AsyncLocalStorage: don't retain the outer store from exit() / nested run() - #41359
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…run() run() pushed a new Frame on top of the existing binding of the same storage. getStore() stopped at the innermost one, but a timer, immediate or promise reaction captured inside exit() or a nested run() still referenced the shadowed outer value through the chain and kept it alive for the resource's lifetime. 1.4.0 and Node release it. run() now re-links past the existing binding the way enterWith() already does. When that binding is the innermost frame (exit() / nested run() directly inside run()) or absent this allocates nothing extra; only frames of other storages pushed since the binding are copied. With one binding per storage in every chain, withoutAll() is no longer needed.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings (both on the new test), I checked the run() core-path changes in src/js/node/async_hooks.ts: the beforeValue computation via find() + !isMasked() is semantically equivalent to the previous lookup(); the splice through copyUntil preserves the head's masked array (both the from === stop and copy-loop branches), so a disable()'d binding sitting beneath is still masked after the push; and the fast restore path set(prior) is unchanged, so the common no-mutation exit still restores the exact original chain.
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The two inline findings are both test-quality issues (a threshold that lets one full mode regress undetected, and timer cleanup outside a finally). I separately traced the semantic changes in run(): the lookup → find + isMasked refactor is a pure decomposition of the same predicate; copyUntil(prior, bound, bound.prev) carries prior.masked onto the new head in both branches, so push's unmask(head.masked, this) sees the same mask set it did before; and withoutAll → without is sound under the new one-binding-per-storage invariant that both run() and enterWith() now maintain. Nothing in the core logic looked wrong, so the note just records what was ruled out beyond the test file.
…(prior) run()'s clean-exit path restored the pre-run head frame by identity, so a disable() after run() returned masked the very frame that continuations captured before the run() still hold, and they lost the binding; Node's finally is enterWith(prior), a fresh frame object, so only continuations captured since are affected. Install a copy of prior instead (nothing at top level, one Frame when nested) and let an enclosing run() recognise the copy of its own frame so it keeps the cheap exit.
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In `@test/js/node/async_hooks/AsyncLocalStorage.test.ts`:
- Line 1597: Update the test teardown around arm() so every timer scheduled by
arm() is cleared in an afterEach() hook, including when assertions fail; retain
the existing timer tracking used by clearTimeout() and ensure cleanup runs after
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Guarantee timer cleanup when the test fails.
arm() now schedules 1,000,000 ms timers, but clearTimeout() runs only after all assertions. If an earlier assertion fails, the test exits before cleanup and leaves the timers and their captured async-context resources scheduled. Move cleanup into a try/finally block or an afterEach() hook.
As per coding guidelines, use afterEach() for setup and teardown.
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In `@test/js/node/async_hooks/AsyncLocalStorage.test.ts` at line 1597, Update the
test teardown around arm() so every timer scheduled by arm() is cleared in an
afterEach() hook, including when assertions fail; retain the existing timer
tracking used by clearTimeout() and ensure cleanup runs after each test.
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Regression in 1.4.1 from #41190: a timer, immediate, or pending promise reaction created inside
store.exit(fn)or a nestedstore.run(...)kept the enclosing store value alive for the resource's lifetime.getStore()returned the right thing (the outer value was shadowed), so only memory was affected. 1.4.0 and Node release it.Why
#41190 made the async context a persistent linked list of
Frames.run()pushed a new frame on top of any existing binding of the same storage; lookups stop at the innermost frame, but a captured context is a reference to the head, so the shadowed outer frame (and its value) stayed reachable throughprev.Fix
run()now re-links past the existing binding of its own storage, the wayenterWith()already did. Cost:run()): the same chain walk it already did for the entry value, no extra allocationexit()/ nestedrun()directly insiderun()): links toprior.prev, no extra allocationb.runinsidea.runinsidea.run): those frames are copied — bounded by the number of storages, and still cheaper than Node, which copies the whole frame map on everyrun()Since every chain now holds at most one binding per storage,
withoutAll()is gone and the chain length is bounded by the number of storages.Test
test/js/node/async_hooks/AsyncLocalStorage.test.ts— "exit() and nested run() release the shadowed outer store": arms a long timer + a pending promise reaction insideexit(),run(undefined),run({other value}), and an interleavedother.run → als.run → other.run, then checks the outer stores are collectable. Fails on main (80/80 retained), passes with the fix (≤ GC noise). Existing async_hooks / async-context suites pass; behaviour cross-checked against Node v26 for nested run/exit/enterWith ordering.Also:
disable()after arun()no longer reaches continuations captured before itrun()'s clean exit restored the pre-run head frame by identity. Node'sfinallyisenterWith(prior)— a fresh frame object — so adisable()afterrun()returned only affects continuations captured since. With the identity restore, Bun masked the frame that earlier snapshots still held:run()now installs a copy ofprioron exit (nothing at top level, oneFramewhen nested), and an enclosingrun()recognises the copy of its own frame so it keeps the cheap exit path. Test: "disable() after a run() does not reach continuations captured before the run()".