fix(minimal): announce the bound port when net forward gets local port 0 by gominimal-aw-bot[bot] · Pull Request #1920 · gominimal/minimal

gominimal-aw-bot · 2026-10-04T00:29:32Z

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min net forward <session> 0:<box-port> binds an ephemeral local port
but announced localhost:0, naming nothing the user can connect to.
A box port of 0 was also accepted even though it names no service.

Fix: read the bound port back from the listener after bind and use it
in the announcements, tracing fields, and relay setup. Reject a box
port of 0 in parse_forward_spec.

Verification

cargo fmt --all --check — clean
cargo clippy -p minimal --no-deps -- -D warnings — clean
cargo build --workspace --locked — clean
cargo test -p minimal --locked — net-forward and forward-spec
tests pass (3 new unit tests, 1 new CLI test)

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Local port forwarding now accepts port 0 to automatically select an available local port and announces the assigned port.
Bug Fixes
- Box-side forwarding ports of 0 are rejected with a clear valid-range error.

A local port of 0 asks the OS to pick a free port, but the forward announced the requested port (0) instead of the one the listener actually bound, so the user was told to connect to localhost:0. Read the bound port back from the listener after bind and use it in the announcements, tracing fields, and relay setup. Also reject a box port of 0, which names no service inside the box. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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The forward command now accepts local port 0 and uses the OS-assigned listener port for announcements and forwarding. The parser rejects box port 0. Unit and Linux integration tests cover parsing and forwarded echo traffic.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Forward specification validation `crates/minimal/src/cli.rs`, `crates/minimal/src/tests.rs`	The parser accepts local port 0 and rejects box port 0. Unit tests cover these cases, out-of-range box ports, and malformed local ports.
Bind and announce the assigned port `crates/minimal/src/cmd/net.rs`, `crates/minimal/tests/cli.rs`	After binding, the command uses the listener’s actual port. A Linux integration test reads the announcement and verifies echo traffic through that port.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLITest
  participant MinNetForward
  participant Listener
  participant EchoServer
  CLITest->>MinNetForward: Request local port 0
  MinNetForward->>Listener: Bind to 127.0.0.1:0
  Listener-->>MinNetForward: Return bound port
  MinNetForward-->>CLITest: Announce bound port
  CLITest->>Listener: Send echo traffic
  Listener->>EchoServer: Forward traffic
  EchoServer-->>CLITest: Return echo response

Suggested reviewers: 0chroma

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0c5fc

Forwarding behavior appears ready, but a failing integration test can leave its subprocess running. Enable kill-on-drop before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 4 files.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title is concise, follows the Conventional Commit format, and clearly describes announcing the OS-assigned port when the local port is 0.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem and fix and reports verification commands and results. It uses “Verification” instead of the template’s “Testing” heading and omits the checklist, but the main inf…

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Review comments at @crates/minimal/tests/cli.rs:
- Around line 2386-2392: Enable kill-on-drop on the Tokio process command that
spawns the forward subprocess, so timeout or assertion failures terminate the
child when its handle is dropped; preserve the existing explicit cleanup path.

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# Conflicts: # crates/minimal/src/tests.rs

norrietaylor · 2026-10-04T20:11:10Z

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minimal-foundry · 2026-10-04T20:11:15Z

Approved: no findings at 71cd83942817.

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Clobber: none: git log --oneline on both source files shows the merge commit c1b906c5 followed the feature commit 0c5fc3d0; nothing reverts recent work.

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norrietaylor · 2026-10-05T03:49:00Z

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chore: merge main into the net forward bound-port fix

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# Conflicts: # crates/minimal/src/tests.rs

test(minimal): kill the forward child when the bound-port test fails

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norrietaylor changed the title ~~fix: announce the bound port when net forward gets local port 0~~ fix(minimal): announce the bound port when net forward gets local port 0 Oct 4, 2026

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test(minimal): skip tracing lines before the bound-port announcement

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docs(cli): note that net forward binds a free port for a local port of 0

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test(otel): requirement tests for mlog, min, minimald and minvmd; Kani lanes (6/7, spec 25) #1989

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