serve: throw when a { dir, style } mount names a directory that cannot be opened

[robobun]

Fixes #42842

Problem

• A routes: { "/*": { dir, style } } mount whose directory does not exist starts the server with no message. Every route of that mount answers 404. The same path without style throws ENOENT at startup.
• The cause is the router init loop in src/runtime/bake/DevServer.rs:925-931. read_dir_info_ignore_error returns None for the missing root and the loop does continue. That skip is correct for a framework package, which can list optional roots. Nothing checks the user-written mount before it reaches that loop.

Fix

• At the mount parse site in src/runtime/server/server_body.rs, join dir against the top-level directory and open it with O::DIRECTORY. On failure, throw the system error, so the user sees ENOENT, ENOTDIR, or EACCES with the path. This is the probe that DirectoryRoute::create already runs for { dir } without style.
• The join uses join_abs_string_buf_checked. A dir that does not fit in a path buffer throws ENAMETOOLONG instead of a panic (range end index 100014 out of range for slice of length 4095 on the current binary).
• A dir with an embedded null byte throws an invalid argument error, for both mount forms. Before, the open stopped at the null byte and checked only a prefix of the path.
• The continue in DevServer.rs and in production.rs stays. Framework-listed roots and app.framework.fileSystemRouterTypes[n].root still skip silently, so the in-tree bake tests that rely on an absent root do not change.
• Verified: test/js/bun/http/serve-directory-routes.test.ts (three new cases, all fail on the current binary). Also test/bake/app-options.test.ts and test/bake/framework-router.test.ts.

Background

• Bun.serve parses routes in AnyRoute::from_js. A { dir } value becomes a DirectoryRoute (static files). A { dir, style } value becomes a FileSystemRouterType entry that the dev server turns into a framework router later, in DevServer::init.
• read_dir_info_ignore_error folds every errno into None (src/resolver/resolver.rs:4118-4120), so the dev server loop cannot tell a missing root from a permission error. The probe in this PR runs before that loop and keeps the real errno.
• join_abs_string_buf_checked returns None when the normalized path does not fit the buffer. The unchecked variant panics in that case.

Notes

• The check throws before Framework::auto. The test does not need the React packages installed.
• Self-reviewed: 3 concerns raised, 3 addressed (checked join, ENAMETOOLONG, issue reference).
• test/bake/dev/production.test.ts had 5s timeouts on the local ASAN build for tests that take 4 to 5 s. They do not touch Bun.serve route parsing. "handles build with no pages directory without crashing" passes.

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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/http/serve-directory-routes.test.ts

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Walkthrough

Styled directory mounts now validate their roots before framework route registration. Filesystem errors are returned to JavaScript. Development-mode tests cover missing directories, file paths, and overlong paths.

Changes

Directory mount validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate styled directory mounts src/runtime/server/server_body.rs, test/js/bun/http/serve-directory-routes.test.ts	AnyRoute::from_js resolves and opens styled directory roots before route registration. It returns ENAMETOOLONG or converted filesystem errors. Tests verify ENOENT, ENOTDIR, and ENAMETOOLONG.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c2368

The implementation rejects inaccessible styled mounts at startup, but a regression in that behavior could let servers start with unusable routes; the remaining risk is narrow and needs only focused test coverage.

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding objective in issue #42842. AnyRoute::from_js validates user-specified { dir, style } roots before route registration. It propagates filesystem errors for missing and…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within issue #42842. The Rust change validates user-specified directory mounts, and the tests verify the required startup errors. No unrelated product behavior or public API changes a…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: { dir, style } mounts now throw when their directory cannot be opened.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, fix, scope, and verification. It does not use the template headings verbatim, but it provides the required information in equivalent sections.

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[robobun]

Shortened the comment on the root check in cd7a9af. The code is unchanged: it is the same open probe that DirectoryRoute::create runs for a plain { dir } mount.

[robobun]

Removed the comment on the root check in c23689d. The PR body explains why the check is at the mount parse site. The code is unchanged.

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^{Updated 8:43 PM PT - Sep 15th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit 5751f85 has 1 failures in Build #116266 (All Failures):

• test/js/bun/http/serve-pending-promise-abort-leak.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64-asan

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🟡 Minor · Cover permission failures during startup.

src/runtime/server/server_body.rs:834-860
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover permission failures during startup. sys::open_a now validates each styled mount during route parsing and returns the error, but the permission test injects EPERM only into request-time openat2. Add a test that makes the mount-root sys::open_a fail and asserts that server startup rejects the styled mount.

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In `@src/runtime/server/server_body.rs` around lines 834 - 860, Add a
startup-focused permission test for styled mounts that makes the mount-root
sys::open_a call return EPERM during route parsing, then assert server startup
rejects the styled mount with the propagated permission error rather than
succeeding and failing only at request time.

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In `@src/runtime/server/server_body.rs`:
- Around line 834-860: Add a startup-focused permission test for styled mounts
that makes the mount-root sys::open_a call return EPERM during route parsing,
then assert server startup rejects the styled mount with the propagated
permission error rather than succeeding and failing only at request time.

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[robobun]

On the suggested permission test: not adding one. An EACCES from the startup open goes through the same error arm as ENOENT and ENOTDIR, which the new tests cover. A chmod-based test would skip as root (Linux CI) and on Windows, so it would rarely run.

[claude]

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline finding, I also checked that the new probe resolves dir against the same base the framework router later uses: bake_body.rs:623-626 joins each fsr.root onto FileSystem::get().top_level_dir, so the probe at src/runtime/server/server_body.rs:846-851 opens the directory the router will actually scan (the { dir }-without-style path opens relative to the process cwd instead, which is why the two can differ after process.chdir()). The probe fd is released via sys::File drop and Style drops on both new early returns; the synthesized ENAMETOOLONG mirrors what openat_a itself returns for an over-long slice.

Extended reasoning...

The change is a ~30-line startup probe in AnyRoute::from_js that mirrors the flags and error-throwing idiom already used by DirectoryRoute::create (src/runtime/server/DirectoryRoute.rs:66-75). I traced the base directory used for the join (top_level_dir) against the framework-router resolution in bake_body.rs and against DevServer::init's join_abs_string_buf(&dev.root, ...) loop, confirming the probe checks the same path the router will use. I also confirmed join_abs_string_buf_checked returns None rather than panicking for the 100,000-byte test input, and that openat_a NUL-terminates into its own pooled buffer with its own length guard, so the borrowed abs_root slice is not overrun. The remaining inline finding (embedded NUL in dir) is a boundary-validation gap shared with the pre-existing { dir } path; it is posted inline and not restated here.

[robobun]

Pushed 5751f85: a dir with an embedded null byte now throws an invalid argument error before the open, for both mount forms. The review thread is resolved and the PR body is updated.

[claude]

No new blocking issues. 1 optional suggestion (a nit or a note on pre-existing code) was found and not posted. Nothing in this review needs a push before merging.

[robobun]

CI on 5751f85: the new tests pass on every lane. The one red lane is test/js/bun/http/serve-pending-promise-abort-leak.test.ts on debian x64-asan, which also fails on main and does not touch this change. The other three failures passed on retry. The diff is ready for review.