Http client sometimes returns EPIPE when server does not read request body
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Description
- Version: v15.12.0
- Platform: Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0
What steps will reproduce the bug?
let http = require("http");
let server = http.createServer(async function(req, res)
{
res.end("ok");
});
(async function()
{
await new Promise(resolve => server.listen(resolve));
let buf = Buffer.alloc(50000000);
for(let i = 0; ; i++)
{
let req = http.request({ port: server.address().port, method: "post" }).end(buf);
let res = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => req.on("response", resolve).on("error", reject));
let str = "";
for await (let chunk of res) str += chunk;
console.log(i, "client received:", str);
}
}());
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
Sometimes. It can take a few thousands of iterations or more.
What is the expected behavior?
No EPIPE.
What do you see instead?
85784 client received: ok
node:internal/process/promises:245
triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
^
Error: write EPIPE
at WriteWrap.onWriteComplete [as oncomplete] (node:internal/stream_base_commons:94:16) {
errno: -32,
code: 'EPIPE',
syscall: 'write'
}
Additional information
It does not happen on linux (after more than million iterations).
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Research direction
Start by running the provided HTTP client/server reproduction on Darwin and compare its behavior with Linux. The payload names no source file or test, so trace the HTTP client request-body write path associated with the EPIPE and identify a focused regression test. Done means the reproduction no longer produces EPIPE while the server does not read the request body.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- backend, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100