Commit 89c9282d34

Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
2025-08-19 02:22:56
std.http.Client: discard response body when reusing connection
When an error response was encountered, such as 404 not found, the body wasn't discarded, leading to the string "404 not found" being incorrectly interpreted as the next request's response. closes #24732
1 parent b734d03
Changed files (1)
lib
std
lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ pub const Request = struct {
     /// Standard headers that have default, but overridable, behavior.
     headers: Headers,
 
+    /// Populated in `receiveHead`; used in `deinit` to determine whether to
+    /// discard the body to reuse the connection.
+    response_content_length: ?u64 = null,
+    /// Populated in `receiveHead`; used in `deinit` to determine whether to
+    /// discard the body to reuse the connection.
+    response_transfer_encoding: http.TransferEncoding = .none,
+
     /// These headers are kept including when following a redirect to a
     /// different domain.
     /// Externally-owned; must outlive the Request.
@@ -860,7 +867,15 @@ pub const Request = struct {
         if (r.connection) |connection| {
             connection.closing = connection.closing or switch (r.reader.state) {
                 .ready => false,
-                .received_head => r.method.requestHasBody(),
+                .received_head => c: {
+                    if (r.method.requestHasBody()) break :c true;
+                    if (!r.method.responseHasBody()) break :c false;
+                    const reader = r.reader.bodyReader(&.{}, r.response_transfer_encoding, r.response_content_length);
+                    _ = reader.discardRemaining() catch |err| switch (err) {
+                        error.ReadFailed => break :c true,
+                    };
+                    break :c r.reader.state != .ready;
+                },
                 else => true,
             };
             r.client.connection_pool.release(connection);
@@ -1102,6 +1117,8 @@ pub const Request = struct {
 
             if (head.status == .@"continue") {
                 if (r.handle_continue) continue;
+                r.response_transfer_encoding = head.transfer_encoding;
+                r.response_content_length = head.content_length;
                 return response; // we're not handling the 100-continue
             }
 
@@ -1113,6 +1130,8 @@ pub const Request = struct {
             if (r.method == .CONNECT and head.status.class() == .success) {
                 // This connection is no longer doing HTTP.
                 connection.closing = false;
+                r.response_transfer_encoding = head.transfer_encoding;
+                r.response_content_length = head.content_length;
                 return response;
             }
 
@@ -1126,6 +1145,8 @@ pub const Request = struct {
             if (r.method == .HEAD or head.status.class() == .informational or
                 head.status == .no_content or head.status == .not_modified)
             {
+                r.response_transfer_encoding = head.transfer_encoding;
+                r.response_content_length = head.content_length;
                 return response;
             }
 
@@ -1146,6 +1167,8 @@ pub const Request = struct {
             if (!r.accept_encoding[@intFromEnum(head.content_encoding)])
                 return error.HttpContentEncodingUnsupported;
 
+            r.response_transfer_encoding = head.transfer_encoding;
+            r.response_content_length = head.content_length;
             return response;
         }
     }