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What does this PR do?

When error() returns a promise that is still pending and it resolves to something that is not a Response, the request gets the welcome text (development, 200) or 204 (production). When the promise is already settled, the original error is rendered (500: the error page, or "Something went wrong!"):

Bun.serve({
  fetch() { throw new Error("boom"); },
  error: () => new Promise(r => setTimeout(() => r(undefined), 5)), // pending: 200 / 204
  // error: async () => undefined,                                   // settled: 500
});

A pending error() promise subscribes on_resolve, which is handle_resolve: a non-Response goes to render_missing_invalid_response, which prints "Expected a Response object" and renders the missing-response answer. process_on_error_promise now keeps the error error() was called for (rooted) and its status, and handle_resolve falls back to finish_running_error_handler with them for a pending error promise, as the settled case does.

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  • Added test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts (development and production). With bun 1.4.4 it fails (200 / 204 where 500 is expected).
  • I could not build Bun locally (no Rust toolchain on this machine), so I have not run bun bd test on this change, and the Rust is uncompiled.

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Walkthrough

RequestContext now retains the original error and status while an error() promise is pending. If the promise resolves to a missing or non-Response value, it resumes handling the original error. New subprocess tests compare immediate and delayed undefined results in development and production modes.

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Error promise fallback

Layer / File(s) Summary
Save pending error state
src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs
RequestContext stores the original error and status when the error promise is pending.
Resume handling and verify fallback
src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs, test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts
For a missing or non-Response result, RequestContext clears the pending state and handles the saved error with its saved status. Finalization clears the saved error. Subprocess tests compare immediate and delayed undefined results.

Possibly related PRs

  • oven-sh/bun#46540: Changes the RequestContext promise-reaction callback path used to process error-promise results.

Suggested reviewers: robobun, alii

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e6185

The fallback has bounded memory and error-reporting issues, and its regression test needs more reliable checks. These should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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  • 🪄 Fix comments: Fix CodeRabbit comments on this PR
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Review comments at @src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs:
- Line 191: Update the sendable-Response acceptance path for
error_promise_original so it clears the saved original error and pending flag as
soon as the Response is accepted, rather than retaining them until the request
ends.
- Around line 839-841: Update handle_resolve to check whether the response
status is unsendable and, in that case, call finish_pending_error_promise(value)
before reject_unsendable_response; return if the pending error is handled.
Preserve the existing rejection path for unsendable responses without a pending
error.

Review comments at
@test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts:
- Around line 13-15: Capture the exit code returned by proc.exited in the
Promise.all result and assert it is zero before parsing stdout in this test.
Keep the existing stdout and stderr handling unchanged.
- Line 22: Replace the 5 ms timer in the `serve` callback with an explicit
promise gate, and signal when the callback runs. Start the pending server’s
request before awaiting that signal, then release the gate and continue checking
both responses and stopping both servers.

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/// The error an `error()` promise that is still pending was called for, and its status: what is
/// rendered if the promise settles to something that is not a sendable Response.
pub(crate) error_promise_original: JsCell<bun_jsc::strong::Optional>,

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Release the original error when a sendable Response resolves.

If a pending error() promise resolves to a sendable Response, neither handle_resolve nor finish_pending_error_promise clears error_promise_original. A long-lived streaming response therefore retains the error and everything reachable from it until the request ends. Clear the saved error and pending flag once the Response is accepted. As per coding guidelines, “Store state on the object whose lifetime matches it.”

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Review comment at @src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs at line 191:
Update the sendable-Response acceptance path for error_promise_original so it
clears the saved original error and pending flag as soon as the Response is
accepted, rather than retaining them until the request ends.

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Source: Coding guidelines

Comment on lines +839 to +841
if self.finish_pending_error_promise(value) {
return;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Preserve the original error when a pending error() promise resolves to an unsendable Response.

handle_resolve rejects the unsendable status before trying the pending-error fallback. That path reports a newly constructed error instead of the original thrown error. The already-fulfilled path reports the original. This changes the error shown in Bun’s default debug report; both paths use status 500 here, so the issue is not a 404-to-500 change.

🐛 Suggested fix
-        if self.reject_unsendable_response(unsafe { (*response).status_code() }) {
+        let status = unsafe { (*response).status_code() };
+        if !HTTPStatusText::is_sendable(status) && self.finish_pending_error_promise(value) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if self.reject_unsendable_response(status) {
             return;
         }
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Review comment at @src/runtime/server/RequestContext.rs around lines 839 - 841:
Update handle_resolve to check whether the response status is unsendable and, in
that case, call finish_pending_error_promise(value) before
reject_unsendable_response; return if the pending error is handled. Preserve the
existing rejection path for unsendable responses without a pending error.

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Comment on lines +13 to +15
const [stdout, stderr] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
expect(stdout, stderr).not.toBe("");
return { result: JSON.parse(stdout), stderr };

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the subprocess exit code.

Promise.all waits for proc.exited, but destructuring discards its value. If the script prints valid JSON and then exits with an error, this test can pass. Capture the exit code and assert that it is zero before parsing the output. As per test guidelines, “Always check exit codes and test error scenarios.”

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Review comment at @test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts
around lines 13 - 15:
Capture the exit code returned by proc.exited in the Promise.all result and
assert it is zero before parsing stdout in this test. Keep the existing stdout
and stderr handling unchanged.

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Source: Coding guidelines

test(`a pending error() promise that resolves to a non-Response renders the error, as a settled one does (development: ${development})`, async () => {
const { result } = await run(/* js */ `
const serve = error => Bun.serve({ port: 0, development: ${development}, fetch() { throw new Error("boom"); }, error });
const pending = serve(() => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(undefined), 5)));

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Replace the timer with a gate that the test releases.

The 5 ms setTimeout waits for time to pass. The test needs only the pending state. That state exists when error() returns an unsettled promise, so an explicit gate can establish it. The repository's test rules say to wait for the condition, not for time.

Start the request before awaiting the signal. Then release the gate.

🔧 Suggested change
--- "a/test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts"
+++ "b/test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts"
@@ -19,14 +19,23 @@
   test(`a pending error() promise that resolves to a non-Response renders the error, as a settled one does (development: ${development})`, async () => {
     const { result } = await run(/* js */ `
       const serve = error => Bun.serve({ port: 0, development: ${development}, fetch() { throw new Error("boom"); }, error });
-      const pending = serve(() => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(undefined), 5)));
+      const errorRan = Promise.withResolvers();
+      const gate = Promise.withResolvers();
+      const pending = serve(() => {
+        errorRan.resolve();
+        return gate.promise;
+      });
       const settled = serve(async () => undefined);
       const out = {};
-      for (const [name, server] of Object.entries({ pending, settled })) {
-        const res = await fetch("http://localhost:" + server.port + "/p");
-        out[name] = { status: res.status, welcome: (await res.text()).includes("Welcome to Bun!") };
-        server.stop(true);
-      }
+      const pendingRequest = fetch("http://localhost:" + pending.port + "/p");
+      await errorRan.promise;
+      gate.resolve(undefined);
+      const responses = { pending: await pendingRequest, settled: await fetch("http://localhost:" + settled.port + "/p") };
+      for (const [name, server] of Object.entries({ pending, settled })) {
+        const res = responses[name];
+        out[name] = { status: res.status, welcome: (await res.text()).includes("Welcome to Bun!") };
+        server.stop(true);
+      }
       console.log(JSON.stringify(out));
     `);
     expect(result.settled).toEqual({ status: 500, welcome: false });
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @test/js/bun/http/bun-serve-error-promise-non-response.test.ts
at line 22:
Replace the 5 ms timer in the `serve` callback with an explicit promise gate,
and signal when the callback runs. Start the pending server’s request before
awaiting that signal, then release the gate and continue checking both responses
and stopping both servers.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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