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Problem

  • Plain bun file.js evaluates ({ "é": 1 }).é to 1, not undefined (node, Bun 1.3.14). Wrong from 1.4.0 to 1.4.3. A fuzzer found it, no user did.
  • The ({ k: v }).k inline compared the key's UTF-16 code units with the name's UTF-8 bytes one to one (e_string_eql_bytes, src/js_parser/fold.rs:40). é is C3 A9 in UTF-8.

Fix

  • The fold calls EString::eql_bytes (src/ast/e.rs), which compares code points, as esbuild and Bun 1.3.14 do. The helper is deleted.
  • True matches fold again, so a template tag must keep its this: the fold skips a tag (as esbuild), and single-use substitution does not move a property access into a tag (src/js_parser/p.rs).
  • The transpiler cache version goes to 36, or a fixed bun replays output that 1.4.x cached.
  • Verified: 7 new tests in test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, 2 in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts. All fail on main.

Background

  • EString is the AST string node: UTF-8 bytes, or UTF-16 when the literal has a non-ASCII character. A .name is UTF-8.
  • The runtime transpiler has minify_syntax on and caches output for files of 4 KiB or more. bun pm diff uses the same fold.
  • Considered the one-line change in the helper (this PR's first shape): it keeps a second comparator and no cache bump.

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How it was found, and who it reaches

  • Differential fuzzing found it (ledger #502133). There is no user report and no GitHub issue.
  • The trigger is a one-property object literal whose quoted key is the name's UTF-8 bytes read as Latin-1. The correct value of that read is undefined, so a working program does not write it.
  • Entry points that share the fold: bun file.js, bun -e, bun test, Workers, new Bun.Transpiler({ target: "bun" }), bun build --minify-syntax, Bun.build({ minify }), and bun pm diff. --inspect and bun test --coverage turn minify_syntax off.
  • bun pm diff on 1.4.0 to 1.4.3 called the edit const allowed = 1 to const allowed = ({ "\u00c3\u00a9": 1 }).é formatting only. With this PR it is +1 -1. The patch text of --json and piped output was always correct.

What the template-tag part changes

  • ({ f: h }).f`x` calls h with the object as this. main printed h`x` . Bun 1.3.x and 1.4.x were both wrong for ASCII keys. Non-ASCII string keys were right on 1.4.x only because the compare never matched.
  • const t = o.f; return t`x` calls t with this undefined. main printed o.f`x` . const t = a?.f; return t`x` printed a?.f`x` , which is a SyntaxError ("Cannot use tagged templates in an optional chain").
  • These are rows 1 and 2 of Bun binds this for an unbound tagged-template call #44578. Rows 3 and 4 of that issue ((0, o.tag)`x` ) are the comma fold in src/js_parser/visit/visit_binary.rs and are not changed here.
  • The fold gate alone would turn 68 of 2,100 generated tag rows from right to wrong, because main's fold undid the substitution by accident. With the substitution rule it is 8, all !(0, o.f)`x` with a single-use literal.

Measurements (release builds of main 6c1eb06 and this PR, same host bun. Taken before the merge of main on 2026-10-15, when the cache bump was 34 to 35. Not measured again: in this PR's diff, that merge changes only the version number.)

  • release .text: 65,818,853 B in both builds (llvm-size). Alignment padding absorbs the difference. Stripped bun: 89,318,984 B in both. e_string_eql_bytes (90 B) removed. substitute_single_use_symbol_in_expr 3,018 B to 3,057 B. maybe_rewrite_property_access 6,447 B / 6,633 B, unchanged: two instructions differ (testb $0x10 is now testb $0x30, and the call target).
  • key compare: 25 to 35 instructions for a 1-byte 8-bit key, 25 to 53 for a 24-byte key, 11 to 90 for a UTF-16 key. 0 allocator calls on either build. Counted with gdb stepi from the call to its return. valgrind (callgrind, dhat) and perf are not available in the container.
  • substitution: +8 instructions for each tagged template that a single-use substitution walks through (193 to 201). A refused substitution is 71. No change without a tagged template (170).
  • corpus of 58,881 files (381 MB: src/js, packages, test, bench through new Bun.Transpiler({ target: "bun" }), sha256 per output): 1 file changes. It is vite 6.2.3, where const html = String.raw; return html...is no longer rewritten toString.raw... ``. The key compare is reached 18 times, 0 with a UTF-16 key. The gate line is reached 24 times, 0 as a template tag.
  • cache version bump (34 to 35 when measured): 301 of 301 modules (300 of 10 KiB plus an entry) re-transpiled once. First run per module: +2 openat, +2 close, -2 pread64, +1 each of fallocate, pwritev, renameat, unlink. Second run: 0. Counted with a ptrace syscall counter, because strace is not available.
  • A twin file of 5 KiB that Bun 1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939) cached: the entry is version 33 and holds console.log(1);. This build (f253f1e, version 36) reports StaleCache for it and prints undefined. It does the same when the entry is relabelled 35. Relabelled 36, this build restores the entry and prints 1. This run used the debug build, with the entry renamed to .debug.pile and BUN_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESTORE_FROM_TRANSPILER_CACHE=1. Release builds gave the same result before the merge (version 34 cached, 35 expected).
  • rows equal to node v26.3.0: twin 8/8 (was 0/8), tagged template on a literal 51/53 (was 25/53), true match 80/97 (was 83/97), generated tag table 2,036/2,100 (was 886), generated call table 525/525 (was 510).

Cache version: EXPECTED_VERSION must be the value on main plus 1 at merge. #45290 took 35 on main, so this PR takes 36 since the merge of main (f253f1e). Other open PRs also take the next number. Git reports that conflict on the doc line only. The constant merges clean and must still go up by one.

Not in this PR

Other open PRs on these lines: #36599 has two more callers of the deleted helper and must call .eql_bytes. #40829 and #36599 add the same template-tag line in fold.rs. #38989 edits the same header comment.

Suites run with the debug build: test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_string.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts, test/bundler/esbuild/{dce,default,ts}.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/{property,runtime-transpiler,template-literal}.test.ts, test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts, test/regression/issue/{28159,30887}.test.ts. After the merge of main (f253f1e): transpiler.test.js (245 pass), bundler_minify.test.ts (66 pass), bundler_string.test.ts (59 pass), transpiler/{property,runtime-transpiler,template-literal}.test.ts and transpiler-cache.test.ts (20 pass).

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The parser now compares property keys by string value during object-property folding. It also preserves template-tag receiver behavior during folding and single-use substitution. Regression tests cover emitted code and runtime results.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Property-key folding
src/js_parser/fold.rs, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs, test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
Object-property inlining compares keys by string value and excludes template-tag targets. Tests cover non-ASCII keys, and the runtime transpiler cache format version changes from 34 to 35.
Template-tag receiver behavior
src/js_parser/p.rs, test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
Single-use substitution avoids replacing property-access template tags when replacement would change receiver behavior. Tests cover emitted output and runtime behavior.

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The change addresses non-ASCII property folding and template-tag receiver behavior, with cache invalidation and targeted regression coverage. No merge-blocking issue is evident.

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LGTM — one-line fix that brings the local shim in line with the canonical EString::eql_bytes, with a solid regression test.

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Overview

This PR fixes a UTF-16/UTF-8 string comparison bug in the e_string_eql_bytes shim in src/js_parser/fold.rs. The old code widened each UTF-8 byte to u16 and compared element-wise against UTF-16 code units, which is semantically wrong (e.g. é as UTF-8 bytes [0xC3, 0xA9] would falsely match the two-char string é whose UTF-16 code units are [0x00C3, 0x00A9]). The fix replaces the hand-rolled loop with bun_core::strings::utf16_eql_string, which is exactly what the canonical EString::eql_bytes in src/ast/e.rs:1499-1505 already does — the file header comment notes this shim only exists because of an E0034 ambiguity in the duplicated impl EString blocks.

Security risks

None. This is a minifier constant-folding correctness fix with no auth, crypto, or I/O implications. The only behavioral effect is whether ({key: v}).name folds to v under --minify-syntax; the fix makes folding strictly more conservative for the false-positive case and correctly enables it for the previously-missed true-positive case.

Level of scrutiny

Low-to-moderate. The diff is a one-line substitution that aligns a temporary shim with the reference implementation it was meant to mirror, using a helper already used for the identical purpose in src/ast/e.rs and src/js_printer/lib.rs. The single call site (maybe_rewrite_property_access → EObject arm) is narrow and gated behind minify_syntax + single-property + no-flags + non-__proto__.

Other factors

The added minify/InlineSingleObjectPropertyNonAscii test covers both failure modes (miscompile and missed fold) plus ASCII/literal-non-ASCII baselines, asserting both bundle-output shape and runtime stdout. No CODEOWNERS for these paths, no outstanding reviewer comments, and the bug hunting system found nothing.

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LGTM — brings the UTF-16 branch of the local e_string_eql_bytes shim in line with the canonical EString::eql_bytes (src/ast/e.rs:1503), with a test that covers both the false-positive and false-negative cases.

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Overview

This PR fixes a 2-line bug in src/js_parser/fold.rs's local e_string_eql_bytes shim. The old UTF-16 branch compared by widening each UTF-8 byte of the property name to u16 and matching against UTF-16 code units element-wise — semantically wrong for any non-ASCII codepoint. The fix swaps in bun_core::strings::utf16_eql_string, which is exactly what the canonical EString::eql_bytes at src/ast/e.rs:1499-1505 already does (the comment block at the top of the shim explains why this file can't call that method directly due to E0034 ambiguity from duplicate impl EString blocks). A new bundler test (minify/InlineSingleObjectPropertyNonAscii) covers the miscompile case (é vs é collision), the missed-fold case (\u00e9 vs literal é), and ASCII/literal baselines, asserting both the bundle output shape and runtime stdout.

Security risks

None. This is a pure string-equality correctness fix in a constant-folding optimization path. No auth, crypto, permissions, filesystem, or network surface is touched.

Level of scrutiny

Low. The change is a one-line substitution that makes a temporary shim byte-for-byte equivalent to the established canonical implementation elsewhere in the same codebase. The only caller is the single-property object inlining optimization (({k:v}).k → v) under --minify-syntax, which is already heavily gated (single property, no flags, not a delete/call/assign target). The PR description includes a clear repro showing the miscompile against Node, and the fix is the obvious correct one.

Other factors

The new test is well-constructed: it checks that the mismatched key's value (4097) remains inside an object literal (not folded), that the matching keys' values do fold (no : 8194 etc. in output), and that runtime evaluation produces [null,8194,12291,16388]. The PR notes the full bundler_minify.test.ts and bundler_string.test.ts suites pass. There are no prior human review comments to address. The robobun CI comment shows failures on the first commit, but a ci: retrigger commit was pushed afterward — likely flaky/infra, and unrelated to this 2-line change which only narrows behavior to match the reference implementation.

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Status: this PR was reworked on 2026-10-11. Main is merged in as of 2026-10-15 (f253f1e). The PR body describes the current shape.

How I reproduced the bug:

// t.js
console.log(({ "\u00c3\u00a9": 1 }).é);
  • bun t.js prints 1 on Bun 1.4.0 to 1.4.3 and on main (6c1eb06).
  • node v26.3.0 and Bun 1.3.14 print undefined.
  • This branch (f253f1e) prints undefined.

PR: #32297

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Stale PR review: keep open, rework.

The bug is real and still on main, and it is not limited to bun build --minify-syntax. The runtime transpiler turns minify_syntax on for target: "bun" (src/bundler/options.rs:1920-1924), so plain bun run on ({"\u00c3\u00a9": 0x1001}).é prints 4097 where Node and Bun 1.3.14 print undefined. No issue reports it, but #36730 (merged 2026-08-04) fixed a correctness bug in this same {f: x}.f fold with no user report either, and the added minify/InlineSingleObjectPropertyNonAscii test still applies cleanly to main and fails there.

The diff is not the right shape yet. After the change, e_string_eql_bytes in src/js_parser/fold.rs:40 is the same function as EString::eql_bytes (src/ast/e.rs:1868), and REVIEW.md:57 says to delete one when that happens. The shim header at fold.rs:10-14 says these wrappers exist only while EString::init / eql_bytes / javascript_length are E0034-ambiguous, which is no longer true: each has one definition in e.rs, and src/js_parser/parse/parse_property.rs:545 already calls E::EString::init directly. The wanted shape: call .eql_bytes(name) at fold.rs:568, delete e_string_eql_bytes and e_string_init with the stale header comment (leave e_string_javascript_length to #38989 or fold it in), keep the test, and consider an EXPECTED_VERSION bump in src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs:61 since target: "bun" transpiler output changes.

The local e_string_eql_bytes helper in fold.rs widened each UTF-8 byte of
the property name to u16 and compared element-wise against the UTF-16 key.
This diverges from the Zig reference (EString.eql -> strings.utf16EqlString)
and causes two problems under --minify-syntax:

  ({"\u00c3\u00a9": 42}).é  wrongly folds to 42 (key is "é", accessor is "é")
  ({"\u00e9": 42}).é        fails to fold (key [0x00E9] vs bytes [0xC3,0xA9])

Use bun_core::strings::utf16_eql_string for the UTF-16 branch, matching
EString::eql_bytes in ast/e.rs and the original Zig behavior.
The fold compared a UTF-16 key with the UTF-8 name through a helper that
was local to fold.rs. The helper is deleted and the fold calls
EString::eql_bytes, which the rest of the parser already uses.

The fold now skips a template tag, because a tagged template passes the
object as `this`. esbuild has the same gate on this fold.

The runtime transpiler cache version goes from 34 to 35. Releases 1.4.0
to 1.4.3 wrote the wrong output into the cache.

The tests cover the printed output of Bun.Transpiler, a file that bun
runs, and a bundle built with minify.syntax.
A single-use local that holds a property access was substituted into the
tag of a tagged template: `const t = o.f; return t`x`` became `o.f`x``.
The tag then received `o` as `this`, and `a?.f`x`` is a SyntaxError.
The call-target arm already refuses this substitution. The template arm
now does the same.

With the template-tag gate in the `{k: v}.k` fold, this also keeps
`const o = { f: h }; const t = o.f; return !t`x`` from a call with the
object literal as `this`.

The test for a define-injected index keeps only the row that must not
fold.
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@robobun robobun changed the title fix(parser): encoding-aware compare for UTF-16 object key in ({k:v}).k folding js_parser: use EString::eql_bytes in the {k: v}.k fold, keep this for template tags Oct 11, 2026
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Comment thread src/js_parser/fold.rs Resolved
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Still open from earlier reviews (3):

  • Unresolved: 3 minor or pre-existing.

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Nothing new to post: everything this review found is already covered by existing comments on this pull request or didn't merit a separate one.

Still open from earlier reviews (1):

  • Unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.

main took RuntimeTranspilerCache version 35 (#45290). This branch takes 36.

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LGTM after the merge with main; nothing new turned up on this version.

What was reviewed:

  • EString::eql_bytes at src/ast/e.rs:1773 routes UTF-16 keys through utf16_eql_string (src/bun_core/string/immutable.rs:2396), which decodes code points and compares WTF-8 bytes, so the Latin-1 "twin" key no longer matches the UTF-8 accessor name.
  • The new ETemplate guard in src/js_parser/p.rs:3238 is a line-for-line twin of the existing ECall guard (p.rs:3150), using the same break 'outer path.
  • EXPECTED_VERSION is 36 in src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs:69 against 35 on the base commit, so the bump is base+1 (the PR description's "35" is stale, the code is right).
  • Tests spawn the runtime for both the fold and the this-of-tag cases and drain stdout/stderr/exited together.
Extended reasoning...

The diff touches the ({k: v}).k constant fold in src/js_parser/fold.rs, the single-use-symbol substitution's tagged-template arm in src/js_parser/p.rs, and the runtime transpiler cache version, plus tests in two existing bundler test files. No security-sensitive surface is involved; it is a minifier correctness fix. The source change is about 40 lines, replaces a hand-rolled comparator with the existing encoding-aware helper, mirrors an existing sibling guard verbatim, and the cache version was verified to be base+1 after the merge. The bug hunt ran dry with no findings, no CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed paths, and the only still-open thread from earlier runs is a style nit about two remaining shim helpers.

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#46915 changes the same key compare in src/js_parser/fold.rs: it calls EString::eql_bytes for an 8-bit key and leaves a UTF-16 key unfolded. The fold of a non-ASCII key and the template-tag guard are only in this PR.

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