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Part of DSPX-4886 (DSPX-5112): lets the Go SDK read a remote TDF without downloading it, which the xtest partial-decrypt tests at 100 GiB–50 TiB depend on.

  • NewHTTPRangeReader(ctx, client, url): an io.ReadSeeker where each Read is one HTTP Range request.
  • SDK.LoadTDFFromURL(ctx, url, opts...): LoadTDF over that reader (Go counterpart of web-sdk fromUrl). Opening a TDF fetches only the zip directory and manifest; ReadAt fetches only the overlapping segments.
  • Strict responses: anything other than 206 with the exact requested Content-Range is rejected. A server that ignores Range (200) is refused rather than streaming the whole file.
  • No credential leakage: uses the SDK's unauthenticated HTTP client (configured TLS, no redirects), never the token/DPoP client, so platform credentials are not sent to the TDF host.

Not included: a SupportedFeatures() string (name to be agreed with opentdf/tests in DSPX-5117) and a tail/manifest buffer to cut request count (marked in code).

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  • I have added or updated unit tests
  • I have added or updated integration tests (if appropriate)
  • I have added or updated documentation

Testing Instructions

  • cd sdk && go test -run 'TestTDF/Test_(LoadTDFFromURL|HTTPRangeReader)' .
    • serves a TDF via httptest + http.ServeContent; a 100-byte read across a segment boundary fetches exactly 2 × (16 KiB + 28 B GCM overhead)
    • full decrypt over HTTP matches the plaintext
    • a server returning 200 is rejected with errRangeNotSupported
    • seek / EOF clamping
  • cd sdk && go test -race ./... and TestREADMECodeBlocks pass; golangci-lint run --new-from-rev=main: 0 issues.

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  • New Features
    • TDFs can now be loaded directly from HTTP(S) URLs. Range requests retrieve only the portions needed for reading, reducing unnecessary data transfer.
    • The URL-backed reader supports seeking and reports the resource size. URLs must be served by a server that supports HTTP range requests.
    • Invalid or unsupported range responses and resource-size changes are reported as errors.

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The SDK adds an HTTP range reader with read and seek support. It uses the reader to load TDF content from a URL. Tests cover range responses, resource-size changes, seeking, and reads across an encrypted segment boundary.

Changes: URL Range Loading

Layer / File(s) Summary
HTTP range request setup
sdk/http_range_reader.go, sdk/http_range_reader_test.go
Adds the reader state, constructor probe, and range-response validation. Tests cover unsupported range responses and HTTP error statuses.
Read and seek operations
sdk/http_range_reader.go, sdk/http_range_reader_test.go
Adds size reporting, bounded reads, and start-, current-, and end-relative seeks. Tests cover changed resource size, end-of-resource reads, and negative positions.
SDK TDF URL loading
sdk/http_range_reader.go, sdk/http_range_reader_test.go
Adds SDK.LoadTDFFromURL using the SDK HTTP client. Tests check reads across an encrypted segment boundary and verify that a full read matches the plaintext.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant SDK
  participant HTTPRangeReader
  participant LoadTDF
  participant HTTPServer
  Caller->>SDK: LoadTDFFromURL(ctx, url, opts)
  SDK->>HTTPRangeReader: NewHTTPRangeReader(ctx, client, url)
  HTTPRangeReader->>HTTPServer: Request byte range 0-0
  HTTPServer-->>HTTPRangeReader: Return 206 and Content-Range
  SDK->>LoadTDF: Pass reader and options
  LoadTDF->>HTTPRangeReader: Read encrypted segment bytes
  HTTPRangeReader->>HTTPServer: Request requested byte ranges
  HTTPServer-->>HTTPRangeReader: Return requested bytes
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d69eb

Malformed range responses can make URL loading fail, but the issue is narrow. Fix the response validation before merging if support for such servers matters.

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Benchmark results, click to expand

Benchmark authorization.GetDecisions Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 226.750278ms

Benchmark authorization.v2.GetMultiResourceDecision Results:

Metric Value
Approved Decision Requests 1000
Denied Decision Requests 0
Total Time 129.628816ms

Benchmark Statistics

Name № Requests Avg Duration Min Duration Max Duration

Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 425.377799ms
Throughput 235.09 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results:

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 58.503211972s
Average Latency 583.01209ms
Throughput 85.47 requests/second

Add NewHTTPRangeReader, an io.ReadSeeker that issues one HTTP Range
request per Read, and SDK.LoadTDFFromURL on top of it. Only the zip
directory, the manifest and the segments actually read are fetched,
so partial decrypts of very large remote TDFs stay cheap.

Responses must be 206 with the exact requested Content-Range; a server
that ignores Range (200) is rejected rather than streaming the whole
file. Requests use the SDK's unauthenticated HTTP client so platform
credentials are never sent to the TDF host.

Part of DSPX-4886 (DSPX-5112).

Signed-off-by: sujan kota <sujankota@gmail.com>
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- Around line 86-117: Update `HTTPRangeReader.Read` to retain and validate the
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Two things I'd fix before merging: how non-206 responses are classified, and documenting how long ctx has to live. Suggestions are inline.

Comment thread sdk/http_range_reader.go Outdated
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// A 200 means the server ignored Range and is sending the whole resource.
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusPartialContent {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: status %d for bytes %d-%d", errRangeNotSupported, resp.StatusCode, offset, end)
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Every non-206 status comes back wrapped in errRangeNotSupported, but only a 200 actually means "range ignored". A wrong URL (404), an expired presigned URL (403), a 5xx, and an empty resource (416 on the bytes=0-0 probe) all produce "server did not honor the HTTP range request".

Redirects are the most confusing case. s.httpClient doesn't follow them (preventRedirectCheck returns http.ErrUseLastResponse), so an S3, CDN, or GitHub release URL that redirects fails with "...range request: status 302". That points the user at the wrong problem.

Suggestion: keep the sentinel for 200 only, and give 3xx its own message. Location is left out on purpose, since it can carry presigned tokens.

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// A 200 means the server ignored Range and is sending the whole resource.
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusPartialContent {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: status %d for bytes %d-%d", errRangeNotSupported, resp.StatusCode, offset, end)
}
switch {
case resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK:
// The server ignored Range and is sending the whole resource.
return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: status 200 for bytes %d-%d", errRangeNotSupported, offset, end)
case resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusMultipleChoices && resp.StatusCode < http.StatusBadRequest:
return 0, fmt.Errorf("range request redirected (%s); redirects are not followed, use the final URL", resp.Status)
case resp.StatusCode != http.StatusPartialContent:
return 0, fmt.Errorf("range request for bytes %d-%d failed: %s", offset, end, resp.Status)
}

Test_LoadTDFFromURL_RangeNotSupported still passes with this change. Adding table cases for 404 and 302 that assert !errors.Is(err, errRangeNotSupported) would lock the behavior in.

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^ Opus wrote this review. I would also add that you might want to export the error (i.e. rename it to ErrRangeNotSupported

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Done in d69ebfd: only a 200 wraps the sentinel, 3xx says redirects aren't followed (no Location in the message), other statuses report their own status. Added Test_HTTPRangeReader_ErrorStatus covering 404/302/403, asserting !errors.Is(err, ErrRangeNotSupported).

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Exported as ErrRangeNotSupported in d69ebfd.

Comment thread sdk/http_range_reader.go

// NewHTTPRangeReader returns an io.ReadSeeker for url. The server must support
// range requests (respond 206 Partial Content). A nil client uses
// http.DefaultClient.

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ctx is stored on the reader and used for every later Read, not just the probe. That should be part of the documented contract:

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// http.DefaultClient.
// http.DefaultClient.
//
// ctx is retained and bounds every range request made by later Reads, so it
// must remain valid for as long as the reader is used.

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This must be a common pattern, or there must be a suggested workaround. Ideally Context would be somehow linked to the Reader, so Close would allow it to release some kind of marker.

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Added to the NewHTTPRangeReader doc in d69ebfd.

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Agreed it'd be better tied to the Reader. The catch is that sdk.Reader's ReadAt/WriteTo (and LoadTDF) take no context today, so a proper fix (per-call ctx, or ctx + Close) is a public API change to the TDF reader rather than something this type can do alone. I've documented the contract here and would like to take the API change as a follow-up ticket, if that works for you.

Comment thread sdk/http_range_reader.go
Only a 200 maps to ErrRangeNotSupported (now exported); redirects and
other statuses get their own messages. Read fails if the server reports
a different total size than the probe. Document that ctx bounds every
range request for the life of the reader.

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Bulk Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Decrypts 100
Successful Decrypts 100
Failed Decrypts 0
Total Time 438.471275ms
Throughput 228.07 requests/second

TDF3 Benchmark Results

Metric Value
Total Requests 5000
Successful Requests 5000
Failed Requests 0
Concurrent Requests 50
Total Time 46.567181287s
Average Latency 464.852089ms
Throughput 107.37 requests/second

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return 0, fmt.Errorf("range request for bytes %d-%d failed: %s", offset, end, resp.Status)
}
var gotStart, gotEnd, size int64
if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(resp.Header.Get("Content-Range"), "bytes %d-%d/%d", &gotStart, &gotEnd, &size); err != nil {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject malformed Content-Range totals.

fmt.Sscanf need not consume the full header. A server can send Content-Range: bytes 0-0/1junk, and the probe accepts it. It also accepts a total of -1; the reader then treats the resource as already at EOF. Parse the complete header and require gotEnd < size before accepting a 206 response. (pkg.go.dev)

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on spec, * is allowed in the spec to indicate unknown/unsatisfiable.
off spec, there may be mistakes we want to account for.

I'm fine with the current solution, though, since it appropriately handles 'useful' responses, and the errors returned in the event of wrong/invalid responses are close enough

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@dmihalcik-virtru Thanks for clarifying. Stricter Content-Range validation is optional hardening for this change. I won’t press for a parser change.


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⚠️ Govulncheck found vulnerabilities ⚠️

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