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fix(http): honor HTTPS server half-open policy - #42855

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What does this PR do?

Bun's Node HTTP server socket always hardcodes allowHalfOpen: true. That matches Node for plain HTTP, but node:https inherits tls.Server semantics: HTTPS sockets default to false and preserve an explicit allowHalfOpen: true option.

The mismatch leaves an HTTPS upgrade socket writable after its peer sends FIN. A WebSocket origin that waits for close stays alive until the server timeout, while Node closes it immediately.

Record the server's Node-compatible half-open policy and apply it to encrypted HTTP sockets. Plain HTTP keeps its existing always-half-open handoff behavior. The regression covers both the default and explicit-true variants in fresh subprocesses.

This was found while running OpenClaw's full test matrix directly under Bun. It blocks prompt cancellation and WebSocket cleanup from settling in Bun-hosted HTTPS fixtures.

AI-assisted: the investigation, implementation, and validation were assisted by Codex.

How did you verify your code works?

  • Before the fix, the new default-policy case exits 1 after its two-second guard: the socket reports allowHalfOpen:true, receives end, and never reaches close. The explicit-true control passes.
  • A minimal equivalent scenario on Node v26.8.2 reports allowHalfOpen:false by default and closes immediately; explicit true remains half-open until the handler destroys it.
  • bun bd test test/js/node/http/node-http-connect.test.ts -t "https upgrade sockets honor" — 2 passed, 0 failed.
  • bun bd test test/js/node/http/node-http-connect.test.ts — 16 passed, 1 existing platform skip, 3 existing todos, 0 failed.
  • Fresh P0-P2 review found no actionable defect.

The macOS 27 debug build needed two local, uncommitted build-only accommodations for existing upstream compiler issues: suppressing the SDK's unsupported Apple-only attribute warning and replacing the existing bare NAN use during compilation. Neither accommodation is part of this PR.

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Buildkite has not started for this fork PR. Could a maintainer approve the fork CI run when convenient? The new regression fails on the unfixed runtime for the default HTTPS policy, passes its explicit-true control, and both cases plus the full surrounding file pass on the locally built exact head as described in the PR body.

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Walkthrough

The server keeps plain HTTP sockets half-open and applies the configured allowHalfOpen value to HTTPS sockets. A test checks HTTPS upgrade socket behavior with default and explicit policies.

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HTTP half-open socket policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Server policy and HTTPS validation
src/js/node/_http_server.ts, test/js/node/http/node-http-connect.test.ts
Plain HTTP remains half-open. HTTPS sockets use server.allowHalfOpen. The test checks default and explicit HTTPS policies and socket closure events.

Suggested reviewers: robobun

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f81ba

The HTTPS socket behavior is covered, but the new test can fail spuriously on slow machines. Remove its fixed deadline before merging or accept that bounded test risk.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to f81ba

The change restores HTTPS connection cleanup while preserving explicitly requested half-open behavior and existing plain HTTP behavior. No introduced security defect was identified. The remaining risk is limited lifecycle compatibility for applications relying on the previous HTTPS default.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The behavioral scope is accepted HTTPS connections using this shared socket implementation, including ordinary requests and upgrades. The changed mechanism controls connection termination rather than expanding endpoint reachability, tenant access, or privileges.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The PR leaves TLS configuration, including requestCert and rejectUnauthorized, unchanged. The new branch selects socket lifecycle policy using existing TLS identity; it does not replace or relax authentication controls.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The default policy reduces persistence of HTTPS sockets after peer EOF while retaining the existing guarded cleanup path. Explicit half-open operation still requires application-owned termination, as demonstrated by the control case; that exposure predates this PR.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: HTTPS servers now honor the half-open policy.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Rebase oven-sh#42855 onto 9bd19c9.

Retain current listener generations and close state while applying the HTTPS half-open policy.
Use a TLS client that sends FIN so both half-open modes exercise the same end/close sequence under Node 24.
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steipete force-pushed the claude/https-upgrade-half-open branch from 9e73024 to f81baca Compare October 5, 2026 08:49
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Rebased onto 9bd19c98e. Retained listener generations and socket close state while applying the HTTPS half-open policy. The regression now uses graceful TLS FIN and matches Node 24.21.0 in both modes. On macOS, the CONNECT file went from 81 passing / 1 failing to 82 passing / 0 failing (1 skip, 2 todos); the neighboring HTTP file passed 283 tests before and after (1 skip).

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Comment on lines +1242 to +1245
const deadline = setTimeout(() => {
console.error("upgrade socket did not close");
process.exit(1);
}, 2000);

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Remove the fixture’s fixed deadline.

A slow runner can hit the deadline even when the socket closes correctly. The test still detects a missing-close regression: server.close() runs only from the socket’s close handler, and the test awaits the subprocess exit. If the socket does not close, Bun’s test timeout catches the hanging test.

Suggested fix
-      const deadline = setTimeout(() => {
-        console.error("upgrade socket did not close");
-        process.exit(1);
-      }, 2000);
       let request;
...
-            clearTimeout(deadline);
             console.log("server:close");
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Review comment at @test/js/node/http/node-http-connect.test.ts around lines 1242
- 1245:
Remove the fixed 2-second deadline in the fixture and its corresponding
clearTimeout call from the socket close handler; rely on the test timeout to
catch a socket that never closes.

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Closing in favor of #46522.

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