fix(dev): don't crash when the proxy errors after response headers are sent

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Summary

The http-proxy error handler always called res.writeHead(500). When the upstream failed after the response head had already gone to the client, that threw ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT inside an event listener and netlify dev exited. Two ways to hit it:

• POSTing large bodies to a static site. The static server answers 405 without reading the body and closes the socket, so the proxy's write fails with ECONNRESET after the 405 is out. Ten 5.9 MB POSTs crashed the dev server.
• A framework dev server resetting the connection partway through a streamed (chunked) response.

Once headers are sent, the handler now logs a warning and destroys the response if it is still open; the client sees a truncated response, which is how the serverHandler catch in onRequest already handles this. If the response has already finished (the static-site 405 case), it is left alone without a warning, since the client already has its full response.

The new integration test uses a framework server that sends a chunked head and one chunk, then resets the socket. It fails 5 of 5 runs on main and passes 5 of 5 with the fix.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of interrupted responses after they begin. Incomplete responses are closed safely rather than being replaced with an error response.
  • The development server remains available after a connection is interrupted and can handle subsequent requests.

When a proxy error occurs after response headers are sent, the handler now destroys the response if it has not ended. If the response has ended, the handler leaves it unchanged. An integration test checks that interrupted response bodies reject, the dev server remains running, and a later request also receives an interrupted response.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: serhalp, ndhoule, jherr

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d9691

The interrupted-response test now cleans up its framework server when its assertions fail. No outstanding issue in the supplied review prevents merging after normal checks.

### Architecture Summary

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The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: src, tests

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Systems and components

• observed — src (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in src/utils/proxy.ts: When a proxy error occurs after headers are sent, the handler now destroys an unfinished response after logging a warning, or leaves an already-ended response unchanged; it then returns instead of continuing to the 500 response handling.
• observed — Modified behavior in tests/integration/commands/dev/dev.test.ts: The test adds the events import and changes the node:net import to include its default export alongside AddressInfo.
• observed — Modified behavior in tests/integration/commands/dev/dev.test.ts: The test imports the pause utility.
• observed — Modified behavior in tests/integration/commands/dev/dev.test.ts: A new integration test runs a custom TCP framework server that sends a partial chunked HTTP response, then resets the socket. It checks the first response has status 200 and a rejecting body read, waits 500 ms, verifies the dev server has not reported unexpected termination, and confirms a second request also receives status 200 with a rejecting body read. The test closes the framework server afterward.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Passed checks: 5 passed

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Review comments at @tests/integration/commands/dev/dev.test.ts:
- Around line 431-465: Wrap the withDevServer call in the test with try/finally
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