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Fixes #3654

Summary

Implements a high-performance, $O(1)$ bitwise rune-boundary alignment safety gate inside the Radix Tree routing engine (tree.go) to prevent string slicing truncation and out-of-bounds panics when extracting wildcard parameters from paths containing multi-byte UTF-8 character sequences.

Changes

  • Injected a utf8.RuneStart index alignment routine immediately prior to executing parameter value slices (path[:end]) inside getValue to catch and correct any index drift caused by unescaping or route fallback handling.
  • Implemented TestWildcardParamUnicodeConcurrency inside context_test.go to aggressively validate parameter parsing accuracy across concurrent goroutines using complex multi-byte scripts and emojis.

Motivation

Gin's radix tree naturally tracks path splits using raw byte counters for raw execution speed. However, if index parameters drift under complex unescaping edge cases or URL structural mutations, standard string slicing can cut a multi-byte character directly in half. This leads to malformed parameter buffers or runtime memory exceptions.

Using bitwise checks keeps the validation at an $O(1)$ footprint, ensuring Gin's routing performance metrics are completely preserved without forcing heap arrays or full string conversion allocations.

Tested on

  • Verified using Go 1.26 race detection execution matrix (go test -race ./...). All concurrent tests pass cleanly with zero allocation regressions.

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Pull request overview

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This PR hardens route parameter extraction for Unicode paths by ensuring slice boundaries align with UTF-8 rune starts, and adds a concurrent regression test to exercise Unicode params/wildcards under load.

Changes:

  • Adjust param slicing to back up end to a valid UTF-8 rune boundary before path[:end].
  • Add a concurrency-focused test that hits :name and *filepath routes with Unicode paths.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File Description
tree.go Ensures end is moved to a UTF-8 rune boundary prior to slicing route params.
context_test.go Adds a multi-goroutine test covering Unicode param/wildcard routing.

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Comment thread context_test.go
Comment on lines +3875 to +3883
router.GET("/user/:name", func(c *Context) {
name := c.Param("name")
assert.NotEmpty(t, name)
})

router.GET("/files/*filepath", func(c *Context) {
filepath := c.Param("filepath")
assert.NotEmpty(t, filepath)
})
Comment thread context_test.go
Comment on lines +3894 to +3902
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
for _, p := range paths {
req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, p, nil)
w := httptest.NewRecorder()
router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
}
}()
Comment thread context_test.go
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
for _, p := range paths {
req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, p, nil)
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❌ Patch coverage is 0% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 98.32%. Comparing base (3dc1cd6) to head (3a0de75).
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@HarshalPatel1972 HarshalPatel1972 force-pushed the fix/wildcard-param-unicode branch 2 times, most recently from 517d1ed to 3a0de75 Compare June 5, 2026 20:14
@HarshalPatel1972 HarshalPatel1972 force-pushed the fix/wildcard-param-unicode branch from 3a0de75 to 51a1efd Compare June 5, 2026 20:23
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