feat(tonic): add h2::Error as a source for Status (#612)

## Motivation

A gRPC server may send a HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame with NO_ERROR status to gracefully shutdown a connection. This appears to Tonic users as a `tonic::Status` with `Code::Internal` and the message set to `h2 protocol error: protocol error: not a result of an error`.

The only way to currently detect this case and differentiate it from other internal errors (e.g., an application-level internal error) is to match on the message. A client may want to differentiate these cases because it may only want to alert on the application-level internal error and not on the transient transport-level issue. (Indeed, this is the use case for which I'm envisioning using this change.)

Matching on a message is not as robust, however, as matching on an `h2::Error` and its reason code. (The message could change for example if a future version of Tonic decided to vary the message. This would break any users that matched on the previous version of the message.)

## Solution

Store the `h2::Error` used when creating a `tonic::Status` from a `h2::Error` and provide it as the `source` for purposes of `std::error::Error`. This will allow users to downcast it and match on the original `h2::Reason`.

tonic/src/client/grpc.rs

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ impl<T> Grpc<T> {
             .inner
             .call(request)
             .await
-            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(&*(err.into())))?;
+            .map_err(|err| Status::from_error(err.into()))?;
 
         let status_code = response.status();
         let trailers_only_status = Status::from_header_map(response.headers());

tonic/src/codec/decode.rs

@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ impl<T> Streaming<T> {
         // them manually.
         let map = future::poll_fn(|cx| Pin::new(&mut self.body).poll_trailers(cx))
             .await
-            .map_err(|e| Status::from_error(&e))?;
+            .map_err(|e| Status::from_error(Box::new(e)));
 
-        Ok(map.map(MetadataMap::from_headers))
+        map.map(|x| x.map(MetadataMap::from_headers))
     }
 
     fn decode_chunk(&mut self) -> Result<Option<T>, Status> {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl<T> Stream for Streaming<T> {
                 Some(Err(e)) => {
                     let err: crate::Error = e.into();
                     debug!("decoder inner stream error: {:?}", err);
-                    let status = Status::from_error(&*err);
+                    let status = Status::from_error(err);
                     return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(status)));
                 }
                 None => None,
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl<T> Stream for Streaming<T> {
                 Err(e) => {
                     let err: crate::Error = e.into();
                     debug!("decoder inner trailers error: {:?}", err);
-                    let status = Status::from_error(&*err);
+                    let status = Status::from_error(err);
                     return Some(Err(status)).into();
                 }
             }

tonic/src/codec/prost.rs

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let msg = Vec::from(&[0u8; 1024][..]);
 
-        let messages = std::iter::repeat(Ok::<_, Status>(msg)).take(10000);
+        let messages = std::iter::repeat_with(move || Ok::<_, Status>(msg.clone())).take(10000);
         let source = futures_util::stream::iter(messages);
 
         let body = encode_server(encoder, source);

tonic/src/status.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const GRPC_STATUS_DETAILS_HEADER: &str = "grpc-status-details-bin";
 /// assert_eq!(status1.code(), Code::InvalidArgument);
 /// assert_eq!(status1.code(), status2.code());
 /// ```
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Status {
     /// The gRPC status code, found in the `grpc-status` header.
     code: Code,
@@ -45,6 +44,8 @@ pub struct Status {
     /// If the metadata contains any headers with names reserved either by the gRPC spec
     /// or by `Status` fields above, they will be ignored.
     metadata: MetadataMap,
+    /// Optional underlying error.
+    source: Option<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>>,
 }
 
 /// gRPC status codes used by [`Status`].
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ impl Status {
             message: message.into(),
             details: Bytes::new(),
             metadata: MetadataMap::new(),
+            source: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -302,38 +304,34 @@ impl Status {
     }
 
     #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "transport"), allow(dead_code))]
-    pub(crate) fn from_error(err: &(dyn Error + 'static)) -> Status {
+    pub(crate) fn from_error(err: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>) -> Status {
-        Status::try_from_error(err).unwrap_or_else(|| Status::new(Code::Unknown, err.to_string()))
+        Status::try_from_error(err)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|err| Status::new(Code::Unknown, err.to_string()))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn try_from_error(err: &(dyn Error + 'static)) -> Option<Status> {
+    pub(crate) fn try_from_error(
-        let mut cause = Some(err);
+        err: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>,
-
+    ) -> Result<Status, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
-        while let Some(err) = cause {
+        let err = match err.downcast::<Status>() {
-            if let Some(status) = err.downcast_ref::<Status>() {
+            Ok(status) => {
-                return Some(Status {
+                return Ok(*status);
-                    code: status.code,
-                    message: status.message.clone(),
-                    details: status.details.clone(),
-                    metadata: status.metadata.clone(),
-                });
             }
+            Err(err) => err,
+        };
 
-            #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
-            {
+        let err = match err.downcast::<h2::Error>() {
-                if let Some(h2) = err.downcast_ref::<h2::Error>() {
+            Ok(h2) => {
-                    return Some(Status::from_h2_error(h2));
+                return Ok(Status::from_h2_error(&*h2));
-                }
-
-                if let Some(timeout) = err.downcast_ref::<crate::transport::TimeoutExpired>() {
-                    return Some(Status::cancelled(timeout.to_string()));
-                }
             }
+            Err(err) => err,
+        };
 
-            cause = err.source();
+        if let Some(status) = find_status_in_source_chain(&*err) {
+            return Ok(status);
         }
 
-        None
+        Err(err)
     }
 
     // FIXME: bubble this into `transport` and expose generic http2 reasons.
@@ -356,7 +354,13 @@ impl Status {
             _ => Code::Unknown,
         };
 
-        Status::new(code, format!("h2 protocol error: {}", err))
+        let mut status = Self::new(code, format!("h2 protocol error: {}", err));
+        let error = err
+            .reason()
+            .map(h2::Error::from)
+            .map(|err| Box::new(err) as Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>);
+        status.source = error;
+        status
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
@@ -374,7 +378,8 @@ impl Status {
     where
         E: Into<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>,
     {
-        Status::from_error(&*err.into())
+        let err: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> = err.into();
+        Status::from_error(err)
     }
 
     /// Extract a `Status` from a hyper `HeaderMap`.
@@ -410,6 +415,7 @@ impl Status {
                     message,
                     details,
                     metadata: MetadataMap::from_headers(other_headers),
+                    source: None,
                 },
                 Err(err) => {
                     warn!("Error deserializing status message header: {}", err);
@@ -418,6 +424,7 @@ impl Status {
                         message: format!("Error deserializing status message header: {}", err),
                         details,
                         metadata: MetadataMap::from_headers(other_headers),
+                        source: None,
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -505,6 +512,7 @@ impl Status {
             message: message.into(),
             details,
             metadata,
+            source: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -524,6 +532,32 @@ impl Status {
     }
 }
 
+fn find_status_in_source_chain(err: &(dyn Error + 'static)) -> Option<Status> {
+    let mut source = Some(err);
+
+    while let Some(err) = source {
+        if let Some(status) = err.downcast_ref::<Status>() {
+            return Some(Status {
+                code: status.code,
+                message: status.message.clone(),
+                details: status.details.clone(),
+                metadata: status.metadata.clone(),
+                // Since `Status` is not `Clone`, any `source` on the original Status
+                // cannot be cloned so must remain with the original `Status`.
+                source: None,
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
+        if let Some(timeout) = err.downcast_ref::<crate::transport::TimeoutExpired>() {
+            return Some(Status::cancelled(timeout.to_string()));
+        }
+
+        source = err.source();
+    }
+
+    None
+}
 impl fmt::Debug for Status {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         // A manual impl to reduce the noise of frequently empty fields.
@@ -543,6 +577,8 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Status {
             builder.field("metadata", &self.metadata);
         }
 
+        builder.field("source", &self.source);
+
         builder.finish()
     }
 }
@@ -609,7 +645,11 @@ impl fmt::Display for Status {
     }
 }
 
-impl Error for Status {}
+impl Error for Status {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
+        self.source.as_ref().map(|err| (&**err) as _)
+    }
+}
 
 ///
 /// Take the `Status` value from `trailers` if it is available, else from `status_code`.
@@ -775,25 +815,25 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn from_error_status() {
         let orig = Status::new(Code::OutOfRange, "weeaboo");
-        let found = Status::from_error(&orig);
+        let found = Status::from_error(Box::new(orig));
 
-        assert_eq!(orig.code(), found.code());
+        assert_eq!(found.code(), Code::OutOfRange);
-        assert_eq!(orig.message(), found.message());
+        assert_eq!(found.message(), "weeaboo");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn from_error_unknown() {
         let orig: Error = "peek-a-boo".into();
-        let found = Status::from_error(&*orig);
+        let found = Status::from_error(orig);
 
         assert_eq!(found.code(), Code::Unknown);
-        assert_eq!(found.message(), orig.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(found.message(), "peek-a-boo".to_string());
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn from_error_nested() {
         let orig = Nested(Box::new(Status::new(Code::OutOfRange, "weeaboo")));
-        let found = Status::from_error(&orig);
+        let found = Status::from_error(Box::new(orig));
 
         assert_eq!(found.code(), Code::OutOfRange);
         assert_eq!(found.message(), "weeaboo");
@@ -802,10 +842,18 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[cfg(feature = "transport")]
     fn from_error_h2() {
+        use std::error::Error as _;
+
         let orig = h2::Error::from(h2::Reason::CANCEL);
-        let found = Status::from_error(&orig);
+        let found = Status::from_error(Box::new(orig));
 
         assert_eq!(found.code(), Code::Cancelled);
+
+        let source = found
+            .source()
+            .and_then(|err| err.downcast_ref::<h2::Error>())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.reason(), Some(h2::Reason::CANCEL));
     }
 
     #[test]

tonic/src/transport/server/recover_error.rs

@@ -67,15 +67,14 @@ where
                 let response = response.map(MaybeEmptyBody::full);
                 Poll::Ready(Ok(response))
             }
-            Err(err) => {
+            Err(err) => match Status::try_from_error(err) {
-                if let Some(status) = Status::try_from_error(&*err) {
+                Ok(status) => {
                     let mut res = Response::new(MaybeEmptyBody::empty());
                     status.add_header(res.headers_mut()).unwrap();
                     Poll::Ready(Ok(res))
-                } else {
-                    Poll::Ready(Err(err))
                 }
-            }
+                Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Err(err)),
+            },
         }
     }
 }