Add default startRequestTimer middleware to stack automatically

lib/hooks/http/index.js

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
         http: {
           middleware: {
             order: [
-              'startRequestTimer',
               'cookieParser',
               'session',
               'bodyParser',

lib/hooks/http/initialize.js

@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
       var configuredHttpMiddlewareFns = getConfiguredHttpMiddlewareFns(expressApp, sails);
 
       // Split the middleware order into "pre-router" and "post-router" middleware.
-      var preRouterMiddleware = [];
+      // The internal "startRequestTimer" always comes first.
+      var preRouterMiddleware = ['startRequestTimer'];
       var postRouterMiddleware = null;
       _.each(sails.config.http.middleware.order, function(middlewareKey) {
         if (middlewareKey === 'router') { postRouterMiddleware = []; }

test/integration/middleware.startRequestTimer.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+var _ = require('@sailshq/lodash');
+var request = require('request');
+var Sails = require('../../lib').Sails;
+var assert = require('assert');
+var fs = require('fs-extra');
+var request = require('request');
+var appHelper = require('./helpers/appHelper');
+var path = require('path');
+
+describe('middleware :: ', function() {
+
+  describe('startRequestTimer :: ', function() {
+
+    var appName = 'testApp';
+    var sailsApp;
+
+    before(function(done) {
+      appHelper.build(done);
+    });
+
+    after(function() {
+      process.chdir('../');
+      appHelper.teardown();
+    });
+
+    describe('default startRequestTimer middleware', function() {
+
+      before(function(done) {
+        appHelper.lift({
+          hooks: {
+            pubsub: false
+          },
+          routes: {
+            '/time': function(req, res) {
+              assert(req._startTime);
+              assert(req._startTime instanceof Date);
+              res.send();
+            }
+          }
+        }, function(err, _sailsApp) {
+          if (err) { return done(err); }
+          sailsApp = _sailsApp;
+          return done();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should add a _startTime to the request object', function(done) {
+
+        request(
+          {
+            method: 'GET',
+            uri: 'http://localhost:1342/time',
+          },
+          function(err, response, body) {
+            return done(err);
+          }
+        );
+
+      });
+
+      after(function(done) {
+        sailsApp.lower(done);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});