fix: Do not use WeakRef on mocks.

lib/mock/mock-agent.js

@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@ const MockPool = require('./mock-pool')
 const { matchValue, buildMockOptions } = require('./mock-utils')
 const { InvalidArgumentError } = require('../core/errors')
 const Dispatcher = require('../dispatcher')
-const { WeakRef } = require('../compat/dispatcher-weakref')()
+
+class FakeWeakRef {
+  constructor (value) {
+    this.value = value
+  }
+
+  deref () {
+    return this.value
+  }
+}
 
 class MockAgent extends Dispatcher {
   constructor (opts) {
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ class MockAgent extends Dispatcher {
   }
 
   [kMockAgentSet] (origin, dispatcher) {
-    this[kClients].set(origin, new WeakRef(dispatcher))
+    this[kClients].set(origin, new FakeWeakRef(dispatcher))
   }
 
   [kFactory] (origin) {

test/mock-agent.js

@@ -2349,3 +2349,50 @@ test('MockAgent - headers function interceptor', async (t) => {
     t.equal(statusCode, 200)
   }
 })
+
+test('MockAgent - clients are not garbage collected', async (t) => {
+  const samples = 250
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    t.fail('should not be called')
+    t.end()
+    res.end('should not be called')
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  await promisify(server.listen.bind(server))(0)
+
+  const baseUrl = `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+
+  // Create the dispatcher and isable net connect so we can make sure it matches properly
+  const dispatcher = new MockAgent()
+  dispatcher.disableNetConnect()
+
+  // Purposely create the pool inside a function so that the reference is lost
+  function intercept () {
+    // Create the pool and add a lot of intercepts
+    const pool = dispatcher.get(baseUrl)
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
+      pool.intercept({
+        path: `/foo/${i}`,
+        method: 'GET'
+      }).reply(200, Buffer.alloc(1024 * 1024))
+    }
+  }
+
+  intercept()
+
+  const results = new Set()
+  for (let i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
+    // Let's make some time pass to allow garbage collection to happen
+    await require('timers/promises').setTimeout(10)
+
+    const { statusCode } = await request(`${baseUrl}/foo/${i}`, { method: 'GET', dispatcher })
+    results.add(statusCode)
+  }
+
+  t.equal(results.size, 1)
+  t.ok(results.has(200))
+})