fix: propagate no-length body reader errors

[shreemaan-abhishek]

Summary

• propagate socket read errors and partial data from no-length streaming bodies
• preserve close-delimited EOF behavior
• add focused timeout and EOF regression coverage

Fixes #26

Tests

• make check
• make test

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Streaming HTTP responses now return partial data together with socket read errors, including timeout errors.
  • Improved handling of responses without a declared content length, preventing data loss when the connection encounters an error.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The streaming body reader now propagates partial data and socket read errors for responses without a content length. Tests cover connection-close and timeout errors.

Changes

Streaming read error propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Propagate streaming socket errors lib/resty/http.lua, t/05-stream.t	_body_reader now handles all failed socket reads through its partial-data/error path. Tests capture the closed error and verify that a paused no-length response returns partial with a timeout error.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 22810

No-length responses that time out after delivering data can lose their final partial body chunk when read through res:read_body(). This should be fixed and covered by regression testing before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
E2e Test Quality Review	⚠️ Warning	The new E2E scenario is relevant and covers partial data, timeout propagation, and close-delimited EOF. However, the added test ignores error-capable return values: httpc:set_timeout(100), `httpc:co…	Check each error-capable call in the new test before continuing. Fail the test with clear diagnostics when timeout setup, connection, request creation, or cleanup fails. For example, assert or explicitly branch on the results of `set_timeou…

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: propagating errors from no-length body readers.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation propagates socket read errors and partial data for no-length streaming responses. The tests cover timeout propagation and preserve the distinct closed-connection behavior required b…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code and test changes directly support error propagation for no-length streaming response bodies. No unrelated changes are present.
Security Check	✅ Passed	No security issue was introduced. The patch changes only lib/resty/http.lua:617-618 to propagate a socket read error and partial response data, plus regression tests in t/05-stream.t. No issues fo…

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Explanation

The implementation propagates socket read errors and partial data for no-length streaming responses. The tests cover timeout propagation and preserve the distinct closed-connection behavior required by issue #26.

Full details: E2e Test Quality Review

Explanation

The new E2E scenario is relevant and covers partial data, timeout propagation, and close-delimited EOF. However, the added test ignores error-capable return values: httpc:set_timeout(100), httpc:connect(...), httpc:request(...), and httpc:close(). The test then dereferences res without checking err. This violates the blocking error-handling criterion.

Resolution

Check each error-capable call in the new test before continuing. Fail the test with clear diagnostics when timeout setup, connection, request creation, or cleanup fails. For example, assert or explicitly branch on the results of set_timeout, connect, and request before calling res.body_reader; handle any close error as well. Keep the existing assertions for partial and timeout.

Full details: Security Check

Explanation

No security issue was introduced. The patch changes only lib/resty/http.lua:617-618 to propagate a socket read error and partial response data, plus regression tests in t/05-stream.t. No issues found in Category 1 (no secret logging or redaction change), Category 2 (no database persistence), Category 3 (no endpoints or permission checks), Category 4 (no resource access), Category 5 (no TLS configuration change), Category 6 (no shared-resource operations), or Category 7 (no secret-reference resolution).

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lib/resty/http.lua (1)

691-692: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the current partial chunk before returning the read error.

When reader() returns partial, "timeout", Line 692 returns only earlier chunks. It discards partial. This breaks res:read_body() for the new no-length error path.

Append chunk before checking err, then return the complete partial body in the third result. Add a res:read_body() timeout regression test.

Proposed fix

         chunk, err = reader()

-        if err then
-            return nil, err, tbl_concat(chunks) -- Return any data so far.
-        end
         if chunk then
             chunks[c] = chunk
             c = c + 1
         end
+        if err then
+            return nil, err, tbl_concat(chunks) -- Return any data so far.
+        end

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In `@lib/resty/http.lua` around lines 691 - 692, Update the reader loop in the
response body read path to append the current partial chunk before handling err,
so a reader result such as partial, "timeout" is included in the third return
value alongside earlier chunks. Preserve existing error propagation and add a
res:read_body() regression test covering timeout with partial data.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@lib/resty/http.lua`:
- Around line 691-692: Update the reader loop in the response body read path to
append the current partial chunk before handling err, so a reader result such as
partial, "timeout" is included in the third return value alongside earlier
chunks. Preserve existing error propagation and add a res:read_body() regression
test covering timeout with partial data.

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• lib/resty/http.lua
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🟡 Changes recommended

Update the public body_reader examples to preserve partial data returned with errors.

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Pull request overview

Fixes error propagation for close-delimited streaming response bodies.

Changes:

• Returns partial data alongside socket read errors.
• Adds timeout and EOF regression coverage.

File summaries

File	Description
t/05-stream.t	Tests timeout and closed-connection behavior.
lib/resty/http.lua	Propagates no-length socket read errors; documented examples should process partial data before handling errors.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 2/2 changed files
• Comments generated: 1
• Review effort level: Balanced

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