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…ttled wait_for_promise (expect().resolves/.rejects/toThrow on a promise, Bun.build's async plugin setup(), macros, entry point loads) ticks the loop as tick() + auto_tick() until its promise settles. When a setImmediate callback settles the promise, that happens in auto_tick's immediates phase, and auto_tick then still parked in epoll/kqueue for the next timer or I/O event, although the waiter would have returned as soon as the tick did. With a ref'd handle open every such wait took until the next unrelated wake-up (the idle GC timer, up to a second), or forever without one. auto_tick now takes the promise the caller is waiting on (EventLoop::auto_tick_waiting_on). In such a tick it drains microtasks after the immediates phase, since the blocked frame usually holds the loop entered and the immediates' own exits therefore did not, and it polls without blocking when the promise has settled by the time it would poll. wait_for_promise, the worker entry wait and the three HMR-aware entry point waits use it.
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Status: reproduced on a release build of main (8884311, linux x64). A test that opens The fix and the tests are in this PR. The 10 new test cases in The last push removes the cost for programs that wait on nothing: the waiting tick now runs the microtask checkpoint only when it has work. It also merges main. The instruction counts are in the PR body under Downsides. |
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. WalkthroughChangesThe event loop now passes awaited promises to auto-ticking. Runtime hooks check for microtask checkpoint work and adjust polling when a promise settles. Tests cover synchronous waits, module loading, watcher writes, and async plugin setup. Promise-aware event-loop waits
Suggested reviewers: Priority: ➖ Normal Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A promise settled by the last due timer may still leave a synchronous wait blocked until unrelated activity wakes it. Fix this path before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs`:
- Around line 976-985: Propagate the result of the microtask drain in the
promise-wait auto-tick path instead of discarding it: make the relevant wait
operation return Result<(), Stopped>, forward the error through wait_for_promise
and the HMR wait loops, and stop before timer processing or polling when
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I reviewed this PR and found no bugs. Because it threads a new microtask checkpoint and a non-blocking-poll branch into auto_tick — the core event-loop turn every driver runs through — and interacts with three other in-flight PRs (#38378, #39103, #37365) touching the same functions, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed
auto_tickinjsc_hooks.rs: the newdrain_microtasks()is gated onwaiting_on.is_some()so top-level drivers are unchanged; thewaiter_satisfiedcheck sits afterget_timeout(the last pre-poll thing that can settle the promise) and falls through totick_without_idle, so ready I/O and due timers still run.AnyPromiseisCopy(raw-pointer enum), so passing it by value through the hook and re-checking.status()is sound; nested waits each pass their own promise, no shared state.- All five
wait_for_promise-shaped loops (wait_for_promise,wait_for_worker_entry_evaluation,load_entry_point,load_entry_point_for_test_runner,load_preloads) were switched;auto_tick_activeand the plainauto_tick()callers keep passingNone. - The new test arms a 2 s interval as the only possible park-ender with the GC timer disabled, so a park is observable without timing assertions; it covers direct/await-continuation settle paths, nesting, and
Bun.buildasync setup.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR fixes late returns from synchronous promise waits (expect(p).resolves, Bun.build async plugin setup, macros, entry-point load) when a setImmediate callback is what settles the promise while a ref'd handle keeps the loop active. It threads an Option<AnyPromise> through the RuntimeHooks::auto_tick fn-ptr (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, src/jsc/event_loop.rs, src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs), adds auto_tick_waiting_on, and in auto_tick (a) drains microtasks right after the immediates phase when a waiter is present, and (b) polls with tick_without_idle instead of tick_with_timeout if the awaited promise has settled by the time the poll is reached. All five nested-wait drive loops are switched to the new entry point; the top-level drivers keep calling plain auto_tick() which passes None. A README section and a subprocess test in test-test.test.ts round it out.
Security risks
None identified. No parsing of untrusted input, no auth/crypto/permissions, no new FFI surface. AnyPromise is a Copy enum of raw JSC cell pointers whose lifetime is already the caller's responsibility (per its doc comment); the new call sites hold it exactly as long as the existing wait_for_promise loop already did.
Level of scrutiny
High. auto_tick is the blocking half of every event-loop turn — the single hottest and most ordering-sensitive path in the runtime. The two behavior changes are both gated on waiting_on.is_some(), so the top-level bun run/bun test/worker drivers are byte-for-byte unchanged, but the nested-wait path now inserts a microtask checkpoint where there was none before. The PR's argument (the wait's next tick() would have drained them anyway, just after the park instead of before) is convincing, and the discarded Result from drain_microtasks() matches how exit() and tick_immediate_tasks already treat it. Still, event-loop ordering changes have a history of subtle regressions that only show up under specific workloads, and the PR itself notes three other open PRs reworking the same functions — a maintainer should confirm this is the shape they want landed relative to those.
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The PR description is unusually thorough: it explains the two-part cause, why each half of the fix is needed (with a probe matrix showing the first half alone is insufficient), why passing the promise as an argument avoids nesting bookkeeping, and lists ~20 test files verified on the debug build. The new test is well-constructed (ref'd interval as the sole park-ender, GC timer disabled, seven distinct settle paths, snapshot on the combined {stdout, stderr, exitCode}), fails on main and passes with the fix. cargo check for Windows was run. No prior human review comments on the PR. Given the criticality of the code path and the coordination with related PRs, deferring rather than auto-approving.
…ns left during a toThrow() wait Nothing between the waiting tick's microtask drain and the poll runs script (the timers get_timeout fires are JSC-internal), so the settled check is made right after the drain and folded into the flag that already keeps the poll from parking for a queued immediate, which also covers Windows through the same wake-up as immediates; the poll itself is back to one call. toThrow() on a function returning a promise kept the quiet unhandled-rejection handler, which exists to pick up the function's own synchronous rejection, installed across the wait, so anything else that rejected while the loop ran during the wait was dropped. It now marks the awaited promise handled and leaves the quiet scope before waiting, as .resolves/.rejects and async custom matchers already do, so those rejections fail the test. Tests: the entry point, --preload and test file loads (plain and under --hot / --watch) return as soon as an awaited immediate runs; a rejection left by other code during a toThrow() wait fails the test.
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Reporting what else rejects during the wait breaks the pattern of checking several promises that reject together one synchronous toThrow() at a time (encode-bad-chunks.test.ts): the later ones reject during the first wait and only get their handlers afterwards, so they were reported before the test could handle them. The scope stays as it was; making that reporting wait for the blocked frame is a separate change.
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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs; the earlier notes on pipe draining and the stale title/description have both been addressed. Because this changes when the event loop parks during nested promise waits — core scheduling behavior reached from wait_for_promise, worker entry, and the HMR/preload/test-file load loops — a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- The
waiting_onparameter thread-through and that the non-waiting path (None) leaveswait_over = false, so top-levelauto_tickandauto_tick_activeare unchanged. - The added
drain_microtasks()and itsStoppedhandling — a stop found by the drain setswait_overso the poll doesn't park and the wait's own gate acts on it next iteration, matching howtick_immediate_tasksandget_timeoutalready treat a mid-tick stop. - Both platform paths (the Windows
wakeup()gate and the POSIXhas_pending_immediateflag) fold inwait_over. - The new tests: subprocess pipes are now all drained or ignored, the 2 s interval is the only thing that could end a park (with
BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1), and the--hot/--watchrows exercise the separate HMR wait loops.
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Overview
The PR threads an optional AnyPromise through the auto_tick runtime hook so that a nested wait (wait_for_promise, the worker-entry wait, and the three HMR-aware load loops in load_entry_point/load_entry_point_for_test_runner/load_preloads) can tell the tick which promise it is blocked on. Inside auto_tick, when a promise is passed, microtasks are drained right after the immediates phase (because a nested tick's immediates don't get a checkpoint on exit()), and if the promise has settled — or the drain found the VM stopped — the existing "don't block the poll" flag is set. Five files: src/jsc/event_loop.rs (new auto_tick_waiting_on, wait_for_promise and wait_for_worker_entry_evaluation call it), src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs (hook signature + two HMR wait sites), src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs (the hook body and load_preloads), src/event_loop/README.md (docs), and two new spawn tests in test-test.test.ts.
Security risks
None identified. The change is purely about when the poll parks; no new inputs are parsed, no untrusted data flows into the added code, and the promise handle is passed by value from callers that already held it.
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High. auto_tick is the event loop's blocking step; every driver of the loop reaches it. A mistake here could turn into a busy-spin (poll never parks) or a hang (poll parks when it shouldn't). The PR is careful to gate the new behavior on waiting_on.is_some(), so the top-level run-to-completion loops and auto_tick_active are byte-for-byte unchanged, and the added drain runs work the wait's next tick() would have run anyway. The reasoning is thorough and the test matrix is broad (seven wait shapes plus six module-load rows across plain/--hot/--watch), but this is exactly the kind of scheduling change where a maintainer familiar with #38378 / #39103 / #37365 should confirm the interaction and the acknowledged toThrow() scope-window widening is acceptable to defer.
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- All prior review threads are resolved: CodeRabbit's
Stoppedpropagation concern was addressed in 7dc53f5 by folding the drain'sStoppedintowait_over; comment-cop's length complaints were shortened; my pipe-drain nit was fixed in b831cdd; and the stale title/description I flagged has since been updated (title dropped thetoThrow()clause, description now records the revert under "Earlier shapes of this PR"). - The PR description's "Verified" list is extensive and includes the neighboring test suites (
expect.test.js,concurrent*.test.ts,hot/watch.test.ts, node'stest-timers-immediate*, etc.) plus a Windowscargo check. - One documented behavior change is left as-is by design: the added drain moves two module-level rejection shapes into
toThrow()'s pre-existing quiet-scope window (cc6fc1a's message defers the fix to a separate change / #38378). That is a deliberate trade-off a maintainer should sign off on.
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Data point for prioritising this: the late return is a release-visible regression from 1.3.14, and this PR removes it. I measured both. Probe: one import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
const op = (v: string) => new Promise<string>(resolve => setImmediate(() => resolve(v)));
test("setImmediate-settled promise under the wait", async () => {
using listener = Bun.listen({ hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 0, socket: { data() {} } });
expect(await op("a")).toBe("a");
const t0 = performance.now();
await expect(op("c")).resolves.toBe("c");
console.log(Math.round(performance.now() - t0), "ms");
});Released builds, linux x64, 3 runs each:
A plain This PR, base and head as debug builds in one worktree, 3 runs each:
The base parks for a shorter time in a debug build than in the release build. I did not look into why. The |
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… has work The waiting tick ran drain_microtasks() on every turn. A program with a pending top-level await in its entry module is in such a wait for its whole run, so it paid for an empty checkpoint on every turn of its loop. The tick now asks first whether the checkpoint has anything to do: a deferred task is registered, the VM is stopping, a termination is pending, or a tick or a microtask is queued. The tests gain the cases that a narrower condition loses: a promise that an unhandledRejection handler settles, a stop met in the wait's own tick(), an immediate that throws before a cleared one, and a write that an immediate buffered.
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In `@src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs`:
- Line 3582: In both watcher loops in the promise-loading paths, including
load_entry_point_for_test_runner, check script_allowed() before
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Beyond the inline findings, two concerns specific to the new has_checkpoint_work gate were checked and ruled out: a registered repeating deferred task makes every waiting turn run the checkpoint, but that only restores the earlier always-drain cost inside nested waits and is what flushes a buffered write, so it is not a correctness problem; and due WTF timers slipping to the next turn when wait_over short-circuits the poll is the same behavior the existing has_pending_immediate path already has for a queued immediate.
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The diff threads a waiting_on promise through the auto_tick hook, adds a checkpoint-has-work gate (DeferredTaskQueue::is_empty plus a new C++ extern over the nextTick and microtask queues) and folds the settled/stopped state into the non-blocking poll condition, with no security-sensitive surface. The inline findings (unswept sibling wait loops, the Windows wakeup condition, and the widened rejection-swallowing window) are substantive enough that a human should weigh them, so this run does not approve.
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src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs— pre-existing: test authors whose top-level mock.module() has an async factory settled by an immediate still wait up to the idle GC period (or forever with BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1) before their tests start; the fix does not reach this wait. The loop at src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs:2979-2982 calls plain auto_tick() while JSMock__hasPendingModulePatches is true. The patch is cleared by a promise reaction, which runs in the immediate's exit drain inside that auto_tick, and then the poll parks with nothing to wake it. … [also at: src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs:2980 - pre-existing: test files whose non-awaitedmock.module()factory is settled by a setImmediate still park until an unrelated timer or I/O event, the latency this PR removes forwait_for_promisesites.; src/jsc/event_loop.rs:1134 - pre-existing sibling site:bun testusers whosemock.module()async factory is settled by a setImmediate still get the parked poll this PR fixes forwait_for_promisecallers.]Why this was flagged
…Fix: cover this wait too, which has no promise to hand to auto_tick_waiting_on, so the fix differs from the REPL site: call vm.wakeup() from jsFunctionMockModuleFactoryResolve/Reject once hasPendingPatch is cleared (as the runner does with wants_wakeup), or give auto_tick a done predicate.
A test file calls mock.module("./x", async () => { ... }) at top level with a factory whose promise is settled by a setImmediate callback that runs after the first loop turn (for example two immediate hops, or an immediate reached after an awaited import()). src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp:758-760 attaches jsFunctionMockModuleFactoryResolve/Reject and sets mock->hasPendingPatch = true; only those reactions clear it (BunPlugin.cpp:779) and neither wakes the loop. src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:5625-5626 pre-arms one wakeup for one auto_tick, then src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs:2976 ticks and 2979-2982 loop…
Verification: pre-existing — the base already parks here by the same route and the PR does not touch this loop, but it is a sibling of the exact class this PR fixes and the repository instructions ask that the whole class be covered ("every caller of a changed helper... If a site is intentionally excluded, say so in the PR"); the PR description's list of affected waits does not mention the mock.module wait.…
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src/jsc/event_loop.rs— pre-existing: at the top level of a program (no nested wait), microtasks queued by an immediate that throws are held across a blocking poll when the batch's last immediate was cleared, delaying them until the next timer or I/O event. In src/jsc/event_loop.rs:1042-1047exception_thrownis overwritten per task, so only the last immediate's outcome decides themaybe_drain_microtasksat 1053; a throwing immediate skips its own exit checkpoint (timer_object_internals.rs:447) and a cleared one after it runs no checkpoint either. Fix: accumulate the flag across the batch (exception_thrown |= ...) so any throwing immediate triggers the post-batch drain; the PR's waiting-tick checkpoint only covers turns that pass awaiting_onpromise, notauto_tick_activeorwait_for_tasks.Why this was flagged
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bun runprogram with a server open doessetImmediate(() => { queueMicrotask(cb); throw err })under anuncaughtExceptionhandler, and a later immediate in the same batch was cleared (the PR's ownthrows.tsfixture shape, without the top-level await).tick_immediate_tasksat event_loop.rs:1042-1047 runs the throwing one, whoseexit_maybe_drain_microtasks(false)does not drain, then the cleared one returns false early at timer_object_internals.rs:394-398 before any enter/exit, leavingexception_thrownfalse. The drain at event_loop.rs:1053-1056 is skipped.auto_tick_active(jsc_hooks.rs:1089) andwait_for_tasks(VirtualMachine.rs:4657-4661) then poll with the next timer deadline, socbwaits until the idle GC timer or the next request wakes the poll (up to a second by default, unbounded withBUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1). The base branch has the same defect; this PR only papers over it for turns that carry awaiting_onpromise (jsc_hooks.rs:919-928).Verification: pre-existing (nit-level in practice: narrow trigger, bounded to the next timer/I-O wake, ~1s with the idle GC timer, unbounded with BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1). Triggering condition: at top level (no nested wait, i.e.
auto_tick(vm, None)or thebun runloop'sauto_tick_active), an immediate batch whose throwing immediate is followed only by cleared/skipped immediates, with something keeping…
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🔴 Test authors get a silent pass where main fails: an unrelated unhandled rejection raised while expect(fn).toThrow() waits on fn's promise is now discarded. The new checkpoint at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:925 runs microtasks that on main ran only after the wait returned, and it runs them under the quiet rejection handler that get_value_as_to_throw keeps installed across its wait (src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs:858, :872). The PR text calls this an accepted downside; it is a real bug hidden in user code. Fix: report rejections raised by the checkpoint in a wait loudly while still swallowing the waited promise's own report, e.g. mark the returned promise handled and restore the scope (scope.apply) before wait_for_promise at expect.rs:872, as .resolves/.rejects do.
Why this was flagged
A test does const stray = (async () => { await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r)); throw new Error("unrelated bug"); })(); and then expect(() => new Promise((_, reject) => setImmediate(() => reject(new Error("boom"))))).toThrow("boom"). get_value_as_to_throw installs on_quiet_unhandled_rejection_handler_capture_value at src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs:858 and keeps it across vm.wait_for_promise(promise) at expect.rs:872; UnhandledRejectionScope::apply (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:629-633) later restores unhandled_error_counter, so anything reported in that window vanishes. On main the immediate batch rejects the waited promise synchronously, the stray's await continuation stays queued, the wait exits, scope.apply restores the loud handler, and the continuation runs at the next checkpoint: the rejection is reported and the test fails. With the PR, auto_tick drains that continuation at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:925 inside the wait; the stray promise rejects with no handler, the tail handle_rejected_promises of auto_tick routes it to the quiet handler, and scope.apply discards the…
Verification: normal, acknowledged in diff: the PR description's "Downsides" bullet says "expect(() => p).toThrow() hides more unrelated rejections: the checkpoint runs their reactions inside its quiet scope ... 16 of 192 script cells go from exit 1 to exit 0" — the mechanism is real and the author's own measurement confirms it fires; the "16 of 192" bound I could not re-measure, but the class of…
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| entrypoints: [import.meta.dir + "/entry.ts"], | ||
| plugins: [{ name: "async setup", setup: () => afterImmediate(() => {}) }], | ||
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| console.log("build succeeded: " + (await build).success); | ||
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🟡 nit (optional): maintainers get two new subprocess-spawning tests that run serially, while the sibling tests in the same block use test.concurrent. The tests at test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts:764 and :893 each spawn one Bun process and depend on nothing else in the file. Fix: declare both with test.concurrent (and test.concurrent.skipIf(!isLinux) for the second), as test/CLAUDE.md asks for independent subprocess-spawning tests, which covers both new top-level tests.
Why this was flagged
test/CLAUDE.md says to use test.concurrent for independent subprocess-spawning tests. The new test("a synchronous wait on a promise returns as soon as an immediate settles it") at test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts:764 and test.skipIf(!isLinux)("a synchronous wait flushes the write that an immediate buffered") at :893 each spawn a Bun process via Bun.spawn with their own tempDir and share no state, yet are plain test(...). The describe block right after them uses test.concurrent.each and test.concurrent. On a debug+ASAN lane these two serial spawns add wall time to the file that the concurrent form would overlap. No safeguard applies; this is a convention slip only.
Verification: nit. Triggering condition: every run of test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts executes the two new subprocess tests serially. Verified: /home/claude/bun/test/CLAUDE.md:22 says "Prefer concurrent tests over sequential tests: When multiple tests in the same file spawn processes or write files, make them concurrent with test.concurrent or describe.concurrent unless it's very difficult to make…
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🟣 pre-existing, not blocking: REPL users still get the parked wait this PR fixes elsewhere: an await at the prompt that an immediate settles returns only when an unrelated timer or I/O event wakes the poll. The REPL has its own copy of this loop, wait_for_promise_or_sigint in src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:1118, which still calls plain auto_tick(). Fix: every promise-wait loop that alternates tick() and autoTick() should pass the awaited promise, so the REPL site should call auto_tick_waiting_on(jsc::AnyPromise::Normal(promise)) like the five sites this PR converts. With a server or interval open it parks up to the idle GC period; with BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1 it never returns. [also at: src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:1118 - Pre-existing sibling site: REPL users whose awaited expression is settled by a setImmediate callback still wait for an unrelated timer or I/O event before the prompt returns, while every other promise wait in this PR now returns at once. wait_for_promise_or_sigint at src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:1118 is…]
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In bun repl, with something keeping the loop active (a setInterval or Bun.serve created earlier at the prompt), the user types await new Promise(r => setImmediate(r)). The REPL blocks in wait_for_promise_or_sigint (src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:1109-1121), which loops tick() then auto_tick() while the promise is Pending. On this branch auto_tick (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:904) only computes wait_over when waiting_on is Some; the REPL passes nothing, so after tick_immediate_tasks settles the promise the poll at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:1035 still blocks with the next-timer deadline. The prompt returns only when the idle GC timer or another timer/I/O fires (100 ms to 30 s), or never with BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1. The PR's own description says the fix covers everything on EventLoop::wait_for_promise; the REPL loop is a hand-rolled sibling of that helper and is not named as an…
Verification: pre-existing (same-class site the PR leaves unfixed; REVIEW.md "fix the whole class" applies and the PR does not state the exclusion). Trigger: in interactive bun repl with any active handle (a setInterval, Bun.serve) the user types an await that an immediate settles. Mechanism verified. /home/claude/bun/src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:1107-1122 wait_for_promise_or_sigint is the same…
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🟣 pre-existing, not blocking: Worker startup still parks after this PR when an immediate-settled plugin hook starts the entry's evaluation: the worker stays in the Pending state until an unrelated timer or I/O event wakes its poll. wait_for_worker_entry_evaluation (src/jsc/event_loop.rs:1362-1380) exits on entry_evaluation_started, but auto_tick_waiting_on only un-parks on the promise settling or a stop (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:927). With a top-level await pending the promise stays Pending, so wait_over is false and the poll at jsc_hooks.rs:1037 blocks even though the wait's own exit condition already holds. …
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…Fix: fold every exit condition of a waiting loop into the non-blocking decision (entry_evaluation_started and has_requested_terminate for this loop), e.g. let the waiter pass a closure or re-check after the checkpoint and set wait_over.
A Worker whose Bun.plugin onLoad/onResolve hook resolves from a setImmediate callback, and whose entry module has a top-level await (e.g. awaiting the first parentPort message). The immediate runs in tick_immediate_tasks (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:917); its exit() checkpoint runs the module-loader reactions, which set entry_evaluation_started and begin evaluating the entry, which then suspends on its top-level await. Back in auto_tick, wait_over at jsc_hooks.rs:927 is false because the promise is still Pending, so has_pending_immediate is false and tick_with_timeout at jsc_hooks.rs:1037 blocks. wait_for_worker_entry_evaluation (src/jsc/event_loop.rs:1362) only re-checks entry_evaluation_started after auto_tick returns, so WebWorker__workerGlobalScopeStarted (src/jsc/web_worker.rs:923) and the delivery of messages the parent already posted are delayed…
Verification: pre-existing (the base's plain auto_tick() parked here too; the PR's un-park does not reach this exit condition, and REVIEW.md "fix the whole class" applies since the PR names "the worker entry wait" as an affected wait). Trigger: a worker whose entry evaluation begins inside an auto_tick turn (an immediate-settled plugin hook, or a microtask left after tick()) while the entry module…
| let has_yielded_tasks = unsafe { (*el).promote_yield_tasks() }; | ||
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| if has_yielded_tasks || !unsafe { &*el }.immediate_tasks.is_empty() { | ||
| if has_yielded_tasks || wait_over || !unsafe { &*el }.immediate_tasks.is_empty() { |
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🟣 pre-existing, not blocking: On Windows a promise wait still parks when the new checkpoint enqueues a JS-thread task: the libuv poll blocks until an unrelated event even though a task is ready. The Windows wakeup condition at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:932 checks has_yielded_tasks, wait_over and immediate_tasks but not has_pending_tasks(), while the Unix timeout at :995-998 does include has_pending_tasks(). The PR's checkpoint at :925 now runs microtasks before this decision, so tasks they enqueue (postMessage delivery, stream reads) are ready but do not un-park on Windows. Fix: make the Windows wakeup condition match the Unix has_pending_immediate set, including has_pending_tasks(), so both platforms treat a ready task as a reason not to block.
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Trigger: on Windows, inside a nested wait (expect(p).resolves, Bun.build plugin, entry load), a microtask run by the new checkpoint at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:925-926 enqueues a task onto the JS thread's task queue (a MessagePort delivery, a stream pull, a same-thread enqueue_task) without settling the awaited promise. wait_over at :927 is false, immediate_tasks is empty, so the cfg(windows) branch at :932 does not call wakeup(); tick_with_timeout at :1037 ignores its timeout argument on libuv (comment at src/jsc/event_loop.rs:1338), so the loop parks until an unrelated timer or I/O event. The Unix path at :995-998 folds has_pending_tasks() into has_pending_immediate and does not block. The base branch had the same omission at :932, but microtasks then ran only in tick(), before auto_tick; the PR moves microtask execution to a point after which the only un-park decision for Windows is this condition, and it was dismissed as pre-existing without checking that the two platform conditions differ. Population: every Windows user of a synchronous promise wait whose settling chain goes through a task.…
Verification: pre-existing. Trigger: on Windows, inside a nested wait, JS run before the poll (an immediate, an unhandledRejection handler, or — with this PR — a microtask run by the new checkpoint) enqueues a same-thread task via EventLoop::enqueue_task without settling the awaited promise and without queuing an immediate. Mechanism verified: src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:932 `if has_yielded_tasks…
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🟠 Major · Recheck promise settlement after timer processing. · jsc_hooks.rs:901
src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:901
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winRecheck promise settlement after timer processing.
get_timeoutcan fire the last dueWTFTimer, settlewaiting_on, and returnfalsebecause no timer remains. The subsequenttick_with_timeout(None, ...)can then block even though the promise is settled. Recheck the promise afterget_timeoutand force a zero-timeout poll when it has settled.🐛 Suggested fix
- if let Some(promise) = waiting_on { + if let Some(promise) = waiting_on.as_ref() { // ... } ... let have_timeout = unsafe { timer::All::get_timeout( ... ) }; + if waiting_on + .as_ref() + .is_some_and(|promise| promise.status() != PromiseStatus::Pending) + { + wait_over = true; + } + if wait_over { + timespec = bun_core::Timespec { sec: 0, nsec: 0 }; + } let now_ns = now.map_or(bun_uws::NOW_NS_UNKNOWN, |t| t.ns()); // SAFETY: `loop_` is the live per-thread uws loop. unsafe { - (*loop_).tick_with_timeout(if have_timeout { Some(×pec) } else { None }, now_ns) + (*loop_).tick_with_timeout( + if have_timeout || wait_over { Some(×pec) } else { None }, + now_ns, + ) };🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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`waiting_on` after timer processing; if the promise has settled, set `wait_over`
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Problem
expect(p).resolves,Bun.build()plugins, the entry point load) returns late when asetImmediatecallback settles the promise. It takes 100 ms to 1 s with a server or a timer open. WithBUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1it never returns.auto_tick(src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs) runs the immediates, then parks in the poll. A settled promise wakes nothing.Fix
auto_ticktakes the promise that the caller waits on. After the immediates it runs the microtask checkpoint and reads the promise. If the promise settled, or the VM stopped, the poll does not block.EventLoop::has_checkpoint_work). The first shape of this PR ran it on every waiting turn.VirtualMachine::wait_for_pending_internal_promise. It has the stop check ofwait_for_promise, so a stopped VM ends the wait.test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts, 10 new cases, all fail on main. Other suites are in Notes.Background
wait_for_promise) alternatestick()(tasks) andauto_tick(immediates, poll, timers) until a promise settles. A pending top-level await is such a wait for the whole run.expect()outsidebun:testand asymmetric matchers) and Domain runs: one loop step for everything; spawnSync waits on the real loop admitting only its own consequences #38378 (draft) both keepwait_for_promise. This fix is needed in either order.Downsides
A loop turn under a pending top-level await costs about 45 instructions more than main. JS thread instructions for one iteration, release builds:
fs.statsetImmediateturnfs.statsetImmediateturnNoise: 0.5 % for echo and
setImmediate, 2 % forfs.stat. A turn that has work runs the checkpoint, about 220 instructions. Text size: +512 bytes.expect(() => p).toThrow()hides more unrelated rejections: the checkpoint runs their reactions inside its quiet scope. A check of the first shape measured 16 of 192 script cells that go from exit 1 to exit 0, and 4 of 72bun testcells that fail on main and pass with the PR. This shape does not change that.Notes
Affected waits
Everything on
EventLoop::wait_for_promiseand its--hot/--watchvariants:expect(p).resolvesand.rejectsexpect(fn).toThrow()on a function that returns a promiseBun.build()with a plugin whosesetup()returns a promise--preloadloads and test file loadsRelease builds, linux x64. The test opens
Bun.serve({ port: 0 })and runs threeawait expect(viaAwait()).resolves.toBe("done"), whereviaAwaitawaits one immediate. Time per wait:What changed after the first shape
The first shape called
drain_microtasks()on every turn of a waiting tick. A program with a pending top-level await in its entry module is in such a wait for its whole run, so it paid for an empty checkpoint on every turn of its loop.Now the tick asks first whether the checkpoint has work.
has_checkpoint_workmirrors the conditions under whichdrain_microtasks()does something:clientData->isStoppingOrStopped(vm)orvm.hasPendingTerminationException(): the checkpoint reports a stop.process.nextTickqueue or the default microtask queue is not empty: the checkpoint runs script.The last two groups are the new C++ function
JSC__JSGlobalObject__hasMicrotaskCheckpointWork. LTO inlines it intoauto_tick.drain_microtasks()also callsrelease_weak_refs()anddrain_quic_if_necessary(). On a turn with no work these now run at the next checkpoint. The loop flushes QUIC before each poll inus_internal_loop_pre, so no QUIC write waits longer.tick_immediate_tasks,auto_tick_active(the loop ofbun runwith no top-level await) and the unhandled rejection code are the same as on main.Two narrower conditions that were tried and dropped
"Run the checkpoint only on a turn whose batch of immediates is not empty" rests on this claim: only the immediates run script between the waiter's
tick()and the poll. The claim is false in two ways.tick()ends withhandle_rejected_promises(), after its last checkpoint. In the default mode nothing runs a checkpoint after anunhandledRejectionhandler (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, theMode::Bunarm). So a microtask can be queued whentick()returns, with no immediate involved. An idle server whose top-level await is released by itsunhandledRejectionhandler: main hangs, the first shape returns in 0 ms, this condition hangs.tick()wakes nothing. Anode:vmrun with a 50 ms timeout whose script is blocked in a wait: main 2002 ms, the first shape 58 to 97 ms, this condition 2001 ms. A worker in two nested waits andterminate()from the parent: main 1853 ms, the first shape 3 to 9 ms, this condition 1855 ms.It measured +0.33 % per echo round trip and +1.27 % per
setImmediateturn under a pending top-level await."Count only script and stops as work, not deferred tasks" loses the flush of a write that an immediate buffered. Time of the wait, main / first shape / that condition:
Each dropped condition fails at least one of the test cases.
How the instruction counts were made
perfandvalgrindwere not available on the machine.bun run build:release, linux x64. Main is 8884311. The first shape is b831cdd merged onto 73df7bb, which is one commit earlier (postgres files only).BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1,BUN_JSC_useConcurrentJIT=0,BUN_JSC_useConcurrentGC=0,BUN_JSC_numberOfGCMarkers=1, one pinned CPU.(count(N2) - count(N1)) / (N2 - N1), median of the runs. Startup cancels out.Bun.listen+Bun.connect, 7 runs, N 1000 and 6000.fs.stat: sequentialfs.statcalls, 15 runs, N 1000 and 6000. The work pool thread makes the count of the JS thread vary.setImmediate: chained immediates, one per turn, 5 runs, N 20000 and 120000. This row has one waiting turn per iteration: 43 instructions more than main (41 to 56 over four sessions).size: 80676974 bytes on main, 80677486 bytes on this head.Is the behaviour the same as the first shape
Yes in every probe. Release builds,
BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE=1, a 2 s interval as the only thing that can end a park.expect(p).resolvesfor 17 ways to settlepand 5 places to make the wait from. Main parks in 36 cells. The first shape and this head park in none.FinalizationRegistry,Atomics.waitAsync, signals,MessageChannel) and 6 places. The first shape and this head agree in every cell.The quiet scope of
toThrow()toThrow()on a function that returns a promise installs a handler that records rejections, and keeps it across its wait. On main a reaction to a promise that an immediate settles directly runs after the wait. With this PR the checkpoint runs it inside the wait, so a rejection that the reaction creates is recorded and not reported. One probe:qis rejected directly by an immediate, and a reaction to another promise that the same immediate settles creates an unhandled rejection.expect(() => q).toThrow("boom")exits 1 on main and reports the rejection. It exits 0 with the first shape and with this head.An earlier push made
toThrow()leave its scope before the wait. CI showed that the scope is needed:test/js/web/encoding/encode-bad-chunks.test.tschecks four promises that reject together with four synchronoustoThrow()calls in a row. That push was reverted. The full fix is to hold back the reports until the frame that is blocked in the wait gets control again. #38378 does that.Tests
test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts, "a synchronous wait on a promise returns as soon as an immediate settles it": one fixture with nine waits under a ref'd 2 s interval. On main:the wait parked: expect().resolves, resolved by the immediate.fs.watchis the observer.--preload(plain and--hot), a test file (plain and--watch), a rejecting entry point (plain and--hot), a module whose immediate throws before a cleared one, and a module that anunhandledRejectionhandler releases.bun_test.test.ts,test-timers.test.ts,done-async.test.ts,jest-hooks.test.ts,test/cli/test/test-timeout-behavior.test.ts,test/regression/issue/{36450,23865,03830}.test.ts,pidfd-exit-nested-tick.test.ts,node-timers.test.ts,setImmediate.test.js,setImmediate2.test.ts,plugins.test.ts,test/cli/hot/{hot,watch}.test.ts,test/cli/run/preload-test.test.js, and node'stest-timers-immediate*,test-timers-setimmediate-infinite-loop,test-microtask-queue-*.worker-late-completion.test.tson the debug build times out in 1 of 33 cases in 2 of 6 runs. A debug build of main does the same (2 of 6 runs). Release builds of main and of this head pass 10 of 10 runs.cargo checkforx86_64-pc-windows-msvcpasses.A side effect under a pending top-level await
On main, the microtasks that an
unhandledRejectionhandler queues run only at the next wake-up of the loop when the entry module has a pending top-level await (2 s in the probe). With this PR they run at once. Without a top-level await main has no delay.Found on the way, not changed here
These are the same on main, on the first shape and on this head.
unhandledRejectionhandler run after the poll. A wait that the handler releases still parks. event loop: report immediates' rejections before polling, and stop polling once a fatal error ended the run #38524 is open for it.tick_immediate_tasksruns its checkpoint only when the last task threw. A rejection that such a microtask handles is reported as unhandled (exit 1 on main, exit 0 on Node).terminate(): 1852 ms).The watcher loops
On main, the three
is_watcher_enabled()loops were copies of each other without a stop check. A stopped VM with the load promise still pending parked there once per wake-up. With the waiting tick of this PR such a loop would poll without parking instead. The shared helper returnsErr(Stopped)there, aswait_for_promisedoes, and the callers return the live pending promise as their non-watcher arm already does. The main thread stops only in teardown, which never returns to these loops, so no test reaches this state.Other open PRs in the same functions
tick_immediate_tasks, which this PR does not touch. Both PRs edit the two reads ofimmediate_tasksinauto_tick, so the second one to merge needs a small rebase.wakeup()calls around the load of a file (test_command.rs, and bun test: don't park the event loop after a test file's entry promise settles #36453) for the same class of park. They stay in place.Probes of the unfixed build (release 1.4.0-canary.1)
Duration of
expect(turns(n)).resolves, whereturnschainsnimmediates, by what keeps the loop alive. 8 hops. 16 hops give the same totals.Each hop in the chain took 0.00 to 0.12 ms. Each total is one park. The idle GC timer (1 s period) or the sweeper that it arms (about 100 ms after a collection) ends the park. That is why the bug shows as latency and not as a hang.
no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts