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HTTP/2 (RFC 9113 section 8.6) and HTTP/3 (RFC 9114 section 4.5) do not have 101 (Switching Protocols). The h2 and h3 clients handled a 101 block as an interim response: they dropped it and waited for a final response. Over HTTP/3, a 101 that ended the stream made the client send the request a second time. Both clients now parse :status with bun_http_types::parse_status_pseudo_header: three digits from 100 to 999, and not 101, which is the rule of nghttp2 and nghttp3. Any other value makes the response malformed. The request fails with HTTP2ProtocolError and RST_STREAM(PROTOCOL_ERROR), or with HTTP3ProtocolError. The h3 client parsed the value with parse_int before, so it also delivered 99, 1000, +200 and 2_00. 100, 102 and 103 stay interim.
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Status: ready for review. How I reproduced it (bun 1.4.3 and main at 26e7a4b):
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In `@src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs`:
- Line 236: Update the :status handling in the header callback to reject
duplicate fields before assignment and fail immediately when
parse_status_pseudo_header returns None. Use session.fail with
crate::Error::HTTP3ProtocolError and return on either condition, while assigning
status only for the first valid value so malformed headers cannot reach
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src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs— pre-existing: a POST over HTTP/3 whose origin answers with a lone 100, 102 or 103 that ends the stream is sent a second time, so a non-idempotent handler runs twice; the base does the same. At src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs:262 a 1xx block returns without recording that an interim arrived, so when the stream then closes, deliver at src/http/h3_client/ClientSession.rs:389 sees status_code == 0 and calls retry_or_fail. Fix: a stream that closes after any 1xx block and before a final response must fail with HTTP3ProtocolError and never retry, matching the HTTP/2 client at src/http/h2_client/dispatch.rs:685, e.g. record an interim-seen flag on the stream and route to fail instead of retry_or_fail. …Extended reasoning...
…The PR description lists this under found on the way; the 101 fix in this PR closes only the 101 shape of it.
The PR description says a lone 100 with FIN still makes the client send the request twice over HTTP/3 and calls it out of scope. The code confirms it. on_stream_headers parses the :status, hits the 1xx branch at src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs:262 and returns; stream.status_code stays 0 and nothing records that an interim response was seen. lsquic then reports FIN via on_stream_close at src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs:309, which calls deliver(stream, true). In deliver, st.status_code == 0 so the headers branch at src/http/h3_client/ClientSession.rs:349 is skipped, response_stage is not Body, done is true, and src/http/h3_client/ClientSession.rs:389 calls retry_or_fail with HTTP3StreamReset. retry_or_fail at src/http/h3_client/ClientSession.rs:272 only refuses when h3_retried is already set or the body is a JS stream, so a buffered POST body is re-enqueued on a fresh session and the origin handler runs a second time. The HTTP/2 client treats the same shape as malformed at…
Verification: pre-existing — the base branch fails by the same route in code this diff does not change; acknowledged in diff: the PR description lists "Over HTTP/3, any 1xx block that ends the stream (for example a lone
100) makes the client send the request twice" under "Found on the way, not in this PR", and that claim matches the code. Trigger: an HTTP/3 origin answers a non-streaming-body POST with…
A header block with a bad :status followed by a good one took the good one, because the last value won. A repeated :status now leaves the block with no valid status, so it takes the existing malformed exit. The h2 client already refuses a repeated :status. Add a unit test for parse_status_pseudo_header: every three-digit value, and values that are not three digits.
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I re-reviewed the two commits pushed since my last look (the h3 repeated-:status handling and the parse_status_pseudo_header unit test) and found no bugs; because this changes how both network clients reject untrusted response headers, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed since the prior review:
on_stream_headersrepeated-:statuslogic in src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs: a repeat forcesstatus = 0and a bad first value cannot be overwritten by a later valid one;0routes to the existingHTTP3ProtocolErrorexit (or the trailers-ignore path), so no new exit was added.- The helper's slice pattern cannot overflow or panic (max 999 fits
u16); the unit test covers 000-999 and the non-three-digit set, and the h2 call site is a drop-in whose only behavioral delta is 101. - One gap: the h3 repeated-
:statuschange has no JS-level test (thenode:quicorigin takes aRecord, so it cannot emit a duplicate field), and the description's "The HTTP/3 change is one statement" / "h3 does not refuse a repeated:status" notes are now stale.
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Overview
The PR adds bun_http_types::parse_status_pseudo_header (src/http_types/lib.rs), a pure function that accepts exactly three ASCII digits with a non-zero leading digit and rejects 101, and calls it from the HTTP/2 client's decode_header_block (src/http/h2_client/dispatch.rs) and the HTTP/3 client's on_stream_headers (src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs). Since the prior review, two commits landed: one adds a seen_status flag on the h3 side so a repeated :status is treated as malformed, and one shortens the doc comment and adds a Rust unit test. Tests were added to the existing h2 adversarial and h3 client suites rather than new files.
Security risks
This is validation of untrusted wire data, which is the sensitive part. The helper is a fixed three-element slice pattern, so there is no length arithmetic, no allocation, and no overflow (the largest value is 999 in a u16); it survives release builds because it is ordinary control flow, not a debug assertion. The h2 path was already rejecting everything except 101 (the old parse_unsigned plus 100..=999 range check), so the h2 delta is one value. The h3 path previously used a lenient parse_int that accepted sign, underscores, and out-of-range values; it is now strictly tighter. A repeated :status or a bad-then-good sequence now yields 0 and takes the pre-existing failure exit, so no new failure route was introduced. I found no way for a peer to reach a panic or an unexpected success from these lines.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. The production diff is roughly fifteen lines, the helper is exhaustively unit-tested, and both call sites were read in full context. The reasons not to self-approve: this changes client-facing behavior for two network protocols against real-world origins (the description names nginx mainline as a sender of lone 101 blocks), I could not execute cargo or a debug build in this environment so the JS tests were verified by reading only, and the repeated-:status h3 change added since the last review has no JS-level test because the node:quic origin cannot emit a duplicate field. The node:http2 and node:quic sibling sites are named in the description as deliberately excluded with a reference to another open PR, which satisfies the "say so if a site is excluded" bar but is still a judgment a maintainer should confirm.
Other factors
No CODEOWNERS entries cover the touched files. The CodeRabbit inline threads were self-resolved by the author; the one on callbacks.rs:236 is plausibly addressed by the later commit that rewrote exactly those lines, but the one on the h2 test file has no follow-up code change, and I cannot see its text, so I weigh it as unsettled. The exit reason was dry_streak and no bug findings were reported. The PR description's claims about nghttp2/nghttp3 (parse_status_code requiring a 1-9 leading digit and exactly three digits, and 101 being refused in http_response_on_header) match my understanding of those libraries, but the vendored tree does not include them so I could not cite lines.
Problem
fetch()over HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 handles a:status: 101header block as an interim response. It waits for a final one. nginx 1.31.6 sends one when it proxies a WebSocket handshake, andfetchwaits outproxy_read_timeout(60 s by default).Bun.servehandler that returns 101 runs the handler twice.decode_header_block(src/http/h2_client/dispatch.rs:683) andon_stream_headers(src/http/h3_client/callbacks.rs:261) handle each 1xx status as interim.Fix
bun_http_types::parse_status_pseudo_headertakes three digits from 100 to 999 and refuses 101, as nghttp2 and nghttp3 do (curl, Node.js). Both clients call it.HTTP2ProtocolErrorwith RST_STREAM(PROTOCOL_ERROR), orHTTP3ProtocolError. 100, 102 and 103 stay interim.parse_int, so it also delivered99,1000,+200and2_00. These fail now, as does a repeated:status.test/js/web/fetch/fetch-http2-adversarial.test.tsandtest/js/web/fetch/fetch-http3-client.test.tsfail without the fix. Also a unit test for the parser,fetch-http2-client,fetch-http3-adversarial,serve-http3.Background
Upgraderequest, and no final response follows. HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 do not have it (RFC 9113 §8.6, RFC 9114 §4.5).UnrequestedUpgrade, fix(fetch) handle 101 #22390). The h2 and h3 clients never sendUpgrade.Notes
There is no GitHub issue. A fuzz run against a scripted HTTP/2 origin found this. It is not a regression: 1.4.3 and main behave the same.
Which 101 blocks change. A 101 block that carries an
upgradeor aconnectionfield already failed before this PR, because those fields are malformed on HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. So did a 101 with END_STREAM over HTTP/2, and a 101 followed by DATA over HTTP/2. The blocks that change are a 101 with no such field on a stream that stays open (both protocols), and every 101 over HTTP/3 that ends the stream.Raw HTTP/2 origin (TLS, ALPN h2). It sends the listed header blocks, then DATA
bodywith END_STREAM:100then200bodybody103then200bodybody101then200bodyHTTP2ProtocolError, RST_STREAM(1)=0x1101, stream stays openHTTP2ProtocolErrorin 70 mscurl reports
Invalid HTTP header field was received: frame type: 1, stream: 1, name: [:status], value: [101]. On Node.js v26.3.0,fetchandnode:http2fail the last two rows withERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR(NGHTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR).nginx. nginx 1.31.6 (mainline) in front of a WebSocket upstream (
Bun.servewithserver.upgrade). The location hasproxy_set_header Upgrade websocket,proxy_set_header Connection upgrade,proxy_buffering offandproxy_read_timeout 3s. The request carriesSec-WebSocket-KeyandSec-WebSocket-Version. nginx answers with a lone:status: 101on a stream that stays open:HTTP2StreamResetafter 3010 msHTTP3StreamResetafter 6010 ms (the request goes out twice)HTTP2ProtocolErrorin 45 msHTTP3ProtocolErrorin 13 msnginx 1.30.5 (stable) adds an
upgradefield to the same block, so bun 1.4.3 already fails it in 7 ms.Bun.serve. A handler that returnsnew Response(null, { status: 101 }), asked with a POST:UnrequestedUpgrade, handler runs onceHTTP2ProtocolError, handler runs onceHTTP3StreamReset, handler runs twiceHTTP3ProtocolError, handler runs onceThe second run comes from
retry_or_fail(src/http/h3_client/ClientSession.rs:260): a stream that closes before a final response is sent again once.Bun.servewrites a handler's 101 as:status: 101on HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. This PR does not change the server (#35972 proposed that and was closed as stale, with no decision).:statusvalues over HTTP/3 on 1.4.3, measured with anode:quicorigin:99and099gaveres.status99,20gave 20,1000gave 1000, and0200,+200and2_00gave 200.2e2and a value with a space already failed. With this PR all of them fail withHTTP3ProtocolError, and200to999are delivered as before.Other clients.
lib/nghttp2_http.c) and nghttp3 (lib/nghttp3_http.c):parse_status_codetakes exactly three digits with a first digit from 1 to 9, andhttp_response_on_headerrefuses 101.golang.org/x/net/http2,transport.go) handles 101 as any other 1xx and waits for a final response.net/spdy/spdy_stream.cc) does not handle 101 as interim at the stream level. It passes the 101 up as the response.The HTTP/3 change adds no exit.
on_stream_headerskeeps its two existing exits. An absent:status, a:statusthat does not parse and a repeated:statusall leavestatusat 0, so they take the exit that a missing one already took. The repeat rule stops a good value from replacing a bad one in the same block. It has no end-to-end test, because no HTTP/3 origin in the tree can send a repeated:status(node:quicthrowsERR_HTTP2_HEADER_SINGLE_VALUE). Header blocks after the final response are ignored as before, whatever they carry. An origin that holds the stream open sees STOP_SENDING with H3_NO_ERROR (0x100) when the client gives the stream up, as for a malformed field today. #32678 changes both exits to H3_MESSAGE_ERROR. It needs no new site for this PR.How the HTTP/2 test shows that the reset is for the 101 block alone. The origin writes the 1xx block and a PING in one write. It sends the final response only when the PING ACK arrives. The client writes frames in order, so a RST_STREAM for the 1xx block reaches the origin ahead of the ACK. The test takes a copy of the RST_STREAM log at the ACK. Without the fix the log is empty at that point, and
fetchresolves with the 200 that the origin then sends. The same script with 103 must still resolve with the 200. If the connection closes ahead of the ACK, the test reports that and does not wait.withAdversarialServergets an optionalonPingAckhook for this. The:statustable in that file passes with and without the fix. It pins the HTTP/2 values, because the h2 client now parses through the shared function.Related open PRs.
node:http2client the same rule with a privateis_valid_statusinsrc/runtime/api/bun/h2/connection.rs. This PR does not touch that file. The PR that lands second can callparse_status_pseudo_header.on_stream_headers. See above.Expect: 100-continuehold) edits the 1xx branch ofdecode_header_block, below the lines this PR changes.bun_http_types. The new function sits in the same crate.Found on the way, not in this PR.
node:quicclient has the same pattern:claim_header_sets(src/runtime/node/quic/stream.rs:1046) routes a received 101 tooninfo.100) makes the client send the request twice. HTTP/2 fails that shape at once.:statusin a block after the final response. The h2 client does.Self-reviewed: the review asked for the shared parser, for no new exit in
on_stream_headers, for a test that cannot hang, for the:statustables, and for the nginx,Bun.serve, #43498 and #32678 facts in this description. All are addressed. It also proposed to fold thenode:quicclient into this PR. I kept that out: it is a different subsystem with its own tests.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/web/fetch/fetch-http3-client.test.ts