Internet DRAFT - draft-seemann-quic-reliable-stream-reset
draft-seemann-quic-reliable-stream-reset
QUIC M. Seemann
Internet-Draft Protocol Labs
Intended status: Standards Track 26 March 2023
Expires: 27 September 2023
Reliable QUIC Stream Resets
draft-seemann-quic-reliable-stream-reset-02
Abstract
QUIC ([RFC9000]) defines a RESET_STREAM frame to reset a stream.
When a sender resets a stream, it stops retransmitting STREAM frames
for this stream. On the receiver side, there is no guarantee that
any of the data sent on that stream is delivered to the application.
This document defines a new QUIC frame, the RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM
frame, that resets a stream, while guaranteeing reliable delivery of
stream data up to a certain byte offset.
Discussion Venues
This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.
Discussion of this document takes place on the QUIC Working Group
mailing list (quic@ietf.org), which is archived at
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/quic/.
Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
https://github.com/marten-seemann/draft-seemann-quic-reliable-stream-
reset.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Conventions and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Negotiating Extension Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Resetting Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5.1. Multiple RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM / RESET_STREAM frames . . 5
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1. Introduction
QUIC v1 ([RFC9000]) allows streams to be reset. When a stream is
reset, the sender doesn't retransmit stream data for the respective
stream. On the receiver side, the QUIC stack is free to surface the
stream reset to the application immediately, even if it has already
received stream data for that stream.
Applications running on top of QUIC might need to send an identifier
at the beginning of the stream in order to associate that stream with
a specific subpart of the application. For example, WebTransport
([WEBTRANSPORT]) uses a variable-length-encoded integer (as defined
in QUIC v1) to transmit the ID of the WebTransport session to the
receiver. It is desirable that the receiver is able to associate
incoming streams with their respective subpart of the application,
even if the QUIC stream is reset before the identifier at the
beginning of the stream was read.
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Another use-case is relaying data from an external data source. When
a relay is sending data being read from an external source and
encounters an error, it might want to use a stream reset to signal
that error, at the same time making sure that all data being read
previously is delivered to the peer.
This document describes a QUIC extension defining a new frame type,
the RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame. This frame allows an endpoint to
mark a portion at the beginning of the stream which will then be
guaranteed to be delivered to receiver's application, even if the
stream was reset.
2. Conventions and Definitions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. Negotiating Extension Use
Endpoints advertise their support of the extension described in this
document by sending the reliable_reset_stream (0x727273) transport
parameter (Section 7.4 of [RFC9000]) with an empty value. An
implementation that understands this transport parameter MUST treat
the receipt of a non-empty value as a connection error of type
TRANSPORT_PARAMETER_ERROR.
In order to allow reliable stream resets in 0-RTT packets, the client
MUST remember the value of this transport parameter. If 0-RTT data
is accepted by the server, the server MUST not disable this extension
on the resumed connection.
4. RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM Frame
Conceptually, the RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame is a RESET_STREAM frame
with an added Reliable Size field.
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM Frame {
Type (i) = 0x72,
Stream ID (i),
Application Protocol Error Code (i),
Final Size (i),
Reliable Size (i),
}
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frames contain the following fields:
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Stream ID: A variable-length integer encoding of the stream ID of the
stream being terminated.
Application Protocol Error Code: A variable-length integer containing
the application protocol error code (see Section 20.2) that indicates
why the stream is being closed.
Final Size: A variable-length integer indicating the final size of
the stream by the RESET_STREAM sender, in units of bytes; see
(Section 4.5 of [RFC9000]).
Reliable Size: A variable-length integer indicating the amount of
data that needs to be delivered to the application even though the
stream is reset.
If the Reliable Size is larger than the Final Size, the receiver MUST
close the connection with a connection error of type
FRAME_ENCODING_ERROR.
Semantically, a RESET_STREAM frame is equivalent to a
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame with the Reliable Size set to 0.
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frames are ack-eliciting. When lost, they MUST
be retransmitted, unless a RESET_STREAM frame or another
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame was sent for the same stream (see
Section 5.1).
5. Resetting Streams
When resetting a stream, the node has the choice between using a
RESET_STREAM frame and a RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame. When using a
RESET_STREAM frame, the behavior is unchanged from the behavior
described in ([RFC9000]).
The initiator MUST guarantee reliable delivery of stream data of at
least Reliable Size bytes. If STREAM frames containing data up to
that byte offset are lost, the initiator MUST retransmit this data,
as described in (Section 13.3 of [RFC9000]). Data sent beyond that
byte offset SHOULD NOT be retransmitted.
As described in (Section 3.2 of [RFC9000]), it MAY deliver data
beyond that offset to the application.
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5.1. Multiple RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM / RESET_STREAM frames
The initiator MAY send multiple RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frames for the
same stream in order to reduce the Reliable Size. It MAY also send a
RESET_STREAM frame, which is equivalent to sending a
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame with a Reliable Size of 0.
When sending multiple frames for the same stream, the initiator MUST
NOT increase the Reliable Size. When receiving a
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame with a lower Reliable Size, the receiver
only needs to deliver data up the lower Reliable Size to the
application. It MUST NOT expect the delivery of any data beyond that
byte offset.
Reordering of packets might lead to a RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame
with a higher Reliable Size being received after a
RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame with a lower Reliable Size. The receiver
MUST ignore any RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM frame that increases the
Reliable Size.
When sending another RELIABLE_RESET_STREAM or RESET_STREAM frame for
the same stream, the initiator MUST NOT change the Application Error
Code or the Final Size. If the receiver detects a change in those
fields, it MUST close the connection with a connection error of type
STREAM_STATE_ERROR.
6. Security Considerations
TODO Security
7. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA actions.
8. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
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[RFC9000] Iyengar, J., Ed. and M. Thomson, Ed., "QUIC: A UDP-Based
Multiplexed and Secure Transport", RFC 9000,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9000, May 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9000>.
[WEBTRANSPORT]
Frindell, A., Kinnear, E., and V. Vasiliev, "WebTransport
over HTTP/3", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
ietf-webtrans-http3-05, 13 March 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
webtrans-http3-05>.
Acknowledgments
TODO acknowledge.
Author's Address
Marten Seemann
Protocol Labs
Email: martenseemann@gmail.com
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