DELETE request fails in node, but works in browser

[calebmer]

As the title suggests, I have a request which works in browser, but fails in node with the following cryptic error:

events.js:141
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: unexpected end of file
    at Zlib._handle.onerror (zlib.js:363:17)

I did console.log(request) in node to debug, the following is the output. I omitted socket and connection properties in req for brevity.

Request {
  domain: null,
  _events: { end: [Function: bound ] },
  _eventsCount: 1,
  _maxListeners: undefined,
  _agent: false,
  _formData: null,
  method: 'DELETE',
  url: 'http://localhost:3000/~stars',
  header: {},
  writable: true,
  _redirects: 0,
  _maxRedirects: 5,
  cookies: '',
  qs: { starGroupId: 'eq.1', starrerId: 'eq.5' },
  qsRaw: [],
  _redirectList: [],
  req: 
   ClientRequest {
     domain: null,
     _events: { drain: [Function], error: [Function] },
     _eventsCount: 2,
     _maxListeners: undefined,
     output: [],
     outputEncodings: [],
     outputCallbacks: [],
     outputSize: 0,
     writable: true,
     _last: true,
     chunkedEncoding: false,
     shouldKeepAlive: false,
     useChunkedEncodingByDefault: false,
     sendDate: false,
     _removedHeader: {},
     _contentLength: null,
     _hasBody: true,
     finished: false,
     _headerSent: false,
     _header: null,
     _headers: 
      { host: 'localhost:3000',
        'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
        'user-agent': 'node-superagent/1.4.0',
        accept: 'application/json',
        authorization: 'Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyb2xlIjoicGVyc29uIiwiYWdlbnRfaWQiOjUsImlhdCI6MTQ0ODkyMzYzMSwiZXhwIjoxNDQ4OTI0ODMxfQ.gEYceI0VwgDucp7r8o5zQbKr7eT2T_s9p45JWChbZbc' },
     _headerNames: 
      { host: 'Host',
        'accept-encoding': 'Accept-Encoding',
        'user-agent': 'User-Agent',
        accept: 'Accept',
        authorization: 'Authorization' },
     method: 'DELETE',
     path: '/~stars' },
  protocol: 'http:',
  host: 'localhost:3000' }

[kornelski]

Did you try v1.5.0?

[calebmer]

1.5.0 hasn't been published to npm so no.

[calebmer]

Any updates on this? Do you recommend I specify this repository for the 1.5.x version?

[kornelski]

Please try 1.5.0 or master to see if the problem has been fixed already.

[calebmer]

Sorry for taking so long, but I can confirm it fails in 1.5.0 and the master branch.

[calebmer]

It seems like the request is being made successfully, but the response is failing to decompress.