stream/web: TransformStream race can throw internal "transformAlgorithm is not a function" #62036

Version

• v22.9.0
• v24.10.0

Platform

Darwin MacBook-Air.local 25.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0: Wed Jan 28 20:49:24 PST 2026; root:xnu-12377.81.4~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8132 arm64

Subsystem

stream/web (TransformStream)

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Run:

import { TransformStream } from 'node:stream/web';
import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';

const stream = new TransformStream({
  transform(chunk, controller) {
    controller.enqueue(chunk);
  },
});

// Important for reproducing this race consistently in my environment.
await setTimeout(500);

const reader = stream.readable.getReader();
const writer = stream.writable.getWriter();

// Release backpressure.
const pendingRead = reader.read();

// Simulate client disconnect / shutdown.
const pendingCancel = reader.cancel(new Error('client disconnected'));

// Late write racing with cancel.
const pendingLateWrite = writer.write('late-write');

const results = await Promise.allSettled([
  pendingRead,
  pendingCancel,
  pendingLateWrite,
]);

console.log(results);

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Intermittent race. In my environment, adding await setTimeout(...) before acquiring reader/writer is required for reliable reproduction.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

No internal implementation TypeError should leak.

My understanding is that, when shutdown starts concurrently (cancel/abort/close paths), pending or in-flight write() operations are expected to settle coherently with stream shutdown semantics (resolve/reject according to stream state), rather than failing because an internal algorithm slot became non-callable.

What do you see instead?

pendingLateWrite can reject with an internal error:

TypeError: controller[kState].transformAlgorithm is not a function
    at transformStreamDefaultControllerPerformTransform (node:internal/webstreams/transformstream:527:37)
    at transformStreamDefaultSinkWriteAlgorithm (node:internal/webstreams/transformstream:573:10)
    ...

Additional information

This looks like a race where:

1. transformStreamDefaultSinkWriteAlgorithm has accepted/scheduled a write,
2. shutdown starts (readable.cancel() / writable.abort() / close path),
3. transformStreamDefaultControllerClearAlgorithms clears transformAlgorithm,
4. pending write continues and reaches transformStreamDefaultControllerPerformTransform.

Related discussions:

• Test or specification problem with TransformStream readable.cancel and calling controller.error whatwg/streams#1296
• controller[kState].transformAlgorithm is not a function vercel/next.js#75995
• transformAlgorithm is not a function sourcebot-dev/sourcebot#170