put http and https modules behind compat flag

Author: anonrig

src/workerd/api/node/node.h

@@ -67,7 +67,15 @@ bool isNodeJsCompatEnabled(auto featureFlags) {
   return featureFlags.getNodeJsCompat() || featureFlags.getNodeJsCompatV2();
 }
 
-bool isExperimentalNodeJsCompatModule(kj::StringPtr name);
+constexpr bool isExperimentalNodeJsCompatModule(kj::StringPtr name) {
+  return name == "node:fs"_kj;
+}
+
+constexpr bool isNodeHttpModule(kj::StringPtr name) {
+  return name == "node:http"_kj || name == "node:_http_common"_kj ||
+      name == "node:_http_outgoing"_kj || name == "node:_http_client"_kj ||
+      name == "node:_http_incoming"_kj || name == "node:_http_agent"_kj || name == "node:https"_kj;
+}
 
 template <class Registry>
 void registerNodeJsCompatModules(Registry& registry, auto featureFlags) {
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ void registerNodeJsCompatModules(Registry& registry, auto featureFlags) {
   bool nodeJsCompatEnabled = isNodeJsCompatEnabled(featureFlags);
 
   registry.addBuiltinBundleFiltered(NODE_BUNDLE, [&](jsg::Module::Reader module) {
-    // node:fs and node:http will be considered experimental until they are completed,
+    // node:fs will be considered experimental until it's completed,
     // so unless the experimental flag is enabled, don't register them.
     if (isExperimentalNodeJsCompatModule(module.getName())) {
       return featureFlags.getWorkerdExperimental();
@@ -97,6 +105,12 @@ void registerNodeJsCompatModules(Registry& registry, auto featureFlags) {
       return module.getType() == jsg::ModuleType::INTERNAL;
     }
 
+    // We put node:http and node:https modules behind a compat flag
+    // for securing backward compatibility.
+    if (isNodeHttpModule(module.getName())) {
+      return featureFlags.getEnableNodejsHttpModules();
+    }
+
     return true;
   });
 

src/workerd/api/node/tests/http-agent-nodejs-test.wd-test

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
           (name = "worker", esModule = embed "http-agent-nodejs-test.js")
         ],
         compatibilityDate = "2025-01-15",
-        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental"],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental", "enable_nodejs_http_modules"],
         bindings = [
           (name = "PONG_SERVER_PORT", fromEnvironment = "PONG_SERVER_PORT"),
         ],

src/workerd/api/node/tests/http-client-nodejs-test.wd-test

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
           (name = "worker", esModule = embed "http-client-nodejs-test.js")
         ],
         compatibilityDate = "2025-01-15",
-        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental"],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental", "enable_nodejs_http_modules"],
         bindings = [
           (name = "PONG_SERVER_PORT", fromEnvironment = "PONG_SERVER_PORT"),
           (name = "ASD_SERVER_PORT", fromEnvironment = "ASD_SERVER_PORT"),

src/workerd/api/node/tests/http-nodejs-test.wd-test

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
           (name = "worker", esModule = embed "http-nodejs-test.js")
         ],
         compatibilityDate = "2025-01-15",
-        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental"],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental", "enable_nodejs_http_modules"],
         bindings = [
           (name = "PONG_SERVER_PORT", fromEnvironment = "PONG_SERVER_PORT"),
           (name = "ASD_SERVER_PORT", fromEnvironment = "ASD_SERVER_PORT"),

src/workerd/api/node/tests/http-outgoing-nodejs-test.wd-test

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
           (name = "worker", esModule = embed "http-outgoing-nodejs-test.js")
         ],
         compatibilityDate = "2025-01-15",
-        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental"],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["nodejs_compat", "experimental", "enable_nodejs_http_modules"],
         bindings = [
           (name = "FINISH_WRITABLE_PORT", fromEnvironment = "FINISH_WRITABLE_PORT"),
           (name = "WRITABLE_FINISHED_PORT", fromEnvironment = "WRITABLE_FINISHED_PORT"),

src/workerd/api/node/util.c++

@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 
 namespace workerd::api::node {
 
-bool isExperimentalNodeJsCompatModule(kj::StringPtr name) {
-  return name == "node:fs"_kj || name == "node:http"_kj || name == "node:_http_common"_kj ||
-      name == "node:_http_outgoing"_kj || name == "node:_http_client"_kj ||
-      name == "node:_http_incoming"_kj || name == "node:_http_agent"_kj;
-}
-
 MIMEParams::MIMEParams(kj::Maybe<MimeType&> mimeType): mimeType(mimeType) {}
 
 // Oddly, Node.js allows creating MIMEParams directly but it's not actually

src/workerd/io/compatibility-date.capnp

@@ -870,4 +870,10 @@ struct CompatibilityFlags @0x8f8c1b68151b6cef {
   # The original version of the headers sent to edgeworker were truncated to a single
   # value for specific header names, such as To and Cc. With this compat flag we will send
   # the full header values to the worker script.
+
+  enableNodejsHttpModules @100 :Bool
+      $compatEnableFlag("enable_nodejs_http_modules")
+      $compatDisableFlag("disable_nodejs_http_modules")
+      $impliedByAfterDate(names = ["nodeJsCompat", "nodeJsCompatV2"], date = "2025-08-01");
+  # Enables Node.js http related modules such as node:http and node:https
 }