fix: detect `+xml` content types as text by v1teka · Pull Request #639 · unjs/ofetch

v1teka · 2026-10-16T14:17:41Z

Problem

detectResponseType matches XML media types against a fixed set of strings:

const textTypes = new Set([
  "image/svg",
  "application/xml",
  "application/xhtml",
  "application/html",
]);

The lookup is exact, so every media type using the structured +xml suffix (RFC 6839) falls through to blob — including the real-world spellings of two entries already in that set, image/svg+xml and application/xhtml+xml:

application/rss+xml    -> blob     application/ld+json   -> json
application/atom+xml   -> blob     application/xml       -> text
application/xhtml+xml  -> blob     text/xml              -> text
image/svg+xml          -> blob

The +json suffix is already handled by JSON_RE, which is why application/ld+json is detected correctly.

Change

Mirrors JSON_RE with an equivalent pattern for XML, so +xml types are treated as text, and adds a regression test covering the content types above.

Closes #597

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Bug Fixes
- XML responses, including application- and image-based XML media types with optional suffixes and parameters, are now returned as text.

`detectResponseType` matched XML media types against a fixed set of strings, so types using the structured `+xml` suffix fell through to `blob`: `application/rss+xml`, `application/atom+xml`, `application/xhtml+xml` and `image/svg+xml`. The `+json` suffix is already handled the same way by `JSON_RE`, so this mirrors it with an equivalent pattern for XML.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-16T14:17:59Z

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detectResponseType now treats matching application and image XML media types as text. Tests cover XML, RSS, Atom, XHTML, and SVG content types, including an RSS type with a charset parameter.

Changes: XML response handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect XML responses as text `src/utils.ts`, `test/index.test.ts`	`detectResponseType` returns `"text"` for matching XML media types. The test server can return a supplied content type, and tests check that `$fetch` returns the response as text for several XML-based types.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: pi0

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to be8a5

Responses using XML +xml media types outside the application and image types are returned as blobs rather than text. This is a narrow compatibility issue to address.

Security architecture risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to be8a5

The change adjusts default response decoding without adding XML parsing or execution. Explicit response-handling options retain precedence, and the inspected flow shows no introduced or worsened security risk.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — A server able to control a fetched response's headers and body can influence the default returned representation for newly matched XML types. The affected surface includes public fetch instances using automatic detection; no additional network request, credential authority or cross-tenant state access is introduced by the classifier change. External application handling of the resulting string is outside the inspected scope.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Untrusted response metadata selects among fixed classifier outcomes, not arbitrary response methods. Caller-specified handling takes precedence over metadata detection, and the existing HEAD and null-body-status exclusions remain in place.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: detecting +xml content types as text.
Linked Issues check		Issue `#597` requires `application/rss+xml` responses to return text. `src/utils.ts` adds `XML_RE` and checks it in `detectResponseType`, so `application/rss+xml` returns `"text"`. `test/index.test.ts` …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within the XML response-type detection objective from issue `#597`. The `XML_RE` implementation generalizes the required `+xml` handling, and the added endpoint and tests provide regres…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files.

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Issue #597 requires application/rss+xml responses to return text. src/utils.ts adds XML_RE and checks it in detectResponseType, so application/rss+xml returns "text". test/index.test.ts adds a regression test for application/rss+xml and its parameterized form. The test also covers related XML media types listed in the PR description.

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The changes stay within the XML response-type detection objective from issue #597. The XML_RE implementation generalizes the required +xml handling, and the added endpoint and tests provide regression coverage. No unrelated change is shown.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-16T14:21:50Z

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 const JSON_RE = /^application\/(?:[\w!#$%&*.^`~-]*\+)?json(;.+)?$/i;
+const XML_RE = /^(?:application|image)\/(?:[\w!#$%&*.^`~-]*\+)?xml(;.+)?$/i;


🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match the +xml suffix across top-level types.

XML_RE only accepts application and image. A registered type such as model/step+xml therefore falls through to "blob", so $fetch reads the body as a blob instead of text. (iana.org)

Match the +xml suffix for other valid top-level types and add model/step+xml to the regression test.

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