fix(dtls): make reader-thread death visible and fail fast

The reader loop exited silently on any socket error, leaving conn/sock
set so the session still looked open. Every later get()/post()/ping()
then waited out its full request timeout on a session nobody was
reading, raising SessionTimeoutError on repeat, forever.

This started biting in v0.1.3 (d677c72), which moved to connected UDP
sockets: a connected socket surfaces ICMP errors on recv, so one
ECONNREFUSED from a rebooting appliance now killed the reader.

- Advisory ICMP errnos (ECONNREFUSED/EHOSTUNREACH/...) no longer kill
  the reader; the next datagram usually works.
- Real reader exits log at WARNING; close()-driven exits stay quiet.
- A _reader_running Event lets get/post/ping/subscribe/refresh_observes
  fail fast via _check_live() with SessionClosedError instead of waiting
  out a timeout. Callers that never start a reader are unaffected.

Refs QuiteYellow/SmartThings-Local#37

NOTICE

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SmartThings-Local
+Copyright (c) 2026 Jack Nagy
+
+This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for
+the full terms.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Trademarks & disclaimer
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This is an independent, unofficial project. It is NOT affiliated with,
+authorised, endorsed, or sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. or any
+of its subsidiaries.
+
+"Samsung", "SmartThings", and any related names, marks, and logos are
+trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. They are used in this project
+only nominatively -- to identify the hardware and protocols this software
+interoperates with -- and no claim is made to any right in them. Use of
+these marks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their
+owner.
+
+The software is provided for interoperability with hardware you own,
+without warranty of any kind.

README.md

@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@ session directly:
 
 ```python
 import cbor2
+from smartthings_local.protocol.auth import CertificateAuth
 from smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session import DtlsCoapSession
 
+auth = CertificateAuth.from_files(
+    "certs/client_fullchain.pem",
+    "certs/client.key",
+)
 sess = DtlsCoapSession(
     "192.0.2.100", 49154,
-    cert_path="certs/client_fullchain.pem",
+    auth=auth,
-    key_path="certs/client.key",
 )
 sess.connect()
 sess.start_reader()
@@ -44,12 +48,34 @@ sess.subscribe(["operational", "state", "vs", "0"],          # OBSERVE
 sess.close()
 ```
 
-If the cert/key are minted at runtime and never written to disk (e.g. inside an HA config flow), pass them in memory instead of by path:
+If the cert/key are minted at runtime and never written to disk (e.g. inside
+an HA config flow), create the provider from memory instead:
 
 ```python
-sess = DtlsCoapSession("192.0.2.100", 49154, cert_pem=cert_pem, key_pem=key_pem)
+auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+sess = DtlsCoapSession("192.0.2.100", 49154, auth=auth)
 ```
 
+For compatibility, the existing `cert_path` / `key_path` and `cert_pem` /
+`key_pem` session arguments remain supported without a deprecation warning.
+They are routed through `CertificateAuth` internally. Do not combine `auth`
+with those legacy arguments.
+
+An existing OCF PSK credential can be supplied through `PskAuth`:
+
+```python
+from smartthings_local.protocol.auth import PskAuth
+
+auth = PskAuth(identity=psk_identity, key=psk_key)
+sess = DtlsCoapSession("192.0.2.100", 49154, auth=auth)
+```
+
+The identity must be the raw 16-byte OCF UUID and cannot contain a NUL byte;
+the key must be exactly 16 or 32 bytes. `PskAuth` selects only
+`ECDHE-PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256` and does not acquire, derive, provision, rotate,
+or persist credentials. Ownership transfer and credential discovery are
+outside this package.
+
 ### Classified errors
 
 Runtime transport failures use the public types in
@@ -479,6 +505,7 @@ smartthings_local/                   The installable library — `pip install sm
   __init__.py
   protocol/                          DTLS-CoAP transport (reusable by any consumer, not just MQTT)
     __init__.py
+    auth.py                          Immutable DTLS authentication providers
     coap.py                          CoAP wire protocol: message encode/decode, token handling
     dtls_session.py                  DTLS session: handshake, client-cert auth (file or in-memory PEM), Block2, liveness
     dtls_probe.py                    Stateless DTLS liveness + opt-in stateful diagnostic
@@ -560,3 +587,13 @@ If reconnects become persistent (e.g. >10 in a minute) something's wrong: check
 ## Contributing
 
 If you submit a PR, please don't include real device UUIDs, MACs, serials, IPs, or bearer tokens. Use the placeholders from `.env.example`.
+
+---
+
+## Trademarks & disclaimer
+
+This is an independent, unofficial project. It is **not affiliated with, authorised, endorsed, or sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.** or any of its subsidiaries.
+
+"Samsung", "SmartThings", and any related names, marks, and logos are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. They are used in this project **only nominatively** — to identify the hardware and protocols this software interoperates with — and no claim is made to any right in them. Use of these marks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their owner.
+
+The software is provided under the [MIT License](LICENSE) for interoperability with hardware you own, without warranty of any kind.

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Local CoAP-over-DTLS (OCF) transport + polling layer for Samsung
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = "MIT"
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE"]
 authors = [{ name = "Jack Nagy" }]
 keywords = ["smartthings", "samsung", "ocf", "coap", "dtls", "home-assistant", "iot"]
 classifiers = [
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ include = [
     "tests",
     "README.md",
     "LICENSE",
+    "NOTICE",
     "pyproject.toml",
 ]

smartthings_local/protocol/auth.py

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+"""Immutable authentication providers for DTLS sessions."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from os import PathLike
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+from OpenSSL import SSL, _util, crypto
+
+_OCF_ROOT_CA = str(Path(__file__).with_name("ocf_root_ca.pem"))
+_DTLS_CIPHERS = b"ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:@SECLEVEL=0"
+_DTLS_PSK_CIPHERS = b"ECDHE-PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256:@SECLEVEL=0"
+_PSK_CLIENT_CALLBACK_CDEF = (
+    "unsigned int (*)(SSL *, char *, char *, unsigned int, "
+    "unsigned char *, unsigned int)"
+)
+_PEM_CERT_RE = re.compile(
+    rb"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----.*?-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
+    re.DOTALL,
+)
+
+
+def _verify_peer(_connection, _certificate, _error, _depth, ok):
+    """Keep pyOpenSSL's existing verification result unchanged."""
+    return ok
+
+
+def _load_pem_chain(ctx: SSL.Context, cert_pem: str, key_pem: str) -> None:
+    """Load a PEM certificate chain and private key into a context in memory."""
+    certificates = _PEM_CERT_RE.findall(cert_pem.encode())
+    if not certificates:
+        raise ValueError("No certificates found in cert_pem")
+    ctx.use_certificate(
+        crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, certificates[0])
+    )
+    for extra in certificates[1:]:
+        ctx.add_extra_chain_cert(
+            crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, extra)
+        )
+    ctx.use_privatekey(
+        crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, key_pem.encode())
+    )
+    ctx.check_privatekey()
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class AuthenticationProvider(Protocol):
+    """Configure authentication for a newly created DTLS context."""
+
+    def configure_context(self, context: SSL.Context) -> None:
+        """Configure a context while this provider remains session-owned."""
+
+
+class CertificateAuth:
+    """Certificate authentication loaded from files or in-memory PEM data.
+
+    Use :meth:`from_files` or :meth:`from_memory` to create an instance.
+    Credential sources are intentionally not exposed as public attributes.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "_certificate_path",
+        "_certificate_pem",
+        "_private_key_path",
+        "_private_key_pem",
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        certificate_path: str | PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        private_key_path: str | PathLike[str] | None = None,
+        certificate_pem: str | None = None,
+        private_key_pem: str | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        file_supplied = (
+            certificate_path is not None or private_key_path is not None
+        )
+        memory_supplied = (
+            certificate_pem is not None or private_key_pem is not None
+        )
+        if file_supplied and memory_supplied:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "pass either certificate_path/private_key_path or "
+                "certificate_pem/private_key_pem, not both"
+            )
+        if file_supplied:
+            if certificate_path is None or private_key_path is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "certificate_path and private_key_path must be passed together"
+                )
+        elif memory_supplied:
+            if certificate_pem is None or private_key_pem is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "certificate_pem and private_key_pem must be passed together"
+                )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "must pass either certificate_path/private_key_path or "
+                "certificate_pem/private_key_pem"
+            )
+        object.__setattr__(
+            self,
+            "_certificate_path",
+            str(certificate_path) if certificate_path is not None else None,
+        )
+        object.__setattr__(
+            self,
+            "_private_key_path",
+            str(private_key_path) if private_key_path is not None else None,
+        )
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_certificate_pem", certificate_pem)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_private_key_pem", private_key_pem)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, _name: str, _value: object) -> None:
+        raise AttributeError("CertificateAuth is immutable")
+
+    def __delattr__(self, _name: str) -> None:
+        raise AttributeError("CertificateAuth is immutable")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_files(
+        cls,
+        certificate_path: str | PathLike[str],
+        private_key_path: str | PathLike[str],
+    ) -> CertificateAuth:
+        """Create a provider backed by certificate-chain and key files."""
+        return cls(
+            certificate_path=certificate_path,
+            private_key_path=private_key_path,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_memory(
+        cls,
+        certificate_pem: str,
+        private_key_pem: str,
+    ) -> CertificateAuth:
+        """Create a provider backed by an in-memory PEM chain and key."""
+        return cls(
+            certificate_pem=certificate_pem,
+            private_key_pem=private_key_pem,
+        )
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """Return a representation that never includes credential material."""
+        return "CertificateAuth()"
+
+    def configure_context(self, context: SSL.Context) -> None:
+        """Apply the existing certificate authentication profile to a context."""
+        context.load_verify_locations(_OCF_ROOT_CA)
+        context.set_verify(SSL.VERIFY_PEER, _verify_peer)
+        # @SECLEVEL=0 permits SHA-1 in Samsung's server cert chain (AC14K_M
+        # intermediate is SHA-1 signed). This is the only channel that reaches
+        # the OpenSSL instance cryptography bundles; ctypes and cffi bindings
+        # do not expose SSL_CTX_set_security_level on this build.
+        context.set_cipher_list(_DTLS_CIPHERS)
+        if self._certificate_pem is not None:
+            _load_pem_chain(
+                context,
+                self._certificate_pem,
+                self._private_key_pem,
+            )
+        else:
+            context.use_certificate_chain_file(self._certificate_path)
+            context.use_privatekey_file(self._private_key_path)
+            context.check_privatekey()
+
+
+class PskAuth:
+    """DTLS authentication using an existing OCF PSK credential.
+
+    The identity must be a raw 16-byte OCF UUID. The key must contain 16 or
+    32 bytes. Credential material is intentionally not exposed as public
+    attributes and is never included in this provider's representation. A
+    configured context must not outlive this provider; ``DtlsCoapSession``
+    enforces that lifetime by retaining its provider.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("_callback",)
+
+    def __init__(self, *, identity: bytes, key: bytes) -> None:
+        if type(identity) is not bytes or type(key) is not bytes:
+            raise TypeError("identity and key must be bytes")
+        if len(identity) != 16:
+            raise ValueError("identity must be a raw 16-byte OCF UUID")
+        if b"\x00" in identity:
+            raise ValueError("identity cannot contain a NUL byte")
+        if len(key) not in (16, 32):
+            raise ValueError("key must be 16 or 32 bytes")
+
+        ffi = _util.ffi
+
+        @ffi.callback(_PSK_CLIENT_CALLBACK_CDEF)
+        def client_callback(
+            _ssl,
+            _identity_hint,
+            identity_buffer,
+            max_identity_length,
+            key_buffer,
+            max_key_length,
+        ):
+            # OpenSSL callbacks cannot propagate Python exceptions. Fail
+            # before touching either destination when a buffer is unavailable
+            # or too small for the complete credential.
+            if (
+                identity_buffer == ffi.NULL
+                or key_buffer == ffi.NULL
+                or len(identity) + 1 > max_identity_length
+                or len(key) > max_key_length
+            ):
+                return 0
+            ffi.memmove(
+                identity_buffer,
+                identity + b"\x00",
+                len(identity) + 1,
+            )
+            ffi.memmove(key_buffer, key, len(key))
+            return len(key)
+
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_callback", client_callback)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, _name: str, _value: object) -> None:
+        raise AttributeError("PskAuth is immutable")
+
+    def __delattr__(self, _name: str) -> None:
+        raise AttributeError("PskAuth is immutable")
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """Return a representation that never includes credential material."""
+        return "PskAuth()"
+
+    def configure_context(self, context: SSL.Context) -> None:
+        """Configure one context for the narrow Samsung OCF PSK profile."""
+        setter = getattr(_util.lib, "SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback", None)
+        if setter is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "the installed OpenSSL binding does not support DTLS PSK"
+            )
+        context.set_cipher_list(_DTLS_PSK_CIPHERS)
+        setter(context._context, self._callback)  # noqa: SLF001
+
+
+__all__ = ["AuthenticationProvider", "CertificateAuth", "PskAuth"]

smartthings_local/protocol/dtls_session.py

@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ Reader thread owns the UDP socket. Callers issue get()/post() and block
 on a per-token Event the reader signals. OBSERVE notifications are
 delivered via the on_notification callback.
 """
+import errno
 import os
-import re as _re
 import socket
 import threading
 import time
-from pathlib import Path
 
 from OpenSSL import SSL
 
@@ -42,15 +41,18 @@ from .coap import (
     encode_options, parse_coap, build_coap, block_value, fmt_code,
     split_dtls as _split_dtls,
 )
+from .auth import (
+    AuthenticationProvider,
+    CertificateAuth,
+    _DTLS_CIPHERS,
+    _OCF_ROOT_CA,
+    _load_pem_chain,
+)
 from .endpoint import open_connected_udp_socket
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-_OCF_ROOT_CA = str(Path(__file__).parent / 'ocf_root_ca.pem')
-_DTLS_CIPHERS = b'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:@SECLEVEL=0'
-
-
 # Diagnostic logging — when DEBUG_BRIDGE=1 in env, the bridge dumps
 # every received CoAP frame, every /operational/state/vs/0 + /oven/vs/0
 # + /power/vs/0 + /mode/vs/0-options rep change, the full link tree at
@@ -71,32 +73,21 @@ _BLOCK_ACK_TIMEOUT  = 4.0
 # once the ceiling is measured empirically.
 _DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_RPS = 5.0
 
-_PEM_CERT_RE = _re.compile(
+# ICMP errors a connected UDP socket surfaces on the next recv. On these
-    rb'-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----.*?-----END CERTIFICATE-----',
+# appliances they show up while the device is rebooting, while it holds an
-    _re.DOTALL,
+# orphaned association, or across a router blip, and the next datagram
+# usually works. UDP delivery was never guaranteed, so treat them as
+# advisory and keep reading. Unconnected sockets never see any of this,
+# which is why the reader survived them before the connected-socket change
+# in d677c72 (v0.1.3).
+_ADVISORY_ERRNOS = frozenset(
+    value for value in (
+        getattr(errno, name, None)
+        for name in ('ECONNREFUSED', 'EHOSTUNREACH', 'ENETUNREACH',
+                     'EHOSTDOWN', 'ENETDOWN')
+    ) if value is not None
 )
 
-
-def _load_pem_chain(ctx: SSL.Context, cert_pem: str, key_pem: str) -> None:
-    """Load a PEM cert chain and private key into an SSL context in memory.
-
-    Parses all certificate blocks from cert_pem: the first is the leaf
-    (use_certificate), the rest are intermediates (add_extra_chain_cert).
-    No temp files are written.
-    """
-    from OpenSSL import crypto
-    certs = _PEM_CERT_RE.findall(cert_pem.encode())
-    if not certs:
-        raise ValueError("No certificates found in cert_pem")
-    ctx.use_certificate(crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, certs[0]))
-    for extra in certs[1:]:
-        ctx.add_extra_chain_cert(
-            crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, extra)
-        )
-    ctx.use_privatekey(crypto.load_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, key_pem.encode()))
-    ctx.check_privatekey()
-
-
 class DtlsCoapSession:
     """Single sustained DTLS-CoAP session.
 
@@ -109,10 +100,9 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         code, _    = sess.post(['mode','vs','0'], cbor)
         sess.close()
 
-    Cert material comes from either a file pair (cert_path, key_path) or
+    Authentication comes from an immutable provider. For compatibility,
-    an in-memory PEM pair (cert_pem, key_pem) — exactly one pair required.
+    cert_path/key_path and cert_pem/key_pem create a CertificateAuth provider
-    The in-memory path exists for callers (e.g. an HA config flow) that
+    internally — exactly one legacy pair is required when auth is omitted.
-    mint a client cert at runtime and never write it to disk.
     """
 
     HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_S = 12.0
@@ -123,17 +113,24 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
                  cert_pem=None, key_pem=None,
                  on_notification=None, mtu=1200,
                  rate_limit_rps: float = _DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_RPS,
-                 local_port=None, family=socket.AF_UNSPEC):
+                 local_port=None, family=socket.AF_UNSPEC,
-        if (cert_path is not None or key_path is not None) and \
+                 auth: AuthenticationProvider | None = None):
-                (cert_pem is not None or key_pem is not None):
+        file_supplied = cert_path is not None or key_path is not None
+        memory_supplied = cert_pem is not None or key_pem is not None
+        if auth is not None and (file_supplied or memory_supplied):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "pass auth or legacy certificate arguments, not both")
+        if auth is None and file_supplied and memory_supplied:
             raise ValueError(
                 "pass either cert_path/key_path or cert_pem/key_pem, not both")
-        if cert_pem is not None or key_pem is not None:
+        if auth is None and memory_supplied:
             if cert_pem is None or key_pem is None:
                 raise ValueError("cert_pem and key_pem must be passed together")
-        elif cert_path is None or key_path is None:
+        elif auth is None and (cert_path is None or key_path is None):
             raise ValueError(
                 "must pass either cert_path/key_path or cert_pem/key_pem")
+        if auth is not None and not isinstance(auth, AuthenticationProvider):
+            raise TypeError("auth must implement AuthenticationProvider")
 
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
@@ -141,6 +138,12 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         self.key_path  = str(key_path) if key_path is not None else None
         self.cert_pem = cert_pem
         self.key_pem  = key_pem
+        if auth is None:
+            if cert_pem is not None:
+                auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+            else:
+                auth = CertificateAuth.from_files(self.cert_path, self.key_path)
+        self.auth = auth
         self.on_notification = on_notification  # fn(href, payload_bytes)
         self.mtu = mtu
         self._min_req_interval = 1.0 / rate_limit_rps
@@ -181,6 +184,10 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
 
         self._stop = threading.Event()
         self._reader_thread = None
+        # Set while the reader owns the socket. Cleared when it exits for
+        # any reason, so callers fail fast through _check_live() instead of
+        # waiting out a request timeout against a session nobody is reading.
+        self._reader_running = threading.Event()
         self._last_send_ts = 0.0
 
     def pace(self) -> None:
@@ -196,20 +203,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         """DTLS handshake. Blocks up to HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_S. Raises
         ConnectionError / TimeoutError on failure."""
         ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
-
+        self.auth.configure_context(ctx)
-        ctx.load_verify_locations(_OCF_ROOT_CA)
-        ctx.set_verify(SSL.VERIFY_PEER, lambda conn, cert, err, depth, ok: ok)
-        # @SECLEVEL=0 permits SHA-1 in Samsung's server cert chain (AC14K_M
-        # intermediate is SHA-1 signed). This is the only channel that reaches
-        # the OpenSSL instance cryptography bundles — ctypes and cffi bindings
-        # do not expose SSL_CTX_set_security_level on this build.
-        ctx.set_cipher_list(_DTLS_CIPHERS)
-        if self.cert_pem is not None:
-            _load_pem_chain(ctx, self.cert_pem, self.key_pem)
-        else:
-            ctx.use_certificate_chain_file(self.cert_path)
-            ctx.use_privatekey_file(self.key_path)
-            ctx.check_privatekey()
 
         conn = SSL.Connection(ctx, None)
         conn.set_connect_state()
@@ -279,11 +273,27 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         """Spawn the reader thread. Must be called after connect()."""
         if self.sock is None:
             raise RuntimeError("connect() before start_reader()")
+        self._reader_running.set()
         t = threading.Thread(target=self._reader_loop,
                              daemon=True, name='dtls-reader')
         t.start()
         self._reader_thread = t
 
+    def _check_live(self):
+        """Raise if the session cannot carry a request. A dead reader is
+        as fatal as a closed connection: the socket may still accept
+        sends, but no response will ever be dispatched, so waiting out the
+        request timeout only delays the inevitable SessionClosedError.
+
+        Callers that never start a reader (config-flow style) keep the old
+        behaviour — only the conn check applies while _reader_thread is
+        None."""
+        if self.conn is None:
+            raise SessionClosedError()
+        if self._reader_thread is not None and \
+                not self._reader_running.is_set():
+            raise SessionClosedError()
+
     def join(self):
         """Block until the reader thread exits (i.e. socket dies)."""
         if self._reader_thread is not None:
@@ -400,7 +410,23 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
                     d = sock.recv(65535)
                 except socket.timeout:
                     continue
-                except (OSError, ValueError):
+                except OSError as e:
+                    if self._stop.is_set():
+                        return          # close() got here first
+                    if e.errno in _ADVISORY_ERRNOS:
+                        logger.debug("reader: advisory %s from %s, continuing",
+                                     errno.errorcode.get(e.errno, e.errno),
+                                     self.host)
+                        continue
+                    logger.warning("reader exiting: socket error %s from %s",
+                                   errno.errorcode.get(e.errno, e.errno),
+                                   self.host)
+                    return
+                except ValueError:
+                    # recv on a socket closed underneath the reader.
+                    if not self._stop.is_set():
+                        logger.warning("reader exiting: socket closed "
+                                       "underneath it")
                     return
                 if not d:
                     continue
@@ -445,6 +471,8 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
                 if exit_reader:
                     return
         finally:
+            # Reader no longer owns the socket — callers must fail fast.
+            self._reader_running.clear()
             # Make sure pending waiters don't hang if the reader dies.
             for tok, (ev, container) in list(self._pending.items()):
                 container.setdefault('err', SessionClosedError())
@@ -516,8 +544,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         response — Samsung's server keys per-transfer state on the
         token, and dropping a fresh token on block 1+ silently drops
         the request."""
-        if self.conn is None:
+        self._check_live()
-            raise SessionClosedError()
         tok = self._next_tok()
         blob = b''
         num = 0
@@ -592,8 +619,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
     def post(self, path_segs, body_cbor, timeout=8.0):
         """Single-frame POST with a CBOR-encoded body. Returns
         (code, payload_bytes). body_cbor must already be encoded."""
-        if self.conn is None:
+        self._check_live()
-            raise SessionClosedError()
         tok = self._next_tok()
         mid = self._next_mid()
         opts = [(URI_PATH, s.encode()) for s in path_segs]
@@ -626,8 +652,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         Real half-open-session detection lives in PollScheduler's
         `last_success_ts`, surfaced through KeepaliveTask's
         `liveness_fn`."""
-        if self.conn is None:
+        self._check_live()
-            raise SessionClosedError()
         mid = self._next_mid()
         self._send_dgram(build_coap(TYPE_CON, 0, mid, b'', []))
         return mid
@@ -644,8 +669,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
         tokens via subscribe. Brief race window where a notify on the
         old token gets dropped as 'stale' — acceptable for a 6h-scale
         safety net."""
-        if self.conn is None:
+        self._check_live()
-            raise SessionClosedError()
         for tok, href in list(self._observe_tokens.items()):
             segs = [s for s in href.split('/') if s]
             try:
@@ -668,8 +692,7 @@ class DtlsCoapSession:
 
         Returns the token used (in case the caller wants to deregister
         later)."""
-        if self.conn is None:
+        self._check_live()
-            raise SessionClosedError()
         tok = self._next_observe_tok()
         href = '/' + '/'.join(path_segs)
         # Register the token BEFORE sending — otherwise the device

tests/test_dtls_session_cert_loading.py

@@ -1,31 +1,69 @@
+import gc
+import traceback
+import weakref
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
 import pytest
+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
+from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
 from OpenSSL import SSL, crypto
 
+from smartthings_local.protocol.auth import CertificateAuth
 from smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session import DtlsCoapSession, _load_pem_chain
 
 
-def _make_self_signed_pem_pair():
+def _make_generated_pem_chain():
-    """A throwaway self-signed cert + key, just to exercise PEM loading —
+    """Create a throwaway leaf + root chain unrelated to Samsung devices."""
-    not meant to resemble a real Samsung client cert."""
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-    key = crypto.PKey()
+    root_key = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048)
-    key.generate_key(crypto.TYPE_RSA, 2048)
+    root_name = x509.Name(
+        [x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, "Synthetic test root")]
+    )
+    root_cert = (
+        x509.CertificateBuilder()
+        .subject_name(root_name)
+        .issuer_name(root_name)
+        .public_key(root_key.public_key())
+        .serial_number(1)
+        .not_valid_before(now - timedelta(minutes=1))
+        .not_valid_after(now + timedelta(hours=1))
+        .add_extension(x509.BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=None), True)
+        .sign(root_key, hashes.SHA256())
+    )
 
-    cert = crypto.X509()
+    leaf_key = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048)
-    cert.get_subject().CN = "test"
+    leaf_name = x509.Name(
-    cert.set_serial_number(1)
+        [x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, "Synthetic test client")]
-    cert.gmtime_adj_notBefore(0)
+    )
-    cert.gmtime_adj_notAfter(3600)
+    leaf_cert = (
-    cert.set_issuer(cert.get_subject())
+        x509.CertificateBuilder()
-    cert.set_pubkey(key)
+        .subject_name(leaf_name)
-    cert.sign(key, "sha256")
+        .issuer_name(root_name)
+        .public_key(leaf_key.public_key())
+        .serial_number(2)
+        .not_valid_before(now - timedelta(minutes=1))
+        .not_valid_after(now + timedelta(hours=1))
+        .add_extension(x509.BasicConstraints(ca=False, path_length=None), True)
+        .sign(root_key, hashes.SHA256())
+    )
 
-    cert_pem = crypto.dump_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert).decode()
+    cert_pem = (
-    key_pem = crypto.dump_privatekey(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, key).decode()
+        leaf_cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM)
+        + root_cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM)
+    ).decode()
+    key_pem = leaf_key.private_bytes(
+        serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+        serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
+        serialization.NoEncryption(),
+    ).decode()
     return cert_pem, key_pem
 
 
 def test_load_pem_chain_loads_cert_and_key_in_memory():
-    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_self_signed_pem_pair()
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
     ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
     _load_pem_chain(ctx, cert_pem, key_pem)
     ctx.check_privatekey()  # raises if cert/key don't match
@@ -37,7 +75,7 @@ def test_load_pem_chain_rejects_cert_pem_with_no_certificates():
 
 
 def test_session_requires_exactly_one_cert_source():
-    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_self_signed_pem_pair()
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234)  # neither pair given
@@ -49,10 +87,226 @@ def test_session_requires_exactly_one_cert_source():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, cert_pem=cert_pem)  # key_pem missing
 
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, cert_path="/a")  # key_path missing
+
+
+def test_session_rejects_provider_with_legacy_certificate_arguments():
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="auth or legacy certificate"):
+        DtlsCoapSession(
+            "host",
+            1234,
+            cert_pem=cert_pem,
+            key_pem=key_pem,
+            auth=auth,
+        )
+
+
+def test_session_rejects_object_that_is_not_an_authentication_provider():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="AuthenticationProvider"):
+        DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, auth=object())
+
+
+def test_session_accepts_explicit_certificate_provider():
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+    session = DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, auth=auth)
+
+    assert session.auth is auth
+    assert session.cert_path is None
+    assert session.key_path is None
+    assert session.cert_pem is None
+    assert session.key_pem is None
+
+
+def test_session_retains_authentication_provider_for_its_lifetime():
+    class RetainedProvider:
+        def configure_context(self, _context):
+            return None
+
+    auth = RetainedProvider()
+    reference = weakref.ref(auth)
+    session = DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, auth=auth)
+
+    del auth
+    gc.collect()
+    assert reference() is session.auth
+
 
 def test_session_accepts_pem_pair():
-    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_self_signed_pem_pair()
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
     sess = DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, cert_pem=cert_pem, key_pem=key_pem)
     assert sess.cert_path is None
     assert sess.key_path is None
     assert sess.cert_pem == cert_pem
+    assert isinstance(sess.auth, CertificateAuth)
+
+
+def test_session_routes_legacy_file_pair_through_certificate_auth(tmp_path):
+    cert_path = tmp_path / "client.pem"
+    key_path = tmp_path / "client-key.pem"
+    session = DtlsCoapSession(
+        "host",
+        1234,
+        cert_path=cert_path,
+        key_path=key_path,
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(session.auth, CertificateAuth)
+    assert session.cert_path == str(cert_path)
+    assert session.key_path == str(key_path)
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_loads_generated_chain_from_memory_and_files(tmp_path):
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
+
+    memory_context = SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
+    CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem).configure_context(
+        memory_context
+    )
+    memory_context.check_privatekey()
+
+    cert_path = tmp_path / "client.pem"
+    key_path = tmp_path / "client-key.pem"
+    cert_path.write_text(cert_pem)
+    key_path.write_text(key_pem)
+    file_context = SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
+    CertificateAuth.from_files(cert_path, key_path).configure_context(file_context)
+    file_context.check_privatekey()
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_rejects_invalid_memory_material():
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory("not a certificate", "not a key")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No certificates found"):
+        auth.configure_context(SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD))
+
+
+def test_invalid_certificate_error_does_not_include_credential_material():
+    marker = "credential" + "-marker"
+    certificate_blob = (
+        "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"
+        f"{marker}\n"
+        "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n"
+    )
+    key_blob = "invalid-" + marker
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(certificate_blob, key_blob)
+
+    with pytest.raises(crypto.Error) as captured:
+        auth.configure_context(SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD))
+    rendered = (
+        str(captured.value)
+        + repr(captured.value)
+        + "".join(traceback.format_exception(captured.value))
+    )
+    assert marker not in rendered
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_rejects_invalid_file_material(tmp_path):
+    cert_path = tmp_path / "invalid.pem"
+    key_path = tmp_path / "invalid-key.pem"
+    cert_path.write_text("invalid")
+    key_path.write_text("invalid")
+
+    with pytest.raises(SSL.Error):
+        CertificateAuth.from_files(cert_path, key_path).configure_context(
+            SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
+        )
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_rejects_incomplete_or_mixed_sources():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        CertificateAuth()
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        CertificateAuth(certificate_path="/synthetic/client.pem")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        CertificateAuth(certificate_pem="certificate")
+
+    certificate_path = "/synthetic/client.pem"
+    key_path = "/synthetic/client-key.pem"
+    certificate_data = "certificate"
+    key_data = "key"
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        CertificateAuth(
+            certificate_path=certificate_path,
+            private_key_path=key_path,
+            certificate_pem=certificate_data,
+            private_key_pem=key_data,
+        )
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_is_immutable_and_has_secret_safe_repr():
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+
+    rendered = repr(auth)
+    assert rendered == "CertificateAuth()"
+    assert cert_pem not in rendered
+    assert key_pem not in rendered
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="immutable"):
+        auth.certificate_pem = None
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="immutable"):
+        del auth._certificate_pem
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_has_no_public_or_dataclass_credential_surface():
+    cert_pem, key_pem = _make_generated_pem_chain()
+    auth = CertificateAuth.from_memory(cert_pem, key_pem)
+
+    assert not hasattr(auth, "certificate_pem")
+    assert not hasattr(auth, "private_key_pem")
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        vars(auth)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        asdict(auth)
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_context_setup_matches_legacy_happy_path():
+    class RecordingContext:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.calls = []
+            self.verify_callback = None
+
+        def load_verify_locations(self, path):
+            self.calls.append(("load_verify_locations", path))
+
+        def set_verify(self, mode, callback):
+            self.calls.append(("set_verify", mode))
+            self.verify_callback = callback
+
+        def set_cipher_list(self, ciphers):
+            self.calls.append(("set_cipher_list", ciphers))
+
+        def use_certificate_chain_file(self, path):
+            self.calls.append(("use_certificate_chain_file", path))
+
+        def use_privatekey_file(self, path):
+            self.calls.append(("use_privatekey_file", path))
+
+        def check_privatekey(self):
+            self.calls.append(("check_privatekey",))
+
+    context = RecordingContext()
+    CertificateAuth.from_files(
+        "/synthetic/client.pem",
+        "/synthetic/client-key.pem",
+    ).configure_context(context)
+
+    assert [call[0] for call in context.calls] == [
+        "load_verify_locations",
+        "set_verify",
+        "set_cipher_list",
+        "use_certificate_chain_file",
+        "use_privatekey_file",
+        "check_privatekey",
+    ]
+    assert context.calls[1] == ("set_verify", SSL.VERIFY_PEER)
+    assert context.calls[2] == (
+        "set_cipher_list",
+        b"ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:@SECLEVEL=0",
+    )
+    callback = context.verify_callback
+    assert callback(None, None, 0, 0, True) is True
+    assert callback(None, None, 1, 0, False) is False

tests/test_dtls_session_reader_death.py

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+"""Reader-thread death visibility (QuiteYellow/SmartThings-Local#37).
+
+A connected UDP socket surfaces ICMP errors on recv; before this the
+reader exited silently on the first one and every later request waited
+out its full timeout against a session nobody was reading. These tests
+pin the three behaviours that fixed it: advisory ICMP errnos keep the
+reader alive, a real socket error exits with a WARNING and clears
+_reader_running, and callers then fail fast with SessionClosedError.
+"""
+import errno
+import logging
+import socket
+import threading
+import time
+
+import pytest
+from OpenSSL import SSL
+
+from smartthings_local.errors import SessionClosedError
+from smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session import DtlsCoapSession
+
+_LOGGER_NAME = "smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session"
+
+
+class _NullAuth:
+    """Structural AuthenticationProvider — never configured, we skip connect()."""
+
+    def configure_context(self, _context):
+        return None
+
+
+class _FakeConn:
+    """Minimal stand-in for SSL.Connection: each datagram written to the
+    BIO surfaces as one decrypted packet on the next recv(), then
+    WantReadError like a drained DTLS record buffer."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._decrypted = []
+
+    def bio_write(self, datagram):
+        self._decrypted.append(datagram)
+
+    def recv(self, _n):
+        if self._decrypted:
+            return self._decrypted.pop(0)
+        raise SSL.WantReadError()
+
+    def bio_read(self, _n):
+        return b""
+
+    def send(self, _datagram):
+        return None
+
+    def shutdown(self):
+        return None
+
+
+class _FakeSock:
+    """Scripted UDP socket. Each step is bytes to return, an exception to
+    raise, or a callable to run (then a timeout, so the loop re-checks
+    _stop). An exhausted script blocks like a real recv timeout; once
+    close()d it raises EBADF the way a closed fd does."""
+
+    def __init__(self, steps=()):
+        self._steps = list(steps)
+        self.closed = False
+        self.timeout = None
+
+    def settimeout(self, value):
+        self.timeout = value
+
+    def recv(self, _n):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise OSError(errno.EBADF, "bad file descriptor")
+        if self._steps:
+            step = self._steps.pop(0)
+            if callable(step):
+                step()
+                raise socket.timeout()
+            if isinstance(step, BaseException):
+                raise step
+            return step
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+        raise socket.timeout()
+
+    def send(self, data):
+        return len(data)
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.closed = True
+
+
+def _make_session():
+    sess = DtlsCoapSession("host", 1234, auth=_NullAuth())
+    sess.conn = _FakeConn()
+    return sess
+
+
+def _run_reader(sess, steps, timeout=2.0):
+    sess.sock = _FakeSock(steps)
+    sess.start_reader()
+    sess._reader_thread.join(timeout)
+    assert not sess._reader_thread.is_alive(), "reader thread did not exit"
+
+
+def test_advisory_icmp_error_does_not_kill_reader(caplog):
+    sess = _make_session()
+    dispatched = []
+    sess._dispatch_coap = dispatched.append
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger=_LOGGER_NAME):
+        _run_reader(sess, [
+            OSError(errno.ECONNREFUSED, "connection refused"),
+            b"\x60\x00\x00\x00",              # survives, gets dispatched
+            lambda: sess._stop.set(),         # end the loop cleanly
+        ])
+
+    assert dispatched == [b"\x60\x00\x00\x00"]
+    assert not sess._reader_running.is_set()
+    assert any(r.levelno == logging.DEBUG and "advisory" in r.getMessage()
+               for r in caplog.records)
+    # An advisory errno is not a real exit — no WARNING.
+    assert not any(r.levelno >= logging.WARNING for r in caplog.records)
+
+
+def test_fatal_socket_error_exits_with_warning(caplog):
+    sess = _make_session()
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger=_LOGGER_NAME):
+        _run_reader(sess, [OSError(errno.EBADF, "bad file descriptor")])
+
+    assert not sess._reader_running.is_set()
+    warnings = [r for r in caplog.records if r.levelno == logging.WARNING]
+    assert len(warnings) == 1
+    assert "reader exiting" in warnings[0].getMessage()
+
+
+def test_request_fails_fast_after_reader_death():
+    sess = _make_session()
+    _run_reader(sess, [OSError(errno.EBADF, "bad file descriptor")])
+    assert not sess._reader_running.is_set()
+
+    start = time.monotonic()
+    with pytest.raises(SessionClosedError):
+        sess.get(["oic", "d"], timeout=10.0)
+    elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+    # The whole point: no waiting out the request timeout.
+    assert elapsed < 1.0, f"get() waited {elapsed:.2f}s instead of failing fast"
+
+
+def test_close_does_not_log_warning_on_teardown(caplog):
+    sess = _make_session()
+    sess.sock = _FakeSock()          # empty script: blocks on recv
+    sess.start_reader()
+    time.sleep(0.05)                 # let the reader reach recv
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger=_LOGGER_NAME):
+        sess.close()
+        sess._reader_thread.join(2.0)
+
+    assert not sess._reader_thread.is_alive()
+    assert not sess._reader_running.is_set()
+    assert not any(r.levelno >= logging.WARNING for r in caplog.records)
+
+
+def test_check_live_without_reader_matches_old_conn_guard():
+    sess = _make_session()          # conn set, reader never started
+    assert sess._reader_thread is None
+    sess._check_live()              # must not raise — config-flow behaviour
+
+    sess.conn = None
+    with pytest.raises(SessionClosedError):
+        sess._check_live()

tests/test_psk_auth.py

@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import gc
+import traceback
+import weakref
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from OpenSSL import SSL
+
+from smartthings_local.errors import SessionError
+from smartthings_local.protocol import auth as auth_module
+from smartthings_local.protocol import dtls_session as session_module
+from smartthings_local.protocol.auth import PskAuth
+from smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session import DtlsCoapSession
+
+_IDENTITY = b"i" * 16
+_KEY = b"k" * 16
+_OTHER_IDENTITY = b"j" * 16
+_OTHER_KEY = b"l" * 32
+
+
+class _BytesSubclass(bytes):
+    pass
+
+
+def _fake_openssl_util(setter):
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        ffi=auth_module._util.ffi,
+        lib=SimpleNamespace(SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback=setter),
+    )
+
+
+def _invoke_callback(callback, identity_size: int, key_size: int):
+    ffi = auth_module._util.ffi
+    identity_buffer = ffi.new("char[]", max(identity_size, 1))
+    key_buffer = ffi.new("unsigned char[]", max(key_size, 1))
+    copied = callback(
+        ffi.NULL,
+        ffi.NULL,
+        identity_buffer,
+        identity_size,
+        key_buffer,
+        key_size,
+    )
+    return (
+        copied,
+        bytes(ffi.buffer(identity_buffer, max(identity_size, 1))),
+        bytes(ffi.buffer(key_buffer, max(key_size, 1))),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("key_length", [16, 32])
+def test_psk_auth_accepts_exact_supported_credential_lengths(key_length):
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=b"k" * key_length)
+
+    assert repr(provider) == "PskAuth()"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("identity", "key"),
+    [
+        ("i" * 16, _KEY),
+        (bytearray(_IDENTITY), _KEY),
+        (memoryview(_IDENTITY), _KEY),
+        (_BytesSubclass(_IDENTITY), _KEY),
+        (_IDENTITY, "k" * 16),
+        (_IDENTITY, bytearray(_KEY)),
+        (_IDENTITY, memoryview(_KEY)),
+        (_IDENTITY, _BytesSubclass(_KEY)),
+    ],
+)
+def test_psk_auth_rejects_non_bytes_credentials(identity, key):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="identity and key must be bytes"):
+        PskAuth(identity=identity, key=key)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("identity_length", [0, 15, 17])
+def test_psk_auth_rejects_invalid_identity_lengths(identity_length):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="raw 16-byte OCF UUID"):
+        PskAuth(identity=b"i" * identity_length, key=_KEY)
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_rejects_identity_with_nul_byte():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="cannot contain a NUL"):
+        PskAuth(identity=b"i" * 15 + b"\x00", key=_KEY)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("key_length", [0, 15, 17, 31, 33])
+def test_psk_auth_rejects_invalid_key_lengths(key_length):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="16 or 32 bytes"):
+        PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=b"k" * key_length)
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_is_immutable_and_has_no_public_credential_surface():
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+
+    rendered = repr(provider)
+    assert rendered == "PskAuth()"
+    assert str(provider) == rendered
+    assert _IDENTITY.decode() not in rendered
+    assert _KEY.decode() not in rendered
+    assert not hasattr(provider, "identity")
+    assert not hasattr(provider, "key")
+    assert not hasattr(provider, "_identity")
+    assert not hasattr(provider, "_key")
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        vars(provider)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        asdict(provider)
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="immutable"):
+        provider.identity = _OTHER_IDENTITY
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="immutable"):
+        del provider._callback
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_identity_equality_does_not_compare_credentials():
+    first = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    second = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+
+    assert first != second
+    assert len({first, second}) == 2
+
+
+def test_psk_callback_copies_exact_identity_and_key():
+    installed = {}
+
+    def setter(context_handle, callback):
+        installed["context"] = context_handle
+        installed["callback"] = callback
+
+    context_handle = object()
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = context_handle
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+
+    with patch.object(auth_module, "_util", _fake_openssl_util(setter)):
+        provider.configure_context(context)
+
+    assert installed["context"] is context_handle
+    callback = installed["callback"]
+    copied, identity_bytes, key_bytes = _invoke_callback(callback, 17, 16)
+    assert copied == 16
+    assert identity_bytes == _IDENTITY + b"\x00"
+    assert key_bytes == _KEY
+    context.set_cipher_list.assert_called_once_with(
+        b"ECDHE-PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256:@SECLEVEL=0"
+    )
+    context.load_verify_locations.assert_not_called()
+    context.set_verify.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("identity_size", "key_size"),
+    [(16, 16), (17, 15)],
+)
+def test_psk_callback_rejects_short_buffers_without_partial_copy(
+    identity_size,
+    key_size,
+):
+    installed = {}
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = object()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        auth_module,
+        "_util",
+        _fake_openssl_util(
+            lambda _context, callback: installed.setdefault(
+                "callback", callback
+            )
+        ),
+    ):
+        provider.configure_context(context)
+
+    ffi = auth_module._util.ffi
+    identity_buffer = ffi.new("char[]", 17)
+    key_buffer = ffi.new("unsigned char[]", 16)
+    ffi.memmove(identity_buffer, b"I" * 17, 17)
+    ffi.memmove(key_buffer, b"K" * 16, 16)
+    copied = installed["callback"](
+        ffi.NULL,
+        ffi.NULL,
+        identity_buffer,
+        identity_size,
+        key_buffer,
+        key_size,
+    )
+
+    assert copied == 0
+    assert bytes(ffi.buffer(identity_buffer, 17)) == b"I" * 17
+    assert bytes(ffi.buffer(key_buffer, 16)) == b"K" * 16
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("null_buffer", ["identity", "key"])
+def test_psk_callback_rejects_null_buffers(null_buffer):
+    installed = {}
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = object()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        auth_module,
+        "_util",
+        _fake_openssl_util(
+            lambda _context, callback: installed.setdefault(
+                "callback", callback
+            )
+        ),
+    ):
+        provider.configure_context(context)
+
+    ffi = auth_module._util.ffi
+    identity_buffer = ffi.new("char[]", 17)
+    key_buffer = ffi.new("unsigned char[]", 16)
+    ffi.memmove(identity_buffer, b"I" * 17, 17)
+    ffi.memmove(key_buffer, b"K" * 16, 16)
+    if null_buffer == "identity":
+        identity_buffer = ffi.NULL
+    else:
+        key_buffer = ffi.NULL
+
+    copied = installed["callback"](
+        ffi.NULL,
+        ffi.NULL,
+        identity_buffer,
+        17,
+        key_buffer,
+        16,
+    )
+    assert copied == 0
+    if null_buffer == "identity":
+        assert bytes(ffi.buffer(key_buffer, 16)) == b"K" * 16
+    else:
+        assert bytes(ffi.buffer(identity_buffer, 17)) == b"I" * 17
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_unsupported_binding_error_contains_no_credentials():
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = object()
+    unsupported_util = SimpleNamespace(
+        ffi=auth_module._util.ffi,
+        lib=SimpleNamespace(),
+    )
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(auth_module, "_util", unsupported_util),
+        pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as captured,
+    ):
+        provider.configure_context(context)
+
+    rendered = (
+        str(captured.value)
+        + repr(captured.value)
+        + "".join(traceback.format_exception(captured.value))
+    )
+    assert _IDENTITY.decode() not in rendered
+    assert _KEY.decode() not in rendered
+    context.set_cipher_list.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_configures_real_openssl_context():
+    context = SSL.Context(SSL.DTLS_METHOD)
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+
+    assert provider.configure_context(context) is None
+
+
+def test_distinct_psk_providers_do_not_share_callback_credentials():
+    callbacks = []
+
+    def setter(_context, callback):
+        callbacks.append(callback)
+
+    first = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    second = PskAuth(identity=_OTHER_IDENTITY, key=_OTHER_KEY)
+    first_context = MagicMock()
+    first_context._context = object()
+    second_context = MagicMock()
+    second_context._context = object()
+
+    with patch.object(auth_module, "_util", _fake_openssl_util(setter)):
+        first.configure_context(first_context)
+        second.configure_context(second_context)
+
+    assert callbacks[0] is not callbacks[1]
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as executor:
+        first_future = executor.submit(_invoke_callback, callbacks[0], 17, 16)
+        second_future = executor.submit(
+            _invoke_callback,
+            callbacks[1],
+            17,
+            32,
+        )
+        first_result = first_future.result()
+        second_result = second_future.result()
+    assert first_result == (16, _IDENTITY + b"\x00", _KEY)
+    assert second_result == (32, _OTHER_IDENTITY + b"\x00", _OTHER_KEY)
+
+
+def test_session_retains_psk_callback_only_with_provider_lifetime():
+    callback_reference = None
+
+    def setter(_context, callback):
+        nonlocal callback_reference
+        callback_reference = weakref.ref(callback)
+
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    session = DtlsCoapSession(
+        "appliance.invalid",
+        49154,
+        auth=provider,
+    )
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = object()
+    with patch.object(auth_module, "_util", _fake_openssl_util(setter)):
+        session.auth.configure_context(context)
+
+    del provider
+    gc.collect()
+    assert callback_reference is not None
+    assert callback_reference() is not None
+    assert _invoke_callback(callback_reference(), 17, 16) == (
+        16,
+        _IDENTITY + b"\x00",
+        _KEY,
+    )
+
+    del session
+    gc.collect()
+    assert callback_reference() is None
+
+
+def test_session_accepts_psk_provider_without_legacy_certificate_material():
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    session = DtlsCoapSession("appliance.invalid", 49154, auth=provider)
+
+    assert session.auth is provider
+    assert session.cert_path is None
+    assert session.key_path is None
+    assert session.cert_pem is None
+    assert session.key_pem is None
+
+
+def test_psk_handshake_rejection_does_not_expose_credentials():
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=_IDENTITY, key=_KEY)
+    session = DtlsCoapSession("appliance.invalid", 49154, auth=provider)
+    context = MagicMock()
+    context._context = object()
+    connection = MagicMock()
+    connection.do_handshake.side_effect = SSL.Error()
+    udp_socket = MagicMock()
+    endpoint = SimpleNamespace(sockaddr=("192.0.2.100", 49154))
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(auth_module, "_util", _fake_openssl_util(lambda *_: None)),
+        patch.object(session_module.SSL, "Context", return_value=context),
+        patch.object(session_module.SSL, "Connection", return_value=connection),
+        patch.object(
+            session_module,
+            "open_connected_udp_socket",
+            return_value=(udp_socket, endpoint),
+        ),
+        pytest.raises(SessionError) as captured,
+    ):
+        session.connect()
+
+    rendered = (
+        str(captured.value)
+        + repr(captured.value)
+        + "".join(traceback.format_exception(captured.value))
+    )
+    assert _IDENTITY.decode() not in rendered
+    assert _KEY.decode() not in rendered
+    udp_socket.close.assert_called_once_with()

tests/test_public_api_contract.py

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import inspect
 
 from smartthings_local.ocf.observe_refresh import ObserveRefreshTask
 from smartthings_local.ocf.state_cache import StateCache
+from smartthings_local.protocol.auth import (
+    AuthenticationProvider,
+    CertificateAuth,
+    PskAuth,
+)
 from smartthings_local.protocol.dtls_session import DtlsCoapSession
 
 
@@ -40,6 +45,26 @@ def test_dtls_session_constructor_keeps_file_memory_and_local_port_inputs():
             "local_port",
         ],
     )
+    auth_parameter = inspect.signature(DtlsCoapSession).parameters["auth"]
+    assert auth_parameter.kind is inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY
+    assert auth_parameter.default is None
+
+
+def test_certificate_auth_is_a_public_authentication_provider():
+    provider = CertificateAuth.from_files("/synthetic/cert.pem", "/synthetic/key")
+    assert isinstance(provider, AuthenticationProvider)
+
+
+def test_psk_auth_is_a_public_authentication_provider():
+    provider = PskAuth(identity=b"i" * 16, key=b"k" * 16)
+    assert isinstance(provider, AuthenticationProvider)
+    parameters = inspect.signature(PskAuth).parameters
+    assert list(parameters) == ["identity", "key"]
+    assert all(
+        parameter.kind is inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY
+        and parameter.default is inspect.Parameter.empty
+        for parameter in parameters.values()
+    )
 
 
 def test_dtls_session_keeps_current_consumer_methods():

tools/check_distribution.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def check_wheel(path: Path) -> None:
         f"{dist_info}/METADATA",
         f"{dist_info}/WHEEL",
         f"{dist_info}/licenses/LICENSE",
+        f"{dist_info}/licenses/NOTICE",
         f"{dist_info}/RECORD",
     }
     if metadata != expected_metadata:
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def check_sdist(path: Path) -> None:
     relative = {name[len(root) + 1 :] for name in names if name.startswith(f"{root}/")}
     required = _tracked_files() | {
         "LICENSE",
+        "NOTICE",
         "PKG-INFO",
         "README.md",
         "pyproject.toml",