fix: better handler malformed paths

.changeset/empty-cars-provide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cloudflare/workers-shared": patch
+---
+
+fix: resolves an issue where a malformed path such as `https://example.com/%A0` would cause an unhandled error

packages/workers-shared/asset-worker/src/handler.ts

@@ -682,7 +682,14 @@ const safeRedirect = async (
 export const decodePath = (pathname: string) => {
 	return pathname
 		.split("/")
-		.map((x) => decodeURIComponent(x))
+		.map((x) => {
+			try {
+				const decoded = decodeURIComponent(x);
+				return decoded;
+			} catch {
+				return x;
+			}
+		})
 		.join("/");
 };
 /**
@@ -692,6 +699,13 @@ export const decodePath = (pathname: string) => {
 const encodePath = (pathname: string) => {
 	return pathname
 		.split("/")
-		.map((x) => encodeURIComponent(x))
+		.map((x) => {
+			try {
+				const encoded = encodeURIComponent(x);
+				return encoded;
+			} catch {
+				return x;
+			}
+		})
 		.join("/");
 };

packages/workers-shared/asset-worker/tests/handler.test.ts

@@ -150,4 +150,42 @@ describe("[Asset Worker] `handleRequest`", () => {
 
 		expect(response.status).toBe(404);
 	});
+
+	it("returns expected responses for malformed path", async () => {
+		const assets: Record<string, string> = {
+			"/index.html": "aaaaaaaaaa",
+			"/%A0%A0.html": "bbbbbbbbbb",
+		};
+		const configuration: Required<AssetConfig> = {
+			html_handling: "drop-trailing-slash",
+			not_found_handling: "none",
+			serve_directly: true,
+		};
+
+		const exists = async (pathname: string) => {
+			return assets[pathname] ?? null;
+		};
+		const getByEtag = async (_: string) => ({
+			readableStream: new ReadableStream(),
+			contentType: "text/html",
+		});
+
+		// first malformed URL should return 404 as no match above
+		const response = await handleRequest(
+			new Request("https://example.com/%A0"),
+			configuration,
+			exists,
+			getByEtag
+		);
+		expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+
+		// but second malformed URL should return 307 as it matches and then redirects
+		const response2 = await handleRequest(
+			new Request("https://example.com/%A0%A0"),
+			configuration,
+			exists,
+			getByEtag
+		);
+		expect(response2.status).toBe(307);
+	});
 });