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Fixes #45138

Problem

Fix

  • release_socket stamps a reuse deadline on each parked socket: the session's idleTimeout, or Keep-Alive: timeout=N minus 2 s, or 4 s with no hint (undici's numbers). N - 2 <= 0 closes the socket instead of parking it. An HTTP/2 session has no Keep-Alive header and keeps 300 s.
  • find_in closes a candidate past its deadline and dials a new connection. The is_idempotent gate is unchanged. bun install keeps a 300 s window in a pool of its own: its requests are GETs, which are retried.
  • keepAlive.idleTimeout is exact at reuse: the 4 s timer-wheel padding (1.4.0 regression: numeric fetch timeout option aborts the in-flight request on a fixed 4 s tick, and never acts as a deadline #39952) now only arms the close timer. A timed-out idle socket sends a FIN, not a RST.
  • Verified: fetch-keepalive.test.ts (9 new), fetch-session.test.ts (4 new), fetch-http2-client.test.ts (1 new), regression/issue/28706, bun-add and the related fetch suites. Self-reviewed: 12 concerns raised, 11 addressed. Not taken: a MSG_PEEK probe for idle HTTP/2 sessions (a syscall per reuse, out of scope).

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  • Plain fetch() to an origin with no Keep-Alive header reconnects after 4 s idle, not 300 s, as in Node. A FetchSession idleTimeout widens it. A fetch.preconnect connection is kept 4 s too. Each idle close is now a FIN, so this side holds a TIME_WAIT entry per idle connection, as in Node.
  • PooledSocket 232 -> 240 B, InternalState 400 -> 408 B. Per pool lookup: one clock read (vDSO), one compare per candidate. Binary size not measured (no bloaty here).
  • An origin with no hint that closes before 4 s still races, as with undici.
Notes

Server-observed idle close (node:net server, ms after the last response):

case this PR 1.4.3
FetchSession idleTimeout: 1 FIN at 7648 RST (ECONNRESET) at 8015
plain fetch, no hint FIN at 8002 still open at 30 s
Keep-Alive: timeout=7 FIN at 12019 still open at 30 s
Keep-Alive: timeout=2 closed at once, not pooled still open at 30 s

The close timer is still the coarse uSockets wheel: a socket stops being reused exactly at its deadline and is closed within one wheel step after (4 s up to four minutes, 60 s beyond).

Reporter's script (repro.mjs POST, 30 requests at 4.994 to 5.000 s gaps against a server that destroys the socket at 5 s): 1.4.3 { ECONNRESET: 2 }, this PR {}.

The hint applies to a CONNECT tunnel's origin response too: the tunnel rides on the proxy socket, and the origin closing it makes the parked socket useless. A successful CONNECT reply returns before the header loop, so the proxy's own Keep-Alive never reaches the parser.

The Keep-Alive parse and the deadline field first appeared in #35817, which closed without review.

The hint value is its leading run of digits, like undici's timeout=(\d+), so timeout=5; max=100 counts as 5. A quoted value does not parse and gets the 4 s default. Several Keep-Alive field lines keep the shortest timeout.

The JSDoc has no single @default: the window depends on the protocol and the server's hint, so the text spells each out.

Review changes after the first push: the registry pool has a reserved id (u64::MAX) so no POST through the default pool or a FetchSession can take one of its 300 s connections. The session idleTimeout is documented as whole seconds, rounded up. The tests that assert reuse use a 2 s window so a slow runner cannot miss it. Not changed: a session idleTimeout still caps at the origin's hint minus 2 s (a registry that sends timeout=5 is reused for 3 s, and a stale GET is retried), and fetch.preconnect takes the 4 s default (Chromium keeps an unused socket for 10 s, a used one for 300 s).

#41891 kept the RST on the idle-timer path because no timer then bounded a graceful TLS close started from the timeout handler. uSockets now gives that wait US_SSL_CLOSE_AFTER_SPILL_TIMEOUT (10 s, packages/bun-usockets/src/crypto/openssl.c), so the reason is gone.

bun install with the 4 s default: a 45-dependency install against the local registry opened 45 connections for 87 requests before and after. With one manifest delayed past 4 s, every dependent discovered after it re-dialed (64 to 124 connections in a 141-package tree). The registry client therefore keeps the 300 s window (REGISTRY_POOL in src/install/NetworkTask.rs).

Other suites run: test/js/web/fetch/fetch.test.ts (failures there are IPv6, public internet, and 150 ms abort timeouts under the ASAN build, all on Connection: close paths that never reach the pool).


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/web/fetch/fetch-session.test.ts, test/js/web/fetch/fetch-keepalive.test.ts

Stamp a reuse deadline on each parked keep-alive socket: the session's
idleTimeout, the response's Keep-Alive: timeout=N minus 2 s, or 4 s when
the origin sends no hint. find_in closes a socket past its deadline
instead of handing it out. An idle socket retires with a FIN.
…eck the deadline for h2 too, keep 300 s for bun install

The 600 s cap on a Keep-Alive hint applies only when the session has no
idleTimeout of its own. find_in checks the reuse deadline for HTTP/2
sessions as well, so a session idleTimeout is exact there too. The
registry client keeps a 300 s window: every request is a GET and is
retried on a closed connection. Tests observe the FIN from the server
side, and cover each arm of the window computation.
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Updated 6:34 AM PT - Oct 21st, 2026

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Walkthrough

HTTP connection pooling now uses response Keep-Alive hints and session settings to set reuse windows. Pooled sockets track deadlines and close normally after expiration. Tests and documentation cover the timeout behavior, and registry GET requests use a dedicated pool.

Changes

HTTP Keep-Alive reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Timeout hints and limits
src/http/InternalState.rs, src/http/lib.rs, src/runtime/webcore/fetch/FetchSession.rs
Request state stores an optional parsed Keep-Alive timeout. Shared constants and parsing define timeout limits and pool timeout units. Fetch sessions round configured timeout values up and cap them at the maximum.
Pooled socket reuse deadlines
src/http/AsyncHTTP.rs, src/http/HTTPContext.rs
Pooled sockets store a reuse duration and deadline. Pool lookup skips expired sockets, and the timeout path closes them normally.
Pooling caller integration
src/http/lib.rs, src/http/h2_client/ClientSession.rs, src/install/NetworkTask.rs
HTTP/1 releases pass response hints. HTTP/2 and preconnect releases pass no hint. Registry GET requests use a dedicated pool.
Behavior tests and timeout documentation
test/js/web/fetch/*, docs/runtime/networking/fetch.mdx, packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts
Tests check reuse timing, server hints, HTTP/2 reuse, and normal socket closure. Documentation describes timeout defaults, limits, and coarse close timing.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 17d2a

Two narrow timeout cases can leave a connection eligible for reuse longer than intended. The change is mergeable with awareness of those cases, though correcting them would further reduce stale-connection risk.

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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check Passed The description references issue #45138, and the implementation directly addresses stale pooled connections causing POST requests to fail with ECONNRESET.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The code, documentation, tests, and registry-pool exception all support the stated fetch connection-pooling objective. No unrelated changes are evident.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #45138 requires that POST requests do not fail because Bun reuses a stale idle connection. The PR gives parked sockets a reuse deadline based on idleTimeout, Keep-Alive: timeout=N minus two …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within the connection-reuse fix. Pool logic, timeout parsing, session behavior, timer handling, HTTP/2 handling, registry-pool preservation, API documentation, and regression tests su…
Title check Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: preventing reuse of pooled keep-alive connections after the origin’s reuse window expires.
Description check Passed The description is detailed and covers the problem, implementation, verification, test limitations, and tradeoffs. It does not use the template headings exactly, but it provides the required informati…
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Issue #45138 requires that POST requests do not fail because Bun reuses a stale idle connection. The PR gives parked sockets a reuse deadline based on idleTimeout, Keep-Alive: timeout=N minus two seconds, or four seconds without a hint. find_in closes expired sockets instead of reusing them. The existing idempotent retry gate remains unchanged. The added HTTP/1.1, session, and HTTP/2 tests cover the reuse and graceful-close behavior.

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The changes stay within the connection-reuse fix. Pool logic, timeout parsing, session behavior, timer handling, HTTP/2 handling, registry-pool preservation, API documentation, and regression tests support the fix or prevent related behavior changes. The current bun.d.ts diff only updates FetchSessionInit.keepAlive.idleTimeout documentation. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Comment thread src/http/HTTPContext.rs
Comment thread src/http/lib.rs
Comment thread src/http/lib.rs
Comment thread src/http/HTTPContext.rs
Comment thread test/js/web/fetch/fetch-keepalive.test.ts Outdated
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Comment thread src/http/HTTPContext.rs
…ndici, widen the test windows

The registry pool gets its own id so a POST through the default pool or
a FetchSession never rides a connection parked under its 300 s window.
The Keep-Alive timeout value is its leading run of digits, so a
semicolon-separated parameter list still counts. The tests that assert
reuse use a 2 s window, and the fixed per-test timeouts are gone.

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- Around line 9085-9089: Update the idle connection timeout documentation near
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline finding, I re-checked the parts of 03a5101 that follow up on the earlier round: the leading-digit Keep-Alive: timeout= parser in src/http/lib.rs (empty or non-digit value falls to None via parse_content_length_strict, more than 10 digits saturates to u32::MAX before the u64 parse, so timeout=5; max=100 and oversized values both land where the doc comment says) and the reserved REGISTRY_POOL id in src/install/NetworkTask.rs (u64::MAX cannot collide with the default pool's 0 or FetchSession ids, which count up from 1 via NEXT_POOL_ID). Both look correct; the remaining behavior change (4 s no-hint default replacing 300 s for plain fetch) is a product decision a maintainer should still weigh.

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The newest commit reworks parse_keepalive_timeout to take the leading digit run and delegate to the shared strict decimal parser, moves REGISTRY_POOL to a reserved pool id, and drops the fixed per-test timeouts while widening the reuse-window tests to 2 s. No security-sensitive surface is touched beyond parsing an adversarial header value, which now fails closed to None or saturates. The change still alters the default idle reuse window for every plain fetch() and S3 caller from 300 s to 4 s, which is a user-visible default change on the HTTP client hot path, so it is not a candidate for automated approval.

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Comment thread packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts Outdated
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# Conflicts:
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…s a timeout

The 4 s wait plus two requests leaves too little of the 5 s default on a
slow build. The JSDoc no longer carries a single default: the window
depends on the protocol and on the server's hint.

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