librespeed / librespeed/speedtest-go
enabling tls/ssl causes significant drop in performance
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Description
Description
Downloaded the latest release which has the tls option and set up speedtest-go using tls/http2 using Letsencrypt certificates. This caused the download speeds to drop to approx. 66% and upload speeds to as low as 30%, compared to non-tls settings.
Server
Running on a LXC Rocky 8.6 Linux install
Client
Firefox 102.01 on macOS Monteray
Steps to reproduce
- install latest release
- activate tls/http2
Expected behaviour
Expected mostly the same up- and download speeds over tls or plain
Screenshots
Added screenshots for wired and wireless tests. Lefts ones are without tls, right ones with tls/http2 enabled. Top ones are wired connections, bottom ones are on wireless.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported comparison using the latest release, with TLS/HTTP2 enabled and disabled, and record download and upload results for wired and wireless clients. Compare the measurements against the reported roughly 66% download and 30% upload performance, then document and address the cause of the discrepancy.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend, networking, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100