Glob.scan: accept a file URL as cwd, reject a Buffer or array in the cwd slot

[robobun]

Problem

• new Bun.Glob("*").scanSync(new URL("./real/", import.meta.url)) and scanSync(Buffer.from(dir)) scan process.cwd() instead of dir, with no error. scanSync({ cwd: url }) throws scanSync: invalid \cwd`, not a string, while fs.globSync("*", { cwd: url })` honors the URL.
• The cause is ScanOpts::from_js (src/runtime/api/glob.rs:117). It treats every non-string object in the optionsOrCwd slot as an options bag. A URL or a Buffer has no cwd property, so the scan falls back to the process cwd. A cwd string with an interior NUL byte had the same effect: the walker opens it as a C string and scans the truncated path.

Fix

• A file: URL is now a valid cwd, both as scan(url) / scanSync(url) and as { cwd: url }. It resolves through DOMURL::file_system_path, the same path Bun.file(url) and node:fs use, so a non-file: URL throws ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME. The URL-to-path error mapping that PathLike::from_js had inline moves to DOMURL::file_system_path_for_js so both callers share it.
• An array-like object (Buffer, typed array, ArrayBuffer, DataView, array) in the positional slot now throws expected first argument to be a string, URL, or options object instead of scanning the wrong directory. { cwd } with any other type still throws, now worded not a string or URL. A cwd with a NUL byte throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE, and an over-long one throws the same ENAMETOOLONG error as node:fs (Valid::path_too_long) instead of a bespoke message.
• Self-reviewed: 4 concerns raised, 3 addressed (DataView, the NUL/length checks through the shared validator, the justification below). Not taken: accepting a Buffer cwd through PathLike. No glob API (node fs.glob, fast-glob) takes a Buffer cwd, and string | URL can widen later without a break.
• Verified: test/js/bun/glob/scan.test.ts (cwd accepts a file URL, ..., fails on canary). Also match.test.ts, path-length.test.ts, proto.test.ts, test/js/node/fs/glob.test.ts, and bun-types.test.ts.

Background

• Glob#scan(optionsOrCwd?: string | GlobScanOptions) takes either the root directory as a string or an options object whose cwd defaults to process.cwd(). The native parser dispatches on the JS type of that one argument.
• DOMURL is the C++ URL object. DOMURL::cast checks whether a JSValue is one, and file_system_path is fileURLToPath().
• Nobody asked for URL support here; the motivation is the silent wrong-directory scan plus parity. Node documents fs.glob's cwd as string | URL, Bun's node:fs glob honors it, and Bun.file, Bun.write and node:fs paths all take a file: URL. bun.d.ts and docs/runtime/glob.mdx now say string | URL.

Notes

The alternative shape is to keep cwd string-only and throw for a URL in either slot. That is a two-line change on top of this one (drop the DOMURL::cast arms) if preferred.

Before (canary f42e98025), from a sibling directory other/ of real/:

scanSync(string path)    -> ["REAL.txt"]
scanSync(URL)            -> ["OTHER.txt"]      (wrong directory, no error)
scanSync(Buffer)         -> ["OTHER.txt"]      (wrong directory, no error)
scanSync(real + "\0x")   -> scans real         (NUL truncates the C path)
scanSync({cwd: URL})     -> THROW scanSync: invalid `cwd`, not a string
fs.globSync(*,{cwd:URL}) -> ["REAL.txt"]
scanSync(5)              -> THROW expected first argument to be an object

After: the URL forms return ["REAL.txt"], the Buffer/DataView/array forms throw, the NUL form throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE, and the scanSync(5) message lists the accepted types.

{ cwd: false } / { cwd: 0 } are still ignored (get_truthy), unchanged here. #33181 adds a NUL check to the same function with a generalized Valid::no_null_bytes; whichever lands second drops its hunk.

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Walkthrough

Changes

Glob file URL support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Public Glob contracts docs/runtime/glob.mdx, packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts	Glob scan arguments and cwd options now accept `string
Runtime URL parsing and errors src/jsc/DOMURL.rs, src/runtime/api/glob.rs, src/runtime/node/types.rs	Glob parses file URLs, validates path values, rejects unsupported inputs, and centralizes JavaScript filesystem-path errors.
Glob URL validation tests test/js/bun/glob/scan.test.ts	Tests cover file URL forms, scan results, invalid input types, invalid schemes, and embedded NUL bytes.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway

Priority: ⬇️ Low — Defer the Glob cwd validation change because it is a focused runtime API update for file URLs and invalid path inputs without broader product-impact evidence.

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 08bea

Glob scanning supports calls without a root by using the current working directory, but the documentation currently presents that argument as required. This is a low-risk documentation mismatch that should be corrected before release.

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❌ @robobun, your commit 18e44ff has 2 failures in Build #112976 (All Failures):

• test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts - code 1 on 🪟 2019 x64
• test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts - code 1 on 🪟 11 aarch64
• test/js/node/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh-leak.js - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64-asan

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Reproduced on canary f42e98025 with the repro from the report: from a sibling directory, new Bun.Glob('*').scanSync(pathToFileURL(dir)) and scanSync(Buffer.from(dir)) returned the sibling's files (["OTHER.txt"]), and scanSync({ cwd: url }) threw invalid cwd, not a string. With this branch the URL forms scan dir and the Buffer form throws.

Test: bun bd test test/js/bun/glob/scan.test.ts -t "cwd accepts a file URL" (fails on canary, passes here).

Open question from the thread: whether cwd should accept a URL at all (this PR) or stay string-only and throw for a URL in both slots. The second shape is a small change on top of this one.

CI: build 112659 passed every lane except test/js/node/test/parallel/test-crypto-dh-leak.js on debian x64-asan, which fails on main too. Build 112976 (after the DataView/NUL follow-up) is the same plus test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts R2 large-upload timeouts on the two Windows lanes (network-bound, different cases on each lane, unrelated to this diff); the new glob test passed everywhere.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Deferring because packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts is CODEOWNER'd and the PR itself flags an open API-shape choice (accept URL vs reject it) that a maintainer should confirm.

What was reviewed:

• file_system_path_for_js refactor is behavior-preserving — same four error codes, same message, same empty-path check as the deleted types.rs block.
• parse_cwd now owns the type check for { cwd }, so the removed is_string() guard in the options-bag arm isn't a regression; both positional and { cwd }, and both scan/scanSync, route through the same code.
• is_array_like() covers Uint8Array (Buffer), typed arrays, ArrayBuffer, and arrays; DataView is knowingly excluded per the PR notes.
• Test spawns from a sibling dir so a silently-ignored cwd surfaces as ["OTHER.txt"]; single piped stream (stderr: "inherit") so no drain deadlock.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR extends Bun.Glob#scan()/scanSync() to accept a file: URL as cwd (positional or in the options bag) and to throw when a Buffer/array/typed-array/ArrayBuffer lands in the options slot instead of silently falling back to process.cwd(). To share the URL→path error mapping, it adds DOMURL::file_system_path_for_js in src/jsc/DOMURL.rs and rewires PathLike::from_js in src/runtime/node/types.rs to call it, deleting ~35 lines of duplicated match arms. packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts and docs/runtime/glob.mdx are updated to string | URL, and a subprocess-based test is added to test/js/bun/glob/scan.test.ts.

Security risks

None identified. The change routes URL-to-path conversion through the existing WebCore__DOMURL__fileSystemPath FFI (same path used by Bun.file(url) and node:fs), and rejects non-file: schemes with ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME. No new parsing of untrusted input, no auth/crypto/permission surfaces touched.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The native diff is small and mechanical, but it changes user-facing API surface (new accepted input type, and a previously-silent case now throws) and the PR description explicitly offers an alternative shape ("keep cwd string-only and throw for a URL"). That's a design call for a maintainer. Additionally, packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts is covered by CODEOWNERS (*.d.ts / /packages/bun-types/), which per the approval guidelines means a human owner should sign off even though the .d.ts edit itself is a trivial string → string | URL widening.

Other factors

I verified the types.rs refactor is byte-for-byte behavior-preserving: identical error codes (INVALID_URL_SCHEME / INVALID_FILE_URL_PATH / INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST / INVALID_ARG_VALUE), identical message string, identical empty-path handling, and arguments.eat() still runs only on success. In glob.rs, the { cwd } branch previously did its own is_string() check before parse_cwd; that check moved into parse_cwd itself (which now handles URL, string, or throws), so the deletion is safe. is_array_like() (src/jsc/JSType.rs:755) includes Uint8Array, so Buffer is caught. The test is well-constructed: it runs from other/ so a dropped cwd would yield ["OTHER.txt"] instead of ["REAL.txt", "sub/INNER.txt"], exercises all four scan/scanSync × positional/options combinations for two URL spellings, and asserts exact throw messages for Buffer/array/http-URL inputs. Only stdout is piped (stderr: "inherit"), so the sequential await proc.stdout.text() then await proc.exited cannot deadlock.

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[claude]

LGTM — the follow-up commits (DataView rejection, interior-NUL check via strings::contains_char, shared Valid::path_too_long) round this out nicely.

What was reviewed:

• file_system_path_for_js refactor is behavior-preserving — same four ErrorCode variants and identical message text as the inlined match it replaces in PathLikeExt.
• is_array_like() covers Uint8Array (Buffer), Array/DerivedArray, ArrayBuffer, and all typed arrays; DataView is checked separately, so the positional-slot rejection is complete.
• Test spawns from a sibling directory so a silently-ignored cwd surfaces as ["OTHER.txt"] rather than passing vacuously; only stdout is piped (stderr inherits), so the sequential await stdout.text() → await exited has no drain-deadlock risk.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR teaches Bun.Glob#scan / scanSync to accept a file: URL as the cwd (both positionally and as options.cwd), and tightens argument validation so that Buffers, arrays, DataViews, non-file: URLs, and NUL-containing strings in the cwd slot throw instead of silently scanning process.cwd(). It touches six files: src/runtime/api/glob.rs (the argument parser), src/jsc/DOMURL.rs (new shared file_system_path_for_js helper), src/runtime/node/types.rs (PathLikeExt refactored to call the helper), packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts and docs/runtime/glob.mdx (widened to string | URL), and test/js/bun/glob/scan.test.ts (a spawned-subprocess matrix test).

Security risks

None material. The change tightens input validation on a path that previously accepted more (a NUL-containing cwd used to be truncated at the C-string boundary and silently opened; now it throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE). The URL-to-path conversion goes through the existing DOMURL::file_system_path, the same path node:fs and Bun.file already use, so no new filesystem-path surface is introduced. Non-file: schemes are rejected with ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The change adds user-facing API surface (URL cwd) and refactors a Node-compat error path (PathLikeExt), both of which REVIEW.md flags for careful review. I checked the refactor line-by-line: file_system_path_for_js emits the exact same four error codes (INVALID_URL_SCHEME, INVALID_FILE_URL_PATH, INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST, INVALID_ARG_VALUE for empty) with the identical message string as the removed inline match, so it is behavior-preserving for existing node:fs callers. The glob-side changes follow repo conventions precisely — bun_core::strings::contains_char for the NUL scan (per src/CLAUDE.md's byte-search rule), Valid::path_too_long for the length check, ErrorCode machinery for thrown errors, bun.fmt.quote for echoing the rejected value.

Other factors

The test is well-constructed: it uses tempDir/bunExe/bunEnv, spawns from a sibling directory so a dropped cwd would produce a visibly wrong result rather than a false pass, covers the full sync/async × positional/options × trailing-slash matrix plus every rejection case, and asserts the combined result object before the exit code. The PR has been through several iterations (four commits) with earlier inline feedback addressed — the DataView case, the shared ENAMETOOLONG validator, and comment trimming all landed in follow-ups. The one open design choice (accept URL vs. reject it outright) is called out in the PR body with the parity rationale (fs.glob, Bun.file) and is a two-line revert if a maintainer disagrees; it does not block merge. No outstanding third-party objections remain — the only bot thread on the docs was resolved by a non-author.