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WebAssembly.Exception: format and source-map the traceStack stack like an Error stack (WebKit bump for oven-sh/WebKit#641) - #42506

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Blocked on oven-sh/WebKit#641, which waits for #42486.

Problem

  • new WebAssembly.Exception(tag, [], { traceStack: true }).stack is thrower@/t.js:3:35\nmodule code@/t.js:5:35: JSC's own format, positions of the transpiled file, no Error.prepareStackTrace. An Error on the next line gives Error\n at thrower (/t.js:5:10).
  • The cause is in JSC. WebAssemblyExceptionConstructor.cpp:102 builds the string with Interpreter::stackTraceAsString, so bun's formatter hook VM::onComputeErrorInfoJSValue never runs.

Fix

Background

  • VM::onComputeErrorInfoJSValue is a bun addition to JSC. ErrorInstance calls it on the first read of stack. bun formats the frames V8-style there, applies source maps and calls Error.prepareStackTrace.
  • traceStack is an option of the WebAssembly.Exception constructor. The spec leaves the text of stack to the engine.
  • A preview pin is a build the fork's CI made for an open WebKit PR.
Notes

[policy-decision:webkit] gate passed · iteration 0 · 2 files touched

passes on PR (with fix)
Test-only change.

Debug/ASAN (expected pass):
$ bun bd test 'test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js'
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js"
bun test v1.4.3 (6a92015fc)

test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js:
(pass) Regular .stack [7.72ms]
(pass) throw inside Error.prepareStackTrace doesnt crash [22.69ms]
(pass) capture stack trace [9.74ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with message [7.47ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with constructor [5.60ms]
(pass) capture stack trace limit [23.90ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace [13.39ms]
(pass) capture stack trace second argument [18.20ms]
(pass) capture stack trace edge cases [13.40ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace installs .stack as non-enumerable [23.10ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace call sites [14.86ms]
(pass) sanity check [14.94ms]
(pass) CallFrame isEval works as expected [9.11ms]
(pass) CallFrame isTopLevel returns false for Function constructor [9.58ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.getThisgetFunction: strict/sloppy mode interaction [9.84ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isConstructor [3.40ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isNative [3.48ms]
(pass) return non-strings from Error.prepareStackTrace [3.59ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.toString [3.47ms]
(pass) err.stack should invoke prepareStackTrace [16.79ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStackTrace inside a node:vm works [96.83ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace inside error constructor works [8.21ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStackTrace has a default implementation which behaves the same as being unset [429.60ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStackTrace returns a CallSite object [7.37ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace updates the stack property each call, even if Error.prepareStackTrace is set [25.15ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace updates the stack property each call [12.60ms]
(pass) calling .stack later uses the stored StackTrace [10.39ms]
(pass) calling .stack on a non-materialized Error updates the stack properly [11.61ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStackTrace on an array with non-CallSite objects doesn't crash [5.76ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStac
... (truncated)
Exit: 0
diff hotspot
scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts                |  2 +-
 test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file
file                                         reads  edits  tests
scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts                     1      0     12
test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js      0      0     12

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The PR updates the default WebKit autobuild identifier and adds V8 stack trace tests for WebAssembly.Exception, including formatting, call-site hooks, prototype behavior, and source-mapped TypeScript positions.

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WebKit build target

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update WebKit build identifier
scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts
WEBKIT_VERSION now uses the autobuild-preview-pr-641-05a48085 release identifier.

WebAssembly stack trace tests

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add WebAssembly exception stack tests
test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js
Adds imports and tests for V8-style formatting, Error.prepareStackTrace, prototype-backed stack, and source-mapped TypeScript positions.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 218e5

Replace the preview WebKit pin with the merged main-branch commit before merging this PR.

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Comment thread scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts
* From https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit releases.
*/
export const WEBKIT_VERSION = "cf1b36ec8703d8e87436094d21d478d358c7d886";
export const WEBKIT_VERSION = "autobuild-preview-pr-641-05a48085";

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🔴 WEBKIT_VERSION is pinned to autobuild-preview-pr-641-05a48085, an ephemeral preview-PR release; merging this makes every fresh checkout's build depend on an artifact that is deleted once oven-sh/WebKit#641 closes, whereas the base pin is a permanent merged-commit SHA. Fix: before merge, repin to the merged commit's 40-hex SHA on oven-sh/WebKit main and confirm prebuilt tarballs exist for every platform×{debug,lto,asan,musl} flavor prebuiltSuffix() produces (per .claude/docs/landing-prs.md "Dependencies & vendoring": never merge a pin to preview tags or unmerged-PR builds).

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prebuiltUrl() in scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts:68-75 turns this value into https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/releases/download/autobuild-preview-pr-641-05a48085/bun-webkit-<os>-<arch><suffix>.tar.gz. Preview autobuild-preview-pr-* releases are transient CI artifacts for unmerged PRs; once WebKit#641 is merged or closed the release is removed and dep_fetch 404s, so bun bd fails from a clean cache on this commit (base branch pins a permanent autobuild-<sha> release that never disappears). The PR author states this is not mergeable as-is; landing-prs.md line 47 makes it a hard block. No other files reference the old SHA (grep clean), so only this line needs the repin.

Verification: normal — acknowledged in diff: the PR description states "This is a preview pin and must be repinned to a commit on the fork's main once #641 merges; it is not mergeable as is," and that claim holds against the code. The diff at /home/claude/bun/scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts:6 changes WEBKIT_VERSION from the permanent 40-hex merged-commit SHA "cf1b36ec8703d8e87436094d21d478d358c7d886"…

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Correct. The preview pin is there so that CI runs the new tests against oven-sh/WebKit#641, and this PR must not merge with it. I leave this thread open as the merge gate. When #641 lands I repin to the merge commit on the fork's main, check that its autobuild-<sha> release has a tarball for every platform and flavor, and resolve the thread.

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Status: draft. It waits for oven-sh/WebKit#641, and #641 waits for #42486: bun prints a wasm frame as at unknown until #42486, so with #641 alone a traceStack stack that crosses wasm loses the wasm function names. This PR carries the tests and a preview pin, and it must not merge with the pin. The WEBKIT_VERSION line conflicts with main since main moved to WebKit d3720d515e14. I rebase this PR, and oven-sh/WebKit#641 with it, when #42486 is in.

Reproduction (bun 1.4.3, canary and main):

// line 1
// line 2
function thrower() {
  const tag = new WebAssembly.Tag({ parameters: [] });
  return new WebAssembly.Exception(tag, [], { traceStack: true });
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(thrower().stack));

Before: "thrower@/t.js:3:35\nmodule code@/t.js:5:35". With this pin: "Error\n at thrower (/t.js:5:26)\n at /t.js:7:28".

bun bd test test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js: 50 pass with the pin. bun 1.4.3 fails 3 of the 4 new tests.

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