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…or recv errors A Bun.udpSocket or node:dgram server written to the documented shape (a data/message handler, no error handler) was killed by a single datagram from any client that stopped listening before the reply: the ICMP port unreachable was queued on the socket's error queue and dispatched as an uncaught exception. The same dispatch turned a correctly try/caught oversized send (65508..65535 bytes) into a process kill via the duplicate EMSGSIZE on the error queue. us_create_udp_socket forced LIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR on whenever an on_recv_error callback existed, which is always for Bun.udpSocket and node:dgram. With IP_RECVERR set the kernel both queues the ICMP on the error queue and sets sk_err. The errqueue dispatch with no JS error handler went to uncaught_exception; sk_err poisoned the next recvmmsg inside the same do-while, which the node:dgram errqueue filter did not catch because it arrives without the errqueue flag. - udp.c: stop forcing IP_RECVERR at socket creation. Arm it in us_udp_socket_connect (the only case with one peer to attribute an ICMP to), disarm it and clear sk_err via SO_ERROR in us_udp_socket_disconnect. This matches Node/libuv, which never sets IP_RECVERR for dgram. - bsd.c: bsd_udp_socket_set_recverr() helper. - udp_socket.rs on_recv_error: if no JS error handler is registered, drop the recv-path error instead of routing it to uncaught_exception. A UDP recv error is advisory; the socket stays open. Fixes #4500.
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WalkthroughThe UDP receive-error callback now takes only a socket and errno. Linux poll errors run the receive path instead of relying on explicit error-queue reporting. Tests cover error handling, socket behavior, and reply-server responses after a client vanishes. ChangesUDP receive-error reporting
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…ed writes - bsd.c: drop the now-unreachable creation-time IP_RECVERR opt-in and the family/options parameters it was the only consumer of - libusockets.h: drop LIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR - udp.c: drop the write-only s->connected updates - udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts: simplify the connected-socket ICMP test to the invariant the public API can actually prove (error + stays open) - dgram.test.ts: bound the pump loop; update the icmpBindModes comment now that connect() arms IP_RECVERR on adopted descriptors too
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No further findings — the six earlier inline comments (dead LIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR cluster, dead s->connected writes, stale icmpBindModes/loop.c comments, unwrapped connected-send, stale "can still send" test comment) are all addressed as of 339adb0. Deferring to a maintainer for the behavioral change itself: dropping recv-path errors when no JS error handler is registered, and arming/disarming IP_RECVERR at connect/disconnect, both change user-visible Bun.udpSocket semantics and sit on the shared usockets UDP path (QUIC, node:dgram, HTTP/3 fetch client).
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bsd_udp_socket_set_recverr— SO_DOMAIN probe replaces the droppedfamilyparameter; no-op on non-Linux.us_udp_socket_connect/disconnect— RECVERR toggle gated onrc == 0 && s->on_recv_error; SO_ERROR read clears sk_err on disconnect.on_recv_errorearly-return —on_error_get_cachedis a slot read (no JS entry) so ordering it before thehas_exception()guard is safe;call_error_handler(this_value, …)is equivalent to the oldJSValue::ZEROpath.- Confirmed
bsd_create_udp_socket's only remaining use ofoptionsisbsd_set_reuse/IPV6_V6ONLY, so dropping the RECVERR enum leaves no dangling reads.
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Overview
The PR stops forcing IP_RECVERR on every Linux UDP socket at creation and instead arms it in us_udp_socket_connect (disarming + clearing sk_err in us_udp_socket_disconnect), and changes the Rust on_recv_error dispatch to drop recv-path errors when no JS error handler is registered instead of routing them to vm.uncaught_exception. It removes the now-dead LIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR enum + creation-time branch, drops the unused family/options parameters from bsd_apply_udp_recv_options, refreshes two stale comments (loop.c, dgram.test.ts icmpBindModes), and adds four Linux-gated regression tests plus one node:dgram echo-server test.
Security risks
None identified. The change reduces attack surface: pre-PR, an unconnected Bun.udpSocket server with no error handler could be killed by a single ICMP port-unreachable from any peer (the DoS described in #4500). Post-PR the kernel drops the ICMP on unconnected sockets (matching libuv), and connected-socket recv errors are advisory. No new untrusted-input parsing; getsockopt(SO_DOMAIN) is a read of the socket's own state.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is native C in packages/bun-usockets/ on the hot UDP receive/error path shared by Bun.udpSocket, node:dgram, node:quic, and the HTTP/3 fetch client, plus a Rust dispatch change that alters when errors become uncaught exceptions. It changes kernel socket-option state across connect/disconnect transitions with platform-specific semantics (Linux errqueue vs BSD so_error vs Windows SIO_UDP_CONNRESET). The author reports 263/263 UDP tests, 75/75 test-dgram-*, and QUIC/HTTP3 suites green, but the interaction between IP_RECVERR toggling and adopted fds / QUIC's NULL on_recv_error path is subtle enough that a maintainer familiar with the usockets error-dispatch history should sign off.
Other factors
This PR has been through four rounds of my inline review; every specific issue raised (dead-code cluster, write-only bitfield, three stale comments, one unwrapped send-to-dead-port) was addressed in follow-up commits. The remaining diff is coherent and well-tested for the Linux path. What I cannot verify from static review: (1) whether silently dropping recv errors on a no-handler Bun.udpSocket is the API contract the maintainers want (vs. e.g. a one-time warning), and (2) whether arming IP_RECVERR on adopted-then-connected fds (a deviation from libuv's "never mutate adopted fd options") is acceptable. Those are design calls, not bugs.
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Re-checked against current main (f426a8e) while closing #29135 in favor of this PR. Still reproducible on main, and fine on Node v26:
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Why main loses them. The What this PR does not cover. A send error that is not an ICMP report still stops every session on a Rebase. The source hunks conflict with main in three places, all mechanical:
Repro script// usage (from the repo root): bun dead-peer.mjs [nDead = 2] [rounds = 200]
// One node:quic listen() endpoint, one live client and nDead clients whose path dies.
// Each client sits behind its own UDP relay. At the cut, the relays of the dead clients close
// their server-facing sockets, so the kernel answers the server's packets to them with ICMP port unreachable.
// Each round the live client sends a datagram, and the server answers inside its ondatagram callback with one
// 700-byte datagram to EVERY session, so the packets for all sessions leave in one pass. The live path loses nothing.
// expected: the live client receives every datagram of the rounds. exit 0.
// actual on main: the live client misses a large share of them. exit 1.
import { createPrivateKey } from "node:crypto";
import { createSocket } from "node:dgram";
import { once } from "node:events";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { connect, listen } from "node:quic";
const keys = "test/js/node/test/fixtures/keys/"; // run from the repo root
const key = createPrivateKey(readFileSync(keys + "agent1-key.pem"));
const cert = readFileSync(keys + "agent1-cert.pem");
const sleep = ms => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
const nDead = +(process.argv[2] ?? 2);
const rounds = +(process.argv[3] ?? 200);
const sessions = [];
let accepted = 0;
const server = await listen(
session => {
session.onerror = () => {};
session.closed.catch(() => {});
sessions.push(session);
},
{
alpn: ["dp"],
sni: { "*": { keys: [key], certs: [cert] } },
transportParams: { maxIdleTimeout: 30 },
ondatagram() {
for (const [i, session] of sessions.entries())
session.sendDatagram(Buffer.alloc(700, 1)).then(id => void (i === 0 && id !== 0n && accepted++));
},
},
);
async function clientBehindRelay() {
const front = createSocket("udp4");
const up = createSocket("udp4");
let clientPort = 0;
let dead = false;
up.on("message", m => front.send(m, clientPort, "127.0.0.1"));
front.on("message", (m, from) => {
clientPort = from.port;
if (!dead) up.send(m, server.address.port, "127.0.0.1");
});
front.bind(0, "127.0.0.1");
up.bind(0, "127.0.0.1");
await Promise.all([once(front, "listening"), once(up, "listening")]);
let received = 0;
const session = await connect(
{ address: "127.0.0.1", port: front.address().port },
{ alpn: "dp", servername: "localhost", verifyPeer: "manual", transportParams: { maxIdleTimeout: 30 }, onerror() {}, ondatagram() { received++; } },
);
session.closed.catch(() => {});
await session.opened;
return { session, received: () => received, die: () => ((dead = true), up.close()) };
}
const live = await clientBehindRelay();
const dead = [];
for (let i = 0; i < nDead; i++) dead.push(await clientBehindRelay());
while (sessions.length < 1 + nDead) await sleep(10);
await sleep(300);
for (const d of dead) d.die();
for (let round = 0; round < rounds; round++) {
await live.session.sendDatagram(Buffer.alloc(16, 2));
await sleep(5);
}
await sleep(1000);
const s = sessions[0].stats;
console.log(`dead peers: ${nDead}; datagrams the server accepted for the live session: ${accepted}; the live client received: ${live.received()}`);
console.log(`live session stats on the server: sent ${s.datagramsSent}, acknowledged ${s.datagramsAcknowledged}, lost ${s.datagramsLost}`);
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The next commit replaces the connect-time IP_RECVERR arming of this branch with a design that never sets IP_RECVERR.
us_create_udp_socket set IP_RECVERR/IPV6_RECVERR on every socket with a receive-error callback. With that option Linux records each ICMP error on the socket, also on an unconnected one: the next recvmmsg fails with it, and so does the next send, whichever peer that one is for. A node:dgram or Bun.udpSocket reply server without an error handler exited after one client that closed its port before the reply. Remove the option, as libuv and Node do. An unconnected socket gets no ICMP error. A connected socket gets a hard ICMP error as its pending error, and the recvmmsg that fails with it reports it through on_recv_error. The error-queue pass of the UDP poll dispatch has no producer left in Bun. It becomes a drain that calls no handler, for a descriptor whose creator set the option. on_recv_error loses its is_errqueue argument, the error loses its errqueue property, and node:dgram loses its filter on it.
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Review comments at @src/runtime/socket/udp_socket.rs:
- Around line 98-100: Update on_recv_error to return before constructing the
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Status: reworked in place and ready for review. One decision is open for a maintainer (see Downsides in the description). How to reproduce on Linux, loopback only: run the server from the Notes of the description. Send it one datagram from a client that closes its port at once. Then send a datagram from a second client.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the on_recv_error signature change across every consumer (internal.h, libusockets.h, udp.c, loop.c, src/uws_sys/udp.rs, udp_socket.rs, the QUIC stub) — no stale three-arg site or errqueue/LIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR reference remains outside tests — and the loop.c refactor that defers on_recv_error until after the recv do-while: the loop breaks on the first recvmmsg failure, so at most one error is recorded per dispatch and the Linux close guard (error && !recv_err && !recv_would_block_only) keeps the old polarity. The unbounded MSG_ERRQUEUE drain only runs on poll_error and the call never blocks on an empty queue, so it cannot spin.
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The change removes IP_RECVERR from usockets UDP sockets, narrows the on_recv_error C/Rust callback to two arguments, reworks the Linux EPOLLERR dispatch in loop.c, drops the errqueue filter in node:dgram, and adds subprocess and in-process ICMP tests; it touches no auth, crypto or injection surface. Two verified findings are posted inline (a load-sensitive timing assumption in the new dgram tests and the still-fatal no-handler path on connected Bun.udpSocket that the PR description claims is fixed), and the description still documents a connect-time arming design that HEAD no longer implements, so a human should reconcile the intended contract with the code.
… a test The connected-socket test sent again after a 10 ms sleep. It now sends again after two echoes between two other sockets, so it waits on loop iterations and not on time.
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the on_recv_error arity change across every definition and caller (udp.c, internal.h, libusockets.h, uws_sys/udp.rs, udp_socket.rs, quic/endpoint.rs) — all consistent, no stale 3-arg site. The loop.c refactor moving the non-Linux on_recv_error call from inline to after the recv loop is equivalent (the inline call was immediately followed by break), and the no-handler branch still sets error = 1 so the close-on-EPOLLERR condition is unchanged for QUIC.
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The change removes IP_RECVERR from usockets UDP sockets, deletes the MSG_ERRQUEUE report loop in loop.c in favour of a drain, drops the is_errqueue callback parameter through the Rust FFI, and removes the dgram.ts errqueue filter, with new fixture tests. No security-sensitive surface. The user-visible removal of a 1.3.12-released error report is already flagged inline and needs a maintainer decision, so a human look remains required.
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🔴 Linux users of an unconnected Bun.udpSocket no longer get an ECONNREFUSED error callback for a datagram sent to a closed port, a feature released in 1.3.12. bsd.c:1629 sets IP_RECVERR on no socket, so the kernel drops ICMP port-unreachable for unconnected sockets and the handler never runs; on the base branch it ran once per refused datagram. This follows from the stated purpose and the PR flags it for a maintainer. Fix: the call is the maintainer's; within the purpose, arm IP_RECVERR only for a Bun.udpSocket that registers an error handler (never node:dgram or node:quic), accepting the poisoned next send on those sockets.
Why this was flagged
A Linux program calls Bun.udpSocket({ socket: { error(...) {} } }) without connect and sends to a port nothing listens on. The kernel's __udp4_lib_err only records an ICMP error on a socket without IP_RECVERR when the socket is connected and the error is hard, so the unconnected socket never raises EPOLLERR. packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c:1629 (bsd_apply_udp_recv_options) no longer sets IP_RECVERR or IPV6_RECVERR, so src/runtime/socket/udp_socket.rs:98 on_recv_error is never reached for that socket. On the base branch us_create_udp_socket set the option for every Rust-created socket, loop.c drained MSG_ERRQUEUE and called on_recv_error for each refused datagram, and the Bun.udpSocket error handler received ECONNREFUSED (the base test at test/js/bun/udp/udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts asserted exactly that; this PR replaces it with an assertion that errors stay []). The user gets silence instead of a report and no error, warning or type change tells them. The PR's Downsides section names this cost and asks for a maintainer's decision.
Verification: The PR description's "Downsides" section states "On Linux an unconnected Bun.udpSocket no longer gets ECONNREFUSED in error for a closed port". At packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c:1629 the IP_RECVERR setsockopt block is deleted. The PR deletes the existing test test/js/bun/udp/udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts and replaces it with one asserting errors: [] for an unconnected sender.
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This is the intended trade and the maintainer's call. The PR body names it under Downsides. Arming IP_RECVERR only for a Bun.udpSocket with an error handler does not avoid the cost: the kernel records the ICMP error on the socket either way, so the next send to any peer fails with it and a reply server still breaks on the first client that closes its port. libuv and Node do not set the option, and the connected-socket report stays.
Three tests of a connected socket took for granted that the ICMP error of a loopback datagram is on the socket when send() returns. The kernel can handle it later. The tests now poll the descriptor for it, and wait for the 'error' events by condition.
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Beyond the inline nit, I also checked the on_recv_error signature change parameter-by-parameter across the C header/definition, the four extern "C" declarations in src/uws_sys/udp.rs and both Rust implementors (udp_socket.rs, quic/endpoint.rs) — they agree; the new recv_err local in loop.c is declared and read only inside !_WIN32 regions, so the Windows branch (which still sets error = 1) compiles unchanged; and on_recv_error still runs before on_drain as it did when it was invoked inside the recv loop. The remaining open question is the maintainer decision on dropping the 1.3.12 unconnected-socket ECONNREFUSED report, already raised inline on the previous push.
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The latest push (826d5d0) only touches test/js/bun/udp/dgram.test.ts, replacing the synchronous "ICMP already pending after send()" assumptions with a bounded poll() on the descriptor and condition-based waiting; the native change (IP_RECVERR removal, errqueue drain, callback signature) is unchanged since the prior review and the maintainer-level behaviour decision it flagged is still open, so this is not approvable by an automated review.
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…ho server test on Linux The new describe block loaded bun:internal-for-testing with require() in each call. It now uses a module-scope import. The ::1 variant of the reply server test was gated on harness isIPv6(), which is false on BuildKite Linux. It now uses the file's hasIPv6Loopback() probe, so the IPv6 half runs on the only platform where IPV6_RECVERR exists.
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Problem
node:dgramorBun.udpSocketreply server with no error handler exits 1 after one client closes its port before the reply:error: recvmsg ECONNREFUSED. Node stays alive.us_create_udp_socket(packages/bun-usockets/src/udp.c:238) setIP_RECVERRon each socket with an error callback. Linux then fails the next recv or send on that socket with each ICMP error.Fix
IP_RECVERR, like libuv and Node. A connected socket still getsECONNREFUSEDfrom therecvmmsgthat fails with it.is_errqueue,error.errqueueand thenode:dgramfilter are gone.test/js/bun/udp/dgram.test.ts,udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts(14 new tests fail on main). Also the UDP,test-dgram-*, QUIC and HTTP/3 suites.Background
IP_RECVERRmakes Linux queue a report for each ICMP error and keep it as the socket's pending error. Without it an unconnected socket gets none.Bun.udpSocketcould report a closed port. libuv sets it only on request. Node never asks.connect()(this PR's earlier shape): connected sockets keep three differences from Node.Downsides
Bun.udpSocketno longer getsECONNREFUSEDinerrorfor a closed port (4 calls per 5 sends before). A connected one gets no soft ICMP errors.setsockoptfewer per socket,.text512 bytes smaller, 116 instructions per readable dispatch (was 123).Notes
Repro. Linux, loopback only.
error: recvmsg ECONNREFUSED(3 of 3)The same server on
Bun.udpSocketwith only adatahandler exits 1 on main withECONNREFUSED: connection refused, recv.Why the server exits. The reply goes to a closed port, so the kernel gets an ICMP port unreachable. Over loopback it arrives before
send()returns. WithIP_RECVERRthe kernel keeps it as the pending error of the socket, connected or not. The nextrecvmmsgof the same readable event fails withECONNREFUSED.node:dgramemits that as'error'.Bun.udpSocketwith noerrorhandler reports it as an uncaught exception. The filter that #32625 added todgram.tsfor #29116 covered only the reports from the error queue, not this path. A send to a live peer right after that reply fails in the same way, and that datagram is lost.What changes, Linux only.
errorcall, no'error'event, no failed send. That is what Node does.recvmmsgthat fails with it reports it, or the next send fails with it. It no longer gets soft ICMP errors (host unreachable, TTL exceeded), a second report of anEMSGSIZEthatsend()already threw, or one report for each refused datagram.errqueueproperty.IP_RECVERR(bind({ fd }), a socket that came over IPC) keeps the option. Bun does not change it. The dispatch empties its error queue and reports each pending error one time.The decision for a maintainer. The 1.3.12 release notes have the section "UDP Socket: ICMP Error Handling and Truncation Detection". Its example is a socket that is not connected, with an
errorhandler, which getsECONNREFUSEDafter a send to a closed port. The 1.4 release notes list the same change. This PR removes that report. It keeps the other half of that section: an ICMP error does not close the socket (#18029).Bun.udpSocket": the fallback keepsLIBUS_UDP_LINUX_RECVERRas a real option of the caller.Bun.udpSocketsets it only for a socket that has anerrorhandler.node:dgramandnode:quicdo not set it. That also stops the exit of the servers above. It keeps the report pass ofloop.c, and a socket with anerrorhandler keeps the lost datagram and the secondEMSGSIZEreport.Numbers. Release builds of main ff8ad61 and of this change on that commit, Linux x64, kernel 6.1. A ptrace tool counted the syscalls. The branch merged a later main after these runs. That merge changed nothing in
packages/bun-usockets.IP_RECVERRorIPV6_RECVERRset (5 ofnode:dgram, 4 ofBun.udpSocket, 2 ofnode:quic)setsockoptcalls for each created socketrecvmmsg,sendmmsgus_udp_socket_send,bsd_sendmmsg,bsd_recvmmsgus_internal_dispatch_ready_poll.text(llvm-size)Bun.udpSocket, 5 sends to a closed port, not connected:errorcalls,send()throwserrorcallsBun.udpSocket, 5 oversized sends:send()throws,errorcalls after themnode:dgramcall orders with the same output as Node v26.3.0'error'listener that sends again to the closed port: most'error'events in one loop turnThe 13 call orders: a socket that is never bound, the echo server with and without an
'error'listener, an implicit bind bysend(), a send to a closed port and then to a live peer in one tick, an implicit bind byconnect(), two sends to a closed peer in one tick, a connected socket that answers a peer that is gone, an oversized send,disconnect()and then sends, a send anddisconnect()in one tick, a secondconnect(), andclose()inside'message'. On main 7 of them differ from Node.The last row is the script of #44218 (closed as not planned: no user reported it). Main prints
100000 'error' events; setImmediate ran 0 times; the 1 ms timer fired: false. This PR prints200 loop turns; 198 'error' events; the 1 ms timer fired: true. Node prints200 loop turns; 199 'error' events; the 1 ms timer fired: true.The drain in
loop.c. Bun sets the option on no socket, so only a descriptor from outside can have entries on its error queue. The kernel keeps EPOLLERR raised while an entry is queued, and onlyrecvmsg(MSG_ERRQUEUE)removes one. So the dispatch still empties the queue when the poll reports an error. It does that afterrecvmmsg, because the removal of the last entry clears the pending error. It does that before the handler runs, because the error of a datagram that the handler sends belongs to the next event.Tests. 14 new tests. All of them fail on a release build of main, in 3 of 3 runs.
dgram.test.ts: the echo server in a child process on udp4 and udp6, a send to a closed port and then to a live peer, five tests of a connected socket (a reply to a peer that is gone, an oversized send, two sends in one tick, a send anddisconnect(), a listener that sends again), and a descriptor whose creator setIP_RECVERR.udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts: the test that udp: surface IP_RECVERR ICMP errors and MSG_TRUNC truncation flag #28827 added expectedECONNREFUSEDin theerrorhandler of a socket that is not connected. That is the behaviour this PR removes. Five tests replace it: a socket that is not connected gets no error and its next send works, a connected socket still getsECONNREFUSEDand stays open, an oversized send is reported one time (two states), and the reply server of the docs stays alive.send()returned. The tests that need the pending error wait for it withpoll(2).test/js/bun/udp/(307 tests),test/js/node/dgram/,test/js/node/quic/, the 76test-dgram-*files of Node, the HTTP/3 client and server suites. Inmodule-graph-io.test.tsthe UDP test passes. Twonode:httpstests of that file need more than the default 5 s on the debug build here and pass with a longer timeout. The 235test-quic*files of Node give the same result on release builds of main and of this change (233 pass, the same 2 fail on both).bun run rust:check-all: 12 of 12 targets.History.
IP_RECVERRon each UDP socket and fixed Error occurred when attempting to send data to an UDP client which is not reachable #18029, where EPOLLERR closed the socket. Its text says that libuv does the same. libuv sets the option only withUV_UDP_LINUX_RECVERR, andlib/dgram.jsnever passes it.node:dgramemitsECONNREFUSEDrecvand exits in Bun1.3.12, but not1.3.11#29116 reported that anode:dgramscript exits withECONNREFUSEDsince 1.3.12. node:dgram: sync tests to Node v26.3.0 and improve compat #32625 closed it with a filter indgram.tsfor the reports from the error queue. This PR removes that filter, because no such report exists any more.h3: true#29768.connect()and removed it atdisconnect(), and dropped a receive error of a socket with noerrorhandler. Both parts are gone. A connected socket with noerrorhandler still reports its ICMP error as an uncaught exception, as before and as Node does with no'error'listener.Other open PRs in this code.
IP_RECVERR. With this PR the pass calls no handler, so the loop that udp: take every queued ICMP report before the first error handler runs #44461 bounds does not exist for a socket that Bun creates. The two PRs conflict. A maintainer decides which one stays.node:quicendpoint. With this PR the socket of the endpoint has noIP_RECVERR. A comment here from 2026-10-07 measured the effect with the earlier shape of this PR. It was not run again for this shape.Not covered.
'error'events than Node, becauserecvmmsgreads the datagrams in batches. This was already so for adopted descriptors.no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/udp/udp_socket_recv_flags.test.ts, test/js/bun/udp/dgram.test.ts