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Description

Fixes SSL/TLS certificate verification failure on Android/Termux for all LLM providers, including volcengine.

On Android/Termux, Go's x509.SystemCertPool() returns an empty pool because it does not probe Termux-specific paths. This causes TLS handshakes to fail with "certificate signed by unknown authority" for HTTPS endpoints.

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  • Breaking change
  • Documentation update

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Related Issue

Fixes #1375

Technical Context

Root Cause: Go's x509.SystemCertPool() only probes standard Linux/macOS/Windows paths; Termux CA bundles are stored in /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/ which the Go runtime is unaware of.

Solution Design:

  • buildCertPool() tries system pool first (works on all normal platforms), falls back to empty pool if needed, then supplements with Termux paths
  • Non-Termux paths fail gracefully with silent skip (no errors on non-Android)
  • http.DefaultTransport.Clone() preserves all production defaults: dial timeouts, TLS handshake timeout, keepalive, HTTP/2, connection pooling
  • InsecureSkipVerify is never set — certificate verification remains enforced

Security: No weak ciphers, no TLS version downgrade, no path traversal risk

Test Environment

  • Hardware: Windows 11 (local build testing)
  • OS: Android/Termux (target environment)
  • Model/Provider: volcengine/doubao-seed-2.0-code

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$ go test ./pkg/providers/openai_compat/ -v

=== RUN TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure
=== RUN TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure/no_proxy
--- PASS: TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure/no_proxy (0.00s)
=== RUN TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure/with_proxy
--- PASS: TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure/with_proxy (0.00s)
--- PASS: TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure (0.00s)

Tests added:

  • TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure — ensures TLS transport is always configured with RootCAs
  • no_proxy variant: verifies TLS config when no proxy is set
  • with_proxy variant: verifies TLS config is preserved alongside proxy configuration

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  • I have performed a self-review of my own changes
  • All new and existing tests pass locally

On Android/Termux, Go's x509.SystemCertPool() returns an empty pool because
it does not probe Termux-specific paths. This causes TLS handshakes to fail
with 'certificate signed by unknown authority' for all LLM providers,
including volcengine.

Changes:
- Add buildCertPool() helper that supplements the system cert pool with
  CA bundles from Termux-specific paths
  (/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/tls/cert.pem, etc.)
- Update NewProvider() to always use an explicit TLS-configured transport
  that clones http.DefaultTransport and sets RootCAs
- Preserve proxy support and all http.DefaultTransport defaults
- Add TestNewProvider_TLSTransportNeverInsecure() to ensure
  InsecureSkipVerify is never set

The fix is secure: certificate verification remains enforced, no weak
ciphers or version downgrades, InsecureSkipVerify is never set.

Fixes sipeed#1375
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Pull request overview

Fixes TLS certificate verification failures on Android/Termux by ensuring the provider’s HTTP transport uses a cert pool that includes Termux CA bundle locations.

Changes:

  • Added buildCertPool() to supplement the system cert pool with Termux CA bundle paths.
  • Switched NewProvider to clone http.DefaultTransport and set a TLSClientConfig with RootCAs.
  • Added a regression test ensuring InsecureSkipVerify is never enabled (with/without proxy).

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File Description
pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider.go Adds Termux CA loading and updates transport initialization to use explicit RootCAs.
pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider_test.go Adds TLS transport security regression test for InsecureSkipVerify.

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func buildCertPool() *x509.CertPool {
pool, err := x509.SystemCertPool()
if err != nil || pool == nil {
pool = x509.NewCertPool()
}
for _, p := range []string{
"/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/tls/cert.pem",
"/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt",
"/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
} {
if pem, e := os.ReadFile(p); e == nil {
pool.AppendCertsFromPEM(pem)
}
}
return pool
}
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buildCertPool() does filesystem reads and potentially loads/parses cert bundles on every NewProvider call. This can be relatively expensive and is deterministic, so it should be memoized (e.g., via sync.Once + a package-level cached pool) to avoid repeated disk I/O and PEM parsing.

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func NewProvider(apiKey, apiBase, proxy string, opts ...Option) *Provider {
// Clone preserves all http.DefaultTransport defaults (connection pooling,
// dial/TLS handshake timeouts, HTTP/2, env proxy). We only patch RootCAs.
transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
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This type assertion can panic if http.DefaultTransport has been replaced (common in some tests or embedders) with a non-*http.Transport implementation. Prefer a safe assertion with a fallback construction path (e.g., if the assertion fails, create a new http.Transport with the intended defaults) to avoid a runtime panic.

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if pem, e := os.ReadFile(p); e == nil {
pool.AppendCertsFromPEM(pem)
}
}
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If SystemCertPool() fails (or returns an effectively empty pool) and none of the Termux files are readable/parsable, this returns an empty CertPool. When assigned to tls.Config.RootCAs, an empty pool will reliably break TLS verification. Consider detecting “no roots loaded” (e.g., via len(pool.Subjects()) == 0 and/or tracking successful AppendCertsFromPEM) and returning nil in that case so TLS can fall back to the platform verifier behavior where applicable.

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}
}
// If no roots were loaded (system pool empty and no Termux bundles),
// return nil so tls.Config can fall back to platform verifier behavior.
if len(pool.Subjects()) == 0 {
return nil
}

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}
if tr.TLSClientConfig == nil {
t.Fatal("TLSClientConfig is nil")
}
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The test description says it “ensures TLS transport is always configured with RootCAs”, but it never asserts RootCAs is set. Add an assertion that tr.TLSClientConfig.RootCAs != nil (and optionally that it contains subjects) to actually cover the behavior introduced in NewProvider.

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}
}
if tr.TLSClientConfig.RootCAs == nil {
t.Fatal("TLSClientConfig.RootCAs must be configured")
}
if len(tr.TLSClientConfig.RootCAs.Subjects()) == 0 {
t.Fatal("TLSClientConfig.RootCAs should contain at least one subject")
}

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@sipeed-bot sipeed-bot bot added type: bug Something isn't working domain: provider go Pull requests that update go code labels Mar 12, 2026
@badgerbees badgerbees changed the title fix: load system CA certs from Termux paths fix(openai_compat): load system CA certs from Termux paths Mar 13, 2026
xuwei-xy pushed a commit to xuwei-xy/picoclaw that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2026
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