docs: add Bun 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade guide

[robobun]

Adds docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx, a migration reference for the user-visible behavior changes between Bun 1.3.14 and Bun 1.4, linked from the "Get Started" navigation group and from the existing bun upgrade guide. The docs/installation.mdx and docs/bundler/executables.mdx updates that used to be part of this PR landed on main separately as #36465, so this PR no longer touches them (the rebase kept main's reviewed wording).

The page is the "what do I change" companion to the tracking list at #28792: each section states what changed, who is affected, and the one-line fix, with code examples for the items that need one.

Rebased on current main and re-audited against both #28792 and git log for the commits that landed since the guide was first written; the second table below is what that added.

Covered with dedicated sections (original audit)

Change	Source
bun.lock written as lockfileVersion: 2 for new lockfiles	#31539
trustedDependencies matches resolved name, not alias; hash-only / non-canonical entries no longer trusted	#31175, #31218, #31339
Strict TOML parsing; inf/nan are numbers, integers outside safe range throw, errors are SyntaxError	#32953
tsconfig "jsx": "react-jsx" emits the production JSX runtime	#34422
Bun.cron schedules interpreted in local time; { tz } option added	#35122
Bun Shell: glob metacharacters in interpolated values are literal; ambiguous redirect	#31220, #34324
CSS default import at runtime is {} (matches bun build)	#35163
process.versions.node is 26.3.0; writeHeader removed, stream.read() one-chunk, dgram sync throws	#31991, #33037, #33024
fetch / Bun.serve combine duplicate wire headers; clone() throws on disturbed body; Response.redirect parses URL; truncated compressed body rejects; option-conversion errors reject	#31734, #33129, #33126, #34922, #33649
Bun.Socket#setKeepAlive delay is milliseconds	#34269
MySQL DATETIME / TIMESTAMP decode as UTC	#31212
Single x64 build; -baseline names are aliases	#34782

Added in the refresh (landed on main after the first revision)

Change	Source
Optional-peer-only lockfile entries dropped on the next lockfile save (frozen installs accept them, per #38333 / #38853); nested npm: alias no longer redirected to a root alias; bun update also moves transitive dependencies and bun update <name> no longer adds an undeclared package	#35681, #33835, #36360, #36379, #38333, #38853
tsconfig useDefineForClassFields: false is honored	#36664
.env files not auto-loaded when Bun is invoked as node	#36610
Bun.serve HTML routes: no sourcemaps in production, [serve.static] sourcemap override	#36982
server.stop() closes idle connections and waits for all connections; stop(true) after stop() force-closes	#35130, #37074
.xml default loader	#37048
process.env coerces to string / defineProperty validation; default "warning" listener registered at startup; process.title default	#31831, #37344
node:dns.lookup() uses the system resolver on Linux	#37383
new URL() error message / ERR_INVALID_URL; assert.deepStrictEqual prototype + own-property parity; callback throws surface as uncaughtException	#34660
node:http writeHead() + end(chunk) sends chunked, maxConnections enforced; node:cluster / IPC internalMessage; worker_threads exit semantics; recursive fs.watch errors	#34432, #31829, #37075, #36415
Temporal enabled by default (BUN_JSC_useTemporal=0 to disable)	#32978
MariaDB json columns parsed	#37130
Postgres honors PGSSLMODE	#36840
bun:sqlite close() finalizes query() statements; LRU cache	#36573, #36793
HTMLRewriter streams; string input with async handler throws; error routing	#36733
Client WebSocket close event is a queued task (CLOSING state)	#27259
Cyclic Array.prototype.join() throws RangeError (JSC update)	#36794
Bun.JSONC.parse SyntaxError; S3 XML entity decoding / InvalidResponse; Transfer-Encoding 400; per-serverName requestCert; fetch TLS session cache flag; udpSocket / password / RedisClient#expire / openInEditor validation; browser field honored for polyfills	#35066, #37194, #35295, #36174, #36598, #36999, #36835, #37210, #36597
TOML date/time literals parse as Temporal objects (bun build emits Temporal.<Type>.from(...)); bun init templates declare "typescript": "^7" (1.3: ^5); --frozen-lockfile fails on any overrides / catalog edit and --lockfile-only under it writes nothing; bunfig.toml takes precedence over .npmrc; bun update --production / kept ranges / -r and --filter; bun add / bun remove --filter; bun add writes catalog:; process.exit() honors exitCode set in an exit listener	#37018, #39341, #38333, #38229

Also corrected in the refresh: the runtime note about .module.css (it follows the same {} rule as plain .css under bun run; only bun build produces the class map).

installation.mdx and bundler/executables.mdx

These pages still described a separate AVX2 build with a "baseline is slower" fallback, contradicting #34782 and the new guide they sit next to in the nav. Updated to one x64 download / target per platform, a one-row CPU table (SSE4.2 / Nehalem), and notes that the -baseline / -modern names are aliases.

Why

There is no existing page that collects the 1.4 behavior changes in one place. A single reference page at a stable URL is what support threads and the release post can link to. The page lives at the docs root alongside /typescript-6 (the existing version-change page) and is surfaced in the "Get Started" navigation group alongside /installation.

Verification

• Every claim in the refresh was checked against the PR body or the current source (for example version_to_write() in bun.lock.rs, normalizeSSLMode in sql/shared.ts, the webkit-upgrade-3722912f pinning test, docs/runtime/networking/dns.mdx for the backend option).
• Every internal link resolves to an existing page / anchor; docs/docs.json validates; prettier --check passes on all changed files; MDX tag balance and fence parity checked.

Docs-only change; no native code touched.

Related: #28792 (does not close it; that issue still has open "under consideration" items, and several of the refresh items above are not yet listed there).

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Walkthrough

Changes

Bun 1.4 documentation now describes standard x64 distribution targets and migration changes. A new upgrade guide covers package-manager, runtime, API, compatibility, database, and CLI behavior. Navigation and related documentation link to the guide.

Bun 1.4 documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Distribution and executable targets docs/bundler/executables.mdx, docs/installation.mdx, docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx	Executable targets, download options, CPU requirements, SIMD dispatch, and baseline alias behavior now describe standard x64 builds.
Upgrade guide entry and core behavior changes docs/docs.json, docs/guides/util/upgrade.mdx, docs/pm/overrides.mdx, docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx	Adds the upgrade guide to navigation and documents Bun 1.4 changes to package-manager compatibility, lockfiles, TOML, JSX, environment loading, cron, shell interpolation, and asset imports.
Runtime compatibility and migration details docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx	Documents Node.js, Fetch, networking, databases, HTMLRewriter, validation, additional correctness changes, and instructions for pinning Bun 1.3.

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1. List of breaking changes for 1.4 #28792 - The upgrade guide documents all merged 1.4 breaking changes, fulfilling this tracking issue's purpose of listing user-visible behavior changes

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[claude]

LGTM — all five prior accuracy notes are addressed in the current diff and this run's bug hunt found nothing new.

What was reviewed:

• Confirmed the five earlier fixes landed: bunfig TOML error format/redaction, lockfile v0→v1 wording, CSS-modules link target, client-only WebSocket#close() scoping, and the JSX cross-reference.
• docs.json nav entry and internal links (/pm/lifecycle, /runtime/toml, /runtime/jsx, /runtime/cron, /runtime/shell, /bundler/css#css-modules, /guides/util/upgrade) resolve.
• installation.mdx / executables.mdx baseline-build removals are consistent with each other and with the new guide's single-x64-build section.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Docs-only PR: adds docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx (~310 lines) as a 1.3→1.4 migration reference, wires it into the "Get Started" nav group in docs.json, links it from guides/util/upgrade.mdx, and updates installation.mdx and bundler/executables.mdx to drop the separate AVX2/baseline x64 build language so those pages agree with the new guide. No source, test, or build files are touched.

Security risks

None. This is prose and MDX markup with no executable code, no secrets, and no changes to auth/crypto/permissions paths.

Level of scrutiny

Medium — the risk here is factual accuracy across ~30 behavior-change claims, not code correctness. That risk was actively exercised: two prior review rounds surfaced five accuracy issues (TOML error format for bunfig, lockfile v0 handling, CSS-modules link target, server-vs-client WebSocket close() validation, and a JSX cross-reference that overpromised), and all five were fixed in 645a3cb and 31351fe. This run's bug-hunting pass found nothing further. Each headline claim in the page maps to a referenced PR in the description, and the neighboring pages (installation.mdx, executables.mdx) were updated in the same PR so they don't contradict the new guide.

Other factors

• All prior inline threads are resolved; the current diff reflects every requested wording change verbatim.
• MDX tag balance / code-fence parity looks correct in the preloaded content; docs.json remains valid JSON with the single added array entry.
• The page sits alongside /typescript-6 (the existing version-change page), so nav placement follows an established pattern.
• Docs-only, so any residual wording nit is trivially correctable post-merge with no user-facing breakage.

[alii]

@robobun Get this up to date since things might have changed in the past two weeks

[robobun]

Rebased onto current main (c371e3a) and re-audited the ~350 commits that landed since the first revision, against both #28792 and git log. Nothing already in the guide was reverted; the refresh adds the changes that landed in the meantime, the larger ones being:

• useDefineForClassFields: false now honored (js_parser: honor tsconfig useDefineForClassFields: false #36664)
• .env files not auto-loaded when Bun runs as node (cli: skip automatic .env loading when invoked as node #36610)
• Bun.serve HTML routes stop serving sourcemaps in production, [serve.static] sourcemap override (Bun.serve: don't serve sourcemaps for HTML routes in production #36982); server.stop() now closes idle connections (Bun.serve: gate the graceful stop() drain promise on open connections #35130, Bun.serve: close idle connections on graceful stop(), declare closeIdleConnections() #37074)
• .xml default loader (Add Bun.XML (parse/stringify) and an .xml loader #37048)
• process.env string coercion and the default "warning" listener (process: port Node.js v26.3.0 process compatibility tests and fix the gaps they surface (env exotic-object/TZ semantics, warnings pipeline + CLI flags, uncaught origin/exit codes, execve throw, threadCpuUsage/finalization/loadEnvFile, native-module identity; +26 tests) #31831, process: register the default 'warning' listener at process creation, like Node #37344)
• node:dns.lookup() on the system resolver for Linux (node:dns: use the system resolver for dns.lookup #37383)
• new URL() message / assert.deepStrictEqual parity (node compat batch: callback-throw dispatch, Assert class + native deep-equality parity, Intl gate + URL/buffer fallout, compile cache, watch kill-signal, profilers (+98 tests) #34660)
• Temporal on by default (Enable Temporal by default #32978)
• MariaDB JSON columns (sql(mysql): negotiate MariaDB extended type info so JSON columns parse into objects #37130), PGSSLMODE (sql(postgres): honour PGSSLMODE from the environment #36840), bun:sqlite close() (bun:sqlite: finalize outstanding prepared statements on close via sqlite3_next_stmt #36573, bun:sqlite: keep close(false) graceful for prepare() statements, make query() cache LRU #36793)
• HTMLRewriter streaming (HTMLRewriter: stream through SinkHandle/SourceHandle; suspend async handlers instead of wait_for_promise #36733)
• optional-peer lockfile cleanup and its --frozen-lockfile implication (install: drop packages held only by optional-peer resolution slots from bun.lock #35681)

Full list with sources is in the PR description. Also corrected the runtime .module.css note. Several of these are not yet on #28792 if you want to sync that list.

[claude]

I reviewed the latest revision and found no issues — commit a5a9096 addresses the last open nit (assert.strictEqual dropped from the deep-equality bullet), and all earlier feedback has been incorporated. Given this is the release-facing 1.4 upgrade guide with factual claims spanning the package manager, bundler, runtime, SQL drivers, and Node compat, a maintainer read-through before publishing is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed

• Confirmed the six prior nits (TOML error format, lockfile v0→v1, CSS Modules link, WebSocket close() scope, JSX cross-reference, assert.strictEqual) are all fixed in the current diff.
• Checked docs.json nav entry, internal link targets, and MDX tag balance in the new page.
• Verified the installation.mdx / executables.mdx CPU-requirement edits are internally consistent with the single-x64-build section.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR adds docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx (482 lines), a comprehensive migration guide covering ~40 behavior changes between Bun 1.3 and 1.4, and updates docs/installation.mdx, docs/bundler/executables.mdx, docs/docs.json, and docs/guides/util/upgrade.mdx to align with the single-x64-build change and link the new page. It is docs-only; no runtime code is touched.

Security risks

None. Pure documentation; no code paths, no build configuration, no dependencies.

Level of scrutiny

Higher than a typical docs change. This is the canonical upgrade guide for a major release — it will be linked from the release post and support threads, and each of its ~40 sections makes a specific technical claim about runtime behavior. Earlier review rounds surfaced six factual inaccuracies (all now fixed), which suggests the density of claims warrants a human editorial pass rather than auto-approval. The refresh commit (c371e3a) also added ~15 new sections covering changes that landed after the original draft; a maintainer requested that refresh but has not yet reviewed the result.

Other factors

• All prior automated feedback has been addressed across five commits; the last inline comment (assert.strictEqual) is fixed in a5a9096, and the current diff reflects that.
• CI passed on the head commit.
• The nav placement (Get Started group, alongside /typescript-6) and the editorial scope of what to include vs. defer to #28792 are product decisions a maintainer should sign off on.
• No CODEOWNERS file governs docs/, but release documentation is high-visibility content.

[robobun]

One line in the TOML section is out of date since #37018 landed (2026-08-14, after the refresh):

Date and time literals parse as strings (previously rejected).

They now parse as Temporal objects: offset date-time as Temporal.Instant, local date-time as Temporal.PlainDateTime, local date as Temporal.PlainDate, local time as Temporal.PlainTime (docs/runtime/toml.mdx on main has the table). Two follow-on points that may be worth a sentence each in the same section:

• bun build compiles these values to Temporal.<Class>.from("...") calls regardless of target, so a bundle containing a TOML date needs a Temporal global where it runs (Node.js 24 and earlier do not have one). docs: TOML date/time values in bundles compile to Temporal calls #39120 documents this in the reference docs; the guide could link to that section once it lands.

• The integer bullet could give the concrete limit (+/-(2^53 - 1)) and the fix (quote the value), since that is what the error message tells the user to do:

  error: Integer cannot be losslessly represented as a JavaScript number; it must be within +/-(2^53 - 1)
      at config.toml:2:12
  

Both checked against a debug build of main at 88a6398836.

[robobun]

Note for the JavaScript engine section: the Array.prototype.join() / toString() RangeError on self-containing arrays is being reverted to the 1.3 / node behavior in oven-sh/WebKit#446 plus #39185. If those land first, that bullet should be dropped.

[robobun]

Two claims had drifted behind main since the last refresh; both are updated on the branch:

• bun init templates: init: use TypeScript 7 in every template #39341 moved every template from "typescript": "^6" to "^7" (still under peerDependencies; 1.3.14 wrote ^5). Checked with bun init -y on a build of current main (04fbf43).
• TOML section: since TOML: map date/time values to Temporal, round-trip them through stringify #37018, date and time literals parse as Temporal.Instant / PlainDateTime / PlainDate / PlainTime rather than strings, and bun build emits them as Temporal.<Type>.from(...) for every target, so the bullet now says that (66ca70b). This is the line flagged above; the integer-limit wording suggestion is left as is.

The Array.prototype.join() bullet still matches main as of 1dd66af (#39185 has not merged); it should be dropped if that lands before the release is tagged.

[robobun]

Pushed f47c0e5, which corrects a few claims in the guide that did not match the pre-release build. Each one was checked by running the same script against bun 1.3.14 (1.3.14+0d9b296af) and a build of main two commits behind c3995e43d:

• worker_threads: process.exit() in a worker still runs promise jobs queued before it; only nextTick callbacks are skipped, and not when exit() is called from a "message" handler (Node runs neither). The bullet now says nextTick callbacks "may no longer run" and leads with the changes that do hold: terminate() resolves with exit code 1 (1.3: 0) and postMessage() to a terminated worker is a no-op (1.3: threw). The microtask behavior itself is reported separately; if it is fixed before the tag, the bullet can say neither runs.
• Bun.color: "ansi-256" output is byte-identical in both versions for ordinary colors and is not parseable back in either, so it is no longer listed as round-trippable. The actual ansi-256 change from color: ansi-16, ansi-256 and hsl/lab all produced unusable output #33328 (near-black colors produced an out-of-range palette index, #020202 gave 38;5;429496961) is what the bullet describes now. hsl / lab do round-trip on the new build, including the #0000f8 case from CSS: lab() colors compile to the wrong sRGB fallback #33331.
• TOML: added that date/time values fail to parse under BUN_JSC_useTemporal=0 (TypeError: Date/time values require Temporal, which is disabled in this process), with a cross-reference from the Temporal section, since that section recommends the flag.
• setKeepAlive: the ~16.7 hours comment was wrong for Linux. 1.3 passed 60000 as seconds, the kernel rejected it (the idle time is capped at 32767 s), the call returned false, and the 2 hour default stayed in effect; ss -o shows keepalive,119min on 1.3 and 59sec on the new build for the same call.
• bun:sqlite: 1.3's close(true) threw database is locked with a single live prepare() statement, not only after more than MAX_QUERY_CACHE_SIZE distinct queries. Also narrowed Database has closed to statements that close() finalized (an explicit finalize() still throws Statement has finalized).
• HTMLRewriter: with an in-memory input, handler errors reached error() in 1.3 as well, so the Bun.serve sentence is now scoped to streaming inputs, where 1.3 answered with an empty 200. It also says what happens on the new build when a handler fails after output has started (the response is cut off); that case currently calls neither error() nor logs anything, which is reported separately.
• Status outside 100..=999: names the case that reaches it (Response.error(), status 0; 1.3 wrote HTTP/1.1 0 HM on the wire) and the static route rejection from the same change.
• node:dgram: node:dgram: throw ERR_SOCKET_ALREADY_BOUND synchronously from bind() #33037 / node:dgram: throw ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_RUNNING from socket methods after close() #33024 are compatibility fixes rather than Node 26 changes, so the bullet moved to the "Other Node.js compatibility changes" list and now spells out the codes. With an "error" listener attached, 1.3 emitted ERR_SOCKET_ALREADY_BOUND instead of throwing, and calls after close() threw errors without a code.

prettier --check passes on the file. Not changed: the Array.prototype.join() bullet (#39185 is still open), and the dgram / status bullets, which were suggested elsewhere as already true in 1.3.14 but are not, per the outputs below.

Old vs new outputs

# worker: nextTick / queueMicrotask / promise queued, then process.exit(3)
1.3.14 (top level):          3 ["micro","tick","promise"]
main   (top level):          3 ["micro","promise"]
main   ("message" handler):  3 ["tick","micro","promise"]
node 26.3.0:                 3 []

# worker.terminate() on a running worker
1.3.14: resolves 0, "exit" event 0, postMessage after terminate throws
main:   resolves 1, "exit" event 1, postMessage after terminate is a no-op (same as node)

# Bun.color
                      1.3.14                         main
red       ansi-256    "\x1b[38;5;196m"               "\x1b[38;5;196m"      (-> hex: null on both)
#020202   ansi-256    "\x1b[38;5;429496961m"         "\x1b[38;5;16m"
red       ansi-16     "\x1b[38;5;\tm"                "\x1b[91m"
red       hsl         "hsl(0, 1, 0.5)" -> null       "hsl(0, 100%, 50%)" -> "#ff0000"
#0000f8   lab         -> null                        -> "#0000f8"

# setKeepAlive(true, 60000) on Linux, then ss -o
1.3.14: returns false, timer:(keepalive,119min)
main:   returns true,  timer:(keepalive,59sec)

# bun:sqlite
prepare() x1, close(true):   1.3.14 throws "database is locked"   main ok; stmt.get() -> "Database has closed"
query() x25, close(true):    1.3.14 throws "database is locked"   main ok
query() x1, close():         1.3.14 ok, get() -> "Statement has finalized"   main ok, get() -> "Database has closed"

# HTMLRewriter handler throws, input is a streaming fetch() response, served by Bun.serve
document starts with the failing <p>:   1.3.14 200 + empty body, error() not called   main 500 via error()
<html><body> precede the failing <p>:   1.3.14 200 + empty body, error() not called   main 200, body cut off, error() not called
input is new Response(string):          1.3.14 500 via error()                           main 500 via error()

# Bun.serve fetch() returning Response.error()
1.3.14: status line "HTTP/1.1 0 HM", error() not called
main:   "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error" via error(); as a static route Bun.serve() throws at startup

# node:dgram with an "error" listener attached
bind() twice:        1.3.14 emits "error" ERR_SOCKET_ALREADY_BOUND   main throws ERR_SOCKET_ALREADY_BOUND
send() after close:  1.3.14 throws, code undefined                  main throws ERR_SOCKET_DGRAM_NOT_RUNNING

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[robobun]

Pushed 6bc3ee3, which corrects the package manager section. Each statement was checked by running the same projects against bun 1.3.14 (1.3.14+0d9b296af) and a 1.4 build of main at 8326d1b (includes #38333 and #38853), using a loopback registry plus file: dependencies:

• trustedDependencies: "These changes are a strict narrowing: nothing that was previously blocked will now run" was false. With "esbuild": "npm:my-esbuild-fork@1.0.0", trustedDependencies: ["my-esbuild-fork"] is blocked on 1.3.14 and runs on 1.4, and ["esbuild"] does the opposite, so for npm: aliases the check moved rather than narrowed. file: (and other non-registry) dependencies are still matched by the alias on both versions, so the resolved-name rule is now described as registry-only. The two places where the default list did narrow (a default-listed alias such as the example above, and a default-listed package whose tarball URL is not the canonical one on its configured registry, which affects mirrors that rewrite tarball URLs) are spelled out, since both ran their scripts on 1.3.14 and do not on 1.4.
• Lockfile versions: "A version 1 lockfile stays at version 1 when Bun 1.4 rewrites it" holds for plain projects (also re-verified: bun add on a 1.3 lockfile keeps version 1, a fresh install writes version 2), but not for a package.json with nested overrides, Yarn path resolutions, pnpm a>b keys, or pkg@range keys, all of which 1.3 ignored. On 1.4, bun install --frozen-lockfile on the 1.3 lockfile exits 1 with note: overrides in package.json changed since bun.lock was saved, and a plain bun install applies the rules and writes "lockfileVersion": 3, which 1.3 cannot read. Added a section for that with the verified sequence, and noted the exception in the version 2 section. Flat overrides keep version 1. Also noted that a plain bun install on 1.3 does not fail on a v2/v3 lockfile: it prints the Unknown lockfile version error, ignores the file, and overwrites it with a version 1 lockfile (exit 0); only --frozen-lockfile / bun ci fail.
• Optional-peer entries: the claim that the first 1.4 install rewrites such lockfiles and that --frozen-lockfile fails until the result is committed is out of date since install: pnpm parity — dedupe, prune, pm licenses, audit fix, add --filter/--catalog, nested overrides, transitive update, and workspace fixes #38333 / install: keep optional-peer-held packages when the lockfile is frozen #38853. On the build above, a 1.3 lockfile with a stale optional-peer entry passes --frozen-lockfile, a plain bun install on an unchanged project leaves it byte-identical, and the entry is dropped on the next save (bun add, or the first plain install in a workspace whose members have lifecycle scripts), keeping its version. Rewrote the section accordingly and gave the summary-table row to the overrides change instead.
• bun update (landed in install: pnpm parity — dedupe, prune, pm licenses, audit fix, add --filter/--catalog, nested overrides, transitive update, and workspace fixes #38333 after the last refresh): a plain bun update now moves transitive dependencies within their ranges (1.3.14 left them alone), and bun update <name> for a package that is not in the lockfile exits 1 with error: "<name>" is not in bun.lock where 1.3.14 added it to package.json.

One thing found on the way that is a bug rather than a docs problem, reported separately: for an npm:-aliased dependency on 1.4, bun pm trust <alias> writes the alias to trustedDependencies (which bun install then ignores), bun pm trust <real-name> reports the package does not exist, and adding the real name to trustedDependencies does not run the scripts of the already-installed package until it is reinstalled. The guide's advice now says to add the real name and reinstall, which works on the current build.

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- Around line 513-524: Update the macOS/Linux and Windows installation commands
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• docs/installation.mdx
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[robobun]

Pushed df8d835 on top of 6bc3ee3, adding the #38333 install changes that affect existing projects and were not yet in the guide. These were checked against the source and tests on current main and the 1.3.14 source (not by running both binaries, unlike 6bc3ee3):

• --frozen-lockfile: a frozen install (bun ci and --production imply it) now fails whenever overrides / catalog / catalogs in package.json differ from the lockfile, even when nothing would re-resolve (install_with_manager.rs, frozen_changed_section); 1.3.14 re-resolved and compared trees (install_with_manager.zig). --frozen-lockfile --lockfile-only no longer writes bun.lock (lockfile-only.test.ts); 1.3 saved it unconditionally. New subsection plus a summary row.
• bunfig.toml vs .npmrc: main loads npmrc first and overlays bunfig (PackageManager.rs, config-precedence.test.ts); 1.3.14 loaded bunfig and then let .npmrc overwrite the same keys (PackageManager.zig / ini.zig). New subsection plus a summary row.
• bun update: the 6bc3ee3 text said a named update from the root also updates workspace members' dependencies. bun-update.test.ts ("bun update from the root leaves a member's own entry alone; running it inside the member moves it") says otherwise, so the paragraph now says other workspaces need -r / --filter. Also added: --production is now a group filter on update (1.3: the install flag), and plain updates keep * / 1.x / dist-tag literals as written. Summary row added.
• Smaller changes: bun add / bun remove --filter (1.3 ignored the flag, so bun add y --filter x added a package named x), bun add <name> writing catalog: when the default catalog lists it, non-interactive bun update moving catalog: entries, and process.exit() using an exitCode assigned in an "exit" listener (worker_threads: don't drop stdout/stderr on synchronous worker exit; honor exitCode set in 'exit' listeners #38229; 1.3 used the argument).

Two items from the #38333 description are deliberately not in the guide: the catalog: peer lockfile churn (no test covers the 1.3 layout, so I could not confirm what a user sees) and the new commands (bun prune, bun pm licenses, audit fix), which are additions rather than behavior changes.

[robobun]

Following up on the same review note: f24047a removes the remaining items from the #39445 batch that were validation changes rather than migration steps (GCM IV length, mkdtemp(""), node:vm options, server.reload, isolated store entry names, registry URL credentials). They remain on the #28792 tracking list, which the note at the top of the guide points to. Net change is -8 lines in docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx; nothing else in the guide was touched.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs this run; the earlier inline findings (broken #nested-overrides anchor, duplicate overrides.mdx section, ^7 vs ^6, etc.) have all been addressed. Because this is a 570-line release-facing migration reference making dozens of factual claims about 1.3→1.4 behavior, and it carries a merge-order dependency on #39185, a maintainer sign-off would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• docs.json nav entry, the overrides.mdx one-line edit, and the upgrade.mdx See-also link — all resolve to real pages/anchors.
• MDX structure of upgrade-to-1.4.mdx (fence/tag balance, internal links including /pm/overrides#nested-overrides, install URLs on bun.com).
• Spot-checked claims that had drifted in earlier rounds (bun init typescript: ^7, nested-overrides section now single, Array.prototype.join bullet still matches main pending #39185).

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR adds docs/upgrade-to-1.4.mdx (572 lines, new file) — the canonical Bun 1.3→1.4 migration reference — plus a nav entry in docs.json, a See-also link in docs/guides/util/upgrade.mdx, and a one-sentence edit to docs/pm/overrides.mdx linking back to the new page. No native, TypeScript, or test code is touched.

Security risks

None. Docs-only; the shell snippets (curl | bash, PowerShell irm | iex) mirror the existing patterns in docs/installation.mdx and docs/guides/util/upgrade.mdx and use the same bun.com host.

Level of scrutiny

High for content accuracy, low for code risk. This page will be linked from the release post and support threads as the authoritative list of 1.4 behavior changes. It asserts ~50 distinct facts about lockfile versions, TOML parsing, JSX output, Bun.serve, Bun.SQL, Node compat, and more — each one is a claim about shipped behavior that a maintainer familiar with the 1.4 cycle is better placed to sign off on than an automated pass. The PR has already been through several correction rounds (broken anchors, duplicate overrides.mdx section, stale ^6/^7 claim), which is exactly why a final human read is warranted.

Other factors

• There is an explicit merge-order dependency: the Array.prototype.join() cyclic-array bullet must be dropped if #39185 lands first. That's a maintainer call, not something an automated approval should preempt.
• A maintainer (alii) engaged on 2026-08-17 with a scoping instruction that was applied, but has not approved.
• All prior claude[bot] inline findings on this PR are resolved; the bug-hunting pass on the current revision found nothing.
• The PR description mentions updates to installation.mdx and bundler/executables.mdx, but those are not in the current diff (4 files changed) — presumably split off or already on main; worth a quick confirmation.