node:http2: treat a response :status that is not a status code as malformed by robobun · Pull Request #43498 · oven-sh/bun

robobun · 2026-09-19T18:36:56Z

Problem

The node:http2 client delivers a response whose :status value is not a status code. "2e2", "0xC8", "0200" and "4294967496" give a 'response' event with :status 200. The client also accepts 101, which HTTP/2 removed.
Node resets each of these streams with RST_STREAM PROTOCOL_ERROR. The request gets 'error' ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR and no 'response' event.
The cause is finish_header_block (src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs:1180). It reads the :status value only to detect a 1xx block. The JS layer coerces the value with | 0.

Fix

Add is_valid_status: the value is three ASCII digits from 100 to 999 and is not 101. Any other value marks the header block malformed.
This is nghttp2's rule (parse_status_code in 1.70.0, which node v26.9.0 ships). A malformed block takes the existing path: RST_STREAM(PROTOCOL_ERROR) and no delivery to JS.
nghttp2 1.69.0 (node v26.3.0) still delivers "099" as 99. This PR follows the newer rule, like Bun's fetch() HTTP/2 client.
Verified: test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts (19 new cases, 15 fail without the fix). Also node-http2.test.js and the upstream test-http2-* files. Self-reviewed: 1 concern raised (the 0xx range), 1 addressed.

Background

A response header block starts with the :status pseudo-header. RFC 9110 §15 defines a status code as a three-digit integer.
RFC 9113 §8.1.1 calls a message that breaks such a rule malformed. The receiver answers with a PROTOCOL_ERROR stream error.
finish_header_block decodes one HPACK header block and validates each field before JS sees it. It sets informational for a 1xx block, so the next block is a final response and not a trailer section.

Notes

Repro (bun file.mjs and node file.mjs). The raw-array form of respond() puts the value on the wire unchanged in both runtimes.

import http2 from "node:http2";
const values = ["200.5", "0200", "2e2", "0xC8", " 200 ", "4294967496"];
const srv = http2.createServer();
srv.on("stream", (st, h) => {
  st.on("error", () => {});
  st.respond([":status", values[Number(h[":path"].slice(1))]]);
  st.end("body");
});
await new Promise(r => srv.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", r));
for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
  const c = http2.connect("http://127.0.0.1:" + srv.address().port);
  const events = [];
  await new Promise(resolve => {
    const r = c.request({ ":path": "/" + i });
    let body = "";
    r.on("response", h => events.push("response " + JSON.stringify(h[":status"])));
    r.on("data", d => (body += d));
    r.on("error", e => events.push("error " + e.code));
    r.on("close", () => { events.push("body=" + JSON.stringify(body), "rstCode=" + r.rstCode); c.close(); resolve(); });
    r.end();
  });
  console.log(JSON.stringify(values[i]).padEnd(14), "|", events.join(", "));
}
srv.close();

Before (bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9):

"200.5"        | response 200, body="body", rstCode=0
"0200"         | response 200, body="body", rstCode=0
"2e2"          | response 200, body="body", rstCode=0
"0xC8"         | response 200, body="body", rstCode=0
" 200 "        | response undefined, body="body", rstCode=0
"4294967496"   | response 200, body="body", rstCode=0

Node v26.3.0, node v26.9.0, and Bun with this change (every row):

"200.5"        | error ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR, body="", rstCode=1

A raw-socket HTTP/2 server gave the same result for more values. Node v26.9.0 and this branch agree on all of them:

Reset with PROTOCOL_ERROR: "20", "2", "2000", "101", "099", "000", "1xx", "2x0", "10a", "1 0", "-20", "+20", "abc", "20\t".
Delivered: "200", "600", "999".
103 then 200 gives 'headers' 103 and 'response' 200. 103 then 2e2 gives 'headers' 103 and then the stream error.
A pushed response (HEADERS on a promised stream) takes the same path. The malformed values reset the pushed stream with PROTOCOL_ERROR in node v26.9.0 and in this branch.

The 0xx range is the one place where node versions differ. nghttp2 1.69.0 checks len == 3 and parse_uint, so node v26.3.0 delivers "099" as 99 and "000" as 0. nghttp2 1.70.0 replaced that with:

static int32_t parse_status_code(const uint8_t *s, size_t len) {
  if (len != 3 || '1' > s[0] || s[0] > '9' || '0' > s[1] || s[1] > '9' ||
      '0' > s[2] || s[2] > '9') {
    return -1;
  }
  return (s[0] - '0') * 100 + (s[1] - '0') * 10 + (s[2] - '0');
}
...
  stream->status_code = parse_status_code(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
  if (stream->status_code == -1 || stream->status_code == 101) {
    return NGHTTP2_ERR_HTTP_HEADER;
  }

Node v26.9.0 (nghttp2 1.70.0) resets "099" and "000". The :status vectors of nghttp2's own test_nghttp2_http_mandatory_headers (2000, 101, 022, 20) all pass against this branch.

Before this change "1xx" also counted as an informational block, because the check was len == 3 && value[0] == b'1'. A 200 block after it reached JS as 'trailers' with :status 200. Now informational is set only for a valid value.

toHeaderObject() in src/js/node/http2.ts and H2HeadersMaterializer.cpp keep the | 0 coercion. With the native check they only see three digits.

On a server, an inbound :status is already malformed (wrong direction), so this change has no effect there.

Not in this PR, seen with the same raw server:

A response block with no :status is still delivered with :status undefined. node:http/http2 hardening: enforce h2 request pseudo-headers, never report a failed handler as success, and bound/validate the parser paths (+1 upstream test) #33191 covers that.
After the reset, Bun answers the DATA frame that follows with a second RST_STREAM(STREAM_CLOSED). Node ignores that frame. node:http2: drop DATA and WINDOW_UPDATE on a closed stream like nghttp2 #42467 covers that. The new test reads only the first RST_STREAM.
For a pushed stream, Bun sends RST_STREAM(PROTOCOL_ERROR) twice after any malformed block. This also happens on main with a connection header in the pushed response, so it does not come from this change.
The client accepts DATA or END_STREAM after only a 1xx block. Node resets the stream.
fetch() over HTTP/2 (src/http/h2_client/) already checks the :status range. It still treats 101 as an interim response.

Tests run with the debug build:

test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts: 89 pass.
test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js: 382 pass, 5 fail. The 5 are subprocess cases in "http2 DATA payload survives its ArrayBuffer being detached". Each hits its 5 s timeout in my container. That group times out the same way on a build of main without this change.
test/js/node/test/{parallel,sequential}/test-http2-*.js: 259 of 261 pass. test-http2-forget-closed-streams.js makes 10000 requests and does not finish in 120 s under the debug build. test-http2-pipe.js failed once with ENOENT, because my runner ran 4 files at the same time and they share one tmpdir. It passes when run alone (3 of 3).

#33004 had this rule as part of a larger change. It was closed as stale, not on its merits.

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 15 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts"
bun test v1.4.3 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts:
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server sends a SETTINGS frame first (§1.4) [598.81ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server ACKs the client's SETTINGS frame (§3.5) [207.27ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame with a non-zero stream id is a PROTOCOL_ERROR (§3.5) [139.96ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame whose length is not a multiple of 6 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [71.50ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS ACK that carries a payload is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [59.31ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > server replies to PING with a PING ACK echoing the payload [50.46ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING with length != 8 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR [56.36ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING on a non-zero st
... (truncated)

release without fix: 15 FAILED
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts:
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server sends a SETTINGS frame first (§1.4) [9.33ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server ACKs the client's SETTINGS frame (§3.5) [2.61ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame with a non-zero stream id is a PROTOCOL_ERROR (§3.5) [2.40ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame whose length is not a multiple of 6 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [1.37ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS ACK that carries a payload is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [0.95ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > server replies to PING with a PING ACK echoing the payload [0.95ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING with length != 8 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR [0.97ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING on a non-zero stream id is a PROTOCOL_ERROR [0.83ms]
(pass) WINDOW_UPDATE (checklist §6) > a connection-level WINDOW_UPDATE with a 0 increment is a PROTOCOL_ERROR [0.88ms]
(pass) WINDOW_UPDATE
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts"
bun test v1.4.3 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts:
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server sends a SETTINGS frame first (§1.4) [373.99ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > server ACKs the client's SETTINGS frame (§3.5) [106.16ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame with a non-zero stream id is a PROTOCOL_ERROR (§3.5) [85.80ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS frame whose length is not a multiple of 6 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [61.78ms]
(pass) connection preface & SETTINGS handshake (checklist §1) > a SETTINGS ACK that carries a payload is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR (§3.5) [53.93ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > server replies to PING with a PING ACK echoing the payload [50.28ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING with length != 8 is a FRAME_SIZE_ERROR [108.21ms]
(pass) PING (checklist §3.7) > a PING on a non-zero st
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     aa75587385
  features     lto, baseline

23 deps, 131 codegen, 1176 objects in 870ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/1250] gen ErrorCode+*.h
[2/1250] gen bindgenv2
[3/1250] fetch libjpeg-turbo
[libjpeg-turbo] up to date
[4/1223] install /workspace/bun
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 22 installs across 61 packages (no changes) [110.00ms]
[5/1223] fetch tinycc
[tinycc] up to date
[6/1222] fetch zlib
[zlib] up to date
[7/1222] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [3.00ms]
[8/1222] gen .bind.ts → GeneratedBindings.cpp
[9/1222] gen bake.{client,server,error}.js
-> bake.client.js, bake.server.js, bake.error.js
[10/1222] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 111 installs across 104 packages (no changes) [11.00ms]
[11/1222] gen node-fallbacks/react-refresh.js
Bundled 1 module in 10ms

  react-refresh.j
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs      |  15 ++++-
 test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file

file                                       reads  edits  tests
src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs           4      3     23
test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts      5      4     22

…formed The inbound header block validation never looked at the :status value, so the client delivered "2e2", "0xC8", "0200" or "4294967496" as a 200 response after the JS `| 0` coercion, and accepted 101. Apply nghttp2's rule (parse_status_code, http_response_on_header): the value is three ASCII digits from 100 to 999 and is never 101. Any other value makes the block malformed, so the stream is reset with PROTOCOL_ERROR and no 'response' event fires, like node.

robobun · 2026-09-19T18:37:09Z

^{Updated 12:38 PM PT - Oct 1st, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit 1796e07 has 1 failures in Build #122489 (All Failures):

test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts - code 1: stdout reader of an unref'd child and process lifetime > an idle reader stopped at the highwater … on 🐧 13 x64-asan

🧪 To try this PR locally:

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robobun · 2026-09-19T18:37:28Z

Status

The fix is ready for review. CI is green for this diff. The one red job comes from a test that is also red on main.

Reproduction: a raw HTTP/2 server answers a node:http2 client request with the :status values "2e2", "0xC8", "0200", "101" and "099". Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9 delivers each one as a response. Node v26.9.0 resets each stream with PROTOCOL_ERROR.
Proof: the 19 new cases in test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts. 15 of them fail on main. All 19 pass with this change.
CI: build 122489 has one red job, debian 13 x64-asan - test-bun. Its one failed test is test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts ("stdout reader of an unref'd child and process lifetime > an idle reader stopped at the highwater"). This PR does not touch that code. The same test is red on the same lane in the final builds of usockets: tell a socket's holder it is gone exactly once, whoever closes it and whether or not it ever opened #44327, --hot: fix a use-after-free of the entry point's promise #44350 and React Fast Refresh: fix a panic and invalid output for a hook call in a method #44345, which are merged. h2-conformance.test.ts passes on every lane.

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The HTTP/2 connection validates response :status values before processing them. Conformance tests cover malformed, valid, and informational statuses, including stream reset behavior.

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HTTP/2 status validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Status validation and handling `src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs`	The connection validates three ASCII digits from `100` through `999`, excludes `101`, rejects invalid values, and classifies only valid 1xx values as informational.
Status conformance coverage `test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts`	Tests verify protocol errors for invalid statuses, delivery for valid statuses, and event ordering for informational responses.

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The client now rejects malformed present status values instead of delivering them as responses. The known missing-status behavior predates this PR and is unchanged, leaving no actionable merge risk introduced by this change.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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🟣 src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs — node:http2 client users whose server ends a stream after only a 1xx block get 'headers' then a silent end with no 'response' and no 'error'; a caller awaiting 'response' hangs. Node resets the stream with PROTOCOL_ERROR. At connection.rs:1321-1326 a valid 1xx sets informational, skips recv_final_headers, and nothing checks end_stream or a following DATA, so on_headers_complete and on_stream_end at connection.rs:1327-1332 deliver it. Fix: when informational is set and end_stream is true, or DATA arrives before a final response block, mark the stream malformed and take the RST_STREAM(PROTOCOL_ERROR) path at connection.rs:1289-1308; the fetch h2 client already does this at src/http/h2_client/dispatch.rs:691.

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The PR makes is_valid_status the gate for informational at connection.rs:1190-1191, so this function is now the one place that decides what a 1xx block means, yet it still leaves the nghttp2 EXPECT_FINAL_RESPONSE rule unimplemented. Server sends HEADERS ':status: 103' with END_STREAM on stream 1 (or 103 without END_STREAM, then DATA with END_STREAM). finish_header_block validates the block, is_valid_status passes, informational = true. At connection.rs:1321 the recv_final_headers write is skipped. connection.rs:1327 calls sink.on_headers_complete, connection.rs:1328-1332 calls sink.on_stream_end because end_stream is set. JS emits 'headers' 103 and then ends the stream; no 'response', no 'error', rstCode 0. For the DATA variant the body is delivered with no response headers at all. nghttp2 (nghttp2_http_on_remote_end_stream and nghttp2_http_on_data_chunk) returns NGHTTP2_ERR_HTTP_MESSAGING when EXPECT_FINAL_RESPONSE is still set, and node resets with PROTOCOL_ERROR; the PR description itself records that node resets here. The dismissing finder read the base path but did not weigh that…

Verification: pre-existing — the base branch already fails the same way by the same route; this PR touches the line that sets informational but neither introduces nor widens the gap (it actually narrows it: "1xx" no longer counts as informational). Acknowledged in the PR description ("Not in this PR ... The client accepts DATA or END_STREAM after only a 1xx block. Node resets the stream."), not in the…
🟣 src/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs — node:http2 client users get a pushed stream whose request headers contain ':status' (a response pseudo-header) instead of the PROTOCOL_ERROR reset nghttp2 sends. The new check at connection.rs:1187-1193 now runs on PUSH_PROMISE blocks too and only rejects a malformed value; a well-formed ':status: 200' beside :method/:scheme/:path/:authority passes because wrong_direction at connection.rs:1164 only fires when self.is_server. Fix: treat :status as wrong-direction on the client whenever is_request is true (push_parent is set), so a PUSH_PROMISE carrying :status is malformed and reset at connection.rs:1302; the comment at connection.rs:1160-1163 already names this gap.

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The PR changes the branch guard from rest == b"status" to bit == pseudo::STATUS and adds is_valid_status, so a PUSH_PROMISE block is now evaluated for status validity, but the direction check it sits next to is still server-only. Trace: client receives PUSH_PROMISE on stream 1 promising stream 2; handle_push_promise builds meta with push_parent set and is_request: true (connection.rs:1745-1749). finish_header_block loops the fields; for ':status: 200', bit is STATUS, wrong_direction at connection.rs:1164 is false on the client, is_valid_status passes at connection.rs:1188, seen_pseudo gains STATUS. The §8.3.1 request check at connection.rs:1265-1274 only requires METHOD, SCHEME, PATH and AUTHORITY, so the block is not malformed. sink.on_header at connection.rs:1223 surfaces ':status' to JS as a pushed request header, and the pushed stream is delivered. nghttp2's nghttp2_http_on_header rejects :status in a request block (NGHTTP2_ERR_HTTP_HEADER), so node resets the pushed stream with PROTOCOL_ERROR. Population: node:http2 clients accepting server push from a misbehaving peer; rate is per…

Verification: pre-existing — base already delivers a PUSH_PROMISE block carrying a well-formed :status by the same route; this PR touches the adjacent lines (and per REVIEW.md "PUSH_PROMISE paths" are part of the class) but neither introduces nor widens it. Trigger: a node:http2 client (push enabled) receives a PUSH_PROMISE whose header block contains :method, :scheme, :path, :authority plus…

robobun · 2026-09-19T18:44:29Z

Both findings are correct, and both exist on main without this change. I do not fix them in this PR.

END_STREAM or DATA after only a 1xx block. Confirmed with a raw HTTP/2 server. HEADERS :status 100 with END_STREAM gives 'headers' 100 and a clean end in Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9. Node v26.3.0 resets the stream with PROTOCOL_ERROR. HEADERS :status 100 then DATA gives the same clean end in Bun. This PR only narrows the gap: a malformed value such as "1xx" no longer counts as an informational block. The full fix needs a check in handle_data, begin_streamed_data and the END_STREAM path, with its own tests. That is a second behaviour change, so it does not belong in this diff. I searched the open PRs and found none for it. The PR description lists it under "Not in this PR".

:status in a PUSH_PROMISE block. #33191 already fixes this. It replaces wrong_direction with a check on is_request, so a PUSH_PROMISE block that carries :status becomes malformed on the client. The same line here would conflict with that hunk, so I leave it to #33191.

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#46456) ### What does this PR do? Hardening for how the `node:http` and `node:http2` servers read a request: they now refuse what Node refuses. `Bun.serve` is not changed. #### `node:http` - **A request target with a byte from 0x7f to 0xff, or a control character, is answered with `400`** before any handler runs, and `'clientError'` gets `HPE_INVALID_URL`, as in Node. Bun used to run the handler with `req.url` decoded as UTF-8. No parser option relaxes this, in Node or here. - **DEL (0x7f) in a header or trailer value is answered with `400`** (`HPE_INVALID_HEADER_TOKEN`), as in Node, unless the parser is lenient (`insecureHTTPParser`, `httpValidation`, `--insecure-http-parser`). Bytes from 0x80 stay valid there and reach the handler as latin1. - **Trailers are read with the leniency the parser had.** A server made lenient through `httpValidation` or `--insecure-http-parser` lost its whole trailer section if one value had a control character. #### `node:http2` - **DATA past a request's declared `content-length` is not delivered.** The frame that crosses the length is dropped whole, and the stream is reset with `PROTOCOL_ERROR` at that frame. It used to be delivered, and the stream was reset only at the end of the request. (the request half of #45315) - Two differences from Node: Node also sends `GOAWAY` after the `RST_STREAM`, which ends the other streams of the session. This resets only the one stream, which is what RFC 9113 §8.1.1 asks for. And if the frame arrives split across reads, Node delivers the part that fits the declared length, where this delivers none of that frame. - **A space or tab at an edge of a pseudo-header's value makes the header block malformed**, as in Node: the stream is reset with `PROTOCOL_ERROR` and no user code runs. The field used to be dropped after the check that it is present, so a handler could see a request without a `:path` or a `:method`. Clients refuse it in `:status` and in a `PUSH_PROMISE` too. Without `strictFieldWhitespaceValidation`, `:protocol` may have it, as in Node. - **`:method`, `:scheme`, `:path` and `:authority` take the values nghttp2 takes.** For `http` and `https`, `:path` has to start with `/`, or be `*` with `OPTIONS`. Anything else resets the stream with `PROTOCOL_ERROR` before user code runs, in a request and in a `PUSH_PROMISE`. A `host` that isn't a valid authority is left out. - **A received field whose value has a control byte (0x01 to 0x1f except tab, or 0x7f) is left out**, as in Node, on servers and on clients: in requests, responses, 1xx blocks, trailers and pushes. Tab and bytes from 0x80 are kept. NUL, CR and LF still reset the stream. - **On a client, a response may carry only `:status`, and a `PUSH_PROMISE` may not carry it.** Anything else resets the stream with `PROTOCOL_ERROR`, as in Node. - **A request's `host` has to be non-empty and appear once**, trailers included, as in Node. Otherwise the stream is reset with `PROTOCOL_ERROR`. (#33191 covers this too) - **On a client, `:status` has to be three digits, from 100 up, and not 101**, as in Node. Otherwise the stream is reset. `"2x0"`, `"2000"`, `"+20"` and `"1e2"` used to reach `'response'` or `'headers'` as a number. (from #43498) - **DATA for a closed stream is dropped without an answer**, as in Node and as RFC 9113 §5.1 says, and the connection's flow-control window is still credited. Each such frame used to get its own `RST_STREAM(STREAM_CLOSED)`. A stream ID that was never used still gets one. (from #42467) #### Behavior change A client that sends non-ASCII bytes in the URL without escaping them gets `400` where Bun 1.4.3 answered. Measured on the wire: `curl` and Go's `net/http` do that in the query (`curl 'http://host/a?q=é'`), and Java's `HttpURLConnection`, Perl's `HTTP::Tiny`, Ruby's `Net::HTTP#get` and `http.request({ path: "/é" })` in the path and the query. Node answers all of them with `400` too. Browsers, `fetch`, `undici`, `axios`, `ws`, `wget`, Python's `requests` and `java.net.http` escape these bytes and are not affected. ### How did you verify your code works? - Every byte from 0x00 to 0xff in the path, the query, a header value, a header name and the method, sent by a raw client, on Node v26, 1.4.3, `main` and this branch, on a strict and on a lenient server. - What real clients put on the wire was captured for the clients named above. - `Bun.serve`: 4,856 raw responses are identical on `main` and on this branch. The new checks are behind `if constexpr (IsNodeHttp)`, so its instantiation of the parser doesn't contain them. - New tests in `node-http.test.ts` fail on `main` and on 1.4.3, and pass on a debug + ASAN build of this branch. - `node:http2`: 14 new tests in `h2-conformance.test.ts` (six ways of framing the body, with and without TLS, the compatibility API, and the connection's flow-control window) fail on `main` and on 1.4.3. An exact-length body, a body without `content-length` and a short body behave as before. - `node:http2` header values: 5 fields x 255 bytes x 3 positions, with `strictFieldWhitespaceValidation` on and off, sent by a raw peer. All 3,825 cells of the pseudo-headers and `host` equal Node v26. `main` differs from Node in 2,544 of the sweep's 4,590 cells. Node's own `test-http2-*` files pass (261 of 261), and the `node:http2`, `fetch` HTTP/2 and grpc-js tests give the same results as before. --------- Co-authored-by: autofix-ci[bot] <114827586+autofix-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Dylan Conway <dylan.conway567@gmail.com>

robobun · 2026-10-23T07:39:13Z

Closing: #46456 landed this :status check on main (38afee6) and names this PR as its source. It shipped in Bun v1.4.4.

I ran the 19 tests of this PR on main at 5c6d4e2 without the source change, and all 19 pass. Reopen this PR if something is missing.

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node:http2: check WINDOW_UPDATE against the sender's own window, drop the per-frame send list #44383

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node:http2: hold a response to its content-length #45315

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node:http, node:http2: refuse the malformed requests that Node refuses #46456

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http: consolidate the open fetch, Bun.serve, node:http, node:http2 and HTTP/3 pull requests #46528

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