@scriptc/runtime 0.0.0 → 0.0.1

package/src/scr_net.c

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+/* node:net — the inbound-networking slice: TCP servers and sockets over
+ * the event loop's readiness poller, the first LISTENING capability of
+ * the runtime. The poller is the scr_platform.h contract — kqueue on
+ * macOS/BSD (scr_loop_kqueue.c, a stateless spelling of the syscall
+ * sequences this file inlined historically), epoll+timerfd on Linux
+ * (scr_loop_epoll.c). Two Linux-only obligations shape this file's use
+ * of the seam: a watched fd is scrp_forget-ed BEFORE close(2) (epoll
+ * registrations can outlive a close; the kqueue backend's forget is a
+ * no-op so macOS behavior is untouched), and socket sends go through
+ * scr_net_send (MSG_NOSIGNAL where it exists) because Linux has no
+ * SO_NOSIGPIPE — a write to a closed peer must surface as an 'error'
+ * event, never a process-killing SIGPIPE.
+ *
+ * ── Design note (the server core) ────────────────────────────────────
+ *
+ * Object model. Two refcounted handle kinds, both LEAN allocations (no
+ * cycle header — the child precedent): ScrNetServer (a listener: fd,
+ * bound port, connection/error/close listener lists) and ScrNetSocket (a
+ * connection: fd, a state machine over the read/write halves, a growable
+ * write buffer, data/end/close/error/connect listener lists, an optional
+ * pipe destination, and — for accepted sockets — a +1 backref to the
+ * owning server so its connection count can gate the server's 'close').
+ * Listeners MOVE in (+1) and are released when the handle settles (a
+ * socket's 'close' fired, a server's 'close' fired, or the listen/connect
+ * failure delivered) — so a listener capturing its own handle cannot
+ * cycle past settlement, exactly the ScrChild ownership story. Handles a
+ * program abandons at exit are released by the unit's atexit cleanup, so
+ * the RC audit never mistakes a process-lifetime server for a leak.
+ *
+ * Event dispatch. One poller owned by this unit (lazily created), fds all
+ * non-blocking. The loop (scr_async.c) calls scr_net_dispatch() at every
+ * turn top — the scr_events.c hook shape — which alternates two phases
+ * until neither has work: (1) a SWEEP delivering deferred emits
+ * ('listening' callbacks, listen/connect failures, socket 'close', then
+ * server 'close' — socket-before-server order is what lets a drained
+ * server observe its last connection die in the same pass), and (2) a
+ * zero-timeout poller drain (accepts, reads, connect completions, write
+ * flushes) whose callbacks fire directly, macrotask-style on the main
+ * stack. The alternation stops early when a callback enqueued microtasks
+ * (scr_loop_has_ready) so promise jobs interleave between event batches,
+ * or when a callback threw (the loop surfaces the uncaught exception).
+ * Between turns the loop's idle poll(2) watches this unit's poller FD —
+ * kqueue and epoll fds both poll readable while events are pending — so socket
+ * readiness ends the sleep immediately; while curl's io poll owns the
+ * sleep instead (a --dynamic fetch in flight), net latency is capped at
+ * the signal-poll granularity, like signals.
+ *
+ * Read model. Sockets are CONSUMER-DRIVEN like the stdin slice: the read
+ * filter is armed only while a consumer exists (a 'data' listener or a
+ * pipe destination), one read(2) per arrived chunk, delivered borrowed to
+ * the listener snapshot (Node's emit-over-a-copy semantics; `once`
+ * entries leave the live list before running) and appended to the pipe
+ * destination. EOF fires 'end', then — allowHalfOpen is always false, the
+ * Node default — ends the write half; when both halves are done the fd
+ * closes and 'close' fires on the next sweep.
+ *
+ * Write model. write() attempts the syscall immediately when nothing is
+ * buffered (the common case: small responses go out in one call) and
+ * buffers the remainder with the write filter armed; end() marks the
+ * write half ENDING so the FIN (shutdown) goes out when the buffer
+ * drains. Backpressure is not modeled — Node's write() returns false and
+ * keeps buffering; this write() is void and buffers without bound.
+ *
+ * Loop liveness. A handle keeps the process alive from listen()/connect()
+ * until its 'close' delivers (scr_net_pending — the loop's exhaustion
+ * test): a listening server is a live interval, server.close() releases
+ * once every accepted connection drains, and an open socket holds the
+ * loop like Node's active TCP handle. A server that never listened and a
+ * socket already closed hold nothing.
+ *
+ * Close semantics, Node-matched: server.close() stops accepting NOW
+ * (the listening fd closes) and fires close callbacks + 'close' when the
+ * connection count reaches zero; socket 'end' precedes 'close';
+ * connect/listen failures fire 'error' then 'close' ('error' with no
+ * listener prints the error and exits 1 — the unhandled-'error'
+ * EventEmitter behavior, the child precedent); listeners registered
+ * after settlement release immediately and never fire; 'listening' (the
+ * listen callback) is deferred to the next dispatch pass, Node's
+ * next-tick emit.
+ *
+ * The differential harness pattern (tests/harness/server.test.ts): a
+ * LISTENING program cannot be compared by stdout alone — something must
+ * talk to it. Each fixture binds port 0, reports the real port over
+ * stderr (`PORT <n>\n` — stderr is never compared), and a per-case Node
+ * driver script issues the same requests against both lanes; the SERVER
+ * program's stdout/exit code and the DRIVER's stdout must each match
+ * byte-for-byte between the Node lane and the compiled lane. Ephemeral
+ * ports never appear in compared output. This is the template TLS/http2
+ * lanes inherit.
+ */
+#include "scr_platform.h"
+#include "scr_runtime.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netdb.h> /* getaddrinfo — the client bridges' blocking lookup */
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
+
+static void scr_net_oom(void) {
+  fputs("scriptc: out of memory\n", stderr);
+  abort();
+}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+/* ── the winsock arm ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ * The BSD socket calls this file speaks, respelled once so every call
+ * site below stays byte-identical: SOCKETs narrow through the int fd
+ * contract (kernel handles fit — scr_child.c's stdio plumbing relies on
+ * the same), failures land their WSA code in errno TRANSLATED to the
+ * POSIX constant the call sites and the error-name table test (libuv
+ * performs the same translation for Node, so the spellings agree with
+ * the Windows oracle), socket reads are recv (ReadFile/_read do not
+ * apply to winsock handles), and close is closesocket. WSAStartup lives
+ * in scrp_poller_new (scr_loop_wsapoll.c) — every socket() site in this
+ * file is preceded by scr_net_poller_init(). Two call-shape notes: a
+ * pending nonblocking connect answers WSAEWOULDBLOCK where the sites
+ * test EINPROGRESS (the connect wrapper translates), and SO_ERROR
+ * answers a WSA code the getsockopt wrapper maps before the table sees
+ * it. No SIGPIPE exists on Windows — a closed-peer send just fails. */
+static int scr_w32_map_err(int e) {
+  switch (e) {
+  case WSAEWOULDBLOCK: return EAGAIN;
+  case WSAEINTR: return EINTR;
+  case WSAECONNREFUSED: return ECONNREFUSED;
+  case WSAECONNRESET: return ECONNRESET;
+  case WSAECONNABORTED: return ECONNABORTED;
+  case WSAESHUTDOWN: return EPIPE; /* libuv's map: send-after-shutdown is EPIPE */
+  case WSAEADDRINUSE: return EADDRINUSE;
+  case WSAEACCES: return EACCES;
+  case WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL: return EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+  case WSAETIMEDOUT: return ETIMEDOUT;
+  case WSAEHOSTUNREACH: return EHOSTUNREACH;
+  case WSAENETUNREACH: return ENETUNREACH;
+  case WSAEINVAL: return EINVAL;
+  default: return e;
+  }
+}
+
+static void scr_w32_seterr(void) { errno = scr_w32_map_err((int)WSAGetLastError()); }
+
+static int scr_w32_socket(int af, int type, int proto) {
+  SOCKET s = socket(af, type, proto);
+  if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return (int)s;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_bind(int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t len) {
+  if (bind((SOCKET)fd, sa, (int)len) != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_connect(int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t len) {
+  if (connect((SOCKET)fd, sa, (int)len) != 0) {
+    int e = (int)WSAGetLastError();
+    /* pending nonblocking connect: WSAEWOULDBLOCK here is the callers'
+     * EINPROGRESS, not recv's EAGAIN */
+    errno = e == WSAEWOULDBLOCK ? EINPROGRESS : scr_w32_map_err(e);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_listen(int fd, int backlog) {
+  if (listen((SOCKET)fd, backlog) != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *len) {
+  int ilen = len != NULL ? (int)*len : 0;
+  SOCKET s = accept((SOCKET)fd, sa, len != NULL ? &ilen : NULL);
+  if (len != NULL) *len = (socklen_t)ilen;
+  if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return (int)s;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_getsockname(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *len) {
+  int ilen = (int)*len;
+  int rc = getsockname((SOCKET)fd, sa, &ilen);
+  *len = (socklen_t)ilen;
+  if (rc != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_setsockopt(int fd, int level, int name, const void *val, socklen_t len) {
+  if (setsockopt((SOCKET)fd, level, name, (const char *)val, (int)len) != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_getsockopt(int fd, int level, int name, void *val, socklen_t *len) {
+  int ilen = (int)*len;
+  int rc = getsockopt((SOCKET)fd, level, name, (char *)val, &ilen);
+  *len = (socklen_t)ilen;
+  if (rc != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (level == SOL_SOCKET && name == SO_ERROR && ilen == (int)sizeof(int)) {
+    *(int *)val = scr_w32_map_err(*(int *)val); /* the table speaks POSIX */
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t scr_w32_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t len) {
+  int n = recv((SOCKET)fd, (char *)buf, len > 0x40000000 ? 0x40000000 : (int)len, 0);
+  if (n < 0) scr_w32_seterr();
+  return n;
+}
+
+static int scr_w32_close(int fd) {
+  if (closesocket((SOCKET)fd) != 0) {
+    scr_w32_seterr();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define socket(af, type, proto) scr_w32_socket((af), (type), (proto))
+#define bind(fd, sa, len) scr_w32_bind((fd), (sa), (len))
+#define connect(fd, sa, len) scr_w32_connect((fd), (sa), (len))
+#define listen(fd, backlog) scr_w32_listen((fd), (backlog))
+#define accept(fd, sa, len) scr_w32_accept((fd), (sa), (len))
+#define getsockname(fd, sa, len) scr_w32_getsockname((fd), (sa), (len))
+#define setsockopt(fd, l, n, v, len) scr_w32_setsockopt((fd), (l), (n), (v), (len))
+#define getsockopt(fd, l, n, v, len) scr_w32_getsockopt((fd), (l), (n), (v), (len))
+#define read(fd, buf, len) scr_w32_read((fd), (buf), (len))
+#define close(fd) scr_w32_close(fd)
+#define SHUT_WR SD_SEND
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
+
+/* Node's error-code names for the socket errors this slice can meet. */
+static const char *scr_net_errname(int err) {
+  switch (err) {
+  case ECONNREFUSED: return "ECONNREFUSED";
+  case ECONNRESET: return "ECONNRESET";
+  case ECONNABORTED: return "ECONNABORTED";
+  case EPIPE: return "EPIPE";
+  case EADDRINUSE: return "EADDRINUSE";
+  case EACCES: return "EACCES";
+  case EADDRNOTAVAIL: return "EADDRNOTAVAIL";
+  case ETIMEDOUT: return "ETIMEDOUT";
+  case EHOSTUNREACH: return "EHOSTUNREACH";
+  case ENETUNREACH: return "ENETUNREACH";
+#ifdef EHOSTDOWN
+  case EHOSTDOWN: return "EHOSTDOWN"; /* absent from the win32 CRT */
+#endif
+  case EINVAL: return "EINVAL";
+  default: return "EUNKNOWN";
+  }
+}
+
+/* ── listener lists (the events/child snapshot discipline) ─────────────
+ * The types live in scr_runtime.h: scr_http.c reuses the whole family
+ * for its request-body listener lists. */
+
+void scr_net_ls_add(ScrNetLs *l, ScrClosure *cb, void *fn, bool once) {
+  if (l->n == l->cap) {
+    l->cap = l->cap ? l->cap * 2 : 2;
+    l->ls = realloc(l->ls, l->cap * sizeof *l->ls);
+    if (!l->ls) scr_net_oom();
+  }
+  l->ls[l->n].cb = cb;
+  l->ls[l->n].fn = fn;
+  l->ls[l->n].once = once;
+  l->n++;
+}
+
+void scr_net_ls_drop(ScrNetLs *l) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < l->n; i++) scr_closure_release(l->ls[i].cb);
+  free(l->ls);
+  l->ls = NULL;
+  l->n = l->cap = 0;
+}
+
+/* Snapshot for a firing pass: entries retained; `once` entries leave the
+ * LIVE list before their callback runs (Node's once semantics — a
+ * re-delivery during the callback re-registers cleanly). Caller invokes
+ * each snapshot entry, releases it, and frees the vector. */
+size_t scr_net_ls_snapshot(ScrNetLs *l, ScrNetL **out) {
+  size_t n = l->n;
+  if (n == 0) {
+    *out = NULL;
+    return 0;
+  }
+  ScrNetL *snap = malloc(n * sizeof *snap);
+  if (!snap) scr_net_oom();
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    snap[i] = l->ls[i];
+    scr_closure_retain(snap[i].cb);
+  }
+  /* remove the once entries from the live list */
+  size_t w = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < l->n; i++) {
+    if (l->ls[i].once) {
+      scr_closure_release(l->ls[i].cb);
+    } else {
+      l->ls[w++] = l->ls[i];
+    }
+  }
+  l->n = w;
+  *out = snap;
+  return n;
+}
+
+/* Fire a zero-payload event list (end/close/connect/listening) with the
+ * emitting handle bound as the ambient receiver for each callback (Node
+ * calls listeners with `this` === the emitter — scr_runtime.h's design
+ * note). `self` is BORROWED (the caller keeps the handle alive across
+ * the pass); NULL binds the undefined receiver. */
+void scr_net_fire0_this(ScrNetLs *l, void *self, ScrDynHandleTag tag) {
+  ScrNetL *snap;
+  size_t n = scr_net_ls_snapshot(l, &snap);
+  scr_dyn_this_push(self, tag);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((void (*)(ScrClosure *))snap[i].cb->fn)(snap[i].cb);
+    scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+  }
+  scr_dyn_this_pop();
+  free(snap);
+}
+
+void scr_net_fire0(ScrNetLs *l) { scr_net_fire0_this(l, NULL, 0); }
+
+/* Fire an error list through the ScrChildErrFn adapters (msg borrowed),
+ * the emitting handle bound as the ambient receiver. An 'error' with NO
+ * listener is fatal, like Node's unhandled 'error' EventEmitter throw:
+ * print and die 1 (_Exit skips atexit on purpose — the loop dies
+ * mid-turn with registries live, like process.exit). Exported:
+ * scr_http.c's req/res/client fire their 'error' the same way. */
+void scr_net_fire_err_this(ScrNetLs *l, ScrStr *msg, void *self, ScrDynHandleTag tag) {
+  if (l->n == 0) {
+    fflush(stdout);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled 'error' event: Error: %s\n", msg->data);
+    _Exit(1);
+  }
+  ScrNetL *snap;
+  size_t n = scr_net_ls_snapshot(l, &snap);
+  scr_dyn_this_push(self, tag);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((ScrChildErrFn)snap[i].fn)(snap[i].cb, msg);
+    scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+  }
+  scr_dyn_this_pop();
+  free(snap);
+}
+
+void scr_net_fire_err(ScrNetLs *l, ScrStr *msg) { scr_net_fire_err_this(l, msg, NULL, 0); }
+
+/* ── the handles ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+enum { SCR_NET_K_SERVER = 1, SCR_NET_K_SOCKET = 2 };
+
+struct ScrNetServer {
+  int kind; /* FIRST: poller udata routes on it */
+  size_t rc;
+  int fd; /* -1 while not listening */
+  int port;
+  bool listening;
+  bool closing;       /* close() called; 'close' fires when conns drain */
+  bool close_emitted; /* settled: off the registry, listeners dropped */
+  bool emit_listening;
+  bool defer_conn; /* TLS: 'connection' fires post-handshake, not at accept */
+  bool bound_v6;       /* the bound family (address()'s 'IPv6'/'IPv4' split) */
+  ScrStr *bound_host;  /* the explicit bind host (NULL = the host-less any:
+                        * '::' when bound_v6, else '0.0.0.0' — Node's own
+                        * address().address answers) */
+  ScrStr *pending_err; /* deferred listen failure */
+  size_t nconns;
+  ScrNetLs conn_ls, err_ls, close_ls, listening_cbs;
+  /* protocol layer (scr_http.c): a C-level connection consumer + its
+   * context, freed with the handle */
+  ScrNetNativeConnFn native_conn;
+  void *native_ctx;
+  void (*native_ctx_free)(void *);
+  /* the HTTP-parser ctx ALIAS (borrowed — owned through the native-conn
+   * chain): late 'request' installs reach it even after a TLS wrap
+   * replaced native_ctx (the https/http2 servers). NULL = no parser. */
+  void *http_ctx;
+  /* The protocol layer's settle hook (scr_http.c): drops the ctx's OWN
+   * listener lists when the server settles — the settle-releases-
+   * listeners story extended across the layer seam. A request handler
+   * capturing its own server through a dyn binding box would otherwise
+   * cycle through edges the collector cannot trace (box → dyn → handle →
+   * ctx → closure → box). Takes http_ctx; NULL = no hook. */
+  void (*proto_settle)(void *http_ctx);
+  /* wrapper.close = fn — the portless close-proxy idiom: when set,
+   * server.close() invokes THIS closure (a compiler-emitted zero-arg
+   * wrapper around the user override) instead of closing; the override
+   * body reaches the real close through its bound `origClose` value
+   * (scr_net_server_close_direct — never re-consults the override). */
+  ScrClosure *close_override;
+  /* close-REQUEST order (a global stamp set by close_direct): drained
+   * servers settle in ascending order, matching Node's emission order
+   * when several close in one turn (the wrapper-closes-inner idiom). */
+  size_t close_seq;
+  bool in_registry;
+  struct ScrNetServer *next;
+};
+
+struct ScrNetSocket {
+  int kind; /* FIRST: poller udata routes on it */
+  size_t rc;
+  int fd; /* -1 once closed */
+  bool connecting;
+  bool rd_eof;    /* peer FIN seen (or read half abandoned) */
+  bool enc_utf8;  /* setEncoding('utf8'): 'data' delivers strings */
+  bool wr_ending; /* end() called: FIN when the buffer drains */
+  bool wr_done;   /* FIN sent (or write half dead) */
+  bool had_error;
+  bool emit_close;    /* fd closed; 'close' fires at the next sweep */
+  bool close_emitted; /* settled */
+  bool read_armed, write_armed;
+  /* write buffer: [whead, wlen) of wbuf is unsent */
+  char *wbuf;
+  size_t whead, wlen, wcap;
+  /* receive buffer: [rhead, rlen) of rbuf is arrived-but-unconsumed —
+   * fed by paused-mode reads ('readable' consumers) and unshift; drained
+   * FIRST by every consumer (data listeners, the parser attach, the TLS
+   * bio) so a peeked byte re-enters the stream ahead of the kernel's */
+  char *rbuf;
+  size_t rhead, rlen, rcap;
+  ScrNetSocket *pipe_dst; /* +1; src EOF end()s the dst, Node's pipe default */
+  /* peer identity for Node-shaped connect error messages */
+  char peer_ip[64];
+  int peer_port;
+  /* remoteAddress, cached at first read like Node's _getpeername — a
+   * value read while connected survives destroy; never-read sockets
+   * answer undefined after close */
+  ScrStr *remote_cache;
+  ScrStr *pending_err; /* deferred connect failure */
+  /* the caller-lookup dial (net.connect with a lookup option): true while
+   * the lookup decides; dial_ips holds its answered addresses (+1 each),
+   * dialed in order — a connect failure closes the fd and tries
+   * dial_ips[dial_i]; the LAST failure's message surfaces (Node's
+   * autoSelectFamily aggregate is the documented divergence) */
+  bool lookup_wait;
+  ScrStr **dial_ips;
+  size_t dial_n, dial_i;
+  /* the in-flight dial chain's LAST failure — surfaced (moved into
+   * pending_err) only when the list exhausts; a later success drops it */
+  ScrStr *dial_err;
+  ScrNetLs data_ls, end_ls, close_ls, err_ls, conn_ls, timeout_ls, readable_ls;
+  /* a server whose 'connection' waits for this socket's handshake — the
+   * TLS defer target (+1; the socket's own `server` backref stays the
+   * ACCEPTING server, which may be the demux wrapper) */
+  ScrNetServer *conn_pending;
+  /* the idle timer (setTimeout): a one-shot poller timer keyed by this
+   * socket's pointer, re-armed on every read/write/connect activity —
+   * 'timeout' fires once per idle period and never destroys the socket,
+   * Node's semantics */
+  double timeout_ms;
+  bool timeout_armed;
+  ScrNetServer *server; /* +1 backref (accepted sockets), NULL for clients */
+  /* protocol layer (scr_http.c): a C-level reader — counts as a consumer
+   * for read-arming; its context BORROWS this socket and is freed with it */
+  ScrNetNativeDataFn native_data;
+  ScrNetNativeEventFn native_eof;
+  ScrNetNativeEventFn native_closed;
+  ScrNetNativeEventFn native_timeout;
+  ScrNetNativeEventFn native_established; /* client connect completed (the
+                                           * h2 session's 'connect' moment;
+                                           * fires before conn_ls) */
+  ScrNetNativeErrFn native_err; /* true = consumed (the protocol layer owns
+                                 * the error story); false falls through to
+                                 * this socket's own err_ls */
+  void *native_ctx;
+  void (*native_ctx_free)(void *);
+  /* transport layer (scr_tls.c): reads/writes redirect through the ops
+   * once set; writes buffer and readiness drives the handshake until
+   * t_est. Sits BELOW the protocol layer — an https socket carries both
+   * (the parser in native_*, the TLS engine here). */
+  const ScrNetTransportOps *tops;
+  void *tctx;
+  bool t_est;
+  bool t_want_write; /* a handshake send hit EAGAIN: arm the write filter */
+  bool in_registry;
+  struct ScrNetSocket *next;
+};
+
+#ifdef SCR_RC_AUDIT
+static long scr_net_live = 0;
+long scr_net_live_count(void) { return scr_net_live; }
+#endif
+
+static ScrNetServer *scr_net_servers = NULL; /* registry: +1 each, tail-appended */
+static ScrNetSocket *scr_net_socks = NULL;
+static ScrPoller *scr_net_poller = NULL;
+
+/* ── RC ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+static void scr_net_close_fd_raw(int fd); /* forget-then-close, defined below */
+
+ScrNetServer *scr_net_server_retain(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (s->rc != SIZE_MAX) s->rc++;
+  return s;
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_release(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (!s || s->rc == SIZE_MAX) return;
+  if (--s->rc == 0) {
+    if (s->native_ctx_free) s->native_ctx_free(s->native_ctx);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->conn_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->err_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->close_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->listening_cbs);
+    scr_closure_release(s->close_override);
+    scr_str_release(s->bound_host);
+    scr_str_release(s->pending_err);
+    if (s->fd >= 0) scr_net_close_fd_raw(s->fd);
+#ifdef SCR_RC_AUDIT
+    scr_net_live--;
+#endif
+    free(s);
+  }
+}
+
+void *scr_net_server_retain_v(void *p) { return scr_net_server_retain((ScrNetServer *)p); }
+void scr_net_server_release_v(void *p) { scr_net_server_release((ScrNetServer *)p); }
+
+ScrNetSocket *scr_net_sock_retain(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->rc != SIZE_MAX) s->rc++;
+  return s;
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_release(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (!s || s->rc == SIZE_MAX) return;
+  if (--s->rc == 0) {
+    if (s->native_ctx_free) s->native_ctx_free(s->native_ctx);
+    if (s->tops && s->tops->free) s->tops->free(s->tctx);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->data_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->end_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->close_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->err_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->conn_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->timeout_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->readable_ls);
+    scr_str_release(s->pending_err);
+    scr_str_release(s->remote_cache);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < s->dial_n; i++) scr_str_release(s->dial_ips[i]);
+    free(s->dial_ips);
+    scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+    free(s->wbuf);
+    free(s->rbuf);
+    if (s->pipe_dst) scr_net_sock_release(s->pipe_dst);
+    if (s->conn_pending) scr_net_server_release(s->conn_pending);
+    if (s->server) scr_net_server_release(s->server);
+    if (s->fd >= 0) scr_net_close_fd_raw(s->fd);
+#ifdef SCR_RC_AUDIT
+    scr_net_live--;
+#endif
+    free(s);
+  }
+}
+
+void *scr_net_sock_retain_v(void *p) { return scr_net_sock_retain((ScrNetSocket *)p); }
+void scr_net_sock_release_v(void *p) { scr_net_sock_release((ScrNetSocket *)p); }
+
+/* ── poller plumbing (the scr_platform.h seam) ───────────────────────── */
+
+static bool scr_net_poller_init(void) {
+  if (scr_net_poller != NULL) return true;
+  scr_net_poller = scrp_poller_new();
+  return scr_net_poller != NULL;
+}
+
+static void scr_net_nonblock(int fd) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  u_long one = 1;
+  ioctlsocket((SOCKET)fd, FIONBIO, &one);
+  /* FD_CLOEXEC's spelling: spawned children must not inherit the socket */
+  SetHandleInformation((HANDLE)(SOCKET)fd, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
+#else
+  fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+  fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+#ifdef SO_NOSIGPIPE
+  int one = 1;
+  setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NOSIGPIPE, &one, sizeof one);
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
+/* SO_REUSEADDR on listeners, POSIX only — libuv's exact split. On Unix
+ * the flag lets a restarted server rebind its TIME_WAIT port (Node's
+ * behavior, so the historical call stands). On Windows the SAME flag
+ * means port hijacking: a second bind of an actively-listened port
+ * SUCCEEDS and so does its listen(), so EADDRINUSE never surfaces — the
+ * net-port-check/net-error-codes fixtures hang waiting for an 'error'
+ * that never comes. Winsock's default already permits the TIME_WAIT
+ * rebind, so omitting the flag there loses nothing and restores Node's
+ * (libuv's) EADDRINUSE. */
+static void scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(int fd) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  (void)fd;
+#else
+  int one = 1;
+  setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &one, sizeof one);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* write(2) to a socket with SIGPIPE suppressed. macOS sets SO_NOSIGPIPE
+ * per fd above (send() path unchanged: write, exactly the historical
+ * call); Linux has no SO_NOSIGPIPE — MSG_NOSIGNAL on each send is the
+ * per-socket equivalent, turning a closed-peer write into EPIPE for the
+ * deferred 'error' sweep instead of process death. */
+static ssize_t scr_net_send(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+  /* No SIGPIPE exists on Windows: a closed-peer send fails outright
+   * (WSAECONNRESET/WSAESHUTDOWN, mapped) for the deferred 'error' sweep. */
+  int n = send((SOCKET)fd, (const char *)buf, len > 0x40000000 ? 0x40000000 : (int)len, 0);
+  if (n < 0) scr_w32_seterr();
+  return n;
+#elif defined(MSG_NOSIGNAL)
+  return send(fd, buf, len, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+#else
+  return write(fd, buf, len);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* The idle timer rides the same poller: one-shot, keyed by the socket
+ * pointer (kqueue: EVFILT_TIMER ident; epoll: a per-key timerfd), in
+ * milliseconds. Re-arming an armed key replaces the deadline. */
+static void scr_net_sock_timer_arm(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (scr_net_poller == NULL || s->fd < 0 || s->timeout_ms <= 0) return;
+  (void)scrp_timer_arm(scr_net_poller, s, s->timeout_ms, s);
+  s->timeout_armed = true;
+}
+
+static void scr_net_sock_timer_cancel(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (!s->timeout_armed) return;
+  s->timeout_armed = false;
+  if (scr_net_poller == NULL) return;
+  scrp_timer_cancel(scr_net_poller, s); /* may already have fired */
+}
+
+/* Activity: every read/write/connect resets the idle clock (re-arming an
+ * existing timer replaces its deadline). */
+static void scr_net_sock_touch(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->timeout_ms > 0 && s->fd >= 0) scr_net_sock_timer_arm(s);
+}
+
+/* Drop a watched fd's registrations and close it — forget MUST precede
+ * close(2) under epoll (see scr_platform.h; the kqueue forget is a
+ * no-op). Every close of a possibly-watched fd in this unit goes through
+ * here. */
+static void scr_net_close_fd_raw(int fd) {
+  if (fd < 0) return;
+  if (scr_net_poller != NULL) scrp_forget(scr_net_poller, fd);
+  close(fd);
+}
+
+/* NULL-poller-safe watch wrappers (the historical scr_net_filter guards);
+ * registration failures are ignored exactly as kevent's always were. */
+static void scr_net_watch_read(int fd, void *udata, bool on) {
+  if (scr_net_poller == NULL) return;
+  (void)scrp_watch_read(scr_net_poller, fd, udata, on);
+}
+
+static void scr_net_watch_write(int fd, void *udata, bool on) {
+  if (scr_net_poller == NULL) return;
+  (void)scrp_watch_write(scr_net_poller, fd, udata, on);
+}
+
+/* ── registries ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+static void scr_net_server_register(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (s->in_registry) return;
+  s->in_registry = true;
+  s->next = NULL;
+  ScrNetServer **link = &scr_net_servers;
+  while (*link) link = &(*link)->next;
+  *link = scr_net_server_retain(s);
+}
+
+static void scr_net_server_unregister(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (!s->in_registry) return;
+  ScrNetServer **link = &scr_net_servers;
+  while (*link && *link != s) link = &(*link)->next;
+  if (*link) {
+    *link = s->next;
+    s->next = NULL;
+    s->in_registry = false;
+    scr_net_server_release(s);
+  }
+}
+
+static void scr_net_sock_register(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->in_registry) return;
+  s->in_registry = true;
+  s->next = NULL;
+  ScrNetSocket **link = &scr_net_socks;
+  while (*link) link = &(*link)->next;
+  *link = scr_net_sock_retain(s);
+}
+
+static void scr_net_sock_unregister(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (!s->in_registry) return;
+  ScrNetSocket **link = &scr_net_socks;
+  while (*link && *link != s) link = &(*link)->next;
+  if (*link) {
+    *link = s->next;
+    s->next = NULL;
+    s->in_registry = false;
+    scr_net_sock_release(s);
+  }
+}
+
+/* ── socket state machine ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+static ScrNetSocket *scr_net_sock_new(void) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = calloc(1, sizeof *s);
+  if (!s) scr_net_oom();
+  s->kind = SCR_NET_K_SOCKET;
+  s->rc = 1;
+  s->fd = -1;
+#ifdef SCR_RC_AUDIT
+  scr_net_live++;
+#endif
+  return s;
+}
+
+/* Consumer-driven read arming (the stdin discipline: never read a byte
+ * nobody consumes — the socket buffer is the backpressure). */
+static void scr_net_sock_update_read(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  bool want = s->fd >= 0 && !s->connecting && !s->rd_eof &&
+              (s->data_ls.n > 0 || s->pipe_dst != NULL || s->native_data != NULL ||
+               s->readable_ls.n > 0 /* paused-mode consumer: bytes buffer */ ||
+               s->tops != NULL /* a transport is ALWAYS a consumer: the TLS
+                                * layer must process protocol frames (the
+                                * handshake, close_notify, 1.3 tickets)
+                                * even when no app consumer exists, and a
+                                * peer's FIN must reach the teardown —
+                                * decrypted app data buffers like the
+                                * paused-mode path's */ ||
+               s->wr_done /* FIN sent: drain to EOF so the peer's close is
+                           * seen even with no consumer — Node resumes a
+                           * finished socket the same way */);
+  if (want && !s->read_armed) {
+    scr_net_watch_read(s->fd, s, true);
+    s->read_armed = true;
+  } else if (!want && s->read_armed) {
+    scr_net_watch_read(s->fd, s, false);
+    s->read_armed = false;
+  }
+}
+
+static void scr_net_sock_update_write(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  bool want = s->fd >= 0 && (s->connecting || s->wlen > s->whead || s->t_want_write);
+  if (want && !s->write_armed) {
+    scr_net_watch_write(s->fd, s, true);
+    s->write_armed = true;
+  } else if (!want && s->write_armed) {
+    scr_net_watch_write(s->fd, s, false);
+    s->write_armed = false;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Close the fd (registrations dropped first — the epoll obligation) and
+ * flag the 'close' sweep. */
+static void scr_net_sock_close_fd(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  scr_net_sock_timer_cancel(s);
+  if (s->fd >= 0) {
+    scr_net_close_fd_raw(s->fd);
+    s->fd = -1;
+    s->read_armed = s->write_armed = false;
+  }
+  if (!s->close_emitted) s->emit_close = true;
+}
+
+/* The FIN half: called when the write half is ENDING and the buffer just
+ * drained (or was empty). Full close once the read half is done too. */
+static void scr_net_sock_maybe_finish_write(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->fd < 0 || !s->wr_ending || s->wr_done || s->wlen > s->whead) return;
+  /* a transport says goodbye first (TLS close_notify), best-effort */
+  if (s->tops && s->t_est) s->tops->shutdown_write(s->tctx);
+  shutdown(s->fd, SHUT_WR);
+  s->wr_done = true;
+  if (s->rd_eof) scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+  else scr_net_sock_update_read(s); /* the drain-to-EOF mode arms here */
+}
+
+/* Append bytes to the write buffer (post-immediate-write remainder, or
+ * everything while connecting/buffered). */
+static void scr_net_sock_buffer(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *data, size_t len) {
+  if (len == 0) return;
+  /* compact the consumed head first */
+  if (s->whead > 0) {
+    memmove(s->wbuf, s->wbuf + s->whead, s->wlen - s->whead);
+    s->wlen -= s->whead;
+    s->whead = 0;
+  }
+  if (s->wlen + len > s->wcap) {
+    size_t cap = s->wcap ? s->wcap : 4096;
+    while (cap < s->wlen + len) cap *= 2;
+    s->wbuf = realloc(s->wbuf, cap);
+    if (!s->wbuf) scr_net_oom();
+    s->wcap = cap;
+  }
+  memcpy(s->wbuf + s->wlen, data, len);
+  s->wlen += len;
+}
+
+/* The write path shared by write()/end(data)/pipe delivery. Ignored on a
+ * dead or ended write half (Node fires 'error' there; this slice drops —
+ * SEMANTICS.md documents the bound). */
+static void scr_net_sock_write_raw(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *data, size_t len) {
+  if (s->fd < 0 || s->wr_ending || s->close_emitted || len == 0) return;
+  if (s->connecting || s->wlen > s->whead || (s->tops && !s->t_est)) {
+    /* mid-connect and mid-handshake bytes buffer; the flush after
+     * 'connect'/establishment sends them */
+    scr_net_sock_buffer(s, data, len);
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  ssize_t sent = s->tops ? s->tops->xwrite(s->tctx, data, len) : scr_net_send(s->fd, data, len);
+  if (sent > 0) scr_net_sock_touch(s);
+  if (sent < 0) {
+    if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EINTR) sent = 0;
+    else {
+      /* Delivery failure (EPIPE/ECONNRESET): defer to the error sweep. */
+      char msg[96];
+      snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "write %s", scr_net_errname(errno));
+      if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+      s->had_error = true;
+      scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  if ((size_t)sent < len) {
+    scr_net_sock_buffer(s, data + sent, len - (size_t)sent);
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Flush on write-readiness; drives the FIN when ENDING. */
+static void scr_net_sock_flush(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->tops && !s->t_est) return; /* nothing moves until the handshake ends */
+  while (s->fd >= 0 && s->wlen > s->whead) {
+    ssize_t sent = s->tops ? s->tops->xwrite(s->tctx, s->wbuf + s->whead, s->wlen - s->whead)
+                           : scr_net_send(s->fd, s->wbuf + s->whead, s->wlen - s->whead);
+    if (sent < 0) {
+      if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+      if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) return;
+      char msg[96];
+      snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "write %s", scr_net_errname(errno));
+      if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+      s->had_error = true;
+      scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (sent > 0) scr_net_sock_touch(s);
+    s->whead += (size_t)sent;
+  }
+  if (s->wlen == s->whead) {
+    s->whead = s->wlen = 0;
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+    scr_net_sock_maybe_finish_write(s);
+  }
+}
+
+/* EOF: 'end' fires now (directly — Node's poll-phase emit), then the
+ * write half ends (allowHalfOpen false), and the fd closes once the FIN
+ * is out. 'close' waits for the sweep. */
+static void scr_net_sock_eof(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  s->rd_eof = true;
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+  if (s->native_eof) {
+    s->native_eof(s->native_ctx);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  if (s->pipe_dst) {
+    /* pipe's end-the-destination default */
+    ScrNetSocket *dst = s->pipe_dst;
+    if (!dst->wr_ending && dst->fd >= 0) {
+      dst->wr_ending = true;
+      scr_net_sock_maybe_finish_write(dst);
+    }
+  }
+  scr_net_fire0_this(&s->end_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+  if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  if (!s->wr_ending) {
+    s->wr_ending = true;
+    scr_net_sock_maybe_finish_write(s);
+  }
+  if (s->wr_done) scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+}
+
+/* Deliver one arrived chunk to the socket's consumers (the protocol
+ * layer, the pipe destination, the 'data' listeners). Returns false when
+ * a callback threw (the caller bails; the loop surfaces it). */
+static bool scr_net_sock_deliver(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *buf, size_t n) {
+  if (s->native_data) {
+    s->native_data(s->native_ctx, buf, n);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return false;
+    /* the protocol layer OWNS this chunk exclusively — an upgrade
+     * handover inside the call (native reader cleared, 'data' listeners
+     * registered) must not re-deliver bytes the parser consumed; the
+     * next chunk takes the listener path */
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (s->pipe_dst) scr_net_sock_write_raw(s->pipe_dst, buf, n);
+  if (s->data_ls.n > 0) {
+    ScrBytes *chunk = scr_bytes_new(SCR_BYTES_U8, (double)n);
+    memcpy(chunk->data, buf, n);
+    ScrNetL *snap;
+    size_t nl = scr_net_ls_snapshot(&s->data_ls, &snap);
+    scr_dyn_this_push(s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+    scr_dyn_chunk_enc(s->enc_utf8);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < nl; i++) {
+      if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((ScrNetDataFn)snap[i].fn)(snap[i].cb, chunk);
+      scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+    }
+    scr_dyn_chunk_enc(false);
+    scr_dyn_this_pop();
+    free(snap);
+    scr_bytes_release(chunk);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/* One readable wake: read until EAGAIN/EOF, one 'data' emit per read(2)
+ * chunk (Node's chunking is arrival-driven too — only the reassembled
+ * bytes are contractual, the stdin stance). Peeked/unshifted bytes in
+ * the receive buffer deliver first — they precede the kernel's in the
+ * stream. A TLS socket drains those through the engine's bio instead. */
+static void scr_net_sock_append_rbuf(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *data, size_t len);
+static void scr_net_sock_transport_pump(ScrNetSocket *s);
+
+static void scr_net_sock_read(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->tops && !s->t_est) return; /* readiness feeds the handshake pump instead */
+  for (;;) {
+    if (s->fd < 0) return;
+    bool flowing = s->data_ls.n > 0 || s->pipe_dst || s->native_data;
+    /* buffered (peeked/unshifted) bytes first — they precede the
+     * kernel's in the stream; a TLS engine drains them through its bio */
+    if (!s->tops && flowing && s->rlen > s->rhead) {
+      char buf[65536];
+      size_t take = scr_net_sock_take_buffered(s, buf, sizeof buf);
+      if (!scr_net_sock_deliver(s, buf, take)) return;
+      scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (s->rd_eof || (!flowing && s->readable_ls.n == 0 && !s->wr_done &&
+                      !(s->tops != NULL && s->t_est))) {
+      /* No consumer: stay paused — except through an ESTABLISHED
+       * transport, which must keep processing protocol frames (close
+       * alerts, 1.3 tickets) so a peer's close reaches the teardown
+       * (the handler-less TLS server whose client hangs up). */
+      return;
+    }
+    char buf[65536];
+    ssize_t n = s->tops ? s->tops->xread(s->tctx, buf, sizeof buf) : read(s->fd, buf, sizeof buf);
+    if (n < 0) {
+      if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+      if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) return;
+      char msg[96];
+      snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "read %s", scr_net_errname(errno));
+      if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+      s->had_error = true;
+      scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (n == 0) {
+      /* EOF announces 'readable' first (Node: a read() there answers
+       * null — the demux's dead-peer arm), then 'end' and the teardown */
+      scr_net_fire0_this(&s->readable_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+      scr_net_sock_eof(s);
+      return;
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_touch(s);
+    if (flowing) {
+      if (!scr_net_sock_deliver(s, buf, (size_t)n)) return;
+    } else if (s->readable_ls.n == 0) {
+      /* the drain-to-EOF modes (wr_done, or an established transport
+       * with no consumer): bytes arriving with nobody listening drop —
+       * Node's resumed-but-unconsumed stream for the FIN-sent arm; for
+       * the transport arm the peer would have to send app data at a
+       * handler-less server for the difference to observe */
+    } else {
+      /* paused mode ('readable' consumers only): buffer and announce —
+       * the listener consumes via read()/unshift */
+      scr_net_sock_append_rbuf(s, buf, (size_t)n);
+      scr_net_fire0_this(&s->readable_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+      if (s->tops && !s->t_est) {
+        /* the listener routed this socket into a TLS server: the peeked
+         * bytes now belong to the engine, and the poller may never signal
+         * again if the whole flight is already buffered — pump NOW */
+        scr_net_sock_transport_pump(s);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_update_read(s); /* a once-listener may have been the last consumer */
+  }
+}
+
+static void scr_net_sock_transport_pump(ScrNetSocket *s);
+
+static void scr_net_sock_dial_next(ScrNetSocket *s);
+
+/* Connect completion (write-readiness while connecting). */
+static void scr_net_sock_connect_done(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  int err = 0;
+  socklen_t len = sizeof err;
+  if (getsockopt(s->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &err, &len) != 0) err = errno;
+  s->connecting = false;
+  if (err != 0 && s->dial_i < s->dial_n) {
+    /* a caller-lookup dial with addresses left: record the failure
+     * (last-wins, surfaced only on exhaustion) and retry QUIETLY — no
+     * 'error'/'close' until the list runs out */
+    char msg[128];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "connect %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err), s->peer_ip,
+             s->peer_port);
+    scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+    s->dial_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    scr_net_close_fd_raw(s->fd); /* registrations dropped, then the fd */
+    s->fd = -1;
+    s->read_armed = s->write_armed = false;
+    scr_net_sock_dial_next(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (err != 0) {
+    char msg[128];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "connect %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err), s->peer_ip,
+             s->peer_port);
+    if (s->dial_n > 0) {
+      /* the dial chain's LAST address failed asynchronously */
+      scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+      s->dial_err = NULL;
+      if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    } else if (!s->pending_err) {
+      s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    }
+    s->had_error = true;
+    scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (s->dial_err) {
+    /* an earlier address failed but THIS one connected: the recorded
+     * failure never surfaces */
+    scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+    s->dial_err = NULL;
+  }
+  scr_net_sock_update_write(s); /* keeps the filter iff bytes are buffered */
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+  scr_net_sock_touch(s);
+  if (s->tops && !s->t_est) {
+    /* TCP is up; the TLS handshake starts now. 'connect' listeners wait
+     * for establishment (they registered as secureConnect) and buffered
+     * bytes flush there too. */
+    scr_net_sock_transport_pump(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (s->native_established) {
+    s->native_established(s->native_ctx);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  scr_net_fire0_this(&s->conn_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+  if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  scr_net_sock_flush(s);
+}
+
+/* Drive the transport handshake off readiness until it settles. On
+ * establishment: the protocol layer attaches (https' parser), a
+ * deferred server 'connection' fires ('secureConnection' timing), the
+ * socket's own 'connect' listeners fire (the client's secureConnect),
+ * buffered writes flush, and any plaintext that rode in with the final
+ * handshake flight delivers. Failure already tore the socket down via
+ * scr_net_sock_transport_error. */
+static void scr_net_sock_transport_pump(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (!s->tops || s->t_est || s->fd < 0 || s->connecting) return;
+  int r = s->tops->handshake(s->tctx);
+  if (r == 0) {
+    scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (r < 0) return; /* the transport reported the failure */
+  s->t_est = true;
+  scr_net_sock_touch(s);
+  if (s->tops->on_established) {
+    s->tops->on_established(s->tctx);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  if (s->conn_pending) {
+    /* the deferred 'connection' ('secureConnection' timing): the target
+     * is the server this socket was routed INTO — the accepting server
+     * for a plain TLS accept, the emit('connection') target after a
+     * demux */
+    ScrNetServer *target = s->conn_pending;
+    s->conn_pending = NULL;
+    if (!target->close_emitted) {
+      ScrNetL *snap;
+      size_t n = scr_net_ls_snapshot(&target->conn_ls, &snap);
+      scr_dyn_this_push(target, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((ScrNetConnFn)snap[i].fn)(snap[i].cb, scr_net_sock_retain(s));
+        scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+      }
+      scr_dyn_this_pop();
+      free(snap);
+    }
+    scr_net_server_release(target);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  if (s->native_established) {
+    s->native_established(s->native_ctx);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  scr_net_fire0_this(&s->conn_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+  if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  scr_net_sock_flush(s);
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+  scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+  scr_net_sock_read(s); /* plaintext buffered inside the engine, if any */
+}
+
+/* ── the server ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+static ScrNetServer *scr_net_server_new(void) {
+  ScrNetServer *s = calloc(1, sizeof *s);
+  if (!s) scr_net_oom();
+  s->kind = SCR_NET_K_SERVER;
+  s->rc = 1;
+  s->fd = -1;
+#ifdef SCR_RC_AUDIT
+  scr_net_live++;
+#endif
+  return s;
+}
+
+ScrNetServer *scr_net_create_server(ScrClosure *handler /*moves, nullable*/, ScrNetConnFn fn) {
+  ScrNetServer *s = scr_net_server_new();
+  if (handler) scr_net_ls_add(&s->conn_ls, handler, (void *)fn, false);
+  return s;
+}
+
+/* listen(port): bind + listen NOW (Node fails synchronously into an async
+ * 'error'); success defers the listen callback ('listening') to the next
+ * dispatch pass, Node's next-tick emit. Binds like Node's host-less
+ * listen: IPv6 any with dual-stack when the kernel allows, IPv4 fallback. */
+void scr_net_listen(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->listening_cbs, cb, NULL, true);
+  if (s->listening || s->close_emitted) return;
+  if (!scr_net_poller_init()) {
+    fputs("scriptc: event poller init failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  int p = (int)port;
+  int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  bool v6 = fd >= 0;
+  if (v6) {
+    int off = 0;
+    setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &off, sizeof off);
+  } else {
+    fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  }
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    fputs("scriptc: socket() failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(fd);
+  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+  int rc;
+  if (v6) {
+    struct sockaddr_in6 addr;
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
+    addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+    addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+    addr.sin6_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
+    rc = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr);
+  } else {
+    struct sockaddr_in addr;
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
+    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+    addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
+    rc = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof addr);
+  }
+  if (rc == 0) rc = listen(fd, 511); /* Node's default backlog */
+  if (rc != 0) {
+    int err = errno;
+    close(fd);
+    char msg[128];
+    /* Node: "listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::4000" */
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "listen %s: %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err),
+             err == EADDRINUSE ? "address already in use" : "permission denied",
+             v6 ? "::" : "0.0.0.0", p);
+    if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    scr_net_server_register(s); /* the sweep delivers the failure */
+    return;
+  }
+  /* the real port (ephemeral listen(0) discovers it here) */
+  struct sockaddr_storage bound;
+  socklen_t blen = sizeof bound;
+  if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&bound, &blen) == 0) {
+    s->port = bound.ss_family == AF_INET6
+                  ? ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&bound)->sin6_port)
+                  : ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in *)&bound)->sin_port);
+  }
+  s->fd = fd;
+  s->listening = true;
+  s->emit_listening = true;
+  s->bound_v6 = v6;
+  scr_net_watch_read(fd, s, true);
+  scr_net_server_register(s);
+}
+
+/* listen({ port, host, ipv6Only }) — the explicit-interface bind
+ * (portless's listenOnProxyInterface): host is an IP literal ("" = the
+ * host-less dual-stack default above; "localhost" pins to 127.0.0.1, the
+ * connect-side divergence); ipv6Only sets IPV6_V6ONLY before the bind
+ * (meaningful on v6 addresses — "::" with ipv6Only leaves v4 to its own
+ * listener, exactly the portless pair). Failures are the async 'error'
+ * with Node's listen message naming the requested host; a non-IP host is
+ * the async getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND (no resolver in this slice). */
+void scr_net_listen_opts(ScrNetServer *s, double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                          bool ipv6_only, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  if (host == NULL || host->len == 0) {
+    scr_net_listen(s, port, cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->listening_cbs, cb, NULL, true);
+  if (s->listening || s->close_emitted) return;
+  if (!scr_net_poller_init()) {
+    fputs("scriptc: event poller init failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  int p = (int)port;
+  char h[64];
+  snprintf(h, sizeof h, "%.*s", (int)(host->len < 63 ? host->len : 63), host->data);
+  if (strcmp(h, "localhost") == 0) snprintf(h, sizeof h, "127.0.0.1");
+  struct sockaddr_in a4;
+  struct sockaddr_in6 a6;
+  struct sockaddr *sa = NULL;
+  socklen_t salen = 0;
+  bool v6 = false;
+  memset(&a4, 0, sizeof a4);
+  memset(&a6, 0, sizeof a6);
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, h, &a4.sin_addr) == 1) {
+    a4.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    a4.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a4;
+    salen = sizeof a4;
+  } else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, h, &a6.sin6_addr) == 1) {
+    a6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+    a6.sin6_port = htons((uint16_t)p);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a6;
+    salen = sizeof a6;
+    v6 = true;
+  }
+  if (!sa) {
+    char msg[160];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND %s", h);
+    if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    scr_net_server_register(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  int fd = socket(sa->sa_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    fputs("scriptc: socket() failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  if (v6) {
+    int only = ipv6_only ? 1 : 0;
+    setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &only, sizeof only);
+  }
+  scr_net_listen_reuseaddr(fd);
+  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+  int rc = bind(fd, sa, salen);
+  if (rc == 0) rc = listen(fd, 511); /* Node's default backlog */
+  if (rc != 0) {
+    int err = errno;
+    close(fd);
+    char msg[160];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "listen %s: %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(err),
+             err == EADDRINUSE      ? "address already in use"
+             : err == EADDRNOTAVAIL ? "address not available"
+                                    : "permission denied",
+             h, p);
+    if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    scr_net_server_register(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  struct sockaddr_storage bound;
+  socklen_t blen = sizeof bound;
+  if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&bound, &blen) == 0) {
+    s->port = bound.ss_family == AF_INET6
+                  ? ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&bound)->sin6_port)
+                  : ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in *)&bound)->sin_port);
+  }
+  s->fd = fd;
+  s->listening = true;
+  s->emit_listening = true;
+  s->bound_v6 = v6;
+  scr_str_release(s->bound_host);
+  s->bound_host = scr_str_new(h, strlen(h));
+  scr_net_watch_read(fd, s, true);
+  scr_net_server_register(s);
+}
+
+double scr_net_server_port(ScrNetServer *s) { return (double)s->port; }
+
+/* address()'s other two fields — the bound host ('::'/'0.0.0.0' for the
+ * host-less any, the normalized explicit host otherwise) and the family
+ * string. Answer the any-form defaults before listen (Node answers null
+ * there — the serverPort stance, port 0). */
+ScrStr *scr_net_server_addr_ip(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (s->bound_host) return scr_str_retain(s->bound_host);
+  return s->bound_v6 ? scr_str_new("::", 2) : scr_str_new("0.0.0.0", 7);
+}
+
+ScrStr *scr_net_server_addr_family(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  return s->bound_v6 ? scr_str_new("IPv6", 4) : scr_str_new("IPv4", 4);
+}
+
+/* The REAL close — what the bound `origClose` value reaches (never
+ * consults the override, so the portless proxy-through idiom cannot
+ * recurse). */
+void scr_net_server_close_direct(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->close_ls, cb, NULL, true);
+  if (s->listening) {
+    scr_net_close_fd_raw(s->fd); /* stops accepting NOW (registrations dropped first) */
+    s->fd = -1;
+    s->listening = false;
+  }
+  /* A close BEFORE the deferred 'listening' delivered cancels it — Node's
+   * emitListeningNT checks the handle close() nulled, so the listen
+   * callback never runs (test-net-listen-close-server's mustNotCall). */
+  if (s->emit_listening) {
+    s->emit_listening = false;
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->listening_cbs);
+  }
+  if (!s->closing) {
+    static size_t scr_net_close_seq = 0;
+    s->close_seq = ++scr_net_close_seq;
+  }
+  s->closing = true; /* the sweep fires 'close' once nconns drains */
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_close(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  if (s->close_override != NULL && !s->close_emitted) {
+    /* The override runs INSTEAD of the close; a close callback still
+     * fires when the override's origClose completes the close — Node's
+     * behavior with the callback passed through. */
+    if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->close_ls, cb, NULL, true);
+    ScrClosure *ov = scr_closure_retain(s->close_override);
+    ((void (*)(ScrClosure *))ov->fn)(ov);
+    scr_closure_release(ov);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_server_close_direct(s, cb);
+}
+
+/* wrapper.close = fn: the override MOVES in (a compiler-emitted zero-arg
+ * wrapper — see the struct comment); reassignment releases the old one,
+ * matching JS's last-write-wins. */
+void scr_net_server_set_close_override(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *ov /*moves*/) {
+  scr_closure_release(s->close_override);
+  s->close_override = ov;
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_on_error(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrChildErrFn fn,
+                              bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->err_ls, cb, (void *)fn, once);
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_on_close(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->close_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+/* server.on('listening', cb): joins the deferred 'listening' list the
+ * listen(port, cb) callback rides (the sweep fires it once after a
+ * successful bind — Node's next-tick emit). A registration AFTER the
+ * emit sits inert forever, exactly Node's once-per-listen event; a
+ * settled (closed) server releases the closure unregistered. */
+void scr_net_server_on_listening(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->listening_cbs, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+/* 'secureConnection': a TLS server's 'connection' list already fires at
+ * handshake completion (defer_conn) — Node's secureConnection timing; on
+ * a plain server the event never fires in Node, so the registration is
+ * released unread. */
+void scr_net_server_on_secure_connection(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/,
+                                          ScrNetConnFn fn, bool once) {
+  if (!s->defer_conn) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_server_on_connection(s, cb, fn, once);
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_on_connection(ScrNetServer *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrNetConnFn fn,
+                                   bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->conn_ls, cb, (void *)fn, once);
+}
+
+/* Accept until EAGAIN; each connection fires the 'connection' listeners
+ * directly (the accepted socket passes +1 per listener via the adapter). */
+static void scr_net_server_accept(ScrNetServer *srv) {
+  for (;;) {
+    if (!srv->listening || srv->fd < 0) return;
+    int fd = accept(srv->fd, NULL, NULL);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+      if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+      return; /* EAGAIN or a transient failure: the next wake retries */
+    }
+    scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+    int one = 1;
+    setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof one);
+    ScrNetSocket *sock = scr_net_sock_new();
+    sock->fd = fd;
+    sock->server = scr_net_server_retain(srv);
+    srv->nconns++;
+    scr_net_sock_register(sock);
+    if (srv->native_conn) {
+      /* the protocol layer (scr_http.c / scr_tls.c) claims the connection */
+      srv->native_conn(srv->native_ctx, sock);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+    }
+    if (srv->defer_conn) {
+      /* 'connection' waits for the handshake (secureConnection timing) */
+      sock->conn_pending = scr_net_server_retain(srv);
+    }
+    if (!srv->defer_conn) {
+      ScrNetL *snap;
+      size_t n = scr_net_ls_snapshot(&srv->conn_ls, &snap);
+      scr_dyn_this_push(srv, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((ScrNetConnFn)snap[i].fn)(snap[i].cb, scr_net_sock_retain(sock));
+        scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+      }
+      scr_dyn_this_pop();
+      free(snap);
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_release(sock); /* registry + server-count refs remain */
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+}
+
+/* ── the client ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* connect(port, host): numeric IPv4/IPv6 hosts and "localhost" (pinned to
+ * 127.0.0.1 — the documented divergence from Node's family autoselect).
+ * The connect callback registers as once('connect'). Never throws: every
+ * failure is the async 'error' event, like Node. */
+/* Blocking first-answer hostname resolution for the CLIENT bridges (the
+ * native fetch, the island's http/https client) — the dns.lookup
+ * precedent (scr_dgram.c): getaddrinfo runs AT CALL TIME, first answer
+ * wins. Returns +1: the resolved IP string, or a RETAIN of `host` when it
+ * is already an IP literal or localhost (scr_net_connect's own arms) or
+ * unresolvable — the dial's deferred "getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND host" error
+ * is then Node's exact cause shape. node:net's own connect surface stays
+ * resolver-less on purpose (Node's async lookup semantics are not this). */
+ScrStr *scr_net_blocking_lookup(ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/) {
+  if (host->len == 9 && memcmp(host->data, "localhost", 9) == 0) return scr_str_retain(host);
+  struct in_addr a4;
+  struct in6_addr a6;
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host->data, &a4) == 1 || inet_pton(AF_INET6, host->data, &a6) == 1) {
+    return scr_str_retain(host);
+  }
+  if (!scr_net_poller_init()) return scr_str_retain(host); /* WSAStartup on win32 */
+  struct addrinfo hints;
+  memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
+  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+  struct addrinfo *res = NULL;
+  if (getaddrinfo(host->data, NULL, &hints, &res) != 0 || res == NULL) {
+    if (res) freeaddrinfo(res);
+    return scr_str_retain(host);
+  }
+  char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN] = "";
+  const char *out = NULL;
+  if (res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+    out = inet_ntop(AF_INET, &((struct sockaddr_in *)res->ai_addr)->sin_addr, ip, sizeof ip);
+  } else if (res->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+    out = inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)res->ai_addr)->sin6_addr, ip, sizeof ip);
+  }
+  freeaddrinfo(res);
+  if (!out) return scr_str_retain(host);
+  return scr_str_new(ip, strlen(ip));
+}
+
+ScrNetSocket *scr_net_connect(double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed, nullable*/,
+                               ScrClosure *cb /*moves, nullable*/) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = scr_net_sock_new();
+  if (cb) scr_net_ls_add(&s->conn_ls, cb, NULL, true);
+  s->peer_port = (int)port;
+  const char *h = host && host->len > 0 ? host->data : "localhost";
+  if (strcmp(h, "localhost") == 0) h = "127.0.0.1";
+  snprintf(s->peer_ip, sizeof s->peer_ip, "%s", h);
+  if (!scr_net_poller_init()) {
+    fputs("scriptc: event poller init failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  struct sockaddr_in a4;
+  struct sockaddr_in6 a6;
+  struct sockaddr *sa = NULL;
+  socklen_t salen = 0;
+  memset(&a4, 0, sizeof a4);
+  memset(&a6, 0, sizeof a6);
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, h, &a4.sin_addr) == 1) {
+    a4.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    a4.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)s->peer_port);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a4;
+    salen = sizeof a4;
+  } else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, h, &a6.sin6_addr) == 1) {
+    a6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+    a6.sin6_port = htons((uint16_t)s->peer_port);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a6;
+    salen = sizeof a6;
+  }
+  if (!sa) {
+    /* Non-numeric host: no resolver in this slice. Node's shape for a
+     * failed lookup is ENOTFOUND; deliver it deferred. */
+    char msg[160];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND %s", h);
+    s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    s->had_error = true;
+    s->emit_close = true;
+    scr_net_sock_register(s);
+    return s;
+  }
+  int fd = socket(sa->sa_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    fputs("scriptc: socket() failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+  int one = 1;
+  setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof one);
+  s->fd = fd;
+  int rc = connect(fd, sa, salen);
+  if (rc == 0) {
+    /* Immediate success (loopback can): still async — the write filter
+     * fires at once and connect_done delivers 'connect' from dispatch. */
+    s->connecting = true;
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+  } else if (errno == EINPROGRESS) {
+    s->connecting = true;
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+  } else {
+    char msg[128];
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "connect %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(errno), s->peer_ip,
+             s->peer_port);
+    s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    s->had_error = true;
+    scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+  }
+  scr_net_sock_register(s);
+  return s;
+}
+
+/* ── the caller-lookup dial (net.connect with a lookup option) ─────────
+ *
+ * portless's createLoopbackConnection: connect({ host, port,
+ * autoSelectFamily: true, lookup }) — the runtime invokes the caller's
+ * resolver exactly as Node does (lookup(hostname, options, callback))
+ * and dials its answered addresses IN ORDER: each connect failure closes
+ * the fd and tries the next; the last failure's message is the socket's
+ * 'error' (Node's AggregateError under autoSelectFamily is a documented
+ * divergence). The answer callback is a runtime-minted closure over the
+ * boxed socket whose fn is an emitter-synthesized per-shape thunk (the
+ * SNI-answer pattern); late, repeated, or dead-socket answers are
+ * ignored. */
+
+/* Dials one IP now. Success (established or in progress) answers true;
+ * failure records the message (LAST-wins — the retry chain's contract),
+ * closes any fd, and answers false without emitting. */
+static bool scr_net_sock_dial_ip(ScrNetSocket *s, const ScrStr *ip) {
+  char h[64];
+  snprintf(h, sizeof h, "%.*s", (int)(ip->len < 63 ? ip->len : 63), ip->data);
+  snprintf(s->peer_ip, sizeof s->peer_ip, "%s", h);
+  struct sockaddr_in a4;
+  struct sockaddr_in6 a6;
+  struct sockaddr *sa = NULL;
+  socklen_t salen = 0;
+  memset(&a4, 0, sizeof a4);
+  memset(&a6, 0, sizeof a6);
+  if (inet_pton(AF_INET, h, &a4.sin_addr) == 1) {
+    a4.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    a4.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)s->peer_port);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a4;
+    salen = sizeof a4;
+  } else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, h, &a6.sin6_addr) == 1) {
+    a6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+    a6.sin6_port = htons((uint16_t)s->peer_port);
+    sa = (struct sockaddr *)&a6;
+    salen = sizeof a6;
+  }
+  char msg[160];
+  if (!sa) {
+    /* a non-IP answer: the lookup was supposed to resolve — Node's
+     * lookup-failure shape */
+    snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND %s", h);
+    scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+    s->dial_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    return false;
+  }
+  int fd = socket(sa->sa_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    fputs("scriptc: socket() failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  scr_net_nonblock(fd);
+  int one = 1;
+  setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof one);
+  int rc = connect(fd, sa, salen);
+  if (rc == 0 || errno == EINPROGRESS) {
+    s->fd = fd;
+    s->connecting = true;
+    scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+    return true;
+  }
+  snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "connect %s %s:%d", scr_net_errname(errno), s->peer_ip, s->peer_port);
+  scr_str_release(s->dial_err);
+  s->dial_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+  close(fd);
+  return false;
+}
+
+/* Dials the next answered addresses until one starts; exhaustion flags
+ * the deferred 'error' + 'close' (the last dial's message stands). */
+static void scr_net_sock_dial_next(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  while (s->dial_i < s->dial_n) {
+    const ScrStr *ip = s->dial_ips[s->dial_i++];
+    if (scr_net_sock_dial_ip(s, ip)) return;
+  }
+  /* exhausted: the last failure surfaces now */
+  if (s->dial_err != NULL && s->pending_err == NULL) {
+    s->pending_err = s->dial_err;
+    s->dial_err = NULL;
+  }
+  s->connecting = false;
+  s->had_error = true;
+  s->emit_close = true;
+}
+
+ScrNetSocket *scr_net_connect_lookup(double port, ScrStr *host /*borrowed*/,
+                                      ScrClosure *lookup /*moves*/, void *answer_fn) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = scr_net_sock_new();
+  s->peer_port = (int)port;
+  snprintf(s->peer_ip, sizeof s->peer_ip, "%.*s",
+           (int)(host->len < 63 ? host->len : 63), host->data);
+  if (!scr_net_poller_init()) {
+    fputs("scriptc: event poller init failed\n", stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  s->connecting = true; /* logically connecting while the lookup decides */
+  s->lookup_wait = true;
+  scr_net_sock_register(s);
+  ScrClosure *ans = scr_closure_new(answer_fn, 1);
+  ScrBox *box = scr_box_new_obj(&scr_net_sock_retain_v, &scr_net_sock_release_v, NULL);
+  scr_box_set_ref(box, scr_net_sock_retain(s));
+  ans->caps[0] = box;
+  /* the lookup owns its +1 params per the universal convention; options
+   * crosses as the dyn undefined (Node passes its option bag — the
+   * lowered resolver shape types it `unknown` and portless ignores it) */
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *, ScrStr *, ScrDyn *, ScrClosure *))lookup->fn)(
+      lookup, scr_str_retain(host), scr_dyn_undefined(), ans);
+  scr_closure_release(lookup);
+  /* a synchronous throw inside the lookup left the exception pending —
+   * the emitter's may-throw check unwinds past this return */
+  return s;
+}
+
+/* The answer closure's runtime half (its fn is the emitted per-shape
+ * thunk; caps[0] boxes the socket). msg/ips are borrowed (nullable). */
+void scr_net_lookup_answer(ScrClosure *self, bool has_err, ScrStr *msg /*borrowed, nullable*/,
+                            ScrArr *ips /*borrowed, nullable*/) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = (ScrNetSocket *)scr_box_get_ref(self->caps[0]);
+  if (s == NULL) return;
+  if (!s->lookup_wait || s->close_emitted || s->fd >= 0) {
+    scr_net_sock_release(s);
+    return; /* late/repeated/dead-socket answers: the first decided */
+  }
+  s->lookup_wait = false;
+  size_t n = ips != NULL ? (size_t)scr_arr_len(ips) : 0;
+  if (has_err || n == 0) {
+    /* lookup failure: the deferred 'error' (Node defers these too); an
+     * EMPTY answer wears getaddrinfo's shape */
+    if (msg != NULL && msg->len > 0) {
+      scr_str_release(s->pending_err);
+      s->pending_err = scr_str_retain(msg);
+    } else if (s->pending_err == NULL) {
+      char fb[160];
+      snprintf(fb, sizeof fb, "getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND %s", s->peer_ip);
+      s->pending_err = scr_str_new(fb, strlen(fb));
+    }
+    s->connecting = false;
+    s->had_error = true;
+    s->emit_close = true;
+    scr_net_sock_release(s);
+    return;
+  }
+  s->dial_ips = malloc(n * sizeof *s->dial_ips);
+  if (!s->dial_ips) scr_net_oom();
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) s->dial_ips[i] = (ScrStr *)scr_arr_get_ref(ips, (double)i);
+  s->dial_n = n;
+  s->dial_i = 0;
+  scr_net_sock_dial_next(s);
+  scr_net_sock_release(s);
+}
+
+/* ── the socket surface ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+void scr_net_sock_write_str(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrStr *data /*borrowed*/) {
+  scr_net_sock_write_raw(s, data->data, data->len);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_write_bytes(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrBytes *data /*borrowed*/) {
+  scr_net_sock_write_raw(s, (const char *)data->data, data->len);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_end(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->fd < 0 || s->wr_ending) return;
+  s->wr_ending = true;
+  scr_net_sock_maybe_finish_write(s);
+  if (s->rd_eof && s->wr_done) scr_net_sock_close_fd(s);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_end_str(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrStr *data /*borrowed*/) {
+  scr_net_sock_write_str(s, data);
+  scr_net_sock_end(s);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_end_bytes(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrBytes *data /*borrowed*/) {
+  scr_net_sock_write_bytes(s, data);
+  scr_net_sock_end(s);
+}
+
+/* socket.setTimeout(ms): ms > 0 arms the idle timer NOW (Node starts the
+ * clock at the call — connecting time counts), ms <= 0 disables. */
+void scr_net_sock_set_timeout(ScrNetSocket *s, double ms) {
+  if (ms > 0 && s->fd >= 0) {
+    s->timeout_ms = ms;
+    scr_net_sock_timer_arm(s);
+  } else {
+    s->timeout_ms = 0;
+    scr_net_sock_timer_cancel(s);
+  }
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_timeout(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->timeout_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+/* socket.remoteAddress: the peer's address (+1), cached at first read
+ * (Node's _getpeername cache: a value read while connected survives
+ * destroy), or NULL — the undefined arm — for a never-read socket after
+ * close. A dual-stack accept of an IPv4 peer reads "::ffff:a.b.c.d",
+ * like Node. */
+/* socket.encrypted: true iff the socket carries a TLS transport (Node
+ * types `encrypted: true` on TLSSocket from construction; plain sockets
+ * answer the undefined arm — the emitter maps false to it). */
+bool scr_net_sock_encrypted(ScrNetSocket *s) { return s->tops != NULL; }
+
+ScrStr *scr_net_sock_remote_address(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->remote_cache) return scr_str_retain(s->remote_cache);
+  if (s->fd < 0) return NULL;
+  struct sockaddr_storage ss;
+  socklen_t len = sizeof ss;
+  if (getpeername(s->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&ss, &len) != 0) return NULL;
+  char buf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+  const char *out = NULL;
+  if (ss.ss_family == AF_INET) {
+    out = inet_ntop(AF_INET, &((struct sockaddr_in *)&ss)->sin_addr, buf, sizeof buf);
+  } else if (ss.ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+    out = inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&ss)->sin6_addr, buf, sizeof buf);
+  }
+  if (!out) return NULL;
+  s->remote_cache = scr_str_new(out, strlen(out));
+  return scr_str_retain(s->remote_cache);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_destroy(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  if (s->fd < 0 && !s->in_registry) return;
+  s->rd_eof = true;
+  s->wr_done = true;
+  scr_net_sock_close_fd(s); /* 'close' fires at the next sweep */
+}
+
+/* ── the paused-mode surface (the demux path: once('readable') +
+ * read(1) + unshift) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* Append arrived bytes to the receive buffer (paused-mode reads). */
+static void scr_net_sock_append_rbuf(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *data, size_t len) {
+  if (len == 0) return;
+  if (s->rhead > 0) {
+    memmove(s->rbuf, s->rbuf + s->rhead, s->rlen - s->rhead);
+    s->rlen -= s->rhead;
+    s->rhead = 0;
+  }
+  if (s->rlen + len > s->rcap) {
+    size_t cap = s->rcap ? s->rcap : 4096;
+    while (cap < s->rlen + len) cap *= 2;
+    s->rbuf = realloc(s->rbuf, cap);
+    if (!s->rbuf) scr_net_oom();
+    s->rcap = cap;
+  }
+  memcpy(s->rbuf + s->rlen, data, len);
+  s->rlen += len;
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_readable(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted || s->rd_eof) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->readable_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+}
+
+/* socket.read(n): n > 0 answers exactly n buffered bytes or NULL (Node's
+ * less-than-n-buffered answer); n <= 0 (the read() form) drains the
+ * whole buffer, NULL when empty. Always +1. */
+ScrBytes *scr_net_sock_read_bytes(ScrNetSocket *s, double n) {
+  size_t avail = s->rlen - s->rhead;
+  size_t want = n > 0 ? (size_t)n : avail;
+  if (avail == 0 || want == 0 || want > avail) return NULL;
+  ScrBytes *out = scr_bytes_new(SCR_BYTES_U8, (double)want);
+  size_t took = scr_net_sock_take_buffered(s, (char *)out->data, want);
+  (void)took;
+  return out;
+}
+
+/* socket.unshift(buf): the bytes re-enter the FRONT of the receive
+ * buffer — every consumer (data listeners, an http parser, a TLS bio)
+ * sees them before anything still in the kernel. */
+void scr_net_sock_unshift_bytes(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrBytes *data /*borrowed*/) {
+  if (data->len == 0) return;
+  size_t avail = s->rlen - s->rhead;
+  if (s->rhead >= data->len) {
+    /* room at the front (the read(1)-then-unshift shape: the byte slots
+     * straight back where it came from) */
+    s->rhead -= data->len;
+    memcpy(s->rbuf + s->rhead, data->data, data->len);
+    return;
+  }
+  size_t total = data->len + avail;
+  char *fresh = malloc(total > 0 ? total : 1);
+  if (!fresh) scr_net_oom();
+  memcpy(fresh, data->data, data->len);
+  if (avail > 0) memcpy(fresh + data->len, s->rbuf + s->rhead, avail);
+  free(s->rbuf);
+  s->rbuf = fresh;
+  s->rhead = 0;
+  s->rlen = total;
+  s->rcap = total > 0 ? total : 1;
+}
+
+/* server.emit('connection', socket): route an accepted socket into
+ * ANOTHER server — the demux pattern (portless's first-byte TLS peek).
+ * The target's protocol layer claims the socket (the http parser, or
+ * the TLS transport whose deferred 'connection' fires post-handshake);
+ * the socket's owning server stays the accepting one, exactly Node's
+ * connection accounting. */
+void scr_net_server_emit_connection(ScrNetServer *srv, ScrNetSocket *sock) {
+  if (srv->close_emitted) return;
+  if (srv->native_conn) {
+    srv->native_conn(srv->native_ctx, sock);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+  if (srv->defer_conn) {
+    if (sock->conn_pending) scr_net_server_release(sock->conn_pending);
+    sock->conn_pending = scr_net_server_retain(srv);
+    return;
+  }
+  ScrNetL *snap;
+  size_t n = scr_net_ls_snapshot(&srv->conn_ls, &snap);
+  scr_dyn_this_push(srv, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    if (!scr_exc_pending()) ((ScrNetConnFn)snap[i].fn)(snap[i].cb, scr_net_sock_retain(sock));
+    scr_closure_release(snap[i].cb);
+  }
+  scr_dyn_this_pop();
+  free(snap);
+}
+
+/* The accepting server of a server-side socket (BORROWED; NULL on client
+ * sockets) — the protocol layer binds it as the ambient receiver when
+ * firing server-level events ('request': Node's this === server). */
+ScrNetServer *scr_net_sock_server(ScrNetSocket *s) { return s->server; }
+
+/* socket.setEncoding(enc) — the req twin (scr_http_req_set_encoding's
+ * contract: utf8 flips 'data' to strings, real-but-unsupported encodings
+ * fence loudly, unknown names throw ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING). */
+void scr_net_sock_set_encoding(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrStr *enc /*borrowed*/) {
+  if ((enc->len == 4 && memcmp(enc->data, "utf8", 4) == 0) ||
+      (enc->len == 5 && memcmp(enc->data, "utf-8", 5) == 0)) {
+    s->enc_utf8 = true;
+    return;
+  }
+  static const char *const known[] = { "ascii", "latin1", "binary", "base64",
+    "base64url", "hex", "ucs2", "ucs-2", "utf16le", "utf-16le", NULL };
+  for (size_t i = 0; known[i]; i++) {
+    if (enc->len == strlen(known[i]) && memcmp(enc->data, known[i], enc->len) == 0) {
+      char msg[128];
+      int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "setEncoding('%s') is not supported yet (only 'utf8' here)",
+                       known[i]);
+      scr_throw_error_msg(SCR_ERR_ERROR, msg, (size_t)n);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  char msg[128];
+  int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "Unknown encoding: %.*s",
+                   (int)(enc->len < 64 ? enc->len : 64), enc->data);
+  scr_throw_error_msg_code(SCR_ERR_TYPE, msg, (size_t)n, "ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING");
+}
+
+/* pipe(dst): every arrived chunk forwards to dst; src EOF end()s dst
+ * (Node's default). Also arms the read side — a pipe is a consumer. */
+void scr_net_sock_pipe(ScrNetSocket *src, ScrNetSocket *dst) {
+  if (src->pipe_dst) scr_net_sock_release(src->pipe_dst);
+  src->pipe_dst = scr_net_sock_retain(dst);
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(src);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_data(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrNetDataFn fn,
+                           bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted || s->rd_eof) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->data_ls, cb, (void *)fn, once);
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_end(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted || s->rd_eof) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->end_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_close(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->close_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_error(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrChildErrFn fn,
+                            bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->err_ls, cb, (void *)fn, once);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_on_connect(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, bool once) {
+  if (s->close_emitted || (!s->connecting && s->fd < 0)) {
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!s->connecting) {
+    /* already connected: Node fires a late once('connect')… never — the
+     * event is past. Release, like listeners after 'exit'. */
+    scr_closure_release(cb);
+    return;
+  }
+  scr_net_ls_add(&s->conn_ls, cb, NULL, once);
+}
+
+/* The runtime-provided data adapters (the child/stdin thunk pattern). */
+void scr_net_data_thunk0(ScrClosure *cb, ScrBytes *chunk) {
+  (void)chunk;
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *))cb->fn)(cb);
+}
+
+void scr_net_data_thunk_bytes(ScrClosure *cb, ScrBytes *chunk) {
+  /* the listener owns its +1 param per the universal convention */
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *, ScrBytes *))cb->fn)(cb, scr_bytes_retain(chunk));
+}
+
+/* The checked-dynamic data listener (a dynCheck-adapted (dyn) => void
+ * closure): the chunk boxes BUFFER-flavored — Node hands Buffers to
+ * 'data', so toString()/string coercion decode utf8 (the stream lane's
+ * box-by-tag stance). The adapter owns its +1 dyn param. */
+void scr_net_data_thunk_dyn(ScrClosure *cb, ScrBytes *chunk) {
+  ScrDyn *d = scr_dyn_new_chunk(chunk);
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *, ScrDyn *))cb->fn)(cb, d);
+}
+
+/* The connection-handler adapters: the socket arrives +1 from the firing
+ * site; the zero-param shape releases it. */
+void scr_net_conn_thunk0(ScrClosure *cb, ScrNetSocket *sock) {
+  scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *))cb->fn)(cb);
+}
+
+void scr_net_conn_thunk_sock(ScrClosure *cb, ScrNetSocket *sock) {
+  ((void (*)(ScrClosure *, ScrNetSocket *))cb->fn)(cb, sock);
+}
+
+/* ── the protocol-layer hooks (scr_http.c) ───────────────────────────── */
+
+void scr_net_server_set_native_conn(ScrNetServer *s, ScrNetNativeConnFn fn, void *ctx,
+                                     void (*ctx_free)(void *)) {
+  s->native_conn = fn;
+  s->native_ctx = ctx;
+  s->native_ctx_free = ctx_free;
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_set_proto_settle(ScrNetServer *s, void (*fn)(void *)) {
+  s->proto_settle = fn;
+}
+
+bool scr_net_server_settled(ScrNetServer *s) { return s->close_emitted; }
+
+void scr_net_server_set_http_ctx(ScrNetServer *s, void *ctx) { s->http_ctx = ctx; }
+void *scr_net_server_get_http_ctx(ScrNetServer *s) { return s->http_ctx; }
+
+void scr_net_sock_set_native_reader(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrNetNativeDataFn data,
+                                     ScrNetNativeEventFn eof, ScrNetNativeEventFn closed,
+                                     void *ctx, void (*ctx_free)(void *)) {
+  s->native_data = data;
+  s->native_eof = eof;
+  s->native_closed = closed;
+  s->native_ctx = ctx;
+  s->native_ctx_free = ctx_free;
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+}
+
+/* The upgrade handover: clear the native reader's FN POINTERS but keep
+ * the ctx (still freed at socket death as registered) — the protocol
+ * parser steps aside mid-call and 'data'/pipe consumers take the raw
+ * stream from the next byte on. */
+void scr_net_sock_clear_native_reader(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  s->native_data = NULL;
+  s->native_eof = NULL;
+  s->native_closed = NULL;
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s);
+}
+
+/* socket.destroyed — true once the fd is gone (destroy() or full close),
+ * Node's flag for "this stream is done". */
+bool scr_net_sock_destroyed(ScrNetSocket *s) { return s->fd < 0; }
+
+/* socket.writable — Node's stream flag: the write half is open (no end()
+ * yet, no FIN sent, fd alive). Connecting sockets answer true — writes
+ * queue, exactly Node. */
+bool scr_net_sock_writable(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  return s->fd >= 0 && !s->wr_ending && !s->wr_done;
+}
+
+/* The protocol layer's timeout/error hooks (scr_http.c's client and the
+ * server parser's error swallowing). */
+void scr_net_sock_set_native_events(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrNetNativeEventFn timeout,
+                                     ScrNetNativeErrFn err) {
+  s->native_timeout = timeout;
+  s->native_err = err;
+}
+
+/* Client connect completion for the protocol layer (the h2 session's
+ * 'connect' moment) — fires before the socket's own conn_ls. */
+void scr_net_sock_set_native_established(ScrNetSocket *s, ScrNetNativeEventFn fn) {
+  s->native_established = fn;
+}
+
+/* Raw bytes from the protocol layer (head/framing text). */
+void scr_net_sock_write_native(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *buf, size_t n) {
+  scr_net_sock_write_raw(s, buf, n);
+}
+
+/* ── the transport hooks (scr_tls.c) ─────────────────────────────────── */
+
+void scr_net_sock_set_transport(ScrNetSocket *s, const ScrNetTransportOps *ops, void *tctx) {
+  s->tops = ops;
+  s->tctx = tctx;
+  s->t_est = false;
+  scr_net_sock_update_read(s); /* the handshake is a consumer */
+  scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+}
+
+int scr_net_sock_fd(ScrNetSocket *s) { return s->fd; }
+
+/* Drain up to n bytes of the receive buffer (peeked/unshifted bytes) —
+ * consumers call this BEFORE the fd so re-queued bytes keep their
+ * position in the stream. */
+size_t scr_net_sock_take_buffered(ScrNetSocket *s, char *buf, size_t n) {
+  size_t avail = s->rlen - s->rhead;
+  if (avail == 0) return 0;
+  size_t take = n < avail ? n : avail;
+  memcpy(buf, s->rbuf + s->rhead, take);
+  s->rhead += take;
+  if (s->rhead == s->rlen) s->rhead = s->rlen = 0;
+  return take;
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_transport_want_write(ScrNetSocket *s) {
+  s->t_want_write = true;
+  scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+}
+
+/* The transport context, guarded by ops identity — the SNI answer path
+ * re-finds its engine from the boxed socket, which may have died (or
+ * been re-routed) between the callback and the answer. */
+void *scr_net_sock_transport_ctx_for(ScrNetSocket *s, const ScrNetTransportOps *ops) {
+  return s->tops == ops ? s->tctx : NULL;
+}
+
+/* Re-drive a parked handshake (the asynchronous SNI answer arrived; no
+ * fd readiness is coming — the client is waiting for the ServerHello). */
+void scr_net_sock_transport_resume(ScrNetSocket *s) { scr_net_sock_transport_pump(s); }
+
+/* Replay raw bytes at the FRONT of the receive buffer (the SNI
+ * pre-parse handing the consumed ClientHello back to the TLS bio) —
+ * unshift's shape over a raw span. */
+void scr_net_sock_replay(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *data, size_t len) {
+  if (len == 0) return;
+  size_t avail = s->rlen - s->rhead;
+  if (s->rhead >= len) {
+    s->rhead -= len;
+    memcpy(s->rbuf + s->rhead, data, len);
+    return;
+  }
+  size_t total = len + avail;
+  char *fresh = malloc(total);
+  if (!fresh) scr_net_oom();
+  memcpy(fresh, data, len);
+  if (avail > 0) memcpy(fresh + len, s->rbuf + s->rhead, avail);
+  free(s->rbuf);
+  s->rbuf = fresh;
+  s->rhead = 0;
+  s->rlen = total;
+  s->rcap = total;
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_transport_error(ScrNetSocket *s, const char *msg) {
+  if (msg != NULL) {
+    if (!s->pending_err) s->pending_err = scr_str_new(msg, strlen(msg));
+    s->had_error = true;
+  }
+  scr_net_sock_close_fd(s); /* the sweep delivers 'error' (if any) then 'close' */
+}
+
+void scr_net_server_defer_connections(ScrNetServer *s) { s->defer_conn = true; }
+
+void scr_net_server_get_native_conn(ScrNetServer *s, ScrNetNativeConnFn *fn, void **ctx,
+                                     void (**ctx_free)(void *)) {
+  *fn = s->native_conn;
+  *ctx = s->native_ctx;
+  *ctx_free = s->native_ctx_free;
+}
+
+/* ── the sweep: deferred emits ───────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* The protocol layer's deferred-emit hook (scr_http.c: response/request
+ * 'close' events and the client teardown queue fire from the sweep, one
+ * pass after the work that flagged them — Node's later-than-the-handler
+ * emits). Registered once by scr_http install-time code. */
+enum { SCR_NET_PROTO_SLOTS = 4 };
+static bool (*scr_net_proto_pendings[SCR_NET_PROTO_SLOTS])(void);
+static void (*scr_net_proto_sweeps[SCR_NET_PROTO_SLOTS])(void);
+static size_t scr_net_proto_n = 0;
+
+/* ADDITIVE registration (each protocol unit — scr_http.c, scr_http2.c —
+ * claims a slot at its install; both can co-link in one binary). */
+void scr_net_set_proto_sweep(bool (*pending)(void), void (*sweep)(void)) {
+  if (scr_net_proto_n == SCR_NET_PROTO_SLOTS) abort();
+  scr_net_proto_pendings[scr_net_proto_n] = pending;
+  scr_net_proto_sweeps[scr_net_proto_n] = sweep;
+  scr_net_proto_n++;
+}
+
+static bool scr_net_proto_pending(void) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < scr_net_proto_n; i++) {
+    if (scr_net_proto_pendings[i]()) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+static void scr_net_proto_sweep(void) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < scr_net_proto_n; i++) {
+    scr_net_proto_sweeps[i]();
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+}
+
+static bool scr_net_flags_pending(void) {
+  if (scr_net_proto_pending()) return true;
+  for (ScrNetSocket *s = scr_net_socks; s; s = s->next) {
+    if (s->pending_err || (s->emit_close && !s->close_emitted)) return true;
+    /* bytes already out of the kernel with a consumer waiting — decrypted
+     * plaintext inside a transport, or unshifted bytes in the receive
+     * buffer: the poller can't re-signal them, the sweep must deliver */
+    bool consumers = s->data_ls.n > 0 || s->pipe_dst || s->native_data;
+    if (consumers && s->fd >= 0) {
+      if (s->tops && s->t_est && s->tops->pending && s->tops->pending(s->tctx)) return true;
+      if (!s->tops && s->rlen > s->rhead) return true;
+    }
+  }
+  for (ScrNetServer *s = scr_net_servers; s; s = s->next) {
+    if (s->pending_err || s->emit_listening) return true;
+    if (s->closing && s->nconns == 0 && !s->close_emitted) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/* Settles a server whose 'close' is due: fires the close callbacks and
+ * listeners, drops every listener list (the cycle story), and leaves the
+ * registry. Shared by the server sweep and the socket settle below —
+ * Node emits a DRAINED server's 'close' before the dying socket's own
+ * 'close', so the socket settle calls this mid-flight. */
+static void scr_net_server_settle(ScrNetServer *srv) {
+  srv->close_emitted = true;
+  scr_net_fire0_this(&srv->close_ls, srv, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+  scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->conn_ls);
+  scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->err_ls);
+  scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->close_ls);
+  scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->listening_cbs);
+  if (srv->proto_settle && srv->http_ctx) srv->proto_settle(srv->http_ctx);
+  scr_net_server_unregister(srv);
+}
+
+/* Sockets first (a dying connection may drain its server), servers after.
+ * Every fire checks for a pending exception and bails — the loop surfaces
+ * it as an uncaught throw. */
+static void scr_net_sweep(void) {
+  scr_net_proto_sweep();
+  if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  ScrNetSocket *sock = scr_net_socks;
+  while (sock) {
+    ScrNetSocket *next = sock->next; /* may unregister below */
+    scr_net_sock_retain(sock);      /* callbacks may drop every other ref */
+    if (sock->fd >= 0 && (sock->data_ls.n > 0 || sock->pipe_dst || sock->native_data) &&
+        ((sock->tops && sock->t_est && sock->tops->pending && sock->tops->pending(sock->tctx)) ||
+         (!sock->tops && sock->rlen > sock->rhead))) {
+      /* deliver bytes the kernel can't re-signal (see flags_pending) */
+      scr_net_sock_read(sock);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+        scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    if (sock->pending_err) {
+      ScrStr *msg = sock->pending_err;
+      sock->pending_err = NULL;
+      /* the protocol layer gets first claim (the http conn/client owns
+       * the error story: 'error' on the req, or Node's silent server-side
+       * teardown); unconsumed errors fall through to the socket's own
+       * listeners — and the unhandled-'error' exit */
+      bool consumed = false;
+      if (sock->native_err) consumed = sock->native_err(sock->native_ctx, msg);
+      if (!consumed && !scr_exc_pending()) scr_net_fire_err_this(&sock->err_ls, msg, sock, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+      scr_str_release(msg);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+        scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    if (sock->emit_close && !sock->close_emitted && sock->fd < 0) {
+      sock->close_emitted = true;
+      sock->emit_close = false;
+      /* The owning server's count drains FIRST, and a now-drained closing
+       * server settles before this socket's own 'close' fires — Node's
+       * observed order (differential: the net-echo fixture). */
+      if (sock->server) {
+        ScrNetServer *srv = sock->server;
+        sock->server = NULL;
+        srv->nconns--;
+        if (srv->closing && srv->nconns == 0 && !srv->close_emitted) {
+          scr_net_server_settle(srv);
+        }
+        scr_net_server_release(srv);
+        if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+          scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+      if (sock->native_closed) {
+        sock->native_closed(sock->native_ctx);
+        if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+          scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+      scr_net_fire0_this(&sock->close_ls, sock, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+      /* settle: listeners drop (cycle story) */
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->data_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->end_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->close_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->err_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->conn_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->timeout_ls);
+      scr_net_ls_drop(&sock->readable_ls);
+      if (sock->pipe_dst) {
+        scr_net_sock_release(sock->pipe_dst);
+        sock->pipe_dst = NULL;
+      }
+      if (sock->conn_pending) {
+        scr_net_server_release(sock->conn_pending);
+        sock->conn_pending = NULL;
+      }
+      scr_net_sock_unregister(sock);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+        scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+    sock = next;
+  }
+  ScrNetServer *srv = scr_net_servers;
+  while (srv) {
+    ScrNetServer *next = srv->next;
+    scr_net_server_retain(srv);
+    if (srv->emit_listening) {
+      srv->emit_listening = false;
+      scr_net_fire0_this(&srv->listening_cbs, srv, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+        scr_net_server_release(srv);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    if (srv->pending_err) {
+      ScrStr *msg = srv->pending_err;
+      srv->pending_err = NULL;
+      scr_net_fire_err_this(&srv->err_ls, msg, srv, SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER);
+      scr_str_release(msg);
+      /* A failed listen SETTLES the handle: listeners drop (an error
+       * listener capturing its own server would otherwise cycle forever —
+       * the RC audit caught exactly that) and it leaves the registry. A
+       * later listen() starts fresh; pre-failure listeners are gone,
+       * where Node's would survive (SEMANTICS.md divergence 48). */
+      if (!srv->listening && !srv->closing) {
+        scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->conn_ls);
+        scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->err_ls);
+        scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->close_ls);
+        scr_net_ls_drop(&srv->listening_cbs);
+        scr_net_server_unregister(srv);
+      }
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) {
+        scr_net_server_release(srv);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    scr_net_server_release(srv);
+    srv = next;
+  }
+  /* Drained closing servers settle in close-REQUEST order (close_seq),
+   * not registry order — Node emits 'close' in the order close() was
+   * called when several drain in one turn. */
+  for (;;) {
+    ScrNetServer *due = NULL;
+    for (ScrNetServer *it = scr_net_servers; it; it = it->next) {
+      if (it->closing && it->nconns == 0 && !it->close_emitted &&
+          (due == NULL || it->close_seq < due->close_seq)) {
+        due = it;
+      }
+    }
+    if (due == NULL) return;
+    scr_net_server_retain(due);
+    scr_net_server_settle(due);
+    scr_net_server_release(due);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+  }
+}
+
+/* ── the loop hooks (scr_async.c) ────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+static bool scr_net_pending(void) {
+  if (scr_net_servers != NULL || scr_net_socks != NULL) return true;
+  return scr_net_proto_pending();
+}
+
+static int scr_net_pollfd(void) {
+  return scr_net_poller != NULL ? scrp_poller_fd(scr_net_poller) : -1;
+}
+
+static void scr_net_dispatch(void) {
+  if (!scr_net_servers && !scr_net_socks &&
+      !scr_net_proto_pending()) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (;;) {
+    scr_net_sweep();
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+    if (scr_net_poller == NULL) return;
+    ScrPollerEvent evs[64];
+    int n = scrp_drain(scr_net_poller, evs, 64);
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      void *udata = evs[i].udata;
+      if (!udata) continue;
+      int kind = *(int *)udata;
+      if (kind == SCR_NET_K_SERVER) {
+        scr_net_server_accept((ScrNetServer *)udata);
+      } else if (kind == SCR_NET_K_SOCKET) {
+        ScrNetSocket *s = (ScrNetSocket *)udata;
+        /* A callback earlier in this batch may have closed this fd
+         * (destroy inside a data listener) — its remaining events are
+         * stale; the handle itself stays alive until the sweep. */
+        if (s->fd < 0) continue;
+        if (evs[i].events & SCRP_TIMER) {
+          /* the idle period elapsed: 'timeout' fires once (one-shot — the
+           * next activity re-arms); the socket stays open, like Node */
+          s->timeout_armed = false;
+          if (s->native_timeout) {
+            s->native_timeout(s->native_ctx);
+            if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+          }
+          scr_net_fire0_this(&s->timeout_ls, s, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+        }
+        /* kqueue delivers one direction per event (today's exact order);
+         * epoll may coalesce both into one — writes first (connect
+         * completion, flushes), then reads, re-checking the fd a write
+         * failure may have closed. */
+        if (evs[i].events & SCRP_WRITABLE) {
+          if (s->connecting) scr_net_sock_connect_done(s);
+          else if (s->tops && !s->t_est) {
+            s->t_want_write = false;
+            scr_net_sock_transport_pump(s);
+            if (!scr_exc_pending() && s->fd >= 0) scr_net_sock_update_write(s);
+          } else {
+            s->t_want_write = false;
+            scr_net_sock_flush(s);
+          }
+        }
+        if ((evs[i].events & SCRP_READABLE) && !scr_exc_pending() && s->fd >= 0) {
+          if (s->tops && !s->t_est) scr_net_sock_transport_pump(s);
+          else scr_net_sock_read(s);
+        }
+      }
+      if (scr_exc_pending()) return;
+    }
+    if (!scr_net_flags_pending()) return;
+    if (scr_loop_has_ready()) return; /* microtasks interleave first */
+  }
+}
+
+/* Exit-time registry cleanup (the events-unit precedent): handles a
+ * program legitimately leaves live at exit — a server running until
+ * SIGTERM, sockets the peer never closed — release their listeners and
+ * registry references so the RC audit sees a clean heap. */
+static void scr_net_cleanup_atexit(void) {
+  while (scr_net_socks) {
+    ScrNetSocket *s = scr_net_socks;
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->data_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->end_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->close_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->err_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->conn_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->timeout_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->readable_ls);
+    /* Tear down the protocol layer's parser NOW: an in-flight http
+     * exchange (a handler that threw before res.end()) holds req/res,
+     * and the res holds this socket back — a cycle the lean untraced
+     * handles cannot collect, visible only to the RC audit. No reads
+     * follow at exit, so the parser hooks unhook first and the ctx
+     * frees (scr_http_conn_free drops the in-flight pair; its close
+     * emits are discarded at exit — the http unit's exiting flag). */
+    if (s->native_ctx_free) {
+      void (*ctx_free)(void *) = s->native_ctx_free;
+      void *ctx = s->native_ctx;
+      s->native_ctx_free = NULL;
+      s->native_ctx = NULL;
+      s->native_data = NULL;
+      s->native_eof = NULL;
+      s->native_closed = NULL;
+      s->native_timeout = NULL;
+      s->native_established = NULL;
+      s->native_err = NULL;
+      ctx_free(ctx);
+    }
+    if (s->pipe_dst) {
+      scr_net_sock_release(s->pipe_dst);
+      s->pipe_dst = NULL;
+    }
+    if (s->conn_pending) {
+      scr_net_server_release(s->conn_pending);
+      s->conn_pending = NULL;
+    }
+    if (s->server) {
+      s->server->nconns--;
+      scr_net_server_release(s->server);
+      s->server = NULL;
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_unregister(s);
+  }
+  while (scr_net_servers) {
+    ScrNetServer *s = scr_net_servers;
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->conn_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->err_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->close_ls);
+    scr_net_ls_drop(&s->listening_cbs);
+    scr_closure_release(s->close_override);
+    s->close_override = NULL;
+    scr_net_server_unregister(s);
+  }
+}
+
+void scr_net_install(void) {
+  static bool installed = false;
+  if (installed) return;
+  installed = true;
+  atexit(scr_net_cleanup_atexit);
+  scr_loop_set_net(&scr_net_pending, &scr_net_dispatch, &scr_net_pollfd);
+}
+
+/* ── checked-dynamic handle dispatch (SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET ops) ─────────
+ * The socket half of the HANDLE crossing (scr_http.c hosts the req/res
+ * half and the shared design comment): members dispatch onto the same
+ * entry points the static lowerings use; real-but-unmodeled members meet
+ * the loud "not supported yet" ladder; unknown names answer Node's own
+ * shapes ("<what> is not a function" / the undefined singleton). */
+
+static void scr_net_dynh_unsupported(const char *member, const char *why) {
+  char msg[160];
+  int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "'Socket.prototype.%s' on a dynamic value is not supported yet%s%s",
+                   member, why ? " — " : "", why ? why : "");
+  scr_throw_error_msg(SCR_ERR_ERROR, msg, (size_t)n);
+}
+
+/* The TLS-member hooks (scr_tls.c registers them when linked): TLSSocket
+ * property reads, event names, and method names layer over the plain
+ * socket dispatch without this unit naming that one's symbols. */
+static const ScrNetDynhTlsHooks *scr_net_dynh_tls = NULL;
+void scr_net_set_dynh_tls(const ScrNetDynhTlsHooks *hooks) { scr_net_dynh_tls = hooks; }
+
+static bool scr_net_dynh_name_is(const ScrDyn *name, const char *lit) {
+  size_t n = strlen(lit);
+  return name->kind == SCR_DYN_STR && name->v.str->len == n &&
+         memcmp(name->v.str->data, lit, n) == 0;
+}
+
+static ScrDyn *scr_net_dynh_sock_invoke(void *h, ScrDyn *self, const char *method,
+                                        ScrDyn *const *args, size_t argc, const char *what) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = (ScrNetSocket *)h;
+  bool reg = false, once = false;
+  if (strcmp(method, "on") == 0 || strcmp(method, "addListener") == 0) reg = true;
+  else if (strcmp(method, "once") == 0) { reg = true; once = true; }
+  if (reg) {
+    const ScrDyn *name = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    const ScrDyn *cb = argc > 1 ? args[1] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    scr_dyn_check_listener(cb, "listener");
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return NULL;
+    if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "data")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_data(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure_data(cb), (ScrNetDataFn)&scr_dyn_listener_fire_data, once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "end")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_end(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "close")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_close(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "error")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_error(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure_err(cb), (ScrChildErrFn)&scr_dyn_listener_fire_err, once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "connect")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_connect(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "timeout")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_timeout(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "readable")) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_readable(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "drain")) {
+      /* This surface never backpressures (write answers true) — an
+       * accepted, never-fired registration is the consistent answer. */
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_tls != NULL && name->kind == SCR_DYN_STR &&
+               scr_net_dynh_tls->on(s, name->v.str->data, cb, once)) {
+      /* a TLS event name ('secureConnect'), handled by the TLS unit */
+    } else {
+      ScrJsonBuf b;
+      scr_jb_init(&b);
+      scr_jb_puts(&b, "listening for '");
+      if (name->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < name->v.str->len; i++) scr_jb_putc(&b, name->v.str->data[i]);
+      }
+      scr_jb_puts(&b, "' on a dynamic Socket is not supported yet");
+      scr_throw_error(SCR_ERR_ERROR, scr_jb_finish(&b));
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "write") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *chunk = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (chunk->kind != SCR_DYN_STR && chunk->kind != SCR_DYN_BYTES) {
+      scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("chunk", "of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array", chunk);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if (argc > 1 && args[1]->kind == SCR_DYN_FUNC) {
+      scr_net_dynh_unsupported("write", "write(chunk, callback) is not modeled");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if (chunk->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) scr_net_sock_write_str(s, chunk->v.str);
+    else scr_net_sock_write_bytes(s, chunk->v.bytes);
+    return scr_dyn_new_bool(true); /* backpressure is not modeled (SEMANTICS.md) */
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "end") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *chunk = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (chunk->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) scr_net_sock_end_str(s, chunk->v.str);
+    else if (chunk->kind == SCR_DYN_BYTES) scr_net_sock_end_bytes(s, chunk->v.bytes);
+    else if (chunk->kind == SCR_DYN_UNDEF || argc == 0) scr_net_sock_end(s);
+    else if (chunk->kind == SCR_DYN_FUNC) {
+      scr_net_dynh_unsupported("end", "end(callback) is not modeled");
+      return NULL;
+    } else {
+      scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("chunk", "of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array", chunk);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "destroy") == 0) {
+    if (argc > 0 && args[0]->kind != SCR_DYN_UNDEF) {
+      scr_net_dynh_unsupported("destroy", "destroy(error) carries a payload this surface does not model");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_destroy(s);
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "setTimeout") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *ms = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (ms->kind != SCR_DYN_NUM) {
+      scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("msecs", "of type number", ms);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_set_timeout(s, ms->v.num);
+    if (argc > 1 && args[1]->kind == SCR_DYN_FUNC) {
+      scr_net_sock_on_timeout(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(args[1]), true);
+    } else if (argc > 1 && args[1]->kind != SCR_DYN_UNDEF) {
+      scr_dyn_check_listener(args[1], "callback");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "setEncoding") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *enc = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (enc->kind != SCR_DYN_STR) {
+      scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("encoding", "of type string", enc);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    scr_net_sock_set_encoding(s, enc->v.str);
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return NULL;
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "pipe") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *dst = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (dst->kind == SCR_DYN_HANDLE && dst->v.handle.tag == SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET) {
+      scr_net_sock_pipe(s, (ScrNetSocket *)dst->v.handle.ptr);
+      return scr_dyn_retain((ScrDyn *)dst);
+    }
+    if (dst->kind == SCR_DYN_HANDLE) {
+      /* Cross-unit destinations (a ServerResponse) accept the source
+       * through their pipe_from hook — this unit cannot name theirs. */
+      const ScrDynHandleOps *dops = scr_dyn_handle_ops_of(dst);
+      if (dops->pipe_from && dops->pipe_from(dst->v.handle.ptr, self)) {
+        return scr_dyn_retain((ScrDyn *)dst);
+      }
+    }
+    scr_net_dynh_unsupported("pipe", "only Socket and ServerResponse destinations are modeled");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "toString") == 0) {
+    ScrStr *str = scr_str_new("[object Object]", 15);
+    ScrDyn *d = scr_dyn_new_str(str);
+    scr_str_release(str);
+    return d;
+  }
+  if (scr_net_dynh_tls != NULL) {
+    ScrDyn *out = NULL;
+    if (scr_net_dynh_tls->invoke(s, method, args, argc, &out)) return out;
+  }
+  {
+    static const char *const known[] = { "connect", "setNoDelay", "setKeepAlive",
+      "address", "pause", "resume", "ref", "unref", "cork", "uncork", "read", "unpipe",
+      "off", "removeListener", "removeAllListeners", "emit", "prependListener",
+      "prependOnceListener", "listenerCount", "listeners", "resetAndDestroy", "destroySoon", NULL };
+    for (size_t i = 0; known[i]; i++) {
+      if (strcmp(method, known[i]) == 0) {
+        scr_net_dynh_unsupported(method, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  {
+    char msg[160];
+    int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "%s is not a function", what);
+    scr_throw_error_msg(SCR_ERR_TYPE, msg, (size_t)n);
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static ScrDyn *scr_net_dynh_sock_get(void *h, const char *key, size_t key_len) {
+  ScrNetSocket *s = (ScrNetSocket *)h;
+  (void)key_len;
+  if (strcmp(key, "destroyed") == 0) return scr_dyn_new_bool(scr_net_sock_destroyed(s));
+  if (strcmp(key, "writable") == 0) return scr_dyn_new_bool(scr_net_sock_writable(s));
+  if (strcmp(key, "remoteAddress") == 0) {
+    ScrStr *a = scr_net_sock_remote_address(s);
+    if (!a) return NULL; /* the undefined arm, the static lane's split */
+    ScrDyn *d = scr_dyn_new_str(a);
+    scr_str_release(a);
+    return d;
+  }
+  if (strcmp(key, "encrypted") == 0) {
+    /* Node types `encrypted: true` on TLSSocket only; plain sockets read
+     * undefined — the static lane's false→undefined mapping. */
+    return scr_net_sock_encrypted(s) ? scr_dyn_new_bool(true) : NULL;
+  }
+  if (scr_net_dynh_tls != NULL) {
+    ScrDyn *out = NULL;
+    if (scr_net_dynh_tls->get(s, key, &out)) return out;
+  }
+  {
+    static const char *const known[] = { "remotePort", "remoteFamily", "localAddress",
+      "localPort", "localFamily", "bytesRead", "bytesWritten", "connecting", "pending",
+      "readyState", "bufferSize", "timeout", "readable", "closed", "errored", NULL };
+    for (size_t i = 0; known[i]; i++) {
+      if (strcmp(key, known[i]) == 0) {
+        scr_net_dynh_unsupported(key, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool scr_net_dynh_sock_set(void *h, const char *key, size_t key_len, const ScrDyn *value) {
+  (void)h; (void)key; (void)key_len; (void)value;
+  return false;
+}
+
+static const ScrDynHandleOps scr_net_dynh_sock_ops = {
+  "Socket",
+  &scr_net_sock_retain_v,
+  &scr_net_sock_release_v,
+  &scr_net_dynh_sock_invoke,
+  &scr_net_dynh_sock_get,
+  &scr_net_dynh_sock_set,
+  NULL,
+};
+
+/* ── checked-dynamic handle dispatch (SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER ops) ─────────
+ * The server half: `let server; server = createServer(...)` puts the
+ * handle into a dyn binding, and every listener body's `this` answers
+ * the emitting server (the ambient receiver) — both dispatch here.
+ * Members ride the same entry points the static lowerings use. HTTP
+ * server events ('request') route through the hook scr_http.c registers
+ * at its dyn install — this unit cannot name http entry points without
+ * breaking the link gate. */
+
+static bool (*scr_net_dynh_http_on)(ScrNetServer *s, const char *event, const ScrDyn *cb,
+                                    bool once);
+void scr_net_set_dynh_http_on(bool (*fn)(ScrNetServer *, const char *, const ScrDyn *, bool)) {
+  scr_net_dynh_http_on = fn;
+}
+
+static void scr_net_dynh_srv_unsupported(const char *member, const char *why) {
+  char msg[160];
+  int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "'Server.prototype.%s' on a dynamic value is not supported yet%s%s",
+                   member, why ? " — " : "", why ? why : "");
+  scr_throw_error_msg(SCR_ERR_ERROR, msg, (size_t)n);
+}
+
+/* The 'connection' fire for a dyn listener: box the socket by reference
+ * and call through the checked-dynamic machinery (the ScrNetConnFn ABI —
+ * sock arrives +1 and the adapter owns it, like the static adapters). */
+static void scr_net_dynh_fire_conn(ScrClosure *cb, ScrNetSocket *sock /* +1 */) {
+  ScrDyn *fn = scr_dyn_listener_fn(cb);
+  ScrDyn *dsock = scr_dyn_new_handle(sock, SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET);
+  ScrDyn *args[1] = { dsock };
+  ScrDyn *r = scr_dyn_call(fn, args, 1, "listener");
+  scr_dyn_release(r);
+  scr_dyn_release(dsock);
+  scr_dyn_release(fn);
+  scr_net_sock_release(sock);
+}
+
+/* server.address() — Node's { address, family, port } object, null while
+ * not listening (never bound, or already closed). */
+static ScrDyn *scr_net_dynh_srv_address(ScrNetServer *s) {
+  if (!s->listening || s->fd < 0) return scr_dyn_new_null();
+  ScrDyn *o = scr_dyn_new_obj();
+  {
+    ScrStr *a = s->bound_host ? scr_str_retain(s->bound_host)
+                              : scr_str_new(s->bound_v6 ? "::" : "0.0.0.0", s->bound_v6 ? 2 : 7);
+    scr_dyn_obj_set(o, "address", 7, scr_dyn_new_str(a));
+    scr_str_release(a);
+  }
+  {
+    const char *fam = s->bound_v6 ? "IPv6" : "IPv4";
+    ScrStr *f = scr_str_new(fam, 4);
+    scr_dyn_obj_set(o, "family", 6, scr_dyn_new_str(f));
+    scr_str_release(f);
+  }
+  scr_dyn_obj_set(o, "port", 4, scr_dyn_new_num((double)s->port));
+  return o;
+}
+
+static ScrDyn *scr_net_dynh_srv_invoke(void *h, ScrDyn *self, const char *method,
+                                       ScrDyn *const *args, size_t argc, const char *what) {
+  ScrNetServer *s = (ScrNetServer *)h;
+  bool reg = false, once = false;
+  if (strcmp(method, "on") == 0 || strcmp(method, "addListener") == 0) reg = true;
+  else if (strcmp(method, "once") == 0) { reg = true; once = true; }
+  if (reg) {
+    const ScrDyn *name = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    const ScrDyn *cb = argc > 1 ? args[1] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    scr_dyn_check_listener(cb, "listener");
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) return NULL;
+    if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "listening")) {
+      scr_net_server_on_listening(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "close")) {
+      scr_net_server_on_close(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb), once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "error")) {
+      scr_net_server_on_error(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure_err(cb),
+                              (ScrChildErrFn)&scr_dyn_listener_fire_err, once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "connection")) {
+      scr_net_server_on_connection(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure_fn(cb, (void *)&scr_net_dynh_fire_conn),
+                                   (ScrNetConnFn)&scr_net_dynh_fire_conn, once);
+    } else if (scr_net_dynh_name_is(name, "secureConnection") && s->defer_conn) {
+      /* a TLS server's 'connection' list IS post-handshake (deferred) —
+       * exactly Node's secureConnection timing; on a plain server the
+       * name falls through to the fence below */
+      scr_net_server_on_connection(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure_fn(cb, (void *)&scr_net_dynh_fire_conn),
+                                   (ScrNetConnFn)&scr_net_dynh_fire_conn, once);
+    } else if (name->kind == SCR_DYN_STR && scr_net_dynh_http_on &&
+               scr_net_dynh_http_on(s, name->v.str->data, cb, once)) {
+      /* the http layer accepted the event ('request') */
+    } else {
+      ScrJsonBuf b;
+      scr_jb_init(&b);
+      scr_jb_puts(&b, "listening for '");
+      if (name->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < name->v.str->len; i++) scr_jb_putc(&b, name->v.str->data[i]);
+      }
+      scr_jb_puts(&b, "' on a dynamic Server is not supported yet");
+      scr_throw_error(SCR_ERR_ERROR, scr_jb_finish(&b));
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "listen") == 0) {
+    /* listen([port][, host][, cb]) — the static lowering's shapes over
+     * dyn arguments; the options-object form fences loudly. */
+    double port = 0;
+    ScrStr *host = NULL;
+    const ScrDyn *cb = NULL;
+    size_t i = 0;
+    if (i < argc && args[i]->kind == SCR_DYN_NUM) { port = args[i]->v.num; i++; }
+    else if (i < argc && args[i]->kind == SCR_DYN_STR && args[i]->v.str->len > 0 &&
+             args[i]->v.str->data[0] >= '0' && args[i]->v.str->data[0] <= '9') {
+      /* Node coerces a numeric port string */
+      port = strtod(args[i]->v.str->data, NULL);
+      i++;
+    } else if (i < argc && args[i]->kind == SCR_DYN_OBJ) {
+      scr_net_dynh_srv_unsupported("listen", "the options-object form on a dynamic value is not modeled (use listen(port[, host][, cb]))");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if (i < argc && args[i]->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) { host = args[i]->v.str; i++; }
+    if (i < argc && args[i]->kind == SCR_DYN_FUNC) { cb = args[i]; i++; }
+    if (i < argc && args[i]->kind != SCR_DYN_UNDEF && args[i]->kind != SCR_DYN_NULL) {
+      scr_net_dynh_srv_unsupported("listen", "unrecognized arguments (the modeled shape is listen(port[, host][, cb]))");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    ScrClosure *clo = cb ? scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb) : NULL;
+    if (host) scr_net_listen_opts(s, port, host, false, clo);
+    else scr_net_listen(s, port, clo);
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self); /* Node's `return this` chaining */
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "close") == 0) {
+    const ScrDyn *cb = argc > 0 ? args[0] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (cb->kind == SCR_DYN_FUNC) {
+      scr_net_server_close(s, scr_dyn_listener_closure0(cb));
+    } else if (cb->kind == SCR_DYN_UNDEF || argc == 0) {
+      scr_net_server_close(s, NULL);
+    } else {
+      scr_dyn_check_listener(cb, "callback");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return scr_dyn_retain(self);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "address") == 0) {
+    return scr_net_dynh_srv_address(s);
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "emit") == 0 && argc > 0 && scr_net_dynh_name_is(args[0], "connection")) {
+    const ScrDyn *sockd = argc > 1 ? args[1] : scr_dyn_undefined();
+    if (sockd->kind == SCR_DYN_HANDLE && sockd->v.handle.tag == SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET) {
+      scr_net_server_emit_connection(s, (ScrNetSocket *)sockd->v.handle.ptr);
+      return scr_dyn_new_bool(true);
+    }
+    scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("socket", "an instance of Socket", sockd);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (strcmp(method, "toString") == 0) {
+    ScrStr *str = scr_str_new("[object Object]", 15);
+    ScrDyn *d = scr_dyn_new_str(str);
+    scr_str_release(str);
+    return d;
+  }
+  {
+    static const char *const known[] = { "ref", "unref", "setTimeout", "getConnections",
+      "off", "removeListener", "removeAllListeners", "emit", "prependListener",
+      "prependOnceListener", "listenerCount", "listeners", "closeAllConnections",
+      "closeIdleConnections", NULL };
+    for (size_t i = 0; known[i]; i++) {
+      if (strcmp(method, known[i]) == 0) {
+        scr_net_dynh_srv_unsupported(method, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  {
+    char msg[160];
+    int n = snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "%s is not a function", what);
+    scr_throw_error_msg(SCR_ERR_TYPE, msg, (size_t)n);
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static ScrDyn *scr_net_dynh_srv_get(void *h, const char *key, size_t key_len) {
+  ScrNetServer *s = (ScrNetServer *)h;
+  (void)key_len;
+  if (strcmp(key, "listening") == 0) return scr_dyn_new_bool(s->listening);
+  {
+    static const char *const known[] = { "maxConnections", "connections", "maxHeadersCount",
+      "timeout", "keepAliveTimeout", "headersTimeout", "requestTimeout", NULL };
+    for (size_t i = 0; known[i]; i++) {
+      if (strcmp(key, known[i]) == 0) {
+        scr_net_dynh_srv_unsupported(key, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool scr_net_dynh_srv_set(void *h, const char *key, size_t key_len, const ScrDyn *value) {
+  (void)h; (void)key; (void)key_len; (void)value;
+  return false;
+}
+
+static const ScrDynHandleOps scr_net_dynh_srv_ops = {
+  "Server",
+  &scr_net_server_retain_v,
+  &scr_net_server_release_v,
+  &scr_net_dynh_srv_invoke,
+  &scr_net_dynh_srv_get,
+  &scr_net_dynh_srv_set,
+  NULL,
+};
+
+void scr_net_dyn_install(void) {
+  scr_dyn_handle_install(SCR_DYNH_NET_SOCKET, &scr_net_dynh_sock_ops);
+  scr_dyn_handle_install(SCR_DYNH_NET_SERVER, &scr_net_dynh_srv_ops);
+}
+
+/* Checked-dynamic chunks into a TYPED socket (an untyped JS payload
+ * flowing into socket.write/end — the static lowering's dyn-data arm):
+ * STR/BYTES dispatch onto the typed entries; undefined/null end()s plain
+ * (Node accepts them); anything else throws Node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
+ * chunk TypeError. Both borrowed. */
+void scr_net_sock_write_dynv(ScrNetSocket *s, const ScrDyn *d) {
+  if (d->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) scr_net_sock_write_str(s, d->v.str);
+  else if (d->kind == SCR_DYN_BYTES) scr_net_sock_write_bytes(s, d->v.bytes);
+  else scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("chunk", "of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array", d);
+}
+
+void scr_net_sock_end_dynv(ScrNetSocket *s, const ScrDyn *d) {
+  if (d->kind == SCR_DYN_STR) scr_net_sock_end_str(s, d->v.str);
+  else if (d->kind == SCR_DYN_BYTES) scr_net_sock_end_bytes(s, d->v.bytes);
+  else if (d->kind == SCR_DYN_UNDEF || d->kind == SCR_DYN_NULL) scr_net_sock_end(s);
+  else scr_dyn_arg_type_fail("chunk", "of type string or an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array", d);
+}