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Problem

  • An https.Server cannot be fed a connection by a front server that hands sockets over (sticky-session workers, SNI routers). server.emit('connection', plainSocket) parses the TLS ClientHello as HTTP: clientError fires with HPE_INVALID_METHOD and a plaintext HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request goes into the TLS client. server.emit('secureConnection', tlsSocket) is ignored. Node serves both.
  • Cause: https.Server is http.Server with TLS options (http.Server and https.Server are the same class, so server instanceof https.Server is true for a plain HTTP server #41781), which registers only the plain-HTTP connectionListener (src/js/node/_http_server.ts:267). Node's https.Server is a tls.Server: 'connection' runs tlsConnectionListener, 'secureConnection' attaches the parser.

Fix

  • tls.Server's 'connection' wrap (a server-side TLSSocket over the fed duplex) becomes one tlsConnectionListener in tls.ts. The TLS-mode http.Server registers the same function and carries the tls.Server fields it reads (_requestCert, _SNICallback, _ALPNCallback, _handshakeTimeout, [kSharedCreds], ...).
  • On that server, 'secureConnection' attaches the HTTP/1 parser that plain http.Server.emit('connection') already uses. 'tlsClientError' forwards to 'clientError' like lib/https.js.
  • Sockets the native listener accepted (NodeHTTPServerSocket) skip both listeners, so the Bun.serve path is unchanged.
  • Verified: test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts (four new tests, all fail on stock bun), the whole file, and the vendored test-https-* / test-tls-* subsets.

Background

  • In Node, https.Server extends tls.Server extends net.Server, and each layer is an event listener. So user code can inject a socket with emit().
  • Bun's https.Server serves its own connections natively through Bun.serve. Injected sockets take JS fallbacks: new tls.TLSSocket(duplex, { isServer: true }) for TLS, internal/http1_server_fallback for HTTP/1.
  • The fallback TLSSocket has .server set to the https server, so the accept handlers in net.ts emit 'secureConnection' and 'tlsClientError' there and run its SNI and ALPN callbacks.
Notes
  • Probed against node v26.3.0 on both feeds: three keep-alive requests including a 100 KB POST, Upgrade handoff, close() / closeIdleConnections() / closeAllConnections() reaching an idle fed connection, handshake timeout (ERR_TLS_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT through clientError), plaintext into the fed socket (ERR_SSL_HTTP_REQUEST through tlsClientError then clientError, nothing written back), mutual TLS with requestCert (authorized peer, and ERR_SSL_PEER_DID_NOT_RETURN_A_CERTIFICATE without a client cert), pfx, minVersion / maxVersion / ciphers, SNICallback and ALPNCallback. Event counts and socket properties (encrypted, instanceof TLSSocket, server, servername, alpnProtocol, getProtocol()) match. The only difference seen is the order in which the TLS library calls the SNI and ALPN callbacks (BoringSSL: SNI first).
  • The context for fed connections is built on the first fed connection and cached as server._sharedCreds (Node's field name), from the constructor options plus the normalized requestCert / rejectUnauthorized, with honorCipherOrder defaulting to true as on tls.Server. A context that fails to build destroys the socket and emits 'error' on the server, as tls.Server's fed path does. The native listener keeps building its own config from the same options.
  • options.handshakeTimeout, options.SNICallback and options.ALPNCallback are now validated on an https.Server the way tls.Server validates them (ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, ERR_TLS_ALPN_CALLBACK_WITH_PROTOCOLS), and new https.Server({ ALPNProtocols }) stores the converted list on the server as https.createServer() already did. They only take effect on the fed path here. The native https listener still does not run them (node:https: thread SNICallback through to the TLS listener #36707 threads SNICallback there, node:https: enforce server handshakeTimeout #33541 / node: fix the genuine-hang class — MessagePort loop starvation, pinned sockets, https handshakeTimeout, TLS alert errors (+2 tests) #35538 enforce handshakeTimeout there, node:https: emit tlsClientError on server handshake failures #33531 emits tlsClientError there). This PR does not conflict with what those do, but it touches the same constructor block, so whichever lands second rebases.
  • node:http: http.Server ignores TLS options, https.Server always speaks TLS #41672 and node:https: export https.Server as its own class instead of aliasing http.Server #41391 split https.Server into its own class. When one lands, the TLS-mode registrations added here move with the TLS option handling into that class unchanged.
  • test-https-timeout.js hangs on debug builds with and without this change. That is a separate client-side bug (req.setTimeout() shorter than the TLS handshake never fires) and is tracked separately. So is a tls.Server gap found while probing: an SNICallback that returns a SecureContext drops ALPN negotiation.

[human-review] gate passed · iteration 0 · 4 files touched

fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 4 failed, 1 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (5f554969b)

test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts:
(pass) node:http > createServer > hello world [561.10ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > is not marked encrypted (#5867) [75.88ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (large) [178.08ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (small) [119.36ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen should return server [35.15ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen callback should be bound to server [36.79ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits 'listening' on the next tick, before the event loop polls [60.44ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits a listen() error on the next tick, before the event loop polls [64.95ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > calls the listen() callback after a retry from the EADDRINUSE 'error' handler [53.74ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > http: closing a server listened from 'beforeExit' > re-emits 'beforeExit' [1444.69ms]
(pass) node:http > cre
... (truncated)

release without fix: 1 failed, 1 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (02876d53a)

test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts:
(pass) node:http > createServer > hello world [10.06ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > is not marked encrypted (#5867) [2.14ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (large) [3.42ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (small) [1.78ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen should return server [0.80ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen callback should be bound to server [0.70ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits 'listening' on the next tick, before the event loop polls [1.06ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits a listen() error on the next tick, before the event loop polls [1.09ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > calls the listen() callback after a retry from the EADDRINUSE 'error' handler [1.52ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > http: closing a server listened from 'beforeExit' > re-emits 'beforeExit' [23.44ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > https: closing a server listened from 'beforeExit' > re-emits 'beforeExit' [31.08ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > should use the provided port [1.15ms]
(pa
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: 1 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (5f554969b)

test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts:
(pass) node:http > createServer > hello world [448.12ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > is not marked encrypted (#5867) [66.86ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (large) [112.00ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > request & response body streaming (small) [68.30ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen should return server [23.51ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > listen callback should be bound to server [21.58ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits 'listening' on the next tick, before the event loop polls [38.54ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > emits a listen() error on the next tick, before the event loop polls [41.81ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > calls the listen() callback after a retry from the EADDRINUSE 'error' handler [51.20ms]
(pass) node:http > createServer > http: closing a server listened from 'beforeExit' > re-emits 'beforeExit' [1334.10ms]
(pass) node:http > crea
... (truncated)

release with fix: 1 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 717ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/31] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 122 exports (host=5, lazy=10, generic=107, rust=0); 243 extern-C blocks audited
[2/31] gen cpp.rs (cppbind)
[3/31] gen JS modules (bundle-modules)
Preprocess modules (8147ms)
Bundle modules (41ms)
Postprocesss modules (258ms)
Bundle Functions (502ms)
Generate Code (34ms)

[8.99s] Bundled "src/js" for production
  2597 kb
  197 internal modules
  13 native modules
  50 internal functions across 16 files
[3/21] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
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diff hotspot
src/js/internal/net/symbols.ts      |   2 +
 src/js/node/_http_server.ts         |  65 +++++++++++++--
 src/js/node/tls.ts                  |  55 +++++++------
 test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

gate history · 2 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file
file                                 reads  edits  tests
src/js/internal/net/symbols.ts           2      3     22
src/js/node/_http_server.ts             15     23     24
src/js/node/tls.ts                      12      5     22
test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts      6      7     22

…secureConnection')

Node's https.Server is a tls.Server: 'connection' runs tlsConnectionListener,
which puts the server-side TLS layer over the fed duplex, and the HTTP parser
attaches on the 'secureConnection' its handshake emits. Bun's https.Server is
http.Server with TLS options, so a fed plain socket had its ClientHello parsed
as HTTP (plaintext 400 into the TLS client) and a fed TLSSocket was ignored.

On a TLS http.Server, connectionListener now wraps the socket in a server-side
TLSSocket the way tls.Server's 'connection' listener does, a 'secureConnection'
listener attaches the HTTP/1 parser, and 'tlsClientError' forwards to
'clientError' like lib/https.js.
Lift the server-side TLSSocket wrap out of tls.Server's constructor into one
tlsConnectionListener (tls.Server.prototype[kTlsConnectionListener]) and
register that from node:http's TLS-mode Server instead of a copy. The
http.Server carries the tls.Server fields it reads (_requestCert,
_rejectUnauthorized, _SNICallback, ALPNProtocols, _ALPNCallback,
_handshakeTimeout) and a [kSharedCreds] built from its options with the
tls.Server server-cipher-preference default, so SNICallback and ALPNCallback
run for a fed connection as they do in Node.
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This change adds reusable TLS connection handling, integrates TLS options and shared credentials into HTTP servers, routes completed handshakes into HTTP processing, and adds HTTPS socket adoption tests covering HTTP parsing, errors, SNI, ALPN, and keep-alive behavior.

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HTTPS server adoption

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reusable TLS connection listener
src/js/internal/net/symbols.ts, src/js/node/tls.ts
Adds the internal listener slot and reusable TLS connection handling for server-side TLSSocket setup, shared credentials, server state, errors, and handshake timeouts.
HTTP server TLS wiring
src/js/node/_http_server.ts
Validates and stores TLS options, creates shared credentials lazily, and routes TLS and plain HTTP connections through their respective handlers.
HTTPS socket adoption validation
test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
Tests externally fed TLS sockets, HTTP parsing, keep-alive behavior, TLS client errors, SNI, ALPN, and server protocol storage.

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Reproduced on bun 1.4.2 / main @ 4ff9193 against node v26.3.0 with a front net.createServer / tls.createServer that hands its sockets to an https.Server through emit('connection', socket) / emit('secureConnection', socket):

  • connection feed: bun answered clientError HPE_INVALID_METHOD and a plaintext 400, the client saw ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED. node: 200 ok.
  • secureConnection feed: bun never answered. node: 200 ok.

With this branch both feeds serve 200 ok, and the event sequence (connection, secureConnection, request, tlsClientError / clientError on a bad handshake) matches node. The four new tests in test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts ("https.Server adopts connections fed through emit()") fail on bun 1.4.2 and pass on this branch.

CI: the diff is green. The one red test, test/js/bun/http/serve-pending-promise-abort-leak.test.ts on the debian 13 x64-asan lane, does not involve this change (it uses Bun.serve and fetch only). The same assertion fails on 20 other PR builds from the same hours, for example #113990, #113987 and #113984. It is reported as a break on main. All review threads are resolved.

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…egotiates from the static list

https.createServer() already converts the list onto the server, new
https.Server({ ALPNProtocols }) did not, and tlsConnectionListener reads
this.ALPNProtocols.
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❌ @robobun, your commit 6d320a8 has 1 failures in Build #114019 (All Failures):


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Re-reviewed after 97b26d2 — the ALPNProtocols gap I flagged is fixed (convertALPNProtocols now runs in the TLS-mode Server constructor, and the new assertion on new https.Server({..., ALPNProtocols}).ALPNProtocols covers it). No further bugs found; a human look is still worthwhile since this reshapes the https.Server → tls.Server bridge for fed connections.

What was reviewed:

  • The extracted tlsConnectionListener in tls.ts is byte-equivalent to the old inline body except for the NetServer.prototype[kArmHandshakeTimeout].$call(this, ...) change, which is needed because the http.Server this has no own [kArmHandshakeTimeout].
  • _requestCert / _rejectUnauthorized / _SNICallback / _ALPNCallback / ALPNProtocols / _handshakeTimeout / [kSharedCreds] now cover every field tlsConnectionListener reads off this.
  • The convertALPNProtocols call added here overlaps with the one https.createServer already does at https.ts:518-520 — redundant for that entry point but not incorrect, and needed for direct new https.Server(...).
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Overview

This PR makes Bun's TLS-mode http.Server (i.e. https.Server) adopt sockets injected via emit('connection', sock) and emit('secureConnection', tlsSock), matching Node where https.Server is a tls.Server. It extracts tls.Server's inline 'connection' handler into a shared tlsConnectionListener exposed via a private symbol, and the http.Server constructor's TLS branch now stores the tls.Server-shape instance fields that listener reads, registers 'secureConnection' → HTTP-parser and 'tlsClientError' → 'clientError' forwarding, and lazily builds _sharedCreds. Four tests exercise fed-connection HTTP over TLS, direct secureConnection feed, plaintext-into-TLS error routing, and SNI/ALPN callback dispatch.

Security risks

The change touches TLS server setup for the fed-connection path only: _requestCert, _rejectUnauthorized, SNI/ALPN callbacks, handshake timeout, and secure-context construction. These are read from the same options object the native listener already consumes and are stored the way tls.Server stores them; rejectUnauthorized is passed through from the normalized TLS options without truthy-coercion. The native Bun.serve accept path is unchanged (fed listeners early-return on NodeHTTPServerSocket). I did not find a way this weakens verification for existing connections, but it is TLS-adjacent surface.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The diff is modest (~150 src lines) and largely a refactor-and-share of an existing listener body plus field mirroring, with Node source permalinks cited for each piece. However, it wires TLS handshake, ALPN/SNI, and cert verification options through a new code path and adds new user-observable validation (ERR_TLS_ALPN_CALLBACK_WITH_PROTOCOLS, handshakeTimeout type check) on https.Server construction. Per the approval guidelines, TLS/crypto paths should get a human look rather than auto-approval.

Other factors

The previous inline finding (missing ALPNProtocols on the TLS-mode Server) was addressed in 97b26d2 with both the constructor fix and a direct test on new https.Server(...).ALPNProtocols, plus the existing fed-connection test already asserts alpnProtocol === "http/1.1" via the https.createServer default. The added convertALPNProtocols call duplicates what https.createServer in https.ts already does after constructing the server, but that is benign (idempotent overwrite) and necessary for the new https.Server(opts) entry point. No outstanding third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews are visible in the timeline.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

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Closing in favor of #42594. It fixes the same bug with a smaller change that applies to current main. This branch conflicts with main.

I built #42594 at 82a9d26 and ran this PR's tests and probes on it, with node v26.3.0 as the reference:

  • Both feeds work: emit('connection', rawSocket) and emit('secureConnection', tlsSocket).
  • 'tlsClientError' goes to 'clientError'. A fed connection that stalls in the handshake is closed at handshakeTimeout.
  • requestCert / rejectUnauthorized, SNICallback, pfx, minVersion / maxVersion, keep-alive and the Upgrade handoff match node.
  • Three of this PR's four tests pass there without changes.

What this PR has and #42594 does not have:

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