fix(net): return the size error without waiting on a wrapped curl

The curl_* profiles run curl without exec, so killing the wrapper left
curl holding stderr, and joining stderr waited up to --max-time. Close
stdout and return; curl ends on its next write (Pullfrog review on #55).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01V3syn2fN2LNo5pvTSqc6eh
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hermes 2026-10-17 12:46:01 +00:00
commit 6b0ef687d0

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@ -142,16 +142,19 @@ fn run_binary_limited(
stderr
});
let mut stdout = Vec::new();
let read = child
.stdout
.take()
.expect("stdout is piped")
let mut stdout_pipe = child.stdout.take().expect("stdout is piped");
let read = (&mut stdout_pipe)
.take(limit as u64 + 1)
.read_to_end(&mut stdout);
if read.is_err() || stdout.len() > limit {
// The curl_* profiles are scripts that run curl without exec, so the
// kill reaches only the wrapper; curl itself still holds stderr. Do
// not wait for it: closing stdout ends it on its next write (or
// --max-time ends a stalled one), and the stderr thread exits with it.
drop(stdout_pipe);
let _ = child.kill();
let _ = child.wait();
let _ = stderr_reader.join();
drop(stderr_reader);
return Err(match read {
Err(e) => IdxError::Http(format!(
"failed to read {stage} response from {binary}: {e}"
@ -191,19 +194,26 @@ mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn output_past_the_limit_is_cut_off_and_curl_is_reaped() {
// A stand-in curl that never stops writing, like a decompression bomb.
fn output_past_the_limit_fails_at_once_behind_a_profile_wrapper() {
// Like the curl_* profile scripts, the wrapper runs "curl" without
// exec; this one writes too much, then stalls holding stderr open.
let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("idx-curl-{}", fastrand::u64(..)));
std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
let fake = dir.join("curl");
std::fs::write(&fake, "#!/bin/sh\nexec yes\n").unwrap();
std::fs::write(
&fake,
"#!/bin/sh\n( head -c 8192 /dev/zero; sleep 30 )\ntrue\n",
)
.unwrap();
let mut perms = std::fs::metadata(&fake).unwrap().permissions();
std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt::set_mode(&mut perms, 0o755);
std::fs::set_permissions(&fake, perms).unwrap();
let started = std::time::Instant::now();
let err = run_binary_limited("test", fake.to_str().unwrap(), &[], 4096).unwrap_err();
assert!(err.to_string().contains("exceeds 4096 bytes"), "{err}");
assert!(started.elapsed() < std::time::Duration::from_secs(10));
std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
}
}