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What does this PR do?

Fixes two crashes and a hang in Bun.FileSystemRouter.

A listing of the wrong directory

The resolver's directory caches are keyed by a 64-bit hash of the path and don't compare the path on a hit, so two paths with the same hash share an entry. Such a pair won't come up by chance, but one can be computed. The route loader used whatever listing it got:

the colliding pair Bun 1.4.3
dir and a shorter directory that holds a route file panic: range start index 48 out of range for slice of length 8
dir and any other directory walks that directory's whole tree
a subdirectory of dir and dir itself the loader descends into the same listing until the stack overflows (segfault)
// Same hash as the cache key of "/". This path does not exist.
const dir = "/ajgq" + "a".repeat(27) + "b\x05\x1db6@o\x084o.uNpJ0";
new Bun.FileSystemRouter({ dir, style: "nextjs" }); // walks the whole filesystem from "/"

The loader now uses a listing only if its directory is the one it asked for. When the cached directory for dir itself is another one, that is the usual Unable to find directory error. A subdirectory whose listing is another directory's is skipped, so its routes are missing.

The comparison needs dir in the resolver's spelling, which on Windows has an uppercase drive letter. Every dir was already joined and normalized that way except "." and "", which took the current directory as it was. They are now joined too.

The caches themselves are not changed, so this covers the route loader only. Their other users are not covered, including the cache invalidation that reload() does before it loads.

reload() when dir is reached through a symlink

The constructor replaced the router's stored dir with its real path, which has no trailing separator when a symlink is involved. reload() loads from the stored dir, and the loader cuts route names assuming the separator is there. On 1.4.3 reload() hangs.

The stored dir is no longer replaced, so reload() loads the same path as the constructor.

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Tests added to test/js/bun/util/filesystem_router.test.ts:

  • a router on the path above, in a child process, after asserting that the two hashes are equal and caching /. It creates nothing on disk.
  • reload() on a dir under a symlink returns the same routes and still matches.
  • dir: "." and dir: "" find the routes of the current directory, from a child process whose cwd has its first character lowercased. These pass on 1.4.3 too; neither value had a test.

The whole file passes on a debug build of this branch. On 1.4.3 the first test times out and the second hangs. I have not run the Windows case locally.

The other two rows of the table have no test, because a colliding path has to be computed for a known absolute path. I ran both by hand with computed pairs: 1.4.3 panics and segfaults as in the table; this branch throws Unable to find directory for the first, and for the second returns the routes outside the colliding subdirectory.

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Filesystem router loading now validates cached paths against requested and base directories. It resolves empty and dot directory inputs consistently, preserves the configured directory, and uses validated paths during recursive parsing. Tests cover junction reloads and cache-key collisions.

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Filesystem router cache validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate router directory resolution
src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs
FileSystemRouter validates cached paths, resolves every options.dir through absolute-path joining, and no longer replaces the configured directory.
Validate cached paths during route loading
src/router/lib.rs
RouteLoader snapshots cached directory data, validates normalized paths against the requested and base directories, and uses the validated directory during recursive route parsing.
Cover directory resolution and reload regressions
test/js/bun/util/filesystem_router.test.ts
Tests cover junction reload stability, empty and dot directory inputs, and rejection of a missing directory with a resolver-cache hash collision.

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Retargeting a symlink before reload can produce incorrect asset paths; this should be fixed before merging.

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

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked two things in the refactor and ruled them out: entries.dir is a &'static slice interned in DirnameStore (src/resolver/fs.rs:390), so reading it under entries_mutex and using it after the guard drops is sound; and add_entry_with_store writes entry.dir = self.dir for every entry (src/resolver/fs.rs:482), so hoisting the check from per-file entry.dir() to the per-listing entries.dir is behavior-preserving. The recursion at src/router/lib.rs:607 still passes the router's root base_dir, so nested listings are checked against the root rather than their parent.

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The change replaces a debug-only slice guard in the Rust FileSystemRouter loader with a release-build prefix check on the directory listing, plus a POSIX-only regression test spawning bun -e on a hash-colliding path. It touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface, but it is a user-reachable crash fix in a path shared with the resolver's hash-keyed directory cache, and the inline findings show the guard still misses a subdirectory collision and regresses symlinked dirs on reload(), so a human should weigh the fix against addressing the cache key itself.

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🟡 Minor · Keep base_dir paired with the router on reload. · filesystem_router.rs:431

src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs:431
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep base_dir paired with the router on reload.

When a symlink target changes, the new routes contain paths under the new real target while base_dir still points to the old target. For example, changing /tmp/link from /tmp/old to /tmp/new can make src() return ../new/index.tsx instead of index.tsx. With an absolute origin, it can produce an /abs: URL instead of the configured asset path.

Update base_dir from the returned root_dir_info together with router.

🐛 Suggested fix
-        let Some((router, _)) = load_router(cx.global(), config, Load::FromDisk)? else {
+        let Some((router, root_dir_info)) = load_router(cx.global(), config, Load::FromDisk)? else {
             return Err(this.with(&cx.payloads, |this| {
                 cx.heap.error(format_args!(
                     "Unable to find directory: {}",
                     bstr::BStr::new(&*this.router.config.dir)
                 ))
             }));
         };
+        let base_dir_str = if !root_dir_info.abs_real_path.is_empty() {
+            root_dir_info.abs_real_path
+        } else {
+            root_dir_info.abs_path
+        };
+        let base_dir = RefCountedString::new(
+            cx.global().bun_vm().as_mut(),
+            base_dir_str,
+        )
+        .map_err(|_| cx.global().throw_string_too_long())?;
-        this.with_mut(&mut cx.payloads, |this| this.router = router);
+        this.with_mut(&mut cx.payloads, |this| {
+            this.router = router;
+            this.base_dir = base_dir;
+        });

Add a regression test that retargets the symlink, calls reload(), and checks src.

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Review comment at @src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs at line 431:
Update the reload flow around load_router so it retains root_dir_info, derives
base_dir from abs_real_path when available otherwise abs_path, and constructs
the RefCountedString with the existing too-long error handling. Assign the new
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Review comments at @test/js/bun/util/filesystem_router.test.ts:
- Around line 605-627: Update the FileSystemRouter cache regression test to
create a real root directory with a child directory, warm the resolver cache
using a colliding entry for that child, and construct the router against the
real root so execution reaches RouteLoader::load. Assert that routes are not
loaded from the unrelated cached listing, while preserving the existing success,
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- Line 431: Update the reload flow around load_router so it retains
root_dir_info, derives base_dir from abs_real_path when available otherwise
abs_path, and constructs the RefCountedString with the existing too-long error
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Comment thread src/router/lib.rs
Comment on lines +560 to +562
if strings::without_trailing_slash(entries_dir) != strings::without_trailing_slash(dir) {
return;
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🟡 (optional) When the colliding listing lives only in the resolver's entries cache, users get a router with zero routes and no error instead of the "Unable to find directory" error the PR promises for dir itself. The guard at src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs:129-134 checks info.abs_path, which is the requested path even when the DirInfo was filled from another directory's DirEntry; the only check of entries.dir is the silent return at src/router/lib.rs:560-562, which also serves the top-level call. Fix: a mismatch of the top-level listing must surface the same way as a dir_cache mismatch, e.g. have load_all/load report it (or compare entries.dir in load_router too) so the constructor throws rather than returning an empty router, while a mismatched subdirectory stays skipped.

Why this was flagged

read_directory (called from load_as_file at src/resolver/resolver.rs:5890) populates only rfs.entries, so a directory X can sit in rfs.entries without a dir_cache slot. If a FileSystemRouter dir hashes like X, read_dir_info(&config.dir) misses dir_cache, opens dir successfully, then at src/resolver/resolver.rs:4654-4671 rfs!().entries.get_or_put(dir_path) hits X's DirEntry and reuses it (needs_iter = false). dir_info_uncached at src/resolver/resolver.rs:6192-6198 stores abs_path: path (the requested dir) with entries pointing at X's listing. The new guard at src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs:129-134 compares info.abs_path to config.dir, which match, so it accepts the DirInfo. RouteLoader::load then finds entries.dir = X unequal to dir at src/router/lib.rs:560, and returns with no routes and no log entry; load_router at src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs:150-154 sees no errors or warnings and returns Some. On the base branch the loader walked X's listing (panic or wrong routes); the PR description says a mismatch for dir itself yields Unable to find directory, but this sibling path yields a silently empty router.

Verification: Trigger: a FileSystemRouter dir that exists on disk and whose cache key collides with a listing that sits only in rfs.entries. At resolver.rs:4654-4666 the colliding DirEntry is reused, so the guard at src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs:129-131 passes and the only mismatch check is the bare return at src/router/lib.rs:560-562. The user gets a router that matches nothing, silently, rather than the promised error.

robobun added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 23, 2026
`new Bun.FileSystemRouter()` listed what the resolver had cached for
`dir`. `Routes::scan` now reads each directory itself, for the
constructor and for `reload()`, and a route table owns its strings.

`reload()` drops the resolver's record of each directory that the last
scan or this scan read. Under a watcher it resolves each route file
again, so that the hot reloader still finds the module of a saved file.

The constructor joins every `dir`, as #46286 does.

Co-authored-by: Dylan Conway <dylan.conway567@gmail.com>
robobun added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 23, 2026
`new Bun.FileSystemRouter()` listed what the resolver had cached for
`dir`. `Routes::scan` now reads each directory itself, for the
constructor and for `reload()`, and a route table owns its strings.

`reload()` drops the resolver's record of each directory that the last
scan or this scan read. Under a watcher it resolves each route file
again, so that the hot reloader still finds the module of a saved file.

The constructor joins every `dir`, as #46286 does.

Co-authored-by: Dylan Conway <dylan.conway567@gmail.com>
robobun added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 23, 2026
`new Bun.FileSystemRouter()` listed what the resolver had cached for
`dir`. `Routes::scan` now reads each directory itself, for the
constructor and for `reload()`, and a route table owns its strings.

`reload()` drops the resolver's record of each directory that the last
scan or this scan read. Under a watcher it resolves each route file
again, so that the hot reloader still finds the module of a saved file.

The constructor joins every `dir`, as #46286 does.

Co-authored-by: Dylan Conway <dylan.conway567@gmail.com>

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