ping emits `ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED_BEFORE_CONNECTION` immediately on Node.js 24.20.0

[MikeMcC399]

• follows on from ping() stops retrying ECONNREFUSED after Node.js 24.20.0+ (upstream got bug) — start-server health check fails immediately instead of waiting for the dev server #1869

Situation

Running node src/ping-cli.js http://localhost:3000 using Node.js 24.20.0 when there is no webserver available on localhost shows an immediate error ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED_BEFORE_CONNECTION instead of waiting.

Steps to reproduce

Under Node.js 24.20.0 or Node.js >=26.7.0, with no server running, execute:

node src/ping-cli.js http://localhost:3000

Logs

$ node src/ping-cli.js http://localhost:3000
pinging url http://localhost:3000 for 30 seconds
node:internal/process/promises:394
    triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
    ^

Error [ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED_BEFORE_CONNECTION]: Socket closed before the connection was established
    at Socket.onClose (node:net:1239:10)
    at Socket.wrapper (node:events:639:12)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:526:24)
    at TCP.<anonymous> (node:net:362:12) {
  code: 'ERR_SOCKET_CLOSED_BEFORE_CONNECTION'
}

Node.js v24.20.0

Assessment

The action currently uses got@11.8.6, released in Dec 2022, which is the latest CommonJS compatible version.

Higher versions, starting with got@12.0.0. released in Dec 2021, are pure ESM.

got@16.0.0, released on Aug 31, 2026, includes the fix "Retry on connection errors reported by request.end() instead of failing the request"

Suggestion

Migrate

FROM	TO
got@11.8.6 CommonJS	got@16.0.0 ESM

• Leave the action source index.js as CommonJS. See also Migrate to ESM #1647 as future enhancement proposal.