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What does this PR do?

Adds a way to make one workspace's node_modules complete and physical when using the hoisted linker, for workspaces that are packaged by tools which walk node_modules themselves — Electron packagers (which copy/prune the app's node_modules into the bundle) and serverless/function bundlers are the common cases. With hoisting, most of such a workspace's dependencies live in the root node_modules, so those tools either miss them or have to be pointed at the repo root.

A workspace opts in either with Yarn's existing setting in its own manifest (so projects migrating from Yarn need no changes):

{ "name": "desktop", "installConfig": { "hoistingLimits": "workspaces" } }

or from the root bunfig.toml:

[install]
selfContainedWorkspaces = ["apps/desktop"]   # workspace paths or names

For that workspace bun install then:

  1. Treats it as a hoisting barrier. In Tree::process_subtree, the subtree created for a self-contained workspace becomes its own hoist_root_id — the mechanism bundled dependencies already use — so nothing it depends on, directly or transitively (including via other workspaces it depends on, which stay symlinks), is placed above <workspace>/node_modules. Versions still dedupe within that subtree.
  2. Materializes real files there. The hoisted PackageInstaller uses the copyfile backend for trees owned by a self-contained workspace instead of hardlink/clonefile from the cache, so packagers/rebuilders that rewrite files in place cannot reach the shared cache or other projects.

Everything else — other workspaces, the root, and the isolated linker (where the setting is meaningless) — behaves exactly as before. PackageManager::try_get() is added for the small lockfile helper that reads the option.

Docs: docs/pm/workspaces.mdx (new "Self-contained workspaces" section), docs/runtime/bunfig.mdx (install.selfContainedWorkspaces).

How did you verify your code works?

New test/cli/install/bun-workspaces-self-contained.test.ts (dummy registry, hoisted linker), for both the installConfig and the bunfig.toml spelling: a monorepo with apps/desktop (self-contained; depends on a registry package with a transitive dep, and on a sibling workspace with its own dep), apps/web, and packages/shared. Asserts that apps/desktop/node_modules contains the direct dep, its transitive dep, the workspace symlink and that workspace's dep; that those files have a link count of 1 while the same package at the root is still hardlinked; that apps/web's deps still hoist to the root; that a --frozen-lockfile re-install is stable; and that without either setting the layout is the normal hoisted one. Also ran bun-workspaces, bun-install, isolated-install and bun-install-registry locally.

… the hoisted linker

Tools that walk, prune or repackage one workspace's node_modules (Electron
packagers, serverless bundlers) need every dependency physically present
under that workspace, which hoisting to the root breaks. A workspace can now
be marked self-contained, either with Yarn's
`"installConfig": { "hoistingLimits": "workspaces" }` in its own
package.json or via `install.selfContainedWorkspaces = ["apps/desktop"]`
in bunfig.toml (paths or names).

For such a workspace the tree builder makes it a hoist root (the same
hoist_root_id mechanism bundled dependencies already use), so nothing it
transitively depends on — including through workspaces it depends on — is
placed above <workspace>/node_modules; and the hoisted installer
materializes the packages under it with the copyfile backend (real files)
instead of hardlinks/clonefile from the cache, so rewriting them cannot
affect the cache. Other workspaces, and the isolated linker, are unchanged.

Adds PackageManager::try_get() for the lockfile helper that consults the
option outside an install.
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Self-contained workspace support accepts workspace paths or names, creates hoisting boundaries, copies packages physically, and documents the configuration. Tests cover package-level and root-level settings, frozen reinstalls, and default hoisting.

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Self-contained workspace installation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and option propagation
src/options_types/schema.rs, src/bunfig/bunfig.rs, src/install/PackageManager/...
Adds install.selfContainedWorkspaces to the schema, bunfig parser, and effective install options.
Workspace detection and hoisting boundaries
src/install/lockfile.rs, src/install/lockfile/Tree.rs, src/install/lockfile/Package/...
Identifies configured or package-level self-contained workspaces and prevents dependencies from hoisting above their workspace boundaries.
Physical package materialization
src/install/hoisted_install.rs, src/install/PackageInstaller.rs
Marks self-contained workspace trees and installs their packages with Copyfile.
Documentation and installation coverage
docs/pm/workspaces.mdx, docs/runtime/bunfig.mdx, test/cli/install/bun-workspaces-self-contained.test.ts
Documents both configuration mechanisms and tests physical copies, hoisting, frozen reinstalls, and default behavior.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to afb2e

This change alters hoisted workspace layout and file materialization for opt-in workspaces, but unresolved correctness issues in configuration lookup and workspace metadata handling could cause the setting to be ignored or produce incomplete workspace state. The PR is not merge-ready until those bounded issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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733-744: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add a SAFETY comment to the new unsafe block in try_get().

try_get() derefs p inside unsafe { &*p } at line 741 with no safety comment. The sibling get() function right above it documents why its equivalent deref is sound. Static analysis flags the missing comment on try_get(). Add the same justification (the pointer is written once before any caller and the pointee outlives the process) so the invariant is documented at the new call site too.

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In `@src/install/lockfile.rs`:
- Around line 817-857: Cache the result of self_contained_workspace_ids() for
the duration of an install and reuse it across hoist() and the
hoisted_install.rs copy_trees path. Ensure each workspace package.json fallback
is read at most once per install, including when resolve() invokes hoist()
repeatedly, while preserving the existing configured and Yarn hoistingLimits
detection behavior.
- Around line 842-844: Update the file-reading branch around the unsafe UTF-8
conversion to use the project’s bun_sys File::openat and read_to_end pattern,
passing p.slice() directly where supported instead of converting it to a string;
if the conversion remains necessary, add a safety comment that establishes its
UTF-8 invariant. Preserve the existing successful-read handling and error
behavior.
- Around line 845-849: Replace the byte-window scan around
installConfig.hoistingLimits with structured parsing via
ParsedJson::parse_package_json, using Expr::get and as_string to read the value.
Read the lockfile through bun_sys::File and avoid unchecked UTF-8 conversion.
Preserve distinct Yarn semantics for "dependencies" versus "workspaces"; if both
intentionally map to the same self-contained behavior, document that contract
and add regression coverage.

In `@test/cli/install/bun-workspaces-self-contained.test.ts`:
- Around line 100-106: Update the test around install(package_dir) to store its
result, assert the result’s err value before checking code, then retain the
existing code and filesystem assertions; follow the assertion ordering used by
the other tests in this file.
- Around line 66-69: Add a third parameterized case in the test loop covering
installConfig.hoistingLimits set to "dependencies", using the same expected
self-contained workspace behavior as the existing "workspaces" case.

---

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- Around line 733-744: Add a SAFETY comment at the unsafe dereference in
try_get(), matching the justification used by the sibling get() function: p is
initialized before any caller accesses it, and its pointee remains valid for the
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…instead of re-reading manifests; only "workspaces" is recognized; clippy; test tweaks

* WorkspaceMap::Entry carries hoisting_limits (read where the workspace
  package.json is already parsed); Lockfile.self_contained_workspaces (name
  hashes, not serialized) is filled from it and carried through the diff and
  clean passes, so hoisting no longer touches the filesystem.
* Only hoistingLimits: "workspaces" enables it — "dependencies" has different
  semantics in Yarn and is not claimed here.
* try_get(): SAFETY comment; no std::fs.
* test: describe.each, assert stderr before exit code.
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736-744: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Guard try_get() with INITIALIZED before loading RAW_PTR.

allocate_package_manager() publishes RAW_PTR while PackageManager is uninitialized. A reentrant call can observe the non-null pointer and create an invalid reference. Return None when INITIALIZED.load(Acquire) is false. Keep the Release store after all field writes.

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In `@src/install/lockfile/Package.rs`:
- Around line 2914-2918: Keep self-contained workspace metadata synchronized
independently of dependency changes: in src/install/lockfile/Package.rs lines
2914-2918, update Lockfile::self_contained_workspaces from entry.hoisting_limits
immediately after parse_dependency succeeds and before handling an optional
dependency result; in src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs lines
420-426, move active lockfile map synchronization outside the had_any_diffs
branch so it also runs when no dependency changes occur.

In `@src/install/lockfile/Package/WorkspaceMap.rs`:
- Around line 162-172: Update the hoistingLimits extraction in the WorkspaceMap
construction to distinguish invalid or missing strings from allocation failures:
replace the error-swallowing handling around as_string_cloned with logic that
returns false for absent/non-string values while propagating AllocError via ?.
Preserve the existing comparison to the workspaces value and unwrap_or(false)
behavior for non-errors.

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84-120: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Expand the test matrix for the documented contract.

The selfContainedWorkspaces option accepts workspace paths or names. Add a case that uses "desktop" instead of "apps/desktop".
The documentation also states that the setting has no effect with the isolated linker. Add an isolated-linker case to protect that behavior.

As per coding guidelines: tests must cover the complete relevant variant matrix, including alternate modes. The documented contract appears in docs/pm/workspaces.mdx Lines [118] and [126], and src/options_types/schema.rs Lines [206]-[265].

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Superseded by #40014 — same branch, now pushed to oven-sh/bun directly. All review feedback from this PR has been carried over there.

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…s.selfContained` / `installConfig.hoistingLimits`) (#40014)

### What does this PR do?

Adds a way to make one workspace's `node_modules` **complete and
physical** when using the hoisted linker, for workspaces that are
packaged by tools which walk `node_modules` themselves — Electron
packagers (which copy/prune the app's `node_modules` into the bundle)
and serverless/function bundlers are the common cases. With hoisting,
most of such a workspace's dependencies live in the *root*
`node_modules`, so those tools either miss them or have to be pointed at
the repo root.

A workspace opts in either with Yarn's existing setting in its own
manifest (so projects migrating from Yarn need no changes):

```json
{ "name": "desktop", "installConfig": { "hoistingLimits": "workspaces" } }
```

or from the root `package.json`, inside the `workspaces` object:

```json
{ "workspaces": { "packages": ["apps/*", "packages/*"], "selfContained": ["apps/desktop"] } }
```

(entries are workspace paths or package names).

For that workspace `bun install` then:

1. **Treats it as a hoisting barrier.** In `Tree::process_subtree`, the
subtree created for a self-contained workspace becomes its own
`hoist_root_id` — the mechanism bundled dependencies already use — so
nothing it depends on, directly or transitively (including via other
workspaces it depends on, which stay symlinks), is placed above
`<workspace>/node_modules`. Versions still dedupe *within* that subtree.
2. **Materializes real files there.** The hoisted `PackageInstaller`
uses the `copyfile` backend for trees owned by a self-contained
workspace instead of hardlink/clonefile from the cache, so
packagers/rebuilders that rewrite files in place cannot reach the shared
cache or other projects.

Everything else — other workspaces, the root, and the isolated linker
(where the setting is meaningless) — behaves exactly as before. The flag
is recorded per workspace in `bun.lock` (`"hoistingLimits":
"workspaces"`) so a tree rebuilt from the lockfile is hoisted the same
way.

Docs: `docs/pm/workspaces.mdx` (new "Self-contained workspaces"
section).

### How did you verify your code works?

New `test/cli/install/bun-workspaces-self-contained.test.ts` (dummy
registry, hoisted linker), for both the `installConfig` and the
`workspaces.selfContained` spelling: a monorepo with `apps/desktop`
(self-contained; depends on a registry package with a transitive dep,
and on a sibling workspace with its own dep), `apps/web`, and
`packages/shared`. Asserts that `apps/desktop/node_modules` contains the
direct dep, its transitive dep, the workspace symlink and that
workspace's dep; that those files have a link count of 1 while the same
package at the root is still hardlinked; that `apps/web`'s deps still
hoist to the root; that a `--frozen-lockfile` re-install is stable; and
that without either setting the layout is the normal hoisted one. Also
ran `bun-workspaces`, `bun-install`, `isolated-install` and
`bun-install-registry` locally.



Supersedes #39908 (same change, moved from a fork branch to a branch in
this repository; the review discussion so far is on that PR and has been
addressed here).

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### Problem
- GitHub closes only the first reference after a keyword, so "Fixes #1,
#2" leaves #2 open. "Supersedes #3" links nothing, and no reference
closes a pull request.
- The last 1000 merged PRs name 274 such references. PR #32292 is open
although merged #36135 says "Supersedes #32292".

### Fix
- `.github/workflows/close-linked-issues.yml` runs on
`pull_request_target` `closed` (a merge into the default branch of
`oven-sh/bun`) and on `workflow_dispatch` with a PR number and
`dry_run`. Everything is inline in one `actions/github-script` step,
with no checkout.
- Each open target is closed as `completed` with the comment "Closed as
completed by #N." or "Superseded by #N.". Closed or missing targets, the
PR itself and other repositories are skipped.
- The parser has no regex. A closing keyword (close, fix, resolve,
supersede, replace, any tense) must lead the reference, alone or in a
list. A negated, hedged or noun keyword, or one whose subject is another
reference, does not count ("may fix", "the rm fix #1", "#100 supersedes
#1").
- Verified: `test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts` (333 cases) runs
the YAML's script against fake `github`, `context` and `core`. Also the
1000-PR parse (Notes).

### Background
- GitHub's own keywords are close, fix and resolve (-s, -ed). Each links
one reference, and only a merge into the default branch closes it.
- `pull_request_target` runs in the base repository with a write token,
also for fork PRs. That is safe only when no PR-controlled code runs.
Here the description is the only PR input, parsed as text.

<details><summary>Notes</summary>

A close through the API does not create the "closed this in #N" timeline
link that GitHub makes for its own closes. The comment carries the PR
number instead.

How the parser was calibrated. I pulled the descriptions of the last
1000 merged PRs and listed every line with a keyword next to a
reference. The keyword families, list shapes and reference forms in the
script are the ones that appear there. A reference is `#1`,
`owner/repo#1`, an issue or pull URL (bare or in `<>`), or a markdown
link. Four lines would have been wrong with a plain
keyword-then-reference rule, and each led to a rule:

- "the open `rm` fix #37521" (#38379): "fix" as a noun. Base forms (fix,
close, resolve, supersede, replace) count only at the start of a
sentence or line, or after will, should, does, and, and a few similar
words. "to" is not one of them ("unable to fix #1", "how to fix #1").
- "May also fix #12318 / #10046, untested" (#38242): hedged. may, might,
could, would, partially and the negations disqualify the keyword,
looking past adverbs such as "also".
- "Supersedes the closed #26040" (#36289) and "a comment on closed
#35351" (#35365): "closed" as an adjective. A determiner or preposition
before the keyword disqualifies it.
- "supersedes #33130's optimisation" (#35843): a number that continues
into a word is not a reference.

Review added: a reference before the keyword is the subject ("#100
supersedes #1"), also through "which" or "that" ("reverts #100, which
fixed #1") and across a removed span ("#100 ~~also~~ fixes #1"). A hedge
two words before the keyword disqualifies it ("hopefully this fixes #1",
"could this fix #1?"). A clause that starts with if, when, once, until
or unless is not a statement. The tokenizer keeps a line break as a
token so that "Fixes #1" on one line and "Fixes #2" on the next stay two
statements. Code spans, fences, indented code, blockquotes, HTML
comments and strikethrough are skipped. The block stripping follows
CommonMark for fences (also inside a blockquote), indented code,
blockquotes with lazy continuation, setext underlines and HTML comments,
and GFM for `~~` flanking.

Result over the 1000 descriptions: 274 distinct references in 135 PRs. I
checked the current state of all of them through GraphQL. All but one
are closed (202 issues completed, 5 duplicates, 66 pull requests). The
one open target is PR #32292, superseded by merged #36135. No open
target is a false positive. Every review change kept this result.

Patterns that are deliberately not handled: a bulleted list under
"Closes:" on its own line (not seen in the sample), references separated
by whitespace only ("#1 #2"), "fix for #1", and GH-1 style references. A
`?` after the list is not treated as a question. The block parser tracks
no list containers, so a second paragraph of a list item indented by
four spaces is read as an indented code block and skipped. A removed
span or inline comment reads as one word, so "Fixes <!-- n --> #1" finds
nothing.

The test suite covers: the phrases above, stopping at the right place in
real sentences, CRLF descriptions, URLs with fragments or a `/files`
suffix, case-insensitive `Owner/Repo#1`, the fake API where a lookup, an
update or a comment fails, the `dry_run` input, an invalid `pr_number`
input, an unmerged PR, a PR merged into a non-default branch, the merge
event body against a later edit, and a description with no closing
statement.

The first revision of this PR checked out the repository and ran
`scripts/close-linked-issues.ts`. Jarred asked for no checkout and no
script file, so the script moved inline into the workflow and the test
now reads it out of the YAML.
</details>

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**[stamp-90s]** gate passed · iteration 9 · 2 files touched

<details><summary>passes on PR (with fix)</summary>

```console
Test-only change.

Debug/ASAN (expected pass):
$ bun bd test 'test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts'
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts
bun test v1.4.1 (4448a2e)

test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts:
(pass) finds "Fixes #39852" [176.21ms]
(pass) finds "Closes #31772. Fixes #31771." [22.28ms]
(pass) finds "- Fixes #39930" [12.28ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes: #30429" [10.46ms]
(pass) finds "FIXES #1" [7.86ms]
(pass) finds "(Fixes #1)" [8.97ms]
(pass) finds "**Fixes #1**" [10.20ms]
(pass) finds "__Fixes #1__" [9.83ms]
(pass) finds "_Fixes #1_" [11.25ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes **#1**" [9.72ms]
(pass) finds "**Fixes** #1" [7.13ms]
(pass) finds "**Fixes:** #1" [8.11ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1 and **#2**" [11.47ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes **#1**, **#2**" [9.13ms]
(pass) finds "## Why (fixes #13771, closes #30543)" [16.08ms]
(pass) finds "Closes #11418" [19.46ms]
(pass) finds "Resolves #1. Resolved #2. Resolve #3." [12.09ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #34055, #30327, #24394, #20816, #32403, #11898, #10056." [17.11ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #18192 and #31675 as a consequence" [10.45ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1, #2, and #3" [10.96ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1 & #2" [7.63ms]
(pass) finds "Closes #33280,  Closes #32864 and Closes #29696 (the timer in #32949 is orthogonal)" [20.29ms]
(pass) finds "Closes #33182 and #32947 on top of current main (which already has #36304 for catalogs)." [16.12ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1,\n#2" [7.76ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1, #2,\nand #3" [9.27ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1\nand #2" [8.57ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1\n& #2" [6.80ms]
(pass) finds "Fixes #1 and\n#2" [7.31ms]
(pass) finds "Supersedes #39908 (same change, moved from a fork branch)" [13.21ms]
(pass) finds "Supersedes #38778 and #38391. Carries the entry point arm of #35053." [14.43ms]
(pass) finds "Supersedes #39193 and keeps its three tests." [11.48ms]
(pass) finds "This supersedes #33306 and #32803. Their tests are kept here." [13.73ms]
(pass) finds "- This replaces #33793. Its 
... (truncated)
Exit: 0
```

</details>

<details><summary>diff hotspot</summary>

```
.github/workflows/close-linked-issues.yml | 950 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts | 598 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 1548 insertions(+)
```

</details>

**gate history** · 29 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 9

<details><summary>evidence per changed file</summary>

```
file                                       reads  edits  tests
.github/workflows/close-linked-issues.yml      6     12      0
test/internal/close-linked-issues.test.ts      3     11      0
```

</details>

<!-- robobun:evidence:end -->
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