Pass the request ctx rather than use the globals in the app

The globals have a performance penalty which can be justified for the
convinience in user code. In the app however the ctx can easily be
passed through the method calls thereby reducing the performance
penalty.

This may affect extensions if they have subclassed the app and
overridden these methods.

src/flask/app.py

@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ def test_cli_runner(self, **kwargs: t.Any) -> FlaskCliRunner:
  return cls(self, **kwargs) # type: ignore
 
  def handle_http_exception(
- self, e: HTTPException
+ self,
+ e: HTTPException,
+ ctx: RequestContext,
  ) -> HTTPException | ft.ResponseReturnValue:
  """Handles an HTTP exception. By default this will invoke the
  registered error handlers and fall back to returning the
@@ -722,13 +724,15 @@ def handle_http_exception(
  if isinstance(e, RoutingException):
  return e
 
- handler = self._find_error_handler(e, request.blueprints)
+ handler = self._find_error_handler(e, ctx.request.blueprints)
  if handler is None:
  return e
  return self.ensure_sync(handler)(e)
 
  def handle_user_exception(
- self, e: Exception
+ self,
+ e: Exception,
+ ctx: RequestContext,
  ) -> HTTPException | ft.ResponseReturnValue:
  """This method is called whenever an exception occurs that
  should be handled. A special case is :class:`~werkzeug
@@ -750,16 +754,16 @@ def handle_user_exception(
  e.show_exception = True
 
  if isinstance(e, HTTPException) and not self.trap_http_exception(e):
- return self.handle_http_exception(e)
+ return self.handle_http_exception(e, ctx)
 
- handler = self._find_error_handler(e, request.blueprints)
+ handler = self._find_error_handler(e, ctx.request.blueprints)
 
  if handler is None:
  raise
 
  return self.ensure_sync(handler)(e)
 
- def handle_exception(self, e: Exception) -> Response:
+ def handle_exception(self, e: Exception, ctx: RequestContext) -> Response:
  """Handle an exception that did not have an error handler
  associated with it, or that was raised from an error handler.
  This always causes a 500 ``InternalServerError``.
@@ -802,19 +806,20 @@ def handle_exception(self, e: Exception) -> Response:
 
  raise e
 
- self.log_exception(exc_info)
+ self.log_exception(exc_info, ctx)
  server_error: InternalServerError | ft.ResponseReturnValue
  server_error = InternalServerError(original_exception=e)
- handler = self._find_error_handler(server_error, request.blueprints)
+ handler = self._find_error_handler(server_error, ctx.request.blueprints)
 
  if handler is not None:
  server_error = self.ensure_sync(handler)(server_error)
 
- return self.finalize_request(server_error, from_error_handler=True)
+ return self.finalize_request(server_error, ctx, from_error_handler=True)
 
  def log_exception(
  self,
  exc_info: (tuple[type, BaseException, TracebackType] | tuple[None, None, None]),
+ ctx: RequestContext,
  ) -> None:
  """Logs an exception. This is called by :meth:`handle_exception`
  if debugging is disabled and right before the handler is called.
@@ -824,10 +829,10 @@ def log_exception(
  .. versionadded:: 0.8
  """
  self.logger.error(
- f"Exception on {request.path} [{request.method}]", exc_info=exc_info
+ f"Exception on {ctx.request.path} [{ctx.request.method}]", exc_info=exc_info
  )
 
- def dispatch_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue:
+ def dispatch_request(self, ctx: RequestContext) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue:
  """Does the request dispatching. Matches the URL and returns the
  return value of the view or error handler. This does not have to
  be a response object. In order to convert the return value to a
@@ -837,22 +842,21 @@ def dispatch_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue:
  This no longer does the exception handling, this code was
  moved to the new :meth:`full_dispatch_request`.
  """
- req = request_ctx.request
- if req.routing_exception is not None:
- self.raise_routing_exception(req)
- rule: Rule = req.url_rule # type: ignore[assignment]
+ if ctx.request.routing_exception is not None:
+ self.raise_routing_exception(ctx.request)
+ rule: Rule = ctx.request.url_rule # type: ignore[assignment]
  # if we provide automatic options for this URL and the
  # request came with the OPTIONS method, reply automatically
  if (
  getattr(rule, "provide_automatic_options", False)
- and req.method == "OPTIONS"
+ and ctx.request.method == "OPTIONS"
  ):
  return self.make_default_options_response()
  # otherwise dispatch to the handler for that endpoint
- view_args: dict[str, t.Any] = req.view_args # type: ignore[assignment]
+ view_args: dict[str, t.Any] = ctx.request.view_args # type: ignore[assignment]
  return self.ensure_sync(self.view_functions[rule.endpoint])(**view_args)
 
- def full_dispatch_request(self) -> Response:
+ def full_dispatch_request(self, ctx: RequestContext) -> Response:
  """Dispatches the request and on top of that performs request
  pre and postprocessing as well as HTTP exception catching and
  error handling.
@@ -863,16 +867,17 @@ def full_dispatch_request(self) -> Response:
 
  try:
  request_started.send(self, _async_wrapper=self.ensure_sync)
- rv = self.preprocess_request()
+ rv = self.preprocess_request(ctx)
  if rv is None:
- rv = self.dispatch_request()
+ rv = self.dispatch_request(ctx)
  except Exception as e:
- rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
- return self.finalize_request(rv)
+ rv = self.handle_user_exception(e, ctx)
+ return self.finalize_request(rv, ctx)
 
  def finalize_request(
  self,
  rv: ft.ResponseReturnValue | HTTPException,
+ ctx: RequestContext,
  from_error_handler: bool = False,
  ) -> Response:
  """Given the return value from a view function this finalizes
@@ -889,7 +894,7 @@ def finalize_request(
  """
  response = self.make_response(rv)
  try:
- response = self.process_response(response)
+ response = self.process_response(response, ctx)
  request_finished.send(
  self, _async_wrapper=self.ensure_sync, response=response
  )
@@ -1216,7 +1221,7 @@ def make_response(self, rv: ft.ResponseReturnValue) -> Response:
 
  return rv
 
- def preprocess_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue | None:
+ def preprocess_request(self, ctx: RequestContext) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue | None:
  """Called before the request is dispatched. Calls
  :attr:`url_value_preprocessors` registered with the app and the
  current blueprint (if any). Then calls :attr:`before_request_funcs`
@@ -1226,12 +1231,12 @@ def preprocess_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue | None:
  value is handled as if it was the return value from the view, and
  further request handling is stopped.
  """
- names = (None, *reversed(request.blueprints))
+ names = (None, *reversed(ctx.request.blueprints))
 
  for name in names:
  if name in self.url_value_preprocessors:
  for url_func in self.url_value_preprocessors[name]:
- url_func(request.endpoint, request.view_args)
+ url_func(ctx.request.endpoint, ctx.request.view_args)
 
  for name in names:
  if name in self.before_request_funcs:
@@ -1243,7 +1248,7 @@ def preprocess_request(self) -> ft.ResponseReturnValue | None:
 
  return None
 
- def process_response(self, response: Response) -> Response:
+ def process_response(self, response: Response, ctx: RequestContext) -> Response:
  """Can be overridden in order to modify the response object
  before it's sent to the WSGI server. By default this will
  call all the :meth:`after_request` decorated functions.
@@ -1256,23 +1261,25 @@ def process_response(self, response: Response) -> Response:
  :return: a new response object or the same, has to be an
  instance of :attr:`response_class`.
  """
- ctx = request_ctx._get_current_object() # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-
  for func in ctx._after_request_functions:
  response = self.ensure_sync(func)(response)
 
- for name in chain(request.blueprints, (None,)):
+ for name in chain(ctx.request.blueprints, (None,)):
  if name in self.after_request_funcs:
  for func in reversed(self.after_request_funcs[name]):
  response = self.ensure_sync(func)(response)
 
  if not self.session_interface.is_null_session(ctx.session):
- self.session_interface.save_session(self, ctx.session, response)
+ self.session_interface.save_session(
+ self, ctx.session, response # type: ignore[arg-type]
+ )
 
  return response
 
  def do_teardown_request(
- self, exc: BaseException | None = _sentinel # type: ignore
+ self,
+ ctx: RequestContext,
+ exc: BaseException | None = _sentinel, # type: ignore
  ) -> None:
  """Called after the request is dispatched and the response is
  returned, right before the request context is popped.
@@ -1297,7 +1304,7 @@ def do_teardown_request(
  if exc is _sentinel:
  exc = sys.exc_info()[1]
 
- for name in chain(request.blueprints, (None,)):
+ for name in chain(ctx.request.blueprints, (None,)):
  if name in self.teardown_request_funcs:
  for func in reversed(self.teardown_request_funcs[name]):
  self.ensure_sync(func)(exc)
@@ -1452,10 +1459,10 @@ def wsgi_app(self, environ: dict, start_response: t.Callable) -> t.Any:
  try:
  try:
  ctx.push()
- response = self.full_dispatch_request()
+ response = self.full_dispatch_request(ctx)
  except Exception as e:
  error = e
- response = self.handle_exception(e)
+ response = self.handle_exception(e, ctx)
  except: # noqa: B001
  error = sys.exc_info()[1]
  raise

src/flask/ctx.py

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def pop(self, exc: BaseException | None = _sentinel) -> None: # type: ignore
  if clear_request:
  if exc is _sentinel:
  exc = sys.exc_info()[1]
- self.app.do_teardown_request(exc)
+ self.app.do_teardown_request(self, exc)
 
  request_close = getattr(self.request, "close", None)
  if request_close is not None:

tests/test_reqctx.py

@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ def test_bad_environ_raises_bad_request():
  # use a non-printable character in the Host - this is key to this test
  environ["HTTP_HOST"] = "\x8a"
 
- with app.request_context(environ):
- response = app.full_dispatch_request()
+ with app.request_context(environ) as ctx:
+ response = app.full_dispatch_request(ctx)
  assert response.status_code == 400
 
 
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ def index():
  # these characters are all IDNA-compatible
  environ["HTTP_HOST"] = "ąśźäüжŠßя.com"
 
- with app.request_context(environ):
- response = app.full_dispatch_request()
+ with app.request_context(environ) as ctx:
+ response = app.full_dispatch_request(ctx)
 
  assert response.status_code == 200
 

tests/test_subclassing.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 def test_suppressed_exception_logging():
  class SuppressedFlask(flask.Flask):
- def log_exception(self, exc_info):
+ def log_exception(self, exc_info, ctx):
  pass
 
  out = StringIO()