node:http2: read customSettings keys and values the way node does

[robobun]

Problem

• A customSettings key such as "0x10" or " 12" throws RangeError [ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_SETTING_VALUE]: Invalid custom setting identifier. Node v26.3.0 reads the id with Number(key) and accepts it. On a server, the throw is uncaught and comes on the first connection.
• Two readers disagree. validateSettings (src/js/node/http2.ts:208) uses Number(key). load_settings_from_js_value (src/runtime/api/bun/h2_frame_parser.rs:4407) parses the key as a decimal string.

Fix

• customSettingsPairs() in http2.ts is the one reader of the user's object. It runs node's second pass (util.js#L402-L478) and returns [id, value] pairs.
• getPackedSettings(), the localSettings view before the first ACK, and H2FrameParser use these pairs. The native side reads numbers only. validateSettings() runs node's first pass.
• Each input that node accepts now gives node's result, with node's error messages. Node also rejects id 0 and value 0. Bun still accepts both.
• Verified: h2-conformance.test.ts ("customSettings ids", rows recorded from node). 17 of 18 fail on the released bun. Also ran test/js/node/http2/ and the 256 vendored test-http2-* tests. Self-reviewed: 5 should-fix concerns raised, 5 addressed.

Background

• A SETTINGS frame is a list of pairs: a 16-bit id and a 32-bit value. customSettings adds pairs with ids that HTTP/2 does not define.
• H2FrameParser is the native HTTP/2 session. It reads the settings object when a session starts, and again on each settings() call.
• Node reads customSettings in two passes. validateSettings checks the range of Number() for each key and value. updateSettingsBuffer keeps the keys with number values, and truncates each pair to integers.

Notes

No user reported this. A probe against node found it. A realistic source of such keys is a map that a program loads from JSON or TOML. The throw comes only from the program's own options.

A symbol key also made a server throw on its first connection, because the native side enumerated symbol keys. Node skips symbol keys, and so does this PR.

#41305 also changes how the two constructors hand settings to H2FrameParser. After this PR, the native side expects customSettings as pairs. So the PR that lands second must pass the object from toNativeSettings(). If it does not, the tests with customSettings fail.

Repro. Node prints served 204. Bun 1.4.1 prints uncaught ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_SETTING_VALUE.

import http2 from "node:http2";
import { once } from "node:events";
process.on("uncaughtException", e => { console.log("uncaught", e.code); process.exit(0); });
const srv = http2.createServer({ settings: { customSettings: { "0x10": 5 } } });
srv.on("stream", s => { s.respond({ ":status": 204 }); s.end(); });
srv.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
await once(srv, "listening");
const c = http2.connect(`http://127.0.0.1:${srv.address().port}`);
const req = c.request({ ":path": "/" });
req.end();
const [h] = await once(req, "response");
console.log("served", h[":status"]);
process.exit(0);

A probe compared node v26.3.0 and this branch for 26 inputs. For each input, it read the SETTINGS frame, localSettings.customSettings, and getPackedSettings(), on the server, connect(), and settings() paths. The test table holds 10 of these rows and 6 error rows. The output of the table rows is identical to node's output.

Differences that remain, all from before this PR:

• Node rejects id 0 and value 0 (util.js#L407-L415). Bun accepts both. So "", which is Number(""), is id 0 in bun.
• Node maps ids 1 to 6 to its own buffer slots, and it can abort. Bun sends them as custom entries.
• For connect(), bun throws a settings error at once. Node emits it as error after the socket connects.

Suites run on the debug build:

• test/js/node/http2/ (10 files): 516 pass, 6 skip
• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-http2-*.js (256 files): all exit 0
• serve-http2.test.ts, serve-http2-protocol.test.ts, node-http2-ping-flood-staged.test.ts, fetch-http2-client.test.ts, and the 25589, 26915, 29073 regression tests: 377 pass

[robobun]

Reproduced with the script in the Notes of the PR body. Node v26.3.0 serves the request. Bun 1.4.1 throws ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_SETTING_VALUE from the server's connection listener, and the process exits. The new customSettings ids tests fail on the released bun (17 of 18) and pass on this branch.

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Walkthrough

Changes

HTTP/2 custom settings

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize and serialize custom settings src/js/node/http2.ts	Custom settings use Node-compatible coercion, range checks, filtering, duplicate handling, insertion order, and unsigned 32-bit wire values.
Wire normalized settings through native sessions src/js/node/http2.ts, src/runtime/api/bun/h2_frame_parser.rs	Server and client session paths pass numeric pairs to native handling. Native parsing validates and stages the pairs. Local settings decode the submitted pairs.
Validate Node-compatible behavior test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts	Tests cover packed settings, transmission, local settings, duplicate IDs, normalization cases, and invalid-value errors.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, cirospaciari

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to aee56

Custom HTTP/2 settings can serialize duplicate IDs for equivalent fractional keys such as "10.5" and " 10.5", rather than retaining the last value. This is a bounded compatibility issue for unusual custom-setting input but should be corrected before relying on the new normalization behavior.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: matching Node’s handling of customSettings keys and values.
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[robobun]

The one review finding asks to merge "10.5" and " 10.5" into one entry. That would make bun differ from node. Node v26.3.0 sends two entries for that input, and this branch does the same. I answered in the thread with the output of both, and resolved it. The code does not change.

[claude]

I reviewed this and didn't find any bugs. Given it reworks the JS↔native contract for customSettings (native now expects a flat pairs array instead of the user's object) and the noted coordination with #41305, a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• customSettingsPairs() / validateSettings() two-pass semantics against the linked Node v26.3.0 sources — NaN pass-through, for...in enumeration, pre-truncation dedup, and >>> 0 truncation all line up.
• toNativeSettings() plumbing through all four call sites (server ctor, server settings(), client ctor, client settings()) and initialLocalSettings reading the pairs array — no path still hands the raw user object to native.
• Rust load_settings_from_js_object: odd-length arrays fall through to the "Invalid custom setting value" error via unwrap_or(UNDEFINED); no .unwrap() on the user-reachable path.
• Tests: recorded from Node, port: 0, awaited conditions, try/finally cleanup, test.each tables, exact error name/code/message assertions.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes node:http2 customSettings key parsing to match Node v26.3.0 exactly. Previously, the JS-side validateSettings used Number(key) but the Rust-side load_settings_from_js_object parsed keys as decimal strings, so keys like "0x10" or " 12" passed JS validation but threw uncaught in native on the first connection. The fix consolidates all reading of the user's customSettings object into a single JS function (customSettingsPairs()) that mirrors Node's updateSettingsBuffer second pass, and hands the native side a flat [id, value, ...] numeric array via toNativeSettings(). The Rust side is simplified to read that array only. Three files touched: src/js/node/http2.ts (~90 lines), src/runtime/api/bun/h2_frame_parser.rs (~70 lines, mostly deletion), and test/js/node/http2/h2-conformance.test.ts (~150 lines of new tests).

Security risks

None identified. customSettings is program-supplied configuration, not peer-controlled network input — it flows from the application's own createServer/connect/settings() calls into the outgoing SETTINGS frame. The change actually reduces attack surface on the native side: the Rust code no longer iterates arbitrary user-object properties (including symbols) or parses arbitrary strings; it now reads a bounded, JS-validated numeric array with an explicit length cap (MAX_CUSTOM_SETTINGS * 2) and range checks before casting to u16/u32. The for...in on the JS side walks the prototype chain, but that matches Node's behavior exactly and only affects what the caller sends in its own SETTINGS frame.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. This is Node-compat work with deliberately subtle semantics — NaN passing < 0 || > 0xffff range checks, for...in vs Object.keys enumeration, deduplication by pre-truncation id so "10" and "10.5" remain two wire entries, >>> 0 truncation order — all of which the PR reproduces with line-cited references to Node's source and table tests recorded from Node. The JS↔native contract change means any other in-flight PR that constructs the settings object for H2FrameParser must adopt toNativeSettings(), which the author flags for #41305. That coordination point alone is worth a human confirming before merge.

Other factors

Test coverage is strong: 10 accept-case rows and 6 error-case rows recorded from Node, exercised across getPackedSettings, server initial SETTINGS, server settings(), and client connect()/settings(), asserting exact wire bytes, localSettings.customSettings shape, and error {name, code, message}. Tests follow harness conventions (port: 0, once()/Promise.withResolvers for events, try/finally cleanup, test.each). The PR description reports the full test/js/node/http2/ suite and 256 vendored test-http2-* tests passing on the debug build, and 17 of 18 new assertions failing on released Bun. The bug hunter ran to dry_streak with no findings. The change is well-scoped and well-documented, but at ~250 lines across a builtin module and its native binding, it exceeds the "simple and mechanical" bar for auto-approval.