Node 10: http response.close is always triggered

[msmol]

• Version: Node 10.3.0
• Platform: Linux 4.16.11
• Subsystem: http

index.js:

const http = require('http');

http.createServer((req, res) => {
  res.writeHead(200);
  
  res.on('finish', () => {
    console.log('finish');
  });

  res.on('close', () => {
    console.log('close');
  });
  
  res.end();

}).listen(3000);

$ nvm use 10; node index.js
Now using node v10.3.0 (npm v6.1.0) # run curl localhost:3000 now
finish
close
^C
$ nvm use 8; node index.js
Now using node v8.9.4 (npm v5.6.0) # run curl localhost:3000 now
finish
^C
$

According to the docs res.close should only be called if res.end is not. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an event emitted for res.end so I could not check to see whether or not it was triggered.

However, as is visible in the example above:

• Node 8
  • finish event triggered
  • close event not triggered,
• Node 10
  • finish event triggered
  • close event triggered

[mscdex]

Related: #21047
Ref: #20611

[msmol]

If I understand correctly, #21047 implies that res.close always being called is now considered the correct behavior?

[addaleax]

@nodejs/http Anything to do here?

[targos]

We are in the process of reverting the change in #21809

[apapirovski]

Sounds like there's nothing left to address here. The change was reverted.