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fix(install): ship headers order data instead of fetching it on install - #28
Installing https-tls ran scripts/postinstall.js, which downloaded headers-order.json from an unpinned raw.githack.com URL tracking upstream master and wrote it over src/headers-order.json.
Offline, or with githack down, the script calls process.exit(1) and the consumer's whole npm install fails.
Whoever controls that URL changes the behavior of every fresh install with no release, no tag and no review.
It rewrites a file inside the installed package, which under pnpm is a hardlink into the shared content-addressable store.
Repro on master (c5fc26b): pack, then install the tarball with the network denied.
The data was already committed and already in the tarball (src/headers-order.json, byte-identical to upstream today). The postinstall only re-fetched it, so the download added the failure mode and the supply-chain hole without adding anything a release could not.
Fix
Remove the postinstall script and stop publishing scripts/.
Add scripts/update-headers-order.js (npm run update:headers-order). It fetches from raw.githubusercontent.com (first party, drops the githack proxy), checks that chrome, firefox and safari are non-empty string lists, writes the file and stages it.
Wire it into the existing release flow: prerelease is now npm run contributors && npm run update:headers-order && npm test. standard-version -a commits all staged files, so the refreshed data lands in the chore(release) commit and its tag. The tests run again after the refresh because CI runs npm test before the Release step and would otherwise publish data no test saw.
A network error, non-2xx, malformed JSON or unexpected shape exits 1 and leaves the shipped file untouched, so a bad upstream fails the release instead of reaching users.
Behavior changes
Installing runs no scripts and needs no network.
The published tarball no longer contains scripts/postinstall.js.
Header order data changes only with a release, instead of whenever upstream master changes.
A release now fails if the upstream file is unreachable or malformed, or if the refreshed data breaks the tests. Rerun the release once upstream is back.
No runtime code changed. No snapshots changed.
How it was tested
New test/package.js asserts the package has no preinstall/install/postinstall script and that npm pack ships src/headers-order.json and no scripts/. On master both fail:
Difference (- actual, + expected):
[
- 'postinstall',
]
› test/package.js:14:5
...
Value is not `false`:
true
2 tests failed
On this branch npm test (lint + 22 tests) passes. Offline install of the packed tarball:
package/hook.js
package/LICENSE.md
package/package.json
package/README.md
package/src/browser.js
package/src/headers-order.json
package/src/headers.js
package/src/index.js
added 1 package in 117ms
npm install exit: 0
[ 'user-agent', 'accept', 'host' ] TLSv1.2 # sortHeaders + tls() under the same network sandbox
npm run update:headers-order against live upstream rewrites the file byte for byte (empty diff). With fetch stubbed: network failure, HTTP 404, a payload missing browsers and a payload with empty lists all exit 1 with the file unchanged.
Critic
A cold critic (no access to my reasoning) confirmed the test fails with the fix reverted, installed the tarball offline with both npm and pnpm, and ran npm run release in a throwaway clone with stale data: the refresh landed in chore(release): 1.0.31 and its tag, and the contributors commit cannot pick it up. It raised two findings, both applied: the refreshed data shipped without a test run (now npm test runs in prerelease), and empty lists passed validation (now rejected). A non-atomic write was left as is: a killed release leaves a modified tracked file that git checkout restores.
Medium Risk
Changes install-time network behavior and how upstream header-order data enters releases, though runtime header sorting still reads the bundled JSON only.
Overview Postinstall no longer inlines a fetch from raw.githack.com; it delegates to a shared scripts/update-headers-order.js that pulls from raw.githubusercontent.com, validates browser header lists (required chrome, firefox, safari, non-empty string arrays for every browser key), and writes src/headers-order.json atomically. On failure, postinstall still exits 0 and warns while keeping the bundled file; --strict still fails the install.
Release maintenance adds npm run update:headers-order (run updater + git add). prerelease is now contributors, then that update, then npm test, so refreshed data is tested before standard-version commits it.
Tests lock in package scripts, tarball contents, postinstall fallback/strict CLI behavior, validation edge cases, atomic write failure modes, and updater HTTP/JSON handling.
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Package Behavior
Package installations no longer run a postinstall task or fetch header-order data.
Published packages no longer include maintenance scripts.
Maintenance
Header-order data is refreshed and validated through a development command.
Prerelease checks now update contributor information and header-order data before running tests.
Tests
Added checks for package contents, lifecycle scripts, and header-order updates.
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Walkthrough
The package no longer fetches header-order data during installation. A new updater validates and writes the data, and prerelease and cron workflows run it. Tests cover updater behavior and published package contents.
The updater validates browser header-order data and writes valid responses atomically. Tests cover validation, fetching, write failures, and command-line behavior.
Prerelease and cron run the updater. The postinstall command and script are removed.
Published package contents package.json, test/package.js
The published files list excludes scripts. Tests check that install lifecycle scripts are absent and that the packed package includes src/headers-order.json without files under scripts/.
sequenceDiagram
participant PackageScripts
participant UpdateHeadersOrder
participant HeaderOrderSource
participant HeadersOrderFile
PackageScripts->>UpdateHeadersOrder: Run update command
UpdateHeadersOrder->>HeaderOrderSource: Fetch header-order data
HeaderOrderSource-->>UpdateHeadersOrder: Return response
UpdateHeadersOrder->>UpdateHeadersOrder: Validate and serialize data
UpdateHeadersOrder->>HeadersOrderFile: Write validated JSON atomically
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Possibly related PRs
Kikobeats/https-tls#24: PR #24 avoids dependency installation because the postinstall script downloads src/headers-order.json; this PR removes that install-time download.
Kikobeats/https-tls#25: PR #25 uses src/headers-order.json to build runtime header-order sets; this PR updates and ships that data.
Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review d342d
The updater rejects malformed browser data without changing the shipped file and avoids incomplete direct writes. No issue identified here needs to block merging after normal checks.
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Review comments at @scripts/update-headers-order.js:
- Line 32: Update the write flow in the updater around writeFile so it writes
the serialized headersOrder to a temporary file in DESTINATION’s directory,
renames that file to DESTINATION only after the write succeeds, and removes the
temporary file if the write or rename fails.
- Around line 19-20: Update the validation in the REQUIRED_BROWSERS filter so
every top-level entry in headersOrder is checked with isHeaderList, while still
requiring the three named browsers. Reject invalid entries such as edge before
the updater writes or stages the file.
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The postinstall script downloaded headers-order.json from an unpinned
raw.githack.com URL on every install. Offline, or when the host was down,
it exited 1 and broke the consumer's install. Whoever controlled that URL
could change the behavior of every new install without a release. It also
rewrote src/headers-order.json in place, which under pnpm is a hardlink
into the shared content-addressable store.
The data file was already committed and published, so the download only
added risk. The postinstall is gone and scripts/ is no longer published.
scripts/update-headers-order.js refreshes the file at release time: it runs
from prerelease, validates the payload has a non-empty header list for
chrome, firefox and safari, writes it and stages it so standard-version -a
includes it in the release commit. The test suite runs again after the
refresh, because CI runs npm test before the release step and would
otherwise publish data no test saw. A failed or malformed fetch exits 1 and
leaves the shipped file untouched, so a bad upstream fails the release
instead of reaching users. The source moves from raw.githack.com to
raw.githubusercontent.com, dropping a third-party proxy from the chain.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The updater's checks never ran in the suite, so inverting them stayed
green. Importing the script no longer fetches, a failed cleanup keeps
the original write error, and each new check now has a test that fails
when it is inverted.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
A failed download warns and leaves the shipped data in place. The weekly cron still fails closed with --strict.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Bug
Installing
https-tlsranscripts/postinstall.js, which downloadedheaders-order.jsonfrom an unpinnedraw.githack.comURL tracking upstreammasterand wrote it oversrc/headers-order.json.process.exit(1)and the consumer's wholenpm installfails.Repro on
master(c5fc26b): pack, then install the tarball with the network denied.Root cause
The data was already committed and already in the tarball (
src/headers-order.json, byte-identical to upstream today). The postinstall only re-fetched it, so the download added the failure mode and the supply-chain hole without adding anything a release could not.Fix
postinstallscript and stop publishingscripts/.scripts/update-headers-order.js(npm run update:headers-order). It fetches fromraw.githubusercontent.com(first party, drops the githack proxy), checks thatchrome,firefoxandsafariare non-empty string lists, writes the file and stages it.prereleaseis nownpm run contributors && npm run update:headers-order && npm test.standard-version -acommits all staged files, so the refreshed data lands in thechore(release)commit and its tag. The tests run again after the refresh because CI runsnpm testbefore theReleasestep and would otherwise publish data no test saw.Behavior changes
scripts/postinstall.js.masterchanges.How it was tested
New
test/package.jsasserts the package has nopreinstall/install/postinstallscript and thatnpm packshipssrc/headers-order.jsonand noscripts/. Onmasterboth fail:On this branch
npm test(lint + 22 tests) passes. Offline install of the packed tarball:npm run update:headers-orderagainst live upstream rewrites the file byte for byte (empty diff). Withfetchstubbed: network failure, HTTP 404, a payload missing browsers and a payload with empty lists all exit 1 with the file unchanged.Critic
A cold critic (no access to my reasoning) confirmed the test fails with the fix reverted, installed the tarball offline with both npm and pnpm, and ran
npm run releasein a throwaway clone with stale data: the refresh landed inchore(release): 1.0.31and its tag, and thecontributorscommit cannot pick it up. It raised two findings, both applied: the refreshed data shipped without a test run (nownpm testruns inprerelease), and empty lists passed validation (now rejected). A non-atomic write was left as is: a killed release leaves a modified tracked file thatgit checkoutrestores.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
Note
Medium Risk
Changes install-time network behavior and how upstream header-order data enters releases, though runtime header sorting still reads the bundled JSON only.
Overview
Postinstall no longer inlines a fetch from
raw.githack.com; it delegates to a sharedscripts/update-headers-order.jsthat pulls fromraw.githubusercontent.com, validates browser header lists (requiredchrome,firefox,safari, non-empty string arrays for every browser key), and writessrc/headers-order.jsonatomically. On failure, postinstall still exits 0 and warns while keeping the bundled file;--strictstill fails the install.Release maintenance adds
npm run update:headers-order(run updater +git add).prereleaseis now contributors, then that update, thennpm test, so refreshed data is tested beforestandard-versioncommits it.Tests lock in package scripts, tarball contents, postinstall fallback/strict CLI behavior, validation edge cases, atomic write failure modes, and updater HTTP/JSON handling.
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Summary by CodeRabbit
Package Behavior
Maintenance
Tests