fix: do not emit unlistened transport error before connect completes

src/lib/remote-xpc/remote-xpc-framed-transport.ts

@@ -135,11 +135,13 @@ export class RemoteXpcFramedTransport extends EventEmitter {
       this.handleData(chunk);
     });
     socket.on('error', (error: Error) => {
-      if (this.closing) {
+      const wasConnected = this.connected;
+      this.connected = false;
+      if (this.closing || !wasConnected) {
+        log.debug(`RemoteXPC transport error outside connected phase: ${error.message}`);
         return;
       }
       log.error(`RemoteXPC transport error: ${error.message}`);
-      this.connected = false;
       this.emit('error', error);
     });
     socket.on('close', () => {

test/unit/remote-xpc/remote-xpc-framed-transport.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import * as net from 'node:net';
+import {describe, it} from 'node:test';
+
+import {RemoteXpcFramedTransport} from '../../../src/lib/remote-xpc/remote-xpc-framed-transport.js';
+
+function listenOnLoopback(server: net.Server): Promise<number> {
+  return new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once('error', reject);
+    server.listen(0, '::1', (): void => {
+      resolve((server.address() as net.AddressInfo).port);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function closeServer(server: net.Server): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.close(() => resolve()));
+}
+
+describe('RemoteXpcFramedTransport', function () {
+  it('rejects connect() on socket failure instead of emitting an unlistened error', async function () {
+    const probe = net.createServer();
+    const port = await listenOnLoopback(probe);
+    await closeServer(probe);
+
+    const transport = new RemoteXpcFramedTransport(['::1', port]);
+    await assert.rejects(transport.connect({timeoutMs: 2000}), /ECONNREFUSED/);
+  });
+
+  it('emits error when the socket fails in the connected phase', async function () {
+    let onAccepted: (socket: net.Socket) => void = () => undefined;
+    const acceptedPromise = new Promise<net.Socket>((resolve) => {
+      onAccepted = resolve;
+    });
+    const server = net.createServer((socket): void => {
+      onAccepted(socket);
+    });
+    const port = await listenOnLoopback(server);
+
+    let acceptedSocket: net.Socket | undefined;
+    const transport = new RemoteXpcFramedTransport(['::1', port]);
+    try {
+      await transport.connect({timeoutMs: 2000});
+      acceptedSocket = await acceptedPromise;
+
+      const errorPromise = new Promise<Error>((resolve) => transport.once('error', resolve));
+      acceptedSocket.resetAndDestroy();
+
+      const error = await errorPromise;
+      assert.match(error.message, /ECONNRESET/);
+    } finally {
+      await transport.close();
+      acceptedSocket?.destroy();
+      await closeServer(server);
+    }
+  });
+});