Bun.serve: read Content-Type and Range through req.headers; give stream-body blob() its type

[robobun]

Problem

• Bun.serve reads some request headers from the wire, not req.headers. formData() and blob() take Content-Type from the uWS request first, so headers.set()/delete() before an await is ignored. A body still in flight resolves with no headers, so (await req.blob()).type is always text/plain;charset=utf-8. Range for new Response(Bun.file(p)) is parsed in RequestContext::create, before the handler runs.
• blob() on a body held as a ReadableStream (clone() makes one) gets no type: readableStreamToBlob never sees Content-Type.

Fix

• Request::get_header() is the one native read path: it builds req.headers if needed and reads it. RequestContext reads Range through it when the response is rendered, not in create(), and holds a ref on the request's FetchHeaders from to_async() until then.
• blob() reads the MIME type when called and carries it in Action::GetBlob. readableStreamToBlob takes it and applies it through Body__setBlobContentType. Buffered, pending and stream paths now agree.
• Verified: bun-serve-headers.test.ts (40 new cases, 25 fail on canary f42e98025), body.test.ts (8 new, all fail on canary). Self-reviewed: overlap with open PRs handled in the notes. Fixes Bug: Bun server loses File MIME type when reading request body as Blob #32801.

Background

• A served Request is lazy: req.headers is built from the uWS request on first access. That request lives on the dispatch stack. to_async() copies url and headers off it when the handler goes async.
• Body::Value::Locked is a body whose bytes have not arrived. A reader parks an Action and a promise on it. Once JS holds it as a stream, reads go through readableStreamToBlob (C++) instead.
• HeadersRef is the Rust handle on a C++ FetchHeaders. new_ref() (added here) shares one, as CookieMapRef does for the cookie map.

Notes

Where the old reads were: Request::get_content_type (src/runtime/webcore/Request.rs) checked req.header("content-type") on the uWS request before self.headers; RequestContext::create stored range: RangeRequest::raw_from_request(..); on_buffered_body_chunk / on_start_buffering called Body::Value::resolve(.., None); readableStreamToBlob (BunStreamConsumers.cpp) built new Blob(chunks) with no type.

Related open PRs. #41962 (superseding #41821) fixes the same divergence in server.upgrade() by reading the handshake from req.headers; this PR leaves on_upgrade alone so the two do not conflict, and its body names this content-type path as the follow-up. #40483 keeps url/headers readable after a synchronous response (the late-access half). #33128 is a larger, older rework of MIME extraction per the Fetch spec that includes a version of the Action::GetBlob plumbing here; it is conflicting and unreviewed, so this PR takes only the part these bugs need and keeps Bun's existing MimeType normalization. #40416 (Latin-1 header values, invalid MIME type to "") edits the get_blob/resolve hunks this PR rewrites; whichever lands second moves that rule into get_blob_mime_type/Body__setBlobContentType, a small rebase either way. Body::Value::resolve loses its headers parameter; its two other callers (FetchTasklet, HTMLRewriter) get the type from Action::GetBlob like the server does.

Behaviour notes:

• get_header() does not build req.headers when the header is absent on the wire and nothing was built yet (nothing can have been set or deleted then), so a sync Bun.file() response without a Range line costs one raw header probe. With a Range line it builds req.headers (one FetchHeaders), as every async handler already does. RequestContext::create no longer scans for range at all.
• Two Range (or Content-Type) lines now read the same in every handler state: the combined value that req.headers.get() returns. For Range that value contains a comma, so it is ignored and the whole file is served (the multi-range rule), where an untouched sync handler used to honor the first line.
• The MIME type for blob() is read when blob() is called, on every path. Before, the pending path read it when the body completed and the stream path never read it.
• RequestContext.request_headers is taken in to_async() and released in render() (or in finalize_without_deinit if the request never renders); the pool's put drops the slot in place, so no path leaks the ref. The ref is what makes Range deterministic when the JS Request is collected before the response renders (checked with a handler that drops req, forces GC, then returns Bun.file()).
• The stream path sets the type through a Rust export instead of new Blob(chunks, { type }) because the Blob constructor maps known types through a lookup table (application/x-www-form-urlencoded becomes application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8), which would put this path out of step with the others.
• Unchanged, now visible on the stream path too: MimeType::init maps a known essence to its canned value, so text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 reads back as text/html;charset=utf-8, and set_blob_content_type also writes the type into the Blob's store. Both are what the buffered path has always done; fetch: derive blob() type and the formData() boundary from the Content-Type header per the spec #33128 is the place that changes them.

Canary f42e98025, sync handler, wire Content-Type: application/json, body hello:

op       (await req.blob()).type
none     "text/plain;charset=utf-8"
touched  "text/plain;charset=utf-8"
clone    "" (both copies)
set      "text/plain;charset=utf-8"
after an await: "application/json;charset=utf-8" for none/touched/clone

Other suites run on the debug build: body-clone, body-stream, blob, body-mixin-errors, fetch.stream (five multiple parts cases time out at 5 s in this container regardless of the change), FormData, bun-serve-file, bun-serve-cookies, serve.test.ts (two environment failures: root can bind port 1003, no non-loopback interface), serve-http3, websocket-server -t upgrade, websocket-server-upgrade-reentrant, test/js/web/request/.

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no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/web/fetch/body.test.ts

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Walkthrough

The change preserves body MIME types during Blob conversion, adds FetchHeaders reference management, defers request range capture until rendering, and updates stream conversion and request-header tests.

Changes

Fetch body handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Body MIME type contract src/runtime/webcore/Body.rs, src/runtime/webcore/Request.rs, src/runtime/webcore/Response.rs, src/runtime/webcore/fetch/FetchTasklet.rs, src/runtime/api/html_rewriter.rs	Body resolution now carries MIME types explicitly. Request and response content-type access uses shared header and body-derived logic.
Readable stream Blob conversion src/jsc/..., src/jsc/bindings/..., src/runtime/webcore/streams/*, src/runtime/webcore/Body.rs	Readable stream Blob conversion accepts an optional content type and applies it to synchronous and asynchronous Blob results through the native bridge.
Request header lifetime and range capture src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs, src/runtime/server/RangeRequest.rs, src/jsc/FetchHeaders.rs, src/jsc/bindings/headers.h, src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, src/runtime/webcore/Response.rs	Request headers can remain retained during asynchronous setup. Range parsing occurs before rendering, and retained references are released during finalization.
Header and Blob behavior validation test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-headers.test.ts, test/js/web/fetch/body.test.ts	Tests cover header timing, mutation, cloning, file ranges, and MIME preservation for streamed and native bodies.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#39690: Both changes modify fetch response-body handling in FetchTasklet.rs and Body.rs, but this change addresses MIME propagation.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 88b56

This branch can fail the Rust lint job and can return incorrect metadata for ranged HEAD requests against Bun.file() responses. Both should be corrected before merge.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR includes substantial Range parsing and Bun.serve request-header behavior changes that are not required by linked issue #32801, including deferred Range handling, retained FetchHeaders reference…	Move the Range-specific changes into a separate pull request or link an issue that defines those requirements. Keep this PR focused on preserving request body MIME types during blob() conversion and include only header changes required for …

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #32801 by preserving request body MIME types through buffered, pending, cloned, and ReadableStream-backed blob() conversions. The added tests directly cover the reported beha…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: unified Bun.serve header reads for Content-Type and Range, plus MIME-type propagation for stream-generated Blobs.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is complete and relevant. It explains the problem, implementation, verification steps, test coverage, known environment limitations, and related issues. It uses Problem and Fix heading…

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Explanation

The PR includes substantial Range parsing and Bun.serve request-header behavior changes that are not required by linked issue #32801, including deferred Range handling, retained FetchHeaders references, and extensive Range-specific tests.

Resolution

Move the Range-specific changes into a separate pull request or link an issue that defines those requirements. Keep this PR focused on preserving request body MIME types during blob() conversion and include only header changes required for that behavior.

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[robobun]

Reproduced on canary f42e98025 (1.4.3) with a raw-socket client against Bun.serve, sync handler, Content-Type: application/json:

• (await req.blob()).type is text/plain;charset=utf-8 (wire header ignored on the pending-body path); after an await it is application/json;charset=utf-8.
• req.clone() first: "" on both copies.
• req.headers.set("content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") then req.formData(): rejects with ERR_FORMDATA_PARSE_ERROR; headers.delete() of a form content type still parses.
• new Response(Bun.file(p)) with Range: bytes=0-3 on the wire and req.headers.delete("range") in the handler: 206 with bytes 0-3/16 in every handler state.
• new Response(readableStream, { headers: { "content-type": "text/x-bun" } }).blob(): type "".

The new cases in test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-headers.test.ts (25 of 40 fail on canary) and test/js/web/fetch/body.test.ts (8 of 8 fail on canary) cover these; all pass on this branch with the debug build.

server.upgrade() has the same divergence and is fixed separately in #41821.

CI (build 113199, head d3346827db): 180 of 181 jobs passed, including the lint jobs and every test lane on every platform. The one red job is test/js/node/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh-leak.js on debian x64-asan, which fails the same way on main (RSS threshold) and does not touch this diff.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes refcount lifetimes across the GC boundary (RequestContext.request_headers) and an FFI signature on a hot Bun.serve/fetch path, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• FFI ABI: ZigGlobalObject__readableStreamToBlob's new arg and WebCore__FetchHeaders__ref match across Rust externs, headers.h, ZigGlobalObject.h, and definitions.
• Refcount balance: HeadersRef::new_ref() pairs with Drop; request_headers is set in to_async_without_abort_handler and released in finalize_without_deinit.
• C++ exception discipline: new paths in readableStreamToBlob/setBodyBlobContentType/onReadableStreamToBlobSetType have RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after each throwing call.
• Re-entrancy: get_blob_mime_type() is called between body-value borrows, then the value is re-fetched before set_promise.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes two related bugs in how Bun.serve and the Body mixin read request headers natively. First, native readers of Content-Type (for blob()/formData()) and Range (for Bun.file() responses) now go through the same FetchHeaders object that JS sees via req.headers, so handler mutations (set()/delete()) are honored across sync/async/clone states. Second, blob() on a stream-held body now carries the owner's Content-Type into the resulting Blob's type, per the Fetch spec. The change spans 19 files: Rust-side Body/Request/Response/RequestContext refactors, a new WebCore__FetchHeaders__ref FFI plus HeadersRef::new_ref(), a widened readableStreamToBlob signature threaded through C++ stream consumers with a new Body__setBlobContentType callback, and dead-code removal of the superseded eager Range parse and per-implementer get_form_data_encoding. Tests add ~40 cases to bun-serve-headers.test.ts and 8 to body.test.ts.

Security risks

No direct security surface is added. The change does not touch auth, TLS, or path handling. The Range header is now read at render time from the (possibly handler-mutated) FetchHeaders rather than eagerly from wire bytes; parsing still goes through the existing RangeRequest::parse_raw, so no new untrusted-input parsing was introduced. The Body__setBlobContentType FFI receives a (ptr, len) UTF-8 buffer from a C++ CString local that outlives the call, and the Rust side copies it into a MimeType immediately — no borrowed slice escapes.

Level of scrutiny

This warrants a careful human read. The change is not mechanical: it introduces a new shared ref on a C++ FetchHeaders held by RequestContext past the JS Request's lifetime, which must be released on every terminal path (finalize_without_deinit handles it, and the pool's put drops the slot — but a reviewer familiar with RequestContext's full lifecycle should confirm no path bypasses that). It also widens an FFI signature on a hot path with multiple call sites (all four callers — jsFunctionReadableStreamToBlob, jsReadableStreamPrototypeFunction_blob, readableStreamToFormData, and the Rust extern — were updated consistently). The re-entrancy handling in BodyMixin::get_blob (calling get_blob_mime_type() between body-value borrows, then re-borrowing) follows the file's stated R-2 pattern but is the kind of ordering a maintainer should eyeball.

Other factors

Test coverage is strong: the state matrix (sync/touched/microtask/macrotask × set/delete/clone/none) directly exercises the bug class the PR claims to fix, and the PR description states 25/40 fail on canary. Tests follow harness conventions (port: 0, tempDir, describe.concurrent, await using). Dead code is deleted in the same PR (raw_from_request, Response::get_fetch_headers, both get_form_data_encoding inherent impls, any_request). No CODEOWNERS coverage on the changed paths. The bug hunt ran to dry_streak without findings.

[robobun]

Heads-up on overlap with #42016, which I opened for the blob().type precedence rule (a Content-Type header wins over the body's own type, fetch ledger item plus #32801 and #35284).

Both branches add the same plumbing under different names: the Action::GetBlob payload, Value::resolve without its headers parameter, the three-argument ZigGlobalObject__readableStreamToBlob, the fast-path re-type reaction, and a Rust setter the C++ side calls. They differ in two places that matter:

• Precedence. This branch keeps "the body's own type first, the header only when that is empty" (Value::Blob(blob) if !blob.content_type_slice().is_empty() => None). Body: take blob().type from the Content-Type header for every kind of body #42016 makes the header win, which is what Fetch and undici do and what the ledger item asks for.
• set_blob_content_type here still writes store.mime_type, which is Blob.type is mutable via a shared Store: an unrelated Response/Request rewrites it #35284 (the store is shared with the caller's Blob). Body: take blob().type from the Content-Type header for every kind of body #42016 writes only the result Blob.

The two cannot both merge as they are. Proposal: keep this PR to its other half, Request::get_header() as the single read path plus the Range move, and rebase it onto #42016 once that lands, dropping the GetBlob / Body__setBlobContentType / onReadableStreamToBlobSetType / materialized_headers copy and the body.test.ts blob block. The formData() side (get_content_type reading uws first) stays yours; #42016 does not touch it.

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• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh-leak.js - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64-asan

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[robobun]

Closing in favor of #42016, and splitting what was here.

This PR and #42016 were opened the same day with the same blob().type plumbing under different names: the Action::GetBlob payload, Value::resolve without its headers parameter, the three-argument ZigGlobalObject__readableStreamToBlob, the buffered fast-path re-type reaction, and a Rust setter the C++ side calls. Only one of them can land. #42016 keeps it, because it applies the Fetch precedence rule (a present Content-Type header wins over the body's own type, as undici does) and writes only the result Blob instead of the Store that new Response(blob) shares with the caller's Blob, so it also fixes #35284. The blob() cases from this branch are now in its test/js/web/fetch/body.test.ts: both copies of a clone()d stream body, a subprocess stdout body, and a served request after headers.set() and clone().

The Content-Type half of this PR is also in #42016 now: Request::get_content_type reads through req.headers instead of the uWS request line, so formData() follows req.headers.set() and delete() in a synchronous handler. Its 12 matrix cases moved to test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-headers.test.ts there (6 fail on 1.4.3).

The Range half is left out on purpose. Reading Range through req.headers at render time instead of from the wire in RequestContext::create is new behavior, not a fix: on main the wire value is used consistently in every handler timing. It is also the only part that needs WebCore__FetchHeaders__ref, HeadersRef::new_ref() and a FetchHeaders ref parked in the pooled RequestContext from to_async to render. A review of the remaining diff found no reported demand for it and no maintainer statement that auto-Range for new Response(Bun.file(p)) should follow req.headers. If that behavior is wanted, it is a small separate PR, and reading Range on demand inside do_sendfile would compose better with #41585 and #33548. The branch stays available for it.

The two Body::Value::resolve error-handler hunks were untested and unrelated, so they are dropped too.