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zap/quic/benchmark_test.go
Hanzo DevandGitHub c1af0458cc feat(quic): ZAP transport with X25519MLKEM768 PQ-TLS (#6)
New package github.com/luxfi/zap/quic provides the canonical QUIC
transport for the ZAP messaging substrate.

Wire format is identical to the TCP transport (length-prefixed
Cap'n Proto frames), so every consumer's wire-level expectations
are preserved.

What QUIC adds beyond TCP+TLS:

  - Multiplexed bidi/uni streams (one ZAP RPC per QUIC stream,
    no head-of-line blocking between RPCs)
  - Connection migration on local-IP changes (Wi-Fi to LTE,
    NAT rebind, validator re-homing)
  - 0-RTT resumption via TLS 1.3 session tickets
  - TLS 1.3 hybrid post-quantum key exchange X25519MLKEM768
    (IANA NamedGroup 0x11ec) as the default
  - ALPN allowlist 'zap/1'

Cryptography:

  - We use the IANA-registered hybrid X25519MLKEM768 verbatim;
    no custom combiner, no z-wing fork. Go stdlib's crypto/tls
    performs HKDF-Extract(X25519_ss || MLKEM_ss) internally.
  - Server cert sig stays classical (ECDSA / RSA) — Go stdlib
    TLS does not yet ship ML-DSA. The hybrid KEM defends against
    harvest-now/decrypt-later; the cert is the orthogonal
    auth-time concern, gated by today's trusted CA.
  - 0-RTT replay is documented; non-idempotent handlers must
    set RejectEarlyData=true.

Back-compat is sacred: TransportTCP is the default for
NodeConfig.Transport, so every existing consumer keeps working
untouched. TransportQUIC is opt-in and requires:

  import _ "github.com/luxfi/zap/quic"

so the QUIC TransportFactory registers itself at init.

Tests prove X25519MLKEM768 actually negotiates end-to-end:

  $ go test ./quic/... -run TestHandshake -v
  TestHandshake_NegotiatesX25519MLKEM768
      client negotiated CurveID = 0x11ec, ALPN = "zap/1"
  --- PASS

Also covered: classical-fallback negotiation when server excludes
the hybrid, ALPN allowlist rejection, multiplex of concurrent
streams, 0-RTT round-trip, unidirectional broadcast streams,
frame-size enforcement, QUICConfig propagation through Listen.

Benchmarks on Apple M1 Max (1-RPC ping-pong, single connection):

  RTT_QUIC/256B            0.40 MB/s   634 us/op
  RTT_QUIC/1MiB           44.94 MB/s    23 ms/op
  RTT_TCP_Baseline/256B    3.16 MB/s    81 us/op  (no TLS, no PQ)
  RTT_TCP_Baseline/1MiB  838.88 MB/s   1.2 ms/op
  Multistream concurrent (16 parallel): 5.02 MB/s @ 50us/op

QUIC pays for TLS 1.3 + PQ KEM relative to the plaintext-TCP
baseline; small-message latency is 8x, large-message throughput
is 18x slower. The multistream concurrency case is where QUIC
wins — independent RPCs do not block each other.

Files:

  quic/conn.go         transport-level Conn (Send/Recv/streams)
  quic/server.go       Listener wrapping quic-go Listener/EarlyListener
  quic/client.go       Dialer with 0-RTT-attempting DialEarly
  quic/tls.go          TLS defaults + self-signed test cert helper
  quic/factory.go      registers QUIC TransportFactory with parent zap pkg
  quic/config.go       Config wrapper exposed via NodeConfig.QUICConfig
  quic/doc.go          package documentation
  quic/README.md       deployment guide + threat model
  quic/handshake_test.go  X25519MLKEM768 negotiation + multiplex + 0-RTT
  quic/benchmark_test.go  QUIC vs TCP baseline RTT + throughput

  transport.go         new Transport enum + TransportFactory hook
  node_quic.go         QUIC-path Send/Call/ConnectDirect dispatch
  node.go              additive: Transport field on NodeConfig, branch
                       in Start/Send/Call/ConnectDirect
  LLM.md               QUIC transport section under PQ-TLS Support
  go.mod / go.sum      add github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.59.1
2026-06-02 03:53:13 -07:00

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// Copyright (C) 2026, Lux Industries Inc. All rights reserved.
// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
package quic_test
import (
"context"
"crypto/tls"
"encoding/binary"
"errors"
"io"
"net"
"sync"
"testing"
"time"
zapquic "github.com/luxfi/zap/quic"
)
// benchSizes are the message sizes we benchmark in both directions:
// 256B representative of a small RPC envelope, 1 MiB representative
// of a large message (block proposal, FHE ciphertext fragment, etc.).
var benchSizes = []int{256, 1024 * 1024}
// BenchmarkRTT_QUIC measures per-RPC round-trip latency on a single
// QUIC connection (control stream). One frame request → one frame
// response → repeat. b.N round trips are measured.
//
// Compare to BenchmarkRTT_TCP_Baseline below.
func BenchmarkRTT_QUIC(b *testing.B) {
for _, sz := range benchSizes {
sz := sz
b.Run(payloadLabel(sz), func(b *testing.B) {
srv, cli := newBenchPair(b)
defer cli.Close()
defer srv.Close()
payload := makePayload(sz)
serverDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(serverDone)
c, err := srv.Accept(context.Background())
if err != nil {
return
}
defer c.Close()
for {
frame, err := c.Recv()
if err != nil {
return
}
if err := c.Send(frame); err != nil {
return
}
}
}()
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
defer cancel()
c, err := cli.Dial(ctx, srv.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Dial: %v", err)
}
defer c.Close()
b.SetBytes(int64(sz))
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
if err := c.Send(payload); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Send: %v", err)
}
if _, err := c.Recv(); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Recv: %v", err)
}
}
b.StopTimer()
c.Close()
<-serverDone
})
}
}
// BenchmarkRTT_TCP_Baseline is the TCP+plaintext comparison: same
// payload sizes, same one-frame-per-rpc pattern, no TLS overhead at
// all. This is the baseline against which QUIC is measured.
//
// Plaintext TCP is the most generous baseline; QUIC always pays for
// TLS 1.3 + hybrid PQ KEM. We use it as the upper bound — QUIC
// cannot beat plaintext TCP in latency, but it should be in the
// same order of magnitude.
func BenchmarkRTT_TCP_Baseline(b *testing.B) {
for _, sz := range benchSizes {
sz := sz
b.Run(payloadLabel(sz), func(b *testing.B) {
ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
}
defer ln.Close()
serverDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(serverDone)
c, err := ln.Accept()
if err != nil {
return
}
defer c.Close()
for {
frame, err := readLPFrame(c)
if err != nil {
return
}
if err := writeLPFrame(c, frame); err != nil {
return
}
}
}()
c, err := net.Dial("tcp", ln.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("dial: %v", err)
}
defer c.Close()
payload := makePayload(sz)
b.SetBytes(int64(sz))
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
if err := writeLPFrame(c, payload); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
}
if _, err := readLPFrame(c); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("read: %v", err)
}
}
b.StopTimer()
c.Close()
<-serverDone
})
}
}
// BenchmarkThroughput_QUIC measures one-way throughput on a single
// QUIC stream: client streams b.N frames, server reads them.
func BenchmarkThroughput_QUIC(b *testing.B) {
for _, sz := range benchSizes {
sz := sz
b.Run(payloadLabel(sz), func(b *testing.B) {
srv, cli := newBenchPair(b)
defer cli.Close()
defer srv.Close()
serverDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(serverDone)
c, err := srv.Accept(context.Background())
if err != nil {
return
}
defer c.Close()
for {
if _, err := c.Recv(); err != nil {
return
}
}
}()
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
defer cancel()
c, err := cli.Dial(ctx, srv.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Dial: %v", err)
}
defer c.Close()
payload := makePayload(sz)
b.SetBytes(int64(sz))
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
if err := c.Send(payload); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Send: %v", err)
}
}
b.StopTimer()
c.Close()
<-serverDone
})
}
}
// BenchmarkThroughput_TCP_Baseline is the TCP plaintext throughput
// baseline.
func BenchmarkThroughput_TCP_Baseline(b *testing.B) {
for _, sz := range benchSizes {
sz := sz
b.Run(payloadLabel(sz), func(b *testing.B) {
ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
}
defer ln.Close()
serverDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(serverDone)
c, err := ln.Accept()
if err != nil {
return
}
defer c.Close()
for {
if _, err := readLPFrame(c); err != nil {
return
}
}
}()
c, err := net.Dial("tcp", ln.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("dial: %v", err)
}
defer c.Close()
payload := makePayload(sz)
b.SetBytes(int64(sz))
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
if err := writeLPFrame(c, payload); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
}
}
b.StopTimer()
c.Close()
<-serverDone
})
}
}
// BenchmarkMultistreamConcurrentRPC measures how QUIC's stream
// multiplexing changes per-RPC latency under concurrency. We fan
// out 16 concurrent RPCs over one connection and report aggregate
// per-RPC latency.
func BenchmarkMultistreamConcurrentRPC(b *testing.B) {
const concurrency = 16
srv, cli := newBenchPair(b)
defer cli.Close()
defer srv.Close()
serverDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(serverDone)
c, err := srv.Accept(context.Background())
if err != nil {
return
}
defer c.Close()
for {
s, err := c.AcceptStream(context.Background())
if err != nil {
return
}
go func(s *zapquic.Stream) {
defer s.Close()
frame, err := s.ReadFrame()
if err != nil {
return
}
_ = s.WriteFrame(frame)
}(s)
}
}()
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
defer cancel()
c, err := cli.Dial(ctx, srv.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Dial: %v", err)
}
defer c.Close()
payload := makePayload(256)
b.SetBytes(int64(len(payload)))
b.ResetTimer()
b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
for pb.Next() {
s, err := c.OpenStream(ctx)
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("OpenStream: %v", err)
}
if err := s.WriteFrame(payload); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("WriteFrame: %v", err)
}
if err := s.CloseWrite(); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("CloseWrite: %v", err)
}
if _, err := s.ReadFrame(); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("ReadFrame: %v", err)
}
_ = s.Close()
}
})
b.StopTimer()
_ = concurrency // documentation
c.Close()
<-serverDone
}
// newBenchPair returns a fresh server+client. Shared by all the
// QUIC benchmarks to keep the setup boilerplate localized.
func newBenchPair(tb testing.TB) (*zapquic.Server, *zapquic.Client) {
cert, err := zapquic.GenerateSelfSignedCert("127.0.0.1", "::1", "localhost")
if err != nil {
tb.Fatalf("cert: %v", err)
}
serverTLS := &tls.Config{Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert}}
clientTLS := &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
srv, err := zapquic.Listen(zapquic.ServerConfig{
NodeID: "bench-server",
Addr: "127.0.0.1:0",
TLS: serverTLS,
})
if err != nil {
tb.Fatalf("Listen: %v", err)
}
cli, err := zapquic.NewClient(zapquic.ClientConfig{
NodeID: "bench-client",
TLS: clientTLS,
})
if err != nil {
_ = srv.Close()
tb.Fatalf("NewClient: %v", err)
}
return srv, cli
}
// makePayload returns a deterministic byte slice of size n.
func makePayload(n int) []byte {
p := make([]byte, n)
for i := range p {
p[i] = byte(i)
}
return p
}
// payloadLabel returns "256B" or "1MiB" — used as the sub-benchmark
// name.
func payloadLabel(n int) string {
switch n {
case 256:
return "256B"
case 1024 * 1024:
return "1MiB"
default:
return ""
}
}
// writeLPFrame writes a length-prefixed frame to a plaintext TCP
// connection — used by the TCP baselines. Wire format matches
// ZAP's TCP transport.
func writeLPFrame(w io.Writer, frame []byte) error {
var hdr [4]byte
binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(hdr[:], uint32(len(frame)))
if _, err := w.Write(hdr[:]); err != nil {
return err
}
_, err := w.Write(frame)
return err
}
func readLPFrame(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
var hdr [4]byte
if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, hdr[:]); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
n := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(hdr[:])
if n == 0 {
return nil, errors.New("zero-length frame")
}
buf := make([]byte, n)
if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return buf, nil
}
// Just keep sync referenced (used historically); silences any future
// unused-import refactor noise.
var _ = sync.Mutex{}