Bump WebKit so new Function with a syntax error survives validateExceptionChecks

[robobun]

Problem

• With BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 (the debug and ASAN test lanes set it), any new Function(source) whose source has a syntax error aborts the process: ERROR: Unchecked JS exception: This scope can throw a JS exception: computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping @ src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp:535 ... But the exception was unchecked as of this scope: constructFunctionSkippingEvalEnabledCheck @ FunctionConstructor.cpp:220. GeneratorFunction, AsyncFunction and vm.SourceTextModule (NodeVMSourceTextModule.cpp:167) abort the same way. Seen on parser: fix where using declarations may appear (switch clauses, for heads, await newline) #40813 (bundler_using.test.ts, x64-asan).
• Cause: JSC's ParserError::toErrorObject() calls addErrorInfo(), which builds the new SyntaxError's stack at once. In Bun that runs the Error.prepareStackTrace hook (computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping), which declares a ThrowScope and can throw. Upstream's version cannot throw, so JSC throws the parse error with no exception check in between. eval("{") is not affected: an eval parse error is ParserError::EvalError, which skips addErrorInfo().

Fix

• addErrorInfo: keep a stack hook exception from escaping ParserError::toErrorObject WebKit#535: addErrorInfo() materializes under a TopExceptionScope and clears a hook exception there (a termination stays pending). toErrorObject() stays non-throwing, which is the contract every caller in JSC relies on.
• Correct because the parse error is what gets thrown, as in Node, where V8 does not run prepareStackTrace while it builds a SyntaxError. Release behavior does not change: there VM::throwException already replaced the hook exception with the parse error. Bun's node:vm callers of toErrorObject() clear that exception by hand (NodeVM.cpp:182, NodeVMScript.cpp:150). The WebKit change covers the callers inside JSC.
• WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of addErrorInfo: keep a stack hook exception from escaping ParserError::toErrorObject WebKit#535. Move it to the merged main sha before this merges.
• Verified: test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts (six new snippets: Function, GeneratorFunction, AsyncFunction, a custom and a throwing Error.prepareStackTrace, vm.SourceTextModule; all six abort on the current pin). Also test/js/node/vm/vm.test.ts, test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js, test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts and test/js/web/workers/structured-clone.test.ts under BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.

Background

• BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 makes every ThrowScope destructor mark VM::m_needExceptionCheck. The next ThrowScope constructor, or a throwException() of a plain value, aborts if the bit is still set. Only VM::exception() and clearException() clear it. The check exists in debug and ASAN builds only.
• TopExceptionScope (the old CatchScope) only verifies in its destructor and does not mark the bit. It is the scope for code that must not propagate an exception, as createTypeErrorCopy in the same file uses it.
• ErrorInstance computes stack, line, column and sourceURL lazily from the captured frames. The Bun fork lets the embedder build them through VM::onComputeErrorInfoJSValue. That hook is where Error.prepareStackTrace runs.

Notes

Fail-before on the current pin (ceb9f90fb7, debug build), one of the six:

error: expect(received).toEqual(expected)
  {
-   "exitCode": 0,
-   "stdout": "SyntaxError: Unexpected end of script",
-   "unchecked": [],
+   "exitCode": 134,
+   "stdout": "",
+   "unchecked": [
+     "This scope can throw a JS exception: computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping @ unified/../../../src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp:535",
+     "But the exception was unchecked as of this scope: createModuleRecord @ unified/../../../src/jsc/bindings/NodeVMSourceTextModule.cpp:167",
+   ],
  }
(fail) vm.SourceTextModule with a syntax error

Why eval passes: Parser::parse reports an eval parse error as ParserError::EvalError, and toErrorObject() only calls addErrorInfo() for ParserError::SyntaxError. gdb on the old pin confirms addErrorInfo and materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded are never reached for (0,eval)("{") and are reached for new Function("{").

Alternatives not taken:

• An exception check at each toErrorObject() call site in JSC (FunctionConstructor.cpp:226, ModuleProgramExecutable.cpp:68, ScriptExecutable.cpp:320, UnlinkedFunctionExecutable.cpp:238, Interpreter::executeProgram). The catch in addErrorInfo() covers all of them at once.
• Lazy materialization (drop the eager call in addErrorInfo()). prepareStackTrace would then run on the first .stack read like V8, but decorateParseErrorStack in NodeVM.cpp assumes the stack exists, the vm.test.ts test "a throwing Error.prepareStackTrace does not escape the compile-time SyntaxError" expects the arrow header to survive, and lazy parse errors would join Async-thrown Error loses its message from error.stack when GC runs before first .stack access #34398 (stack degraded by a GC before the first read).
• Swallowing the exception inside Bun's hook. That breaks the lazy path, where a throwing prepareStackTrace must propagate from .stack (test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js, structured-clone.test.ts).

NodeVM.cpp:182 and NodeVMScript.cpp:150 keep their tryClearException() after toErrorObject(). With this WebKit it is a no-op for anything but a termination. They stay so the bun side is correct on the old pin too.

Fail-before check: the fix is the WebKit pin in scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts, not src/. A check that stashes src/ builds with the new WebKit in both arms and sees the new tests pass both ways. The evidence above is from a build on the old pin.

Suites run with the preview build and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1: test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts, test/js/node/vm/vm.test.ts, test/js/node/vm/vm-sourceUrl.test.ts, test/js/node/vm/sourcetextmodule-leak.test.ts, test/js/node/vm/sourcetextmodule-link-gc.test.ts, test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js, test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts, test/regression/issue/prepare-stack-trace-crash.test.ts, test/js/web/workers/structured-clone.test.ts, test/internal/source-lints/webkit-prebuilt-url.test.ts, test/js/node/test/parallel/test-vm-module-errors.js, test/js/node/test/parallel/test-error-prepare-stack-trace.js.

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passes on PR (with fix)

Test-only change.

Debug/ASAN (expected pass):
$ bun bd test 'test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts'
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts
bun test v1.4.1 (d578a8c70)

test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts:
(pass) process.exitCode assigned a rope string [276.48ms]
(pass) Bun.deepEquals with one argument [356.13ms]
(pass) process.kill with an unknown rope signal name [352.55ms]
(pass) new Function with a syntax error [353.14ms]
(pass) process.umask with a rope string [372.60ms]
(pass) new Function with a syntax error and a throwing Error.prepareStackTrace [271.70ms]
(pass) new Function with a syntax error and a custom Error.prepareStackTrace [347.82ms]
(pass) AsyncFunction with a syntax error [268.26ms]
(pass) GeneratorFunction with a syntax error [318.95ms]
(pass) vm.SourceTextModule with a syntax error [419.15ms]

 10 pass
 0 fail
 10 expect() calls
Ran 10 tests across 1 file. [2.97s]
Exit: 0

diff hotspot

scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts             |  2 +-
 test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 1

evidence per changed file

file                                      reads  edits  tests
scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts                  1      1      0
test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts      1      3      0

[robobun]

^{Updated 9:42 PM PT - Aug 28th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit 11d9fe8 has 1 failures in Build #108133 (All Failures):

• test/js/web/url/url.test.ts - code 1: TypeError: Invalid URL on 🍎 any x64

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[robobun]

Status: reproduced on main d578a8c70d with a debug build: BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 bun-debug -e 'try { new Function("{") } catch (e) {}' aborts with Unchecked JS exception ... constructFunctionSkippingEvalEnabledCheck @ FunctionConstructor.cpp:220.

The fix is oven-sh/WebKit#535. This PR pins its preview build (autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7) and adds six snippets to test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts. All six fail on the current pin and pass on the preview build.

CI at 11d9fe8: 180 of 181 jobs pass, exception-checks.test.ts passes on every lane including ASAN. The one red job is darwin x64, on test/js/web/url/url.test.ts (Unicode 16 IDNA table), which also fails on main and is not related to this change.

Before merge: land oven-sh/WebKit#535, then move WEBKIT_VERSION to the merged main sha.

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Walkthrough

The change selects a new WebKit preview release and adds regression tests for syntax errors and Error.prepareStackTrace behavior.

Changes

WebKit release update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update WebKit release identifier scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts	WEBKIT_VERSION now uses autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7.

Exception regression coverage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add exception handling regression cases test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts	Adds subprocess checks for parse errors from function constructors and vm.SourceTextModule, plus custom and throwing Error.prepareStackTrace cases.

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The WebKit dependency pin may still resolve to a commit before the required fix, so affected syntax-error paths could continue aborting in debug and ASAN builds. Update the pin to the merged fix before merging.

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In `@scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts`:
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Review follow-up:

• scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts: the git tag of every preview release points at main; the artifacts are built from the PR head (build-preview.yml passes the head sha as build_ref). A debug build on the previous pin aborts on all six new snippets, the same build on autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7 passes them, so the release does carry the fix. Details in the thread.
• test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts: the vm.SourceTextModule snippet now uses a static import (11d9fe8). The snippet runs in a child bun -e process, so the import has to live inside the snippet, not at the test file's module scope.

[claude]

🔴 WEBKIT_VERSION is pinned to autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7, an ephemeral preview tag for an unmerged WebKit PR; once oven-sh/WebKit#535 merges the preview release is deleted and every fresh build/CI lane 404s downloading the prebuilt tarball — the base branch's 40-hex sha pin has no such expiry. Fix: before merge, swap this to the merged main sha of oven-sh/WebKit#535 and verify the autobuild-<sha> release has artifacts for every platform × {debug,lto,asan,musl} suffix. The PR description already flags this as a TODO; the repo's Dependencies & vendoring rules make it merge-blocking.

Extended reasoning...

.claude/docs/landing-prs.md (Dependencies & vendoring): "Never merge a pin to an ephemeral artifact (preview tags, unmerged-PR builds) — swap to the merged upstream SHA and verify prebuilt artifacts exist for every platform × flavor before merge." prebuiltUrl() at scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts:73-74 passes autobuild-* values through verbatim as the GitHub release tag, so the download URL becomes .../releases/download/autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7/bun-webkit-<os>-<arch><suffix>.tar.gz. Preview tags in oven-sh/WebKit are per-PR autobuilds that are cleaned up after the PR merges or closes; a developer cloning after that point (or a CI runner with an empty cache) hits a 404 from downloadWithRetry() and the build fails at the WebKit fetch step. The base branch pins a permanent 40-hex sha (ceb9f90fb7…) whose autobuild-<sha> release is retained. The source-lint test (test/internal/source-lints/webkit-prebuilt-url.test.ts:124) accepts autobuild-* so it will not catch this.

Verification: normal — scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts:6 changes WEBKIT_VERSION from the 40-hex sha "ceb9f90fb774fdb1ebf1275ae1aaf136ec66c754" to "autobuild-preview-pr-535-e6ad39a7", a preview tag for an unmerged oven-sh/WebKit PR. prebuiltUrl() at lines 72-74 passes any autobuild--prefixed value through verbatim as the GitHub release tag (`const tag = version.startsWith("autobuild-") ? version :…

[robobun]

Agreed, this PR must not merge on the preview pin. The plan, also in the PR body: once oven-sh/WebKit#535 lands on main, I swap WEBKIT_VERSION to the merged 40-hex sha and check that the autobuild-<sha> release has every artifact this file can ask for (the preview release has all 42). Leaving this thread open until that push.

[claude]

Code review found no new issues

No new issues were found in this update; 1 finding from earlier reviews is still open above.

[robobun]

Duplicate check from #43524: this PR and oven-sh/WebKit#535 are the same fix (a TopExceptionScope around materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded in addErrorInfo). Both are conflicting against the current pin (ebd5a6145bf7). A rebased version of the same change is on oven-sh/WebKit branch robobun/3e07bfda/parser-error-hook-exception (commit a6d97bf91a, preview build autobuild-preview-pr-705-a6d97bf9), and the bun side (the pin plus three snippets in test/js/bun/jsc/exception-checks.test.ts) is on branch robobun/3e07bfda/webkit-parser-error-hook-exception. Take either if it saves a rebase.