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Problem

  • new Worker("./worker.ts", { preload: ["./missing.js"] }) throws TypeError: undefined. The message is the literal string "undefined". It names no specifier and no cause.
  • The cause is in WebWorker::create (src/jsc/web_worker.rs:310). It points the transpiler log at a local Log, then moves that Log into a scopeguard. The resolver writes the ModuleNotFound error into the moved-from slot. The guarded log stays empty, Log::to_js returns undefined for an empty log, and the C++ side throws that as the message.

Fix

  • Build the Log inside the guard first. Point the transpiler at that slot. The resolver and the reader now share one Log.
  • A preload that does not resolve now throws TypeError: ModuleNotFound resolving preload "./missing.js". This is the same wording that bun --preload uses on the CLI (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs). A new SpecifierRole argument tells resolve_entry_point_specifier which message to produce. The entry point path is unchanged.
  • Verified: test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts (one new test in the preload block, stock bun fails it with message "undefined"). The rest of that file passes.

Background

  • The Worker constructor resolves preload specifiers on the parent thread, inside WebWorker::create. The entry point itself resolves later, on the worker thread, in spin().
  • Transpiler::resolve_entry_point reports a failure by appending to the log that transpiler.log points at. It returns only an error tag. So the caller must read that log to get the message.
  • WebWorker::create swaps in a temporary log for the duration of the call so that a preload error does not land in the parent VM's log. A scopeguard restores the old pointer on every return path.
Notes

Repro on 1.4.2 and 1.4.3:

try {
  new Worker("./worker.ts", { preload: ["./load-sentry.js"] });
} catch (e) {
  console.log(e.constructor.name, JSON.stringify(e.message), e.code);
}
// before: TypeError "undefined" undefined
// after:  TypeError "ModuleNotFound resolving preload \"./load-sentry.js\"" undefined

The string form preload: "./load-sentry.js" behaves the same both before and after.

#32369 found the same root cause in June. It was never rebased and now conflicts with main. This PR replaces it. It also drops the BuildMessage: ... (entry point) prefix that #32369 would have shown for a preload.

Two tests in the same file, terminate() while fs.readFile completions keep arriving and terminate() while the entry point fails to resolve, run at 3 to 6.5 s on a debug ASAN build, against the 5 s default timeout. They time out with and without this change. Both now run 4 rounds instead of 12 on debug builds. Release builds run the same workload as before. #37374 reworks those tests more thoroughly.


[human-review] gate passed · iteration 1 · 2 files touched

fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 4 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (f42e98025)

test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts:
(pass) web worker > preload > invalid file URL [30.22ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > string [136.21ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of 2 strings [137.01ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of string [126.51ms]
62 |     ])("preload that does not resolve (%s)", (_, shape) => {
63 |       test.each(["./this-preload-does-not-exist.js", './has a "quote".js'])(
64 |         "throws a TypeError that names %s",
65 |         specifier => {
66 |           const entry = new URL("worker-fixture-preload-entry.js", import.meta.url).href;
67 |           expect(() => new Worker(entry, { preload: shape(specifier) })).toThrow(
                                                                              ^
error: expect(received).toThrow(expected)

Expected message: "ModuleNotFound resolving preload \"./this-preload-does-not-exist.js\""
Received message: "undefined"

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts:67:74)

... (truncated)

release without fix: all passed
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (80ff17553)

test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts:
(pass) web worker > preload > invalid file URL [0.32ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > string [3.12ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of 2 strings [3.05ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of string [2.36ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (string) > throws a TypeError that names ./this-preload-does-not-exist.js [0.94ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (string) > throws a TypeError that names ./has a "quote".js [0.60ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (array) > throws a TypeError that names ./this-preload-does-not-exist.js [0.45ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (array) > throws a TypeError that names ./has a "quote".js [0.37ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > error in preload doesn't crash parent [2.26ms]
(pass) web worker > worker [2.78ms]
(pass) web worker > worker-env [2.14ms]
(pass) web worker > worker-env: SHARE_ENV via the global Worker constructor [20.90ms]
(pass) web worker > worker-env: process.env reads inside a worker reflect the worker's own environment at runtime 
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (f42e98025)

test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts:
(pass) web worker > preload > invalid file URL [32.98ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > string [140.31ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of 2 strings [139.81ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > array of string [141.20ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (string) > throws a TypeError that names ./this-preload-does-not-exist.js [19.15ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (string) > throws a TypeError that names ./has a "quote".js [13.78ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (array) > throws a TypeError that names ./this-preload-does-not-exist.js [9.54ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > preload that does not resolve (array) > throws a TypeError that names ./has a "quote".js [8.34ms]
(pass) web worker > preload > error in preload doesn't crash parent [127.52ms]
(pass) web worker > worker [125.25ms]
(pass) web worker > worker-env [140.14ms]
(pass) web worker > worker-
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 900ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/22] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 122 exports (host=5, lazy=10, generic=107, rust=0); 242 extern-C blocks audited
[2/22] gen JS modules (bundle-modules)
Preprocess modules (10349ms)
Bundle modules (97ms)
Postprocesss modules (222ms)
Bundle Functions (536ms)
Generate Code (36ms)

[11.25s] Bundled "src/js" for production
  2594 kb
  197 internal modules
  13 native modules
  50 internal functions across 16 files
[2/6] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
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�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_js_parser_jsc v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/js_parser_jsc)
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�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_sys_jsc v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/sys_jsc)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_bundler_jsc v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/bundler_jsc)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_semver_jsc v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/semver_jsc)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_css_jsc v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/css_j
... (truncated)
diff hotspot
src/jsc/web_worker.rs              | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 1 rejected · iteration 1

evidence per changed file
file                                reads  edits  tests
src/jsc/web_worker.rs                   7     10     28
test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts      6      7     28

WebWorker::create pointed the transpiler log at a local Log and then
moved that Log into a scopeguard. The resolver wrote its error into the
moved-from slot. The guarded log stayed empty, so Log::to_js returned
undefined and the Worker constructor threw TypeError: undefined.

Point the transpiler at the log inside the guard. Report a preload
failure as a plain string with the same wording as --preload on the CLI.
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Updated 2:27 AM PT - Sep 6th, 2026

❌ @robobun, your commit 1a901e2 has 2 failures in Build #110866 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 41496

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-41496 executable, so you can run:

bun-41496 --bun

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Worker specifier resolution now distinguishes entry points from preloads. Preload failures return formatted synchronous errors. Entry-point failures retain existing JavaScript-log handling. Temporary transpiler logging restoration is guarded, and tests cover preload options and termination stress rounds.

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Worker resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolver logging lifetime
src/jsc/web_worker.rs
Temporary transpiler logging uses guard-owned storage and restores the previous resolver log pointer on return.
Role-aware resolution errors
src/jsc/web_worker.rs, test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts
Worker resolution passes SpecifierRole::EntryPoint or SpecifierRole::Preload. Preload failures return formatted resolving preload errors. Tests cover unresolved string and array preload options, quoted specifiers, and debug-build stress-test round counts.

Suggested reviewers: dylan-conway, jarred-sumner, cirospaciari

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Worker preload failures now produce a targeted module-resolution error, but formatting compatibility with the established CLI preload error contract remains open and should be confirmed before release.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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In `@src/jsc/web_worker.rs`:
- Line 1336: Update resolve_entry_point_specifier to format preload resolution
errors with err.name() and bun_core::fmt::format_json_string_latin1(str),
matching the existing CLI formatter behavior and preserving escaped quoted
specifiers. Add a regression case for a preload specifier containing a quote,
then run the worker test suite.

In `@test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts`:
- Around line 61-66: Parameterize the duplicate preload-resolution tests using
describe.each(), supplying both array and string preload shapes as test cases
while preserving the shared Worker construction and expected ModuleNotFound
assertion.
- Around line 61-66: Update both Worker constructor assertions for the missing
preload path to verify the thrown error is a TypeError and retains the expected
message, rather than checking only the message string. Apply this consistently
to both the array and string forms of the preload option.

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LGTM — both earlier nits are addressed (the change-narrating comment is gone, and the specifier is now quoted via bun_core::fmt::quote, with the new "quote" test case covering escaping).

Checked the reordered guard: the Log is owned by the scopeguard from construction, set_log(&raw mut *temp_log) installs a pointer into the guard's storage only after the guard is armed, and the drop closure restores prev_log before the guarded Log drops — no window where the transpiler holds a dangling log. Also verified quoted_writer routes the quote-containing specifier through write_json_string, so the test's JSON.stringify expectation lines up.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes new Worker(entry, { preload: ["./missing.js"] }) throwing TypeError: undefined by (1) reordering the temp-log setup in WebWorker::create so the bun_ast::Log lives inside the scopeguard from the start rather than being moved into it after set_log installed a pointer to the pre-move stack slot, and (2) adding a SpecifierRole enum so resolve_entry_point_specifier can produce a preload-specific message that names the specifier, matching the CLI --preload wording in jsc_hooks.rs. A describe.each in worker.test.ts covers string vs array preload and a specifier containing a double-quote.

Security risks

None. This is error-message plumbing on a resolve-failure path; no new parsing of untrusted data, no privilege boundaries, no allocation sizing driven by external input. The quoting helper is the existing repo primitive.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate for the unsafe scopeguard reorder, low for the rest. I traced the guard lifecycle: prev_log is captured, the guard is constructed owning a fresh Log, temp_log = &mut *restore borrows the guard's payload, and only then is set_log(&raw mut *temp_log) called — so the guard is armed before the pointer is published, satisfying REVIEW.md's "arm Drop/RAII guard before any fallible call". On drop, set_log(prev_log) runs before drop(log), so the transpiler never observes a freed log. The SpecifierRole::Preload arm builds an owned BunString via clone_utf8 and returns None, matching the existing Err(_) arm's contract.

Other factors

Both optional comments from my earlier pass were acted on in commits 99dbf72 and 80ff175: the narrating comment at the guard site was replaced with a SAFETY line stating the invariant, and the hand-rolled \"{}\" was swapped for bun_core::fmt::quote(str). I confirmed quoted_writer (fmt.rs:1460) dispatches to js_printer::write_json_string when the input contains a quote, so the test's JSON.stringify(specifier) expectation for './has a "quote".js' will match. The coderabbitai threads on this revision were resolved by a non-author. Exit reason was dry_streak. Small, focused, well-tested — approving.

On a debug ASAN build the fs.readFile churn test and the 96-worker
resolve-failure test run at 3 to 6.5 seconds, against the 5 second
default. Use the same isDebug timeout that the un-awaited import()
test in the same block already has. Release builds are unchanged.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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…g their timeout

A worker takes about 150ms to start on a debug ASAN build. The 96-worker
resolve-failure test and the 48-worker fs.readFile churn test ran at 3
to 6.5 seconds against the 5 second default. Run 4 rounds instead of 12
on debug builds. Release builds run the same workload as before.

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LGTM — all earlier feedback is addressed: the specifier is now quoted via bun_core::fmt::quote, the narrating comment is gone, and the two slow terminate() tests shrink their round count under debug builds instead of raising a per-test timeout.

What was reviewed:

  • The scopeguard reorder in WebWorker::create — set_log now points at the guard's own slot after the guard is armed, and the drop closure restores prev_log before the guarded Log drops, so the raw pointer is never left dangling.
  • bun_core::fmt::quote routes through write_json_string when the input contains a quote, so the test's JSON.stringify(specifier) expectation matches for both fixture specifiers.
  • isDebug was already imported in worker.test.ts; the remaining isDebug ? 30_000 : 5_000 at line 669 is pre-existing and untouched by this diff.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes new Worker(entry, { preload: [...] }) throwing TypeError: undefined when a preload specifier fails to resolve. Two changes in src/jsc/web_worker.rs: (1) the temporary bun_ast::Log is now constructed directly inside the scopeguard and the transpiler is pointed at that slot afterward, so the resolver writes to the same Log the error path reads (previously it wrote to a moved-from stack local); (2) a SpecifierRole enum lets resolve_entry_point_specifier emit "{err} resolving preload {quoted}" for preloads while leaving the entry-point path unchanged. test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts gains a describe.each over both preload shapes (string and array) with two specifiers (one containing a "), asserting the exact TypeError message; two unrelated terminate()-race stress tests now scale rounds down under isDebug.

Security risks

None. No user-controlled input reaches a new trust boundary; the change only reorders existing raw-pointer log-swap code and formats an error string. The specifier echoed into the error message is quoted through the repo's JSON-escaping helper, so no injection into log output.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The unsafe block manipulating (*parent).transpiler.log was already present; this PR reorders it into a shape that is strictly more correct (guard armed before the pointer swap, set_log targets memory that outlives the pointer's use, drop closure restores prev_log before the guarded value drops). I traced bun_core::fmt::quote → quoted_writer → write_json_string to confirm the test's JSON.stringify expectation matches for both the plain and quote-containing fixture specifiers.

Other factors

This is the fifth review pass. Every earlier inline comment I left has a corresponding fix commit: 99dbf729 (quote helper), a906c193 (comment trim), and 39553746 (workload shrink replacing the timeout bump). No third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED remain; the coderabbitai threads were resolved by a non-author. Bug hunter exited on dry_streak with zero findings. The change is small, well-tested, and follows REVIEW.md's guidance on error wording, quoting, RAII ordering, and test workload scaling.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

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Status: the diff is complete and reviewed. Three CI runs so far (110823, 110853, 110866) were each red only on tests this PR does not touch: quic-endpoint.test.ts (lsquic leak, x64-asan), spawn-stdin-destroy.test.ts (EPIPE, Windows x64), fetch-leak.test.ts (x64), and regression/issue/10887.test.ts (test runner worker stalled, alpine). Each is reported separately. test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts passed on every lane in all three runs. Ready for a maintainer.

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