From f1a205ddfc3e13ae07b7d8f7a47bb55cc5b320c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Guilherme=20Ara=C3=BAjo?= <arauujogui@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 22:46:32 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] http: create header field names as internalized strings
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Signed-off-by: Guilherme Araújo <arauujogui@gmail.com>
---
 src/node_http_parser.cc | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/node_http_parser.cc b/src/node_http_parser.cc
index d99b61780fad6c..358f6cbe85bd9e 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser.cc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ using v8::Isolate;
 using v8::Local;
 using v8::LocalVector;
 using v8::MaybeLocal;
+using v8::NewStringType;
 using v8::Number;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::ObjectTemplate;
@@ -233,6 +234,17 @@ struct StringPtr {
       return String::Empty(env->isolate());
   }
 
+  Local<String> ToInternalizedString(Environment* env) const {
+    if (size_ != 0) {
+      return String::NewFromOneByte(env->isolate(),
+                                    reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str_),
+                                    NewStringType::kInternalized,
+                                    size_)
+          .ToLocalChecked();
+    }
+    return String::Empty(env->isolate());
+  }
+
   // Strip trailing OWS (SPC or HTAB) from string.
   Local<String> ToTrimmedString(Environment* env) {
     while (size_ > 0 && IsOWS(str_[size_ - 1])) {
@@ -940,7 +952,8 @@ class Parser : public AsyncWrap, public StreamListener {
     Local<Value> headers_v[kMaxHeaderFieldsCount * 2];
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_values_; ++i) {
-      headers_v[i * 2] = fields_[i].ToString(env());
+      // Field names repeat across requests, so internalize them.
+      headers_v[i * 2] = fields_[i].ToInternalizedString(env());
       headers_v[i * 2 + 1] = values_[i].ToTrimmedString(env());
     }