-mike

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 4:17 PM Rick Byers <rby...@chromium.org> wrote:

> As a long-time user of HTTPS-first mode, I'm excited to see this ship ASAP!
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2023, 5:29 a.m. 'Mike West' via blink-dev <
> blink-dev@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 1:32 AM Chris Thompson <cth...@chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 3:36 AM Mike West <mk...@chromium.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am enthusiastic about this (and not just because it should allow us
>>>> to deprecate/remove `Upgrade-Insecure-Requests`). A few comments inline:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 1:13 AM Chris Thompson <cth...@chromium.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Contact emailscth...@chromium.org, dadr...@google.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Explainer
>>>>> https://github.com/dadrian/https-upgrade/blob/main/explainer.md
>>>>>
>>>>> Specificationhttps://github.com/whatwg/fetch/pull/1655
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for putting this together! I'll leave some comments on the PR.
>>>> Given that we haven't gotten any feedback from Fetch editors, it might be
>>>> prudent to let them take a pass before locking in our current behavior.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Yes, hopefully we can get some feedback, but I'm optimistic that we
>>> won't be locking in behavior if we ship this as it should hopefully be not
>>> site or user visible, so if we need to change the behavior to align
>>> cross-browser we can iterate.
>>>
>>
>> I left a few comments last week. I think the PR needs some work before we
>> can reasonably expect it to land in Fetch.
>>
>> Do we have tests in place for this behavior in Web Platform Tests?
>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/mixed-content/tentative/autoupgrades?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>>>> holds some tests for subresources, but I didn't see any around
>>>> navigation or fallback behavior (which seems like it might need some WPT
>>>> infrastructure change to produce a domain that's only served over HTTP).
>>>>
>>>
>>> We do not have Web Platform Tests but we can look into adding them.
>>> Currently this is implemented in //chrome which I think might make this
>>> more difficult (my understanding is that the WPT suite is run against
>>> content_shell rather than chrome).  We are currently relying on browser
>>> tests for our integration testing.
>>>
>>
>> WPT is a pretty important part of shipping features that affect the
>> platform. It would be ideal if we could share these tests with our friends
>> at other vendors (and update existing tests that might be expecting
>> different behavior). Shifting the implementation to //content to make that
>> possible would also have the advantage of helping other Chromium embedders
>> ship this feature, which would be excellent for consistency in the project.
>>
>
> Note that the official WPT results on wpt.fyi are using full Chrome
> builds. IIRC there are other features that require Chrome. I  personally
> only consider having WPTs passing on upstream infra to be blocking I2S. @Panos
> Astithas <pastit...@google.com> can say more authoritatively.
>
> +1 to the benefits of having this in content, but I personally think
> that's outside the scope of API owners so not something that should block
> an I2S.
>

I agree with this. I didn't mean to imply that //content implementation was
necessary, but that _having_ web platform tests is important for interop.
Browser tests are less useful in that regard. :)


>
>
>> Summary
>>>>>
>>>>> Automatically and optimistically upgrade all main-frame navigations to
>>>>> HTTPS, with fast fallback to HTTP.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Blink componentInternals>Network>SSL
>>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Internals%3ENetwork%3ESSL>
>>>>>
>>>>> TAG reviewFetch change process does not mention a TAG review,
>>>>> therefore this is N/A (https://github.com/whatwg/fetch#pull-requests)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Blink's process does mention a TAG review. I think it would be a good
>>>> idea to put this in front of them. I also think they will appreciate it,
>>>> since it's directly in line with their previous guidance (e.g.
>>>> https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/web-https).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sure, we can file a TAG review. I'll update this thread once that's done.
>>>
>>>
>>>> TAG review statusNot applicable
>>>>>
>>>>> Risks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Gecko*: Positive (
>>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/800) Firefox is
>>>>> offering a similar feature already in their private browsing mode by 
>>>>> default
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebKit*: No signal (
>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/185)
>>>>>
>>>>> *Web developers*: No signals. This feature is not exposed directly to
>>>>> web developers or users. However, HTTPS adoption is now standard practice
>>>>> (>90% of page loads in Chrome use HTTPS), and automatically upgrading
>>>>> navigations to HTTPS would avoid unnecessary redirects from HTTP to HTTPS
>>>>> for site owners. The `upgrade-insecure-requests` header has some similar
>>>>> functionality, and according to HTTP-Archive is found on ~6% of all
>>>>> requests.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Other signals*:
>>>>>
>>>>> WebView application risks
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such
>>>>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Debuggability
>>>>>
>>>>> Chrome will upgrade these navigations to HTTPS using a 307 internal
>>>>> redirect, which will be visible in the Network panel of Developer Tools.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For HSTS, we synthesize a `Non-Authoritative-Reason` header on the
>>>> synthetic redirect that tells developers why the redirect happened. Is that
>>>> a pattern y'all will follow here as well? If so, it's probably a good idea
>>>> to document it somewhere; I don't think we've explained that header well. 
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good idea. I'll get a CL up to add this to our implementation, and it
>>> seems reasonable to merge back to M115. We can include a mention of it in
>>> any public facing documentation we write about this. I'm also looking into
>>> whether we can add NetLog events for the upgrade and fallback steps which
>>> could help with triaging bug reports.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac,
>>>>> Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?No
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently not available on Android WebView. We are implementing this
>>>>> first for Chrome and will consider bringing this to WebView (likely as an
>>>>> embedder opt-in) as follow up work.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
>>>>> ?No
>>>>>
>>>>> Flag namehttps-upgrades
>>>>>
>>>>> Requires code in //chrome?True
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you spell out what's required here? Just enterprise policy work, or
>>>> are there other things embedders would need to implement to make this
>>>> functionality work?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This feature is currently implemented in //chrome with some support code
>>> in content/'s NavigationRequest. I think it would be feasible to migrate
>>> the core of this into content/ -- we use an URLRequestLoaderInterceptor and
>>> a NavigationThrottle to implement the upgrading and fallback logic. This is
>>> currently shared with Chrome's HTTPS-First Mode (controlled by Chrome's
>>> "Always use secure connections" setting). If we did migrate this logic to
>>> content/, embedders would need to add their own support for at least (1)
>>> how to handle allowlisting hostnames, and (2) enterprise policies for
>>> enabling/disabling the feature and exempting hostnames. We do not have a
>>> design ready for making this change though.
>>>
>>
>> As mentioned above, it would be ideal for the pieces of this change that
>> affect the platform to be available in //content so they flow into
>> content_shell and other embedders.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tracking bug
>>>>> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1394910
>>>>>
>>>>> Launch bughttps://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4235192
>>>>>
>>>>> Sample links
>>>>> http://example.com will upgrade to https://example.com.
>>>>> http://www.alwayshttp.com will upgrade to https://www.alwayshttp.com but
>>>>> fall back to http://www.alwayshttp.com because the site doesn't
>>>>> support HTTPS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Estimated milestones
>>>>> Shipping on desktop 115
>>>>> Shipping on Android 115
>>>>>
>>>>> We are planning to do a field trial to gradually roll out this feature
>>>>> to Chrome clients in Chrome 115.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Over what time period do you expect to ramp up to 100%? If you expect
>>>> it to push beyond the M115 timeframe, it might be reasonable to frame this
>>>> as an intent to experiment to give folks a little more time to weigh in on
>>>> the Fetch PR.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> We are hoping to ramp up to 100% within M115, but it may end up
>>> completing in M116.
>>>
>>> (We could do an I2E, but it did not seem like a good fit as there is no
>>> Origin Trial component, this does not require developer involvement, etc.
>>> Our understanding was even doing a non-OT 1% Stable rollout required
>>> sending an I2S and getting LGTMs from API OWNERS. Let us know if you think
>>> we should reassess our launch plan.)
>>>
>>
>> We do have an experimentation path for running a Finch experiment on
>> stable/beta users (confusingly(?) under "Origin Trial"
>> <https://www.chromium.org/blink/launching-features/#:~:text=Depending%20on%20your,required%20before%20proceeding.>
>> in our documentation; we could probably improve that).
>>
>> I think I'd recommend that path to avoid any delays that might come up in
>> getting Fetch updated to support this feature. I'd LGTM an I2E @ 50%
>> beta/1% stable to gain confidence in the fallback mechanism at scale. For
>> I2S, I'm a little worried about the state of the spec and its eventual
>> interoperability across vendors. I'd like to get that hammered down before
>> making it harder to change details that developers might come to rely upon.
>>
>> -mike
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anticipated spec changes
>>>>>
>>>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or
>>>>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues
>>>>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may
>>>>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure 
>>>>> of
>>>>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
>>>>> https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/pull/1655
>>>>>
>>>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/6056181032812544
>>>>>
>>>>> Links to previous Intent discussionsIntent to prototype:
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/mgJqym5-Xek/m/0EAN6v7CCQAJ
>>>>>
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