From 76bb83e514798a956b2026bfaa8941ea5b32106b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taku Amano <taku@taaas.jp>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 22:22:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(serve-static): only serve GET and HEAD requests

---
 src/serve-static.ts       |  6 ++++-
 test/serve-static.test.ts | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/serve-static.ts b/src/serve-static.ts
index fe3d5fc..cf8b8ca 100644
--- a/src/serve-static.ts
+++ b/src/serve-static.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ export const serveStatic = <E extends Env = any>(
       return next()
     }
 
+    if (c.req.method !== 'GET' && c.req.method !== 'HEAD') {
+      return next()
+    }
+
     let filename: string
 
     if (optionPath) {
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ export const serveStatic = <E extends Env = any>(
     const range = c.req.header('range') || ''
     c.header('Last-Modified', stats.mtime.toUTCString())
 
-    if (c.req.method == 'HEAD' || c.req.method == 'OPTIONS') {
+    if (c.req.method === 'HEAD') {
       c.header('Content-Length', size.toString())
       c.status(200)
       result = c.body(null)
diff --git a/test/serve-static.test.ts b/test/serve-static.test.ts
index 5f0960d..ab8877b 100644
--- a/test/serve-static.test.ts
+++ b/test/serve-static.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
+import type * as fs from 'node:fs'
 import {
   chmodSync,
+  createReadStream,
   mkdirSync,
   mkdtempSync,
   rmSync,
@@ -14,6 +16,15 @@ import { serveStatic } from './../src/serve-static'
 import { createAdaptorServer } from './../src/server'
 import { requestServer } from './helpers/request'
 
+vi.mock('node:fs', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const originalFs = await importOriginal<typeof fs>()
+  return {
+    ...originalFs,
+    statSync: vi.fn(originalFs.statSync),
+    createReadStream: vi.fn(originalFs.createReadStream),
+  }
+})
+
 describe('Serve Static Middleware', () => {
   const app = new Hono<{
     Variables: {
@@ -76,6 +87,52 @@ describe('Serve Static Middleware', () => {
 
   const server = createAdaptorServer(app)
 
+  describe('HTTP methods', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      vi.mocked(statSync).mockClear()
+      vi.mocked(createReadStream).mockClear()
+    })
+
+    it.each(['POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'PROPFIND'])(
+      'Should pass %s requests to the next handler without accessing files',
+      async (method) => {
+        const rewriteRequestPath = vi.fn((path: string) => path)
+        const onFound = vi.fn()
+        const onNotFound = vi.fn()
+        const app = new Hono().use(
+          '/static/*',
+          serveStatic({ root: './test/assets', rewriteRequestPath, onFound, onNotFound })
+        )
+        app.on(method, '/static/plain.txt', (c) => c.text('Handled downstream', 202))
+
+        const res = await requestServer(createAdaptorServer(app), {
+          method,
+          path: '/static/plain.txt',
+        })
+
+        expect(res.status).toBe(202)
+        expect(await res.text()).toBe('Handled downstream')
+        expect(rewriteRequestPath).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(statSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(createReadStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(onFound).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(onNotFound).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      }
+    )
+
+    it.each(['/static/plain.txt', '/static/does-not-exist.html'])(
+      'Should return 404 for an unhandled POST request regardless of file existence - %s',
+      async (path) => {
+        const res = await requestServer(server, { method: 'POST', path })
+
+        expect(res.status).toBe(404)
+        expect(await res.text()).toBe('404 Not Found')
+        expect(statSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(createReadStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      }
+    )
+  })
+
   it('Should return index.html', async () => {
     const res = await requestServer(server, { method: 'GET', path: '/static/' })
     expect(res.status).toBe(200)

From b2eb82050c8b4bed8a606d053e89da58b833a60b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taku Amano <taku@taaas.jp>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 22:22:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(serve-static): document supported HTTP methods

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a951cd..25af664 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ app.use('/static/*', serveStatic({ root: './static' }))
 
 Notice that `root` here is not relative to `src/index.ts`, rather to `my-hono-project`.
 
+Only `GET` and `HEAD` requests are served. Requests with other methods are passed to the next middleware.
+
 ### Options
 
 #### `allowPercentInPath`