trivikr · May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ function OutgoingMessage(options) {
   this[kNeedDrain] = false;
 
   this.finished = false;
+  this._finishEmitted = false;
   this._headerSent = false;
   this[kCorked] = 0;
   this[kChunkedBuffer] = [];
@@ -1032,6 +1033,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.addTrailers = function addTrailers(headers) {
 
 function onFinish(outmsg) {
   if (outmsg?.socket?._hadError) return;
+  outmsg._finishEmitted = true;
   outmsg.emit('finish');
 }
 
@@ -1207,6 +1209,7 @@ function(err, event) {
 
 module.exports = {
   kHighWaterMark,
+  kErrored,
   kUniqueHeaders,
   parseUniqueHeadersOption,
   validateHeaderName,

diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const {
 } = require('_http_common');
 const { ConnectionsList } = internalBinding('http_parser');
 const {
+  kErrored,
   kUniqueHeaders,
   parseUniqueHeadersOption,
   OutgoingMessage,
@@ -288,8 +289,16 @@ function onServerResponseClose() {
   // Ergo, we need to deal with stale 'close' events and handle the case
   // where the ServerResponse object has already been deconstructed.
   // Fortunately, that requires only a single if check. :-)
-  if (this._httpMessage) {
-    emitCloseNT(this._httpMessage);
+  const res = this._httpMessage;
+  if (res) {
+    if (res.finished && !res._finishEmitted && !res.destroyed) {
+      const err = new ConnResetException('aborted');
+      res[kErrored] = err;
+      if (res.listenerCount('error') > 0) {
+        res.emit('error', err);
+      }
+    }
+    emitCloseNT(res);
   }
 }
 

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-response-close-error.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-response-close-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { once } = require('events');
+const http = require('http');
+
+async function main() {
+  const seen = [];
+  let responseClose;
+
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    responseClose = new Promise((resolve) => res.once('close', resolve));
+
+    res.on('finish', common.mustNotCall());
+    res.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
+      assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'aborted');
+      seen.push('error');
+    }));
+    res.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+      seen.push('close');
+    }));
+
+    req.socket.destroy();
+    setImmediate(() => res.end('unreachable'));
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1');
+  await once(server, 'listening');
+
+  const req = http.get(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}/`);
+  await once(req, 'error');
+  await responseClose;
+
+  server.close();
+  await once(server, 'close');
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(seen, ['error', 'close']);
+}
+
+main().then(common.mustCall());
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-writable-true-after-close.js b/test/parallel/test-http-writable-true-after-close.js
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
   res.on('finish', listener);
   // Everywhere else, 'close' is emitted
   res.on('close', listener);
+  res.on('error', common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
+    assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'aborted');
+  }));
 
   get(`http://127.0.0.1:${internal.address().port}`, common.mustCall((inner) => {
     inner.pipe(res);

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ tmpdir.refresh();
 
 {
   const server = http.createServer(common.mustCallAtLeast((req, res) => {
-    pipeline(req, res, common.mustSucceed());
+    pipeline(req, res, common.mustCall((err) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ECONNRESET');
+      assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'aborted');
+    }));
   }));
 
   server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {