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ls-qpack failed a header block that is only the field section prefix. lsquic closes the connection when the decoder fails, so one such block ended every other request of the connection. RFC 9204 Section 4.5 allows a field section with no field lines, and the ls-qpack encoder writes one for an empty header list. A new ls-qpack patch completes the block. The patch covers node:quic, fetch over HTTP/3 and Bun.serve HTTP/3, which share the decoder.
…lines sendTrailers() and sendInformationalHeaders() wrote a header block with no field lines when the headers object held no fields. Node writes no HEADERS frame there: trailers end the stream with only the FIN, and hints send nothing. QuicStream::send_headers now does the same on a request stream whose send side is open. On any other stream the call goes to lsquic as before, so its result does not change.
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WalkthroughThe changes allow lsqpack to parse zero-length field sections and update QUIC stream handling for eligible frameless header blocks. HTTP/3 regression tests cover sending and decoding empty blocks, stream behavior, and connection reuse. ChangesHTTP/3 empty field sections
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lsquic resets a request stream whose FIN comes before a header block.
So sendTrailers({}) before sendHeaders() sent RESET_STREAM(0), and the
stream state said that the FIN was sent. That call now goes to lsquic
again, as on main: the block is the first block of the stream.
QuicStream records that lsquic took a header block. One function,
put_header_block, decides for the live call and for the pending queue.
The two node:quic tests for a first block with no field lines now
compare what the stream reports, not only the other stream.
The row of serve-http3.test.ts for a first block with no field lines compared undefined with undefined. It now expects the 404 that Bun.serve sends for a request with no method and no path.
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…tion Since #46021 a session that is not HTTP/3 throws ERR_INVALID_STATE for every header call before native code runs. So the is_http clause of put_header_block cannot be false, and QuicSession::is_http has no caller. Both are gone, and so is the test row that reached that state. New cases: - sendInformationalHeaders({}) and sendTrailers({}) behind a header block that waits for flow control. lsquic refuses a block there, and main returns false. - Both calls after the writer ended the stream, and after a reset. Each pins one half of the open-send-side condition. The two node:quic cases for a first block check only the connection again. The Bun.serve case expects a client error status, not 404.
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Some cases of the group still send the block, so the group is no longer named "are not sent for trailers or hints".
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I re-reviewed the pushed commits and found no bugs; the three points from my earlier review are addressed (empty trailers that come first keep their HEADERS frame via headers_sent, the ls-qpack patch comment is now short, and the Bun.serve first-block row asserts a 4xx). Because the change relaxes a network-facing QPACK decoder (vendored C, whose lsqpack.c is not in this checkout to trace hbrc_size) and adds send-side state to node:quic, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
put_header_blockis the single helper behind both the livesend_headerspath and the pending-queue drain; the short-circuit is gated on bidi,fin_sent == 0 && write_ended == 0, and (for eos) a block already taken, soresetStream(), ended writers and uni streams still go to lsquic as before.headers_sentis set only when lsquic returns 0 and is the only consumer of the new field;framelessis computed once insend_headersand carried through the queue tuple.- The lsqpack patch only adds
hbrc_size == 0to one condition and hands a zero-length slice toparse_header_data; no new reads of the buffer. - Tests: every case asserts one combined object, resources use
await using, idle timeouts match the file's existing convention, and the held-stream pattern makes each case fail if the connection is aborted.
Extended reasoning...
The diff adds a one-condition vendored patch to ls-qpack's header-prefix parser, registers it in scripts/build/deps/lsqpack.ts, adds a headers_sent cell, a frameless tuple field and a put_header_block helper in src/runtime/node/quic/stream.rs, and adds about 580 lines of tests across the node:quic and Bun.serve HTTP/3 suites. The security-sensitive surface is the QPACK decoder that parses untrusted peer bytes; the change loosens acceptance of a prefix-only block rather than adding any new buffer read. Deferring rather than approving because the patched lsqpack.c is not present in the checkout, so the claim that hbrc_size is already decremented at that line could not be verified from source, and the sender change is stateful protocol logic rather than a mechanical edit. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files and no third-party objection is outstanding in the timeline; all prior inline feedback from this bot was addressed by commits 6566b41 and e2973dc.
Still open from earlier reviews (1):
- Unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.
The doc comment of put_header_block and the comment on `frameless` were paragraphs. Each is one line now: the reason that the code cannot show.
Problem
sendTrailers({})on onenode:quicstream makes a Bun peer close the connection:conn: Abort connection: QPACK decompression error; stream 0, offset 0, line 0. Every other stream ends truncated, without error.01 02 00 00). ls-qpack fails that inparse_header_prefix(lsqpack.c:4042), and lsquic closes the connection.Fix
patches/lsqpack/) completes a block that is only its prefix. fetch andBun.serveHTTP/3 share the decoder.QuicStream::send_headerswrites no frame. For such trailers after a header block, it writes only the FIN.test/js/node/quic/quic-stream.test.tsandtest/js/bun/http/serve-http3.test.ts(23 fail on main). Alsotest/js/node/quic/, fetch HTTP/3 andtest-quic-*.Background
node:quic, fetch andBun.serve. ls-qpack is its QPACK codec.Downsides
ontrailers({})for empty trailers.sendHeaders({}), andsendTrailers({})beforesendHeaders(), still write the block. A released Bun peer closes the connection..text+272 bytes,sendHeaders+9 instructions per call, QPACK decode +2 when a read ends at the prefix.Notes
Origin. Found while testing
node:quic. No user reported it.node:quic, fetch over HTTP/3 andBun.serveHTTP/3 are experimental. The frame came from Bun's ownnode:quicsender. I did not look for other stacks that write it.Reproduction. A
node:quicserver answers/openwith headers and one chunk and does not end it. It answers/hellowithhello,endSync(), andthis.sendTrailers({})fromonwanttrailers. A client reads both on one session.The same happens with
fetch(url, { protocol: "http3" })as the client: the nextread()of the open body resolvesdone: true.Node v26.12.0. Built from source with QUIC enabled (nghttp3 1.18.0). Same server callbacks, frames from qlog:
sendInformationalHeaders({})returns true and writes nothing.ontrailers {}and keeps the session. So Node decodes the block and never sends it.shutdown; how: 1,have to create a separate STREAM frame with FIN flag in it. The peer logsreceived stream frame, offset 12, len 0; fin: 1.Mixed versions. Server calls
sendTrailers({})with a second stream open.ontrailers {}, session openontrailersontrailers {}, session openSender rule.
put_header_blockdecides for the live call and for the queue of a stream that is not open yet. It leaves the frame out on a bidirectional stream whose send side is not ended and not reset. Trailers also need a header block that lsquic took before, because lsquic resets a request stream whose FIN comes before one. Anywhere else the call goes tolsquic_stream_send_headersas before.The reason for the rule is the peer: a decoder that fails the block closes the connection, and released Bun is such a peer. Node v26.12.0 writes the same bytes (above).
sendTrailers({})on a unidirectional streamsendTrailers({})twice afterresetStream()sendTrailers({})beforesendHeaders()"Both calls" are
sendInformationalHeaders({})andsendTrailers({}). An INITIAL-kind block keeps its frame. lsquic resets a stream that ends with no header block, and Node writes DATA with no HEADERS forsendHeaders({}), which closes the connection. Since #46021 a session that is not HTTP/3 throwsERR_INVALID_STATEfor every header call, so the rule has no HTTP/3 condition.Measurements. Release builds of main at 0c864a0, without and with this diff, on the same machine.
QuicStreamPrototype__sendHeaders, two runs each..text81,905,509 to 81,905,781). The stripped binary stays at 107,497,184 bytes.QuicStreamPrototype__sendHeaders1182 to 1254 bytes,bind_raw1194 to 1307,parse_header_prefix971 to 977.QuicStream216 to 216 bytes: the new flag fills padding.pending_headerselement 32 to 32 bytes.00 80 d1).src/(they fail withsrc/from main), 16 need only the patch (they fail with the patch dropped), 5 need neither and pin behavior that must not change. 23 fail on main and on Bun 1.4.2. One fetch case with acontent-lengthpasses in some runs without the patch.put_header_blockhas a case that fails without it: the two cases withsendTrailers({})as the first block, the unidirectional case, and the cases after the FIN and after a reset.sendTrailers({}): 1 to 0.The 8 orders that still differ are the same with trailers that have fields:
sendTrailers()while body bytes wait in the writer drops them,pendingTrailersalone does not ask for trailers (its setter does not setwantsTrailers), and trailers before headers.Not in this PR.
sendHeaders({}),createBidirectionalStream({ headers: {} }), andsendTrailers({})beforesendHeaders(). A released Bun peer closes the connection on it. Node has no behavior to copy: it writes DATA with no HEADERS forsendHeaders({}), and it leaves the stream open for the trailers.onheaders({})innode:quic,HTTP3ProtocolErrorfor that fetch, 404 fromBun.serve. The two cases withsendTrailers({})as the first block expect thenode:quicanswer. node:quic: reject RFC 9114 malformed H3 field sections with H3_MESSAGE_ERROR #35732 rejects such a block innode:quic, so the PR that lands second updates those two cases. TheBun.servecase accepts any 4xx status: Bun.serve http3: 501 or 400 before the router for a request line the HTTP/2 listener refuses #45357 and Bun.serve HTTP/3: validate :path and :authority before building req.url #37600 answer 400. http3: enforce the remaining request field-section rules and harden the HTTP/1 request writer #37649 rejects such a request with H3_MESSAGE_ERROR on the connection, and that case changes with it.lsquic_stream.c:4137).sendTrailers({ "x-t": "1" })returns false there, and the stream stays open until the session times out. A block queued before the stream opens is dropped in that state. Main does the same. Bun.serve(http3): resend the final header block that lsquic refuses behind a pending 100 Continue #42805 resends such a block forBun.serve.close HQ frame type 0x0 of size 18). An earlier report covers it.lsqpack.tslinks lists two more inputs that ls-qpack refuses: a field name of length zero, and an integer with continuation octets that add nothing. This PR leaves both. The first is a malformed message.lshpack.c:1733). This PR does not change HTTP/2. node:http2: end the stream with an empty DATA frame when sendTrailers() encodes no fields #37951 is the open PR for the sender rule innode:http2.node:quicserver sometimes announces a second session for one fetch connection. That session has no requests and closes at once (4 of 600 rounds on main, 5 of 600 here). The fetch cases record the requests of each session and do not count sessions.Upstream. ls-qpack master is the pinned commit 9156770 and has the same code. No upstream issue exists for it. A comment on litespeedtech/ls-qpack#90 (comment) lists the input as refused. The report is not filed. This program shows it on ls-qpack master:
Self-review. Two runs raised 28 and 18 concerns. 42 are addressed in the code, the tests or this text. The other 4 ask for a tracker for defects that this PR leaves: the upstream report above, and three bullets of "Not in this PR" (the refused block with fields, the trailer block in a DATA frame, the second session). None is filed.
Tests.
sendTrailers()with{},{ name: undefined }and{ name: [] }fromonwanttrailers(returns true, then false),pendingTrailers = {},sendInformationalHeaders({}), both calls behind a header block that waits for flow control, and blocks queued before the stream opens. Each reads the stream until it is closed and checks that no trailers event arrived.resetStream(), after the FIN, after a reset that reached the peer, andsendTrailers({})as the first block (open stream and queue).node:quicclient, anode:quicserver, fetch andBun.serve. A second response stays open during each case and completes after it, which proves that the connection survived.quic-stream.test.tspasses in 3 of 3 runs, andserve-http3.test.tspasses 81 of 82. The other one starts a child process, and in this container a process with leak detection on takes 5 s to exit, which is the whole budget of that test.quic-stream.test.tscases and 10 of 10 runs of theserve-http3.test.tscases pass.test-quic-*files pass on the debug build, run 4 at a time.test-quic-h3-stream-idle-timeoutandtest-quic-stream-idle-timeoutneednode:stream/iter.test-quic-session-initial-rtthas a 10 ms bound that a debug build misses. The fourth is one of thetest-quic-callback-error-*files, which fail at random on the debug build (3 and 6 of 20 runs for two of them). Their sessions are not HTTP/3 and send no header block.fetch-http3-adversarial.test.ts:8 concurrent POST /echowith 4 MB bodies exceeds 5 s in some runs of the whole file on the debug build, also withsrc/from main.Related. #35762, #35732, #37649, #37600, #45357, #45741, #42579, #42805, #37951, #45941. #42892 changes the same lines of
stream.rs. #41337 and #44800 fix an lsquic leak that the first version of the test helper ran into.