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Bun.build() ran a nested event loop (wait_for_promise) inside the call when a plugin's setup(), or the last plugin's onStart() callbacks, gave back a promise that was still pending. A promise that never settles, or that only code after the Bun.build() call can settle, made the call never return. Bun.build() now creates its promise first. When a setup() step is still pending, the rest of the config parse moves into a reaction on that promise: the remaining setup() calls, the options read after them, and the bundle. The values that the reaction needs are in its context array and nowhere else. Nothing is rooted and no native memory is held while a build waits, so a promise that is collected without settling takes the build with it. An error that follows a pending setup() now rejects the returned promise. An error before any pending step is still thrown by the call.
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Status Reproduced with the script from the report on the released bun 1.4.3: with a On this branch all arms return a promise, a caller-side
Fix: #42680 (this PR). |
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In `@src/runtime/api/JSBundler.rs`:
- Around line 1397-1399: Update the initial PromiseResult::Rejected branch in
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runSetupFunction hands back a .then() result, which is still pending when setup() returns, so the settled arms were not reachable. Send every promise to the reaction. An error that a setup() promise carries then always rejects the promise that Bun.build() returned, also when the promise was already rejected, and is never thrown by the call. Add both already-rejected shapes to the rejection test.
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…again advance() and park() are now one step, run(). The resolve reaction rejects the promise that Bun.build() returned for an error from either, so a park() that fails (out of memory) does not leave it pending.
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src/runtime/api/JSBundler.rs (1)
1359-1359: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftRoot the plugin before unrooted JavaScript operations.
run_next_setup()performs JavaScript property access beforeJSBundlerPlugin__runSetupFunctionreceives the plugin asthis.Config::from_js()also executes JavaScript beforeprotect(). A getter in either path can trigger GC whilePendingBuild::pluginstores onlyNonNull<Plugin>, leaving the laterprotect()or completion-task use dangling. The activesetup()call frame itself roots the plugin, so that callback is not the unsafe interval.
then_with_valueroots the plugin through the promise context only when parking completes. Keep exactly one root during preparation, parking, resumption, rejection, and completion. Avoid double-protecting or leaking the root.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/runtime/api/JSBundler.rs`:
- Line 1359: Update the plugin lifecycle around PendingBuild and run_next_setup
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Forces a full collection from the getters that Bun.build() reads while the plugin object of the bundler is held only by the native stack, or by the context array of the reaction, and checks that the build still uses the plugin's onLoad().
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On the CodeRabbit finding "Root the plugin before unrooted JavaScript operations" (outside the diff, so it has no thread): not a bug, no change to the lifetime. Evidence below, and a new test. Why the cell is alive. Measured. A fixture forces Why not add a root. A 09f0e54 adds the fixture as "a GC while the plugins are validated and the options are parsed does not collect what the build needs". |
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A second run worked on the same hang from another report and found this PR only at the end. I did not open a PR. The work is on one commit, Diff summary: the same shape as this PR (return the promise, continue from a native reaction, plugin cell not rooted while the build waits). The differences: a Two behaviour differences from this PR. A reviewer can decide if they matter. 1. Process lifetime while the build waits. This PR holds no keep-alive (Notes, "Decisions"). The released bun blocks in the call, so this script prints Bun.build({
entrypoints: ["./entry.js"],
plugins: [
{
name: "unref",
async setup() {
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1).unref());
},
},
],
}).then(result => console.log("built", result.success));On my branch the parked build holds a loop ref until the bundle is scheduled. A 2. A promise that is already rejected when The tests on the branch ( |
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I ran the reproduction of #42791 (closed) against this branch at 09f0e54, debug build, Linux x64. That report is a This branch fixes it, because the wait is gone:
Other entries still run the event loop from inside a handler and are not in scope here: async macros ( |
…#42811) ### Problem - `drainMicrotasks()` from `bun:jsc` runs the task queue of the event loop. A call inside a callback runs the callbacks of completed I/O and of posted messages beneath that callback. Four `fs.readFile` callbacks that each call it nest to depth 4. - The cause is `Bun__drainMicrotasks` (`src/jsc/virtual_machine_exports.rs:40`). It calls `EventLoop::tick()`, which runs every queued task. ### Fix - `functionDrainMicrotasks` (`src/jsc/modules/BunJSCModule.h`) calls `Zig::GlobalObject::drainMicrotasks()` in place of `tick()`. That function runs the `process.nextTick` queue and the JSC microtask queue, and nothing else. The `Bun__drainMicrotasks` export had no other caller and is removed. - Correct because a microtask checkpoint is what the name promises. The order of promise reactions, `queueMicrotask()` and `process.nextTick()` callbacks does not change. Queued tasks run after the current callback returns. - Behaviour change: the call no longer runs the callbacks of completed I/O, and no longer reports unhandled rejections before it returns. The `bun:jsc` type documentation now says so. - Verified: `test/js/bun/jsc/bun-jsc.test.ts` (the released bun fails the two new tests). Also `serve-direct-readable-stream.test.ts` and the `bun-types` test. ### Background - A task is one unit of work in the queue of Bun's event loop: a completed file read, a `postMessage` delivery. The loop runs one task, then a microtask checkpoint. - A microtask checkpoint runs the `process.nextTick` queue and the promise job queue until both are empty. - `EventLoop::tick()` is one loop turn. A call to it from inside a task runs other tasks before the first task returns: the event loop is re-entered. #42680 and #36159 remove the same thing from `Bun.build()` and from the auto-install wait. <details><summary>Notes</summary> **Repro** (bun 1.4.3-canary.1+09bb54630, linux x64) ```js const { drainMicrotasks } = require("bun:jsc"); const fs = require("fs"); let depth = 0, maxDepth = 0, n = 0; function cb() { maxDepth = Math.max(maxDepth, ++depth); const until = performance.now() + 100; // let the thread pool complete the other reads while (performance.now() < until) {} drainMicrotasks(); depth--; if (++n === 4) console.log("maxDepth", maxDepth); } for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) fs.readFile(__filename, cb); ``` Released bun: `maxDepth 4`. This branch: `maxDepth 1`. The tests use two deterministic variants, with no timing: - A `MessageChannel` on one thread. `port1.postMessage()` queues the delivery task at once. The released bun runs `port2.onmessage` inside `drainMicrotasks()`. - A `Worker` that posts a message and then sets a flag in a `SharedArrayBuffer`. The main thread blocks in `Atomics.wait` on the flag, so the task is in the queue when `drainMicrotasks()` runs. The released bun runs `worker.onmessage` inside `drainMicrotasks()`. **Fail-before and pass-after** - `USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 bun test test/js/bun/jsc/bun-jsc.test.ts -t drainMicrotasks`: 2 fail, 2 pass. - `bun bd test test/js/bun/jsc/bun-jsc.test.ts`: 41 pass, 0 fail. The same with `BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1` for the `drainMicrotasks` block. **What stays the same** (compared on the released bun and on this branch, identical output) - `Promise.resolve().then(a); queueMicrotask(b); process.nextTick(c); drainMicrotasks()` runs `a`, `c`, `b` in that order on both. - A call from inside a microtask and a call from inside a `process.nextTick` callback. - A microtask or a `nextTick` callback that throws: the error goes to `uncaughtException`, and `drainMicrotasks()` does not throw. - A call inside a `Worker`. **What `tick()` also did, and this no longer does inside the call** - `handle_rejected_promises()`: unhandled rejections are now reported when the current task ends, as for any other callback. - The deferred task queue (the automatic flush of buffered `write()` calls) and `release_weak_refs()`. Both run at the checkpoint that follows the current task. **Decisions** - The first `vm.drainMicrotasks()` call stays, so promise reactions still run before the `process.nextTick` queue when both hold entries. - The call uses `defaultGlobalObject()`, the global whose queues the event loop drains. This is the global that `tick()` used. - Reach: a code search finds `drainMicrotasks` from `bun:jsc` only in forks, polyfills and copies of the documentation. In this repository only `bun-jsc.test.ts` and one fixture in `serve-direct-readable-stream.test.ts` call it, and neither depends on tasks. </details> <!-- robobun:evidence:begin --> --- **no test proof** · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/jsc/bun-jsc.test.ts <!-- robobun:evidence:end -->
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Bun.build()never returns when a pluginsetup()or anonStart()callback gives back a promise that stays pending. The statement after the call never runs, soPromise.race([Bun.build(cfg), timeout])cannot fire.wait_for_promiseinConfig::from_js(src/runtime/api/JSBundler.rs:586). It runs the event loop inside the call until therunSetupFunctionpromise settles.Bun.build()creates its promise after that.Fix
Bun.build()creates its promise first. When asetup()step is still pending,PendingBuild::parkattaches a reaction to it. The reaction runs the remainingsetup()calls, parses the options that a plugin can change, and schedules the bundle. mock.module: patch an already-loaded module when a pending factory promise settles, instead of spinning #42287 fixedmock.module()the same way.setup()oronStart()promise carries, or that follows one, now rejects the returned promise. An earlier error is still thrown by the call.test/bundler/bundler_plugin.test.ts(9 new tests, the released bun fails 5).Background
runSetupFunction(src/js/builtins/BundlerPlugin.ts) calls thesetup()of one plugin. For an asyncsetup()it returns a promise. For the last plugin, that promise also waits for each pendingonStart()promise.JSValue::then_with_valueattaches two native functions to a promise as its reaction, with a context value.Zig::GlobalObject::promiseHandlerIDmust list them.Plugin::createcallsprotect(), which makes the plugin cell a GC root.create_unrooteddoes not. The bundle protects the cell when it takes it.Replaces #33271 (closed as stale).
Notes
Repro (from the report,
setuparm):The same holds for
setup(b) { b.onStart(never) }.onResolve,onLoadandonEndalready returned a pending promise.Fail-before and pass-after
USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 bun test test/bundler/bundler_plugin.test.ts: 5 fail, 69 pass. Four fixtures block until the test timeout. One test gets a synchronous throw where it expects a rejection.bun bd test test/bundler/bundler_plugin.test.ts: 74 pass, 0 fail. The same with the environment of the ASAN lane (BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1,ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=1,BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1).Bun.build()call that blocks would hang the test process. AnafterAllhook kills a fixture that a timed-out test leaves behind, so a run on an unfixed build leaves no spinning process.Why the waiting build is not rooted
A first version kept the waiting state in a native box with
Stronghandles to the config object and the result promise, and aprotect()ed plugin cell. A review measured that an abandoned build was then never collected in the common shapes: asetup()that awaits a promise from its own closure (the config object reaches the promise), and a pendingonStart()(the plugin cell reaches the promise). Both are a cycle through a root.In this version the context array is the only holder. Measured on the debug build, 20 abandoned builds per shape: a promise that nothing holds, a promise in the closure of
setup(), a pendingonStart(), and anawaitinsidesetup()after anonLoad()registration. All 80 config objects are collected. The test "a build that waits for a promise that is collected without settling is collected with it" covers the first three.Decisions
PendingBuildis a local. The GC scans the native stack conservatively, so the plugin cell and the other values stay alive without a root, the same as anyJSValuelocal. The test "a GC while the plugins are validated and the options are parsed" forces a full collection from the getters that are read in that state.advanceor frompark, so no error path leaves it pending.advanceparks on every promise fromrunSetupFunction, settled or not. A promise that is already rejected whensetup()returns (() => Promise.reject(e),async () => { throw e }) rejects the returned promise. The released bun throws from the call for both. A plainsetup()that throws is still thrown by the call.onStart()still settles before the firstonLoad(): the bundle is scheduled only after the lastrunSetupFunctionpromise settles.buildreadsconfig.targetone time, before the firstsetup(), as before. The waiting build carries that string and parses it again on resume. It does not readconfig.targetagain, because a plugin can change the config object and the plugin target came from the first value.config.pluginsis not empty, before the first plugin is validated. Before, it was created after the first plugin passed validation. A cell that is not used is collected.setup()promise alone does not keep the process alive, the same as any other promise. I/O or a timer thatsetup()waits for does.bundler_plugin.test.tsand not inbun-build-api.test.ts, because tests in the latter time out on a debug build (bytecode: repeated builds don't retain the generated codetakes 72 s against the 5 s default).src/runtime/bake/bake_body.rs:317has the samewait_for_promiseforBun.serve({ app: { plugins } }). That call returns aServer, not a promise, so it needs a different shape.Other suites run with the debug build:
bundler_plugin_chain,plugin-error-nested-throw,plugin-sync-exception-fallback,bundler_defer,bundler_compile(85 pass, coverstarget: "bun-<target>"),bun-serve-html-build-holds-server,serve-plugins-dev-server,test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts.bun-build-api.test.ts: 63 pass, plus the 2bytecode:timeouts of a debug build.Self-reviewed: 7 concerns raised, 7 addressed. Five were the rooted cycle above. One was about a new
NativePromiseContexttag, which this version does not add. One was to carry thetargetstring and never readconfig.targetagain.no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/bundler/bundler_plugin.test.ts