Feature #15628: init_inetsock_internal should fallback to IPv4 if IPv6 is unreachable

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: Glass_saga (Masaki Matsushita)
• Target version: -

[sonalkr132 (Aditya Prakash)]

Hi,

This is not really bug but more of a missing feature. Let me layout steps to reproduce what I am trying to achieve:

• Add local entries for example.com

$ echo "::1     example.com www.example.com
127.0.0.1 example.com www.example.com" | sudo tee  --append /etc/hosts

• Add rule to DROP ipv6 packets: sudo ip6tables -P INPUT DROP
• Start a server: ruby -rwebrick -e 'WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(Port: 8000).start'
• Making request using Net:HTTP with timeout (Net::OpenTimeout) after after 60 seconds: ruby -rnet/http -e "Net::HTTP.get(URI('http://example.com:8000'))"

As far as I understand, init_inetsock_internal needs to fallback to ipv4 for Net::HTTP.get to work. IPv6 route being broke is expected and hence, RFC8305 recommends fallback to IPv4.
Support for IPv6 fallback is spotty across languages and http clients, for example, golang supports it but python doesn't, making request with curl works but wget hangs.

[sonalkr132 (Aditya Prakash)]

Related: rubygems/rubygems#2662

[sonalkr132 (Aditya Prakash)]

Net:HTTP with timeout (Net::OpenTimeout) after after 60 seconds

I meant "Net:HTTP will timeout (Net::OpenTimeout) after 60 seconds".

Any suggestion on fixing this would very helpful . So far I have tried using Socket.tcp(addr.ip_address, serv).close to preemptively check if resolved addresses are reachable. It works but it is very inefficient.
Besides the brute steps explained above, in the wild, this only affects host which have an IPv6 address but their IPv6 route to our CDN is broken. Personal home networks which generally have only IPv4 connectivity seamlessly use the IPv4 address to start the connection (without the need for a fallback).

[deivid (David Rodríguez)]

Hi!

Any feedback about this? We're considering implementing "Happy Eyeballs" in rubygems by monkeypatching TCPSocket.new, in order to fix longstanding issues with gem install timing out on ipv6-capable clients. But it would feel much better if this was built in.

[Glass_saga (Masaki Matsushita)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to Glass_saga (Masaki Matsushita)

[Glass_saga (Masaki Matsushita)]

• Related to Feature #17525: Implement Happy Eyeballs Version 2 (RFC8305) in Socket.tcp added

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Related to Feature #20108: Introduction of Happy Eyeballs Version 2 (RFC8305) in Socket.tcp added

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed

Closing in favor of https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20108