a2a_protocol_server/dispatch/grpc/

dispatcher.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
//
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//! [`GrpcDispatcher`] — builds and serves the gRPC transport.

use std::net::SocketAddr;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;

use super::bounded_incoming::BoundedIncoming;
use super::native::A2aServiceImpl;
use super::{A2aServiceServer, GrpcConfig};
use crate::handler::RequestHandler;

/// gRPC dispatcher that routes A2A requests to a [`RequestHandler`].
///
/// Serves the canonical `lf.a2a.v1.A2AService` (protobuf-native, wire
/// compatible with the official A2A SDKs). That is the only gRPC surface:
/// the deprecated pre-0.7 JSON-tunnel service, and the `grpc-legacy-json`
/// feature that gated it, were removed in 0.8.
///
/// Create via [`GrpcDispatcher::new`] and serve with [`GrpcDispatcher::serve`]
/// or build a tonic service with [`GrpcDispatcher::into_service`].
pub struct GrpcDispatcher {
    handler: Arc<RequestHandler>,
    config: GrpcConfig,
    keepalive: Option<(Duration, Duration)>,
    max_connection_age: Option<Duration>,
    max_connections: Option<usize>,
    #[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
    tls: Option<tonic::transport::ServerTlsConfig>,
}

impl GrpcDispatcher {
    /// Creates a new gRPC dispatcher wrapping the given handler.
    #[must_use]
    pub const fn new(handler: Arc<RequestHandler>, config: GrpcConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
            handler,
            config,
            keepalive: None,
            max_connection_age: None,
            max_connections: None,
            #[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
            tls: None,
        }
    }

    /// Caps the connections served at once. Default: **unbounded**.
    ///
    /// The same knob the WebSocket binding has had since 2026-08-19
    /// ([`with_max_connections`](crate::dispatch::websocket::WebSocketDispatcher::with_max_connections)),
    /// and the gap the measurement under [`with_http2_keepalive`](Self::with_http2_keepalive)
    /// left open: keepalive closes a peer that stops *answering*, and nothing
    /// bounded how many peers could be answering at once. tonic's server has
    /// no connection ceiling of its own — `concurrency_limit` is per
    /// connection — so this one is enforced in front of it: the permit is
    /// taken **before** `accept()`, and load past the ceiling waits in the
    /// kernel's listen backlog until a served connection ends, or is refused
    /// by the kernel when that fills. The permit travels with the accepted
    /// socket and is released when tonic drops it, so it covers TLS, HTTP/2
    /// and the RPCs on it alike.
    ///
    /// Applied by every `serve*` method. [`into_service`](Self::into_service)
    /// hands the service to a server the caller runs, and that server's
    /// accept loop is the caller's to bound.
    #[must_use]
    pub const fn with_max_connections(mut self, max: usize) -> Self {
        self.max_connections = Some(max);
        self
    }

    /// Serves TLS on the listener itself instead of relying on a terminating
    /// proxy. Default: **off** (plaintext).
    ///
    /// `tls` carries the server certificate and key (`ServerTlsConfig::new()
    /// .identity(Identity::from_pem(cert, key))`) and, for mutual TLS, the CA
    /// that client certificates must chain to (`.client_ca_root(..)`, with
    /// `.client_auth_optional(true)` to admit clients that present none).
    /// The types are re-exported from [`dispatch::grpc`](super) so no tonic
    /// dependency is needed. Applied by every `serve*` method and by nothing
    /// else: [`into_service`](Self::into_service) hands the service to a
    /// `tonic::transport::Server` the caller configures, TLS included.
    ///
    /// The listener then speaks TLS only. A plaintext client is refused at
    /// the handshake; there is no fallback, for the same reason the client's
    /// `grpc-tls` transport refuses to downgrade.
    ///
    /// tonic builds the acceptor from the process-level rustls crypto
    /// provider. If none is installed when the listener is built — the case
    /// for a binary that links both `ring` and `aws-lc-rs`, which this
    /// workspace's `--all-features` build does — `ring` is installed as the
    /// default, once, rather than letting rustls panic. An application that
    /// wants a different provider installs it before serving.
    ///
    /// A configuration tonic rejects (a key that does not match its
    /// certificate, an unparsable PEM) is reported by the `serve*` call as an
    /// `std::io::Error`, not a panic.
    #[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn with_tls(mut self, tls: tonic::transport::ServerTlsConfig) -> Self {
        self.tls = Some(tls);
        self
    }

    /// Sends an HTTP/2 PING every `interval` on an idle connection and closes
    /// it if no answer arrives within `timeout`. Default: **off**.
    ///
    /// [`GrpcConfig`] bounds message size and per-connection concurrency, and
    /// nothing bounded a connection that is simply *there*. MEASURED
    /// 2026-08-19: 400 TCP connections opened against this dispatcher and left
    /// silent were all accepted and all still alive twelve seconds later. The
    /// ceiling is the process's file-descriptor table — the same measurement,
    /// and the same shape, as the WebSocket dispatcher before
    /// [`with_idle_timeout`](crate::dispatch::websocket::WebSocketDispatcher::with_idle_timeout).
    ///
    /// HTTP/2 keepalive is the gRPC-native answer to it, and it is *better*
    /// than a plain idle timeout for the same reason the WebSocket knob pings:
    /// a conformant client's HTTP/2 stack answers a PING without the
    /// application being involved, so this closes peers that are
    /// **unresponsive** rather than peers that are merely quiet. A streaming
    /// RPC that is waiting for its next event is quiet and healthy, and this
    /// leaves it alone.
    ///
    /// Off by default, matching this workspace's other connection knobs: a
    /// deployment may have clients that are configured to object to PINGs, and
    /// choosing an interval for someone is choosing their traffic profile.
    /// `(Duration::from_secs(30), Duration::from_secs(10))` is a conventional
    /// starting point.
    #[must_use]
    pub const fn with_http2_keepalive(mut self, interval: Duration, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
        self.keepalive = Some((interval, timeout));
        self
    }

    /// Closes a connection once it has been open for `age`, letting the client
    /// reconnect. Default: **off**.
    ///
    /// Distinct from [`with_http2_keepalive`](Self::with_http2_keepalive),
    /// which detects a peer that has stopped answering. This one bounds a peer
    /// that answers perfectly and simply never leaves — which is what makes a
    /// fleet behind a load balancer drift into imbalance, since a gRPC client
    /// pins one connection and keeps it.
    ///
    /// tonic sends GOAWAY and drains in-flight RPCs rather than cutting them,
    /// so this is a reconnect rather than a failure.
    #[must_use]
    pub const fn with_max_connection_age(mut self, age: Duration) -> Self {
        self.max_connection_age = Some(age);
        self
    }

    /// Starts a gRPC server on the given address.
    ///
    /// Blocks until the server shuts down. Uses the configured message
    /// size limits and concurrency settings.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns `std::io::Error` if binding fails.
    pub async fn serve(self, addr: impl tokio::net::ToSocketAddrs) -> std::io::Result<()> {
        let addr = super::helpers::resolve_addr(addr).await?;

        trace_info!(
            addr = %addr,
            "A2A gRPC server listening"
        );

        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(addr).await?;
        let incoming = BoundedIncoming::new(listener, self.max_connections);
        let router = self.build_router()?;
        router
            .serve_with_incoming(incoming)
            .await
            .map_err(std::io::Error::other)
    }

    /// Starts a gRPC server and returns the bound [`SocketAddr`].
    ///
    /// Like [`serve`](Self::serve), but returns the address immediately
    /// and runs the server in a background task. Useful for tests.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns `std::io::Error` if binding fails.
    pub async fn serve_with_addr(
        self,
        addr: impl tokio::net::ToSocketAddrs,
    ) -> std::io::Result<SocketAddr> {
        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(addr).await?;
        self.serve_with_listener(listener)
    }

    /// Starts a gRPC server on a pre-bound [`TcpListener`](tokio::net::TcpListener).
    ///
    /// This is the recommended approach when you need to know the server
    /// address before constructing the handler (e.g., for agent cards with
    /// correct URLs). Pre-bind the listener, extract the address, build
    /// your handler, then pass the listener here.
    ///
    /// Returns the local address and runs the server in a background task.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns `std::io::Error` if the listener's local address cannot be read.
    pub fn serve_with_listener(
        self,
        listener: tokio::net::TcpListener,
    ) -> std::io::Result<SocketAddr> {
        let local_addr = listener.local_addr()?;
        let incoming = BoundedIncoming::new(listener, self.max_connections);

        trace_info!(
            %local_addr,
            "A2A gRPC server listening"
        );

        let router = self.build_router()?;
        tokio::spawn(async move {
            let _ = router.serve_with_incoming(incoming).await;
        });

        Ok(local_addr)
    }

    /// Builds the canonical tonic service for use with a custom server setup.
    ///
    /// Returns an [`A2aServiceServer`] (the `lf.a2a.v1.A2AService` binding)
    /// that can be added to a [`tonic::transport::Server`] via `add_service`.
    /// It is the only gRPC service this dispatcher serves; the pre-0.7
    /// JSON-tunnel companion was removed in 0.8.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn into_service(&self) -> A2aServiceServer<A2aServiceImpl> {
        let inner = A2aServiceImpl {
            handler: Arc::clone(&self.handler),
            config: self.config.clone(),
        };
        A2aServiceServer::new(inner)
            .max_decoding_message_size(self.config.max_message_size)
            .max_encoding_message_size(self.config.max_message_size)
    }

    /// Builds the tonic router with every enabled service registered.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns an error when the TLS configuration given to
    /// [`with_tls`](Self::with_tls) is rejected by tonic. Without `grpc-tls`
    /// there is nothing to reject; the signature stays fallible so the
    /// `serve*` callers are the same in both builds.
    #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "grpc-tls"), allow(clippy::unnecessary_wraps))]
    fn build_router(&self) -> std::io::Result<tonic::transport::server::Router> {
        let mut server = tonic::transport::Server::builder()
            .concurrency_limit_per_connection(self.config.concurrency_limit);
        if let Some((interval, timeout)) = self.keepalive {
            server = server
                .http2_keepalive_interval(Some(interval))
                .http2_keepalive_timeout(Some(timeout));
        }
        if let Some(age) = self.max_connection_age {
            server = server.max_connection_age(age);
        }
        #[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
        if let Some(tls) = &self.tls {
            ensure_crypto_provider();
            server = server.tls_config(tls.clone()).map_err(|e| {
                std::io::Error::other(format!("gRPC TLS configuration rejected: {e}"))
            })?;
        }
        Ok(server.add_service(self.into_service()))
    }
}

/// Installs `ring` as the process-level rustls provider if nothing is
/// installed yet.
///
/// tonic's server acceptor calls `rustls::ServerConfig::builder()`, which
/// panics when no default is installed and more than one provider is linked.
/// A build with only `ring` never reaches the branch; a build that also links
/// `aws-lc-rs` (this workspace's `--all-features`) would otherwise panic on
/// the first TLS listener. Installing when nothing is installed is exactly
/// what a single-provider build does implicitly, so no application that
/// chose a provider is overridden. A race with a concurrent install elsewhere
/// is harmless: the loser's `Err` is ignored and the winner's provider stays.
#[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
fn ensure_crypto_provider() {
    if rustls::crypto::CryptoProvider::get_default().is_none() {
        let _ = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider().install_default();
    }
}

impl std::fmt::Debug for GrpcDispatcher {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        let mut s = f.debug_struct("GrpcDispatcher");
        s.field("handler", &"RequestHandler { .. }")
            .field("config", &self.config)
            .field("keepalive", &self.keepalive)
            .field("max_connection_age", &self.max_connection_age)
            .field("max_connections", &self.max_connections);
        #[cfg(feature = "grpc-tls")]
        s.field("tls", &self.tls.is_some());
        s.finish()
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    // ── Connection-level bounds ──────────────────────────────────────────
    //
    // `GrpcConfig` bounds message size and per-connection concurrency, and
    // until 2026-08-19 nothing bounded a connection that simply exists.
    // MEASURED then: 400 TCP connections opened against this dispatcher and
    // left silent were all accepted, none refused, and the oldest was still
    // alive twelve seconds later. Same shape as the WebSocket dispatcher's
    // missing post-handshake bounds, one binding over.

    /// The defaults are off, and both knobs record what they were asked for.
    ///
    /// Asserted on the fields rather than behaviourally. tonic owns the actual
    /// PING timing, so a behavioural test here would be testing tonic; what
    /// this dispatcher is responsible for is recording the operator's choice
    /// and *not* inventing one. See the note at the `build_router` call for
    /// what this does not cover. A default that nothing asserts is a
    /// default that changes by accident — and defaulting a keepalive on would
    /// start sending PINGs to every existing deployment's clients.
    #[test]
    fn connection_knobs_are_off_by_default_and_carry_what_they_are_given() {
        use crate::RequestHandlerBuilder;
        use crate::agent_executor;
        use std::sync::Arc;
        struct DummyExec;
        agent_executor!(DummyExec, |_ctx, _queue| async { Ok(()) });
        let handler = Arc::new(RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExec).build().unwrap());

        let default = GrpcDispatcher::new(Arc::clone(&handler), GrpcConfig::default());
        assert!(
            default.keepalive.is_none(),
            "HTTP/2 keepalive must be opt-in: enabling it by default would start \
             pinging the clients of every deployment that upgrades"
        );
        assert!(
            default.max_connection_age.is_none(),
            "and so must connection ageing, which forces reconnects"
        );

        let tuned = GrpcDispatcher::new(handler, GrpcConfig::default())
            .with_http2_keepalive(Duration::from_secs(30), Duration::from_secs(10))
            .with_max_connection_age(Duration::from_secs(600));
        assert_eq!(
            tuned.keepalive,
            Some((Duration::from_secs(30), Duration::from_secs(10)))
        );
        assert_eq!(tuned.max_connection_age, Some(Duration::from_secs(600)));

        // Build the router with them set. This catches a tonic rename or a
        // signature change, at compile time — it does **not** catch the
        // passthrough being dropped, because tonic exposes no way to read a
        // `Router`'s keepalive back. Verified by mutation: deleting the two
        // `http2_keepalive_*` calls leaves this test green. Covering that would
        // need a client that deliberately stops answering PINGs, which is a
        // raw HTTP/2 exercise rather than a dispatcher one; recorded here
        // rather than implied by a passing test.
        let _router = tuned.build_router();
    }

    #[test]
    fn grpc_dispatcher_debug_does_not_panic() {
        use crate::RequestHandlerBuilder;
        use crate::agent_executor;
        use std::sync::Arc;
        struct DummyExec;
        agent_executor!(DummyExec, |_ctx, _queue| async { Ok(()) });
        let handler = Arc::new(RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExec).build().unwrap());
        let dispatcher = GrpcDispatcher::new(handler, GrpcConfig::default());
        let _ = format!("{dispatcher:?}");
    }
}