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Fixes #45724

Problem

  • require("node:stream/promises").pipeline(Readable.from(100 chunks), async function* (src) { ... }) never settles. Ten chunks resolve. Sixteen or more hang.
  • When the last entry is a function, pipelineImpl (src/js/internal/streams/pipeline.ts:301) wraps its output in an object-mode PassThrough and pumps the generator into it. The promise wrapper (src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts) dropped the stream that pipelineImpl returns. Nothing read the PassThrough, so at the high water mark write() returned false and the pump waited for a drain that never came.

Fix

  • The promise wrapper keeps the return value of pipelineImpl. When the last entry is a function (also in the single-array call form) and the stream is readable, it calls stream.resume(). This is a port of stream: fix pipeline function tail deadlock nodejs/node#65559 (fixes pipeline deadlock with readable tail? nodejs/node#40685).
  • Correct because the promise API has no consumer for that stream by design, so draining it loses nothing. The callback API still returns the paused PassThrough, so pipeline(...).pipe(dest) on a later tick still delivers every chunk. A new test pins that.
  • Self-reviewed: 2 concerns raised, 2 addressed.
  • Verified: test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js (9 new tests, 7 time out on bun 1.4.3). Also the vendored test-stream-pipeline.js, test-stream-promises.js, test-stream3-pipeline-async-iterator.js, test-stream-pipeline-async-iterator.js, test-webstreams-pipeline.js, test-stream-compose.js.

Background

  • pipelineImpl is the shared core of both stream.pipeline(..., cb) and stream/promises.pipeline(...). For a function tail it returns a proxy PassThrough so callback users can compose it with .pipe(). Node keeps that contract and fixes the promise side only, in lib/stream/promises.js.
  • All three promise entry points (node:stream/promises, Stream.promises.pipeline, util.promisify(Stream.pipeline)) reach the one function in stream.promises.ts, so the fix covers all of them.
  • Considered a resume() inside pipelineImpl next to the PassThrough: one line, but it breaks the callback API. A consumer that pipes on the next tick receives 0 of 100 chunks instead of 100.

Downsides

  • Function-tail promise pipelines that already worked (under 16 objects) now drain the internal PassThrough. Measured with a 10-object generator: process.nextTick calls 20 to 22, emit calls 26 to 39. The 100-object path now does exactly what the callback API does with an explicit resume(): 59 ticks, 249 emits. The stream-tail promise path is unchanged: 13 ticks, 12 emits before and after.
  • Embedded builtin source for internal/stream.promises: +273 bytes (1068 to 1341 in the debug bundle). Release binary size not measured with bloaty.
  • The callback API with a function tail and an ignored return value still never calls back past 16 objects. Node behaves the same before and after stream: fix pipeline function tail deadlock nodejs/node#65559.
Notes

Repro from the issue, on bun 1.4.3: still pending after 3s, exit 1. On this branch: resolved, exit 0.

The new tests use a plain await instead of expect(p).resolves. With a promise that never settles, the .resolves matcher spins the event loop and the per-test timeout never fires (#33261). With a plain await the 7 hanging tests time out cleanly on bun 1.4.3.

The vendored test/js/node/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js is unchanged. The block that nodejs/node#65559 adds there arrives with the next sync of the node suite. A full re-vendor from node main carries three unrelated http hunks, one of which fails on bun today.

Counts came from a script that wraps process.nextTick and EventEmitter.prototype.emit with counters and runs one pipeline.


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/node/stream/node-stream.test.js

…entry is a function

pipelineImpl wraps the output of a function tail in a PassThrough so the
callback API can pipe it further. The promise API never exposes that
stream, so nothing read it and the pump stalled at the high water mark.
Resume it after pipelineImpl returns, as nodejs/node#65559 does.
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The promise-based pipeline retains the stream returned by pl. If the final entry is a function and the returned stream is readable, pipeline resumes it. Tests cover callback and promise APIs, argument forms, stream completion, and errors.

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Resume readable tails and validate pipeline forms
src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts, test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js
pipeline retains the stream returned by pl and resumes it when the final entry is a function and the stream is readable. Regression tests cover callback and promise forms, argument variants, chunk consumption, generator errors, web-stream returns, and aborted signals.

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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: resuming the proxy stream when the final pipeline entry is a function.
Linked Issues check Passed Active issue [#45724] requires stream/promises.pipeline() to settle when an async generator is the final entry and output exceeds the high-water mark. src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts retains `p…
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Active issue [#45724] requires stream/promises.pipeline() to settle when an async generator is the final entry and output exceeds the high-water mark. src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts retains pipelineImpl's returned stream, detects a function tail in both spread and single-array forms, and resumes the readable proxy stream. Tests cover 100 chunks, the array form, options, Stream.promises.pipeline, and util.promisify(Stream.pipeline). Issue [#40685] is closed historical context and adds no coding requirement.

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

LGTM — the inline comments are all nits; the fix itself is small and matches the pipelineImpl contract. Beyond those, I checked that the single-array unwrap in stream.promises.ts runs after the options pop and mirrors pipelineImpl's own streams.length === 1 && ArrayIsArray(streams[0]) check, that pl() always returns the objectMode PassThrough when the tail is a function (so stream.readable is a safe guard, and the then/iterable/web-stream tail branches all end up draining the same pt), and that the pre-aborted-signal and generator-throw paths still reach reject via finishImpl.

Extended reasoning...

The change touches only the promise wrapper in src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts (captures pipelineImpl's return value and calls resume() on it when the last pipeline entry is a function), plus a new describe block in test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js and a block appended to the vendored test/js/node/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js. It touches no security-sensitive surface; the ArrayIsArray capture follows the identical pattern already used in src/js/internal/streams/pipeline.ts:24. The production diff is roughly ten lines, the tests exercise every promise entry point plus the callback API's unchanged paused-stream contract, no CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files, and all surviving findings are style nits rather than correctness issues.

Comment thread src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts Resolved
Comment thread test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js Resolved
Comment thread test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js Resolved
Comment thread src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts Resolved

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

LGTM — the latest commit addresses the earlier nits (intrinsic $isArray, module-scope imports, Buffer.alloc chunk, one-line comment), and the resume() placement in the promise wrapper mirrors the upstream nodejs/node#65559 control flow while leaving the callback API's paused PassThrough contract intact.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds five lines to src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts (capture pipelineImpl's return value, unwrap the single-array form, resume the proxy PassThrough when the tail is a function and the stream is readable) plus nine tests in node-stream.test.js and a vendored block in test-stream-pipeline.js. It touches no security-sensitive surface. I diffed the wrapper against pipelineImpl: the PassThrough proxy is only built for a non-reading function tail, so stream.readable is true for generator, promise and web-ReadableStream returns alike, and the resume is scoped to the promise API so Stream.pipeline(...).pipe() still delivers every chunk (pinned by the new callback test). The remaining inline findings are a pre-existing { end: false } destroy path that Node's identical code shares and a test error-wiring nit, neither of which changes the correctness of the fix; no CODEOWNERS entry covers these files and no third-party objection is outstanding.

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Comment thread src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts Resolved
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LGTM — the latest push resolves the earlier inline notes (vendored Node test restored, sink errors wired through finishedP), and the runtime change is a small, faithful port of nodejs/node#65559.

What was reviewed:

  • Traced pipelineImpl for a function tail: ret is always the proxy PassThrough whether the function returns a promise, an async iterable, or a web stream, so stream.readable is truthy on every path the new resume() is meant to cover; the single-array unwrap mirrors the one at pipeline.ts:167.
  • Checked that a sync throw from pl(...) (e.g. ERR_MISSING_ARGS) still rejects via the executor before the resume runs, and that an empty argument list after the options pop cannot reach lastStream[...].
  • Confirmed Stream.promises.pipeline and promisify(Stream.pipeline) both route to this one function via internal/stream.ts, so the test's three entry points exercise the same code.
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The diff adds five lines to src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts (capture pipelineImpl's return value, compute the last entry including the single-array form, resume the proxy PassThrough when that entry is a function) and a nine-test describe block in test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js covering the variadic, array, trailing-options, promisify, error, web-stream, and aborted-signal variants plus the callback API's paused-return contract. It touches no security-sensitive surface. The bug hunt ran dry with no findings, every earlier inline note from this bot was addressed by commits a5a6671 and 485671a (the vendored test edit was dropped entirely, which also moots the coderabbit comment on that file), the changed paths have no CODEOWNER entry, and the runtime logic matches the upstream Node fix it cites.

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  • Unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.

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LGTM — the latest pushes address everything raised earlier, and the fix is a small, self-contained port of the upstream change.

What was reviewed:

  • The wrapper in src/js/internal/stream.promises.ts: pl() always returns the proxy PassThrough for a function tail (pipeline.ts:338), $isArray is the intrinsic used across src/js, and the single-array unwrap runs after the options pop so pipeline([src, fn], opts) is covered.
  • Callback Stream.pipeline is untouched, and the new test pins that its returned stream stays paused for a later pipe().
  • Checked the sync-throw path (ERR_MISSING_ARGS etc.) — pl() throwing inside the executor still rejects as before; stream.resume() is only reached after a successful return.
  • Tests: module-scope imports, Buffer.alloc chunk, error-wired finishedP(sink), plain await on the hang-prone promises; the vendored node test is no longer modified.
Extended reasoning...

The diff adds five lines to the node:stream/promises pipeline wrapper to resume the proxy PassThrough when the last entry is a function, plus nine tests in test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js covering the generator, single-array, trailing-options, promisify, web-ReadableStream, error, and aborted-signal variants. It touches no security-sensitive surface. The change mirrors the shape of nodejs/node#65559, the callback form is explicitly left unchanged and tested, and each nit from the prior three review rounds is visibly addressed in the code at HEAD. No CODEOWNER covers the changed files, the bug hunt ran dry with no findings, and the only third-party thread was resolved by a non-author on a file that has since been dropped from the diff.

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