# Esp\_http\_client crashes while making a HTTPS request

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**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/esp-http-client-crashes-while-making-a-https-request/9141 "2020-03-04T19:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![isnore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@isnore](https://forums.freertos.org/u/isnore)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/esp-http-client-crashes-while-making-a-https-request/9141/1 "2020-03-04T19:17:34Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I am having regarding making https requests. My code seems to crash whenever I make an https request with `esp_http_client` but works fine for http requests. As an aside, I followed the instructions from [this](https://forums.freertos.org/t/missing-esp-http-client-component/9098) post to import `esp_http_client`.

Below is my task that runs once a wifi connection is established:

```auto
void send_http_request(void *arg){
    ulTaskNotifyTake(pdTRUE, portMAX_DELAY);
    esp_http_client_config_t http_config = {
            .url = "https://www.howsmyssl.com",
            .event_handler = http_event_handle,
            .method = HTTP_METHOD_GET,
            .cert_pem = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n ..."
    };

    esp_http_client_handle_t client = esp_http_client_init(&http_config);

    ESP_LOGI(WIFI_TASK_NAME, "Watermark: %i, free heap size: %i, %i", uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark(NULL),
            esp_get_free_heap_size(),
             esp_get_minimum_free_heap_size());
    esp_err_t err = esp_http_client_perform(client);

    if (err == ESP_OK) {
        ESP_LOGI(WIFI_TASK_NAME, "Status = %d, content_length = %d",
                 esp_http_client_get_status_code(client),
                 esp_http_client_get_content_length(client));
    }else{
        ESP_LOGI(WIFI_TASK_NAME, "send_http_request(): %i, %s", err, esp_err_to_name(err));
    }

    esp_http_client_cleanup(client);
    for(;;){}
}

```

The code seems to crash on the following line:

```auto
    esp_err_t err = esp_http_client_perform(client);

```

with the following console output:

```auto
I (918) WIFI_TASK: Event = 0004
I (918) WIFI_TASK: SYSTEM_EVENT_STA_CONNECTED
I (3328) event: sta ip: 192.168.7.104, mask: 255.255.255.0, gw: 192.168.7.1
I (3328) WIFI_TASK: Event = 0007
I (3328) WIFI_TASK: SYSTEM_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP:192.168.7.104
I (3338) WIFI_TASK: Watermark: 2520, free heap size: 229772, 219344
E (3448) esp-tls: mbedtls_ssl_handshake returned -0x1c
I (3448) esp-tls: Certificate verified.
Guru Meditation Error: Core 0 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
Core 0 register dump:
PC : 0x40127124 PS : 0x00060a30 A0 : 0x80127a8d A1 : 0x3ffb95a0  
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40127124: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
A2 : 0xc6351bff A3 : 0x00000190 A4 : 0x3ffb9510 A5 : 0x0000000c  
A6 : 0x3ffb9260 A7 : 0x00000003 A8 : 0x80123660 A9 : 0x3ffb9590  
A10 : 0xc6351bff A11 : 0x00000000 A12 : 0x00000190 A13 : 0x3ffba36c  
A14 : 0x3ffb91d0 A15 : 0x00000019 SAR : 0x00000004 EXCCAUSE: 0x0000001c  
EXCVADDR: 0xc6351c07 LBEG : 0x4000c46c LEND : 0x4000c477 LCOUNT : 0x00000000  
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x4000c46c: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x4000c477: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

ELF file SHA256: e1b2cfd4353c7e3aaee1938c143dae2d2a224974d3f4b14c207552fa68671d98

Backtrace: 0x40127124:0x3ffb95a0 0x40127a8a:0x3ffb95c0 0x4015473c:0x3ffb95e0 0x40154f7b:0x3ffb9600 0x40154fbf:0x3ffb9620 0x401542bb:0x3ffb9640 0x40157489:0x3ffb9660 0x4014c274:0x3ffb9680 0x4014c5df:0x3ffb96a0 0x400d6f75:0x3ffb96c0
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40127124: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40127a8a: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x4015473c: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40154f7b: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40154fbf: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x401542bb: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x40157489: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x4014c274: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x4014c5df: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line -pfiaC -e /Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x400d6f75: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Rebooting...
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

```

I generated my certificate using the following command:

```auto
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect https://httpbin.org/deflate </dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM >mycertfile.pem

```

and pasted into the http\_config initialization.

**I’ve narrowed it down to the following function call**

```auto
  case ESP_TLS_HANDSHAKE:
            ESP_LOGD(TAG, "handshake in progress...");
            ret = mbedtls_ssl_handshake(&tls->ssl);
...

```

which is located in  
`esp_tls.c`

This is what returns the error code `-0x1c`.

Since that function errors it causes

```auto
esp_tls_conn_delete()

```

to be called in the follow code below (in the file `esp_tls.c`) and this crashes the system.

```auto
esp_tls_t *esp_tls_conn_new(const char *hostname, int hostlen, int port, const esp_tls_cfg_t *cfg)
{
    esp_tls_t *tls = (esp_tls_t *)calloc(1, sizeof(esp_tls_t));
    if (!tls) {
        return NULL;
    }
    /* esp_tls_conn_new() API establishes connection in a blocking manner thus this loop ensures that esp_tls_conn_new()
       API returns only after connection is established unless there is an error*/
    while (1) {
        int ret = esp_tls_low_level_conn(hostname, hostlen, port, cfg, tls);
        if (ret == 1) {
            return tls;
        } else if (ret == -1) {
            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to open new connection");
            esp_tls_conn_delete(tls);
            return NULL;
        }
    }
    return NULL;
}

```

**Things to Note**

1. The following line in the console log:

```auto
E (3448) esp-tls: mbedtls_ssl_handshake returned -0x1c
I (3448) esp-tls: Certificate verified.

```

and I think -0x1c represents the following errors

```auto
#define MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_DIVISION_BY_ZERO -0x000C /**< The input argument for division is zero, which is not allowed. */
#define MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_ALLOC_FAILED -0x0010 /**< Memory allocation failed. */

```

1. However I do print out the amount of space left on the line above and there does seem to be enough

2. I’m not sure why the following line keeps printing since the file does exist

```auto
/Users/vp/esp/Pebble_ESP32_Firmware/build/esp32_app 0x400d6f75: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

```

If anyone could help that would be great! Thanks!

**sdkconfig**

```auto
#
# mbedTLS
#
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_INTERNAL_MEM_ALLOC=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_DEFAULT_MEM_ALLOC=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CUSTOM_MEM_ALLOC=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ASYMMETRIC_CONTENT_LEN=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_CONTENT_LEN=8192
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_OUT_CONTENT_LEN=4096
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_DEBUG=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_RESTARTABLE=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CMAC_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_AES=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_MPI=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_SERVER_AND_CLIENT=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_SERVER_ONLY=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_CLIENT_ONLY=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_DISABLED=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_CLIENT=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_TLS_ENABLED=y

#
# TLS Key Exchange Methods
#
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PSK_MODES=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_RSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_DHE_RSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ELLIPTIC_CURVE=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ECDHE_RSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ECDHE_ECDSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ECDH_ECDSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ECDH_RSA=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_RENEGOTIATION=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_ALPN=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_SESSION_TICKETS=y

#
# Symmetric Ciphers
#
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_AES_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CAMELLIA_C=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_DES_C=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_RC4_DISABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_RC4_ENABLED_NO_DEFAULT=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_RC4_ENABLED=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_BLOWFISH_C=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_XTEA_C=
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CCM_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_GCM_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_RIPEMD160_C=

#
# Certificates
#
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PEM_PARSE_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PEM_WRITE_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_X509_CRL_PARSE_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_X509_CSR_PARSE_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECDH_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECDSA_C=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP192R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP224R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP256R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP384R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP521R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP192K1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP224K1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP256K1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP256R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP384R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP512R1_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_CURVE25519_ENABLED=y
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ECP_NIST_OPTIM=y

```

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**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/esp-http-client-crashes-while-making-a-https-request/9141/2 "2020-03-04T20:26:00Z")

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Is this using the [FreeRTOS HTTPS](https://www.freertos.org/https/index.html) client? If not I’m afraid I don’t think we will be able to assist as we won’t be familiar with the code ourselves so would suggest asking the software vendor directly.