HTTP Server request.setTimeout(n, cb) partially applies globally

test-http-server-request-multi-timeout.js

var http = require('http');

var timeout = 100;

var port = 3000;


console.log('Test HTTP Server with timeout on Server, Request, Response & socket destroy: unexpected timeout');

var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  console.log('server', 'got request');

  // 2/ set a request timeout with a listener that *won't* be called because the request part will finish before
  req.setTimeout(timeout, function() {
    console.log('server', 'request timeout');
    res.end('server hello from request timeout');
  });

  // 3/ delay normal response to after the request timeout
  setTimeout(function() {
    console.log('server', 'delayed response');
    res.end('server hello from delayed response');
  }, timeout*2);

}).listen(port, function() {

  console.log('client', 'sending request');
  var req = http.request({port: port}, function(res) {
    console.log('client', 'got response');
    res.on('data', function (chunk) {
      console.log('client', 'reponse', 'data:', chunk.toString());
    });
    res.on('finish', function () {
      console.log('client', 'response', 'finish');
    });
  });

  req.on('error', function(e) {
    console.log('client', 'error', e);
  });

  req.end();
});

// 1/ disable default global timeout
server.setTimeout(0);


// cleanup
setTimeout(function() {
  console.log('exit');
  process.exit();
}, timeout*3);


/** Results:
client sending request
server got request
client error { [Error: socket hang up] code: 'ECONNRESET' }
server delayed response
 **/