Preserve AbortController reason in CanceledError and restore CommonJS entrypoint

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Summary

Fixes a regression introduced in 1.13.6 where require('axios') in a CommonJS (Node.js) project would throw:
Cannot use import statement outside a module.
This was caused by package.json’s main field pointing to index.js (ESM), even though the intended CommonJS entrypoint exists at axios.cjs

Changes

• ✅ Updated package.json to set "main": "./dist/node/axios.cjs" so CommonJS consumers correctly load the CJS build.
• ✅ Added a new test file: commonjs-compatibility.cjs that:

1. require()s axios
2. Confirms it loads successfully
3. Performs a basic axios.get() to validate runtime behavior

Why This Matters
This prevents downstream CommonJS-only projects (and nested deps) from breaking due to accidentally loading ESM source files via require().

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Summary by cubic

Restores axios’s CommonJS entrypoint so require('axios') works in Node CJS, and preserves AbortController abort reasons in CanceledError for clearer cancellation errors across adapters and composed signals.

Description

• Summary of changes
  • Set package.json main to ./dist/node/axios.cjs.
  • Pass signal.reason through HTTP/XHR adapters and composeSignals.
  • CanceledError now stores .reason and uses it as the message when none is provided.
• Reasoning
  • Fixes a v1.13.6 regression where CJS require('axios') threw an ESM import error.
  • Retains abort reason to align with AbortController semantics and distinguish timeouts vs user cancels.
• Additional context
  • No breaking changes: cancellations still throw AxiosError.ERR_CANCELED.
  • Works in Node and browsers.

Docs

• CanceledError exposes .reason (string or Error). If AbortController.abort('foo') is used, the error message becomes 'foo'.
• CommonJS usage is unchanged: require('axios') loads the CJS build.

Testing

• Added test/unit/abort-reason.js to verify message and .reason for string/Error/no-reason cases and merged signals.
• Added test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs to confirm require('axios') works and a basic GET runs.
• No existing tests modified.

^{Written for commit eea799a. Summary will update on new commits.}

[cubic-dev-ai]

4 issues found across 8 files

Confidence score: 3/5

• There is a concrete regression risk in lib/helpers/composeSignals.js: abort listeners are added via wrapper callbacks but removed via onabort, so cleanup likely fails and can leave stale listeners attached.
• Most other findings are test reliability gaps rather than direct runtime breakage (test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs not running in CI, and swallowing axios.get failures), which reduces confidence that compatibility regressions will be caught.
• Given one high-confidence, user-impacting logic issue (7/10) plus incomplete test coverage around abort behavior in test/unit/abort-reason.js, this carries moderate merge risk and likely needs a fix or follow-up before relying on it.
• Pay close attention to lib/helpers/composeSignals.js, test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs, and test/unit/abort-reason.js - listener cleanup appears incorrect and current tests may miss real compatibility/abort regressions.

Prompt for AI agents (unresolved issues)

Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="lib/helpers/composeSignals.js">

<violation number="1" location="lib/helpers/composeSignals.js:52">
P1: Abort listeners are registered with wrapper callbacks but removed using `onabort`, so cleanup cannot detach them.</violation>
</file>

<file name="test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs">

<violation number="1" location="test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs:1">
P2: New CommonJS compatibility test file is not wired into any automated test command, so it will not run in CI.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs:13">
P2: CommonJS compatibility script swallows `axios.get` failures, allowing success exit even when runtime request behavior is broken.</violation>
</file>

<file name="test/unit/abort-reason.js">

<violation number="1" location="test/unit/abort-reason.js:176">
P2: Tests are mislabeled as timeout/merged-signal coverage but only exercise manual `AbortController.abort(...)`, leaving real timeout/composed-signal logic untested.</violation>
</file>

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[cubic-dev-ai]

P1: Abort listeners are registered with wrapper callbacks but removed using onabort, so cleanup cannot detach them.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At lib/helpers/composeSignals.js, line 52:

<comment>Abort listeners are registered with wrapper callbacks but removed using `onabort`, so cleanup cannot detach them.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -43,7 +48,9 @@ const composeSignals = (signals, timeout) => {
 
-    signals.forEach((signal) => signal.addEventListener('abort', onabort));
+    signals.forEach((signal) => {
+      signal.addEventListener('abort', () => onabort(signal.reason));
+    });
 
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: CommonJS compatibility script swallows axios.get failures, allowing success exit even when runtime request behavior is broken.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs, line 13:

<comment>CommonJS compatibility script swallows `axios.get` failures, allowing success exit even when runtime request behavior is broken.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+    console.log('Status:', response.status);
+  })
+  .catch(error => {
+    console.log('GET request failed, but axios loaded:', error.message);
+  });
\ No newline at end of file
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: New CommonJS compatibility test file is not wired into any automated test command, so it will not run in CI.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/commonjs-compatibility.cjs, line 1:

<comment>New CommonJS compatibility test file is not wired into any automated test command, so it will not run in CI.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const axios = require('../');
+
+console.log('Axios loaded successfully in CommonJS environment');
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: Tests are mislabeled as timeout/merged-signal coverage but only exercise manual AbortController.abort(...), leaving real timeout/composed-signal logic untested.

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At test/unit/abort-reason.js, line 176:

<comment>Tests are mislabeled as timeout/merged-signal coverage but only exercise manual `AbortController.abort(...)`, leaving real timeout/composed-signal logic untested.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should work with merged signals from two controllers', async () => {
+    const timeoutController = new AbortController();
+    const userController = new AbortController();
</file context>

[sinteticx]

Hi @davecardwell, Could you review my changes