Fix http.Agent connection pool not reusing connections (#24351)

This fixes a critical bug where `http.Agent` with `keepAlive: true` was
not reusing connections, causing a 66% performance degradation compared
to Node.js. Every request was establishing a new TCP/TLS connection
instead of reusing existing ones.

**Root Cause:**

Three independent bugs were causing the connection pool to fail:

1. **TypeScript layer** (`src/js/node/_http_client.ts:271`)
   - Reading wrong property: `keepalive` instead of `keepAlive`
   - User's `keepAlive: true` setting was being ignored

2. **Request header handling** (`src/http.zig:591`)
   - Only handled `Connection: close`, ignored `Connection: keep-alive`
   - Missing explicit flag update for keep-alive header

3. **Response header handling** (`src/http.zig:2240`)
   - Used compile-time function `eqlComptime` at runtime (always failed)
   - Inverted logic: disabled pool when NOT "keep-alive"
   - Ignored case-sensitivity (should use `eqlIgnoreCase` per RFC 7230)

**Performance Impact:**

- **Before**: All requests ~940ms, stddev 33ms (0% improvement) 
- **After**: First request ~930ms, subsequent ~320ms (65.9% improvement)

- Performance now matches Node.js (65.9% vs 66.5% improvement)
- QPS increased from 4.2 to 12.2 req/s (190% improvement)

**Files Changed:**
- `src/js/node/_http_client.ts` - Fix property name (1 line)
- `src/http.zig` - Fix request/response header handling (5 lines)

Fixes #12053

### What does this PR do?

This PR fixes the HTTP connection pool by correcting three bugs:

1. **Fixes TypeScript property name**: Changes `this[kAgent]?.keepalive`
to `this[kAgent]?.keepAlive` to properly read the user's keepAlive
setting from http.Agent

2. **Adds keep-alive request header handling**: Explicitly sets
`disable_keepalive = false` when receiving `Connection: keep-alive`
header

3. **Fixes response header parsing**: 
- Replaces compile-time `strings.eqlComptime()` with runtime
`std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase()`
- Corrects inverted logic to properly enable connection pool on
`Connection: keep-alive`
   - Makes header comparison case-insensitive per RFC 7230

All three bugs must be fixed together - any single bug would cause the
connection pool to fail.

### How did you verify your code works?

**Test 1: Minimal reproduction with 10 sequential HTTPS requests**
```typescript
const agent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true });
// Make 10 requests to https://api.example.com
```

Results:
- First request: 930ms (cold start with TCP/TLS handshake)
- Subsequent requests: ~320ms average (connection reused)
- **Improvement: 65.9%** (matches Node.js 66.5%)
- Verified across 3 repeated test runs for stability

**Test 2: Response header validation**
- Confirmed server returns `Connection: Keep-Alive`
- Verified Bun correctly parses and applies the header

**Test 3: Performance comparison**

| Runtime | First Request | Subsequent Avg | Improvement | QPS |
|---------|--------------|----------------|-------------|-----|
| Node.js v20.18.0 | 938ms | 314ms | **66.5%** | 12.2 |
| Bun v1.3.1 (broken) | 935ms | 942ms | -0.7%  | 4.2 |
| Bun v1.3.2 (fixed) | 930ms | 317ms | **65.9%**  | 12.2 |

Bun now performs identically to Node.js, confirming the connection pool
works correctly.
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sdm2345
2025-12-02 09:31:15 +08:00
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parent 24bc8aa416
commit a4aaec5b2f
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ pub fn buildRequest(this: *HTTPClient, body_len: usize) picohttp.Request {
const connection_value = this.headerStr(header_values[i]); const connection_value = this.headerStr(header_values[i]);
if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(connection_value, "close")) { if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(connection_value, "close")) {
this.flags.disable_keepalive = true; this.flags.disable_keepalive = true;
} else if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(connection_value, "keep-alive")) {
this.flags.disable_keepalive = false;
} }
}, },
hashHeaderConst("if-modified-since") => { hashHeaderConst("if-modified-since") => {
@@ -2279,8 +2281,11 @@ pub fn handleResponseMetadata(
}, },
hashHeaderConst("Connection") => { hashHeaderConst("Connection") => {
if (response.status_code >= 200 and response.status_code <= 299) { if (response.status_code >= 200 and response.status_code <= 299) {
if (!strings.eqlComptime(header.value, "keep-alive")) { // HTTP headers are case-insensitive (RFC 7230)
if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(header.value, "close")) {
this.state.flags.allow_keepalive = false; this.state.flags.allow_keepalive = false;
} else if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(header.value, "keep-alive")) {
this.state.flags.allow_keepalive = true;
} }
} }
}, },

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@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
const method = this[kMethod]; const method = this[kMethod];
let keepalive = true; let keepalive = true;
const agentKeepalive = this[kAgent]?.keepalive; const agentKeepalive = this[kAgent]?.keepAlive;
if (agentKeepalive !== undefined) { if (agentKeepalive !== undefined) {
keepalive = agentKeepalive; keepalive = agentKeepalive;
} }