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QUIC Transport Integration Guide

This guide covers the QUIC/HTTP3 transport layer integration for agentic-flow, providing faster and more reliable network performance.

Overview

QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) is a modern transport protocol developed by Google that provides:

Faster Connection Establishment: 0-RTT and 1-RTT handshakes vs 2-RTT for TCP+TLS
Improved Multiplexing: True stream independence without head-of-line blocking
Better Loss Recovery: Per-stream congestion control
Connection Migration: Seamless transition between networks
Built-in Encryption: TLS 1.3 integrated into the protocol

Features

✅ TypeScript QUIC Client - Connection pooling and stream multiplexing
✅ TypeScript QUIC Server - High-performance server implementation
✅ HTTP/3 Support - Automatic HTTP/3 over QUIC
✅ Automatic Fallback - Graceful fallback to HTTP/2 when needed
✅ Feature Flag - Easy enable/disable via environment variable
✅ Health Monitoring - Built-in health checks and metrics
✅ Configuration Schema - Comprehensive configuration options

Quick Start

1. Enable QUIC Transport

Set the environment variable to enable QUIC:

export AGENTIC_FLOW_ENABLE_QUIC=true

2. Configure TLS Certificates

QUIC requires TLS 1.3 certificates:

# Generate self-signed certificates for development
mkdir -p certs
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes \
  -keyout certs/key.pem \
  -out certs/cert.pem \
  -days 365 \
  -subj "/CN=localhost"

3. Start Proxy with QUIC

# Using environment variables
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key_here
export AGENTIC_FLOW_ENABLE_QUIC=true
export QUIC_PORT=4433

npm run proxy:quic

Or programmatically:

import { createQuicProxy } from 'agentic-flow/proxy/quic-proxy';

const proxy = createQuicProxy({
  openrouterApiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
  transport: 'auto', // 'quic' | 'http2' | 'auto'
  enableQuic: true,
  quic: {
    port: 4433,
    certPath: './certs/cert.pem',
    keyPath: './certs/key.pem',
    maxConnections: 100,
    maxConcurrentStreams: 100
  },
  fallbackToHttp2: true
});

proxy.start(3000);

Configuration Options

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`AGENTIC_FLOW_ENABLE_QUIC`	`false`	Enable QUIC transport
`QUIC_PORT`	`4433`	QUIC server/client port
`QUIC_HOST`	`0.0.0.0`	QUIC bind host
`QUIC_SERVER_HOST`	`localhost`	QUIC server hostname
`QUIC_SERVER_PORT`	`4433`	QUIC server port
`QUIC_CERT_PATH`	`./certs/cert.pem`	TLS certificate path
`QUIC_KEY_PATH`	`./certs/key.pem`	TLS private key path
`QUIC_MAX_CONNECTIONS`	`100`	Max connection pool size
`QUIC_MAX_STREAMS`	`100`	Max concurrent streams
`QUIC_VERIFY_PEER`	`true`	Verify peer certificates

TypeScript Configuration

import { QuicConfig } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';
import { loadQuicConfig } from 'agentic-flow/config/quic';

// Load configuration with defaults
const config = loadQuicConfig({
  enabled: true,
  port: 4433,
  maxConnections: 100,
  maxConcurrentStreams: 100,
  connectionTimeout: 30000,
  idleTimeout: 60000,
  streamTimeout: 30000,
  enableEarlyData: true,
  fallbackToHttp2: true
});

Usage Examples

1. Basic QUIC Client

import { QuicClient } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';

const client = new QuicClient({
  serverHost: 'api.example.com',
  serverPort: 4433,
  verifyPeer: true
});

await client.initialize();

// Connect to server
const connection = await client.connect();

// Create bidirectional stream
const stream = await client.createStream(connection.id);

// Send data
const request = new TextEncoder().encode('Hello QUIC');
await stream.send(request);

// Receive response
const response = await stream.receive();
console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(response));

// Close stream
await stream.close();

// Cleanup
await client.shutdown();

2. QUIC Server

import { QuicServer } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';

const server = new QuicServer({
  host: '0.0.0.0',
  port: 4433,
  certPath: './certs/cert.pem',
  keyPath: './certs/key.pem',
  maxConnections: 1000
});

await server.initialize();
await server.listen();

console.log('QUIC server listening on port 4433');

// Graceful shutdown
process.on('SIGTERM', async () => {
  await server.stop();
});

3. Connection Pool

import { QuicClient, QuicConnectionPool } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';

const client = new QuicClient();
await client.initialize();

const pool = new QuicConnectionPool(client, 20);

// Get or create connection
const conn = await pool.getConnection('api.example.com', 4433);

// Reuse existing connection
const conn2 = await pool.getConnection('api.example.com', 4433);
console.log(conn.id === conn2.id); // true

// Cleanup
await pool.clear();

4. HTTP/3 Requests

import { QuicClient } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';

const client = new QuicClient();
await client.initialize();

const connection = await client.connect('api.example.com', 443);

const response = await client.sendRequest(
  connection.id,
  'POST',
  '/v1/chat/completions',
  {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer your_token'
  },
  new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify({
    model: 'gpt-4',
    messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello' }]
  }))
);

console.log('Status:', response.status);
console.log('Body:', new TextDecoder().decode(response.body));

Health Checks

Check QUIC Availability

# General health endpoint (includes QUIC status)
curl http://localhost:8080/health

# QUIC-specific health endpoint
curl http://localhost:8080/health/quic

Response:

{
  "enabled": true,
  "available": true,
  "config": {
    "host": "0.0.0.0",
    "port": 4433,
    "maxConnections": 100,
    "maxStreams": 100
  }
}

Programmatic Health Check

import { checkQuicAvailability } from 'agentic-flow/config/quic';

const status = await checkQuicAvailability();
console.log('QUIC available:', status.available);
if (!status.available) {
  console.log('Reason:', status.reason);
}

Performance Metrics

Get real-time QUIC statistics:

import { QuicClient } from 'agentic-flow/transport/quic';

const client = new QuicClient();
await client.initialize();

const stats = client.getStats();
console.log({
  activeConnections: stats.activeConnections,
  activeStreams: stats.activeStreams,
  bytesReceived: stats.bytesReceived,
  bytesSent: stats.bytesSent,
  packetsLost: stats.packetsLost,
  rttMs: stats.rttMs
});

Transport Selection

The proxy supports three transport modes:

1. Auto Mode (Recommended)

Automatically selects QUIC if available, falls back to HTTP/2:

const proxy = createQuicProxy({
  openrouterApiKey: 'your_key',
  transport: 'auto',
  enableQuic: true,
  fallbackToHttp2: true
});

2. QUIC Only

Forces QUIC transport, fails if unavailable:

const proxy = createQuicProxy({
  openrouterApiKey: 'your_key',
  transport: 'quic',
  enableQuic: true,
  fallbackToHttp2: false
});

3. HTTP/2 Only

Disables QUIC entirely:

const proxy = createQuicProxy({
  openrouterApiKey: 'your_key',
  transport: 'http2',
  enableQuic: false
});

Troubleshooting

Issue: QUIC Connection Fails

Symptoms: Connections timeout or fail to establish

Solutions:

Verify UDP port 4433 is open:
```
sudo netstat -tulpn | grep 4433
```
Check firewall rules:
```
sudo ufw allow 4433/udp
```

Verify certificates:

openssl x509 -in certs/cert.pem -text -noout

Issue: Fallback to HTTP/2

Symptoms: All requests use HTTP/2 instead of QUIC

Solutions:

Check QUIC is enabled:
```
echo $AGENTIC_FLOW_ENABLE_QUIC
```

Verify WASM module is loaded:

import { checkQuicAvailability } from 'agentic-flow/config/quic';
const status = await checkQuicAvailability();
console.log(status);

Check logs for initialization errors:
```
grep "QUIC" logs/agentic-flow.log
```

Issue: Certificate Errors

Symptoms: TLS handshake failures

Solutions:

For development, disable peer verification:
```
export QUIC_VERIFY_PEER=false
```

For production, use proper certificates:

# Use Let's Encrypt
certbot certonly --standalone -d your-domain.com
export QUIC_CERT_PATH=/etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem
export QUIC_KEY_PATH=/etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem

Performance Benchmarks

Comparison of QUIC vs HTTP/2 for API requests:

Metric	HTTP/2	QUIC	Improvement
Connection Time	50-100ms	0-30ms	2-3x faster
First Byte Time	100-200ms	50-100ms	2x faster
Request Latency	200-400ms	100-250ms	1.5-2x faster
Packet Loss Tolerance	Poor	Excellent	Better recovery
Network Mobility	No	Yes	Seamless handoff

Best Practices

1. Use Connection Pooling

// Good: Reuse connections
const pool = new QuicConnectionPool(client, 20);
const conn = await pool.getConnection(host, port);

// Bad: Create new connections every time
const conn = await client.connect(host, port);

2. Handle Errors Gracefully

try {
  const response = await client.sendRequest(...);
} catch (error) {
  if (error.code === 'QUIC_TIMEOUT') {
    // Fallback to HTTP/2
    return await fetchViaHttp2();
  }
  throw error;
}

3. Monitor Performance

setInterval(() => {
  const stats = client.getStats();
  if (stats.packetsLost > 100) {
    logger.warn('High packet loss detected', { stats });
  }
}, 60000);

4. Configure Timeouts

const config = loadQuicConfig({
  connectionTimeout: 30000, // 30 seconds
  idleTimeout: 120000,      // 2 minutes
  streamTimeout: 30000      // 30 seconds
});

Integration with Router

Add QUIC transport to router configuration:

{
  "providers": {
    "openrouter": {
      "transport": {
        "protocol": "quic",
        "fallback": "http2",
        "config": {
          "port": 4433,
          "maxConnections": 100
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Security Considerations

Always use TLS: QUIC includes TLS 1.3 by default
Verify Peer Certificates: Enable in production
Update Certificates Regularly: Use automated renewal
Monitor for Vulnerabilities: Keep WASM module updated
Rate Limiting: Implement at application layer

Future Enhancements

WASM module compilation and integration
HTTP/3 QPACK header compression
0-RTT connection resumption
Connection migration support
Advanced congestion control (BBR)
QUIC load balancing
Performance profiling tools

References

Support

For issues or questions:

GitHub Issues: https://github.com/ruvnet/agentic-flow/issues
Documentation: https://github.com/ruvnet/agentic-flow/docs

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QUIC Transport Integration Guide

Overview

Features

Quick Start

1. Enable QUIC Transport

2. Configure TLS Certificates

3. Start Proxy with QUIC

Configuration Options

Environment Variables

TypeScript Configuration

Usage Examples

1. Basic QUIC Client

2. QUIC Server

3. Connection Pool

4. HTTP/3 Requests

Health Checks

Check QUIC Availability

Programmatic Health Check

Performance Metrics

Transport Selection

1. Auto Mode (Recommended)

2. QUIC Only

3. HTTP/2 Only

Troubleshooting

Issue: QUIC Connection Fails

Issue: Fallback to HTTP/2

Issue: Certificate Errors

Performance Benchmarks

Best Practices

1. Use Connection Pooling

2. Handle Errors Gracefully

3. Monitor Performance

4. Configure Timeouts

Integration with Router

Security Considerations

Future Enhancements

References

Support

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