v4.8.18

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.18 - fix(rust-protocol)
+switch tunnel frame buffers from Vec<u8> to Bytes to reduce copying and memory overhead
+
+- Add the bytes crate to core and protocol crates
+- Update frame encoding, reader payloads, channel queues, and stream backchannels to use Bytes
+- Adjust edge and hub data/control paths to send framed payloads as Bytes
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.17 - fix(protocol)
+increase per-stream flow control windows and remove adaptive read caps
+
+- Raise the initial per-stream window from 4MB to 16MB and expand the adaptive window budget to 800MB with a 4MB floor
+- Stop limiting edge and hub reads by the adaptive per-stream target window, keeping reads capped only by the current window and 32KB chunk size
+- Update protocol tests to match the new adaptive window scaling and budget boundaries
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.16 - fix(release)
+bump package version to 4.8.15
+
+- Updates the package.json version field from 4.8.13 to 4.8.15.
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.13 - fix(remoteingress-protocol)
+require a flush after each written frame to bound TLS buffer growth
+
+- Remove the unflushed byte threshold and stop queueing additional writes while a flush is pending
+- Simplify write and flush error logging after dropping unflushed byte tracking
+- Update tunnel I/O comments to reflect the stricter flush behavior that avoids OOM and connection resets
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.12 - fix(tunnel)
+prevent tunnel backpressure buffering from exhausting memory and cancel stream handlers before TLS shutdown
+
+- stop self-waking and writing new frames while a flush is pending to avoid unbounded TLS session buffer growth under load
+- reorder edge and hub shutdown cleanup so stream cancellation happens before TLS close_notify, preventing handlers from blocking on dead channels
+- add load tests covering sustained large transfers, burst traffic, and rapid stream churn to verify tunnel stability
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.11 - fix(remoteingress-core)
+stop data frame send loops promptly when stream cancellation is triggered
+
+- Use cancellation-aware tokio::select! around data channel sends in both edge and hub stream forwarding paths
+- Prevent stalled or noisy shutdown behavior when stream or client cancellation happens while awaiting frame delivery
+
+## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.10 - fix(remoteingress-core)
+guard tunnel frame sends with cancellation to prevent async send deadlocks
+
+- Wrap OPEN, CLOSE, CLOSE_BACK, WINDOW_UPDATE, and cleanup channel sends in cancellation-aware tokio::select! blocks.
+- Avoid indefinite blocking when tunnel, stream, or writer tasks are cancelled while awaiting channel capacity.
+- Improve shutdown reliability for edge and hub stream handling under tunnel failure conditions.
+
 ## 2026-03-17 - 4.8.9 - fix(repo)
 no changes to commit
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@serve.zone/remoteingress",
-  "version": "4.8.9",
+  "version": "4.8.18",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Edge ingress tunnel for DcRouter - accepts incoming TCP connections at network edge and tunnels them to DcRouter SmartProxy preserving client IP via PROXY protocol v1.",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.js",

rust/Cargo.lock

@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "remoteingress-core"
 version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
  "log",
  "rcgen",
  "remoteingress-protocol",
@@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "remoteingress-protocol"
 version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
  "log",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",

rust/crates/remoteingress-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 remoteingress-protocol = { path = "../remoteingress-protocol" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-rustls = "0.26"
+bytes = "1"
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "logging", "std", "tls12"] }
 rcgen = "0.13"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }

rust/crates/remoteingress-core/src/edge.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use tokio_rustls::TlsConnector;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use remoteingress_protocol::*;
 
 type EdgeTlsStream = tokio_rustls::client::TlsStream<TcpStream>;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ enum EdgeFrameAction {
 struct EdgeStreamState {
     /// Unbounded channel to deliver FRAME_DATA_BACK payloads to the hub_to_client task.
     /// Unbounded because flow control (WINDOW_UPDATE) already limits bytes-in-flight.
-    back_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<u8>>,
+    back_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Bytes>,
     /// Send window for FRAME_DATA (upload direction).
     /// Decremented by the client reader, incremented by FRAME_WINDOW_UPDATE_BACK from hub.
     send_window: Arc<AtomicU32>,
@@ -290,8 +291,8 @@ async fn handle_edge_frame(
     client_writers: &Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, EdgeStreamState>>>,
     listen_ports: &Arc<RwLock<Vec<u16>>>,
     event_tx: &mpsc::Sender<EdgeEvent>,
-    tunnel_writer_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
-    tunnel_data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    tunnel_writer_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    tunnel_data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
     port_listeners: &mut HashMap<u16, JoinHandle<()>>,
     active_streams: &Arc<AtomicU32>,
     next_stream_id: &Arc<AtomicU32>,
@@ -496,8 +497,8 @@ async fn connect_to_hub_and_run(
 
     // QoS dual-channel: ctrl frames have priority over data frames.
     // Stream handlers send through these channels → TunnelIo drains them.
-    let (tunnel_ctrl_tx, mut tunnel_ctrl_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Vec<u8>>(256);
-    let (tunnel_data_tx, mut tunnel_data_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Vec<u8>>(4096);
+    let (tunnel_ctrl_tx, mut tunnel_ctrl_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Bytes>(256);
+    let (tunnel_data_tx, mut tunnel_data_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Bytes>(4096);
     let tunnel_writer_tx = tunnel_ctrl_tx.clone();
 
     // Start TCP listeners for initial ports
@@ -519,6 +520,7 @@ async fn connect_to_hub_and_run(
     // Single-owner I/O engine — no tokio::io::split, no mutex
     let mut tunnel_io = remoteingress_protocol::TunnelIo::new(tls_stream, Vec::new());
 
+
     let liveness_timeout_dur = Duration::from_secs(45);
     let mut last_activity = Instant::now();
     let mut liveness_deadline = Box::pin(sleep_until(last_activity + liveness_timeout_dur));
@@ -587,21 +589,23 @@ async fn connect_to_hub_and_run(
         }
     };
 
-    // Graceful TLS shutdown: send close_notify so the hub sees a clean disconnect
-    // instead of "peer closed connection without sending TLS close_notify".
-    let mut tls_stream = tunnel_io.into_inner();
-    let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
-        Duration::from_secs(2),
-        tls_stream.shutdown(),
-    ).await;
-
-    // Cleanup
+    // Cancel stream tokens FIRST so stream handlers exit immediately.
+    // If we TLS-shutdown first, stream handlers are stuck sending to dead channels
+    // for up to 2 seconds while the shutdown times out on a dead connection.
     connection_token.cancel();
     stun_handle.abort();
     for (_, h) in port_listeners.drain() {
         h.abort();
     }
 
+    // Graceful TLS shutdown: send close_notify so the hub sees a clean disconnect.
+    // Stream handlers are already cancelled, so no new data is being produced.
+    let mut tls_stream = tunnel_io.into_inner();
+    let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(2),
+        tls_stream.shutdown(),
+    ).await;
+
     result
 }
 
@@ -609,8 +613,8 @@ async fn connect_to_hub_and_run(
 fn apply_port_config(
     new_ports: &[u16],
     port_listeners: &mut HashMap<u16, JoinHandle<()>>,
-    tunnel_ctrl_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
-    tunnel_data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    tunnel_ctrl_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    tunnel_data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
     client_writers: &Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, EdgeStreamState>>>,
     active_streams: &Arc<AtomicU32>,
     next_stream_id: &Arc<AtomicU32>,
@@ -724,8 +728,8 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
     stream_id: u32,
     dest_port: u16,
     edge_id: &str,
-    tunnel_ctrl_tx: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
-    tunnel_data_tx: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    tunnel_ctrl_tx: mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    tunnel_data_tx: mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
     client_writers: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, EdgeStreamState>>>,
     client_token: CancellationToken,
     active_streams: Arc<AtomicU32>,
@@ -739,14 +743,18 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
     // Send OPEN frame with PROXY v1 header via control channel
     let proxy_header = build_proxy_v1_header(&client_ip, edge_ip, client_port, dest_port);
     let open_frame = encode_frame(stream_id, FRAME_OPEN, proxy_header.as_bytes());
-    if tunnel_ctrl_tx.send(open_frame).await.is_err() {
+    let send_ok = tokio::select! {
+        result = tunnel_ctrl_tx.send(open_frame) => result.is_ok(),
+        _ = client_token.cancelled() => false,
+    };
+    if !send_ok {
         return;
     }
 
     // Per-stream unbounded back-channel. Flow control (WINDOW_UPDATE) limits
     // bytes-in-flight, so this won't grow unbounded. Unbounded avoids killing
     // streams due to channel overflow — backpressure slows streams, never kills them.
-    let (back_tx, mut back_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Vec<u8>>();
+    let (back_tx, mut back_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Bytes>();
     // Adaptive initial window: scale with current stream count to keep total in-flight
     // data within the 32MB budget. Prevents burst flooding when many streams open.
     let initial_window = remoteingress_protocol::compute_window_for_stream_count(
@@ -814,7 +822,10 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
         // Send final window update for any remaining consumed bytes
         if consumed_since_update > 0 {
             let frame = encode_window_update(stream_id, FRAME_WINDOW_UPDATE, consumed_since_update);
-            let _ = wu_tx.send(frame).await;
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = wu_tx.send(frame) => {}
+                _ = hub_to_client_token.cancelled() => {}
+            }
         }
         let _ = client_write.shutdown().await;
     });
@@ -852,11 +863,7 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
             log::warn!("Stream {} upload: window still 0 after stall timeout, closing", stream_id);
             break;
         }
-        // Adaptive: cap read to current per-stream target window
-        let adaptive_cap = remoteingress_protocol::compute_window_for_stream_count(
-            active_streams.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
-        ) as usize;
-        let max_read = w.min(32768).min(adaptive_cap);
+        let max_read = w.min(32768);
 
         tokio::select! {
             read_result = client_read.read(&mut buf[FRAME_HEADER_SIZE..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + max_read]) => {
@@ -865,11 +872,12 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
                     Ok(n) => {
                         send_window.fetch_sub(n as u32, Ordering::Release);
                         encode_frame_header(&mut buf, stream_id, FRAME_DATA, n);
-                        let data_frame = buf[..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + n].to_vec();
-                        if tunnel_data_tx.send(data_frame).await.is_err() {
-                            log::warn!("Stream {} data channel closed, closing", stream_id);
-                            break;
-                        }
+                        let data_frame = Bytes::copy_from_slice(&buf[..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + n]);
+                        let sent = tokio::select! {
+                            result = tunnel_data_tx.send(data_frame) => result.is_ok(),
+                            _ = client_token.cancelled() => false,
+                        };
+                        if !sent { break; }
                     }
                     Err(_) => break,
                 }
@@ -890,9 +898,13 @@ async fn handle_client_connection(
     ).await;
 
     // NOW send CLOSE — the response has been fully delivered (or timed out).
+    // select! with cancellation guard prevents indefinite blocking if tunnel dies.
     if !client_token.is_cancelled() {
         let close_frame = encode_frame(stream_id, FRAME_CLOSE, &[]);
-        let _ = tunnel_data_tx.send(close_frame).await;
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tunnel_data_tx.send(close_frame) => {}
+            _ = client_token.cancelled() => {}
+        }
     }
 
     // Clean up

rust/crates/remoteingress-core/src/hub.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use tokio_rustls::TlsAcceptor;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use remoteingress_protocol::*;
 
 type HubTlsStream = tokio_rustls::server::TlsStream<TcpStream>;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ struct HubStreamState {
     /// Unbounded channel to deliver FRAME_DATA payloads to the upstream writer task.
     /// Unbounded because flow control (WINDOW_UPDATE) already limits bytes-in-flight.
     /// A bounded channel would kill streams instead of applying backpressure.
-    data_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Vec<u8>>,
+    data_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Bytes>,
     /// Cancellation token for this stream.
     cancel_token: CancellationToken,
     /// Send window for FRAME_DATA_BACK (download direction).
@@ -307,8 +308,8 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
     edge_stream_count: &Arc<AtomicU32>,
     edge_id: &str,
     event_tx: &mpsc::Sender<HubEvent>,
-    ctrl_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
-    data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+    ctrl_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    data_tx: &mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
     target_host: &str,
     edge_token: &CancellationToken,
     cleanup_tx: &mpsc::Sender<u32>,
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
             });
 
             // Create channel for data from edge to this stream
-            let (stream_data_tx, mut stream_data_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Vec<u8>>();
+            let (stream_data_tx, mut stream_data_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Bytes>();
             // Adaptive initial window: scale with current stream count
             // to keep total in-flight data within the 32MB budget.
             let initial_window = compute_window_for_stream_count(
@@ -445,7 +446,10 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
                         // Send final window update for remaining consumed bytes
                         if consumed_since_update > 0 {
                             let frame = encode_window_update(stream_id, FRAME_WINDOW_UPDATE_BACK, consumed_since_update);
-                            let _ = wub_tx.send(frame).await;
+                            tokio::select! {
+                                _ = wub_tx.send(frame) => {}
+                                _ = writer_token.cancelled() => {}
+                            }
                         }
                         let _ = up_write.shutdown().await;
                     });
@@ -484,11 +488,7 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
                             log::warn!("Stream {} download: window still 0 after stall timeout, closing", stream_id);
                             break;
                         }
-                        // Adaptive: cap read to current per-stream target window
-                        let adaptive_cap = remoteingress_protocol::compute_window_for_stream_count(
-                            stream_counter.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
-                        ) as usize;
-                        let max_read = w.min(32768).min(adaptive_cap);
+                        let max_read = w.min(32768);
 
                         tokio::select! {
                             read_result = up_read.read(&mut buf[FRAME_HEADER_SIZE..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + max_read]) => {
@@ -497,11 +497,12 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
                                     Ok(n) => {
                                         send_window.fetch_sub(n as u32, Ordering::Release);
                                         encode_frame_header(&mut buf, stream_id, FRAME_DATA_BACK, n);
-                                        let frame = buf[..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + n].to_vec();
-                                        if data_writer_tx.send(frame).await.is_err() {
-                                            log::warn!("Stream {} data channel closed, closing", stream_id);
-                                            break;
-                                        }
+                                        let frame = Bytes::copy_from_slice(&buf[..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + n]);
+                                        let sent = tokio::select! {
+                                            result = data_writer_tx.send(frame) => result.is_ok(),
+                                            _ = stream_token.cancelled() => false,
+                                        };
+                                        if !sent { break; }
                                     }
                                     Err(_) => break,
                                 }
@@ -511,10 +512,13 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
                     }
 
                     // Send CLOSE_BACK via DATA channel (must arrive AFTER last DATA_BACK).
-                    // Use send().await to guarantee delivery (try_send silently drops if full).
+                    // select! with cancellation guard prevents indefinite blocking if tunnel dies.
                     if !stream_token.is_cancelled() {
                         let close_frame = encode_frame(stream_id, FRAME_CLOSE_BACK, &[]);
-                        let _ = data_writer_tx.send(close_frame).await;
+                        tokio::select! {
+                            _ = data_writer_tx.send(close_frame) => {}
+                            _ = stream_token.cancelled() => {}
+                        }
                     }
 
                     writer_for_edge_data.abort();
@@ -525,15 +529,21 @@ async fn handle_hub_frame(
                 if let Err(e) = result {
                     log::error!("Stream {} error: {}", stream_id, e);
                     // Send CLOSE_BACK via DATA channel on error (must arrive after any DATA_BACK).
-                    // Use send().await to guarantee delivery.
                     if !stream_token.is_cancelled() {
                         let close_frame = encode_frame(stream_id, FRAME_CLOSE_BACK, &[]);
-                        let _ = data_writer_tx.send(close_frame).await;
+                        tokio::select! {
+                            _ = data_writer_tx.send(close_frame) => {}
+                            _ = stream_token.cancelled() => {}
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Signal main loop to remove stream from the map
-                let _ = cleanup.send(stream_id).await;
+                // Signal main loop to remove stream from the map.
+                // Cancellation guard prevents indefinite blocking if cleanup channel is full.
+                tokio::select! {
+                    _ = cleanup.send(stream_id) => {}
+                    _ = stream_token.cancelled() => {}
+                }
                 stream_counter.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
             });
         }
@@ -698,8 +708,8 @@ async fn handle_edge_connection(
 
     // QoS dual-channel: ctrl frames have priority over data frames.
     // Stream handlers send through these channels -> TunnelIo drains them.
-    let (ctrl_tx, mut ctrl_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Vec<u8>>(256);
-    let (data_tx, mut data_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Vec<u8>>(4096);
+    let (ctrl_tx, mut ctrl_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Bytes>(256);
+    let (data_tx, mut data_rx) = mpsc::channel::<Bytes>(4096);
 
     // Spawn task to forward config updates as FRAME_CONFIG frames
     let config_writer_tx = ctrl_tx.clone();
@@ -742,6 +752,7 @@ async fn handle_edge_connection(
     // Single-owner I/O engine — no tokio::io::split, no mutex
     let mut tunnel_io = remoteingress_protocol::TunnelIo::new(tls_stream, Vec::new());
 
+
     // Assigned in every break path of the hub_loop before use at the end.
     #[allow(unused_assignments)]
     let mut disconnect_reason = String::new();
@@ -831,17 +842,19 @@ async fn handle_edge_connection(
         }
     }
 
-    // Graceful TLS shutdown: send close_notify so the edge sees a clean disconnect
-    // instead of "peer closed connection without sending TLS close_notify".
+    // Cancel stream tokens FIRST so stream handlers exit immediately.
+    // If we TLS-shutdown first, stream handlers are stuck sending to dead channels
+    // for up to 2 seconds while the shutdown times out on a dead connection.
+    edge_token.cancel();
+    config_handle.abort();
+
+    // Graceful TLS shutdown: send close_notify so the edge sees a clean disconnect.
+    // Stream handlers are already cancelled, so no new data is being produced.
     let mut tls_stream = tunnel_io.into_inner();
     let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
         Duration::from_secs(2),
         tls_stream.shutdown(),
     ).await;
-
-    // Cleanup: cancel edge token to propagate to all child tasks
-    edge_token.cancel();
-    config_handle.abort();
     {
         let mut edges = connected.lock().await;
         edges.remove(&edge_id);

rust/crates/remoteingress-protocol/Cargo.toml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["io-util", "sync", "time"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7"
+bytes = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]

rust/crates/remoteingress-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, BufMut};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
 
 // Frame type constants
@@ -23,26 +24,24 @@ pub const FRAME_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 9;
 pub const MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE: u32 = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 // Per-stream flow control constants
-/// Initial per-stream window size (4 MB). Sized for full throughput at high RTT:
-/// at 100ms RTT, this sustains ~40 MB/s per stream.
-pub const INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW: u32 = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+/// Initial (and maximum) per-stream window size (16 MB).
+pub const INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW: u32 = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 /// Send WINDOW_UPDATE after consuming this many bytes (half the initial window).
 pub const WINDOW_UPDATE_THRESHOLD: u32 = INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW / 2;
 /// Maximum window size to prevent overflow.
 pub const MAX_WINDOW_SIZE: u32 = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 /// Encode a WINDOW_UPDATE frame for a specific stream.
-pub fn encode_window_update(stream_id: u32, frame_type: u8, increment: u32) -> Vec<u8> {
+pub fn encode_window_update(stream_id: u32, frame_type: u8, increment: u32) -> Bytes {
     encode_frame(stream_id, frame_type, &increment.to_be_bytes())
 }
 
 /// Compute the target per-stream window size based on the number of active streams.
-/// Total memory budget is ~32MB shared across all streams. As more streams are active,
-/// each gets a smaller window. This adapts to current demand — few streams get high
-/// throughput, many streams save memory and reduce control frame pressure.
+/// Total memory budget is ~800MB shared across all streams. Up to 50 streams get the
+/// full 16MB window; above that the window scales down to a 4MB floor at 200+ streams.
 pub fn compute_window_for_stream_count(active: u32) -> u32 {
-    let per_stream = (32 * 1024 * 1024u64) / (active.max(1) as u64);
-    per_stream.clamp(64 * 1024, INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW as u64) as u32
+    let per_stream = (800 * 1024 * 1024u64) / (active.max(1) as u64);
+    per_stream.clamp(4 * 1024 * 1024, INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW as u64) as u32
 }
 
 /// Decode a WINDOW_UPDATE payload into a byte increment. Returns None if payload is malformed.
@@ -58,18 +57,18 @@ pub fn decode_window_update(payload: &[u8]) -> Option<u32> {
 pub struct Frame {
     pub stream_id: u32,
     pub frame_type: u8,
-    pub payload: Vec<u8>,
+    pub payload: Bytes,
 }
 
 /// Encode a frame into bytes: [stream_id:4][type:1][length:4][payload]
-pub fn encode_frame(stream_id: u32, frame_type: u8, payload: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+pub fn encode_frame(stream_id: u32, frame_type: u8, payload: &[u8]) -> Bytes {
     let len = payload.len() as u32;
-    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payload.len());
-    buf.extend_from_slice(&stream_id.to_be_bytes());
-    buf.push(frame_type);
-    buf.extend_from_slice(&len.to_be_bytes());
-    buf.extend_from_slice(payload);
-    buf
+    let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payload.len());
+    buf.put_slice(&stream_id.to_be_bytes());
+    buf.put_u8(frame_type);
+    buf.put_slice(&len.to_be_bytes());
+    buf.put_slice(payload);
+    buf.freeze()
 }
 
 /// Write a frame header into `buf[0..FRAME_HEADER_SIZE]`.
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> FrameReader<R> {
             ));
         }
 
-        let mut payload = vec![0u8; length as usize];
+        let mut payload = BytesMut::zeroed(length as usize);
         if length > 0 {
             self.reader.read_exact(&mut payload).await?;
         }
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> FrameReader<R> {
         Ok(Some(Frame {
             stream_id,
             frame_type,
-            payload,
+            payload: payload.freeze(),
         }))
     }
 
@@ -186,8 +185,8 @@ pub enum TunnelEvent {
 /// Write state extracted into a sub-struct so the borrow checker can see
 /// disjoint field access between `self.write` and `self.stream`.
 struct WriteState {
-    ctrl_queue: VecDeque<Vec<u8>>,   // PONG, WINDOW_UPDATE, CLOSE, OPEN — always first
-    data_queue: VecDeque<Vec<u8>>,   // DATA, DATA_BACK — only when ctrl is empty
+    ctrl_queue: VecDeque<Bytes>,   // PONG, WINDOW_UPDATE, CLOSE, OPEN — always first
+    data_queue: VecDeque<Bytes>,   // DATA, DATA_BACK — only when ctrl is empty
     offset: usize,                   // progress within current frame being written
     flush_needed: bool,
 }
@@ -236,12 +235,12 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
     }
 
     /// Queue a high-priority control frame (PONG, WINDOW_UPDATE, CLOSE, OPEN).
-    pub fn queue_ctrl(&mut self, frame: Vec<u8>) {
+    pub fn queue_ctrl(&mut self, frame: Bytes) {
         self.write.ctrl_queue.push_back(frame);
     }
 
     /// Queue a lower-priority data frame (DATA, DATA_BACK).
-    pub fn queue_data(&mut self, frame: Vec<u8>) {
+    pub fn queue_data(&mut self, frame: Bytes) {
         self.write.data_queue.push_back(frame);
     }
 
@@ -287,7 +286,9 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let payload = self.read_buf[base + FRAME_HEADER_SIZE..base + total_frame_size].to_vec();
+        let payload = Bytes::copy_from_slice(
+            &self.read_buf[base + FRAME_HEADER_SIZE..base + total_frame_size],
+        );
         self.parse_pos += total_frame_size;
 
         // Compact when parse_pos > half the data to reclaim memory
@@ -302,21 +303,21 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
 
     /// Poll-based I/O step. Returns Ready on events, Pending when idle.
     ///
-    /// Order: write(ctrl→data) → flush → read → channels → timers
+    /// Order: write(ctrl->data) -> flush -> read -> channels -> timers
     pub fn poll_step(
         &mut self,
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        ctrl_rx: &mut tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Vec<u8>>,
-        data_rx: &mut tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Vec<u8>>,
+        ctrl_rx: &mut tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>,
+        data_rx: &mut tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>,
         liveness_deadline: &mut Pin<Box<tokio::time::Sleep>>,
         cancel_token: &tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken,
     ) -> Poll<TunnelEvent> {
         // 1. WRITE: drain ctrl queue first, then data queue.
-        //    TLS poll_write writes plaintext to session buffer (always Ready).
-        //    Batch up to 16 frames per poll cycle.
+        //    Write one frame, set flush_needed, then flush must complete before
+        //    writing more. This prevents unbounded TLS session buffer growth.
         //    Safe: `self.write` and `self.stream` are disjoint fields.
         let mut writes = 0;
-        while self.write.has_work() && writes < 16 {
+        while self.write.has_work() && writes < 16 && !self.write.flush_needed {
             let from_ctrl = !self.write.ctrl_queue.is_empty();
             let frame = if from_ctrl {
                 self.write.ctrl_queue.front().unwrap()
@@ -327,6 +328,8 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
 
             match Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_write(cx, remaining) {
                 Poll::Ready(Ok(0)) => {
+                    log::error!("TunnelIo: poll_write returned 0 (write zero), ctrl_q={} data_q={}",
+                        self.write.ctrl_queue.len(), self.write.data_queue.len());
                     return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(
                         std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::WriteZero, "write zero"),
                     ));
@@ -341,7 +344,11 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
                         writes += 1;
                     }
                 }
-                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(e)),
+                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => {
+                    log::error!("TunnelIo: poll_write error: {} (ctrl_q={} data_q={})",
+                        e, self.write.ctrl_queue.len(), self.write.data_queue.len());
+                    return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(e));
+                }
                 Poll::Pending => break,
             }
         }
@@ -349,8 +356,13 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
         // 2. FLUSH: push encrypted data from TLS session to TCP.
         if self.write.flush_needed {
             match Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_flush(cx) {
-                Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => self.write.flush_needed = false,
-                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(e)),
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
+                    self.write.flush_needed = false;
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => {
+                    log::error!("TunnelIo: poll_flush error: {}", e);
+                    return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(e));
+                }
                 Poll::Pending => {} // TCP waker will notify us
             }
         }
@@ -386,12 +398,19 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
                     // Partial data — loop to call poll_read again so the TCP
                     // waker is re-registered when it finally returns Pending.
                 }
-                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::ReadError(e)),
+                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => {
+                    log::error!("TunnelIo: poll_read error: {}", e);
+                    return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::ReadError(e));
+                }
                 Poll::Pending => break,
             }
         }
 
-        // 4. CHANNELS: drain ctrl into ctrl_queue, data into data_queue.
+        // 4. CHANNELS: drain ctrl (always — priority), data (only if queue is small).
+        //    Ctrl frames must never be delayed — always drain fully.
+        //    Data frames are gated: keep data in the bounded channel for proper
+        //    backpressure when TLS writes are slow. Without this gate, the internal
+        //    data_queue (unbounded VecDeque) grows to hundreds of MB under throttle -> OOM.
         let mut got_new = false;
         loop {
             match ctrl_rx.poll_recv(cx) {
@@ -404,15 +423,17 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
                 Poll::Pending => break,
             }
         }
-        loop {
-            match data_rx.poll_recv(cx) {
-                Poll::Ready(Some(frame)) => { self.write.data_queue.push_back(frame); got_new = true; }
-                Poll::Ready(None) => {
-                    return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(
-                        std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "data channel closed"),
-                    ));
+        if self.write.data_queue.len() < 64 {
+            loop {
+                match data_rx.poll_recv(cx) {
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(frame)) => { self.write.data_queue.push_back(frame); got_new = true; }
+                    Poll::Ready(None) => {
+                        return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::WriteError(
+                            std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "data channel closed"),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    Poll::Pending => break,
                 }
-                Poll::Pending => break,
             }
         }
 
@@ -424,10 +445,12 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin> TunnelIo<S> {
             return Poll::Ready(TunnelEvent::Cancelled);
         }
 
-        // 6. SELF-WAKE: only when we have frames AND flush is done.
-        //    If flush is pending, the TCP write-readiness waker will notify us.
-        //    If we got new channel frames, wake to write them.
-        if got_new || (!self.write.flush_needed && self.write.has_work()) {
+        // 6. SELF-WAKE: only when flush is complete AND we have work.
+        //    When flush is Pending, the TCP write-readiness waker will notify us.
+        //    CRITICAL: do NOT self-wake when flush_needed — poll_write always returns
+        //    Ready (TLS buffers in-memory), so self-waking causes a tight spin loop
+        //    that fills the TLS session buffer unboundedly -> OOM -> ECONNRESET.
+        if !self.write.flush_needed && (got_new || self.write.has_work()) {
             cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
         }
 
@@ -449,14 +472,14 @@ mod tests {
         let mut buf = vec![0u8; FRAME_HEADER_SIZE + payload.len()];
         buf[FRAME_HEADER_SIZE..].copy_from_slice(payload);
         encode_frame_header(&mut buf, 42, FRAME_DATA, payload.len());
-        assert_eq!(buf, encode_frame(42, FRAME_DATA, payload));
+        assert_eq!(buf, &encode_frame(42, FRAME_DATA, payload)[..]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_encode_frame_header_empty_payload() {
         let mut buf = vec![0u8; FRAME_HEADER_SIZE];
         encode_frame_header(&mut buf, 99, FRAME_CLOSE, 0);
-        assert_eq!(buf, encode_frame(99, FRAME_CLOSE, &[]));
+        assert_eq!(buf, &encode_frame(99, FRAME_CLOSE, &[])[..]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -624,7 +647,7 @@ mod tests {
             let frame = reader.next_frame().await.unwrap().unwrap();
             assert_eq!(frame.stream_id, i as u32);
             assert_eq!(frame.frame_type, ft);
-            assert_eq!(frame.payload, format!("payload_{}", i).as_bytes());
+            assert_eq!(&frame.payload[..], format!("payload_{}", i).as_bytes());
         }
 
         assert!(reader.next_frame().await.unwrap().is_none());
@@ -633,7 +656,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_frame_reader_zero_length_payload() {
         let data = encode_frame(42, FRAME_CLOSE, &[]);
-        let cursor = std::io::Cursor::new(data);
+        let cursor = std::io::Cursor::new(data.to_vec());
         let mut reader = FrameReader::new(cursor);
 
         let frame = reader.next_frame().await.unwrap().unwrap();
@@ -661,90 +684,57 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_zero_streams() {
-        // 0 streams treated as 1: 32MB/1 = 32MB → clamped to 4MB max
+        // 0 streams treated as 1: 800MB/1 -> clamped to 16MB max
         assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(0), INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_one_stream() {
-        // 32MB/1 = 32MB → clamped to 4MB max
         assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(1), INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_at_max_boundary() {
-        // 32MB/8 = 4MB = exactly INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(8), INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW);
+    fn test_adaptive_window_50_streams_full() {
+        // 800MB/50 = 16MB = exactly INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW
+        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(50), INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_just_below_max() {
-        // 32MB/9 = 3,728,270 — first value below INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW
-        let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(9);
+    fn test_adaptive_window_51_streams_starts_scaling() {
+        // 800MB/51 < 16MB — first value below max
+        let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(51);
         assert!(w < INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW);
-        assert_eq!(w, (32 * 1024 * 1024u64 / 9) as u32);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_16_streams() {
-        // 32MB/16 = 2MB
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(16), 2 * 1024 * 1024);
+        assert_eq!(w, (800 * 1024 * 1024u64 / 51) as u32);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_100_streams() {
-        // 32MB/100 = 335,544 bytes (~327KB)
-        let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(100);
-        assert_eq!(w, (32 * 1024 * 1024u64 / 100) as u32);
-        assert!(w > 64 * 1024); // above floor
-        assert!(w < INITIAL_STREAM_WINDOW as u32); // below ceiling
+        // 800MB/100 = 8MB
+        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(100), 8 * 1024 * 1024);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_200_streams() {
-        // 32MB/200 = 167,772 bytes (~163KB), above 64KB floor
-        let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(200);
-        assert_eq!(w, (32 * 1024 * 1024u64 / 200) as u32);
-        assert!(w > 64 * 1024);
+    fn test_adaptive_window_200_streams_at_floor() {
+        // 800MB/200 = 4MB = exactly the floor
+        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(200), 4 * 1024 * 1024);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_500_streams() {
-        // 32MB/500 = 67,108 bytes (~65.5KB), just above 64KB floor
-        let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(500);
-        assert_eq!(w, (32 * 1024 * 1024u64 / 500) as u32);
-        assert!(w > 64 * 1024);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_at_min_boundary() {
-        // 32MB/512 = 65,536 = exactly 64KB floor
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(512), 64 * 1024);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_below_min_clamped() {
-        // 32MB/513 = 65,408 → clamped up to 64KB
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(513), 64 * 1024);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_adaptive_window_1000_streams() {
-        // 32MB/1000 = 33,554 → clamped to 64KB
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(1000), 64 * 1024);
+    fn test_adaptive_window_500_streams_clamped() {
+        // 800MB/500 = 1.6MB -> clamped up to 4MB floor
+        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(500), 4 * 1024 * 1024);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_max_u32() {
-        // Extreme: u32::MAX streams → tiny value → clamped to 64KB
-        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(u32::MAX), 64 * 1024);
+        // Extreme: u32::MAX streams -> tiny value -> clamped to 4MB
+        assert_eq!(compute_window_for_stream_count(u32::MAX), 4 * 1024 * 1024);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_monotonically_decreasing() {
-        // Window should decrease (or stay same) as stream count increases
         let mut prev = compute_window_for_stream_count(1);
-        for n in [2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 512, 1000] {
+        for n in [2, 10, 50, 51, 100, 200, 500, 1000] {
             let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(n);
             assert!(w <= prev, "window increased from {} to {} at n={}", prev, w, n);
             prev = w;
@@ -753,11 +743,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_adaptive_window_total_budget_bounded() {
-        // active × per_stream_window should never exceed 32MB (+ clamp overhead for high N)
-        for n in [1, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500] {
+        // active x per_stream_window should never exceed 800MB (+ clamp overhead for high N)
+        for n in [1, 10, 50, 100, 200] {
             let w = compute_window_for_stream_count(n);
             let total = w as u64 * n as u64;
-            assert!(total <= 32 * 1024 * 1024, "total {}MB exceeds budget at n={}", total / (1024*1024), n);
+            assert!(total <= 800 * 1024 * 1024, "total {}MB exceeds budget at n={}", total / (1024*1024), n);
         }
     }
 

test/test.loadtest.node.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
+import { expect, tap } from '@push.rocks/tapbundle';
+import * as net from 'net';
+import * as stream from 'stream';
+import * as crypto from 'crypto';
+import { RemoteIngressHub, RemoteIngressEdge } from '../ts/index.js';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helpers (self-contained — same patterns as test.flowcontrol.node.ts)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function findFreePorts(count: number): Promise<number[]> {
+  const servers: net.Server[] = [];
+  const ports: number[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    const server = net.createServer();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+    ports.push((server.address() as net.AddressInfo).port);
+    servers.push(server);
+  }
+  await Promise.all(servers.map((s) => new Promise<void>((resolve) => s.close(() => resolve()))));
+  return ports;
+}
+
+type TrackingServer = net.Server & { destroyAll: () => void };
+
+function startEchoServer(port: number, host: string): Promise<TrackingServer> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const connections = new Set<net.Socket>();
+    const server = net.createServer((socket) => {
+      connections.add(socket);
+      socket.on('close', () => connections.delete(socket));
+      let proxyHeaderParsed = false;
+      let pendingBuf = Buffer.alloc(0);
+      socket.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+        if (!proxyHeaderParsed) {
+          pendingBuf = Buffer.concat([pendingBuf, data]);
+          const idx = pendingBuf.indexOf('\r\n');
+          if (idx !== -1) {
+            proxyHeaderParsed = true;
+            const remainder = pendingBuf.subarray(idx + 2);
+            if (remainder.length > 0) socket.write(remainder);
+          }
+          return;
+        }
+        socket.write(data);
+      });
+      socket.on('error', () => {});
+    }) as TrackingServer;
+    server.destroyAll = () => {
+      for (const conn of connections) conn.destroy();
+      connections.clear();
+    };
+    server.on('error', reject);
+    server.listen(port, host, () => resolve(server));
+  });
+}
+
+function sendAndReceive(port: number, data: Buffer, timeoutMs = 30000): Promise<Buffer> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    let totalReceived = 0;
+    const expectedLength = data.length;
+    let settled = false;
+
+    const client = net.createConnection({ host: '127.0.0.1', port }, () => {
+      client.write(data);
+      client.end();
+    });
+
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!settled) {
+        settled = true;
+        client.destroy();
+        reject(new Error(`Timeout after ${timeoutMs}ms — received ${totalReceived}/${expectedLength} bytes`));
+      }
+    }, timeoutMs);
+
+    client.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+      chunks.push(chunk);
+      totalReceived += chunk.length;
+      if (totalReceived >= expectedLength && !settled) {
+        settled = true;
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        client.destroy();
+        resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+      }
+    });
+
+    client.on('end', () => {
+      if (!settled) {
+        settled = true;
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+      }
+    });
+
+    client.on('error', (err) => {
+      if (!settled) {
+        settled = true;
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        reject(err);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function sha256(buf: Buffer): string {
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(buf).digest('hex');
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Throttle Proxy: rate-limits TCP traffic between edge and hub
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class ThrottleTransform extends stream.Transform {
+  private bytesPerSec: number;
+  private bucket: number;
+  private lastRefill: number;
+  private destroyed_: boolean = false;
+
+  constructor(bytesPerSecond: number) {
+    super();
+    this.bytesPerSec = bytesPerSecond;
+    this.bucket = bytesPerSecond;
+    this.lastRefill = Date.now();
+  }
+
+  _transform(chunk: Buffer, _encoding: BufferEncoding, callback: stream.TransformCallback) {
+    if (this.destroyed_) return;
+
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const elapsed = (now - this.lastRefill) / 1000;
+    this.bucket = Math.min(this.bytesPerSec, this.bucket + elapsed * this.bytesPerSec);
+    this.lastRefill = now;
+
+    if (chunk.length <= this.bucket) {
+      this.bucket -= chunk.length;
+      callback(null, chunk);
+    } else {
+      // Not enough budget — delay the entire chunk (don't split)
+      const deficit = chunk.length - this.bucket;
+      this.bucket = 0;
+      const delayMs = Math.min((deficit / this.bytesPerSec) * 1000, 1000);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (this.destroyed_) { callback(); return; }
+        this.lastRefill = Date.now();
+        this.bucket = 0;
+        callback(null, chunk);
+      }, delayMs);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _destroy(err: Error | null, callback: (error: Error | null) => void) {
+    this.destroyed_ = true;
+    callback(err);
+  }
+}
+
+interface ThrottleProxy {
+  server: net.Server;
+  close: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+async function startThrottleProxy(
+  listenPort: number,
+  targetHost: string,
+  targetPort: number,
+  bytesPerSecond: number,
+): Promise<ThrottleProxy> {
+  const connections = new Set<net.Socket>();
+  const server = net.createServer((clientSock) => {
+    connections.add(clientSock);
+    const upstream = net.createConnection({ host: targetHost, port: targetPort });
+    connections.add(upstream);
+
+    const throttleUp = new ThrottleTransform(bytesPerSecond);
+    const throttleDown = new ThrottleTransform(bytesPerSecond);
+
+    clientSock.pipe(throttleUp).pipe(upstream);
+    upstream.pipe(throttleDown).pipe(clientSock);
+
+    let cleaned = false;
+    const cleanup = (source: string, err?: Error) => {
+      if (cleaned) return;
+      cleaned = true;
+      if (err) {
+        console.error(`[ThrottleProxy] cleanup triggered by ${source}: ${err.message}`);
+      } else {
+        console.error(`[ThrottleProxy] cleanup triggered by ${source} (no error)`);
+      }
+      console.error(`[ThrottleProxy] stack:`, new Error().stack);
+      throttleUp.destroy();
+      throttleDown.destroy();
+      clientSock.destroy();
+      upstream.destroy();
+      connections.delete(clientSock);
+      connections.delete(upstream);
+    };
+    clientSock.on('error', (e) => cleanup('clientSock.error', e));
+    upstream.on('error', (e) => cleanup('upstream.error', e));
+    throttleUp.on('error', (e) => cleanup('throttleUp.error', e));
+    throttleDown.on('error', (e) => cleanup('throttleDown.error', e));
+    clientSock.on('close', () => cleanup('clientSock.close'));
+    upstream.on('close', () => cleanup('upstream.close'));
+  });
+
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.listen(listenPort, '127.0.0.1', resolve));
+  return {
+    server,
+    close: async () => {
+      for (const c of connections) c.destroy();
+      connections.clear();
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.close(() => resolve()));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Test state
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+let hub: RemoteIngressHub;
+let edge: RemoteIngressEdge;
+let echoServer: TrackingServer;
+let throttle: ThrottleProxy;
+let hubPort: number;
+let proxyPort: number;
+let edgePort: number;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+tap.test('setup: start throttled tunnel (100 Mbit/s)', async () => {
+  [hubPort, proxyPort, edgePort] = await findFreePorts(3);
+
+  echoServer = await startEchoServer(edgePort, '127.0.0.2');
+
+  // Throttle proxy: edge → proxy → hub at 100 Mbit/s (12.5 MB/s)
+  throttle = await startThrottleProxy(proxyPort, '127.0.0.1', hubPort, 12.5 * 1024 * 1024);
+
+  hub = new RemoteIngressHub();
+  edge = new RemoteIngressEdge();
+
+  await hub.start({ tunnelPort: hubPort, targetHost: '127.0.0.2' });
+  await hub.updateAllowedEdges([
+    { id: 'test-edge', secret: 'test-secret', listenPorts: [edgePort] },
+  ]);
+
+  const connectedPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Edge did not connect within 10s')), 10000);
+    edge.once('tunnelConnected', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Edge connects through throttle proxy
+  await edge.start({
+    hubHost: '127.0.0.1',
+    hubPort: proxyPort,
+    edgeId: 'test-edge',
+    secret: 'test-secret',
+    bindAddress: '127.0.0.1',
+  });
+
+  await connectedPromise;
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+
+  const status = await edge.getStatus();
+  expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+});
+
+tap.test('throttled: 5 streams x 20MB each through 100Mbit tunnel', async () => {
+  const streamCount = 5;
+  const payloadSize = 20 * 1024 * 1024; // 20MB per stream = 100MB total round-trip
+
+  const payloads = Array.from({ length: streamCount }, () => crypto.randomBytes(payloadSize));
+  const promises = payloads.map((data) => {
+    const hash = sha256(data);
+    return sendAndReceive(edgePort, data, 300000).then((received) => ({
+      sent: hash,
+      received: sha256(received),
+      sizeOk: received.length === payloadSize,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+  const failures = results.filter((r) => !r.sizeOk || r.sent !== r.received);
+  expect(failures.length).toEqual(0);
+
+  const status = await edge.getStatus();
+  expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+});
+
+tap.test('throttled: slow consumer with 20MB does not kill other streams', async () => {
+  // Open a connection that creates download-direction backpressure:
+  // send 20MB but DON'T read the response — client TCP receive buffer fills
+  const slowSock = net.createConnection({ host: '127.0.0.1', port: edgePort });
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => slowSock.on('connect', resolve));
+  const slowData = crypto.randomBytes(20 * 1024 * 1024);
+  slowSock.write(slowData);
+  slowSock.end();
+  // Don't read — backpressure builds on the download path
+
+  // Wait for backpressure to develop
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+
+  // Meanwhile, 5 normal echo streams with 20MB each must complete
+  const payload = crypto.randomBytes(20 * 1024 * 1024);
+  const hash = sha256(payload);
+  const promises = Array.from({ length: 5 }, () =>
+    sendAndReceive(edgePort, payload, 300000).then((r) => ({
+      hash: sha256(r),
+      sizeOk: r.length === payload.length,
+    }))
+  );
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+  const failures = results.filter((r) => !r.sizeOk || r.hash !== hash);
+  expect(failures.length).toEqual(0);
+
+  // Tunnel still alive
+  const status = await edge.getStatus();
+  expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+
+  slowSock.destroy();
+});
+
+tap.test('throttled: rapid churn — 3 x 20MB long + 50 x 1MB short streams', async () => {
+  // 3 long streams (20MB each) running alongside 50 short streams (1MB each)
+  const longPayload = crypto.randomBytes(20 * 1024 * 1024);
+  const longHash = sha256(longPayload);
+  const longPromises = Array.from({ length: 3 }, () =>
+    sendAndReceive(edgePort, longPayload, 300000).then((r) => ({
+      hash: sha256(r),
+      sizeOk: r.length === longPayload.length,
+    }))
+  );
+
+  const shortPayload = crypto.randomBytes(1024 * 1024);
+  const shortHash = sha256(shortPayload);
+  const shortPromises = Array.from({ length: 50 }, () =>
+    sendAndReceive(edgePort, shortPayload, 300000).then((r) => ({
+      hash: sha256(r),
+      sizeOk: r.length === shortPayload.length,
+    }))
+  );
+
+  const [longResults, shortResults] = await Promise.all([
+    Promise.all(longPromises),
+    Promise.all(shortPromises),
+  ]);
+
+  const longFails = longResults.filter((r) => !r.sizeOk || r.hash !== longHash);
+  const shortFails = shortResults.filter((r) => !r.sizeOk || r.hash !== shortHash);
+  expect(longFails.length).toEqual(0);
+  expect(shortFails.length).toEqual(0);
+
+  const status = await edge.getStatus();
+  expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+});
+
+tap.test('throttled: 3 burst waves of 5 streams x 20MB each', async () => {
+  for (let wave = 0; wave < 3; wave++) {
+    const streamCount = 5;
+    const payloadSize = 20 * 1024 * 1024; // 20MB per stream = 100MB per wave
+
+    const promises = Array.from({ length: streamCount }, () => {
+      const data = crypto.randomBytes(payloadSize);
+      return sendAndReceive(edgePort, data, 300000).then((r) => r.length === payloadSize);
+    });
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    const ok = results.filter(Boolean).length;
+    expect(ok).toEqual(streamCount);
+
+    // Brief pause between waves
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 500));
+
+    const status = await edge.getStatus();
+    expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+  }
+});
+
+tap.test('throttled: tunnel still works after all load tests', async () => {
+  const data = crypto.randomBytes(1024);
+  const hash = sha256(data);
+  const received = await sendAndReceive(edgePort, data, 30000);
+  expect(sha256(received)).toEqual(hash);
+
+  const status = await edge.getStatus();
+  expect(status.connected).toBeTrue();
+});
+
+tap.test('teardown: stop tunnel', async () => {
+  await edge.stop();
+  await hub.stop();
+  if (throttle) await throttle.close();
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => echoServer.close(() => resolve()));
+});
+
+export default tap.start();

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@serve.zone/remoteingress',
-  version: '4.8.9',
+  version: '4.8.18',
   description: 'Edge ingress tunnel for DcRouter - accepts incoming TCP connections at network edge and tunnels them to DcRouter SmartProxy preserving client IP via PROXY protocol v1.'
 }