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An uncaught exception or an unhandled rejection stops the run loop of bun run: is_event_loop_alive() is false once an error nothing handled is counted. load_entry_point waits for the entry's top-level await with the generic wait_for_promise, which does not look at that counter. So the module kept running to its end after the error was printed, and forever with the loop in #22546. Wait with wait_for_module_promise there. It is wait_for_promise plus one stop condition: a fatal error counted during the wait. Both share one loop. Run::start also skips its post-load GC and tick after a fatal error, because that tick resumed the await when its wakeup was already queued from another thread. Watch mode counts errors too and keeps going, so has_fatal_error() is false there. Fixes #22546
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Status for #42686. Reproduced on Linux x64 with bun 1.4.3-canary.1 (b993710) and with a debug build of main. The script from #22546 prints |
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@cirospaciari this overlaps with the fatal-exit part of #34661. There, Is that part close to landing, or do you plan to split it out? If yes, I move only the test block of this PR there and close this one. If not, this PR is a small stopgap on the counter model that main has now, and |
WalkthroughThe change adds fatal-error detection for non-watcher module waits. Entry loading and cleanup now stop after fatal errors. Tests cover top-level-await failures, handlers, preload errors, output, and exit behavior. ChangesFatal top-level-await termination
Suggested reviewers: Priority: ➖ Normal Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A top-level-await failure can still allow queued script work to run before Bun exits, so the termination guarantee is incomplete and should be fixed before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs`:
- Line 1475: Update the eval_and_print result path after load_entry_point to
skip all print-result processing when vm.has_fatal_error() is true, preventing
vm.tick() from resuming an interrupted top-level await; also recheck
vm.has_fatal_error() after the first tick before calling vm.auto_tick_active().
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…iter test Under bun --print a pending result promise gets one more loop turn. After a fatal error that turn resumed the top-level await. Print the promise as it is then. The HTMLRewriter test for a detached rejection expected the top-level await to finish after the fatal error (BODY printed, then exit 1). Split it: with no listener the error is fatal at once, and with an unhandledRejection listener the rewrite still succeeds.
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1123-1145: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winThe fatal-aware module wait stops waiting by returning
Ok(()), but a non-watcher run can still enter its later tick loop when immediate work remains queued. Thatvm.tick()drains microtasks, so entry-module continuations can run after the uncaught top-level-await error and before exit. Propagate the fatal stop or guard the subsequent loop withhas_fatal_error()so no script work resumes after fatal termination.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Fixes #22546. Re-lands #34627 (closed as stale). Stopgap on today's error-counter model: #34661 makes the fatal report exit, and then only these tests matter.
Problem
awaitdoes not end the process. Bun printserror: oops, runs the module to its end, then exits 1 (never, with thewhile (true)of Top level await causes promise rejections insideglobal.setTimeoutto be ignored, allowing execution to continue #22546). Node and Deno exit at the error, and so does Bun when the code is in an async function.load_entry_point(src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:3111) waits with the genericEventLoop::wait_for_promise, which never readsunhandled_error_counter. The run loop inRun::startdoes, throughis_event_loop_alive().Fix
EventLoop::wait_for_module_promiseiswait_for_promiseplus one stop condition: a fatal error counted during the wait.load_entry_pointcalls it in its non-watcher arm.Run::startskips its post-load GC and tick, and the extra turn that--printgives a pending result. Both resumed the await.beforeExit,exitlisteners run, exit code 1.test/js/bun/spawn/exit-code.test.ts, 10 new tests. 1.4.3 fails 6. The other 4 are controls. Onehtml-rewriter.test.jscase expected the old behavior and is now two cases. Self-reviewed: 10 concerns raised, all addressed.Background
awaitcompletes.bun runticks the event loop until then, before its run loop.unhandled_error_counter: the VM adds one when an error reaches the top and nothing handles it.is_event_loop_alive()is false while it is nonzero.has_fatal_error()is false there.Notes
Behavior change to know about. On main, every error that reaches
uncaught_exception()with no handler adds to the counter, also the ones that Bun-native callers report (reportError(), a throw in aBun.servewebsocket handler). Without a top-level await such an error ends the process today (exit 1). With a pending top-level await at the entry (for exampleawait new Promise(() => {})afterBun.serve(...)) the process survived, because the wait did not read the counter. With this PR the two shapes behave the same: the process ends. #34661 is the change that makes those reports keep the process alive in both shapes.Before and after (Linux x64, node v26.3.0, bun 1.4.3-canary.1, this branch as a debug build):
while (true), rejection at 300 ms)2 3, error, exit 12 3,error: oops, exit 1throwin a timer during the await, withexit/beforeExitlistenersexit 1after,exit 1exit 1Promise.reject()in a timer during the awaitafter, exit 1after, exit 1after, exit 1reportError()in a timer during the awaitreportError)after,exit 1exit 1, as in an async functionuncaughtExceptionorunhandledRejectionlistener, or--unhandled-rejections=warnfs.promises.stat()result that is already queued when the timer throwsexit 1after,exit 1exit 1--preloadwith a floating rejection, entry with a top-level awaitpreload,entry, exit 1preload,entry,after, exit 1Why "counted during the wait". A
--preloadcan leave an error that is counted in the last tick of its own wait (the last row). The entry's wait then starts with the counter at 1. An absolute check made that wait return at once, before the entry module was even evaluated: nothing printedentry, which neither Node nor 1.4.3 does. The wait therefore remembers the counter at its start and stops only when it grows.Sites with the same wait that this PR does not change:
load_entry_point: watch mode survives errors, andRun::startkeeps ticking there throughtick_possibly_forever().load_preloads(src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs): a--preloadwith a top-level await also runs to its end after a fatal error, and the entry loads after it. To stop there,load_preloadsmust hand its caller a promise that is still pending, andload_entry_pointmust not wait on that promise again. That needsreload_entry_pointto tell its three callers which kind of promise it returns. An earlier revision of this branch did it without that and over-reached (see above), so it is left out. Detect unsettled top-level await in entry-point loading instead of hanging #30551 already changesload_preloadsto return pending promises and can take this on.load_entry_point_for_test_runner:bun testrecords the error and continues, by design.load_entry_point_for_web_worker: it does not wait for a top-level await. The worker's own loop stops on the counter.What stays different from Node after this PR:
exitlisteners get code 0 andprocess.exitCodeisundefinedwhen an unhandled rejection ends the process (with or without a top-level await). bun run: decide the exit code of a printed error before 'exit' listeners run #38116 and Report a loop turn's rejections before the loop-alive check, and keep the exit code when an 'exit' listener throws #42032 own that.is_event_loop_alive()stays true while immediates are queued. The same code in an async function behaves the same way, so this is the run loop, not the wait. event loop: a fatal error ends the run even while immediates are queued #38522 had that change and was closed in favor of domain: route fs callback throws to uncaughtException, unblocking 4 tests (domain 88%→96%) #34661.bun --print, a result that is still a pending promise prints asPromise { <pending> }after a fatal error. bun --print: exit 1 and run exit listeners when the result promise is still pending after the event loop stops #39175 rewrites that block and has the same guard.Overlap with open PRs:
has_fatal_error()is the one place to update, and thereportError()test here fails until the two shapes agree again.VirtualMachineforwarder here are the ones Detect unsettled top-level await in entry-point loading instead of hanging #30551 uses (wait_for_module_promise(*mut JSInternalPromise)), so its stop condition (!has_pending_loop_work()) goes into the same function.Checks that each clause is needed (each built and run):
--printguard:under --print: the result prints as the pending promise it isfails (after,5).Run::startgate:with the await's wakeup already queued from another threadfails (afteris printed).an error that a --preload left behind does not keep the entry from startingfails (entryis not printed).!is_watcher_enabled()part ofhas_fatal_error()keeps theRun::startblock as it is in watch mode. The wait never runs there.The
html-rewriter.test.jschange.a detached rejection inside a handler reaches unhandledRejectionran a-escript whose top-level await finished after the detached rejection was reported, and it expectedBODY:<p>ok</p>and exit 1. That is the behavior of #22546. It is now two tests: with no listener the rejection is reported and fatal at once (empty stdout, exit 1), and with anunhandledRejectionlistener the listener gets it and the rewrite succeeds (BODY:<p>ok</p>, exit 0). Together they still show thattransform()does not capture the rejection.Suites run on the debug build:
test/js/bun/spawn/exit-code.test.ts(15 pass),test/js/workerd/html-rewriter.test.js(185 pass),test/cli/run/preload-test.test.js,test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts,test/cli/watch/watch.test.ts,test/cli/hot/hot.test.ts,test/js/node/worker_threads/worker_threads.test.ts(142 pass), 35 files oftest/js/node/test/parallel/(test-promise-*,test-process-exception-capture*,test-process-exit-code*,test-process-beforeexit*,test-microtask-*,test-next-tick-error*,test-process-uncaught-*,test-worker-uncaught-*).test/js/node/process/process.test.js: 167 pass, 4 fail.processfails becauseprocess.env.USERis not set in this container. The other 3 time out at 5 s under the concurrent debug load and pass when run alone.