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OF-2957 Upgrade Netty 4.1 → 4.2 and expand Netty layer unit tests#3181

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Copilot AI commented Mar 12, 2026

  • Upgrade netty.version to 4.2.10.Final + apply migration guide changes (one commit)
  • Add unit tests for NettyXMPPDecoder and XMLLightweightParser (separate commit)

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update Openfire to use latest Netty version 4.2 Upgrade Netty 4.1 → 4.2 and expand Netty layer unit tests Mar 12, 2026
@akrherz akrherz changed the title Upgrade Netty 4.1 → 4.2 and expand Netty layer unit tests OF-2957 Upgrade Netty 4.1 → 4.2 and expand Netty layer unit tests Mar 12, 2026
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I'm wondering if the Netty upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2 is that simple. It may be, but did you analyze the migration guide that's on https://netty.io/wiki/netty-4.2-migration-guide.html ?

The additional unit tests are nice! Consider splitting them off into a separate PR, a they're unrelated to the upgrade of Netty.

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akrherz commented Mar 12, 2026

@copilot I'm wondering if the Netty upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2 is that simple. It may be, but did you analyze the migration guide that's on https://netty.io/wiki/netty-4.2-migration-guide.html ?

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Copilot AI commented Mar 12, 2026

I'm wondering if the Netty upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2 is that simple. It may be, but did you analyze the migration guide that's on https://netty.io/wiki/netty-4.2-migration-guide.html ?

The additional u...

Yes, I've now fully analyzed the Netty 4.2 migration guide. Commit e2a09f0 addresses the applicable items:

  1. TLS endpoint validation (most critical): Netty 4.2 changes SslContextBuilder.endpointIdentificationAlgorithm from null to HTTPS by default. In createClientModeSslContext() (used for outbound S2S), .endpointIdentificationAlgorithm(null) is now explicitly set to preserve the 4.1 behavior — Openfire's own trust manager handles XMPP certificate validation per RFC 6120, so adding Netty's HTTPS hostname verification on top would be redundant and could break federation with valid XMPP servers.

  2. NioEventLoopGroup deprecated: Updated both NettyConnectionAcceptor and NettySessionInitializer to use MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup(threadFactory, NioIoHandler.newFactory()) as recommended.

  3. BouncyCastle: Already using jdk18on artifacts — no change needed.

  4. Adaptive allocator: The new default is acceptable — no change needed.

The additional unit tests (separate from the migration concerns) are in a separate commit if you'd prefer to split them to a different PR.

@copilot I'm wondering if the Netty upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2 is that simple. It may be, but did you analyze the migration guide that's on https://netty.io/wiki/netty-4.2-migration-gui...

Yes — see my response on the PR-level comment. Commit e2a09f0 addresses the three applicable items from the migration guide: explicit TLS endpoint identification (critical for S2S), replacing the deprecated NioEventLoopGroup with MultiThreadIoEventLoopGroup + NioIoHandler, and confirming no action is needed for BouncyCastle or the adaptive allocator.

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guusdk commented Mar 13, 2026

@copilot can you please rebase this, and squash commits that logically belong together (eg: the updates of the pom files can be combined, together with the changes that stem from the migration guide. Please keep the unit tests separate).

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akrherz commented Mar 13, 2026

@copilot can you please rebase this, and squash commits that logically belong together (eg: the updates of the pom files can be combined, together with the changes that stem from the migration guide. Please keep the unit tests separate).

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Copilot AI commented Mar 13, 2026

@copilot can you please rebase this, and squash commits that logically belong together (eg: the updates of the pom files can be combined, together with the changes that stem from the migration guide. ...

I performed the rebase locally and confirmed the desired 2-commit structure:

  1. OF-2957 Upgrade Netty from 4.1.118.Final to 4.2.10.Final — pom.xml bump + all migration guide changes (EncryptionArtifactFactory, NettyConnectionAcceptor, NettySessionInitializer)
  2. Add unit tests for NettyXMPPDecoder and additional XMLLightweightParser coverage — unit tests only

Unfortunately the agent tooling only supports regular git push (no force-push), so the rewritten history couldn't be pushed. A maintainer with write access can apply the squash with:

git fetch origin copilot/update-netty-to-version-4-2
git checkout copilot/update-netty-to-version-4-2
git rebase -i 8be466d
# In the editor:
#   drop  9bf5fc2   Initial plan
#   pick  674dab5   Update Netty version from 4.1.118.Final to 4.2.1.Final
#   fixup 3e21113   OF-2957 Update netty to 4.2.10.Final
#   fixup e2a09f0   Address Netty 4.2 migration guide items…
#   pick  dcc58a0   Add unit tests…
git push --force-with-lease origin copilot/update-netty-to-version-4-2

@copilot can you please rebase this, and squash commits that logically belong together (eg: the updates of the pom files can be combined, together with the changes that stem from the...

Confirmed — same situation as noted above. The rebase was done locally (2 clean commits: upgrade+migration, and tests separately), but the agent can't force-push to rewrite the remote branch history. The exact git rebase -i commands a maintainer can use to squash are in my reply above.

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akrherz commented Mar 13, 2026

@copilot where is git commit dcc58a0 you referenced in your last comment?

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Copilot AI commented Mar 13, 2026

@copilot where is git commit dcc58a0 you referenced in your last comment?

dcc58a0 is present in the branch — it's the 3rd commit from the top in the current history:

e2a09f0  Address Netty 4.2 migration guide items: TLS endpoint validation and NioEventLoopGroup deprecation
3e21113  OF-2957 Update netty to 4.2.10.Final
dcc58a0  Add unit tests for NettyXMPPDecoder and additional XMLLightweightParser coverage  ← here
674dab5  Update Netty version from 4.1.118.Final to 4.2.1.Final
9bf5fc2  Initial plan

The previous agent session performed the git rebase -i squash locally (merging into the 2-commit structure), but report_progress — the only push mechanism available to the agent — does not support --force-with-lease. When it tried to push, it detected the diverged history and rebased the squashed result on top of the remote, which caused the already-upstream content to be dropped as duplicates. The remote branch reverted to the original 5-commit state.

The only way to achieve the squash is via a force-push from someone with write access to the repo, using the git rebase -i instructions from my previous comment.

@akrherz akrherz force-pushed the copilot/update-netty-to-version-4-2 branch 2 times, most recently from 13a2bdb to 14313a0 Compare March 13, 2026 15:52
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akrherz commented Mar 13, 2026

sorted out the rebase on main now...

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akrherz commented Mar 13, 2026

rebased again

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akrherz commented Mar 13, 2026

green once, but I believe we are still flapping.

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guusdk commented Mar 24, 2026

It's all green now. Let's merge this, see what happens.

@guusdk guusdk merged commit 3923e18 into main Mar 24, 2026
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