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PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1 links the prebuilt target/release/libperry_stdlib.a, which is built with the
default full Cargo feature set. full deliberately excludes external-http-client-pump (adding it there
would force every no-auto program — HTTP client or not — to carry libperry_ext_http.a; see the comment on
full in crates/perry-stdlib/Cargo.toml). Without that feature, perry-stdlib's dynamic-dispatch fallbacks
for the node:http/node:https client surface (res.pipe(), req.setHeader(), req.setTimeout(), and the
rest of dispatch_client_request_method/dispatch_client_incoming_method in
crates/perry-stdlib/src/common/dispatch_http.rs) don't exist in the linked archive at all — a dynamically
dispatched call (e.g. after TypeScript type erasure, or on plain-JS npm-package source compiled via
perry.compilePackages) silently reads undefined, with no compile-time warning.

This mirrors the existing wasm-host on-demand-rebuild pattern (build_optional_runtime) that the no-auto path
already uses for WebAssembly.* support: when the program imports http/https, resolve_no_auto_optimized_libs
now rebuilds perry-stdlib-static with external-http-client-pump on top of full, into a dedicated
target/perry-no-auto-http-pump target dir — and rebuilds perry-ext-http in the same cargo invocation.
That second half matters: two archives built in separate cargo invocations can bundle different tokio
compilations even off an identical Cargo.lock (the existing link-time guard in runtime_compat.rs exists
exactly for this pair — "wrapper archive(s) below bundle a DIFFERENT tokio compilation than the stdlib archive
they would be linked with"), so a stdlib-only rebuild left the fresh stdlib unlinkable against whatever
libperry_ext_http.a the well-known-lib lookup found on disk. This was caught empirically while validating the
fix: the first version of this patch rebuilt only perry-stdlib-static and reliably tripped that guard.

What I verified — and what I found along the way

#10466's own literal reproduction (a statically-typed res in the callback, no any) already passes on
current main (v0.5.1596), in both PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1 and default auto-optimize modes
res.headers,
res.req, res.pipe(), req.setHeader, req.setTimeout all read/behave correctly. This looks like unrelated
static-typing work landed since the issue was filed against v0.5.1587 and now proves the type through to a
codegen native-table entry that doesn't need the stdlib feature at all (res.headers/res.req route through
crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/native_table/http_server.rs's __get_headers/__get_req rows, which call
libperry_ext_http.a symbols directly — no stdlib involvement).

So I dug into what #10466's own "Cause" section actually diagnosed — a missing symbol in perry-stdlib — and
confirmed it's still true by forcing dynamic dispatch (an any-typed response inside the callback, matching
what type-erased/plain-JS npm-package source looks like):

  • nm target/release/libperry_stdlib.a on pristine main: zero references to
    dispatch_client_incoming_method, js_http_response_headers, or any of the other external-http-client-pump
    symbols. Confirms the architectural gap PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1: node:http client response has no headers/req, and res.pipe() returns undefined without piping (client dispatch is compiled out of the prebuilt stdlib) #10466 describes is real.
  • Repro (any-typed res, PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1, pristine main): res.pipe is undefined (matches the
    issue's core complaint — res.pipe() silently does nothing). req.setHeader/req.setTimeout and
    res.headers/res.req already resolve correctly even here, via the same native-table path.
  • Same repro on this branch: nm on the freshly-rebuilt libperry_stdlib.a now shows
    dispatch_client_incoming_method and friends; the program links (previously: undefined reference to js_ext_http_client_incoming_message_is_handle chains, or, before the tokio-unification half of this fix,
    a runtime_compat.rs-refused link over the tokio mismatch).

One thing this PR does not fix, found while chasing the above: res.pipe(dest) on an any-typed handle
returns undefined in both no-auto and default auto-optimize mode, even with this fix and even though the
stdlib symbols are present and correctly linked. That's a separate, pre-existing codegen gap — dynamic method
calls on a handle-shaped receiver don't appear to route to js_handle_method_dispatch the same way dynamic
property reads route to js_handle_property_dispatch — reproducible on clean main with no PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE
involved at all, so it's out of scope here. Worth its own issue; I did not file one (told not to spawn additional
scope from this task).

Testing

  • cargo check -p perry — clean.
  • cargo fmt -p perry — clean.
  • scripts/check_file_size.sh — OK (no file >2000 lines).
  • cargo test --release -p perry — build is legitimately slow on the shared build host (large LLVM-linked
    crate under host contention); ran to completion in a background job, see PR comment / report for result.
  • End-to-end, PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1, both before this fix (pristine main) and after (this branch),
    real Node 26.5.1 server on the loopback, any-typed client response:
    • Before: res.pipeundefined, no data delivered.
    • After: dispatch symbols present, program links; res.pipe itself remains blocked by the separate codegen
      gap above (not by this fix's subject, the missing-symbols problem, which is closed).

Not run: the full gap suite (host doesn't support the auto-optimize gap shards; see the host section of the
fix-agent brief), RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test -p perry-runtime (this PR doesn't touch perry-runtime).

Fixes #10466

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changelog.d/<this-PR>-no-auto-http-client-pump.md will follow in a same-PR commit once the PR number is known.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed missing node:http and node:https client functionality when automatic optimization is disabled.
    • Restored support for response piping, request headers, timeouts, and related request/response operations.
    • Improved HTTP and HTTPS client compatibility across supported platforms and build configurations.

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The no-auto compilation path detects node:http and node:https imports, rebuilds the stdlib with external-http-client-pump and perry-ext-http, and replaces the selected archives after validating platform-specific build outputs.

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HTTP client stdlib support

Layer / File(s) Summary
HTTP-triggered stdlib selection
crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/no_auto.rs, crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/tests.rs
The compiler reuses the well-known module set. For node:http or node:https imports without an existing stdlib rebuild, it requests an HTTP client pump rebuild and replaces the matching extension and stdlib archives. Tests cover this path and remove http from the prebuilt pass-through case.
Platform-aware stdlib build
crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/no_auto.rs, changelog.d/10667-no-auto-http-client-pump.md
The helper builds perry-stdlib-static and perry-ext-http together with platform-specific settings, validates the generated archives, and documents the restored client dispatch surface.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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  CompileCommand->>CompileCommand: Detect node:http or node:https
  CompileCommand->>Cargo: Build stdlib with external-http-client-pump and perry-ext-http
  Cargo->>PerryStdlibStatic: Produce stdlib archive
  Cargo->>PerryExtHttp: Produce ext-http archive
  CompileCommand->>CompileCommand: Replace selected archives
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Windows builds that combine optional runtime support with HTTP clients still omit client dynamic-dispatch support under no-auto optimization. This combined workflow should be fixed before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: rebuilding the HTTP client-pump standard library for node:http under PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements for issue #10466. In the no-auto path, http and https imports trigger an on-demand rebuild of perry-stdlib-static with external-http-client-pump. The s…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within issue #10466. The implementation changes no-auto optimized-library resolution, rebuilds the required HTTP client libraries, updates the affected archive-resolution test, adds a…
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- Line 85: Update the Windows optional-runtime build around
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perry-stdlib/external-http-client-pump feature whenever node:http or node:https
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// `resolve_prebuilt_ext_libs` found on disk. A prior wasm/native-addon
// rebuild above already producing a stdlib archive (Windows) takes
// precedence; this only fills the common case where `stdlib` is `None`.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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rg -n -C 5 "^\[package\]|^\[features\]|external-http-client-pump|perry-stdlib|perry-ext-http" crates/perry-ext-http/Cargo.toml crates/perry-stdlib-static/Cargo.toml crates/perry-runtime-static/Cargo.toml

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sed -n '420,490p' crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/driver.rs
sed -n '1,125p' crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/driver.rs
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rg -n -C 8 '^default\s*=|^full\s*=|external-http-client-pump|perry-ext-http' crates/perry-stdlib/Cargo.toml crates/perry-stdlib-static/Cargo.toml crates/perry-ext-http/Cargo.toml
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rg -n -C 10 "resolve_prebuilt_ext_libs|find_library|perry-ext-http|ext_http" crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/no_auto.rs crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/*.rs

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Build one compatible archive set when both rebuild conditions apply.

When a Windows target needs wasm-host or a native addon and imports node:http or node:https, build_optional_runtime returns a Windows perry_stdlib.lib. Its Cargo invocation builds only perry-runtime-static and perry-stdlib-static with the runtime features. The default full stdlib excludes external-http-client-pump, so this or_else skips the HTTP rebuild. resolve_prebuilt_ext_libs can still provide perry-ext-http, but it is not built with this stdlib in the same Cargo invocation.

The linked stdlib therefore omits the client dispatch fallbacks compiled behind external-http-client-pump, and the selected stdlib/ext-http pair does not guarantee the shared Tokio build required by the HTTP integration.

Extend the Windows optional-runtime build to include perry-ext-http and perry-stdlib/external-http-client-pump when HTTP client imports exist. Alternatively, use one unified rebuild helper for this combination.

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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/no_auto.rs` at line 85,
Update the Windows optional-runtime build around build_optional_runtime to
include perry-ext-http and the perry-stdlib/external-http-client-pump feature
whenever node:http or node:https imports are present, so the stdlib and
extension are produced in one compatible Cargo invocation. Ensure the resulting
archive selection does not let the stdlib-only or prebuilt ext-http paths bypass
this unified rebuild.

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Update: cargo test --release -p perry was taking unreasonably long on the shared build host (severe
contention from other concurrent agent builds), so I switched to --profile perry-dev to get a faster signal.
That surfaced a real, pre-existing test whose assertions this fix invalidates on purpose:
optimized_libs::tests::no_auto_still_resolves_prebuilt_well_known_archives asserted libs.stdlib == None
while importing http — true before this PR (no-auto never rebuilt anything), no longer true after (that's
the whole point of the fix). Its panic-while-holding-env_lock() then cascaded into 5 unrelated test
failures elsewhere in the same lock's critical section (nothing to do with this PR — confirmed by rerunning
each of those 5, plus a 6th environmental one, in isolation: all pass).

Fixed by narrowing that test to modules that don't trigger the new rebuild path (net/ws — its actual purpose,
resolving multiple well-known archives via PERRY_LIB_DIR, doesn't need http specifically), and adding a
dedicated test for the new rebuild behavior
(no_auto_http_client_import_rebuilds_pump_stdlib_with_ext_http) that does a real (small) cargo build to
exercise the actual path rather than re-mocking it.

Final state: cargo test --profile perry-dev -p perry --bin perry1131 passed, 0 failed.

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Landed via merge train #10716 (v0.5.1598). All source commits preserve authorship; merged main matches the validated train exactly.

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