http2-client doesn't work in Node 12

[pimterry]

As far as I can tell, this project doesn't work at all in node 12.

I'm testing with Node 12.18.3 (the current node LTS release), and all HTTP/2 requests are never successfully sent to the server.

Easy to reproduce: npm test for this project fails, with every http2 test timing out.

Any ideas why? Happy to help get this fixed, but pointers in the right direction would be very useful!

[MikeRalphson]

Could be related to Mermade/oas-kit#244 - if so, the regression was introduced in Node 12.17.0, and though a similar regression was fixed in the Node 14.x line, it hasn't yet been backported to 12.x

[pimterry]

@MikeRalphson spot on, thanks! I can confirm the tests pass fine in Node 12.16, but just not 12.17+. Eugh.

Is there a Node bug somewhere documenting the underlying issue?

[MikeRalphson]

I don't think anyone's tracked down the 'bad' commit or its revert yet. It would probably take some bisecting.

[MikeRalphson]

Related: nodejs/node#34859