grpc: Add keepalive Support

grpc/grpc-client/src/commonMain/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/client/GrpcClient.kt

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.rpc.RpcCall
 import kotlinx.rpc.RpcClient
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.GrpcMetadata
-import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcCallOptions
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.ManagedChannel
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.ManagedChannelBuilder
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.applyConfig
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.bidirectionalStreamingRpc
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.buildChannel
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal.clientStreamingRpc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.descriptor.MethodType
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.descriptor.methodType
 import kotlinx.rpc.internal.utils.map.RpcInternalConcurrentHashMap
 import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 
 private typealias RequestClient = Any
 
@@ -180,9 +181,7 @@ private fun GrpcClient(
     builder: ManagedChannelBuilder<*>,
     config: GrpcClientConfiguration,
 ): GrpcClient {
-    val channel = builder.apply {
-        config.overrideAuthority?.let { overrideAuthority(it) }
-    }.buildChannel()
+    val channel = builder.applyConfig(config).buildChannel()
     return GrpcClient(channel, config.messageCodecResolver, config.interceptors)
 }
 
@@ -198,6 +197,7 @@ private fun GrpcClient(
  */
 public class GrpcClientConfiguration internal constructor() {
     internal val interceptors: MutableList<ClientInterceptor> = mutableListOf()
+    internal var keepAlive: KeepAlive? = null
 
     /**
      * Configurable resolver used to determine the appropriate codec for a given Kotlin type
@@ -294,4 +294,65 @@ public class GrpcClientConfiguration internal constructor() {
     public fun tls(configure: TlsClientCredentialsBuilder.() -> Unit): ClientCredentials =
         TlsClientCredentials(configure)
 
-}
+    /**
+     * Configures keep-alive settings for the gRPC client.
+     *
+     * Keep-alive allows you to fine-tune the behavior of the client to ensure the connection
+     * between the client and server remains active according to specific parameters.
+     *
+     * By default, keep-alive is disabled.
+     *
+     * ```
+     * GrpcClient("localhost", 50051) {
+     *     keepAlive {
+     *          time = 10.seconds
+     *          timeout = 20.seconds
+     *          withoutCalls = false
+     *     }
+     * }
+     * ```
+     *
+     * @param configure A lambda to apply custom configurations to the [KeepAlive] instance.
+     * The [KeepAlive] settings include:
+     * - `time`: The maximum amount of time that the channel can be idle before a keep-alive
+     *   ping is sent.
+     * - `timeout`: The time allowed for a keep-alive ping to complete.
+     * - `withoutCalls`: Whether to send keep-alive pings even when there are no outstanding
+     *   RPCs on the connection.
+     *
+     * @see KeepAlive
+     */
+    public fun keepAlive(configure: KeepAlive.() -> Unit) {
+        keepAlive = KeepAlive().apply(configure)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Represents keep-alive settings for a gRPC client connection.
+     *
+     * Keep-alive ensures that the connection between the client and the server remains active.
+     * It helps detect connection issues proactively before a request is made and facilitates
+     * maintaining long-lived idle connections.
+     *
+     * Client authors must coordinate with service owners for whether a particular client-side
+     * setting is acceptable.
+     *
+     * @property time Specifies the maximum amount of time the channel can remain idle before a
+     * keep-alive ping is sent to the server to check the connection state.
+     * The default value is `Duration.INFINITE`, which disables keep-alive pings when idle.
+     *
+     * @property timeout Sets the amount of time to wait for a keep-alive ping response.
+     * If the server does not respond within this timeout, the connection will be considered broken.
+     * The default value is 20 seconds.
+     *
+     * @property withoutCalls Defines whether keep-alive pings will be sent even when there
+     * are no active RPCs on the connection. If set to `true`, pings will be sent regardless
+     * of ongoing calls; otherwise, pings are only sent during active RPCs.
+     * The default value is `false`.
+     */
+    public class KeepAlive internal constructor() {
+        public var time: Duration = Duration.INFINITE
+        public var timeout: Duration = 20.seconds
+        public var withoutCalls: Boolean = false
+    }
+}
+

grpc/grpc-client/src/commonMain/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/client/internal/ManagedChannel.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal
 
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.ClientCredentials
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcClientConfiguration
 import kotlinx.rpc.internal.utils.InternalRpcApi
 import kotlin.time.Duration
 
@@ -71,9 +72,7 @@ public interface ManagedChannel {
  * Builder class for [ManagedChannel].
  */
 @InternalRpcApi
-public expect abstract class ManagedChannelBuilder<T : ManagedChannelBuilder<T>> {
-    public abstract fun overrideAuthority(authority: String): T
-}
+public expect abstract class ManagedChannelBuilder<T : ManagedChannelBuilder<T>>
 
 @InternalRpcApi
 public expect fun ManagedChannelBuilder(
@@ -88,5 +87,7 @@ public expect fun ManagedChannelBuilder(
     credentials: ClientCredentials? = null,
 ): ManagedChannelBuilder<*>
 
+internal expect fun ManagedChannelBuilder<*>.applyConfig(config: GrpcClientConfiguration): ManagedChannelBuilder<*>
+
 @InternalRpcApi
 public expect fun ManagedChannelBuilder<*>.buildChannel(): ManagedChannel

grpc/grpc-client/src/jvmMain/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/client/internal/ManagedChannel.jvm.kt

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.grpc.Grpc
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.ClientCredentials
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcClientConfiguration
 import kotlinx.rpc.internal.utils.InternalRpcApi
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import kotlin.time.Duration
@@ -80,3 +81,14 @@ private class JvmManagedChannel(private val channel: io.grpc.ManagedChannel) : M
     override val platformApi: ManagedChannelPlatform
         get() = channel
 }
+
+internal actual fun ManagedChannelBuilder<*>.applyConfig(config: GrpcClientConfiguration): ManagedChannelBuilder<*> {
+    config.keepAlive?.let {
+        keepAliveTime(it.time.inWholeMilliseconds, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        keepAliveTimeout(it.timeout.inWholeMilliseconds, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        keepAliveWithoutCalls(it.withoutCalls)
+    }
+
+    config.overrideAuthority?.let { overrideAuthority(it) }
+    return this
+}

grpc/grpc-client/src/nativeMain/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/client/internal/ManagedChannel.native.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.internal
 
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.ClientCredentials
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcClientConfiguration
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.TlsClientCredentials
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.internal.internalError
 import kotlinx.rpc.internal.utils.InternalRpcApi
@@ -22,25 +23,23 @@ public actual abstract class ManagedChannelPlatform : GrpcChannel()
  */
 @InternalRpcApi
 public actual abstract class ManagedChannelBuilder<T : ManagedChannelBuilder<T>> {
-    public actual abstract fun overrideAuthority(authority: String): T
+    internal var config: GrpcClientConfiguration? = null
 }
 
 internal class NativeManagedChannelBuilder(
     private val target: String,
     private var credentials: Lazy<ClientCredentials>,
 ) : ManagedChannelBuilder<NativeManagedChannelBuilder>() {
-
-    private var authority: String? = null
-
-    override fun overrideAuthority(authority: String): NativeManagedChannelBuilder {
-        this.authority = authority
-        return this
-    }
-
     fun buildChannel(): NativeManagedChannel {
+        val keepAlive = config?.keepAlive
+        keepAlive?.run {
+            require(time.isPositive()) { "keepalive time must be positive" }
+            require(timeout.isPositive()) { "keepalive timeout must be positive" }
+        }
         return NativeManagedChannel(
             target,
-            authority = authority,
+            authority = config?.overrideAuthority,
+            keepAlive = config?.keepAlive,
             credentials = credentials.value,
         )
     }
@@ -69,4 +68,7 @@ public actual fun ManagedChannelBuilder(target: String, credentials: ClientCrede
     return NativeManagedChannelBuilder(target, credentials)
 }
 
-
+internal actual fun ManagedChannelBuilder<*>.applyConfig(config: GrpcClientConfiguration): ManagedChannelBuilder<*> {
+    this.config = config
+    return this
+}

grpc/grpc-client/src/nativeMain/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/client/internal/NativeManagedChannel.kt

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import cnames.structs.grpc_channel
 import kotlinx.atomicfu.atomic
 import kotlinx.cinterop.CPointer
 import kotlinx.cinterop.ExperimentalForeignApi
+import kotlinx.cinterop.MemScope
 import kotlinx.cinterop.alloc
+import kotlinx.cinterop.allocArray
+import kotlinx.cinterop.convert
 import kotlinx.cinterop.cstr
 import kotlinx.cinterop.memScoped
 import kotlinx.cinterop.ptr
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.cancelChildren
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeoutOrNull
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.ClientCredentials
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcCallOptions
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.GrpcClientConfiguration
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.client.rawDeadline
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.descriptor.MethodDescriptor
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.internal.CompletionQueue
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ import kotlin.time.Duration
 internal class NativeManagedChannel(
     target: String,
     val authority: String?,
+    val keepAlive: GrpcClientConfiguration.KeepAlive?,
     // we must store them, otherwise the credentials are getting released
     credentials: ClientCredentials,
 ) : ManagedChannel, ManagedChannelPlatform() {
@@ -66,22 +71,36 @@ internal class NativeManagedChannel(
     private val cq = CompletionQueue()
 
     internal val raw: CPointer<grpc_channel> = memScoped {
-        val args = authority?.let {
+        val args = mutableListOf<GrpcArg>()
+
+        authority?.let {
             // the C Core API doesn't have a way to override the authority (used for TLS SNI) as it
             // is available in the Java gRPC implementation.
             // instead, it can be done by setting the "grpc.ssl_target_name_override" argument.
-            val authorityOverride = alloc<grpc_arg> {
-                type = grpc_arg_type.GRPC_ARG_STRING
-                key = "grpc.ssl_target_name_override".cstr.ptr
-                value.string = authority.cstr.ptr
-            }
+            args.add(GrpcArg.Str(
+                    key = "grpc.ssl_target_name_override",
+                    value = it
+            ))
+        }
 
-            alloc<grpc_channel_args> {
-                num_args = 1u
-                args = authorityOverride.ptr
-            }
+        keepAlive?.let {
+            args.add(GrpcArg.Integer(
+                    key = "grpc.keepalive_time_ms",
+                    value = it.time.inWholeMilliseconds.convert()
+            ))
+            args.add(GrpcArg.Integer(
+                key = "grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms",
+                value = it.timeout.inWholeMilliseconds.convert()
+            ))
+            args.add(GrpcArg.Integer(
+                key = "grpc.keepalive_permit_without_calls",
+                value = if (it.withoutCalls) 1 else 0
+            ))
         }
-        grpc_channel_create(target, credentials.raw, args?.ptr)
+
+        var rawArgs = if (args.isNotEmpty()) args.toRaw(this) else null
+
+        grpc_channel_create(target, credentials.raw, rawArgs?.ptr)
             ?: error("Failed to create channel")
     }
 
@@ -170,3 +189,33 @@ internal class NativeManagedChannel(
     }
 
 }
+
+internal sealed class GrpcArg(val key: String) {
+    internal class Str(key: String, val value: String) : GrpcArg(key)
+    internal class Integer(key: String, val value: Int) : GrpcArg(key)
+
+    internal val rawType: grpc_arg_type
+        get() = when (this) {
+            is Str -> grpc_arg_type.GRPC_ARG_STRING
+            is Integer -> grpc_arg_type.GRPC_ARG_INTEGER
+        }
+}
+
+private fun List<GrpcArg>.toRaw(memScope: MemScope): grpc_channel_args {
+    with(memScope) {
+        val arr = allocArray<grpc_arg>(size) {
+            val arg = get(it)
+            type = arg.rawType
+            key = arg.key.cstr.ptr
+            when (arg) {
+                is GrpcArg.Str -> value.string = arg.value.cstr.ptr
+                is GrpcArg.Integer -> value.integer = arg.value.convert()
+            }
+        }
+
+        return alloc<grpc_channel_args> {
+            num_args = size.convert()
+            args = arr
+        }
+    }
+}

grpc/grpc-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/kotlinx/rpc/grpc/test/proto/GrpcCompressionTest.kt

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import kotlinx.rpc.RpcServer
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.GrpcCompression
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.GrpcMetadata
-import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.Status
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.StatusCode
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.get
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.keys
@@ -18,11 +17,9 @@ import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.EchoServiceImpl
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.Runtime
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.assertContainsAll
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.assertGrpcFailure
-import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.captureStdErr
-import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.clearNativeEnv
+import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.captureGrpcLogs
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.invoke
 import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.runtime
-import kotlinx.rpc.grpc.test.setNativeEnv
 import kotlinx.rpc.registerService
 import kotlinx.rpc.withService
 import kotlin.collections.emptyList
@@ -101,7 +98,10 @@ class GrpcCompressionTest : GrpcProtoTest() {
     ) {
         var reqHeaders = emptyMap<String, String>()
         var respHeaders = emptyMap<String, String>()
-        val logs = captureNativeGrpcLogs {
+        val logs = captureGrpcLogs(
+            nativeTracers = listOf("compression", "http"),
+            jvmLoggers = emptyList(),
+        ) {
             runGrpcTest(
                 clientInterceptors = clientInterceptor {
                     clientCompression?.let { compression ->
@@ -149,17 +149,6 @@ class GrpcCompressionTest : GrpcProtoTest() {
         assertContainsAll(listOf("gzip"), respHeaders.grpcAcceptEncoding())
     }
 
-    private suspend fun captureNativeGrpcLogs(block: suspend () -> Unit): String {
-        try {
-            return captureStdErr {
-                setNativeEnv("GRPC_TRACE", "compression,http")
-                block()
-            }
-        } finally {
-            clearNativeEnv("GRPC_GRACE")
-        }
-    }
-
     private fun GrpcMetadata.toMap(): Map<String, String> {
         return keys().mapNotNull { key ->
             if (!key.endsWith("-bin")) {