</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="libpq-connect-min-protocol-version" xreflabel="min_protocol_version">
+ <term><literal>min_protocol_version</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the minimum protocol version to allow for the connection.
+ The default is to allow any version of the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> protocol supported by libpq,
+ which currently means <literal>3.0</literal>. If the server
+ does not support at least this protocol version the connection will be
+ closed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The current supported values are
+ <literal>3.0</literal>, <literal>3.2</literal>,
+ and <literal>latest</literal>. The <literal>latest</literal> value is
+ equivalent to the latest protocol version supported by the libpq
+ version being used, which is currently <literal>3.2</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libpq-connect-max-protocol-version" xreflabel="max_protocol_version">
+ <term><literal>max_protocol_version</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the protocol version to request from the server.
+ The default is to use version <literal>3.0</literal> of the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> protocol, unless the connection
+ string specifies a feature that relies on a higher protocol version,
+ in which case the latest version supported by libpq is used. If the
+ server does not support the protocol version requested by the client,
+ the connection is automatically downgraded to a lower minor protocol
+ version that the server supports. After the connection attempt has
+ completed you can use <xref linkend="libpq-PQprotocolVersion"/> to
+ find out which exact protocol version was negotiated.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The current supported values are
+ <literal>3.0</literal>, <literal>3.2</literal>,
+ and <literal>latest</literal>. The <literal>latest</literal> value is
+ equivalent to the latest protocol version supported by the libpq
+ version being used, which is currently <literal>3.2</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="libpq-connect-ssl-max-protocol-version" xreflabel="ssl_max_protocol_version">
<term><literal>ssl_max_protocol_version</literal></term>
<listitem>
linkend="libpq-connect-load-balance-hosts"/> connection parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><envar>PGMINPROTOCOLVERSION</envar></primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <envar>PGMINPROTOCOLVERSION</envar> behaves the same as the <xref
+ linkend="libpq-connect-min-protocol-version"/> connection parameter.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><envar>PGMAXPROTOCOLVERSION</envar></primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <envar>PGMAXPROTOCOLVERSION</envar> behaves the same as the <xref
+ linkend="libpq-connect-max-protocol-version"/> connection parameter.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</para>
<para>
- This document describes version 3.0 of the protocol, implemented in
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4 and later. For descriptions
- of the earlier protocol versions, see previous releases of the
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> documentation. A single server
+ This document describes version 3.2 of the protocol, introduced in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> version 18. The server and the libpq
+ client library are backwards compatible with protocol version 3.0,
+ implemented in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4 and later.
+ For descriptions of earlier protocol versions, see previous releases of the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> documentation.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A single server
can support multiple protocol versions. The initial startup-request
message tells the server which protocol version the client is attempting to
use. If the major version requested by the client is not supported by
the server, the connection will be rejected (for example, this would occur
if the client requested protocol version 4.0, which does not exist as of
this writing). If the minor version requested by the client is not
- supported by the server (e.g., the client requests version 3.1, but the
+ supported by the server (e.g., the client requests version 3.2, but the
server supports only 3.0), the server may either reject the connection or
may respond with a NegotiateProtocolVersion message containing the highest
minor protocol version which it supports. The client may then choose either
to abort the connection.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The protocol negotiation was introduced in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> version 9.3.21. Earlier versions would
+ reject the connection if the client requested a minor version that was not
+ supported by the server.
+ </para>
+
<para>
In order to serve multiple clients efficiently, the server launches
a new <quote>backend</quote> process for each client.
this message indicates the highest supported minor version. This
message will also be sent if the client requested unsupported protocol
options (i.e., beginning with <literal>_pq_.</literal>) in the
- startup packet. This message will be followed by an ErrorResponse or
- a message indicating the success or failure of authentication.
+ startup packet.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After this message, the authentication will continue using the version
+ indicated by the server. If the client does not support the older
+ version, it should immediately close the connection. If the server
+ does not send this message, it supports the client's requested
+ protocol version and all the protocol options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
/*
* The earliest and latest frontend/backend protocol version supported.
- * (Only protocol version 3 is currently supported)
*/
#define PG_PROTOCOL_EARLIEST PG_PROTOCOL(3,0)
-#define PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST PG_PROTOCOL(3,0)
+#define PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST PG_PROTOCOL(3,2)
typedef uint32 ProtocolVersion; /* FE/BE protocol version number */
"Require-Auth", "", 14, /* sizeof("scram-sha-256") == 14 */
offsetof(struct pg_conn, require_auth)},
+ {"min_protocol_version", "PGMINPROTOCOLVERSION",
+ NULL, NULL,
+ "Min-Protocol-Version", "", 6, /* sizeof("latest") = 6 */
+ offsetof(struct pg_conn, min_protocol_version)},
+
+ {"max_protocol_version", "PGMAXPROTOCOLVERSION",
+ NULL, NULL,
+ "Max-Protocol-Version", "", 6, /* sizeof("latest") = 6 */
+ offsetof(struct pg_conn, max_protocol_version)},
+
{"ssl_min_protocol_version", "PGSSLMINPROTOCOLVERSION", "TLSv1.2", NULL,
"SSL-Minimum-Protocol-Version", "", 8, /* sizeof("TLSv1.x") == 8 */
offsetof(struct pg_conn, ssl_min_protocol_version)},
static void default_threadlock(int acquire);
static bool sslVerifyProtocolVersion(const char *version);
static bool sslVerifyProtocolRange(const char *min, const char *max);
+static bool pqParseProtocolVersion(const char *value, ProtocolVersion *result, PGconn *conn, const char *context);
/* global variable because fe-auth.c needs to access it */
}
}
+ if (conn->min_protocol_version)
+ {
+ if (!pqParseProtocolVersion(conn->min_protocol_version, &conn->min_pversion, conn, "min_protocol_version"))
+ {
+ conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ conn->min_pversion = PG_PROTOCOL_EARLIEST;
+ }
+
+ if (conn->max_protocol_version)
+ {
+ if (!pqParseProtocolVersion(conn->max_protocol_version, &conn->max_pversion, conn, "max_protocol_version"))
+ {
+ conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /*
+ * To not break connecting to older servers/poolers that do not yet
+ * support NegotiateProtocolVersion, default to the 3.0 protocol at
+ * least for a while longer. Except when min_protocol_version is set
+ * to something larger, then we might as well default to the latest.
+ */
+ if (conn->min_pversion > PG_PROTOCOL(3, 0))
+ conn->max_pversion = PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST;
+ else
+ conn->max_pversion = PG_PROTOCOL(3, 0);
+ }
+
+ if (conn->min_pversion > conn->max_pversion)
+ {
+ conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;
+ libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "min_protocol_version is greater than max_protocol_version");
+ return false;
+ }
+
/*
* Resolve special "auto" client_encoding from the locale
*/
* must persist across individual connection attempts, but we must
* reset them when we start to consider a new server.
*/
- conn->pversion = PG_PROTOCOL(3, 0);
+ conn->pversion = conn->max_pversion;
conn->send_appname = true;
conn->failed_enc_methods = 0;
conn->current_enc_method = 0;
/* OK, we read the message; mark data consumed */
pqParseDone(conn, conn->inCursor);
+
goto keep_going;
}
return false;
}
+/*
+ * Parse and try to interpret "value" as a ProtocolVersion value, and if
+ * successful, store it in *result.
+ */
+static bool
+pqParseProtocolVersion(const char *value, ProtocolVersion *result, PGconn *conn,
+ const char *context)
+{
+ if (strcmp(value, "latest") == 0)
+ {
+ *result = PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST;
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (strcmp(value, "3.0") == 0)
+ {
+ *result = PG_PROTOCOL(3, 0);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /* 3.1 never existed, we went straight from 3.0 to 3.2 */
+
+ if (strcmp(value, "3.2") == 0)
+ {
+ *result = PG_PROTOCOL(3, 2);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "invalid %s value: \"%s\"",
+ context, value);
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* To keep the API consistent, the locking stubs are always provided, even
* if they are not required.
goto failure;
}
+ /* 3.1 never existed, we went straight from 3.0 to 3.2 */
+ if (their_version == PG_PROTOCOL(3, 1))
+ {
+ libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "received invalid protocol negotiation message: server requests downgrade to non-existent 3.1 protocol version");
+ goto failure;
+ }
+
if (num < 0)
{
libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "received invalid protocol negotiation message: server reported negative number of unsupported parameters");
goto failure;
}
+ if (their_version < conn->min_pversion)
+ {
+ libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "server only supports protocol version %d.%d, but min_protocol_version was set to %d.%d",
+ PG_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(their_version),
+ PG_PROTOCOL_MINOR(their_version),
+ PG_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(conn->min_pversion),
+ PG_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->min_pversion));
+
+ goto failure;
+ }
+
/* the version is acceptable */
conn->pversion = their_version;
char *gsslib; /* What GSS library to use ("gssapi" or
* "sspi") */
char *gssdelegation; /* Try to delegate GSS credentials? (0 or 1) */
+ char *min_protocol_version; /* minimum used protocol version */
+ char *max_protocol_version; /* maximum used protocol version */
char *ssl_min_protocol_version; /* minimum TLS protocol version */
char *ssl_max_protocol_version; /* maximum TLS protocol version */
char *target_session_attrs; /* desired session properties */
void *scram_client_key_binary; /* binary SCRAM client key */
size_t scram_server_key_len;
void *scram_server_key_binary; /* binary SCRAM server key */
+ ProtocolVersion min_pversion; /* protocol version to request */
+ ProtocolVersion max_pversion; /* protocol version to request */
/* Miscellaneous stuff */
int be_pid; /* PID of backend --- needed for cancels */
PQconninfoOption *opts = PQconninfo(conn);
const char **keywords;
const char **vals;
- int nopts = 1;
- int i = 0;
+ int nopts = 0;
+ int i;
for (PQconninfoOption *opt = opts; opt->keyword != NULL; ++opt)
nopts++;
+ nopts++; /* for the NULL terminator */
keywords = pg_malloc(sizeof(char *) * nopts);
vals = pg_malloc(sizeof(char *) * nopts);
+ i = 0;
for (PQconninfoOption *opt = opts; opt->keyword != NULL; ++opt)
{
if (opt->val)
fprintf(stderr, "ok\n");
}
+/*
+ * Test max_protocol_version options.
+ */
+static void
+test_protocol_version(PGconn *conn)
+{
+ const char **keywords;
+ const char **vals;
+ int nopts;
+ PQconninfoOption *opts = PQconninfo(conn);
+ int protocol_version;
+ int max_protocol_version_index;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Prepare keywords/vals arrays, copied from the existing connection, with
+ * an extra slot for 'max_protocol_version'.
+ */
+ nopts = 0;
+ for (PQconninfoOption *opt = opts; opt->keyword != NULL; ++opt)
+ nopts++;
+ nopts++; /* max_protocol_version */
+ nopts++; /* NULL terminator */
+
+ keywords = pg_malloc0(sizeof(char *) * nopts);
+ vals = pg_malloc0(sizeof(char *) * nopts);
+
+ i = 0;
+ for (PQconninfoOption *opt = opts; opt->keyword != NULL; ++opt)
+ {
+ if (opt->val)
+ {
+ keywords[i] = opt->keyword;
+ vals[i] = opt->val;
+ i++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ max_protocol_version_index = i;
+ keywords[i] = "max_protocol_version"; /* value is filled in below */
+ i++;
+ keywords[i] = vals[i] = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Test max_protocol_version=3.0
+ */
+ vals[max_protocol_version_index] = "3.0";
+ conn = PQconnectdbParams(keywords, vals, false);
+
+ if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_OK)
+ pg_fatal("Connection to database failed: %s",
+ PQerrorMessage(conn));
+
+ protocol_version = PQfullProtocolVersion(conn);
+ if (protocol_version != 30000)
+ pg_fatal("expected 30000, got %d", protocol_version);
+
+ PQfinish(conn);
+
+ /*
+ * Test max_protocol_version=3.1. It's not valid, we went straight from
+ * 3.0 to 3.2.
+ */
+ vals[max_protocol_version_index] = "3.1";
+ conn = PQconnectdbParams(keywords, vals, false);
+
+ if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_BAD)
+ pg_fatal("Connecting with max_protocol_version 3.1 should have failed.");
+
+ PQfinish(conn);
+
+ /*
+ * Test max_protocol_version=3.2
+ */
+ vals[max_protocol_version_index] = "3.2";
+ conn = PQconnectdbParams(keywords, vals, false);
+
+ if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_OK)
+ pg_fatal("Connection to database failed: %s",
+ PQerrorMessage(conn));
+
+ protocol_version = PQfullProtocolVersion(conn);
+ if (protocol_version != 30002)
+ pg_fatal("expected 30002, got %d", protocol_version);
+
+ PQfinish(conn);
+
+ /*
+ * Test max_protocol_version=latest. 'latest' currently means '3.2'.
+ */
+ vals[max_protocol_version_index] = "latest";
+ conn = PQconnectdbParams(keywords, vals, false);
+
+ if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_OK)
+ pg_fatal("Connection to database failed: %s",
+ PQerrorMessage(conn));
+
+ protocol_version = PQfullProtocolVersion(conn);
+ if (protocol_version != 30002)
+ pg_fatal("expected 30002, got %d", protocol_version);
+
+ PQfinish(conn);
+}
+
/* Notice processor: print notices, and count how many we got */
static void
notice_processor(void *arg, const char *message)
printf("pipeline_idle\n");
printf("pipelined_insert\n");
printf("prepared\n");
+ printf("protocol_version\n");
printf("simple_pipeline\n");
printf("singlerow\n");
printf("transaction\n");
test_pipelined_insert(conn, numrows);
else if (strcmp(testname, "prepared") == 0)
test_prepared(conn);
+ else if (strcmp(testname, "protocol_version") == 0)
+ test_protocol_version(conn);
else if (strcmp(testname, "simple_pipeline") == 0)
test_simple_pipeline(conn);
else if (strcmp(testname, "singlerow") == 0)