Remove dead code from the Windows bunx shim, bun_sys, libuv_sys, uws_sys, and the FFI wrapper crates

[robobun]

Scheduled dead-code sweep. Net -463 lines (18 files, +106 / -569; the source side is +40 / -569, the rest is the test below). Rebased onto current main: #40610 had removed the Windows and BSD O::TMPFILE constants next to the O::NOATIME ones this PR removes, so the merged O block keeps only PATH there.

Method: a cross-crate reachability analysis of the Rust workspace (release profile, all 11 shipped targets, #[no_mangle] exports and HOST_EXPORT markers as roots) produced the candidate list. Every candidate was then checked against the debug configuration too, because the analysis runs release only: cargo check for linux, darwin and windows with --cfg bun_debug (dev profile), a release pass with --cfg bun_codegen_embed, bun run rust:check-all (12 targets), and bun bd. Items that only debug code uses (StoredTrace::capture, TaskTag::name, ArrayHashMap::unlock_pointers, has_resolve_breakpoint, ReturnCodeI64::err_enum, the three ntstatus constants) stay.

No file here carries a deletion that one of the open dead-code PRs (#37181, #39581, #39618, #39929, #40066, #40122) also makes.

Windows bunx shim (src/install/windows-shim, -190)

bun_shim_impl::read_without_launch had no caller: the Rust shell never wired the "read the command line without spawning" fast path. With it gone, the whole ReadWithoutLaunch mode of launcher is unreachable, so the launcher collapses to its one remaining mode:

• read_without_launch, FromBunShellContext, FromBunShellContextBuf, ReadWithoutLaunchResult, BunCtx::out_buf.
• LauncherMode (const generic) and LauncherRet. launcher now returns () and every LauncherMode::fail(MODE, reason) is the fail_and_exit_with_reason(reason) call the Launch arm already made. The MODE == Launch guards are gone, the ReadWithoutLaunch early return is gone.
• main.rs of the standalone PE: #![feature(adt_const_params)] and the matching incomplete_features allow, which only the ConstParamTy derive needed.

Behavior of the Launch path is unchanged: the edits replace a constant-folded generic with its only instantiation. Checked as the bun_install module (x86_64 and aarch64 windows) and as the standalone bun_shim_impl binary (--features shim_standalone, both windows targets).

bun_sys (src/sys, -105)

• O::{NOATIME, DSYNC, ACCMODE, SYMLINK, NOFOLLOW_ANY} (all cfg variants), RTLD::LOCAL, UTIME_NOW (windows stub), posix::{R_OK, POLL_OUT}, posix::AF::{UNSPEC, UNIX} (windows only).
• linux::E::{PERM, NOENT, NOMEM, NOSYS}, linux::EPOLL::{RDHUP, ET}, linux::IN::{ACCESS, CLOSE_WRITE, CLOSE_NOWRITE, OPEN, DONT_FOLLOW, MASK_ADD, ONESHOT, NONBLOCK}.
• darwin::EVFILT::{VNODE, SIGNAL, TIMER, USER}, darwin::EV::{DISABLE, RECEIPT, EOF}, darwin::NOTE::{EXITSTATUS, SIGNAL, FORK, EXEC, TRIGGER, DELETE, WRITE, EXTEND, ATTRIB, LINK, RENAME, REVOKE, MEMORYSTATUS_PRESSURE_NORMAL}, freebsd::EVFILT::{SIGNAL, TIMER, USER}, freebsd::EV::{DISABLE, RECEIPT, EOF, ERROR}, freebsd::NOTE::{FORK, EXEC, TRIGGER}.
• dup2 (posix and windows impls, the Tag::dup2 entry and the safe_libc::dup2 import), Tag::{WriteFile, SetEndOfFile, fchownat} and Tag::is_windows, which only those tags fed. The Tag discriminants are unchanged.
• File::write (callers use write_all).
• windows::{Error, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetEnvironmentVariableError, translate_ntstatus_to_errno, ENABLE_WRAP_AT_EOL_OUTPUT, ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT, disposition::ExceptionContinueExecution}.

bun_libuv_sys (src/libuv_sys, -40)

• O::{RANDOM, SHORT_LIVED, TEMPORARY, DIRECTORY, EXLOCK, NOATIME, SYMLINK}, UV_NAMED_PIPE, UV_UNKNOWN_HANDLE, UV_HANDLE_TYPE_MAX, UV__EOF, UV__UNKNOWN, UV__ECHARSET, UV_DIRENT_* (8), UV_DISCONNECT, UV_PRIORITIZED, UV_FS_SYMLINK_DIR, UV_CHANGE, UV_FS_EVENT_WATCH_ENTRY, UV_FS_EVENT_STAT, UV_INHERIT_STREAM, UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_CONSOLE, UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_GUI, SIGHUP, SIGQUIT, SIGKILL, SIGWINCH.

bun_uws_sys (src/uws_sys, -120)

Safe wrappers whose C entry point nothing else in Rust uses, each with its extern "C" declaration:

• App::{run, listen} (uws_app_run, uws_app_listen), NewApp alias, uws_app_listen_config_t::new.
• ListenSocket::fd (us_listen_socket_get_fd), SocketGroup::pair (us_socket_pair), quic::Socket::close (us_quic_socket_close), us_socket_t::open (us_socket_open), us_socket_t::write_fd (windows stub).

The C side of these symbols is left in place: libuwsockets.cpp is in #37181 and packages/bun-usockets is in #39618.

FFI wrapper crates

• bun_mimalloc_sys: Heap::{malloc, calloc, realloc} and the mi_heap_calloc / mi_heap_realloc declarations. The now empty impl Heap block and its stale comment go with them.
• bun_libdeflate_sys: Compressor::destroy, Decompressor::destroy (the Drop impls free the handles).
• bun_lsquic_sys: Conn::abort and the lsquic_conn_abort declaration (abort_silent is the one in use).
• bun_alloc: Zone::malloc_zone_calloc, the malloc_zone_calloc import and its non-macOS stub.

Misc

• src/CLAUDE.md: the File method list no longer names write(buf).

Left alone

• 680 pub fields the analysis reports as never read. All of them are fields of #[repr(C)] structs mirroring C layouts (libuv, Win32, BoringSSL, c-ares, proc_bsdinfo, Mach-O headers, termios). They cannot move.
• Enum variants in OS and JSC code tables (FutexCmd, ULOp, TCSA, RlimitResource, NapiStatus, ImplementationVisibility, AsyncCallType, tty::Mode). The repo keeps those complete on purpose (see the [[override]] entries in hawk.toml).
• Items in files that an open dead-code PR already edits (uws_sys/Loop.rs, Response.rs, h3.rs, socket.rs, jsc/PluginRunner.rs, jsc/bindgen.rs, jsc/Strong.rs).
• host_fn::host_fn_this_value: no generated code calls it today, but generate-classes.ts emits it for a passThis method on a class without sharedThis, so the template keeps it alive.
• strings::{split_once, rsplit_once}: no caller today, but clippy.toml names them as the replacement for the disallowed str and bstr split methods.
• The built-in JS under src/js/ was scanned too. Every export has a consumer.

Test

test/cli/install/bun-run.test.ts gets a Windows case for the one launcher branch this PR rewrites. A .bunx whose flags word fails validation must make the in-process launcher return to bun run, which then spawns the .exe shim. The shim reports bin metadata is corrupt (validate) and exits 255. A bun.exe built with assertions panics if the in-process launcher reports that error itself, so the test pins the fall-through. It passes against this branch on Windows x64 (the rest of bun-run.test.ts and test/regression/issue/13316.test.ts too). It is behavior the PR preserves, not a regression test: the removed code had no callers, so no test can fail before this change.

Verification

• cargo check --workspace for x86_64-linux, aarch64-darwin and x86_64-windows with --cfg bun_debug (dev profile), and for the same three with --release --cfg bun_codegen_embed.
• bun run rust:check-all: 12 targets ok.
• cargo check -p bun_shim_impl --features shim_standalone for both windows targets.
• bun bd on linux, then test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts, test/js/node/zlib/zlib.test.js and test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts pass. test/internal/source-lints/ passes.

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no test proof · iteration 3 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/install/bun-run.test.ts

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

This PR unifies the Windows shim launch flow, adds Windows environment lookup, removes obsolete public APIs and FFI bindings, trims platform constants, and adds a regression test for corrupted .bunx metadata.

Changes

Windows shim launch flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unified launcher and validation handling src/install/windows-shim/..., test/cli/install/bun-run.test.ts	The shim removes mode-dependent launching and read-without-launch support. Standalone failures now exit with specific reasons. Non-standalone validation failures return for fallback. The test covers corrupted .bunx metadata on Windows.

System and platform surfaces

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Trimmed system APIs and Windows environment lookup src/sys/file.rs, src/sys/lib.rs, src/sys/windows/mod.rs, src/CLAUDE.md	The change removes unused file methods, syscall tags, platform constants, aliases, and wrappers. getenv_w reads dynamically sized NUL-terminated UTF-16 environment values.

Allocator and FFI cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Removed obsolete allocator and library bindings src/bun_alloc/heap_breakdown.rs, src/libdeflate_sys/libdeflate.rs, src/libuv_sys/libuv.rs, src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs, src/mimalloc_sys/mimalloc.rs	The change removes unused allocation, destruction, abort, handle, flag, signal, and error APIs. malloc_zone_free documentation now requires pointers from malloc_zone_malloc.

uWebSockets bindings

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Removed unused socket and application wrappers src/uws_sys/...	The bindings remove unused application lifecycle, descriptor, socket-pair, QUIC close, socket-open, and Windows file-descriptor APIs.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#39574: Removes obsolete public APIs and FFI declarations in overlapping system crates.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

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[claude]

Beyond the two inline nits, I traced the Windows shim launcher de-monomorphization: every LauncherMode::fail(MODE, ...) maps to the diverging fail_and_exit_with_reason the Launch arm already called, both LaunchFellThrough sites become plain return, and the MODE == Launch guards were tautologies for the surviving instantiation — control flow is preserved. Also verified Tag::name()'s NAMES table still has all 108 entries (only the unused pub const Tag values were dropped, discriminants unchanged), and grepped for remaining consumers of read_without_launch/FromBunShellContext and O::NOATIME — none.

Extended reasoning...

The two inline findings are nits (latent codegen reference with no current .classes.ts trigger; stale src/CLAUDE.md doc line). The main non-mechanical change — collapsing the Windows bunx shim's LauncherMode const generic — I traced end-to-end and it is behavior-preserving for the Launch path. Given the scale (18 files, -563 lines) and the unsafe-heavy Windows-only shim refactor, deferring rather than approving; a human sign-off is appropriate here even though nothing blocking was found.

[robobun]

^{Updated 4:05 PM PT - Aug 27th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit 4d9ce71 has 2 failures in Build #107071 (All Failures):

• test/js/web/url/url.test.ts - code 1: TypeError: Invalid URL on 🍎 any x64
• test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts - leak +1 more on 🐧 13 x64-asan

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• src/install/windows-shim/main.rs
• src/libdeflate_sys/libdeflate.rs
• src/libuv_sys/libuv.rs
• src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs
• src/mimalloc_sys/mimalloc.rs
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• src/sys/lib.rs
• src/sys/windows/mod.rs
• src/uws_sys/App.rs
• src/uws_sys/ListenSocket.rs
• src/uws_sys/SocketGroup.rs
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[claude]

LGTM — all four rounds of prior feedback are addressed (host_fn_this_value kept, CLAUDE.md updated, split_once/rsplit_once kept, MEMORYSTATUS provenance note moved), and this run found no further issues.

What was reviewed: the Windows shim's LauncherMode collapse is a mechanical constant-fold of the only-ever-instantiated Launch arm — every LauncherMode::fail(MODE, r) becomes the diverging fail_and_exit_with_reason(r) it already resolved to, and the two LaunchFellThrough returns become plain return. Checked that Tag discriminants are unchanged (only associated consts removed, not the NAMES table). Verified the posix::AF windows comment removal leaves the surviving INET/INET6 self-documenting via their bun_windows_sys::ws2_32 paths. Removed use lines in App.rs/ListenSocket.rs were only feeding the deleted items.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Scheduled dead-code sweep across 18 files, net −465 lines. Deletes unused constants and wrapper functions from bun_sys, libuv_sys, uws_sys, mimalloc_sys, libdeflate_sys, lsquic_sys, bun_alloc, and collapses the Windows bunx shim's never-wired ReadWithoutLaunch mode. Adds a Windows-only test pinning the .bunx validation fallback behavior.

Prior review history

I reviewed this PR across four earlier iterations. All four findings were addressed by the author: host_fn_this_value restored (codegen template still references it), src/CLAUDE.md File method list updated, strings::split_once/rsplit_once restored (clippy.toml names them as sanctioned replacements), and the MEMORYSTATUS_PRESSURE_* provenance doc moved onto the surviving constant. All threads are resolved. The github-actions comment-cop flags were explained (all were pre-existing docs shrinking, not new comments) and resolved. CodeRabbit's assertion-ordering nit was declined with a reasonable justification (combined-object form preserves all fields in the failure diff).

Security risks

None. Pure deletion of unreferenced Rust items and a mechanical const-generic collapse. No auth, crypto, permission, or user-input parsing paths touched.

Level of scrutiny

Medium. The bulk is trivially-verifiable constant/wrapper deletion. The Windows shim change (~190 lines) is the only non-trivial piece: it removes the LauncherMode const generic and LauncherRet return enum since only Launch was ever instantiated. I traced each LauncherMode::fail(MODE, r) → fail_and_exit_with_reason(r) substitution — that's exactly what the Launch arm of fail() did. The two fall-through sites (!flags.is_valid() and empty-filename) become plain return, which try_startup_from_bun_js handles identically. In standalone mode !IS_STANDALONE is const-false so those returns are dead and the following fail_and_exit_with_reason fires as before. The added test covers the fall-through branch.

Other factors

The PR description documents cross-target verification (rust:check-all 12 targets, dev-profile check on linux/darwin/windows, standalone shim check on both Windows targets, plus fs/zlib/spawn test suites on linux). The author was responsive to every review comment. Given four prior review passes with all feedback incorporated and no new issues in this run, approval is appropriate.

[claude]

LGTM — all four prior findings were addressed (host_fn_this_value kept, split_once/rsplit_once kept, CLAUDE.md updated, MEMORYSTATUS_PRESSURE provenance moved onto WARN); the only changes since my last comment are the two-line doc move in 2302b01 and a CI retrigger.

What was reviewed:

• Windows shim launcher collapse: traced every LauncherMode::fail(MODE, ...) → fail_and_exit_with_reason and both LaunchFellThrough → bare return sites; confirmed read_without_launch/FromBunShellContext have no callers anywhere in src/.
• us_socket_t::write_fd Windows stub removal: both callers (uws_sys/socket.rs:396, runtime/ipc.rs:1760) are already #[cfg(not(windows))].
• Removed GetEnvironmentVariableW wrapper and translate_ntstatus_to_errno alias: remaining call sites go through kernel32_2:: / translate_nt_status_to_errno directly.
• Tag::WriteFile/SetEndOfFile/etc.: only the named constants are removed; discriminants and the NAMES table are unchanged (the io::Tag::WriteFile/PollableTag::WriteFile hits are a different type).

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Scheduled dead-code sweep: -465 net lines across 18 files. The bulk is deletion of unused pub const values (open flags, kqueue/inotify/epoll flags, libuv constants), unused safe-wrapper methods in FFI crates (bun_uws_sys, bun_mimalloc_sys, bun_libdeflate_sys, bun_lsquic_sys, bun_alloc), and unused bun_sys functions (dup2, File::write, several Windows helpers). The one non-trivial change is the Windows bunx shim: read_without_launch and its supporting FromBunShellContext/ReadWithoutLaunchResult types are removed (no callers), which lets the LauncherMode const generic and LauncherRet enum collapse — launcher now returns () and every LauncherMode::fail(Launch, r) becomes the fail_and_exit_with_reason(r) call the Launch arm already made. A new Windows-only test in bun-run.test.ts pins the one branch this rewrites (validation-failure fall-through to the .exe shim).

Security risks

None identified. The Windows shim touches process spawning, but the change is a mechanical collapse of a compile-time const generic to its only instantiation — no new inputs, no changed validation, no changed CreateProcessW arguments. The removed ReadWithoutLaunch mode never reached spawn (it early-returned the assembled command line). Deleted constants and safe wrappers cannot introduce new attack surface.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. Pure constant/wrapper deletions are self-verifying via cargo check (the PR ran rust:check-all across 12 targets plus debug/release/codegen-embed configs plus the standalone shim build on both Windows arches). The shim refactor is the only piece needing line-by-line reading; I traced each of the ~15 LauncherMode::fail / return LauncherRet::* sites against the Launch arm of the removed match and confirmed the !IS_STANDALONE fall-through returns and the MODE == Launch guards on direct_launch_with_bun_js / stdio-restore are correctly unconditional now.

Other factors

This is my fourth pass on this PR. The three prior passes surfaced (1) host_fn_this_value still referenced by generate-classes.ts, (2) src/CLAUDE.md doc drift for File::write, (3) clippy.toml disallowed-methods hints pointing at split_once/rsplit_once, and (4) the MEMORYSTATUS_PRESSURE_* provenance comment being deleted with NORMAL. All four were addressed (three by keeping the item, one by updating docs), and every thread on the PR — including comment-cop and CodeRabbit — is resolved. The only commits since my last review are the doc-comment move I requested (2302b01) and a CI retrigger. Grep confirmed read_without_launch/FromBunShellContext/ReadWithoutLaunchResult have zero references, both write_fd callers are #[cfg(not(windows))], and the removed Tag constants / GetEnvironmentVariableW wrapper / translate_ntstatus_to_errno alias have no remaining consumers (surviving hits are different types or the underlying raw extern).

[robobun]

CI status: two runs, 180 of 181 jobs green in each. The one red job each time is unrelated to this diff.

• Build 103984: test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts on Windows 11 aarch64 failed with S3Error: ServiceUnavailable from Cloudflare R2.
• Build 104005 (retrigger): the darwin aarch64 test-bun job hit its time limit. test-dev-peer-dependency-priority.test.ts and next-pages/dev-server-ssr-100.test.ts timed out inside bun install, and several other files on that agent needed 2 to 3 retries.

This PR changes no S3, install or network code. Its runtime effect is limited to the Windows bunx shim, whose tests pass on both runs. Both failures are reported to main-break triage. Ready for review.

[claude]

Thanks — the four points from the earlier pass are all addressed: the host_fn_this_value and strings::split_once deletions were dropped from the PR, src/CLAUDE.md no longer lists File::write, and the MEMORYSTATUS_PRESSURE_* provenance comment now stays on WARN. I re-reviewed the current diff and found no new issues; a human look at the bun_shim_impl.rs LauncherMode collapse would still be worthwhile given it's ~200 lines of Windows-only unsafe control flow whose only coverage is the new it.if(isWindows) test.

What was reviewed:

• Traced every LauncherMode::fail(MODE, …) → fail_and_exit_with_reason(…) site — fail_and_exit_with_reason is -> !, so control flow matches the old Launch arm; the two LaunchFellThrough sites become plain return, matching try_startup_from_bun_js's prior handling.
• Grepped for callers of every deleted public item (read_without_launch, FromBunShellContext, dup2, O::NOATIME/DSYNC/SYMLINK/NOFOLLOW_ANY, Tag::is_windows, GetEnvironmentVariableW wrapper, translate_ntstatus_to_errno alias, Heap::malloc/calloc/realloc, malloc_zone_calloc, uws open/pair/listen/run/fd/quic close, libdeflate destroy) — none remain.
• Confirmed the NewApp alias removed from App.rs was a duplicate; the re-export at src/uws_sys/lib.rs:499 still serves the many uws_sys::NewApp callers in runtime/server/.

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Overview

This PR is a dead-code sweep across the *_sys FFI crates and bun_sys, plus a structural simplification of the Windows .bunx shim launcher. The bulk (~470 of 569 deleted lines) is unused pub consts, extern declarations, and thin wrapper methods with no in-tree callers. The remaining ~200 lines collapse bun_shim_impl.rs's launcher<const MODE: LauncherMode, Ctx> const-generic into a single-mode launcher<Ctx> by deleting the never-called ReadWithoutLaunch instantiation (read_without_launch, FromBunShellContext, ReadWithoutLaunchResult, LauncherRet, the adt_const_params nightly feature). A Windows-only regression test is added for the in-process-validation-fails → fall-back-to-shim-exe path. Since the previous review, the PR scope shrank (the host_fn.rs and string/immutable.rs deletions that prompted earlier comments were reverted) and the remaining two nits were fixed in follow-up commits.

Security risks

None identified. The deletions are unused constants, extern decls, and wrapper functions; no validation, auth, crypto, or input-handling logic is weakened. The shim refactor removes a code path that was already unreachable from any caller and does not touch the buffer-bounds arithmetic or NT syscall sequencing in the surviving Launch path. The removed #![feature(adt_const_params)] and incomplete_features allow are a net reduction in nightly surface.

Level of scrutiny

Medium. Constant/wrapper deletions are mechanical and I verified each by grepping for remaining references (including cfg-gated code). The bun_shim_impl.rs change deserves closer attention: it rewrites control flow inside a large unsafe-heavy function that manipulates raw *mut u16 buffers and PEB/TEB pointers, is compiled twice (standalone no_std PE and as a bun_install module), and its only test is gated it.if(isWindows). I traced each of the ~15 MODE.fail(…) rewrites against fail_and_exit_with_reason's -> ! signature and the two fall-through return sites against the old LaunchFellThrough handling — they are equivalent for the Launch path — but I cannot execute the Windows test here, and a #[cfg]-gated regression would not surface on non-Windows CI lanes.

Other factors

All four inline comments from the earlier review round are now addressed (two by dropping the offending deletions from the PR, two by follow-up edits). No third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews are outstanding. The one open design question — whether read_without_launch was intentionally-staged API for the Bun shell's fast path rather than truly dead — is a maintainer call, not a correctness bug, and REVIEW.md's dead-code policy favors deletion. Given the Windows-only unsafe surface and the bot authorship, deferring for a human Windows-aware pass is the conservative choice over auto-approval.

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