The early_hints callback constructs 103 Early Hints responses without
any header validation, while process_headers validates against TOKEN_RE
and HEADER_VALUE_RE for normal responses. This inconsistency means a
WSGI app passing unsanitized data to wsgi.early_hints could enable
HTTP response splitting via CRLF injection.
Apply the same TOKEN_RE/HEADER_VALUE_RE checks from process_headers to
the early_hints callback for defense-in-depth consistency.
Closes#3585
Implement HTTP 103 Early Hints as modern replacement for HTTP/2 Server Push.
This allows servers to send resource hints before the final response,
enabling browsers to preload assets in parallel.
WSGI support:
- Add wsgi.early_hints callback to environ dict
- Apps can call environ['wsgi.early_hints'](headers) to send 103 responses
- Silently ignored for HTTP/1.0 clients (don't support 1xx responses)
ASGI support:
- Handle http.response.informational message type
- Apps can await send({"type": "http.response.informational", "status": 103, ...})
HTTP/2 support:
- Add send_informational() method to HTTP2ServerConnection
- Add async send_informational() method to AsyncHTTP2Connection
- Wire up early hints in gthread worker for HTTP/2 requests
Includes unit tests and Docker integration tests for all protocols.