefer being able to defer to the platform like how it works today with MacOS, but the issue is supporting Linux. So I'm not sure if we want to have this be platform specific, or if we want intermediate cert caching (which I suppose has other advantages like pages loading faster but then we have to deal with things like being revoked, maintaining the distribution of that list, etc)

All this to say I think there are definitely big tradeoffs with whatever approach we take

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I don't believe Firefox implements AIA FWIW, it preloads a bunch of disclosed intermediate certificates

Right

Not sure what Safari does, I didn't research that much

Safari just relies on what the macOS system networking does. And as far as I can see that essentially does AIA fetching.

I personally much prefer being able to defer to the platform like how it works today with MacOS, but the issue is supporting Linux.

Exactly

So I'm not sure if we want to have this be platform specific, or if we want intermediate cert caching (which I suppose has other advantages like pages loading faster but then we have to deal with things like being revoked, maintaining the distribution of that list, etc)

All this to say I think there are definitely big tradeoffs with whatever approach we take

I personally don’t have any strong opinion about it one way or the other. But if we do want something that’s not platform-specific, then that’s what this PR does. And it’s a relatively-modest amount of actual code (less then 500 lines).

That said, it does seems to me that doing something that’s platform-specific is likely to be net more complicated — and more fragile — than maintaining the implementation for it all ourselves. That’s also essentially what Chrome does, as far as I can see — though their implementation is more complicated. (Not because it absolutely needs to be, but instead because that’s generally true for anything like this that’s implemented in Chrome.)

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Yeah, I'm mostly just thinking about complexity. Does it make any sense to only enable this for platforms where we can't rely on system store?

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Does it make any sense to only enable this for platforms where we can't rely on system store?

Yes — and after the updates I pushed today, that’s what this now does.

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Merge Risk: No high merge risk identified from the AIA destination policy.

The AIA fetch flow deliberately accepts the bounded blind-SSRF behavior to match Chromium AIA fetching. It does not require filtering of private, loopback, link-local, or other non-public destinations.

The flow restricts the initial URL and redirects to HTTP, limits redirects to five, caps each response at 64 KiB, sets a 10-second timeout, and passes response data only to certificate parsing. The initial host uses RequestServer's configured resolver and is pinned with CURLOPT_RESOLVE.

The leaf-only missing-issuer case is handled. OpenSSL reports X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY for the supported trust-store scenario, and the existing issuer_is_missing condition starts AIA fetching.

The previous high-risk assessment was incorrect and is superseded by this update.

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Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py (3)

694-700: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Set a socket timeout before the TLS handshake.

get_request runs wrap_socket on the accept thread with the handshake enabled. A client that connects and sends nothing blocks the accept loop of that scenario server for an unbounded time. Set a timeout on the accepted socket so a stalled peer cannot stop the server.

ssl.SSLError derives from OSError, so failed handshakes are already handled correctly.

♻️ Proposed refactor
     def get_request(self):
         sock, addr = super().get_request()
         try:
+            sock.settimeout(10)
             return self._ssl_context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True), addr
         except OSError:
             sock.close()
             raise
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py` around lines 694 - 700, Update
get_request to set a finite timeout on the accepted socket before calling
wrap_socket, while preserving the existing OSError cleanup and re-raise behavior
for failed TLS handshakes.

857-872: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the scratch directory that holds the leaf private keys.

tempfile.mkdtemp creates a directory that the server never deletes. Each test run leaves private key files behind. Register a cleanup handler.

♻️ Proposed refactor
+    import atexit
+    import shutil
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     scratch = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="ladybird-aia-")
+    atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, scratch, ignore_errors=True)
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py` around lines 857 - 872, Register
cleanup for the directory created by tempfile.mkdtemp in the setup flow
containing AIATLSServer, ensuring the scratch directory and its leaf
certificate/private-key files are removed when the test server lifecycle ends.

161-162: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assign class-level defaults instead of relying on getattr fallbacks.

Lines 161-162 only add annotations. Annotations do not create class attributes. Therefore _serve_aia_artifact and _serve_aia_config must use getattr(..., default) to avoid AttributeError when the AIA setup is skipped. Assign the defaults on the class and use direct attribute access.

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-    aia_artifacts: dict
-    aia_config: Optional[dict]
+    aia_artifacts: dict = {}
+    aia_config: Optional[dict] = None

Then simplify the handlers:

-        entry = getattr(TestHTTPRequestHandler, "aia_artifacts", {}).get(request_path)
+        entry = TestHTTPRequestHandler.aia_artifacts.get(request_path)
-        config = getattr(TestHTTPRequestHandler, "aia_config", None)
+        config = TestHTTPRequestHandler.aia_config
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py` around lines 161 - 162, Initialize
class-level defaults for aia_artifacts and aia_config, using empty and None
values respectively, so they exist even when AIA setup is skipped. Update
_serve_aia_artifact and _serve_aia_config to use direct attribute access instead
of getattr fallbacks.
Tests/LibWeb/test-web/Fixture.cpp (1)

67-70: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Share the CA file name between both call sites.

Define "ladybird-aia-test-ca.pem"sv once in a shared test-web header and use it in Fixture.cpp and Application.cpp. This prevents a rename in one call site from breaking AIA test TLS trust without a compile error.

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In `@Tests/LibWeb/test-web/Fixture.cpp` around lines 67 - 70, Define the AIA test
CA filename as a shared constant in a common test-web header, then update
Fixture.cpp and TestWeb::Application::create_platform_options in Application.cpp
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Inline comments:
In `@Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp`:
- Around line 168-171: Update the issuer_is_missing condition in the certificate
verification flow to also recognize X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE,
preserving the existing issuer error checks so AIA fetching starts for leaf-only
incomplete chains.

In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py`:
- Around line 895-900: Before invoking _setup_aia_test_servers in the
ca_cert_output branch, remove any existing file at that path so failed or
skipped setup cannot leave stale CA data; use the file-removal handling already
appropriate for an absent path, then retain the existing setup and exception
behavior.

In `@Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/aia-cert-fetching.html`:
- Around line 39-45: Update the AIA deduplication test around
loads(config.dedup_a) and loads(config.dedup_b) to expose the fixture’s request
count for their shared caIssuers URL and assert that exactly one fetch occurred,
while retaining the existing TLS-result checks.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py`:
- Around line 694-700: Update get_request to set a finite timeout on the
accepted socket before calling wrap_socket, while preserving the existing
OSError cleanup and re-raise behavior for failed TLS handshakes.
- Around line 857-872: Register cleanup for the directory created by
tempfile.mkdtemp in the setup flow containing AIATLSServer, ensuring the scratch
directory and its leaf certificate/private-key files are removed when the test
server lifecycle ends.
- Around line 161-162: Initialize class-level defaults for aia_artifacts and
aia_config, using empty and None values respectively, so they exist even when
AIA setup is skipped. Update _serve_aia_artifact and _serve_aia_config to use
direct attribute access instead of getattr fallbacks.

In `@Tests/LibWeb/test-web/Fixture.cpp`:
- Around line 67-70: Define the AIA test CA filename as a shared constant in a
common test-web header, then update Fixture.cpp and
TestWeb::Application::create_platform_options in Application.cpp to reuse it
instead of duplicating the literal. Keep the existing path construction and
certificate trust behavior unchanged.
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Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp (1)

167-170: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE to issuer_is_missing.

OpenSSL reports error 21 (X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE) when the peer sends only a non-self-signed leaf and no issuer is available. That is exactly the leaf-only broken chain that the new fixture hosts present in Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py (each HTTPS host loads a certificate file that holds only the leaf). With the current condition, collector->pending_urls stays empty for that case, so no AIA fetch starts and the retry path never runs.

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-    auto const issuer_is_missing = verify_error == X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT || verify_error == X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY;
+    auto const issuer_is_missing = verify_error == X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT
+        || verify_error == X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY
+        || verify_error == X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE;
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so the collector retry path handles leaf-only chains.
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Services/RequestServer/Request.cpp (1)

677-689: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse free_curl_structs() for the retry teardown.

This block duplicates the removal and cleanup logic that free_curl_structs() already implements, and it leaves m_curl_string_lists untouched. handle_fetch_state appends a fresh resolve list and header list on every retry, so up to five stale curl_slist allocations stay alive until the request is destroyed.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-    if (m_curl_easy_handle) {
-        if (m_curl_easy_handle_is_in_multi) {
-            auto result = curl_multi_remove_handle(m_curl_multi_handle, m_curl_easy_handle);
-            VERIFY(result == CURLM_OK);
-        }
-        curl_easy_cleanup(m_curl_easy_handle);
-        m_curl_easy_handle = nullptr;
-        m_curl_easy_handle_is_in_multi = false;
-    }
+    MUST(free_curl_structs());
     m_curl_result_code = {};
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In `@Services/RequestServer/Request.cpp` around lines 677 - 689, Update the retry
teardown in handle_fetch_state to call the existing free_curl_structs() helper
instead of duplicating curl handle removal and cleanup, ensuring
m_curl_string_lists are also released before transitioning to State::Fetch.
Preserve the result reset, pending URL clearing, and state transition behavior.
Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp (1)

90-127: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Clear OpenSSL errors between decoder attempts.

parse_certificates falls through from failed d2i_X509 and d2i_PKCS7 calls to the PEM decoder. These failures, including the terminating failed PEM_read_bio_X509 call, can leave stale errors in the thread-local queue. Clear them with ERR_clear_error() after each failed attempt and after the PEM loop. Include <openssl/err.h>.

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In `@Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp` around lines 90 - 127, Update
parse_certificates to include the OpenSSL error header and call
ERR_clear_error() after failed d2i_X509 and d2i_PKCS7 attempts, then again after
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Inline comments:
In `@Services/RequestServer/Request.cpp`:
- Around line 662-670: Update Request::start_aia_fetch_and_retry to transition
to State::WaitForAIA before calling m_client->fetch_aia_intermediate, so
synchronous retry_after_aia callbacks observe the expected state; preserve the
existing fetch and counter behavior.

---

Duplicate comments:
In `@Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp`:
- Around line 167-170: Add X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE to the
issuer_is_missing condition in the certificate verification logic alongside the
existing issuer-missing errors, so the collector retry path handles leaf-only
chains.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp`:
- Around line 90-127: Update parse_certificates to include the OpenSSL error
header and call ERR_clear_error() after failed d2i_X509 and d2i_PKCS7 attempts,
then again after the terminating PEM_read_bio_X509 loop, so stale decoder errors
do not remain in the thread-local queue.

In `@Services/RequestServer/Request.cpp`:
- Around line 677-689: Update the retry teardown in handle_fetch_state to call
the existing free_curl_structs() helper instead of duplicating curl handle
removal and cleanup, ensuring m_curl_string_lists are also released before
transitioning to State::Fetch. Preserve the result reset, pending URL clearing,
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Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/aia-cert-fetching.html (1)

39-45: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The deduplication scenario still asserts only TLS success.

dedupA and dedupB both report "loaded" whether RequestServer fetches the shared caIssuers URL once or twice. The expected output at Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/aia-cert-fetching.txt line 5 therefore does not detect a dedup regression.

Add a fixture counter for /aia/intermediate-dedup.der requests, expose it through an endpoint, and assert exactly one fetch.

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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/aia-cert-fetching.html` around lines 39 - 45, The AIA
deduplication test must verify request count rather than only TLS loading
success. Update the fixture handling for /aia/intermediate-dedup.der to count
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/aia-cert-fetching.html`:
- Around line 39-45: The AIA deduplication test must verify request count rather
than only TLS loading success. Update the fixture handling for
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- Around line 64-65: Update the AIA fetch flow centered on ca_issuers_urls() and
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- Around line 219-221: In apply_aia_verification, check the return value of
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when it fails because the pointer was not stored, while preserving the existing
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Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py (1)

694-700: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Set a socket timeout before the TLS handshake.

get_request runs wrap_socket inside the ThreadingTCPServer accept loop, so the handshake happens before the connection is handed to a worker thread. A client that opens a TCP connection and sends no ClientHello blocks every further accept on that scenario server until the kernel times out. In CI this appears as a hung test rather than a failed request.

Set a short timeout on the accepted socket, then clear it after the handshake completes.

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     def get_request(self):
         sock, addr = super().get_request()
         try:
-            return self._ssl_context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True), addr
+            sock.settimeout(10)
+            tls_sock = self._ssl_context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True)
+            tls_sock.settimeout(None)
+            return tls_sock, addr
         except OSError:
             sock.close()
             raise
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py` around lines 694 - 700, Update
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In `@Services/RequestServer/ConnectionFromClient.h`:
- Line 70: Update fetch_aia_intermediate and its redirect handling to resolve
each URL’s host and reject private, loopback, link-local, and otherwise
non-public addresses before initiating any transfer. Re-run the same
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In `@Tests/LibWeb/Fixtures/http-test-server.py`:
- Around line 694-700: Update get_request to assign a short timeout to the
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all seems reasonable to me! i tried thinking more about alternative but i think we dont have any which wont be more complex

Problem: Code holding an OpenSSL X509 cert must free it by hand. Every
early return + every container owning one is a chance to leak a cert.

Cause: OpenSSL.h wraps the OpenSSL types LibCrypto happens to use so
far through OPENSSL_WRAPPER_CLASS, which gives each one a destructor,
move semantics and a raw accessor. X509 was never among them.

Fix: Wrap X509 the same way. The LibCrypto forward header gains the
X509 typedef and the X509_free declaration the generated destructor
needs, and the LibTLS one gains the typedef — so a header can name an
X509 without pulling in the OpenSSL headers.
This implements TLS AIA-fetching support on Linux, by doing this:

1. Install a cert-verification callback that, on a failure, records URLs
   from the AIA extension of any cert whose issuer is missing.
2. Make RequestServer fetch each missing intermediate on a fresh handle.
3. Parse each such intermediate, cache it, and then retry the request.

Otherwise, without this change, some sites reachable in other browsers
(which already do this) are unreachable in Ladybird — because we fail to
load those whose responses have missing intermediate CA certs, even when
a missing intermediate is pointed at by an AIA extension.

The callback is OpenSSL-specific, so it’s only installed on Linux —
where curl verifies with OpenSSL. On macOS, curl verifies with Apple’s
SecTrust — which fetches missing intermediates itself.

Note: On retry the fetched intermediates are only ever offered to chain-
building as untrusted certs. The completed chain must still validate to
a locally-trusted root; thus, this doesn’t introduce new/specious trust.

Fixes LadybirdBrowser#10520
Cover the two AIA-parsing primitives directly: extracting http caIssuers
URLs from a cert’s AIA extension (https URLs skipped, capped per-cert),
and parsing a fetched response body as a DER cert, a PKCS#7 certs-only
bundle, or PEM. The test compiles AIA.cpp into its own binary, and links
OpenSSL directly — rather than the whole RequestServer service.
Drive the full AIA-fetch pipeline against real TLS. The http-test-server
fixture now generates a root/intermediate/leaf certificate chain, and
serves HTTPS hosts that present a broken chain (leaf only); test-web
trusts the generated root via its request-server certificate option.
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Adds Authority Information Access support to RequestServer. TLS verification extracts eligible caIssuers URLs, uses cached intermediates, and fetches missing certificates over bounded HTTP requests. DER, PEM, and PKCS#7 responses are parsed and cached. Requests retry verification through a new WaitForAIA state with per-request limits and URL deduplication. Unit tests and LibWeb integration tests cover successful, failed, shared, and untrusted certificate chains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Request
  participant ConnectionFromClient
  participant libcurl
  participant OpenSSL
  Request->>OpenSSL: verify TLS certificate
  OpenSSL-->>Request: report missing issuer and caIssuers URL
  Request->>ConnectionFromClient: fetch AIA intermediate
  ConnectionFromClient->>libcurl: perform bounded HTTP request
  libcurl-->>ConnectionFromClient: return certificate response
  ConnectionFromClient->>OpenSSL: cache parsed intermediate
  ConnectionFromClient->>Request: retry TLS request
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Merge Risk: No high merge risk identified from the AIA destination policy.

The AIA fetch flow deliberately accepts bounded blind-SSRF behavior to match Chromium AIA fetching. The flow restricts the initial URL and redirects to HTTP, limits redirects to five, caps each response at 64 KiB, sets a 10-second timeout, and passes response data only to certificate parsing. The missing-issuer case is handled by the existing issuer_is_missing condition.

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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly describes Linux TLS AIA fetching, intermediate certificate retrieval, caching, and retry behavior implemented by the changes.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #4560 by adding RequestServer AIA URL extraction, intermediate fetching, parsing, caching, and request retry handling for incomplete certificate chains. Fetched intermediates…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are within scope for issue #4560. The dependency update, OpenSSL wrappers, RequestServer integration, platform-specific handling, and unit and end-to-end tests support the AIA implementati…
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The changes satisfy issue #4560 by adding RequestServer AIA URL extraction, intermediate fetching, parsing, caching, and request retry handling for incomplete certificate chains. Fetched intermediates remain untrusted, so validation still requires a trusted root.

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The changes are within scope for issue #4560. The dependency update, OpenSSL wrappers, RequestServer integration, platform-specific handling, and unit and end-to-end tests support the AIA implementation.


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@coderabbitai, See my comments at #10661 (comment) and #10661 (comment) and see your own at #10661 (comment) then fix or remove the Merge Risk statement in your comment at #10661 (comment).

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**Merge Risk:** _No high merge risk identified from the AIA destination policy._

The AIA fetch flow deliberately accepts bounded blind-SSRF behavior to match Chromium AIA fetching. The flow restricts the initial URL and redirects to HTTP, limits redirects to five, caps each response at 64 KiB, sets a 10-second timeout, and passes response data only to certificate parsing. The missing-issuer case is handled by the existing `issuer_is_missing` condition.
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@​sideshowbarker, I removed the stale high-risk statement from the PR summary.

The updated statement says that no high merge risk is identified from the AIA destination policy. It also describes the accepted bounded blind-SSRF behavior and confirms that issuer_is_missing handles the missing-issuer case.


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Learnt from: sideshowbarker
Repo: LadybirdBrowser/ladybird PR: 10661
File: Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp:64-65
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T23:19:37.133Z
Learning: In `Services/RequestServer`, AIA intermediate fetches deliberately do not filter loopback, private, link-local, or other non-public network destinations. The AIA fetch flow restricts the initial URL and redirects to HTTP, limits redirects to five, caps response size at 64 KiB, sets a 10-second timeout, and only passes response data to certificate parsing. This accepted blind-SSRF trade-off matches Chromium AIA-fetch behavior.

Learnt from: sideshowbarker
Repo: LadybirdBrowser/ladybird PR: 10661
File: Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/aia-cert-fetching.html:39-45
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T22:49:14.639Z
Learning: In Ladybird PR `#10661`, `ConnectionFromClient::m_aia_fetches` coalesces AIA intermediate fetches only per `ConnectionFromClient`. The `intermediate_cache()` is process-wide but suppresses an AIA fetch only after a prior fetch completes. `Meta/check-test-flakiness.py` repeats `test-web` tests in one process and runs them concurrently at `-j16`, so a process-global fixture-side AIA request counter cannot deterministically assert per-connection in-flight fetch deduplication. A test for this behavior requires RequestServer-owned per-connection instrumentation.

Learnt from: sideshowbarker
Repo: LadybirdBrowser/ladybird PR: 10661
File: Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp:167-170
Timestamp: 2026-08-25T22:16:25.963Z
Learning: In `Services/RequestServer/AIA.cpp`, the `verify_callback` flow calls `X509_verify_cert()` and then reads `X509_STORE_CTX_get_error()`. For a leaf-only server chain whose issuing intermediate is absent but whose root is in the local trust store, OpenSSL 3.6.3 and LibreSSL 3.3.6 report `X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY` (error 20). The existing `issuer_is_missing` condition handles this case. `X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE` is not required to start AIA fetching for this flow.

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