nodejs · mcollina · Sep 14, 2017
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     this.connection.uncork();
 
   this.finished = true;
-  this.writable = false;
 
   // There is the first message on the outgoing queue, and we've sent
   // everything to the socket.

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-finish-writable.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-finish-writable.js
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 
 // Verify that after calling end() on an `OutgoingMessage` (or a type that
-// inherits from `OutgoingMessage`), its `writable` property is set to false.
+// inherits from `OutgoingMessage`), its `writable` property is not set to false
 
 const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall(function(req, res) {
   assert.strictEqual(res.writable, true);
   assert.strictEqual(res.finished, false);
   res.end();
-  assert.strictEqual(res.writable, false);
+
+  // res.writable is set to false after it has finished sending
+  // Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/15029
+  assert.strictEqual(res.writable, true);
   assert.strictEqual(res.finished, true);
 
   server.close();
@@ -27,5 +30,9 @@ server.on('listening', common.mustCall(function() {
 
   assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.writable, true);
   clientRequest.end();
-  assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.writable, false);
+
+  // writable is still true when close
+  // THIS IS LEGACY, we cannot change it
+  // unless we break error detection
+  assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.writable, true);
 }));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-writable-true-after-close.js b/test/parallel/test-http-writable-true-after-close.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { get, createServer } = require('http');
+
+// res.writable should not be set to false after it has finished sending
+// Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/15029
+
+let external;
+
+// Http server
+const internal = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.writeHead(200);
+  setImmediate(common.mustCall(() => {
+    external.abort();
+    res.end('Hello World\n');
+  }));
+}).listen(0);
+
+// Proxy server
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  get(`http://127.0.0.1:${internal.address().port}`, common.mustCall((inner) => {
+    res.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert.strictEqual(res.writable, true);
+    }));
+    inner.pipe(res);
+  }));
+})).listen(0, () => {
+  external = get(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}`);
+  external.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    server.close();
+    internal.close();
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-pipe-outgoing-message-data-emitted-after-ended.js b/test/parallel/test-pipe-outgoing-message-data-emitted-after-ended.js
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const http = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const util = require('util');
 const stream = require('stream');
 
 // Verify that when piping a stream to an `OutgoingMessage` (or a type that
 // inherits from `OutgoingMessage`), if data is emitted after the
-// `OutgoingMessage` was closed - no `write after end` error is raised (this
-// should be the case when piping - when writing data directly to the
-// `OutgoingMessage` this error should be raised).
+// `OutgoingMessage` was closed - a `write after end` error is raised
 
 function MyStream() {
   stream.call(this);
@@ -22,8 +21,10 @@ const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall(function(req, res) {
   process.nextTick(common.mustCall(() => {
     res.end();
     myStream.emit('data', 'some data');
+    res.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'write after end');
+    }));
 
-    // If we got here - 'write after end' wasn't raised and the test passed.
     process.nextTick(common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
   }));
 }));