Make a failed util.inspect load throw from custom inspect functions instead of aborting

[robobun]

Problem

• The formatter loads util.inspect when it first runs a custom inspect function. If the load throws, the process aborts. Debug builds report ASSERTION FAILED: !(initializer.property.m_pointer & lazyTag) in LazyProperty::callFunc.
• The load throws when a global that the module reads was replaced, or near the stack limit. require("util").inspect = 42 aborts as well.
• Cause: m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction in ZigGlobalObject.cpp were LazyProperty members whose initializers returned without init.set() on an exception. LazyProperty asserts on that.

Fix

• The two members become WriteBarriers that the getters fill in. When the load throws, the getters return nullptr with the exception pending and cache nothing. The next call loads again. InternalModuleRegistry::requireId has the same contract.
• Correct because the failure is a normal JavaScript exception whose cause (a replaced global, a deep stack) can go away. Every caller already checks for it.
• utilInspectFunction() now reads inspect from internal/util/inspect, as node does. A replaced util.inspect (a value, a Proxy, a mock) no longer reaches custom inspect functions. The internal export only has to be callable. One that is not throws a TypeError instead of an abort.
• Verified: five child-process cases in test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js. They fail the load of each member and load it again, and they check the export handling. All five abort on the current build.

Background

• LazyProperty<Owner, T> is a JSC member that a callback fills in on first access. The callback must call init.set(value). callFunc asserts (RELEASE_ASSERT) if it did not. The type has no failed state.
• WriteBarrier<T> is the ordinary GC-aware member pointer, marked through FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER. It can hold null, so a failed load leaves it empty.
• InternalModuleRegistry::requireId evaluates a built-in module on first use. internal/util/inspect implements util.inspect. node:util re-exports it.

Notes

Triggers seen: globalThis.Symbol = 0 or a replaced Reflect (the fuzzer's samples), and the first custom inspect call from a stack overflow handler. On Windows Bun.env has a custom inspect function, so console.log(Bun) reaches this. With colors, the stylize helper is built from the same function and had the same problem. The abort needs a process that has not loaded the module yet, which is why the fuzzer reports it as flaky. The require("util").inspect = 42 case aborted because the initializer downcast the property without a check (debug: ASSERTION FAILED: isCell()). The callers already checked for an exception after the getters, but the assertion fired first.

Node passes the inspect of internal/util/inspect to custom inspect functions, so a replaced util.inspect has no effect there. The same script now prints the same result in node and bun.

Test block: "Bun.inspect when loading util.inspect for a custom inspect function throws". The child processes run with bunEnv, which makes require("internal/util/inspect") work. Cases: Symbol replaced then restored (colors path, then Bun.gc(true) to check that the cached functions are marked), the stack exhausted while the inspect function loads (no colors) and, with it already loaded, while the stylize helper is built from it (colors), the internal export set to 42 (TypeError) and then to a Proxy (accepted), and util.inspect replaced (the custom function still receives the real one). All five exit with code 134 in the child on the current release and debug builds. Also run with the debug build: the rest of inspect.test.js, test/js/node/util/custom-inspect.test.js, test/js/web/url/url.test.ts, test/js/web/broadcastchannel/broadcast-channel.test.ts, test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts.

Since #39770, finishCreation installs the lazy initializers from offset tables (lazyFunctionInits). The two entries for these members are removed there. A WriteBarrier member must not have a table entry, because the table would call initLater on it. The branch is rebased past #39732 as well, which deleted the unused navigatorObject() next to which the getters were first placed; they now follow assignToStream, with no other change. A third rebase followed #39581, which deleted the unused m_performMicrotaskVariadicFunction next to the two entries this PR removes; main's deletion is kept and nothing else moved.

The callers of the getter: UtilInspect.cpp (custom inspect functions), JSURLSearchParams.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, and Bun__REPL__formatValue in bindings.cpp, which gets the exception check it was missing. The first four now hold a JSObject*. getCallData and profiledCall take a cell or a value, so nothing needed a JSFunction*. Bun__REPL__formatValue has no caller (repl.rs declares only evaluate, getCompletions and getProperty). This PR only adds the check it was missing. Deleting it is a separate cleanup.

History: this PR first also fixed the stale exception and getPrototype crash in the property walk, the napi_get_all_property_names check and the BunObject.cpp report. Those landed through #29642. The same abort was addressed with other designs in #29235, #30267, #37160, #37175, #37202 and #37213 (cache a placeholder or null, install a throwing stub, install an identity fallback). They were closed in favour of this one. #39524 was the same change as this PR. Its stack exhaustion tests are folded in here.

A self-review of the folded revision found two things in the getter. It narrowed the export to a JSFunction, which rejected a Proxy or a mock that user code had put on util.inspect, and it read that user-mutable property at all. Reading the internal module removes both from user reach. The JSObject plus isCallable shape is then only observable by code that can require the internal module (--expose-internals, or the test environment). It is kept because nothing needs a JSFunction* and it turns the remaining tampering case into a TypeError. A second self-review of the current revision found that no case reached the stylize helper's own failure (the inspect function always failed first). The last commit adds that case.

Other lazily built members whose builder runs JavaScript, for the record. Same failure on main: m_lazyRequireCacheObject (#37338, and #39804 handles it with the lazy property kept, setMayBeNull on failure and a getter that builds it again on the next access) and m_processEnvObject (#38821). Different policy already on main: m_lazyTestModuleObject keeps a placeholder object after a failure. The getter shape in this PR has the same behaviour as the #39804 shape (empty on failure, the exception pending, built again on the next access). It uses a plain WriteBarrier because both members are created and read in ZigGlobalObject.cpp. If the LazyProperty plus setMayBeNull shape is preferred for consistency with #39804, the conversion is small and I can push it.

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The PR defers util.inspect and color stylizer initialization, caches successful resolutions, validates callable exports, propagates exceptions, and updates custom inspection, REPL formatting, and regression tests.

Changes

Inspection loading and failure handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Lazy inspection accessors src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.*	The global object removes eager inspection initialization. Accessors load, validate, cache, and invoke inspection helpers on demand.
Inspection caller updates src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/webcore/...	Custom inspection callers use JSObject* for the resolved inspection function. Invocation behavior remains unchanged.
REPL formatting failure handling src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp	REPL formatting returns encoded undefined when inspection-function loading raises an exception.
Lazy loading regression coverage test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js	Tests cover loading failures, retries, stack exhaustion, non-callable exports, colorized output, public util.inspect replacement, and cache persistence after garbage collection.

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Pushed two follow-ups, description updated to match.

• The napi_get_all_property_names site flagged in review is fixed the same way. It was reachable: a getPrototypeOf trap that throws on its second call (the filter loop walks the chain again after key collection) segfaults the current release at 0x5. There is a Bun-only test for it in napi.test.ts, since V8 filters while collecting and never calls the trap twice, so it cannot be a same-output test.
• The Windows failure in the first CI run was a third instance of the same problem rather than a test issue. Bun.env has a custom inspect function on Windows, and printing it loads node:util through the utilInspectFunction LazyProperty. When that load throws, the initializer returned without setting anything and tripped LazyProperty's release assertion. The same abort happens on main when a custom inspect function first runs with the stack nearly exhausted. Those two members are now write barriers filled in by fallible getters (every caller already checked for an exception after calling them), and there is a test for the failure plus retry. The Bun-object test now loads node:util before clobbering Symbol so it checks the property walk on all platforms; it passes on a Windows debug build here.
• Trimmed the header comment that the comment bot flagged.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The follow-up commits addressed the earlier napi.cpp sibling and the comment-cop note; the LazyProperty→WriteBarrier conversion for m_utilInspectFunction/m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction is a structural change to GlobalObject state, so a human look at that part would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Verified every caller of utilInspectFunction()/utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() (UtilInspect.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, JSURLSearchParams.cpp, bindings.cpp) checks for an exception after the call.
• Confirmed visitGlobalObjectMember(WriteBarrier<T>&) exists so the two converted members are still GC-visited via FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER.
• Checked the napi.cpp filter loop now guards both getOwnPropertyDescriptor and getPrototype for exceptions before dereferencing, and the napi_key_own_only branch got the same check.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes a fuzzer-found stale-exception bug in Bun.inspect's property walk (JSC__JSValue__forEachPropertyImpl) plus three same-class siblings discovered during review and CI: the getPrototype().getObject() null-deref in the same loop, the identical pattern in napi_get_all_property_names's descriptor filter, and a LazyProperty release-assertion when loading node:util throws inside a custom-inspect path. Eight files touched: five native (bindings.cpp, napi.cpp, BunObject.cpp, ZigGlobalObject.{h,cpp}) and three tests.

Security risks

None identified. The changes tighten exception handling in paths that already ran user code (Proxy traps, lazy property builders); no new user-controlled data flows in. The dynamicDowncast<JSFunction> replacing uncheckedDowncast on util.inspect closes a type-confusion window rather than opening one.

Level of scrutiny

High — this is memory-safety-adjacent C++ in JSC bindings (exception scopes, GC roots, empty-JSValue dereferences). The core bindings.cpp and napi.cpp changes are small and mechanical (reorder CLEAR_IF_EXCEPTION before continue; check getPrototype() result before .getObject()), and each has a test that segfaults on the unfixed build. The ZigGlobalObject change is larger: it converts two LazyProperty<JSFunction> members to plain WriteBarrier<JSFunction> with hand-rolled fallible getters. That is a reasonable pattern (LazyProperty initializers cannot fail without release-asserting), and I verified GC visiting still covers the new type via the existing visitGlobalObjectMember(WriteBarrier<T>&) overload, but it is a structural change to how GlobalObject caches these functions and warrants a maintainer's eye.

Other factors

• All prior review feedback (my napi.cpp sibling note; the comment-cop long-comment flag) has been addressed in follow-up commits.
• Every caller of the two now-fallible getters was checked and already has (or now has, in Bun__REPL__formatValue) a RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION immediately after.
• Test coverage is thorough: four child-process tests in inspect.test.js covering the lazy-Bun-property, Proxy-get-trap, Proxy-getPrototypeOf-trap, and node:util-load-failure-then-retry paths, plus a Bun-only napi test for the filter-loop trap. The PR description documents each failing on USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 with the specific failure mode (wrong output / exit 139 / exit 134).
• The BunObject.cpp change just removes a #if BUN_DEBUG block that re-entered JS with an exception pending; the exception now propagates normally as it does for the neighboring Bun.$ builder.
• The napi test uses runOn(bunExe(), ...) rather than checkSameOutput because V8's key-collection filters inline and never re-walks the prototype chain, so Node's output would legitimately differ; the test comment documents this.

[robobun]

Nothing further to change from the latest review pass.

On CI, the one red lane on the current build (Windows 2019 x64) is test/bake/deinitialization.test.ts segfaulting at address 0 in the dev server teardown cases. The identical failure shows up on the final build of #39187, and nothing in this PR is on that path (no object formatting or custom inspect runs in that fixture), so I have reported it separately rather than folding anything into this PR. The tests added here passed on every lane, including both Windows ones.

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[claude]

I re-reviewed after the follow-up commits and didn't find any new issues — the napi.cpp sibling site and the header comment were both addressed, and every caller of utilInspectFunction() / utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() checks for the pending exception. Because the change spans exception handling in the inspect property walk plus a LazyProperty → WriteBarrier storage change on ZigGlobalObject, a human look is still worthwhile.

Checked: the two new WriteBarrier<JSFunction> members are covered by the existing visitGlobalObjectMember(WriteBarrier<T>&) overload; all six external call sites of the now-fallible getters (UtilInspect.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, JSURLSearchParams.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, bindings.cpp) already RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION or null-check; the napi filter loop's new NAPI_RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after both getOwnPropertyDescriptor and getPrototype matches the key-collection step above it.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Eight files. Native side: bindings.cpp reorders the CLEAR_IF_EXCEPTION in forEachPropertyImpl's slow path so it runs before the continue, and guards getPrototype() against an empty return; napi.cpp applies the same guard (plus getOwnPropertyDescriptor exception checks) to napi_get_all_property_names's filter loop; ZigGlobalObject.{h,cpp} converts m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction from LazyProperty (whose initializers cannot fail) to WriteBarrier filled in by fallible getters, and adds the missing RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION to Bun__REPL__formatValue; BunObject.cpp drops two debug-only reportUncaughtExceptionAtEventLoop calls that ran with an exception pending. Test side: four spawned-child tests in inspect.test.js and one Bun-only napi test.

Security risks

None identified. The changes tighten exception handling on paths reachable from hostile JavaScript (Proxy traps, clobbered globals) — they close release-build segfaults rather than opening new surface. No auth/crypto/permissions code is touched.

Level of scrutiny

High. This touches core JSC bindings on the console.log/Bun.inspect hot path, changes the storage type of two GC-visited members on ZigGlobalObject, and adjusts N-API error semantics. Per the review guidelines, memory-safety and exception-check changes in native code are the most-blocked category. The LazyProperty → WriteBarrier conversion is a design choice (fallible lazy initialization with retry) that a maintainer should confirm — it's correct as far as I can tell (visitGlobalObjectMember has the WriteBarrier<T>& overload, and the members were never accessed off-thread), but it changes an established pattern on a widely-included header.

Other factors

My earlier inline finding (the napi.cpp sibling) was addressed with a fix and a test. I verified every remaining caller of the now-fallible getters handles the null-with-exception return. Tests are child-spawned so regressions fail rather than crash the runner, cover the retry path for the fallible getters, and each maps to a concrete pre-fix crash mode described in the PR body. CI passed on all lanes for the added tests; the one red lane is an unrelated test/bake flake also seen on another PR. The PR is well-reasoned and the mechanism for each fix is spelled out, but the scope (four native subsystems, GC-member type change) puts it outside the "simple/mechanical" bar for auto-approval.

[robobun]

On the two review points from the latest pass:

• napi.cpp descriptor loop: JSObject::getOwnPropertyDescriptor returns false whenever it throws (both the slot lookup and PropertyDescriptor::setPropertySlot return false on an exception, and it asserts !exception || !result), so a throwing trap always enters the loop body, where NAPI_RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION is the first statement. A true result cannot carry a pending exception, so there is no path where the boolean steers the loop past the check. Leaving that shape as is.
• GC coverage for the two cached functions: added a full GC between populating the caches and using them again in the retry test. I checked it is a real check by temporarily taking the two members out of the visited member list; the post-GC call then dies on a freed structure ID, and with the real code it passes.

[claude]

I reviewed the follow-up commits and didn't find any new issues — the napi.cpp sibling site I flagged earlier is now fixed with a test, and every caller of the now-fallible utilInspectFunction() / utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() checks for an exception afterward. Given the LazyProperty→WriteBarrier refactor and the exception-scope changes across three subsystems, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• All six call sites of utilInspectFunction()/utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() — each has RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION or a null check after the call.
• The new WriteBarrier members are listed in FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER, so they are visited; the added GC test exercises this.
• The napi.cpp descriptor-loop shape CodeRabbit flagged: getOwnPropertyDescriptor returns false on throw, so NAPI_RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION as the first body statement covers it — the author's rebuttal holds.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes a fuzzer-found assertion and several release-build segfaults in Bun.inspect's property walk when a property lookup or prototype access throws. Changes span bindings.cpp (clear exception before continue; check getPrototype() for empty before .getObject()), napi.cpp (same getPrototype() guard in napi_get_all_property_names's filter loop, added after I flagged it in the first review pass), ZigGlobalObject.{h,cpp} (converted m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction from LazyProperty to WriteBarrier with fallible getters, since a LazyProperty initializer that returns without setting anything trips a release assertion), and BunObject.cpp (dropped a debug-only reportUncaughtExceptionAtEventLoop that re-entered property lookups with an exception pending). Four subprocess tests in inspect.test.js and one Bun-only napi test were added.

Security risks

None identified. The changes harden exception handling on adversarial-input paths (Proxy traps, clobbered globals) — the pre-fix behavior segfaulted on user-reachable input, so this is a robustness improvement rather than a new attack surface.

Level of scrutiny

High. This touches JSC exception-scope handling and GC-visited members of the global object. The LazyProperty→WriteBarrier conversion changes when and how the members are visited (visitGlobalObjectMember handles both types via the FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER macro, and both new WriteBarrier<JSFunction> entries are in that list). The fallibility contract of utilInspectFunction() changed from never-null to nullptr-with-exception-pending; I grep-verified all six callers (UtilInspect.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, JSURLSearchParams.cpp, bindings.cpp, ZigGlobalObject.cpp) either RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION or null-check immediately after.

Other factors

My earlier review flagged the napi.cpp sibling site; that is now fixed with a test. The Windows CI failure on the first run turned out to be a third instance of the same bug class (custom inspect on Bun.env loading node:util under a clobbered Symbol), which motivated the LazyProperty refactor — the author explained this in the thread and added a test for the retry-after-failure path plus a GC-survival check (which they verified fails when the members are removed from the visited list). CodeRabbit's remaining unresolved suggestion on the napi.cpp descriptor loop was rebutted correctly: JSObject::getOwnPropertyDescriptor asserts !exception || !result, so a throw always enters the loop body where NAPI_RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION is the first statement.

The changes look correct to me, but the combination of a GC-member type change, a fallibility-contract change across multiple callers, and exception-scope edits in three subsystems is beyond the "simple/mechanical" bar for auto-approval.

[robobun]

Narrowed this PR down to the util.inspect lazy-property fix (ZigGlobalObject, plus the exception check in Bun__REPL__formatValue) and its test. The property walk fix, the napi_get_all_property_names checks and the BunObject.cpp change are consolidated in #29642, which now also carries the property-walk regression tests that used to be here. The remaining change is unchanged apart from the rebase; the test moved next to the other Bun.inspect.custom test so it does not overlap with #29642's hunk in the same file.

[robobun]

Note for anyone reading the earlier comments here: they describe the property walk, napi_get_all_property_names and Bun.sql changes, which now live in #29642 (see the History section of the description). This PR is down to the util.inspect lazy-load fix.

I re-checked the rescoped head (a445d3f, rebased onto current main): the native change is unchanged from what was reviewed above, the six callers of the two accessors on the new base all still check for the exception right after the call, and a fresh debug build passes the retained test. CI for it is build #99914.

[robobun]

CI on a445d3f: the only failure that did not pass on retry is test/js/node/worker_threads/worker_threads.test.ts on the x64 ASAN lane, a bundler-thread panic (bundle_v2.rs on_resolve, "entered unreachable code") while a worker is terminated mid-Bun.build; this PR only changes how the util.inspect functions are loaded for custom inspect functions and does not touch workers or the bundler. Reported separately as a main break. hot.test.ts, isolated-install.test.ts and fetch-leak.test.ts passed on retry.

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[robobun]

Folded #39524 into this PR. It had the same change to ZigGlobalObject.cpp, ZigGlobalObject.h and bindings.cpp. Its stack exhaustion tests (with and without colors) are now in the describe block in test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, together with a new case for a util.inspect export that is not a function, which also aborts on main (require("util").inspect = 42, then inspect an object with a custom inspect function). The branch is rebased on current main. The native change is unchanged from the reviewed version.

All four cases exit with code 134 in the child without the fix, on the release build and on the debug build, and pass with it. The description is updated.

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of restoring a function. Update the corresponding util.inspect test assertion to
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[claude]

I reviewed this at d64a852 and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes GC-visited member types on ZigGlobalObject and moves fallible JS execution into the accessors, a human look is still worthwhile.

Checked: all six call sites of utilInspectFunction() / utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() have a RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION (or null guard, in createInspectOptionsObject) immediately after; the new WriteBarrier<JSFunction> members are visited by the existing visitGlobalObjectMember(WriteBarrier<T>&) overload; the getStylizeWithColor builtin always returns a function so the uncheckedDowncast after the call is sound; the added tests cover throw-then-retry, GC survival of both caches, stack exhaustion on both the plain and colors paths, and a non-function util.inspect.

(My earlier 08:10 comment about missing changes was based on the pre-rescope title/description and is moot.)

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR converts m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction on Zig::GlobalObject from LazyProperty<JSGlobalObject, JSFunction> to plain WriteBarrier<JSFunction>, replaces their initLater callbacks with out-of-line accessor bodies that return nullptr with an exception pending when loading node:util throws (and cache nothing so the next call retries), tightens the non-function util.inspect case from an unchecked downcast to a TypeError, and adds the one missing exception check in Bun__REPL__formatValue. Four spawned-child tests in inspect.test.js cover a clobbered global, stack exhaustion (with and without colors), and a non-function util.inspect, each asserting the throw and the successful retry. This is the rescoped form of the PR; the property-walk / N-API / BunObject.cpp pieces discussed earlier in the thread now live in #29642.

Security risks

None identified. The change surfaces an existing failure as a catchable JS exception instead of a process abort; no new attack surface, credential handling, or untrusted-input parsing is introduced.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. ZigGlobalObject.h is included in nearly every translation unit and the member list drives visitChildren, so a mis-typed entry would be a GC hazard. I confirmed the existing visitGlobalObjectMember(Visitor&, WriteBarrier<T>&) overload covers the new members, that every caller (UtilInspect.cpp, JSURLSearchParams.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, bindings.cpp) checks for the exception immediately, and that the uncheckedDowncast<JSFunction> after calling the getStylizeWithColor builtin is safe because that builtin unconditionally returns a function expression. Still, this is JSC-bindings code moving fallible JS execution into a global-object accessor, which is the kind of change a maintainer should sign off on.

Other factors

The PR has been through several review rounds; all inline threads (my napi.cpp sibling-site note, the comment-cop note, both CodeRabbit findings) are resolved, and robobun reports the remaining CI failure on the last build is an unrelated main flake. Since my last (mistaken) comment at 08:10, one commit (d64a852) added the stack-exhaustion and non-function tests; the native change is unchanged from what was already discussed. The bug-hunting system found nothing on the current head.

[robobun]

A new fuzzer sample with this fingerprint came in after #39524 was closed. The abort is the m_utilInspectFunction initializer again, so this PR covers it. I am not opening another PR. One observation from looking at it, for this PR or for a follow-up.

The getter reads inspect from the require("util") exports object. User code can write to that object. A callable replacement is then used by the native custom inspect functions. On main and with this branch, require("util").inspect = () => "x"; console.log(new Blob(["a"]).stream()) prints ReadableStream x. Node does not read the public property for its own inspection. node -e 'const u = require("util"); u.inspect = () => "x"; console.log(new URLSearchParams("a=1"))' prints URLSearchParams { 'a' => '1' } on Node 26.

internal/util/inspect exports the same function object (src/js/node/util.ts takes inspect from it), and user code cannot reach its exports object. node/events.ts, node/perf_hooks.ts and the other internal consumers read inspect from there. The registry has InternalModuleRegistry::Field::InternalUtilInspect. With that source the non-function branch is not needed, and the first custom inspect does not load the rest of node:util. The native lookup predates that module (#4194, August 2023, internal/util/inspect came with #4493), so the current source looks historical rather than deliberate.

I built that variant locally (this PR's change with InternalUtilInspect as the source). A load that throws reaches the caller and the next call loads again, with and without colors. require("util").inspect = 5 and = () => "x" both print the stream normally. test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/node/util/custom-inspect.test.js and the node *-custom-inspect.js parallel tests pass. The repro scripts also run clean with BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1. The existing comment in inspect.test.js ("load node:util the first time one runs") would need a word changed.

Unrelated to the source: Bun__REPL__formatValue has no callers (src/runtime/cli/repl.rs does not declare it), so deleting it is an alternative to adding the check.

[robobun]

Pushed c578c9e after a self-review of the folded revision. It found one regression in the previous revision and one parity gap, both in the utilInspectFunction() getter:

• The getter narrowed the export to a JSFunction. A Proxy or a mock in place of util.inspect (for example spyOn(util, "inspect")) was accepted by the current release but made every custom inspect render throw TypeError: util.inspect is not a function with the previous revision. The member is now a WriteBarrier<JSObject> and the getter accepts any callable. No caller needed a JSFunction*: getCallData and profiledCall take a cell or a value. The four callers that held a JSFunction* now hold a JSObject*.
• The getter read require("util").inspect, a user-mutable property. Node passes the inspect of internal/util/inspect to custom inspect functions, so a replaced util.inspect has no effect there. The getter now reads the same internal module. require("util").inspect = 42 followed by a custom inspect render, which aborts on the current release, now renders as it does in node.

Tests: the non-function case now targets the internal module (require("internal/util/inspect"), which bunEnv enables in the child) and also checks that a Proxy in its place is accepted. A new case checks that a replaced util.inspect does not change what a custom inspect function receives. All five cases in the block exit with code 134 in the child on the current build and pass with this branch. custom-inspect.test.js, url.test.ts, broadcast-channel.test.ts and console-log.test.ts cover the other callers and pass with the debug build. The description is updated.

[robobun]

Checked the current head (c578c9e, reads internal/util/inspect and accepts any callable) on a fresh debug build here:

• node:util assigns inspect straight from internal/util/inspect (src/js/node/util.ts:43), so in the normal case custom inspect functions receive the same function object as before this PR. The only behavior changes are the two the description lists: a replaced util.inspect is ignored, as in node, and a Proxy or mock in that slot is accepted again (my earlier JSFunction narrowing had rejected those).
• The five tests in the block pass on repeated runs, as do the rest of inspect.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js and bun-inspect.test.ts. The four native users of the accessor (URLSearchParams, BroadcastChannel, web streams, and the third argument of a custom inspect function) print as before with the JSObject* return type.
• BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 reports nothing on the failing load followed by a successful one, and the touched files are clang-format clean.

CI for this head is build #100961.

[robobun]

Rebased onto current main (88e1598), no content change: git range-diff shows all four patches identical.

Reason: the only red job on build #101827 was binary-size, which reported this branch as 95 KB to 629 KB larger than main's canary #101808. The branch was still based on main from Aug 18, and main has since taken several dead-code removals, the WebKit and libuv bump (#39614) and the encoding_rs switch (#39485), so the comparison was an old base against a main that had shrunk. The native change here is two small accessors in place of two lambdas and cannot account for that. On the rebased build, the five cases in the new test block plus inspect.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js and bun-inspect.test.ts pass (140 tests), and the other users of the accessor print as before. CI for the rebased head is build #101844.

[claude]

I reviewed the current head (88e1598) and didn't find any bugs. Because this reworks GC-owned members on ZigGlobalObject (LazyProperty → WriteBarrier) and changes which module and which types the native custom-inspect path accepts, a maintainer look at the design would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Both new WriteBarrier members remain in FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER and are covered by the visitGlobalObjectMember(WriteBarrier<T>&) overload; the added test forces Bun.gc(true) between fill and reuse.
• All five callers of utilInspectFunction() have RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION immediately after the call; createInspectOptionsObject returns nullptr on the colors path and its caller checks the exception.
• uncheckedDowncast<JSFunction> on the getStylize result is safe — the builtin always returns a function literal; asObject(inspectValue) follows an isCallable() guard.
• The five child-process tests cover throw-then-retry, stack exhaustion (both color modes), non-callable → TypeError → Proxy accepted, and node parity for a replaced util.inspect.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR converts m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction on Zig::GlobalObject from LazyProperty (whose initializer aborts via RELEASE_ASSERT if it returns without init.set()) to plain WriteBarrier members filled in by fallible getters. When internalModuleRegistry()->requireId(InternalUtilInspect) or the property read throws, the getter returns nullptr with the exception pending and caches nothing, so the next call retries. It also switches the source from node:util to internal/util/inspect (matching Node's behavior of ignoring a user-replaced util.inspect) and widens the cached type from JSFunction* to any callable JSObject* so a Proxy or spy in that slot keeps working. Four callers get a mechanical JSFunction* → JSObject* type change; Bun__REPL__formatValue gains the missing RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION (that function is dead — noted and left for a separate cleanup, thread resolved). Five subprocess tests in inspect.test.js cover the failure/retry, GC, stack-exhaustion, non-callable, and node-parity cases.

Security risks

None identified. The change moves from reading a user-mutable export (require('util').inspect) to the internal module's export, which is strictly less user-influenced. No new untrusted input parsing.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. This is native JSC binding code on the global object with GC-visited members, and it introduces two observable behavior changes (module source, accepted callable type). The mechanism is sound and follows the same pattern the description cites for m_lazyRequireCacheObject (#37338) and m_processEnvObject (#38821), but a maintainer should confirm the design choice — six earlier PRs took different approaches (placeholder/stub/identity fallback) and were closed in favor of this one, so the shape is a deliberate call worth a human sign-off.

Other factors

All prior review threads on this PR are resolved. The bug-hunting system found nothing on this head. The only change since my previous inline comment (on c578c9e) is a one-word test-comment fix (node:util → util.inspect). CI build #101844 is running for this head; earlier heads were green apart from unrelated flakes the author reported separately.

[robobun]

Rebased again (28c523c), this time to resolve a real conflict with #39770, which moved the lazy GlobalObject initializers out of individual initLater calls into offset tables in finishCreation.

The first commit here used to delete the two initLater blocks; on the new main it deletes the m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction entries from lazyFunctionInits instead. Dropping those entries is the part to look at: initLazyProperties writes a LazyProperty tag through each entry's offset, so an entry left behind would have written into what are now WriteBarrier members, and it would have compiled. The other three commits applied unchanged (git range-diff shows only the first commit differing, and only in ZigGlobalObject.cpp). The description has a short note on this.

On the rebased debug build: the five cases pass on repeated runs, inspect.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js, bun-inspect.test.ts, url.test.ts and broadcast-channel.test.ts pass (178 tests), a colored custom inspect render gives the same result before and after Bun.gc(true), and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 is quiet on a failing load followed by a working one. CI for this head is build #101923.

[robobun]

A second self-review of the current revision found one coverage gap. Every case failed while the inspect function itself was loaded, so the stylize helper's own load (the second member this PR converts, which also aborted before) never ran its failure path. The new head changes the colors row of the stack limit test: it loads the inspect function first, so the failure happens while the helper is built from it. I confirmed with a counter in the custom inspect function that the failing attempt never reaches it, that the next call builds the helper, and that the same script aborts on the current release. The row passes 8 out of 8 reruns with the debug build.

The review also asked for the description to be precise about the callable check. Since the getter reads the internal module, only code with access to the internal modules can replace that export, so the JSObject plus isCallable shape only matters there. The description, the test comment, and the notes now say so.

For the record, the description's notes now also list the other lazily built members whose builder runs JavaScript: m_lazyRequireCacheObject (#37338, and #39804, which keeps the lazy property and uses setMayBeNull plus a getter that builds it again), m_processEnvObject (#38821), and m_lazyTestModuleObject (keeps a placeholder). This PR's getters behave the same way as the #39804 shape. If that shape is preferred here for consistency, the conversion is small.

The branch was rebased onto main after #39770, which moved the lazy initializers into offset tables. The two table entries for these members are removed. CI on that rebase (build 101923) passed.

[robobun]

Rebased onto current main once more (ed43fdc). The branch had gone conflicting again: #39732 deleted the unused navigatorObject(), which was the anchor the two getters had been inserted after, so the first and third commits needed their context moved. The getters now follow assignToStream; the removed navigator code is not brought back. The Cover the stylize helper's own load failure commit that was pushed in the meantime is kept on top, so the added and removed lines of the branch are identical to what was there before the rebase, only on the new base.

Rebuilt and re-ran here: the five cases pass on repeated runs (including the reworked colors row, which now fails while the stylize helper is built), and the five inspect-related suites pass (178 tests). Formatting is clean. CI for this head is build #102260.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes the storage type of two ZigGlobalObject GC members and the author has raised an open design-consistency question (WriteBarrier here vs. LazyProperty + setMayBeNull as #39804 uses), a maintainer look would be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Both WriteBarrier members are still listed in FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER, and the first test case does Bun.gc(true) between populating and reusing them.
• Every caller of utilInspectFunction() / utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() checks for the exception immediately after (UtilInspect.cpp, JSURLSearchParams.cpp, JSBroadcastChannel.cpp, WebStreamsInspectCustom.cpp, bindings.cpp).
• No stale initLater/offset-table entries remain for the two converted members in ZigGlobalObject.cpp.
• The uncheckedDowncast<JSFunction> in utilInspectStylizeColorFunction() is on the return of an internal builtin (getStylizeWithColor), not a user-reachable value.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR converts m_utilInspectFunction and m_utilInspectStylizeColorFunction on Zig::GlobalObject from LazyProperty<JSGlobalObject, JSFunction> to WriteBarrier<JSObject> / WriteBarrier<JSFunction>, with explicit fallible getters that return nullptr with an exception pending on failure and cache nothing (so the next call retries). It also switches the source of inspect from node:util to internal/util/inspect (matching Node, immune to user tampering with util.inspect), widens the accessor return to JSObject* so any callable is accepted, and updates the five call sites accordingly. Five child-process tests cover: replaced global then restored, stack-overflow during load of each of the two members, non-callable internal export, and a replaced public util.inspect.

Security risks

None identified. The change reads from an internal module the user cannot normally reach, and the new isCallable() check turns the remaining tampering case (only reachable with --expose-internals or in the test env) into a TypeError instead of an uncheckedDowncast on a non-cell.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. ZigGlobalObject is core JSC binding infrastructure; changing a member's storage type interacts with GC visiting (FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER) and with the post-#39770 offset-table initialization in finishCreation. The change is small and the mechanism is well-argued, but this is not a mechanical fix.

Other factors

• The author explicitly notes in the PR description that #39804 solves the same class of failure for m_lazyRequireCacheObject with a different shape (LazyProperty kept, setMayBeNull on failure, getter rebuilds on next access), and offers to convert to that shape if maintainers prefer consistency. That is a design decision a maintainer should confirm.
• Bun__REPL__formatValue in bindings.cpp is dead (no Rust caller); the added RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION there is inert. I flagged this on 08-19; the author is keeping the function so every accessor caller gets the same treatment, deferring deletion to a separate cleanup. Not blocking.
• The branch has been rebased three times in the last two days to track #39770 and #39732 landing on main; the offset-table entry removal for the two converted members is the load-bearing part of that resolution and I confirmed no stale entries remain.

[robobun]

CI for ed43fdc (build #102260) finished at 178 of 179 jobs passed. The one red test is test/js/bun/http/bun-server.test.ts on Windows 2019, a GC timing assertion in server teardown ("collects after close" saw 2 wrappers instead of 1). It fails the same way on main's own build #102239, it is not on any path this PR touches (the two members added here stay null until a custom inspect function runs), and it has been reported separately. Everything else that failed passed on retry. The five cases added here passed on every lane.

Nothing left to do on this side; ready for a maintainer.

[coderabbitai]

Note

GitHub couldn't provide a complete incremental comparison for this pull request, so CodeRabbit is performing a full review instead. This review may take a little longer.

[robobun]

Rebased onto current main again (e87d292), for a conflict with #39581: it deleted the unused m_performMicrotaskVariadicFunction, whose member line and lazyFunctionInits entry sat next to the two this PR removes. The resolution keeps main's deletion; the PR's own added and removed lines are unchanged apart from one blank line that the deleted entries had left behind in the table.

The bug is still present on the new base (both members are still LazyPropertys with initializers that can return without setting a value). Rebuilt and re-ran here: the five cases pass on repeated runs, the five inspect-related suites pass (184 tests), a colored custom inspect render is identical before and after Bun.gc(true), BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 is quiet on a failing load followed by a working one, and formatting is clean. CI for this head is build #103987.

[robobun]

CI for e87d292 (build #103987) finished at 178 of 181 jobs passed. The three failed lanes (Alpine, macOS, Windows 2019) all fail only test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts, every case with S3Error: ServiceUnavailable pointing at cloudflarestatus.com, so the R2 endpoint the S3 tests use was down during the run. Nothing in this PR is on that path; it has been reported separately. Everything else that failed passed on retry, and the five cases added here passed on every lane.

Ready for a maintainer.