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Since #1893, the body setter no longer attaches an error listener to stream bodies and relies on Stream.pipeline() in respond() instead. That only covers errors emitted after respond() pipes the stream. If the stream fails before that, nothing is listening, Node throws, and the process goes down. This happens when:

  • middleware sets a stream body and then awaits something (e.g. an upstream await next() followed by async work);
  • the stream is never piped: HEAD requests, an unwritable response, ctx.respond = false.
app.use(async ctx => {
  ctx.body = fs.createReadStream('missing.txt')
  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
})
// GET  -> process crashes with an uncaught ENOENT (expected: 500 + app "error")
// HEAD -> process crashes with an uncaught ENOENT (expected: 200 + app "error")

The docs still say that .onerror is added as a listener when a stream is set as the body, and that is how Koa 2 behaved.

This change adds back a one-time error listener in the setter that forwards to ctx.onerror. It only forwards while the stream is still the body and respond() has not piped it yet. Once respond() hands the stream to pipeline(), it marks the response, and from then on the pipeline callback is the only place that reports errors, so nothing gets reported twice. Replaced streams (the koa-compress wrapping case from #1913) and bodies cleared by an empty status work as before.

The body.test.js listener test goes back to its original form ("should add error handler to the stream, but only once"). Two new tests in respond.test.js cover the await and HEAD cases; both crash the test run without the fix.

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Summary by Sourcery

Handle early stream body failures safely by reporting them through the application error handler before response piping begins.

Bug Fixes:

  • Prevent uncaught stream errors when a response body fails before it is piped or when it is never piped, while ensuring each error is reported only once.

Enhancements:

  • Restore one-time error handling for stream bodies and coordinate it with response piping and stream replacement behavior.

Tests:

  • Add coverage for stream errors occurring during middleware awaits and on HEAD requests, and verify stream error listeners are attached only once.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of file-stream errors that occur before a response begins, returning an internal server error instead of leaving the request unhandled.
    • Corrected error handling for HEAD requests when a file stream fails, preserving the successful response while ensuring the stream error is reported.
    • Prevented duplicate error handling when the same stream is assigned more than once or has already been sent.

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The response body setter now listens for stream errors and forwards them to ctx.onerror when the stream remains the current body and has not been piped. The respond method marks a recognized stream as piped before piping it. Tests cover errors before piping, errors from streams not piped for HEAD, and listener counts when assigning the same stream twice.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b86e1

Errors from a replacement response stream can go unreported, and the new tests can miss the intended behavior or fail intermittently. Both issues are bounded but should be fixed before relying on this change.

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The PR restores a one-time stream error listener in the body setter for failures that occur before piping or when a response is never piped, then marks streams at pipeline handoff so each error is reported exactly once; regression tests cover delayed, HEAD, and listener-registration behavior.

Sequence diagram for pre-pipe stream error handling

sequenceDiagram
    participant Middleware
    participant Response as ctx.response
    participant Stream
    participant Respond as respond()
    participant App as ctx.onerror

    Middleware->>Response: body = Stream
    Response->>Stream: once(error, handler)
    Middleware->>Middleware: await async work
    Stream-->>Response: error
    Response->>App: ctx.onerror(error)
    Note over Respond,Stream: Stream may not be piped yet
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Sequence diagram for pipeline stream error handoff

sequenceDiagram
    participant Respond as respond()
    participant Response as ctx.response
    participant Stream
    participant Pipeline as Stream.pipeline()
    participant App as ctx.onerror

    Respond->>Response: set _bodyPiped = true
    Respond->>Pipeline: pipeline(Stream, res, callback)
    Stream->>Pipeline: error
    Pipeline->>App: ctx.onerror(error)
    Note over Response,Pipeline: Setter listener ignores errors after _bodyPiped
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File-Level Changes

Change Details Files
Restore pre-pipeline stream error handling while preventing duplicate reports after piping.
  • Attach a one-time error listener when a stream becomes the body.
  • Forward errors only while the stream remains the active body and has not been piped.
  • Mark the response when handing the stream to pipeline(), leaving post-pipe reporting to the pipeline callback.
  • Preserve behavior for replaced streams and bodies cleared by empty statuses.
lib/response.js
lib/application.js
Add regression coverage for stream failures before and without piping.
  • Verify delayed middleware work reports a missing-file error as a 500 and emits one application error.
  • Verify HEAD requests return 200 while reporting an unpiped stream error.
  • Restore the body setter assertion that a stream receives exactly one error listener.
__tests__/application/respond.test.js
__tests__/response/body.test.js

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Review comments at @__tests__/application/respond.test.js:
- Line 836: Replace the fixed 50 ms delays in both tests with synchronization on
the relevant stream or application error event, and proceed with each assertion
only after that event occurs. Keep the synchronization tied to the expected
filesystem error so the tests exercise the listener without timing-dependent
results.

Review comments at @lib/response.js:
- Line 209: Track piping state for the current body in the response body-change
logic, so replacing a body after an earlier stream was piped does not suppress
the replacement stream’s errors. Reset `_bodyPiped` when the body changes, or
associate the flag with the stream passed to `pipeline()`, and preserve the
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app.use(async ctx => {
ctx.body = fs.createReadStream('does not exist')
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize both tests with the error event.

If the filesystem error occurs after 50 ms, the first test can pass through pipeline() without testing the new listener. The HEAD test can check errors before the error arrives and fail intermittently. Wait for the relevant stream or application error event instead of using a fixed delay.

Also applies to: 861-861

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[warning] 836-836: Avoid using the initial state variable in setState
Context: setTimeout(resolve, 50)
Note: [CWE-710] Improper Adherence to Coding Standards. Security best practice.

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Review comment at @__tests__/application/respond.test.js at line 836:
Replace the fixed 50 ms delays in both tests with synchronization on the
relevant stream or application error event, and proceed with each assertion only
after that event occurs. Keep the synchronization tied to the expected
filesystem error so the tests exercise the listener without timing-dependent
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Comment thread lib/response.js
// respond() handles errors once it pipes the stream, but the stream
// may fail before that (or never be piped, e.g. for HEAD requests)
val.once('error', err => {
if (this._body === val && !this._bodyPiped) this.ctx.onerror(err)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Track piping for the current body stream.

If a callback replaces the body after an earlier stream starts piping, _bodyPiped remains true. An error from the replacement stream then reaches this listener but never reaches ctx.onerror, even though the replacement stream was never piped. Reset the flag when the body changes, or track which stream was handed to pipeline().

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Review comment at @lib/response.js at line 209:
Track piping state for the current body in the response body-change logic, so
replacing a body after an earlier stream was piped does not suppress the
replacement stream’s errors. Reset `_bodyPiped` when the body changes, or
associate the flag with the stream passed to `pipeline()`, and preserve the
existing `ctx.onerror` behavior for unpiped bodies.

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