WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming fails unless the server sends Content-Type application/wasm

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:53:15.838Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:53:15.838Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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The streaming compilation entry points validate the MIME type before compiling and throw a TypeError about an incorrect response MIME type when the server labels the file as application/octet-stream or text/plain. Static file servers and several object storage defaults get this wrong, so the failure appears only in production while local development against a correctly configured dev server works.

Fix it at the server by mapping the .wasm extension to application/wasm. As a fallback, fetch the response, call response.arrayBuffer(), and pass the bytes to WebAssembly.instantiate, which skips the check at the cost of buffering the whole module before compilation begins. Streaming also needs a successful response: a 404 that returns an HTML error page produces exactly the same MIME type error, so check response.ok before concluding the header is the problem.

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly

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