[robobun]

Problem

• On macOS, fs.copyFile(src, dest, COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE) throws EEXIST when dest exists. COPYFILE_FICLONE overwrites the same file. copyFile must overwrite unless COPYFILE_EXCL is set.
• The cause is the forced clone branch in copy_file_inner (src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs). It calls clonefile(2) directly, and clonefile refuses an existing destination. copy_single_file_sync has the same shape.

Fix

• Both forced clone branches now call one helper, clonefile_force. Without COPYFILE_EXCL it clones src to a temporary name next to dest, then renames the clone over dest. The rename replaces dest atomically.
• A failed clonefile (EXDEV, ENOTSUP, a missing src) returns before dest is touched, so no failure removes the existing file. A failed rename removes the temporary clone.
• With COPYFILE_EXCL, nothing changes: clonefile goes straight to dest and returns EEXIST. Linux is not affected. Its forced path opens dest with O_CREAT and then calls ioctl(FICLONE).
• Verified: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts, new test COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE overwrites an existing destination (macOS only). I have no macOS machine here. The macOS build was checked with cargo check -p bun_runtime --target aarch64-apple-darwin. The macOS CI lanes prove the fix.

Background

• clonefile(2) is the macOS syscall that creates a copy-on-write clone of a file on APFS. It fails with EEXIST when the destination path exists, with EXDEV across volumes, and with ENOTSUP on a file system without clone support. The kernel checks EEXIST first, so an unlink-and-retry would delete dest before it learns that the clone is impossible.
• COPYFILE_FICLONE asks for a clone but falls back to a normal copy. COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE asks for a clone and fails when a clone is not possible. Neither flag changes the overwrite rule. Only COPYFILE_EXCL does.
• Node (libuv) returns ENOSYS for COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE on macOS. Bun supports the flag through clonefile, so this is Bun's own semantics, and the two flags must agree on overwrite.

Notes

• Self-reviewed: three concerns raised, all addressed. The first version unlinked dest before clonefile. That deleted dest on any clone failure and deleted the file when src and dest were the same inode. The second version cloned first and unlinked on EEXIST, which still lost dest on EXDEV or ENOTSUP. The temporary name plus rename closes all of these.
• The temporary name is dest plus the FileSystem::tmpname suffix (.<hex>-<counter>.tmp), so it is always in the same directory and on the same volume as dest. ENAMETOOLONG is returned when it does not fit in a path buffer.
• The same file as src and dest (same path, or a symlink to dest) now succeeds and keeps the content: the clone of the file replaces the file.
• The test accepts ENOTSUP and EXDEV from the first forced copy, the same as Node's test-fs-copyfile.js, so a runner whose temp volume cannot clone does not fail. EEXIST (the bug) is still reported.
• The test covers copyFileSync, callback fs.copyFile, and fs.promises.copyFile. It checks the overwrite, that COPYFILE_EXCL still throws EEXIST, that a missing src leaves dest intact, the same-file cases, and that no temporary file is left behind.
• fs.cp does not pass COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE into copy_single_file_sync today. That branch is changed to keep the two copies in sync.

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macOS force-clone copies now use temporary clone paths and rename replacement when overwriting is allowed. Direct cloning remains in use for exclusive copies. Tests cover all supported copyFile APIs and related error cases.

Changes

macOS force-clone behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Implement overwrite-safe force cloning src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs	The shared macOS helper uses direct cloning for exclusive copies and temporary clone-and-rename replacement for overwrite-enabled copies. Both force-clone paths use the helper.
Validate force-clone copy APIs test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts	macOS-only tests cover synchronous, callback, and promise-based APIs, including overwrite, exclusivity, source and destination errors, self-copy, symlink sources, and temporary-file cleanup.

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[claude]

Both earlier concerns are now handled in clonefile_force: the clone is attempted before dest is touched, and the st_dev/st_ino guard returns EINVAL for same-file (including the symlink case) before any unlink. The new tests exercise all three entry points and the same-file/symlink paths.

Extended reasoning...

Confirmed the two issues raised in the prior review are addressed by the new clonefile_force helper at src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:416-452: the initial clonefile runs before any destructive step, and the same-inode comparison (following stat, which resolves symlinks) short-circuits to EINVAL before unlink. The added test covers sync/callback/promises, EXCL, missing-source, and same-file via both direct path and symlink. The remaining inline finding is separate from what was previously raised.

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[claude]

I reviewed the temp-then-rename redesign and it closes the data-loss cases from the earlier iterations: dest is never unlinked, so cross-volume/ENOTSUP clones and same-inode copies leave the file intact, and the temp clone is removed on rename failure. Since the author had no macOS machine and the test continues on ENOTSUP/EXDEV, a human should confirm the macOS CI lane actually exercised the assertions rather than skipping.

What was reviewed

• clonefile_force: temp path built from dest + FileSystem::tmpname in a pooled buffer (RAII PoolGuard), NUL-terminated, ENAMETOOLONG on overflow; clone happens before any mutation of dest, unlink(tmp) on rename failure.
• Both is_force_clone() call sites route through the same helper; COPYFILE_EXCL still calls clonefile directly so EEXIST propagates unchanged.
• Test covers sync/callback/promises, EXCL|FORCE → EEXIST, missing-src leaves dest intact, self-copy via path and symlink, and no dest.* leftovers.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes fs.copyFile(src, dest, COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE) on macOS, which previously threw EEXIST when dest existed because clonefile(2) refuses an existing destination. The final design adds clonefile_force() in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs: without COPYFILE_EXCL, it clones src to a randomly-suffixed sibling of dest and then rename(2)s over dest; with COPYFILE_EXCL, it calls clonefile directly. Both macOS force-clone call sites (copy_file_inner and copy_single_file_sync) are rewired to the helper. A macOS-gated test in test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts exercises all three API forms.

Security risks

None identified. The temp path is derived from the caller-supplied dest plus a .hex-counter.tmp suffix, so it stays in the same directory and volume; no untrusted length is used for allocation (the pooled PathBuffer is fixed-size and the code returns ENAMETOOLONG when the concatenation would overflow). No privilege, network, or auth surface is touched.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. This is native filesystem code on a data-integrity path, and the PR's own history shows two earlier iterations that would have deleted the user's file (unlink-before-clone, then unlink-on-EEXIST-before-EXDEV-check). The current temp-then-rename design is the standard atomic-overwrite pattern and I traced each of the three prior failure modes through it: same-inode copies clone the file to tmp then rename the clone back over itself (content preserved); EXDEV/ENOTSUP/ENOENT fail at the clonefile step before dest is touched; and because dest is never unlinked, XNU's EEXIST-before-EXDEV ordering is no longer relevant. The pooled path buffer is a PoolGuard released on drop, and ZStr::from_buf is called with the NUL correctly placed at tmp_buf[tmp_len] after a tmp_len >= tmp_buf.len() guard.

Other factors

The author states they have no macOS machine and verified only via cargo check --target aarch64-apple-darwin plus CI. The test treats ENOTSUP/EXDEV on the first forced copy as a skip (continue), so on a runner whose temp volume lacks clone support the loop runs zero assertions. GitHub-hosted macOS runners use APFS for the temp volume so this should exercise, but a human confirming the macOS lane actually hit the assertions (rather than three silent continues) is the remaining gap before merge. All prior review threads on this PR were author-self-resolved; the one non-author-resolved thread (coderabbit on the test) had a follow-up commit.

[robobun]

On the remaining point from the review: the test tolerated ENOTSUP and EXDEV on every run, so a runner without clone support would have passed with no assertion. df8b1de keeps that tolerance for local runs only. On CI (the macOS runners use APFS) the test now fails if the forced clone does not succeed, so a green macOS lane means the assertions ran.

[claude]

The clone-to-temp-then-rename approach in clonefile_force resolves the concerns from earlier rounds — cross-volume, non-APFS, missing-source, and same-file cases now all leave dest intact because clonefile runs against a fresh sibling path before anything touches dest, and the kernel's EEXIST-before-EXDEV ordering is no longer in play. I didn't find further issues; since the author has no macOS box and this is entirely #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]-gated, the remaining gate is a green macOS CI lane on the new test.

What was reviewed

• Traced every exit from clonefile_force: clone failure returns before dest is touched; rename failure unlinks the temp; success renames it away — no path leaves a temp file.
• Checked temp-path construction: dest + tmpname suffix stays in dest's directory (same volume), the length check reserves the NUL byte, and overflow returns ENAMETOOLONG rather than panicking.
• Confirmed both force-clone call sites (copy_file_inner and copy_single_file_sync) route through the shared helper, and the test covers sync/callback/promises with EXCL, ENOENT, self-copy, symlink-self-copy, and temp-file-leftover assertions.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes fs.copyFile / copyFileSync with COPYFILE_FICLONE_FORCE on macOS so an existing destination is overwritten (matching the semantics of every other copyFile mode without COPYFILE_EXCL). The base branch called clonefile(2) directly on dest, which fails EEXIST when the target exists. The fix adds a #[cfg(target_os = "macos")] helper clonefile_force in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs that clones src to a randomly-suffixed sibling of dest, then rename(2)s over dest. Both macOS force-clone call sites now delegate to it. A macOS-gated test in test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts exercises sync/callback/promises variants and covers overwrite, EXCL, missing source, self-copy (direct and via symlink), and temp-file cleanup, tolerating ENOTSUP/EXDEV only outside CI.

Security risks

None identified. Paths are caller-supplied (same trust boundary as every other fs.copyFile argument); the temp name is derived from FileSystem::tmpname (hash ^ nanotime + counter) and lives in the same directory as dest, so no new traversal or cross-volume surface. The path buffer comes from bun_paths::path_buffer_pool, the length is bounds-checked before the copy, and overflow returns ENAMETOOLONG instead of panicking or writing past the buffer.

Level of scrutiny

Elevated. This PR went through eight commits and five prior review rounds because earlier attempts (unlink-then-clone, clone-then-unlink-on-EEXIST) each had a data-loss window — deleting dest before learning that the clone would fail for EXDEV/ENOTSUP, or deleting dest when src and dest were the same inode. The current temp+rename design closes all of those: the only mutation to dest is an atomic rename that runs after a successful clone. I re-traced each earlier objection against the final code and each is addressed. The author states they have no macOS machine and verified only via cargo check --target aarch64-apple-darwin, so runtime behavior is unverified outside CI.

Other factors

All prior inline threads were resolved by the PR author (self-resolution), but the code itself now demonstrably addresses each one, so I'm treating them as closed on the merits rather than on the resolution metadata. No CODEOWNERS entry covers these files. The test is comprehensive for the variant matrix and asserts specific error codes, not bare toThrow(). Deferring rather than approving because the entire change is macOS-only, the author could not run it, and a human should confirm the macOS CI lane actually exercised the new test (the !isCI escape hatch means a misconfigured runner would silently skip the assertions).