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node:http, node:fs, node:worker_threads: detect URLs structurally, and Uint8Array by cell type - #41117
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…ke node The JS side of node:http, node:https, node:fs and node:worker_threads decided "is this argument a URL?" with `instanceof URL`. That is false for a URL instance once globalThis.URL is replaced, which @happy-dom/global-registrator (the DOM test setup in docs/test/dom.mdx) does, and for a URL from another implementation (jsdom, whatwg-url). http.request, https.request and new ClientRequest then took the object for an options bag. A URL instance has no own properties, so the request went to localhost:80. A URL-like object kept its host but lost the path, so the request went to "/". fs.createReadStream, fs.createWriteStream, fs.watchFile, fs.cpSync and fs.promises.cp threw ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, and new Worker(urlLike) did too. Node uses the structural isURL from lib/internal/url.js at all of these sites: truthy href and protocol, and no legacy url.parse() auth or path. Move that isURL from node/url.ts, where fileURLToPathBuffer had its own copy, into internal/url, and use it at every JS-side URL check. The fs helpers still convert with the native Bun.fileURLToPath, which takes URL instances by class, so a URL-like object that is not a URL instance is rejected the same way as in fs.readFileSync (#34202 is the place to widen that). The Worker passes the href, so such an object works there like in node. Left alone: node:zlib isAnyArrayBuffer (#41101), url.fileURLToPath with URL-like objects (#34202), fs.promises.watch, which rejects every URL with its own error, and url.format, where node also uses instanceof.
validators.isUint8Array was `value instanceof Uint8Array`, and child_process had its own copy. Both are false for a typed array from a node:vm context. ClientRequest.write(chunk) with such a chunk threw ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE with the message "must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array. Received an instance of Uint8Array". Node uses util.types.isUint8Array, which reads the cell type. Use the native util.types.isUint8Array in validators and export it, and take that export in child_process. The path checks in child_process and in getValidatedFsPath now treat a cross-realm Uint8Array like a same-realm one. That is consistency on the error path: spawn with a bare Uint8Array cwd fails in node too, and fs.cp with a Buffer path is #41112.
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Status: ready for review. CI is green for this diff. Reproduced on bun 1.4.1 against node v26.3.0 with a probe over the CI (build 109074 at d9c7683): 181 of 182 jobs passed. The one red lane is Related open PRs for the sites this one leaves alone: #41101 (zlib), #34202 ( |
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The data: branch stringified the object. A URL-like object without its own toString gave "[object Object]" as the script. Return the href, as the file: branch already does.
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isUint8Arrayaccepts a foreign value,p.indexOf(0)can invoke a replaced or missing prototype method. A replaced method can bypass the null-byte check, and a missing method can throw a genericTypeErrorinstead ofERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE. Use the capturedUint8Array.prototype.includesoperation already used bysrc/js/node/child_process.ts.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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getValidatedFsPath called p.indexOf(0) on the caller's object. A replaced or missing method skipped the null byte check or threw a bare TypeError. Call the captured Uint8Array.prototype.includes, as child_process does.
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LGTM — the data: URL-like case I flagged earlier is now handled via filename.href (with a test in worker_threads.test.ts covering it), and the rest of the diff is a mechanical instanceof URL → isURL() / instanceof Uint8Array → util.types.isUint8Array swap that matches Node's own checks.
Checked: internal/validators → internal/url import introduces no require cycle (internal/url has no back-edge); Bun.fileURLToPath(filename.href) in worker_threads is exercised by the subprocess test with a real URL instance, so passing the string form doesn't regress the URL-instance path; the moved isURL is byte-identical to the copy removed from node/url.ts and still excludes legacy url.parse() results via the auth/path guard (covered by the new negative assertion in the worker test).
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Overview
This PR centralizes Node's structural isURL check into src/js/internal/url.ts and swaps every JS-side instanceof URL in the built-in modules (_http_client, https, worker_threads, internal/validators, internal/fs/streams, internal/fs/watch) for it, so URL instances survive globalThis.URL replacement (happy-dom) and URL-like objects from other implementations are accepted the way Node accepts them. It also replaces instanceof Uint8Array with the cell-type check from node:util/types, re-exports it from internal/validators, and drops the duplicate helper in child_process. The worker_threads filename validator now reads .href for both data: and file: schemes, which addresses the inline comment I left on the previous push about data: URL-like objects stringifying to [object Object].
Security risks
None identified. The change widens acceptance from "instance of the current realm's URL constructor" to "object with truthy href and protocol and no auth/path" — this is Node's own predicate at the same call sites, and the downstream consumers (urlToHttpOptions, Bun.fileURLToPath) already treat the input as untrusted data (they read named string fields, not execute anything). The Uint8Array change tightens rather than loosens: it uses the engine's cell-type check instead of a prototype-chain walk, which is strictly more tamper-resistant. The null-byte check in getValidatedFsPath moved from .indexOf(0) !== -1 to a primordial-safe Uint8ArrayPrototypeIncludes.$call(p, 0), which is an improvement per src/js/CLAUDE.md's tamper-proofing rule.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. This is Node-compat surface across several node:* modules, so per REVIEW.md it warrants checking each site against Node's behavior — the PR description does that census and the tests exercise every changed site (the subprocess test in url-is-url.test.js drives all consumers under a replaced globalThis.URL in one run, and per-module tests cover http/https/worker_threads/child_process directly). Each source change is a one-line predicate swap with no control-flow restructuring, so the risk of an unintended semantic shift is low and localized. My one prior finding (the data: branch) was fixed in a follow-up commit and now has a dedicated assertion.
Other factors
The bug hunt ran to a dry streak with no findings. I verified there's no new require cycle (internal/url imports nothing from internal/validators or node/url). The moved isURL body is identical to what was removed from node/url.ts. Test additions follow the harness conventions (existing files, port: 0, tempDir, bunExe/bunEnv, stdout/stderr asserted before exit code, try/finally restoring globalThis.URL, error handlers wired to reject). The other bot review threads on this PR were COMMENTED (not CHANGES_REQUESTED) and appear to have been addressed across the four follow-up commits.
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node:http,node:https,node:fsandnode:worker_threadsdecides "is this a URL?" withinstanceof URL. That is false for a URL instance onceglobalThis.URLis replaced, which@happy-dom/global-registrator(the setup indocs/test/dom.mdx) does, and for a URL from another implementation (jsdom, whatwg-url).http.request(url)then takes the object for an options bag. A URL instance has no own properties, so the request goes tolocalhost:80. A URL-like object has nopath, so it goes to/.fs.createReadStream,fs.watchFile,fs.cpSyncandnew WorkerthrowERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE.ClientRequest.write(chunk)with aUint8Arrayfrom anode:vmcontext throwsThe "chunk" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array. Received an instance of Uint8Array.validators.isUint8Arrayand its copy inchild_process.tsareinstanceof Uint8Array.Fix
isURLfromnode/url.ts(fileURLToPathBufferhad its own copy) intointernal/urland use it at every JS-side URL check:_http_client,https,worker_threads,internal/validators,internal/fs/streams,internal/fs/watch. Node uses it at the same sites.Bun.fileURLToPath, which takes URL instances by class. A URL-like object that is not a URL instance fails there like infs.readFileSync. node:url: accept URL-like objects in fileURLToPath #34202 is the place to widen that. The Worker passes the href, so such an object works like in node.validators.isUint8Arrayis the nativeutil.types.isUint8Array(cell type), as in node.child_processtakes that export.fileURLToPath(urlLike)helper ininternal/urlfor the Worker, because node:url: accept URL-like objects in fileURLToPath #34202 owns that helper. The Worker passeshrefuntil it lands.test/js/node/url/url-is-url.test.js(one subprocess run over all the sites withglobalThis.URLreplaced), plus 6 tests in the http, worker_threads and child_process files. All fail on bun 1.4.1.Background
vm.createContext()makes a new one with its ownUint8Array.prototype, soinstanceofagainst the main realm's constructor is false for a typed array made there.util.types.isUint8Arraychecks the JSC cell type instead.isURL(lib/internal/url.js) accepts an object withhrefandprotocolthat is not a legacyurl.parse()result (those haveauthandpathset tonull).Notes
Census of the
instanceof <builtin>sites insrc/js/**, checked against node v26.3.0. Sites left alone, with the reason:node:zlibisAnyArrayBuffer: node:zlib: accept ArrayBuffer and SharedArrayBuffer from another realm #41101 is open for it.url.fileURLToPathwith URL-like objects (node/url.ts, thewindowsoption branch): node:url: accept URL-like objects in fileURLToPath #34202 is open for it.fs.promises.watchrejects every URL with its ownTypeError, so itsinstanceof URLonly picks the error message.util.aborted: node v26 validates with a WebIDL converter (ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf(AbortSignal.prototype, signal)), notvalidateAbortSignal, so it rejects duck signals too. Bun matches, except that bun throws where node rejects the returned promise.url.format(urlObject): node also usesinstanceof URLthere.Readable.from,Readable.push,Writable.write,netbytesWritten,assert, theeventsasync iteratorthrow,process.emitWarning,util.inspect: node uses the sameinstanceofchecks.diagnostics_channel.tracePromise: a promise from another realm takes thePromiseResolvebranch, which wraps it. Same result.child_processtoPathIfFileURLandinternal/fs/globalready duck-type (hrefandorigin/hrefandprotocol).Bun.dlopen,Bun.SQL) and theundiciand@vercel/fetchshims have their owninstanceof URL/instanceof Datechecks. Out of this node-compat pass.Found on the way, handed off:
fs.cpSync,fs.cpandfs.promises.cpreject aBufferpath from any realm (The "path" property must be of type string, got object). That is #41112. TheisUint8Arraychange ingetValidatedFsPathandchild_processis therefore error-path consistency: a cross-realmUint8Arraynow takes the same route as a same-realm one. ForspawnSyncwith a bareUint8Arraycwdthat route ends inENOENTin node too (only aBufferstringifies to a path), so thechild_processtest compares the two outcomes.fs.watch(url)andnew Worker(url)with a URL instance already worked withglobalThis.URLreplaced: the unconverted object reached native code that checks the class. The Worker change matters for URL-like objects only.Repro on bun 1.4.1 (node prints
/some/path?q=1, bun fails withECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:80):Other suites run on the debug build:
test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts,test/js/node/fs/cp.test.ts,test/js/node/fs/glob.test.ts,test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.test.ts,test/js/node/watch/fs.watchFile.test.ts,test/js/node/url/(one pre-existing 1e5-iterationURL.canParseloop times out under ASAN), the nodetest-http-url.parse-*,test-https-request-arguments,test-http-client-request-options,test-worker-type-check,test-worker-unsupported-*,test-child-process-*cwd*,test-child-process-fork-*,test-child-process-spawn*,test-fs-read-stream*,test-fs-write-stream*,test-fs-watch*,test-url-fileurltopathparallel tests.test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.tshas two failures on this debug build with and without this change (should allow us to spawn in the default shell:$SHELLis empty in the container, andextra stdio pipes are not double-closed on GCtimes out).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/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts