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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "mozilla/Components.h"
#include "mozilla/ClearOnShutdown.h"
#include "mozilla/NullPrincipal.h"
#include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_dom.h"
#include "mozilla/net/DNS.h"
#include "nsContentUtils.h"
#include "nsHTTPSOnlyUtils.h"
#include "nsIConsoleService.h"
#include "nsIHttpChannel.h"
#include "nsIHttpChannelInternal.h"
#include "nsIHttpsOnlyModePermission.h"
#include "nsIPermissionManager.h"
#include "nsIPrincipal.h"
#include "nsIRedirectHistoryEntry.h"
#include "nsIScriptError.h"
#include "nsIURIMutator.h"
#include "nsNetUtil.h"
#include "prnetdb.h"

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(bool aFromPrivateWindow) {
  // if the general pref is set to true, then we always return
  if (mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_only_mode()) {
    return true;
  }

  // otherwise we check if executing in private browsing mode and return true
  // if the PBM pref for HTTPS-Only is set.
  if (aFromPrivateWindow &&
      mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_only_mode_pbm()) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(bool aFromPrivateWindow) {
  // if the general pref is set to true, then we always return
  if (mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_first()) {
    return true;
  }

  // otherwise we check if executing in private browsing mode and return true
  // if the PBM pref for HTTPS-First is set.
  if (aFromPrivateWindow &&
      mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_first_pbm()) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

/* static */
void nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::PotentiallyFireHttpRequestToShortenTimout(
    mozilla::net::DocumentLoadListener* aDocumentLoadListener) {
  // only send http background request to counter timeouts if the
  // pref allows us to do that.
  if (!mozilla::StaticPrefs::
          dom_security_https_only_mode_send_http_background_request()) {
    return;
  }

  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel = aDocumentLoadListener->GetChannel();
  if (!channel) {
    return;
  }

  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->LoadInfo();
  bool isPrivateWin = loadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;

  // if neither HTTPS-Only nor HTTPS-First mode is enabled, then there is
  // nothing to do here.
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      !IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return;
  }

  // if we are not dealing with a top-level load, then there is nothing to do
  // here.
  if (loadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType() !=
      ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
    return;
  }

  // if the load is exempt, then there is nothing to do here.
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    return;
  }

  // if it's not an http channel, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannel> httpChannel(do_QueryInterface(channel));
  if (!httpChannel) {
    return;
  }

  // if it's not a GET method, then there is nothing to do here either.
  nsAutoCString method;
  mozilla::Unused << httpChannel->GetRequestMethod(method);
  if (!method.EqualsLiteral("GET")) {
    return;
  }

  // if it's already an https channel, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> channelURI;
  channel->GetURI(getter_AddRefs(channelURI));
  if (!channelURI->SchemeIs("http")) {
    return;
  }

  // HTTPS-First only applies to standard ports but HTTPS-Only brute forces
  // all http connections to be https and overrules HTTPS-First. In case
  // HTTPS-First is enabled, but HTTPS-Only is not enabled, we might return
  // early if attempting to send a background request to a non standard port.
  if (IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      !IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    int32_t port = 0;
    nsresult rv = channelURI->GetPort(&port);
    int defaultPortforScheme = NS_GetDefaultPort("http");
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && port != defaultPortforScheme && port != -1) {
      return;
    }
  }

  // Check for general exceptions
  if (OnionException(channelURI) || LoopbackOrLocalException(channelURI)) {
    return;
  }

  RefPtr<nsIRunnable> task =
      new TestHTTPAnswerRunnable(channelURI, aDocumentLoadListener);
  NS_DispatchToMainThread(task.forget());
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::ShouldUpgradeRequest(nsIURI* aURI,
                                            nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // 1. Check if the HTTPS-Only Mode is even enabled, before we do anything else
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 2. Check for general exceptions
  if (OnionException(aURI) || LoopbackOrLocalException(aURI)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 3. Check if NoUpgrade-flag is set in LoadInfo
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    AutoTArray<nsString, 1> params = {
        NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16(aURI->GetSpecOrDefault())};
    nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString("HTTPSOnlyNoUpgradeException", params,
                                         nsIScriptError::infoFlag, aLoadInfo,
                                         aURI);
    return false;
  }

  // All subresources of an exempt triggering principal are also exempt
  if (aLoadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType() !=
      ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
    if (!aLoadInfo->TriggeringPrincipal()->IsSystemPrincipal() &&
        TestIfPrincipalIsExempt(aLoadInfo->TriggeringPrincipal())) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  // We can upgrade the request - let's log it to the console
  // Appending an 's' to the scheme for the logging. (http -> https)
  nsAutoCString scheme;
  aURI->GetScheme(scheme);
  scheme.AppendLiteral("s");
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportSpec(aURI->GetSpecOrDefault());
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportScheme(scheme);

  bool isSpeculative = aLoadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType() ==
                       ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_SPECULATIVE;
  AutoTArray<nsString, 2> params = {reportSpec, reportScheme};
  nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString(
      isSpeculative ? "HTTPSOnlyUpgradeSpeculativeConnection"
                    : "HTTPSOnlyUpgradeRequest",
      params, nsIScriptError::warningFlag, aLoadInfo, aURI);

  // If the status was not determined before, we now indicate that the request
  // will get upgraded, but no event-listener has been registered yet.
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UNINITIALIZED) {
    httpsOnlyStatus ^= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UNINITIALIZED;
    httpsOnlyStatus |= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UPGRADED_LISTENER_NOT_REGISTERED;
    aLoadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(httpsOnlyStatus);
  }
  return true;
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::ShouldUpgradeWebSocket(nsIURI* aURI,
                                              nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // 1. Check if the HTTPS-Only Mode is even enabled, before we do anything else
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 2. Check for general exceptions
  if (OnionException(aURI) || LoopbackOrLocalException(aURI)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 3. Check if NoUpgrade-flag is set in LoadInfo
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    // Let's log to the console, that we didn't upgrade this request
    AutoTArray<nsString, 1> params = {
        NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16(aURI->GetSpecOrDefault())};
    nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString("HTTPSOnlyNoUpgradeException", params,
                                         nsIScriptError::infoFlag, aLoadInfo,
                                         aURI);
    return false;
  }

  // All subresources of an exempt triggering principal are also exempt.
  if (!aLoadInfo->TriggeringPrincipal()->IsSystemPrincipal() &&
      TestIfPrincipalIsExempt(aLoadInfo->TriggeringPrincipal())) {
    return false;
  }

  // We can upgrade the request - let's log it to the console
  // Appending an 's' to the scheme for the logging. (ws -> wss)
  nsAutoCString scheme;
  aURI->GetScheme(scheme);
  scheme.AppendLiteral("s");
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportSpec(aURI->GetSpecOrDefault());
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportScheme(scheme);

  AutoTArray<nsString, 2> params = {reportSpec, reportScheme};
  nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString("HTTPSOnlyUpgradeRequest", params,
                                       nsIScriptError::warningFlag, aLoadInfo,
                                       aURI);
  return true;
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsUpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoop(
    nsIURI* aURI, nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo,
    const mozilla::EnumSet<UpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoopOptions>& aOptions) {
  // 1. Check if the HTTPS-Only/HTTPS-First is even enabled, before doing
  // anything else
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  bool enforceForHTTPSOnlyMode =
      IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      aOptions.contains(
          UpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoopOptions::EnforceForHTTPSOnlyMode);
  bool enforceForHTTPSFirstMode =
      IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      aOptions.contains(
          UpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoopOptions::EnforceForHTTPSFirstMode);
  bool enforceForHTTPSRR =
      aOptions.contains(UpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoopOptions::EnforceForHTTPSRR);
  if (!enforceForHTTPSOnlyMode && !enforceForHTTPSFirstMode &&
      !enforceForHTTPSRR) {
    return false;
  }

  // 2. Check if the upgrade downgrade pref even wants us to try to break the
  // cycle. In the case that HTTPS RR is presented, we ignore this pref.
  if (!mozilla::StaticPrefs::
          dom_security_https_only_mode_break_upgrade_downgrade_endless_loop() &&
      !enforceForHTTPSRR) {
    return false;
  }

  // 3. If it's not a top-level load, then there is nothing to do here either.
  if (aLoadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType() !=
      ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
    return false;
  }

  // 4. If the load is exempt, then it's defintely not related to https-only
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if ((httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) &&
      !enforceForHTTPSRR) {
    return false;
  }

  // 5. If the URI to be loaded is not http, then it's defnitely no endless
  // loop caused by https-only.
  if (!aURI->SchemeIs("http")) {
    return false;
  }

  nsAutoCString uriHost;
  aURI->GetAsciiHost(uriHost);

  auto uriAndPrincipalComparator = [&](nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal) {
    nsAutoCString principalHost;
    aPrincipal->GetAsciiHost(principalHost);
    bool checkPath = mozilla::StaticPrefs::
        dom_security_https_only_check_path_upgrade_downgrade_endless_loop();
    if (!checkPath) {
      return uriHost.Equals(principalHost);
    }

    nsAutoCString uriPath;
    nsresult rv = aURI->GetFilePath(uriPath);
    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
      return false;
    }
    nsAutoCString principalPath;
    aPrincipal->GetFilePath(principalPath);
    return uriHost.Equals(principalHost) && uriPath.Equals(principalPath);
  };

  // 6. Check actual redirects. If the Principal that kicked off the
  // load/redirect is not https, then it's definitely not a redirect cause by
  // https-only. If the scheme of the principal however is https and the
  // asciiHost of the URI to be loaded and the asciiHost of the Principal are
  // identical, then we are dealing with an upgrade downgrade scenario and we
  // have to break the cycle.
  if (!aLoadInfo->RedirectChain().IsEmpty()) {
    nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> redirectPrincipal;
    for (nsIRedirectHistoryEntry* entry : aLoadInfo->RedirectChain()) {
      entry->GetPrincipal(getter_AddRefs(redirectPrincipal));
      if (redirectPrincipal && redirectPrincipal->SchemeIs("https") &&
          uriAndPrincipalComparator(redirectPrincipal)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
  } else {
    // 6.1 We should only check if this load is triggered by a user gesture
    // when the redirect chain is empty, since this information is only useful
    // in our case here. When the redirect chain is not empty, this load is
    // defnitely triggered by redirection, not a user gesture.
    if (aLoadInfo->GetHasValidUserGestureActivation()) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  // 7. Meta redirects and JS based redirects (win.location). If the security
  // context that triggered the load is not https, then it's defnitely no
  // endless loop caused by https-only. If the scheme is http however and the
  // asciiHost of the URI to be loaded matches the asciiHost of the Principal,
  // then we are dealing with an upgrade downgrade scenario and we have to break
  // the cycle.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> triggeringPrincipal = aLoadInfo->TriggeringPrincipal();
  if (!triggeringPrincipal->SchemeIs("https")) {
    return false;
  }

  return uriAndPrincipalComparator(triggeringPrincipal);
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::ShouldUpgradeHttpsFirstRequest(nsIURI* aURI,
                                                      nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // 1. Check if HTTPS-First Mode is enabled
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 2. HTTPS-First only upgrades top-level loads (and speculative connections)
  ExtContentPolicyType contentType = aLoadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType();
  if (contentType != ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT &&
      contentType != ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_SPECULATIVE) {
    return false;
  }

  // 3. Check for general exceptions
  if (OnionException(aURI) || LoopbackOrLocalException(aURI)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 4. Don't upgrade if upgraded previously or exempt from upgrades
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UPGRADED_HTTPS_FIRST ||
      httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    return false;
  }

  // 5. HTTPS-First Mode only upgrades default ports - do not upgrade the
  // request to https if port is specified and not the default port of 80.
  MOZ_ASSERT(aURI->SchemeIs("http"), "how come the request is not 'http'?");
  int defaultPortforScheme = NS_GetDefaultPort("http");
  // If no port is specified, then the API returns -1 to indicate the default
  // port.
  int32_t port = 0;
  nsresult rv = aURI->GetPort(&port);
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
  if (port != defaultPortforScheme && port != -1) {
    return false;
  }
  // 6. Do not upgrade form submissions (for now), revisit within
  // Bug 1720500: Revisit upgrading form submissions.
  if (aLoadInfo->GetIsFormSubmission()) {
    return false;
  }

  // https-first needs to account for breaking upgrade-downgrade endless
  // loops at this point because this function is called before we
  // check the redirect limit in HttpBaseChannel. If we encounter
  // a same-origin server side downgrade from e.g https://example.com
  // to http://example.com then we simply not annotating the loadinfo
  // and returning false from within this function. Please note that
  // the handling for https-only mode is different from https-first mode,
  // because https-only mode results in an exception page in case
  // we encounter and endless upgrade downgrade loop.
  bool isUpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoop = IsUpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoop(
      aURI, aLoadInfo,
      {UpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoopOptions::EnforceForHTTPSFirstMode});
  if (isUpgradeDowngradeEndlessLoop) {
    return false;
  }

  // We can upgrade the request - let's log to the console and set the status
  // so we know that we upgraded the request.
  nsAutoCString scheme;
  aURI->GetScheme(scheme);
  scheme.AppendLiteral("s");
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportSpec(aURI->GetSpecOrDefault());
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportScheme(scheme);

  bool isSpeculative = contentType == ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_SPECULATIVE;
  AutoTArray<nsString, 2> params = {reportSpec, reportScheme};
  nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString(
      isSpeculative ? "HTTPSOnlyUpgradeSpeculativeConnection"
                    : "HTTPSOnlyUpgradeRequest",
      params, nsIScriptError::warningFlag, aLoadInfo, aURI, true);

  // Set flag so we know that we upgraded the request
  httpsOnlyStatus |= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UPGRADED_HTTPS_FIRST;
  aLoadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(httpsOnlyStatus);
  return true;
}

/* static */
already_AddRefed<nsIURI>
nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::PotentiallyDowngradeHttpsFirstRequest(nsIChannel* aChannel,
                                                        nsresult aStatus) {
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = aChannel->LoadInfo();
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  // Only downgrade if we this request was upgraded using HTTPS-First Mode
  if (!(httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UPGRADED_HTTPS_FIRST)) {
    return nullptr;
  }
  // Once loading is in progress we set that flag so that timeout counter
  // measures do not kick in.
  loadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(
      httpsOnlyStatus | nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_LOAD_IN_PROGRESS);

  nsresult status = aStatus;
  // Since 4xx and 5xx errors return NS_OK instead of NS_ERROR_*, we need
  // to check each NS_OK for those errors.
  // Only downgrade an NS_OK status if it is an 4xx or 5xx error.
  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(aStatus)) {
    nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannel> httpChannel = do_QueryInterface(aChannel);
    // If no httpChannel exists we have nothing to do here.
    if (!httpChannel) {
      return nullptr;
    }
    uint32_t responseStatus = 0;
    if (NS_FAILED(httpChannel->GetResponseStatus(&responseStatus))) {
      return nullptr;
    }

    // In case we found one 4xx or 5xx error we need to log it later on,
    // for that reason we flip the nsresult 'status' from 'NS_OK' to the
    // corresponding NS_ERROR_*.
    // To do so we convert the response status to  an nsresult error
    // Every NS_OK that is NOT an 4xx or 5xx error code won't get downgraded.
    if (responseStatus >= 400 && responseStatus < 600) {
      // HttpProxyResponseToErrorCode() maps 400 and 404 on
      // the same error as a 500 status which would lead to no downgrade
      // later on. For that reason we explicit filter for 400 and 404 status
      // codes to log them correctly and to downgrade them if possible.
      switch (responseStatus) {
        case 400:
          status = NS_ERROR_PROXY_BAD_REQUEST;
          break;
        case 404:
          status = NS_ERROR_PROXY_NOT_FOUND;
          break;
        default:
          status = mozilla::net::HttpProxyResponseToErrorCode(responseStatus);
          break;
      }
    }
    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(status)) {
      return nullptr;
    }
  }

  // We're only downgrading if it's possible that the error was
  // caused by the upgrade.
  if (HttpsUpgradeUnrelatedErrorCode(status)) {
    return nullptr;
  }

  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> uri;
  nsresult rv = aChannel->GetURI(getter_AddRefs(uri));
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);

  nsAutoCString spec;
  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> newURI;

  // Only downgrade if the current scheme is (a) https or (b) view-source:https
  if (uri->SchemeIs("https")) {
    rv = uri->GetSpec(spec);
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);

    rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(newURI), spec);
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);

    rv = NS_MutateURI(newURI).SetScheme("http"_ns).Finalize(
        getter_AddRefs(newURI));
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);
  } else if (uri->SchemeIs("view-source")) {
    nsCOMPtr<nsINestedURI> nestedURI = do_QueryInterface(uri);
    if (!nestedURI) {
      return nullptr;
    }
    nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> innerURI;
    rv = nestedURI->GetInnerURI(getter_AddRefs(innerURI));
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);
    if (!innerURI || !innerURI->SchemeIs("https")) {
      return nullptr;
    }
    rv = NS_MutateURI(innerURI).SetScheme("http"_ns).Finalize(
        getter_AddRefs(innerURI));
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);

    nsAutoCString innerSpec;
    rv = innerURI->GetSpec(innerSpec);
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);

    spec.Append("view-source:");
    spec.Append(innerSpec);

    rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(newURI), spec);
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, nullptr);
  } else {
    return nullptr;
  }

  // Log downgrade to console
  NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 reportSpec(uri->GetSpecOrDefault());
  AutoTArray<nsString, 1> params = {reportSpec};
  nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString("HTTPSOnlyFailedDowngradeAgain", params,
                                       nsIScriptError::warningFlag, loadInfo,
                                       uri, true);

  return newURI.forget();
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::CouldBeHttpsOnlyError(nsIChannel* aChannel,
                                             nsresult aError) {
  // If there is no failed channel, then there is nothing to do here.
  if (!aChannel) {
    return false;
  }

  // If HTTPS-Only Mode is not enabled, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = aChannel->LoadInfo();
  bool isPrivateWin = loadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return false;
  }

  // If the load is exempt or did not get upgraded,
  // then there is nothing to do here.
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT ||
      httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_UNINITIALIZED) {
    return false;
  }

  // If it's one of those errors, then most likely it's not a HTTPS-Only error
  // (This list of errors is largely drawn from nsDocShell::DisplayLoadError())
  return !HttpsUpgradeUnrelatedErrorCode(aError);
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::TestIfPrincipalIsExempt(nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal) {
  static nsCOMPtr<nsIPermissionManager> sPermMgr;
  if (!sPermMgr) {
    sPermMgr = mozilla::components::PermissionManager::Service();
    mozilla::ClearOnShutdown(&sPermMgr);
  }
  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(sPermMgr, false);

  uint32_t perm;
  nsresult rv = sPermMgr->TestExactPermissionFromPrincipal(
      aPrincipal, "https-only-load-insecure"_ns, &perm);
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);

  return perm == nsIHttpsOnlyModePermission::LOAD_INSECURE_ALLOW ||
         perm == nsIHttpsOnlyModePermission::LOAD_INSECURE_ALLOW_SESSION;
}

/* static */
void nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::TestSitePermissionAndPotentiallyAddExemption(
    nsIChannel* aChannel) {
  NS_ENSURE_TRUE_VOID(aChannel);

  // if https-only mode is not enabled, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = aChannel->LoadInfo();
  bool isPrivateWin = loadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return;
  }

  // if it's not a top-level load then there is nothing to here.
  ExtContentPolicyType type = loadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType();
  if (type != ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
    return;
  }

  // it it's not an http channel, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannel> httpChannel = do_QueryInterface(aChannel);
  if (!httpChannel) {
    return;
  }

  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> principal;
  nsresult rv = nsContentUtils::GetSecurityManager()->GetChannelResultPrincipal(
      aChannel, getter_AddRefs(principal));
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS_VOID(rv);

  // We explicitly add or also remove the exemption flag, because this
  // function is also consulted after redirects.
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (TestIfPrincipalIsExempt(principal)) {
    httpsOnlyStatus |= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT;
  } else {
    httpsOnlyStatus &= ~nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT;
  }
  loadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(httpsOnlyStatus);
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsSafeToAcceptCORSOrMixedContent(
    nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // Check if the request is exempt from upgrades
  if ((aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus() & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT)) {
    return false;
  }
  // Check if HTTPS-Only Mode is enabled for this request
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  return nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin);
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::HttpsUpgradeUnrelatedErrorCode(nsresult aError) {
  return NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_HOST == aError || NS_ERROR_PHISHING_URI == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_MALWARE_URI == aError || NS_ERROR_UNWANTED_URI == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_HARMFUL_URI == aError || NS_ERROR_CONTENT_CRASHED == aError ||
         NS_ERROR_FRAME_CRASHED == aError;
}

/* ------ Logging ------ */

/* static */
void nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogLocalizedString(const char* aName,
                                          const nsTArray<nsString>& aParams,
                                          uint32_t aFlags,
                                          nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo, nsIURI* aURI,
                                          bool aUseHttpsFirst) {
  nsAutoString logMsg;
  nsContentUtils::FormatLocalizedString(nsContentUtils::eSECURITY_PROPERTIES,
                                        aName, aParams, logMsg);
  LogMessage(logMsg, aFlags, aLoadInfo, aURI, aUseHttpsFirst);
}

/* static */
void nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LogMessage(const nsAString& aMessage, uint32_t aFlags,
                                  nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo, nsIURI* aURI,
                                  bool aUseHttpsFirst) {
  // do not log to the console if the loadinfo says we should not!
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_DO_NOT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE) {
    return;
  }

  // Prepending HTTPS-Only to the outgoing console message
  nsString message;
  message.Append(aUseHttpsFirst ? u"HTTPS-First Mode: "_ns
                                : u"HTTPS-Only Mode: "_ns);
  message.Append(aMessage);

  // Allow for easy distinction in devtools code.
  auto category = aUseHttpsFirst ? "HTTPSFirst"_ns : "HTTPSOnly"_ns;

  uint64_t innerWindowId = aLoadInfo->GetInnerWindowID();
  if (innerWindowId > 0) {
    // Send to content console
    nsContentUtils::ReportToConsoleByWindowID(message, aFlags, category,
                                              innerWindowId, aURI);
  } else {
    // Send to browser console
    bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
    nsContentUtils::LogSimpleConsoleError(message, category, isPrivateWin,
                                          true /* from chrome context */,
                                          aFlags);
  }
}

/* ------ Exceptions ------ */

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::OnionException(nsIURI* aURI) {
  // Onion-host exception can get disabled with a pref
  if (mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_only_mode_upgrade_onion()) {
    return false;
  }
  nsAutoCString host;
  aURI->GetHost(host);
  return StringEndsWith(host, ".onion"_ns);
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::LoopbackOrLocalException(nsIURI* aURI) {
  nsAutoCString asciiHost;
  nsresult rv = aURI->GetAsciiHost(asciiHost);
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);

  // Let's make a quick check if the host matches these loopback strings
  // before we do anything else
  if (asciiHost.EqualsLiteral("localhost") || asciiHost.EqualsLiteral("::1")) {
    return true;
  }

  mozilla::net::NetAddr addr;
  if (NS_FAILED(addr.InitFromString(asciiHost))) {
    return false;
  }
  // Loopback IPs are always exempt
  if (addr.IsLoopbackAddr()) {
    return true;
  }

  // Local IP exception can get disabled with a pref
  bool upgradeLocal =
      mozilla::StaticPrefs::dom_security_https_only_mode_upgrade_local();
  return (!upgradeLocal && addr.IsIPAddrLocal());
}

/* static */
bool nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::IsEqualURIExceptSchemeAndRef(nsIURI* aHTTPSSchemeURI,
                                                    nsIURI* aOtherURI,
                                                    nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // 1. Check if one of parameters is null then webpage can't be loaded yet
  // and no further inspections are needed
  if (!aHTTPSSchemeURI || !aOtherURI || !aLoadInfo) {
    return false;
  }

  // 2. If the URI to be loaded is not http, then same origin will be detected
  // already
  if (!mozilla::net::SchemeIsHTTP(aOtherURI)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 3. Check if the HTTPS-Only Mode is even enabled, before we do anything else
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      !IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return false;
  }

  // 4. If the load is exempt, then it's defintely not related to https-only
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    return false;
  }

  // 5. Create a new target URI with 'https' instead of 'http' and compare it
  // to the current URI
  int32_t port = 0;
  nsresult rv = aOtherURI->GetPort(&port);
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
  // a port of -1 indicates the default port, hence we upgrade from port 80 to
  // port 443
  // otherwise we keep the port.
  if (port == -1) {
    port = NS_GetDefaultPort("https");
  }
  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> newHTTPSchemeURI;
  rv = NS_MutateURI(aOtherURI)
           .SetScheme("https"_ns)
           .SetPort(port)
           .Finalize(newHTTPSchemeURI);
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);

  bool uriEquals = false;
  if (NS_FAILED(
          aHTTPSSchemeURI->EqualsExceptRef(newHTTPSchemeURI, &uriEquals))) {
    return false;
  }

  return uriEquals;
}

/*static*/
void nsHTTPSOnlyUtils::PotentiallyClearExemptFlag(nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo) {
  // if neither HTTPS-Only nor HTTPS-First mode is enabled, then there is
  // nothing to do here.
  bool isPrivateWin = aLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes().mPrivateBrowsingId > 0;
  if (!IsHttpsOnlyModeEnabled(isPrivateWin) &&
      !IsHttpsFirstModeEnabled(isPrivateWin)) {
    return;
  }
  // if it is not a top-level load we have nothing to do here
  if (aLoadInfo->GetExternalContentPolicyType() !=
      ExtContentPolicy::TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
    return;
  }
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = aLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  // if request is not exempt we have nothing do here
  if (httpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT) {
    // clear exempt flag
    httpsOnlyStatus ^= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT;
    aLoadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(httpsOnlyStatus);
  }
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Implementation of TestHTTPAnswerRunnable

NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS_INHERITED(TestHTTPAnswerRunnable, mozilla::Runnable,
                            nsIStreamListener, nsIInterfaceRequestor,
                            nsITimerCallback)

TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::TestHTTPAnswerRunnable(
    nsIURI* aURI, mozilla::net::DocumentLoadListener* aDocumentLoadListener)
    : mozilla::Runnable("TestHTTPAnswerRunnable"),
      mURI(aURI),
      mDocumentLoadListener(aDocumentLoadListener) {}

/* static */
bool TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::IsBackgroundRequestRedirected(
    nsIHttpChannel* aChannel) {
  // If there is no background request (aChannel), then there is nothing
  // to do here.
  if (!aChannel) {
    return false;
  }
  // If the request was not redirected, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadinfo = aChannel->LoadInfo();
  if (loadinfo->RedirectChain().IsEmpty()) {
    return false;
  }

  // If the final URI is not targeting an https scheme, then we definitely not
  // dealing with a 'same-origin' redirect.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> finalURI;
  nsresult rv = NS_GetFinalChannelURI(aChannel, getter_AddRefs(finalURI));
  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
  if (!finalURI->SchemeIs("https")) {
    return false;
  }

  // If the background request was not http, then there is nothing to do here.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> firstURIPrincipal;
  loadinfo->RedirectChain()[0]->GetPrincipal(getter_AddRefs(firstURIPrincipal));
  if (!firstURIPrincipal || !firstURIPrincipal->SchemeIs("http")) {
    return false;
  }

  // By now we have verified that the inital background request was http and
  // that the redirected scheme is https. We want to find the following case
  // where the background channel redirects to the https version of the
  // top-level request.
  // --> background channel: http://example.com
  //      |--> redirects to: https://example.com
  // Now we have to check that the hosts are 'same-origin'.
  nsAutoCString redirectHost;
  nsAutoCString finalHost;
  firstURIPrincipal->GetAsciiHost(redirectHost);
  finalURI->GetAsciiHost(finalHost);
  return finalHost.Equals(redirectHost);
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::OnStartRequest(nsIRequest* aRequest) {
  // If the request status is not OK, it means it encountered some
  // kind of error in which case we do not want to do anything.
  nsresult requestStatus;
  aRequest->GetStatus(&requestStatus);
  if (requestStatus != NS_OK) {
    return NS_OK;
  }

  // Check if the original top-level channel which https-only is trying
  // to upgrade is already in progress or if the channel is an auth channel.
  // If it is in progress or Auth is in progress, then all good, if not
  // then let's cancel that channel so we can dispaly the exception page.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> docChannel = mDocumentLoadListener->GetChannel();
  nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannel> httpsOnlyChannel = do_QueryInterface(docChannel);
  if (httpsOnlyChannel) {
    nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = httpsOnlyChannel->LoadInfo();
    uint32_t topLevelLoadInProgress =
        loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus() &
        nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_LOAD_IN_PROGRESS;

    nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannelInternal> httpChannelInternal =
        do_QueryInterface(httpsOnlyChannel);
    bool isAuthChannel = false;
    mozilla::Unused << httpChannelInternal->GetIsAuthChannel(&isAuthChannel);
    // some server configurations need a long time to respond to an https
    // connection, but also redirect any http connection to the https version of
    // it. If the top-level load has not started yet, but the http background
    // request redirects to https, then do not show the error page, but keep
    // waiting for the https response of the upgraded top-level request.
    if (!topLevelLoadInProgress) {
      nsCOMPtr<nsIHttpChannel> backgroundHttpChannel =
          do_QueryInterface(aRequest);
      topLevelLoadInProgress =
          IsBackgroundRequestRedirected(backgroundHttpChannel);
    }
    if (!topLevelLoadInProgress && !isAuthChannel) {
      // Only really cancel the original top-level channel if it's
      // status is still NS_OK, otherwise it might have already
      // encountered some other error and was cancelled.
      nsresult httpsOnlyChannelStatus;
      httpsOnlyChannel->GetStatus(&httpsOnlyChannelStatus);
      if (httpsOnlyChannelStatus == NS_OK) {
        httpsOnlyChannel->Cancel(NS_ERROR_NET_TIMEOUT_EXTERNAL);
      }
    }
  }

  // Cancel this http request because it has reached the end of it's
  // lifetime at this point.
  aRequest->Cancel(NS_ERROR_ABORT);
  return NS_ERROR_ABORT;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::OnDataAvailable(nsIRequest* aRequest,
                                        nsIInputStream* aStream,
                                        uint64_t aOffset, uint32_t aCount) {
  // TestHTTPAnswerRunnable only cares about ::OnStartRequest which
  // will also cancel the request, so we should in fact never even
  // get here.
  MOZ_ASSERT(false, "how come we get to ::OnDataAvailable");
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::OnStopRequest(nsIRequest* aRequest,
                                      nsresult aStatusCode) {
  // TestHTTPAnswerRunnable only cares about ::OnStartRequest
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::GetInterface(const nsIID& aIID, void** aResult) {
  return QueryInterface(aIID, aResult);
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::Run() {
  // Wait N milliseconds to give the original https request a heads start
  // before firing up this http request in the background. By default the
  // timer is set to 3 seconds.  If the https request has not received
  // any signal from the server during that time, than it's almost
  // certain the upgraded request will result in time out.
  uint32_t background_timer_ms = mozilla::StaticPrefs::
      dom_security_https_only_fire_http_request_background_timer_ms();

  return NS_NewTimerWithCallback(getter_AddRefs(mTimer), this,
                                 background_timer_ms, nsITimer::TYPE_ONE_SHOT);
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
TestHTTPAnswerRunnable::Notify(nsITimer* aTimer) {
  if (mTimer) {
    mTimer->Cancel();
    mTimer = nullptr;
  }

  // If the original channel has already started loading at this point
  // then there is no need to do the dance.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> origChannel = mDocumentLoadListener->GetChannel();
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> origLoadInfo = origChannel->LoadInfo();
  uint32_t origHttpsOnlyStatus = origLoadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  uint32_t topLevelLoadInProgress =
      origHttpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_LOAD_IN_PROGRESS;
  uint32_t downloadInProgress =
      origHttpsOnlyStatus & nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS;
  if (topLevelLoadInProgress || downloadInProgress) {
    return NS_OK;
  }

  mozilla::OriginAttributes attrs = origLoadInfo->GetOriginAttributes();
  RefPtr<nsIPrincipal> nullPrincipal = mozilla::NullPrincipal::Create(attrs);

  uint32_t loadFlags =
      nsIRequest::LOAD_ANONYMOUS | nsIRequest::INHIBIT_CACHING |
      nsIRequest::INHIBIT_PERSISTENT_CACHING | nsIRequest::LOAD_BYPASS_CACHE |
      nsIChannel::LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER;

  // No need to connect to the URI including the path because we only care about
  // the round trip time if a server responds to an http request.
  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> backgroundChannelURI;
  nsAutoCString prePathStr;
  nsresult rv = mURI->GetPrePath(prePathStr);
  if (NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(rv))) {
    return rv;
  }
  rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(backgroundChannelURI), prePathStr);
  if (NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(rv))) {
    return rv;
  }

  // we are using TYPE_OTHER because TYPE_DOCUMENT might have side effects
  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> testHTTPChannel;
  rv = NS_NewChannel(getter_AddRefs(testHTTPChannel), backgroundChannelURI,
                     nullPrincipal,
                     nsILoadInfo::SEC_ALLOW_CROSS_ORIGIN_SEC_CONTEXT_IS_NULL,
                     nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr,
                     nullptr, loadFlags);

  if (NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(rv))) {
    return rv;
  }

  // We have exempt that load from HTTPS-Only to avoid getting upgraded
  // to https as well. Additonally let's not log that request to the console
  // because it might confuse end users.
  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = testHTTPChannel->LoadInfo();
  uint32_t httpsOnlyStatus = loadInfo->GetHttpsOnlyStatus();
  httpsOnlyStatus |= nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_EXEMPT |
                     nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_DO_NOT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE |
                     nsILoadInfo::HTTPS_ONLY_BYPASS_ORB;
  loadInfo->SetHttpsOnlyStatus(httpsOnlyStatus);

  testHTTPChannel->SetNotificationCallbacks(this);
  testHTTPChannel->AsyncOpen(this);
  return NS_OK;
}