fix: Fixed double decoding issue with unquote()

redis/asyncio/connection.py

@@ -1749,7 +1749,10 @@ def parse_url(url: str) -> ConnectKwargs:
 
     for name, value_list in parse_qs(parsed.query).items():
         if value_list and len(value_list) > 0:
-            value = unquote(value_list[0])
+            # parse_qs() already percent-decodes query values, so use the value
+            # as-is; unquoting again here would double-decode (e.g. "%2520" ->
+            # "%20" -> " "). See issue #4208.
+            value = value_list[0]
             parser = URL_QUERY_ARGUMENT_PARSERS.get(name)
             if parser:
                 try:

redis/connection.py

@@ -2291,7 +2291,10 @@ def parse_url(url):
 
     for name, value in parse_qs(url.query).items():
         if value and len(value) > 0:
-            value = unquote(value[0])
+            # parse_qs() already percent-decodes query values, so use the value
+            # as-is; unquoting again here would double-decode (e.g. "%2520" ->
+            # "%20" -> " "). See issue #4208.
+            value = value[0]
             parser = URL_QUERY_ARGUMENT_PARSERS.get(name)
             if parser:
                 try:

tests/test_asyncio/test_connection_pool.py

@@ -617,6 +617,21 @@ def test_client_name_in_querystring(self):
         pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url("redis://location?client_name=test-client")
         assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "test-client"
 
+    def test_querystring_value_percent_decoded_once(self):
+        # A single percent-encoded sequence is decoded exactly once.
+        pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(
+            "redis://location?client_name=worker%20name"
+        )
+        assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "worker name"
+
+    def test_querystring_value_not_double_percent_decoded(self):
+        # A literal percent sign in a query value (encoded as %2520) must survive
+        # as "%20" rather than being decoded a second time into a space. See #4208.
+        pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(
+            "redis://location?client_name=worker%2520name"
+        )
+        assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "worker%20name"
+
     def test_invalid_extra_typed_querystring_options(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(

tests/test_connection_pool.py

@@ -515,6 +515,21 @@ def test_client_name_in_querystring(self):
         pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url("redis://location?client_name=test-client")
         assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "test-client"
 
+    def test_querystring_value_percent_decoded_once(self):
+        # A single percent-encoded sequence is decoded exactly once.
+        pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(
+            "redis://location?client_name=worker%20name"
+        )
+        assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "worker name"
+
+    def test_querystring_value_not_double_percent_decoded(self):
+        # A literal percent sign in a query value (encoded as %2520) must survive
+        # as "%20" rather than being decoded a second time into a space. See #4208.
+        pool = redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(
+            "redis://location?client_name=worker%2520name"
+        )
+        assert pool.connection_kwargs["client_name"] == "worker%20name"
+
     def test_invalid_extra_typed_querystring_options(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             redis.ConnectionPool.from_url(