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Re: [PATCH v7] http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responses

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 23, 2026, 21:47 UTC
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SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 12:23:48PM -0400, graysongordon-gl wrote:
>> From: Grayson Gordon <graysongordon1@gmail.com>
>> 
>> git never sets CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS, so libcurl never requests the
>> OCSP "Certificate Status Request" extension and any stapled response a
>> server sends is ignored, including responses that explicitly state the
>> certificate has been revoked.
> ...
> This patch was merged to 'next' the other day, and the last test in
> the new t5585 fails on my system.

Sorry about a premature merge. Since we are not in a hurry to take this topic in (or no new feature topic in general), let me revert it out of 'next' and give it a clean slate to try again.

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> ...
> I added that 'cat err' to see the error message.  Turns out that 'git
> ls-remote' can't even find the repository on the remote, but the
> prereq is still considered fulfilled.  Is that right?
> ...
> This time the error message talks about missing OCSP response, but the
> prereq is still considered fulfilled.  Again: is that right?!
>
> Instead of the lack of a certain string in the error message, is
> there something positive that we can test instead?

Oh, that is a very constructive and useful suggestion. Greatly appreciated.

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> So this test case fails for me with the following trace output:
>
>   expecting success of 5585.5 'revoked certificate is accepted without http.sslVerifyStatus': 
>   	with_ssl_verification git ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" >actual &&
>   	test_line_count -gt 0 actual
>   
>   + with_ssl_verification git ls-remote https://127.0.0.1:5585/smart/repo.git
>   + sane_unset GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY
>   + unset GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY
>   + return 0
>   + GIT_SSL_CAINFO=/home/szeder/src/git/t/trash directory.t5585-http-ssl-ocsp/httpd/ca.pem git ls-remote https://127.0.0.1:5585/smart/repo.git
>   fatal: unable to access 'https://127.0.0.1:5585/smart/repo.git/': server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /home/szeder/src/git/t/trash directory.t5585-http-ssl-ocsp/httpd/ca.pem CRLfile: none
>   error: last command exited with $?=128
>   not ok 5 - revoked certificate is accepted without http.sslVerifyStatus
>   #	
>   #		with_ssl_verification git ls-remote "$HTTPD_URL/smart/repo.git" >actual &&
>   #		test_line_count -gt 0 actual
>   #	
>  
> libcurl is 7.81.0, apache is 2.4.52 (whatever is shipped in this
> slowly aging LTS...)
Thanks.
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  1. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 11, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2026
  3. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 11, 2026
  4. Patrick SteinhardtAug 12, 2026
  5. Grayson GordonAug 12, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2026
  7. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 12, 2026
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2026
  10. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 17, 2026
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2026
  12. Patrick SteinhardtAug 18, 2026
  13. Grayson GordonAug 18, 2026
  14. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2026
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2026
  16. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 18, 2026
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2026
  18. Grayson GordonAug 18, 2026
  19. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Aug 18, 2026
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2026
  21. Grayson GordonAug 28, 2026
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2026
  23. Patrick SteinhardtAug 31, 2026
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2026
  25. Patrick SteinhardtAug 31, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2026
  27. Grayson GordonSep 8, 2026
  28. http: add http.sslVerifyStatus to check stapled OCSP responsesgraysongordon-gl, Sep 15, 2026
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2026
  30. Patrick SteinhardtSep 23, 2026
  31. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2026
  32. SZEDER GáborSep 23, 2026
  33. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2026
  34. SZEDER GáborSep 24, 2026
  35. Patrick SteinhardtSep 24, 2026
  36. SZEDER GáborSep 25, 2026
  37. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2026
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2026
  39. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2026
  40. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2026

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