servo/ipc-channel

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A multiprocess drop-in replacement for Rust channels

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Dominant language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 1, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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57 open issues indexed

Potential soundness issue in `ipc-channel` 0.22.0 Open

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servo/ipc-channel#454 · Opened May 19, 2026
try_recv_timeout loses messages on Windows Open

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servo/ipc-channel#450 · Opened Mar 26, 2026
`windows::tests::test_recover_handles_mixed_shmem_handles` is flaky Open

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servo/ipc-channel#439 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 20, 2026
windows: fetch_iocp_result().unwrap() panic observed (during drop) Open

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servo/ipc-channel#427 · Opened Nov 26, 2025
Support for process in different window sessions. Open

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servo/ipc-channel#425 · Opened Nov 11, 2025
Wrap `OsIpcSharedMemory` with Arc. Open

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servo/ipc-channel#423 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 26, 2025
Multiplexing prototype Open

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servo/ipc-channel#396 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 27, 2025
Panic when sending more than 64 file descriptors on unix systems Open

I-bug P-unix

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servo/ipc-channel#395 · Opened May 20, 2025
Replace ITERATIONS constant by criterion's custom measurements Open

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servo/ipc-channel#353 · Opened Aug 19, 2024
Build fails on FreeBSD: error[E0425]: cannot find value `POLLRDHUP` in crate `libc` Open

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servo/ipc-channel#337 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 27, 2024
Ability to set custom name for the server Open

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servo/ipc-channel#333 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 27, 2024
Panic post upgrading from rustc 1.66 to later versions on MacOS Open

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servo/ipc-channel#328 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 24, 2023
Sending an IpcReceiver over a previously sent IpcChannel doesn't work on Windows Open

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servo/ipc-channel#310 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 7, 2023
Apple recommends against direct use of Mach Open

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servo/ipc-channel#309 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 30, 2023
IpcOneShotServer::accept is blocking and has no non-blocking version Open

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servo/ipc-channel#307 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 19, 2023
Channel between 64-bit and 32-bit process Open

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servo/ipc-channel#304 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 8, 2022
IpcReceiver hang, forking leaks file descriptors, problem/discussion Open

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servo/ipc-channel#281 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 15, 2021
Panic on large data transfer Open

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servo/ipc-channel#277 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 12, 2021
Add API so allow for a select-like mechanism using the ROUTER Open

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servo/ipc-channel#267 · Opened Jun 16, 2020
IpcReceiver hangs indefinitely on MacOS when other process ends Open

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servo/ipc-channel#266 · 7 comments · Opened May 28, 2020
Add API to IpcReceiver that wraps the ROUTER integration Open

enhancement

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servo/ipc-channel#265 · Opened May 1, 2020
Ability to send arbitrary FDs across processes Open

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servo/ipc-channel#263 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 29, 2020
IpcOneShotServer::accept needs timeout or try method Open

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servo/ipc-channel#261 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 26, 2020
Responding to Serialization Errors Open

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servo/ipc-channel#257 · Opened Feb 11, 2020
Provide an API for attachments in shared memory Open

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servo/ipc-channel#255 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 30, 2020
Sending a sender over a channel and immediately receiving from the corresonding receiver intermittently fails on linux Open

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servo/ipc-channel#252 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 9, 2020
Question: is IpcSharedMemory currently read-only? Open

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servo/ipc-channel#241 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 7, 2019
Receiving an ipc channel uses an fd Open

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servo/ipc-channel#240 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 2, 2019
Able to convert `OpaqueIpcMessage` to "smaller" sized types. Open

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servo/ipc-channel#239 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 26, 2019
Using IpcSender<T> as a field and implementing Deserialize/Serialize causes panic. Open

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servo/ipc-channel#238 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 18, 2019
Unix channels trigger valgrind errors Open

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servo/ipc-channel#230 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 21, 2019
Support futures Sink for IpcSender Open

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servo/ipc-channel#228 · Opened Mar 4, 2019
Retrieve RawFd Open

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servo/ipc-channel#214 · 7 comments · Opened Dec 12, 2018
Use Binder on Android Open

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servo/ipc-channel#212 · Opened Nov 27, 2018
Use ALPC on Windows Open

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servo/ipc-channel#211 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 27, 2018
Using a lot of IpcOneShotServer clutters /tmp with rust-ipc-socket.XXXXXX files Open

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servo/ipc-channel#204 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 23, 2018
Intermittent crash in macOS select operation Open

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servo/ipc-channel#202 · Opened Jul 9, 2018
One-shot server hangs indefinetely if client process died Open

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servo/ipc-channel#201 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 13, 2018
Multiple senders Open

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servo/ipc-channel#190 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 28, 2018
Test case `cross_process_two_step_transfer_spawn()` fails on MacOS Open

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servo/ipc-channel#174 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 7, 2017
Unexpected drop Open

question

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servo/ipc-channel#171 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 2, 2017
Reduce copying when sending Open

servo/ipc-channel#156 · 17 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 10, 2017
Make android OSes use the unix module instead of inprocess Open

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servo/ipc-channel#143 · Opened Feb 13, 2017
Make IpcSender::send take a reference Open

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servo/ipc-channel#138 · 31 comments · Opened Feb 8, 2017
IpcSender should consistently be Sync or !Sync. Open

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servo/ipc-channel#135 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2017
Zero-copy support Open

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servo/ipc-channel#126 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 28, 2016
macos: Make sure to decrement the ref count of the mach port on ChannelClosed Open

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servo/ipc-channel#116 · Opened Nov 8, 2016
allow access to the underlying fd to register it in a mio event loop Open

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servo/ipc-channel#112 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2016
router tests are non-deterministic because of shared router Open

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servo/ipc-channel#106 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 4, 2016
ipc-channel makes assumptions about OS buffer sizes Open

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servo/ipc-channel#101 · 12 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2016

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