Bun.write: apply mode for string, buffer, Blob and stream sources on POSIX - #32885

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Inline comments:
In `@src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs`:
- Around line 4620-4633: The chmod logic in the Blob write path is running too
late for the createPath/ENOENT recovery case, so explicit options.mode can be
skipped after the early return. Move or duplicate the mode application in the
Blob write flow so it runs before the mkdir/create success path returns,
ensuring the file is chmod’d even when truncate creates the parent directory and
opens the file successfully. Use the existing Blob write/truncate handling and
the bun_sys::chmod block as the anchor points when wiring the fix.

In `@src/runtime/webcore/blob/write_file.rs`:
- Around line 467-474: The fchmod error path in write_file.rs drops the
destination path context when Bun.write(..., { mode }) fails. Update the failure
handling in the write_file logic around the fchmod call to attach the target
path to the stored system error, matching the fast paths and Windows behavior.
Use the existing self.system_error / on_finish flow and the relevant
destination-path value available in this code path so user-facing errors name
the specific file that failed.

In `@test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js`:
- Around line 599-664: The Bun.write mode option tests are skipping the only
coverage that exercises the Windows-specific post-open mode path, so the new
overwrite/create logic in this suite never runs on Windows CI. Remove the
blanket skip in the Bun.write mode option suite and add a Windows-specific
assertion with stable semantics so the cases in Bun.write and modeOf still
validate permissions on Windows targets.
- Around line 619-624: Add the missing test case for the existing-file path with
omitted mode, since the current Bun.write coverage only checks overwrite +
explicit mode and create + omitted mode. Extend the Bun.write permissions suite
by adding a test around the existing-file setup that calls Bun.write without a
mode option and asserts the file mode stays unchanged, using the same helpers
like tempDir, join, and modeOf to locate the behavior. This should cover the
inverse flag combination and protect the overwrite branch from resetting
permissions to the default.

Additional findings (outside current diff — PR may have been updated during review):

• 🟡 src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs:4620-4633 — The new chmod block only runs on the truncate-success path; the ENOENT recovery branch just above (mkdir → open(O_CREAT, mode) → close → early return at line 4599) never reaches it, so the requested mode is still masked by umask there. With umask 0o022, Bun.write("newdir/out", new Blob([]), { mode: 0o666 }) yields 0o644 while the non-empty equivalent yields 0o666 via fchmod — the same source-type inconsistency this PR removes everywhere else. Fix: bun_sys::fchmod(f.fd(), mode) before f.close() at line 4598 when options.mode.is_some().

  Extended reasoning...

  What the bug is

  write_file_with_empty_source_to_destination now has a new chmod block at Blob.rs:4620-4633 that makes { mode } authoritative when the initial truncate() succeeds. But the pre-existing ENOENT recovery branch (Blob.rs:4588-4603) — taken when truncate() fails because the file doesn't exist — opens the file with open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, options.mode.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_PERMISSION)), closes it, and returns early at line 4599-4602. Control never reaches the new chmod block. open(2)'s mode argument is masked by the process umask, so on this one path the requested mode is not authoritative.

  The specific code path

  On POSIX, truncate_inner ignores the O_CREAT flag and calls libc::truncate() directly (node_fs.rs:8010-8018), so for any non-existent destination — not only when the parent directory is missing — truncate() returns ENOENT and execution enters the recovery branch:

  1. mkdir_recursive(dirname) (no-op if the parent already exists)
  2. bun_sys::File::open(path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, mode) at line 4588-4592 — kernel applies mode & ~umask
  3. f.close() at line 4598
  4. return Ok(JSPromise::resolved_promise_value(ctx, JSValue::js_number(0.0))) at line 4599-4602

  The new if let Some(mode) = options.mode { ... bun_sys::chmod(...) } at line 4620 sits after the entire if let Err(ref mut err) = result { ... } block, so it only runs when truncate() succeeded — i.e., the file already existed.

  This function is reached when the source blob's store is None (Blob.rs:4739-4740), which is the case for new Blob([]), an empty Uint8Array, and (after the fast path falls back to the async path on ENOENT) an empty string.

  Why existing code doesn't prevent it

  Every other path this PR touched follows open() with an explicit fchmod/chmod to bypass umask, per the PR's own comment at Blob.rs:5476-5477: "open()'s mode only applies to newly created files and is masked by umask. fchmod makes { mode } authoritative":

  • write_string_to_file_fast → fchmod (Blob.rs:5478-5487)
  • write_bytes_to_file_fast → fchmod (Blob.rs:5581-5590)
  • WriteFile::run_with_fd → fchmod (write_file.rs:467-477)
  • WriteFileWindows::on_open → fchmod (write_file.rs:954-968)
  • write_file_with_empty_source_to_destination truncate-success branch → chmod (Blob.rs:4620-4633)

  The ENOENT recovery branch is the one path left out.

  Step-by-step proof

  With process umask = 0o022 (the common default):

  1. await Bun.write("newdir/out.txt", new Blob([]), { mode: 0o666 })
  2. → write_file_with_source_destination → source store is None → write_file_with_empty_source_to_destination
  3. node_fs.truncate("newdir/out.txt", 0, O_CREAT) → POSIX path ignores flags, calls libc::truncate() → file doesn't exist → ENOENT
  4. Enters ENOENT arm → mkdir_recursive("newdir") succeeds
  5. bun_sys::File::open("newdir/out.txt", O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0o666) → kernel creates with 0o666 & ~0o022 = 0o644
  6. f.close() → return Ok(resolved(0)) at line 4599 — chmod block at 4620 never runs
  7. fs.statSync("newdir/out.txt").mode & 0o777 → 0o644

  Compare with the non-empty equivalent:

  8. await Bun.write("newdir/out.txt", "x", { mode: 0o666 }) → write_string_to_file_fast (or async WriteFile after mkdirp) → open() then fchmod(fd, 0o666) → result 0o666

  And with the existing-file empty case:

  9. await Bun.write("existing.txt", new Blob([]), { mode: 0o666 }) → truncate() succeeds → falls through to new chmod block at 4620 → result 0o666

  So the empty-source/new-file case alone produces 0o644 while every sibling case produces 0o666.

  Why tests don't catch it

  The new tests use mode: 0o600, and 0o600 & ~0o022 = 0o600 — no bits cleared by the typical CI umask, so open() alone happens to give the right answer. The only createPath test ("sets permissions when parent directory must be created") uses non-empty data "hello", which routes through write_string_to_file_fast/WriteFile and gets the fchmod. There is no test for empty source + non-existent destination + a mode with umask-cleared bits (e.g., 0o666 or 0o777).

  Impact

  Narrow but real: only manifests when (a) the source is empty, (b) the destination doesn't exist yet on POSIX, and (c) the requested mode has bits the umask clears (typically group/other write bits). Not a regression — this branch's behavior is unchanged from before the PR; the PR just didn't extend its fchmod treatment here. It is, however, exactly the class of source-type inconsistency the PR sets out to remove.

  Fix

  One line — call fchmod on the freshly opened fd before closing it, mirroring every other path in this PR:

  bun_sys::Result::Ok(f) => {
      if let Some(mode) = options.mode {
          let _ = bun_sys::fchmod(f.fd(), mode);
      }
      let _ = f.close(); // close error is non-actionable
      return Ok(JSPromise::resolved_promise_value(
          ctx,
          JSValue::js_number(0.0),
      ));
  }

  (or propagate the fchmod error like the other paths do, if preferred).

All earlier feedback has been addressed and I found nothing further, but this threads new state and fchmod calls through several core Bun.write paths (including the unsafe Windows libuv path and the FileOpener trait), so it's worth a human pass before merging.

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

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

• 🟣 src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs — pre-existing: the ReadableStream write path was missed by the sweep — Bun.write(path, readableStream, {mode}) and Bun.write(path, response, {mode}) for a streaming/fetch Response go through pipe_readable_stream_to_blob, which only hands mode to open() (POSIX via FileSink::setup, Windows at Blob.rs:1454) with no follow-up fchmod, so the requested mode is still masked by the umask and never applied to an existing file. Fix: fchmod the destination when options.mode.is_some() on this path too, e.g. thread an Option<Mode> into FileSinkOptions and chmod after open in FileSink::setup, matching what every other path now does.

  Extended reasoning...

  write_file_internal dispatches a bare ReadableStream source at Blob.rs:5157 and a Response whose body is streamable (fetch, new Response(new ReadableStream(...))) at Blob.rs:5060 to destination_blob.pipe_readable_stream_to_blob(.., &options). On POSIX that builds streams::Start::FileSink(FileSinkOptions{ mode: options.mode.unwrap_or(WRITE_PERMISSIONS), .. }) and calls sink.start() → FileSink::setup() → bun_io::open_for_writing(.., options.mode, ..) → openat_a; there is no fchmod anywhere on that path (grep confirms no chmod in FileSink.rs). On Windows the arm at Blob.rs:1448-1475 calls bun_sys::open(path, flags, mode) directly and likewise never chmods. Consequence relative to base: unchanged — after this PR, await Bun.write(p, new Response(new ReadableStream({start(c){c.enqueue(new Uint8Array([1]));c.close()}})), {mode:0o600}) on an existing 0o644 file still leaves it 0o644, and {mode:0o646} on a new file with umask 0o022 still yields 0o644. The new test suite doesn't catch it because new Response("hello") is buffered (to_blob_if_possible() converts it…

  Verification: pre-existing: The ReadableStream write path is indeed not covered by the sweep and lacks the post-open fchmod. At src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs:5157 a bare ReadableStream source dispatches to destination_blob.pipe_readable_stream_to_blob(global_this, readable, &options), and at Blob.rs:5060 a streamable Response/Request body does the same. On POSIX (Blob.rs:1557-1573) that builds…

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Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

• 🟣 src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs — pre-existing: writing an empty Blob (or empty Response body) to a new file with createPath: false rejects with ENOENT even though the parent directory exists; the same call with "" or an empty Uint8Array creates the file. In write_file_with_empty_source_to_destination the POSIX truncate(2) never creates, and the only create arm is the ENOENT recovery, which Blob.rs:4193 skips when mkdirp_if_not_exists == Some(false). Fix: on ENOENT with createPath false, still open the file with O_CREAT (and apply mode) when the parent exists, and only reject when mkdir would be needed, so every empty source matches the fast path. The diff extends this arm (fchmod) without reaching this case.

  Why this was flagged

  Trigger: await Bun.write(join(dir, "new.txt"), new Blob([]), { createPath: false }) on Linux/macOS where dir exists and new.txt does not; arrives through write_file (Blob.rs:5128) -> write_file_internal -> write_file_with_source_destination, where source_blob.store.get() is None for an empty Blob so it calls write_file_with_empty_source_to_destination (Blob.rs:4379). There node_fs.truncate (Blob.rs:4169) runs libc::truncate (node_fs.rs:7967), which cannot create a file, so it fails ENOENT. The ENOENT arm at Blob.rs:4193 does break 'err because options.mkdirp_if_not_exists == Some(false), and the promise is rejected with ENOENT at Blob.rs:4262. By contrast Bun.write(p, "", { createPath: false }) takes write_string_to_file_fast, which opens with O::CREAT (Blob.rs:5212) and creates the file; the function's own doc says it should match the fast path. The base branch behaves the same; this PR adds the fchmod inside this arm but does not reach the createPath:false case.

  Verification: pre-existing. Triggering condition: on Linux/macOS, Bun.write(path, new Blob([]), { createPath: false }) where the parent directory exists but the file does not. In the ENOENT arm, if options.mkdirp_if_not_exists == Some(false) { break 'err; } (Blob.rs:4193-4195) skips the only O_CREAT open, so the promise is rejected with ENOENT. The base commit has the identical code.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts:
- Around line 2176-2178: Update each mode option JSDoc block, including those
associated with WriteFileOptions, to document the TypeError thrown when mode is
not a number, while preserving the existing RangeError documentation for
out-of-range or non-integer values.

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Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

• 🟣 src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs — pre-existing: on macOS and FreeBSD, writing a short string or buffer to /dev/stdout or /dev/fd/N with stdout redirected to a file cuts that file to the length of this one write. The sync fast path opens the path as a dup of the descriptor and still runs its trailing ftruncate(fd, written) at Blob.rs:5349 (same at Blob.rs:5487); the new opens_as_dup guard only skips the apply_mode truncation. Fix: skip the end-of-write truncation in both fast paths when opens_as_dup(path) is true, while keeping it for ordinary paths, and make the /dev/std* and /dev/fd tests compare the whole file instead of slice(0, 3), which currently masks the cut.

  Why this was flagged

  On macOS, bun app.ts > out.log where the app does console.log("start") and then await Bun.write("/dev/stdout", "hello"). write_file_internal takes the fast path at Blob.rs:4890 and write_string_to_file_fast:: opens the path at Blob.rs:5300; on macOS/FreeBSD that open returns a duplicate of fd 1 sharing its offset (the PR's own comment at Blob.rs:4105). mode_before_write returns None for this path (Blob.rs:4198-4203), so apply_mode does nothing, but truncate is set from NEEDS_OPEN at Blob.rs:5342 and the scopeguard at Blob.rs:5347-5351 calls ftruncate(fd, 5) after the write: out.log goes from "start\nhello" to "start". write_bytes_to_file_fast does the same at Blob.rs:5435 and Blob.rs:5487. The base branch behaves identically, so this is pre-existing. The PR's tests hide it: test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js:2025-2027 reads back only slice(0, 3) when opensAsDup, so a file holding "oldhe" still matches "old".

  Verification: On macOS/FreeBSD, a string written to /dev/stdout or /dev/fd/N while that descriptor is a redirect to a regular file. The trailing truncate is unconditional on NEEDS_OPEN and the defer at Blob.rs:5347-5351 runs bun_sys::ftruncate(fd, written). opens_as_dup is consulted only in mode_before_write, never in the truncate decision. The base branch has the identical unconditional ftruncate.

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

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