quic_lib 1.2.3

A pure-Dart QUIC, HTTP/3, WebTransport, and libp2p transport stack.

Changelog

All notable changes to quic_lib will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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1.2.3 — 2026-06-28

Platform Support

• Honest platform declaration — Removed web: from pubspec.yaml platforms. quic_lib is a native-only package; QUIC requires raw UDP sockets which browsers intentionally block for security reasons (DDoS amplification, port scanning, DNS poisoning).
• Conditional imports — Refactored dart:isolate and dart:io usage to use conditional exports via dart.library.io:
  • ConnectionIsolate / IsolateSupervisor — native implementation + stub for web compilation
  • UdpSocket — native RawDatagramSocket implementation + web stub
  • InternetAddress — abstracted through platform_address.dart conditional export
  • libp2p_quic_transport.dart and dcutr_udp_coordinator.dart updated to use platform address abstraction
• Documentation — Added doc/WEB_AND_WASM.md explaining why web is unsupported, the browser security model, and recommended alternatives (WebTransport API, WebRTC data channels)

1.2.2 — 2026-06-28

Fixes

• Static analysis clean — Fixed 29 curly_braces_in_flow_control_structures info issues in handshake_coordinator.dart, frame.dart, and packet_header.dart
• Removed unnecessary casts — Fixed unnecessary_cast info issues in default_crypto_backend.dart
• Updated dependencies — Bumped pointycastle from ^3.7.0 to ^4.0.0
• Example directory — Added example/README.md and example/pubspec.yaml for pub.dev example detection

1.2.1 — 2026-06-28

Documentation

• Comprehensive API documentation hardening for pub.dev
• Fixed all 20 dart doc unresolved-reference warnings
• Documented 16 previously undocumented public types with RFC-referenced docs
• Added rich library-level docs with usage examples to all 5 barrel files
• Enhanced README with TOC, feature matrix, platform support, and 4 complete examples
• Added GitHub Actions automated publishing workflow

1.2.0 — 2026-06-27

Security (Security Hardening)

• Fixed certificate chain verification bug — CertificateVerifier now uses chain[i+1].publicKey as issuer key for intermediate certificates instead of always using trustedRoot
• Removed dummy key fallback — HandshakeCoordinator._extractX25519PublicKey throws StateError on parse failure instead of falling back to predictable all-zero keys
• Implemented real X.509 signature verification — verifyX509Signature() delegates to CryptoBackend (ed25519/ecdsa/rsa) instead of returning true
• Wired RetryIntegrityTag — LongHeader.serialize() and V2LongHeader.serialize() compute real integrity tags for Retry packets using RetryIntegrityTag.compute()
• Real transcript hash in handshake — HandshakeCoordinator uses _transcriptHash.currentHash instead of List<int>.filled(32, 0) for handshake secret derivation
• Removed malformed certificate fallback — CertificateChain.parseCertificate() propagates FormatException instead of silently accepting synthetic data
• Security tests: test/crypto/tls/cert_chain_security_test.dart (4 tests), test/crypto/tls/handshake_security_test.dart (3 tests)

Efficiency (Code Quality)

• Deleted dead code — lib/src/wire/packet_number_reconstructor.dart (42 lines), lib/src/crypto/tls/session_ticket_store.dart (29 lines, duplicate)
• Extracted shared hex utility — lib/src/utils/hex.dart replaces 4 duplicated _bytesToHex/_encodeKey implementations
• Extracted shared list equality — lib/src/utils/collections.dart replaces duplicated _listEquals/_listsEqual helpers
• Archived 7 security audit files — moved to doc/archive/security_audits/
• Consolidated 9 RFC research notes — merged into doc/research/RFC_NOTES.md
• Consolidated 3 roadmap files — single ROADMAP.md in root
• Deleted 9 meta-test/coverage-gap test files — removed meta-tests and coverage gap tests

Coherence (Architecture)

• Standardized imports — quic_connection.dart and quic_endpoint.dart now use package imports consistently
• Implemented GOAWAY sending — Http3Connection.close() now calls _sendGoawayFrame() instead of leaving a TODO
• Added frame class docs — 19 frame classes in frame.dart now have RFC 9000 section references
• Completed public API exports — lib/quic.dart, lib/http3.dart, lib/libp2p.dart, lib/webtransport.dart now export stable public APIs
• Exported V2LongHeader — added to lib/quic_lib.dart barrel file
• Completed example scaffolds — echo_client.dart and echo_server.dart now demonstrate real API usage
• Created doc/README.md — explains documentation hierarchy

Capability (Features)

• StreamScheduler interface (ADR-006) — StreamScheduler abstract class + RoundRobinScheduler implementation; injected into StreamManager
• Isolate-per-connection skeleton (ADR-007) — ConnectionIsolate and IsolateSupervisor scaffolds
• Consolidated body streaming — merged http3_body_streaming.dart into Http3BodyStream
• Version sync — pubspec.yaml updated to 1.2.0 to match CHANGELOG

Changed

• PacketHeader.serialize() returns Future<Uint8List> (was Uint8List) to support async Retry integrity tag computation
• PacketBuilder.build() returns Future<Uint8List> (cascade from serialize change)
• PacketSender.buildPacket() returns Future<Uint8List> (cascade from serialize change)
• QuicConnection.buildPacket() and probeNewPath() are now async
• 23 test files updated to await async serialize/build calls

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1.1.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• TLS transcript hash tracking — TranscriptHash maintains a running SHA-256 hash of all handshake messages; HandshakeCoordinator adds ClientHello to transcript before shared secret computation
• HTTP/3 GOAWAY frame sending — Http3Connection.close() creates and records an Http3GoawayFrame; lastAcceptedStreamId tracks highest stream ID from HEADERS/DATA frames; hasSentGoaway/sentGoawayFrames getters
• QUIC v2 long header format — V2LongHeader implements RFC 9369 v2 packet header format with distinct first-byte encoding; full serialize/parse round-trip support for all four packet types
• WebTransport GOAWAY capsule — CapsuleType.goaway(0x1d); GoawayCapsule with optional streamId; WebTransportSession.receivedGoaway/sendGoaway()
• Production connection migration scaffold — QuicEndpoint.rebindToAddress() validates new path and updates stored remote address after PATH_CHALLENGE/RESPONSE
• X.509 certificate parser scaffold — X509Certificate with TBSCertificate, signature, issuer, subject, validity dates, public key info; parseX509() validates DER SEQUENCE tag; verifyX509Signature() scaffold; wired into CertificateChain and CertificateVerifier
• Integration tests: test/crypto/tls/transcript_hash_test.dart (5 tests), test/http3/goaway_sending_test.dart (6 tests), test/wire/v2_header_test.dart (13 tests), test/webtransport/goaway_capsule_test.dart (3 tests), test/io/rebind_test.dart (1 test), test/crypto/tls/x509_parser_test.dart (4 tests), test/integration/post_v100_test.dart (11 tests)

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1.0.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• PeerId encoding fully wired — fromBase58(), toBase58(), toBase36() now delegate to the implemented encodeBase58/decodeBase58/encodeBase36 methods; no remaining UnimplementedError stubs in PeerId
• HTTP/3 server push scaffold — Http3PushPromiseFrame and Http3CancelPushFrame with serialize/parse; Http3Connection registers push promises via registerPushPromise()/hasPushPromise(); _dispatchFrames handles pushPromise/cancelPush
• WebTransport bidirectional streams — CapsuleType.registerBidirectionalStream (0x41) and registerUnidirectionalStream (0x42); StreamCapsule with serialize/parse; WebTransportSession tracks registered bi/uni streams
• Real TLS handshake coordinator — HandshakeCoordinator wires HandshakeKeyExchange into the CRYPTO-frame pipeline: generates ephemeral keys, processes ClientHello key_share, computes shared secret, derives handshake/application traffic secrets; CryptoFrameHandler uses coordinator on ClientHello reception
• Real connection migration — QuicEndpoint.changeConnectionAddress() performs full PATH_CHALLENGE/PATH_RESPONSE protocol over UDP; QuicConnection.probeNewPath() generates probe packets and tracks validation via Completer; isProbingPath/lastProbePacket getters
• QUIC v2 support scaffold — QuicVersions with v1 (0x00000001) and v2 (0x6b3343cf); PacketReceiver accepts v2 packets; VersionNegotiation includes v2 in supported versions
• HTTP/3 close scaffold — Http3Connection.close() sets _isClosing = true
• Integration tests: test/libp2p/peer_id_roundtrip_test.dart (3 tests), test/http3/push_promise_test.dart (6 tests), test/webtransport/stream_capsule_test.dart (4 tests), test/crypto/tls/handshake_coordinator_test.dart (4 tests), test/connection/path_probing_test.dart (4 tests), test/wire/quic_versions_test.dart (6 tests), test/integration/v100_features_test.dart (11 tests)

Fixed

• test/libp2p/deep_coverage_test.dart — updated PeerId Base58/Base36 tests to verify round-trip behavior instead of expecting UnimplementedError

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0.5.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• Flow control frame handlers — QuicConnection._dispatchFrames now handles MAX_DATA (connection-level), MAX_STREAM_DATA (stream-level via StreamManager), and MAX_STREAMS (scaffold comment); connectionFlowController getter exposed
• HTTP/3 SETTINGS — Http3Connection.sendSettings() returns a default Http3SettingsFrame (65536/0/0) instead of throwing UnimplementedError; pendingSettings getter added
• PeerId encoding — PeerId.encodeBase58()/decodeBase58() and encodeBase36()/decodeBase36() using standard alphabets
• Coverage gap closure — 57 coverage tests (test/coverage/final_coverage_test.dart) for FrameCodec.serialize, PacketNumberSpaceManager zeroRtt ops, QuicSend/ReceiveStream, SentPacketTracker, LossDetector, PtoScheduler, ConnectionIdManager, AntiAmplificationLimit
• Final hardening tests — 17 security boundary tests (test/security/final_hardening_test.dart) for FlowController.maxWindow, ConnectionIdManager.maxActiveIds, AntiAmplificationLimit, SessionTicketStore.maxTickets
• Integration tests: test/connection/flow_control_frames_test.dart (4 tests), test/libp2p/peer_id_encoding_test.dart (3 tests), test/integration/v050_features_test.dart (7 tests)

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0.4.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• TLS certificate chain verification — CertificateInfo, CertificateChain, parseCertificate() with validity date checks and algorithm filtering; CertificateVerifier.verifyCertificateChain() now delegates to CertificateChain.validateChain()
• DCUtR full NAT traversal tests — test/libp2p/dcutr_nat_traversal_test.dart completes a full two-peer UDP hole punch over loopback within 5 seconds; test/libp2p/dcutr_full_handshake_test.dart validates Initial → Retry → Initial-with-token packet flow
• 0-RTT early data transmission — QuicConnection.canSendZeroRtt, buildZeroRttPacket() builds encrypted 0-RTT packets using derived keys
• Connection ID rotation — QuicConnection.generateNewConnectionIdFrame(), activeConnectionIdCount; _dispatchFrames wires NewConnectionIdFrame registration and RetireConnectionIdFrame retirement via ConnectionIdManager
• Flow control integration — StreamManager creates per-stream FlowController instances on first STREAM frame; canSendOnStream(), updateSendWindow(), getSendFlowController(), getReceiveFlowController()
• Congestion control pacing integration — QuicConnection.pacingCalculator, pacingDelayUs, shouldPacePackets; RTT and congestion window updates flow from onAckReceived() to PacingCalculator
• Integration tests: test/crypto/tls/certificate_chain_test.dart (6 tests), test/libp2p/dcutr_nat_traversal_test.dart (1 test), test/libp2p/dcutr_full_handshake_test.dart (1 test), test/connection/zero_rtt_transmission_test.dart (4 tests), test/connection/connection_id_rotation_test.dart (3 tests), test/streams/stream_manager_flow_control_test.dart (5 tests), test/recovery/pacing_integration_test.dart (3 tests), test/integration/v040_features_test.dart (5 tests)

Changed

• ConnectionIdManager gained registerId() for peer-issued connection IDs
• _splitHeaderPayload clamps long-header length to packet size to avoid out-of-bounds on small packets

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0.3.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• DCUtR NAT hole punching — DCUtRUdpCoordinator wires DCUtRStateMachine into UdpSocket for real UDP-based NAT hole punching with magic-prefixed datagrams
• 0-RTT resumption — PacketNumberSpace.zeroRtt enum value, KeyManager.deriveZeroRtt(), SessionTicketStore with expiry and max-capacity eviction
• Full connection migration — QuicEndpoint.migrateConnection(), QuicConnection.onPathValidated(), remote address tracking per connection
• HTTP/3 body streaming — Http3BodyStream with chunk delivery and EOF detection, Http3Connection.sendBody()/getBody() for DATA frame concatenation
• TLS certificate verification scaffold — CertificateVerifier with verifySignature() dispatching to ed25519/ecdsaP256/rsaPkcs1, verifyCertificateChain() structured for future ASN.1/CRL checks
• Retry token generation — RetryTokenGenerator with HMAC-SHA256 timestamped tokens, expiry validation, and tamper detection
• Integration tests: test/libp2p/dcutr_udp_coordinator_test.dart (3 tests), test/crypto/zero_rtt_test.dart (9 tests), test/connection/full_migration_test.dart (4 tests), test/http3/http3_body_stream_test.dart (9 tests), test/crypto/tls/certificate_verifier_test.dart (7 tests), test/crypto/retry_token_generator_test.dart (5 tests), test/integration/v030_features_test.dart (5 tests)

Changed

• PacketNumberSpace enum extended with zeroRtt(3)
• PacketSender.buildPacket switch handles PacketNumberSpace.zeroRtt

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0.2.0 — 2026-06-27

Added

• HandshakeKeyExchange — X25519 ephemeral key generation, shared secret computation, and TLS 1.3-style handshake secret derivation (scaffold for real TLS stack)
• HTTP/3 full request/response — Http3Request/Http3Response with QPACK header encoding/decoding, Http3Connection.sendRequest() accepts requests, getResponse() decodes received HEADERS frames
• WebTransport datagram support — DatagramCapsule serialize/parse, CapsuleType.datagram, WebTransportSession.sendDatagram()/receivedDatagrams
• Connection migration wiring — MigrationHelper integrated into QuicConnection._dispatchFrames() for PATH_CHALLENGE/PATH_RESPONSE, onAddressValidated() called on successful path validation
• Integration tests: test/crypto/tls/handshake_key_exchange_test.dart (4 tests), test/http3/http3_request_response_test.dart (7 tests), test/webtransport/datagram_capsule_test.dart (3 tests), test/connection/migration_integration_test.dart (5 tests), test/integration/v020_features_test.dart (12 tests)

Fixed

• test/http3/coverage_gap_test.dart — updated CapsuleType.fromValue unknown-value test to use 0x01 instead of 0x00 (now reserved for datagram)

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0.1.0-beta.1 — 2026-06-27

Added

• PacketNumberReconstructor — reconstructs full packet numbers from truncated short-header PNs per RFC 9000 §17.1
• TlsMessageBuilder — constructs structurally valid TLS 1.3 ClientHello, ServerHello, and Finished messages for testing
• HTTP/3 lifecycle scaffold in Http3Connection: sendRequest() allocates streams, onStreamFrame() dispatches HEADERS/DATA/SETTINGS/GOAWAY frames
• QpackDynamicTable — dynamic table insertions, evictions, capacity management, and encodeWithDynamicTable() with dynamic→static→literal fallback
• CapsuleRouter — routes WebTransport capsules to WebTransportSession instances by stream ID
• DCUtRStateMachine — DCUtR handshake state machine (idle → connectSent → syncReceived → connected/failed)
• Integration tests: test/wire/packet_number_reconstructor_test.dart (5 tests), test/crypto/tls/tls_message_builder_test.dart (6 tests), test/http3/http3_connection_test.dart (5 tests), test/http3/qpack_dynamic_table_test.dart (11 tests), test/webtransport/capsule_router_test.dart (5 tests), test/libp2p/dcutr_state_machine_test.dart (14 tests)

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0.1.0-alpha.4 — 2026-06-27

Added

• ProtectedPacketCodec — full header protection + AEAD round-trip codec for LongHeader and ShortHeader packets
• KeyManager.deriveHandshake() and .deriveApplication() — derive keys for Handshake and Application spaces per RFC 9001 §5.1
• KeyManager.discardInitialKeys() and .discardHandshakeKeys() — key lifecycle management per RFC 9001 §4.1.4
• CryptoMessageParser — parses TLS handshake message type and payload from CRYPTO frame bytes
• CryptoFrameHandler — wires CryptoFrameAssembler → CryptoMessageParser → HandshakeStateMachine.onMessage()
• QuicEndpoint.connect() — scaffolds a QuicConnection with all subsystems and transitions to handshaking
• Integration tests: test/crypto/packet/protected_packet_codec_test.dart (3 tests), test/crypto/key_manager_test.dart (5 tests), test/crypto/tls/crypto_message_parser_test.dart (8 tests), test/integration/alpha4_features_test.dart (10 tests), test/io/quic_endpoint_connect_test.dart (4 tests)

Changed

• CryptoFrameHandler.onCryptoFrame() catches invalid state transitions and marks handshake as failed
• QuicConnection._handleCryptoFrame() now delegates to CryptoFrameHandler when available

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0.1.0-alpha.3 — 2026-06-27

Added

• AEAD encryption/decryption wiring in packet pipeline:
  • KeyManager — derives Initial-space keys from DCID using InitialSecrets + KeyDerivation
  • PacketNumberSpaceKeys — holds PacketProtector + HeaderProtection per space
  • QuicConnection.buildEncryptedPacket() — encrypts payload + applies header protection
  • QuicConnection.processEncryptedDatagram() — decrypts payload + dispatches frames
  • Falls back to plaintext when no keys are installed
• Integration tests: test/integration/encrypted_pipeline_test.dart (6 tests covering key derivation, encrypted build, plaintext fallback, encrypted CRYPTO/STREAM/CONNECTION_CLOSE dispatch)

Changed

• QuicConnection constructor accepts optional KeyManager
• buildPacket and processIncomingDatagram remain as plaintext fallbacks

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0.1.0-alpha.2 — 2026-06-27

Added

• Packet pipeline integration in QuicConnection:
  • processIncomingDatagram() — splits coalesced packets, dispatches frames to subsystems
  • buildPacket() — builds outgoing packets with PacketSender and tracks via RecoveryManager
  • Frame dispatch: CRYPTO → CryptoFrameAssembler, ACK → RecoveryManager, STREAM → StreamManager, CONNECTION_CLOSE → ConnectionStateMachine.draining, HANDSHAKE_DONE → ConnectionStateMachine.established
• StreamManager — routes STREAM frames to QuicReceiveStream instances by stream ID
• SentPacketTracker.resetAll() — clears all tracked spaces
• QuicConnection.stateMachine public getter
• Integration tests: test/integration/packet_pipeline_test.dart (7 tests covering build, ACK dispatch, CRYPTO dispatch, STREAM dispatch, CONNECTION_CLOSE transition, coalesced packets, anti-amplification)

Changed

• RecoveryManager.reset() now calls _sentPacketTracker.resetAll()
• CI workflow fuzz/benchmark jobs reference actual scaffold files with realistic timeouts

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0.1.0-alpha.1 — 2026-06-27

Security

• 36 security fixes applied across 7 audit loops covering DoS, overflow, replay, info disclosure, timing side channels, and partial frame injection
• Added memory caps on all unbounded collections (ReassemblyBuffer, ConnectionRegistry, MigrationHelper, LossDetector, SentPacketTracker, FlowController, ConnectionIdManager, CryptoFrameAssembler)
• Added integer overflow protection (CongestionController cwnd cap, PtoScheduler ptoCount cap)
• Implemented 64-packet replay window in PacketNumberSpaceManager
• Added ACK validation and clamping in SentPacketTracker
• Added RTT clamping (60s max) and maxAckDelay cap (~16s)
• Added RateLimiter utility for state transition flood protection
• Added anti-amplification limit integration into QuicConnection
• Fixed timing side channels in RetryIntegrityTag.verify and DefaultCryptoBackend.rsaPkcs1Verify
• Fixed partial frame injection vulnerability in PacketReceiver
• Sanitized toString() methods in HTTP/3 frame types to prevent info disclosure via logging

Added

• RateLimiter utility class for sliding-window rate limiting
• AntiAmplificationLimit tracker per RFC 9000 Section 8
• QuicLogger lightweight logging abstraction (replaces stdout print calls)
• Per-source IP UDP rate limiting in UdpSocket (1000 datagrams/sec)
• Integration wiring in QuicConnection: onPacketSent, onAckReceived, isPtoExpired, onPtoFired, onAddressValidated
• Public getters for all QuicConnection subsystems (cidManager, rttEstimator, lossDetector, ptoScheduler, congestionController)

Changed

• ConnectionStateMachine and WebTransportSession now use QuicLogger instead of print()
• FlowController.consume() now rejects negative byte counts
• SentPacketTracker.onAck() validates space parameter to 0..2
• PacketNumberSpaceManager.onReceived() rejects negative packet numbers
• LossDetector ignores negative packet numbers and clamps negative largestAcked
• CryptoFrameDeliverer.chunk() rejects non-positive maxFrameSize
• CoalescedPacket._decodeVarInt() and HeaderProtection._readVarInt() now guard against buffer over-read
• PacketReceiver discards all frames when any frame parse fails

Removed

• 5 experimental tmp_*.dart crypto scratchpad files using deprecated AESFastEngine
• Unused imports and fields in QuicConnection

Fixed

• Analyzer warnings: reduced from 10 to 0 in lib/src/

Documentation

• Added 7 security audit reports (Blue Team V1/V2/V3, Red Team V1/V2/Novel, Meta-Analysis)
• Added SECURITY_FIXES.md tracking all 36 fixes
• Added doc/POINTYCASTLE_4_MIGRATION.md

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0.1.0-alpha.1-pre — 2026-06-25

Added

• Initial alpha release with modular QUIC, HTTP/3, WebTransport, and libp2p components
• Wire format: VarInt, packet headers, frame types, coalesced packets
• Crypto: TLS 1.3 handshake scaffold, key derivation, header protection, packet protection
• Recovery: LossDetector, SentPacketTracker, CongestionController, RttEstimator, PtoScheduler
• Streams: StreamId, SendStateMachine, ReceiveStateMachine, ReassemblyBuffer, FlowController
• Connection: ConnectionStateMachine, ConnectionIdManager, ConnectionRegistry, MigrationHelper
• HTTP/3: All frame types, SETTINGS, QPACK static table encoder
• WebTransport: Session state machine, capsule types
• libp2p: Multiaddr parser, PeerId, DCUtR message scaffold
• 1000+ tests with 96%+ line coverage