fix(proxy): rewrite URLs and forward status for streamed responses - #238
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streamResponseInterceptor() took an interceptor and then piped the upstream response straight to the client without ever calling it, so the host rewriting every other proxied response gets was silently skipped for text/event-stream bodies (and for chunked responses sent with x-accel-buffering: no). The upstream status code was dropped the same way, so a streamed 503 reached the browser as 200. Implement the interceptor: complete lines are forwarded as they arrive, so an SSE event is never delayed, while a trailing partial line is held back so a replaced value split across two chunks is still matched. Decoding runs through StringDecoder so a multi-byte character split across chunks stays intact, and the pending buffer is flushed once it reaches 64 KiB so a stream without line breaks neither stalls nor grows without bound. Rewriting is limited to payloads that can be decoded as text: compressed bodies (content-encoding) and non-textual content types are piped through byte for byte as before. content-length is dropped only when the body is rewritten.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe proxy now intercepts eligible textual, uncompressed responses incrementally. It preserves status and headers, rewrites streamed content across chunk boundaries, limits buffered data, flushes final content, handles errors, and bypasses unsupported streams. ChangesStreaming proxy interception
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR improves streamed proxy rewriting and status forwarding, but the current implementation can accumulate excessive data for slow clients and can leave URLs unrevised in standard JSON or XML streams, causing availability pressure or incorrect client routing. These issues should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant UpstreamResponse
participant streamResponseInterceptor
participant ClientResponse
UpstreamResponse->>streamResponseInterceptor: Send response chunks
streamResponseInterceptor->>streamResponseInterceptor: Decode and rewrite complete lines
streamResponseInterceptor->>ClientResponse: Write rewritten chunks
streamResponseInterceptor->>ClientResponse: Flush final buffered content
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In `@src/lib/proxy-pass.middleware.ts`:
- Around line 102-120: Update the flush function in the proxy response data flow
to check the boolean result of res.write; when it returns false, pause proxyRes
and resume it from a one-time res drain handler. Preserve the existing buffering
and flushing behavior while ensuring backpressure is applied to the upstream
stream.
- Around line 35-58: Update TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP so isRewritableStream
recognizes application/json and application/xml content types, including
parameters and +json/+xml structured suffixes, while preserving existing textual
matches. Add regression coverage for an application/json response using chunked
transfer encoding with x-accel-buffering: no.
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| const TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP = /^text\/|(?:^|\+)(?:json|xml)\b|\bjavascript\b/i; | ||
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| const MAX_PENDING_STREAM_CHUNK = 64 * 1024; | ||
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| * `content-encoding` means the bytes are compressed, and a non-textual `content-type` (the | ||
| * `x-accel-buffering: no` path also carries binary downloads) must reach the client untouched. | ||
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| function isRewritableStream(headers: IncomingMessage['headers']): boolean { | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Recognize standard JSON and XML content types.
TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP does not match application/json or application/xml. Line 58 then disables rewriting for qualifying chunked responses with these standard media types. Match normal, parameterized, and +json or +xml media types.
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-const TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP = /^text\/|(?:^|\+)(?:json|xml)\b|\bjavascript\b/i;
+const TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP =
+ /^(?:text\/|application\/(?:[\w.-]+\+)?(?:json|xml)|application\/(?:x-)?javascript)(?:\s*;|$)/i;Add regression coverage for application/json with transfer-encoding: chunked and x-accel-buffering: no.
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| const TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP = /^text\/|(?:^|\+)(?:json|xml)\b|\bjavascript\b/i; | |
| /** | |
| * Longest chunk we hold back while waiting for a line break. A stream that never emits one | |
| * (or emits very long lines) is flushed once it reaches this size so the client keeps | |
| * receiving data and memory stays bounded. | |
| */ | |
| const MAX_PENDING_STREAM_CHUNK = 64 * 1024; | |
| /** | |
| * Streamed bodies are only rewritten when they are plain text we can decode: a | |
| * `content-encoding` means the bytes are compressed, and a non-textual `content-type` (the | |
| * `x-accel-buffering: no` path also carries binary downloads) must reach the client untouched. | |
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| function isRewritableStream(headers: IncomingMessage['headers']): boolean { | |
| const contentEncoding = headers['content-encoding']; | |
| if (typeof contentEncoding === 'string' && contentEncoding.trim() && contentEncoding.trim() !== 'identity') { | |
| return false; | |
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| const contentType = headers['content-type']; | |
| return typeof contentType === 'string' && TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP.test(contentType); | |
| const TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP = | |
| /^(?:text\/|application\/(?:[\w.-]+\+)?(?:json|xml)|application\/(?:x-)?javascript)(?:\s*;|$)/i; | |
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| * Longest chunk we hold back while waiting for a line break. A stream that never emits one | |
| * (or emits very long lines) is flushed once it reaches this size so the client keeps | |
| * receiving data and memory stays bounded. | |
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| const MAX_PENDING_STREAM_CHUNK = 64 * 1024; | |
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| * Streamed bodies are only rewritten when they are plain text we can decode: a | |
| * `content-encoding` means the bytes are compressed, and a non-textual `content-type` (the | |
| * `x-accel-buffering: no` path also carries binary downloads) must reach the client untouched. | |
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| function isRewritableStream(headers: IncomingMessage['headers']): boolean { | |
| const contentEncoding = headers['content-encoding']; | |
| if (typeof contentEncoding === 'string' && contentEncoding.trim() && contentEncoding.trim() !== 'identity') { | |
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| const contentType = headers['content-type']; | |
| return typeof contentType === 'string' && TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP.test(contentType); |
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In `@src/lib/proxy-pass.middleware.ts` around lines 35 - 58, Update
TEXTUAL_CONTENT_TYPE_REGEXP so isRewritableStream recognizes application/json
and application/xml content types, including parameters and +json/+xml
structured suffixes, while preserving existing textual matches. Add regression
coverage for an application/json response using chunked transfer encoding with
x-accel-buffering: no.
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| const flush = (text: string) => { | ||
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| res.write(interceptor(Buffer.from(text, 'utf8'), 'utf8')); | ||
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Honor client-response backpressure.
Line 104 ignores the false return from res.write(). The data listener keeps proxyRes in flowing mode, so a slow client can cause an unbounded ServerResponse write queue. MAX_PENDING_STREAM_CHUNK only bounds the trailing partial line. Pause proxyRes when res.write() returns false, and resume it on res.once('drain').
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In `@src/lib/proxy-pass.middleware.ts` around lines 102 - 120, Update the flush
function in the proxy response data flow to check the boolean result of
res.write; when it returns false, pause proxyRes and resume it from a one-time
res drain handler. Preserve the existing buffering and flushing behavior while
ensuring backpressure is applied to the upstream stream.
…sure Two gaps in the streaming interceptor: The textual check tested the raw content-type against a pattern that only accepted json or xml at the start of the value or after a "+", so the standard application/json and application/xml types fell through to the pass-through path and kept their upstream host. Parse the media type off the parameters and match it whole. Writing the rewritten chunks by hand also dropped the backpressure that pipe() used to apply: res.write() returning false was ignored while the data listener kept the upstream flowing, so a slow client grew the response write queue without bound. Pause the upstream until the response drains.
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This PR proposes implementing the streaming response interceptor in
proxy-pass.middleware.ts, so proxiedtext/event-streamresponses get the same host rewriting as every other proxied response and no longer arrive with a hard-coded200. We include this PR work along with a full history of your repo at https://eastagiletracker.com/projects/265. You can sign in with your GitHub ID to claim ownership of the project.What was wrong
streamResponseInterceptor()insrc/lib/proxy-pass.middleware.tstakes aninterceptorargument and then pipes the upstream response straight to the client without ever calling it — the// TODO: Implement interceptor for streaming responsessitting on top of it. Its caller in theproxyReshandler does build one (Buffer.from(urlReplacer(host, req.headers.host ?? '', ...))), so the intent is there, but the callback is dead code today.Two things follow from that, for every response the streaming branch picks up (
content-type: text/event-stream, ortransfer-encoding: chunkedwithx-accel-buffering: no). First, the Metric Insights host survives into the browser: an SSE payload carrying an absolute URL back to the instance is delivered verbatim, so the page follows it to the remote host directly instead of back through the dev server — where the proxy would have attached theAuthorizationheader and the cookie-domain rewrite. The non-streaming path rewrites the identical URL. Second,proxyRes.statusCodeis never copied ontores, so a streamed error reaches the browser as200.Reproduction on
mainThe integration spec added here stands up a local upstream that answers
/streamwith503and atext/event-streambody containing its own host, proxies it throughinitProxy(), and reads the response back over a real socket. Againstmainat383a386with only the fix reverted:The third case — the same rewrite over a non-streamed HTML response — passes both before and after, which is the control that the existing behaviour is untouched.
The change
streamResponseInterceptor()now forwardsstatusCode/statusMessageand runs the interceptor over the body as it flows. Complete lines are written out as soon as they arrive, so an SSE event (always terminated by a line break) is never delayed, while a trailing partial line is held back — that is what keeps a URL split across two chunks from slipping past the replacement. Decoding goes throughStringDecoder, so a multi-byte character split across a chunk boundary stays intact, and the held-back text is flushed once it reaches 64 KiB so a stream without line breaks neither stalls nor grows without bound.Rewriting is deliberately limited to payloads that can be decoded as text. A body with a
content-encodingis compressed, and thex-accel-buffering: nobranch also carries binary downloads; both are piped through byte for byte exactly as before, so this is strictly additive to what streams do today.content-lengthis dropped only when the body is actually rewritten, since the length then no longer matches. Header copying moved offres.setHeaders()onto per-headersetHeader()calls so an absent upstream header is skipped rather than passed through asundefined.Verification
npm run test:unitandnpm run test:integrationwere run onmainbefore the change (324 + 39 passing) and again after (336 + 42 passing) — no new failures, and the 15 added tests are the difference.npx eslint src,npx tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.jsonandnpx prettier --checkare clean on the touched files. Coverage added: the rewrite itself, a value split across two chunks, a multi-byte character split across chunks, an event forwarded before the stream ends, status and message forwarding, compressed and non-textual passthrough, passthrough when no interceptor is supplied,content-lengthhandling in both directions, an absent upstream header, and the 64 KiB flush.streamResponseInterceptoris now exported so the unit spec can drive it directly; nothing else about the module's surface changed.How this was managed
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