fix(fetch): prevent truncating compressed responses to the first chunk by kettanaito · Pull Request #849 · mswjs/interceptors

kettanaito · 2026-09-28T12:40:22Z

Fixes Brotli response body truncated to first chunk #798

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The Brotli transform now forwards decompressor output chunks, waits for each input write, and waits for decompressor completion during flush. Tests cover response detection, large and chunked Brotli bodies, corrupted data, and cancellation.

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Brotli decompression

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Brotli stream handling and validation `src/interceptors/fetch/utils/brotli-decompress.ts`, `src/interceptors/fetch/utils/decompression.test.ts`	The transform uses `Uint8Array` input and output, forwards decompressor chunks, reports errors, waits for write and flush completion, and destroys the decompressor on cancellation. Tests cover response detection, Brotli decompression, corrupted data, and cancellation.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 9c41a

The Brotli response path appears to deliver complete output and handle cancellation; no issue identified here needs to block merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3c0fb

The fix stays within existing response decompression and does not appear to add an externally exposed entrypoint or change permissions. Handling of interrupted and truncated streams remains uncertain.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

inferred — Attacker-controlled compressed response bytes can affect decompression work for a consumed response, but the inspected routing does not show a new package entrypoint, privilege boundary, or cross-service dependency.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Response-body and encoding checks precede the Brotli dispatch. The stream reports decompressor errors and configures destruction on readable cancellation; cleanup after an upstream pipe failure is not established by these paths.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — The response-body pipe is started without handling its returned promise, while explicit decompressor destruction appears in the readable-cancellation callback. The pipe path and non-final Brotli finish setting predate this change.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Verify the terminal error and handle-cleanup behavior for upstream aborts and normally closed truncated Brotli input before relying on those paths as security guarantees.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing Brotli-compressed responses from being truncated after the first chunk.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description references issue `#798`, which is directly related to the Brotli response truncation fix in the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [`#798`]. `BrotliDecompressionStream` keeps one decompressor for the full stream and forwards every decompressed chunk. It waits for input writes and settles …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within [`#798`]. Production changes address full Brotli streaming and cancellation settlement. The tests cover the affected Brotli response behavior and related error and cancellation p…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…

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pkg-pr-new · 2026-09-28T12:41:41Z

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Review comments at @src/interceptors/fetch/utils/brotli-decompress.ts:
- Around line 21-23: Update the Brotli decompression stream’s data handling to
propagate readable-side backpressure: pause decompressor output when the Web
stream has no capacity and resume it when the reader requests more. Locate the
`decompress.on('data', ...)` handler and its surrounding stream setup; preserve
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- Around line 21-23: Update the Brotli decompression stream so canceling its
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kettanaito · 2026-09-28T13:08:15Z

Released: v0.45.5 🎉

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fix(fetch): prevent truncating compressed responses to the first chunk

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fix: handle brotli stream cancellation

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fix: settle a cancellation that happens during flush

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