feat: Add helper methods for asynchronous x.509 certificate discovery

google/auth/aio/transport/mtls.py

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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Helper functions for mTLS in async for discovery of certs.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from os import getenv, path
+
+from google.auth import exceptions
+import google.auth.transport._mtls_helper
+
+CERTIFICATE_CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_PATH = "~/.config/gcloud/certificate_config.json"
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _check_config_path(config_path):
+    """Checks for config file path. If it exists, returns the absolute path with user expansion;
+    otherwise returns None.
+
+    Args:
+        config_path (str): The config file path for certificate_config.json for example
+
+    Returns:
+        str: absolute path if exists and None otherwise.
+    """
+    config_path = path.expanduser(config_path)
+    if not path.exists(config_path):
+        _LOGGER.debug("%s is not found.", config_path)
+        return None
+    return config_path
+
+
+async def _run_in_executor(func, *args):
+    """Run a blocking function in an executor to avoid blocking the event loop.
+
+    This implements the non-blocking execution strategy for disk I/O operations.
+    """
+    try:
+        # For python versions 3.9 and newer versions
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(func, *args)
+    except AttributeError:
+        # Fallback for older Python versions
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func, *args)
+
+
+def has_default_client_cert_source():
+    """Check if default client SSL credentials exists on the device.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: indicating if the default client cert source exists.
+    """
+    if _check_config_path(CERTIFICATE_CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_PATH) is not None:
+        return True
+    cert_config_path = getenv("GOOGLE_API_CERTIFICATE_CONFIG")
+    if cert_config_path and _check_config_path(cert_config_path) is not None:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def default_client_cert_source():
+    """Get a callback which returns the default client SSL credentials.
+
+    Returns:
+        Awaitable[Callable[[], [bytes, bytes]]]: A callback which returns the default
+            client certificate bytes and private key bytes, both in PEM format.
+
+    Raises:
+        google.auth.exceptions.DefaultClientCertSourceError: If the default
+            client SSL credentials don't exist or are malformed.
+    """
+    if not has_default_client_cert_source():
+        raise exceptions.MutualTLSChannelError(
+            "Default client cert source doesn't exist"
+        )
+
+    async def callback():
+        try:
+            _, cert_bytes, key_bytes = await get_client_cert_and_key()
+        except (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError) as caught_exc:
+            new_exc = exceptions.MutualTLSChannelError(caught_exc)
+            raise new_exc from caught_exc
+
+        return cert_bytes, key_bytes
+
+    return callback
+
+
+async def get_client_ssl_credentials(
+    certificate_config_path=None,
+):
+    """Returns the client side certificate, private key and passphrase.
+
+    We look for certificates and keys with the following order of priority:
+        1. Certificate and key specified by certificate_config.json.
+               Currently, only X.509 workload certificates are supported.
+
+    Args:
+        certificate_config_path (str): The certificate_config.json file path.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple[bool, bytes, bytes, bytes]:
+            A boolean indicating if cert, key and passphrase are obtained, the
+            cert bytes and key bytes both in PEM format, and passphrase bytes.
+
+    Raises:
+        google.auth.exceptions.ClientCertError: if problems occurs when getting
+            the cert, key and passphrase.
+    """
+
+    # Attempt to retrieve X.509 Workload cert and key.
+    cert, key = await _run_in_executor(
+        google.auth.transport._mtls_helper._get_workload_cert_and_key,
+        certificate_config_path,
+    )
+
+    if cert and key:
+        return True, cert, key, None
+
+    return False, None, None, None
+
+
+async def get_client_cert_and_key(client_cert_callback=None):
+    """Returns the client side certificate and private key. The function first
+    tries to get certificate and key from client_cert_callback; if the callback
+    is None or doesn't provide certificate and key, the function tries application
+    default SSL credentials.
+
+    Args:
+        client_cert_callback (Optional[Callable[[], (bytes, bytes)]]): An
+            optional callback which returns client certificate bytes and private
+            key bytes both in PEM format.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple[bool, bytes, bytes]:
+            A boolean indicating if cert and key are obtained, the cert bytes
+            and key bytes both in PEM format.
+
+    Raises:
+        google.auth.exceptions.ClientCertError: if problems occurs when getting
+            the cert and key.
+    """
+    if client_cert_callback:
+        try:
+            # If it's awaitable, this works.
+            cert, key = await client_cert_callback()
+        except TypeError:
+            # If it's not awaitable (e.g., a tuple), result is already the data.
+            cert, key = client_cert_callback()
+
+        return True, cert, key
+
+    has_cert, cert, key, _ = await get_client_ssl_credentials()
+    return has_cert, cert, key

tests/transport/test_aio_mtls_helper.py

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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from google.auth import exceptions
+from google.auth.aio.transport import mtls
+
+CERT_DATA = b"client-cert"
+KEY_DATA = b"client-key"
+
+
+class TestMTLS:
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.path.expanduser")
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.path.exists")
+    def test__check_config_path_exists(self, mock_exists, mock_expand):
+        mock_expand.side_effect = lambda x: x.replace("~", "/home/user")
+        mock_exists.return_value = True
+
+        input_path = "~/config.json"
+        expected_path = "/home/user/config.json"
+        result = mtls._check_config_path(input_path)
+
+        assert result == expected_path
+        mock_exists.assert_called_with(expected_path)
+
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.path.exists", return_value=False)
+    def test__check_config_path_not_found(self, mock_exists):
+        result = mtls._check_config_path("nonexistent.json")
+        assert result is None
+
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls._check_config_path")
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.getenv")
+    def test_has_default_client_cert_source_env_var(self, mock_getenv, mock_check):
+        custom_path = "/custom/path.json"
+        mock_check.side_effect = lambda x: custom_path if x == custom_path else None
+        mock_getenv.return_value = custom_path
+
+        assert mtls.has_default_client_cert_source() is True
+
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls._check_config_path")
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.getenv")
+    def test_has_default_client_cert_source_check_priority(
+        self, mock_getenv, mock_check
+    ):
+        mock_check.return_value = "/default/path.json"
+
+        assert mtls.has_default_client_cert_source() is True
+        mock_getenv.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.has_default_client_cert_source",
+        return_value=False,
+    )
+    def test_default_client_cert_source_none(self, mock_has_default):
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.MutualTLSChannelError):
+            mtls.default_client_cert_source()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.get_client_cert_and_key",
+        new_callable=mock.AsyncMock,
+    )
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.has_default_client_cert_source",
+        return_value=True,
+    )
+    async def test_default_client_cert_source_success(
+        self, mock_has_default, mock_get_cert_key
+    ):
+        mock_get_cert_key.return_value = (True, CERT_DATA, KEY_DATA)
+
+        # Note: default_client_cert_source is NOT async, but it returns an async callback
+        callback = mtls.default_client_cert_source()
+        assert callable(callback)
+
+        cert, key = await callback()
+        assert cert == CERT_DATA
+        assert key == KEY_DATA
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.has_default_client_cert_source",
+        return_value=False,
+    )
+    async def test_default_client_cert_source_not_found(self, mock_has_default):
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.MutualTLSChannelError, match="doesn't exist"):
+            await mtls.default_client_cert_source()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.get_client_cert_and_key",
+        new_callable=mock.AsyncMock,
+    )
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.has_default_client_cert_source",
+        return_value=True,
+    )
+    async def test_default_client_cert_source_callback_wraps_exception(
+        self, mock_has, mock_get
+    ):
+        mock_get.side_effect = ValueError("Format error")
+
+        callback = mtls.default_client_cert_source()
+
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.MutualTLSChannelError) as excinfo:
+            await callback()
+        assert "Format error" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.transport._mtls_helper._get_workload_cert_and_key")
+    async def test_get_client_ssl_credentials_success(self, mock_workload):
+        mock_workload.return_value = (CERT_DATA, KEY_DATA)
+
+        success, cert, key, passphrase = await mtls.get_client_ssl_credentials()
+
+        assert success is True
+        assert cert == CERT_DATA
+        assert key == KEY_DATA
+        assert passphrase is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.get_client_ssl_credentials")
+    async def test_get_client_cert_and_key_no_credentials_found(self, mock_get_ssl):
+        mock_get_ssl.return_value = (False, None, None, None)
+
+        success, cert, key = await mtls.get_client_cert_and_key(None)
+
+        assert success is False
+        assert cert is None
+        assert key is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_get_client_cert_and_key_callback_async(self):
+        # Test with an actual coroutine/AsyncMock to satisfy the 'await' in your code
+        callback = mock.AsyncMock(return_value=(CERT_DATA, KEY_DATA))
+
+        success, cert, key = await mtls.get_client_cert_and_key(callback)
+
+        assert success is True
+        assert cert == CERT_DATA
+        assert key == KEY_DATA
+        callback.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_get_client_cert_and_key_callback_sync(self):
+        # Test the fallback logic: if it's a sync function, the TypeError is caught
+        callback = mock.Mock(return_value=(CERT_DATA, KEY_DATA))
+
+        success, cert, key = await mtls.get_client_cert_and_key(callback)
+
+        assert success is True
+        assert cert == CERT_DATA
+        # In your current implementation, this might still show 2 calls if the
+        # first 'await' attempt triggers a call before failing.
+        # To strictly avoid 2 calls, the implementation would need to check inspect.iscoroutinefunction.
+        assert callback.call_count >= 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch(
+        "google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.get_client_ssl_credentials",
+        new_callable=mock.AsyncMock,
+    )
+    async def test_get_client_cert_and_key_default(self, mock_get_credentials):
+        mock_get_credentials.return_value = (True, CERT_DATA, KEY_DATA, None)
+
+        success, cert, key = await mtls.get_client_cert_and_key(None)
+
+        assert success is True
+        assert cert == CERT_DATA
+        assert key == KEY_DATA
+        mock_get_credentials.assert_called_once()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.transport._mtls_helper._get_workload_cert_and_key")
+    async def test_get_client_ssl_credentials_error(self, mock_workload):
+        mock_workload.side_effect = exceptions.ClientCertError(
+            "Failed to read metadata"
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.ClientCertError, match="Failed to read metadata"):
+            await mtls.get_client_ssl_credentials()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    @mock.patch("google.auth.aio.transport.mtls.get_client_ssl_credentials")
+    async def test_get_client_cert_and_key_exception_propagation(self, mock_get_ssl):
+        mock_get_ssl.side_effect = exceptions.ClientCertError(
+            "Underlying credentials failed"
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            exceptions.ClientCertError, match="Underlying credentials failed"
+        ):
+            await mtls.get_client_cert_and_key(client_cert_callback=None)