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Fixes #44925

Problem

  • After the client disconnects, res.end("late") sets res._header but leaves res.headersSent false. res.setHeader() then throws ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT (node:_http_outgoing, setHeader). Express 5 res.download() crashes with that uncaught error when a client aborts: send checks headersSent, then calls setHeader().
  • The closed-socket branch of ServerResponse.prototype.end (src/js/node/_http_server.ts:3549) set this._header = " " without the header state that the headersSent getter reads. node:http: the server follows Node (request body, framing, response finish, lifecycle) #43557 added that line. Bun 1.4.2 set neither.

Fix

  • The branch follows Node: the head counts as sent (headersSent true, _header set) unless Node's write_() would have dropped the chunk of a destroyed response before _implicitHeader(). Then both stay unset, and the replaced writeHead wrapper is not called either.
  • The closed-socket branch of write() marks the head sent the same way. Node renders the head before _writeRaw() reports the dead socket.
  • A standalone response (no native handle) hands the original chunk to OutgoingMessage.end(), whose write_() drops it for a destroyed message before the head renders. Before, end() cleared the chunk first and the head rendered.
  • Verified: test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts (5 new tests, 4 fail on the unfixed build, the writeHead() one guards its clause of the condition). Also node-http.test.ts, node-http-backpressure.test.ts, node-http-req-complete.test.ts, and test/js/third_party/express/. Self-reviewed: 1 concern raised, 1 addressed.

Background

  • Bun renders the response head natively at the first write() or end(). headerStateSymbol (none, assigned after writeHead(), sent) is what res.headersSent reads. _header is a marker set at end() for the OutgoingMessage methods that gate on it.
  • res.destroyed turns true when the socket emits 'close' (Node's emitCloseNT). A handler that calls req.socket.destroy() and then res.end() in the same turn sees destroyed === false, so Node renders the head there.
  • Considered dropping only the _header line: it fixes the Express path but leaves headersSent false where Node reports true (end() without a chunk on a destroyed response, write() or end() after req.socket.destroy() in the handler). Considered deriving headersSent from _header: it does not fix the Express path, where Node sets neither.

Downsides

  • Code that called res.setHeader() after res.end() on a dead socket in 1.4.3 and caught ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT now sees it in fewer cases. This is the Node behaviour.
  • After write() on a dead socket, headersSent is true but _header stays null. Bun's native path never sets _header in write(), before and after this change.
Notes

Node v26.3.0 against this branch, /tmp/repro44925/matrix.mjs and standalone.mjs:

Scenario Node This PR
A: end(chunk) from req.socket 'close' (res destroyed) _header null, headersSent false, setHeader ok same
B: end() from 'close' both set, setHeader throws same
C, D: req.socket.destroy() in the handler, then end(chunk) or end() both set same
E: writeHead(200), then A both set same
F: req.socket.destroy() in the handler, then write(chunk) headersSent true, setHeader throws same (_header null)
G: standalone new ServerResponse(req), destroy(), end(chunk) both unset, setHeader ok same

Bun main before this PR: A to D report headersSent false with _header set, F reports headersSent false, G reports both set.

The per-call cost on the live-socket path is one boolean and one reference local in end(). No new native call, allocation, or queue entry.

The express suite has one test that times out on main too (should respond with 404 when wrong method is used), with and without this change.

…closed socket

When the socket is already gone, ServerResponse.end() set _header but
not the header state, so headersSent said false while setHeader() threw
ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT. Node renders the head in end() unless write_()
dropped the chunk of a destroyed response. Mirror that: set both, or
neither. The closed branch of write() marks the head sent the same way.
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Updated 10:44 PM PT - Oct 16th, 2026

❌ @robobun, your commit 8ac5141 has 1 failures in Build #127016 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 45380

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-45380 executable, so you can run:

bun-45380 --bun

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ServerResponse now handles header state differently when writes or ends occur after a client disconnect. Tests cover header state and response completion around socket closure.

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HTTP disconnect header state

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Update and test disconnected response header state
src/js/node/_http_server.ts, test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts
end() tracks when it drops a chunk and skips write-head processing for that chunk. write() marks headers sent when the socket is closed. Tests cover headersSent, finished, and late setHeader() results after disconnects.

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The change fixes the after-close end cases, but a write during the brief interval before response close still exposes inconsistent header state until end(). The mismatch is narrow and transient.

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Issue #44925 requires Node-compatible agreement between res.headersSent and _header after a client disconnect. The PR updates closed-socket handling in ServerResponse.end() and ServerResponse.write(). It preserves both states when Node renders the head and leaves them unset when Node drops the destroyed response chunk. Four tests cover the state and late setHeader() behavior, including the Express failure path.

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- Line 3750: Update the closed-socket write branch that sets `headerStateSymbol`
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Comment thread src/js/node/_http_server.ts Resolved
…nside OutgoingMessage

ServerResponse.end() cleared the chunk before it delegated to
OutgoingMessage.end(), so that path rendered the head. Hand the original
chunk over: write_() drops it for a destroyed message before
_implicitHeader(), as in Node.
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Jarred-Sumner added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 21, 2026
…6270)

### What does this PR do?

Hardening follow-up to #46021. It fixes regressions from #46021 and
#44618 that were never released, includes more of the open pull requests
that fix a crash, and fixes a few crashes that had no pull request.

#### Regressions fixed (none was released)

- `spyOn(Bun, "$")`, and the same for `"sql"`, `"postgres"` and `"SQL"`,
threw "does not support accessor properties yet".
- Async `fs.read`, `fs.write` and `zlib.brotliCompress` on a view over a
`WebAssembly.Memory` could lose data or copy far more than they needed.
- `node:vm` with `vm.constants.DONT_CONTEXTIFY`: `this` in host
accessors, prototype handling, `util.types.isProxy`, `Bun.deepEquals`,
`assert.deepEqual` and `console.log` of a context.
- `zlib` `stream.flush()` threw for arguments it used to accept, and
streams had a new enumerable property.
- `Bun.Transpiler` `exports.replace` with the name `"default"`.
- `process.env.X = 3000` could store the number once the function was
JIT-compiled.
- `node:sqlite` and `bun:sqlite` could lose rows at exit.
- Dev server: stylesheets shared between pages after a build error.
- Shell `cp` of a file onto itself exited 1.
- `error.stack`: the frame of `require()` reads `at anonymous (unknown)`
again.
- `import * as process from "process"` followed by `process.on(...)`
threw at load. The EventEmitter methods that the module exports now act
on `process`.
- `delete res.statusCode; res.end()` in a `node:http` handler threw. It
sends 200, as in Node. (from #46128)
- `node:tls`, `node:https` and `node:http2`: connection teardown and
write callbacks behave as in 1.4.3 and Node again.

#### Crash fixes

Bundler, parser and CSS: #42286, #46092, #46097, #46177, #46239, #36334,
#43024, #40769.
`bun test`, `--hot` and `--watch`: #30776, #38206, #38974.
Shell: #43183, #37743, #46168, #46207, #34900.
`node:http`, `node:http2`, `Bun.serve`, streams: #43449, #45380, #44457,
#42197, #42485, #38082, #38124, #46074, #45999, #46045.
`node:vm`, native addons, workers: #46129, #46198, #45615, #33412,
#38031.
Dev server: #42790, #42850, #39488.
Other: #35991, #38030, #38586, #40526, #41830, #46029, #46078, #46114,
and the bug of #42215.

#### Behavior changes

- `crypto.randomFill(view, cb)` reports `ERR_CRYPTO_OPERATION_FAILED` if
it could not fill the view. It used to report success.
- A function registered twice on `process` runs twice, as in Node.
(#41830)
- Under `--hot`, a reload after an uncaught exception cancels the timers
that the failed run created. The new run's timers fire, and so do timers
and `fs.watchFile` watchers that earlier runs kept on `globalThis`. The
reload also resets the exit code to 0. (#38206)
- The parent of a Worker no longer gets an `'error'` event for a failed
`Bun.serve` request in that Worker. The error is printed, as on the main
thread.
- `hash.write()` after `digest()` drops the chunk, as in Node. (#35991)
- `http2` over TLS with `server.emit("connection", socket)`:
`session.socket` is a `TLSSocket` and a `'connection'` listener fires,
as in Node. (#38124)
- A `slice()` with no type of a body `Blob` has `type === ""`, as in
Node. (#46114)
- `util.types.isProxy(globalThis)` is false, as in Node.
- A write on a `node:net` or `node:tls` socket that is still pending
when the connection closes calls back with `ECANCELED`, as in Node.
- `HTMLRewriter.on()` throws for a selector that is nested too deeply.
- `Bun.Image`: `maxPixels` also bounds PNG metadata, `metadata()` of a
GIF reports the size that gets decoded, and a path with a NUL byte
throws. (#40526)
- `bun build --no-bundle` with the `base64` or `dataurl` loader prints
an error. (#36334)
- Bundled output for a default-exported function or class expression
changes to `var file_default = function name() {}`, as in esbuild.
`.name` is unchanged. (#46097)
- A Proxy in the prototype chain of a `node:vm` global is allowed. jsdom
30 with `runScripts` needs this.
- `bun:sqlite` commits a write that `iterate()` left open when the main
thread exits. An explicit `BEGIN` is still rolled back.
- When a Worker stops while a native addon's async work is still
running, the addon's finalizers run after that work is done, as in Node.
- Shell: `mv -n` and `cp -n` don't overwrite, and `cp` reads `R`, `v`
and `n` anywhere in a flag group.

#### Performance

- Ordinary `node:vm` contexts run at the same speed. With
`DONT_CONTEXTIFY`, stores to globals and reads of inherited names in a
hot loop cost 10 to 20 % more than on `main`.
- A `process.env` write costs 20 to 35 % less than after #46021.
- An async read into a `WebAssembly.Memory` view looks through the live
memories: about 1.5 µs more with one memory.

#### Not included

- Taken in part, so these should stay open for the rest: #36334, #38974,
#39488, #40526, #40769, #42485, #45615, #45999, #46029, #46092, #46114,
#46168, #46207, #46239.
- Needs a WebKit change: #34655 #39204 #40170 #40253 #41587 #41900
#42699 #42897 #42903 #43084 #43813 #44518 #44949 #45770 #45804 #45827.
- #44723 (covered by #46097), #41675, #42753, #38762, #41475, #46016.

### How did you verify your code works?

- Every item was reproduced first on release builds of `main`, of its
parent and of 1.4.3, and compared with Node v26 where Node has the API.
- Every fix has a test that fails on `main` and passes on a debug + ASAN
build of this branch, except where that isn't practical (huge inputs,
code that only runs on Windows or macOS).
- The regressions were checked on grids of calls against the build
before #46021 and against 1.4.3.
- Bun's own test suites and Node's `test-vm-*`, `test-http2-*` and
`test-zlib-*` files for the areas touched.

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node:http: res.end() after the client disconnects sets _header but leaves headersSent false (regression in 1.4.3, breaks Express res.download() / send)

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