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bun:test: apply an asymmetric matcher that is the whole expected value of toMatchObject and of snapshot property matchers - #37912
expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchObject(expect.any(Array)) passes. The same matcher as the property matchers of toMatchSnapshot passes too. Jest and Vitest fail both.
JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch (src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:3660) gives both values to the key walk of Bun__deepMatch. A built-in matcher has no enumerable key, so the walk compares nothing.
Fix
JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch first tests the cell type of the expected value. For a matcher, matchAsymmetricMatcher gives the verdict.
The received value is not read as a matcher. The walk still records the property matchers of a snapshot.
Bun.deepMatch and the sample of expect.objectContaining() do not use this entry.
Verified: 10 new tests in test/js/bun/test/ fail on main and pass here. Self-reviewed: 8 concerns raised, 8 addressed, but no tracking issue is filed (Notes).
Background
An asymmetric matcher is expect.any(Number) and its relatives, or a matcher of expect.extend. toMatchObject and snapshot property matchers share this C++ entry.
On main, .toMatchObject( is on 2,035 lines in 356 test files. 3 calls give a matcher as the whole expected value: url-parse-ipv6.test.ts twice and net/server.spec.ts once. No snapshot call in the tests has a matcher as the whole property matchers.
expect.toSatisfy() is new in bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833, which is not in a release. As the whole expected value of toMatchObject it never matches on main, and .not always passes: the key walk finds its enumerable asymmetricMatch. A matcher of expect.extend has the same key.
A dead assertion also ends a wait. expect.poll(next).toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining({ ready: true })) calls next once on main and three times on this PR.
The step
The expected value is a matcher if its cell has the type of the Expect* classes (mayBeAsymmetricMatcher, one byte test). That covers the built-in matchers, expect.not.*, expect.resolvesTo.*, the matchers of expect.extend and expect.toSatisfy().
A URL, a Blob or a Response has that type too. matchAsymmetricMatcher answers "no matcher" for it, and the walk runs as before.
One object on both sides keeps the walk. So expect(m).toMatchObject(m) still passes for a matcher m, as in Jest and Vitest.
The received value is not read as a matcher. So a pattern that is a plain object always gets the key walk, and the walk records the property matchers that a snapshot stores.
mayBeAsymmetricMatcher and matchAsymmetricMatcher are on main. The diff in src/ is 9 lines added and 1 removed.
Rows
"pass" means that expect(received).toMatchObject(expected) passes. "main" and "this PR" are release builds of 3bf1a06 without and with the step. The references are expect 30.5.2 and @vitest/expect 4.1.12 on Node 26.3.0.
IsOdd is class IsOdd { asymmetricMatch(o) { return o.n % 2 === 1 } }.
expect.toSatisfy() is not in 1.4.2 and not in the two reference packages.
140 rows ran on the two references and on the two builds. 38 rows change. 29 change to the answer that Jest and Vitest both give. 8 move away from both. On 1 row the references differ.
Rows that agree with both references: 82 before, 103 after. Rows that differ from Jest: 53 before, 31 after. From Vitest: 52 before, 32 after.
The 8 rows that move away: 3 have two distinct matchers, for example two equal expect.any(Number) objects. 5 have a value for which the matcher of Bun is stricter than the one of Jest.
The row on which the references differ is expect([1, 2]).toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining([1])). Jest 30 fails it and Vitest passes it. It passes on main and fails now.
New differences from Jest and Vitest
Each of these rows passes on main because nothing is compared. It fails now, and Jest and Vitest pass it. toEqual with the same two values fails on 1.4.2 and on main. So the root now gets the verdict that the matcher already has.
The matcher of Bun is stricter than the one of Jest:
a boxed String against expect.stringContaining() or expect.stringMatching()
expect.not.objectContaining(m) with a matcher m as the sample now fails, and its .not form passes. The sample is walked as an object with no properties, on main too.
Two distinct matchers. See the next block.
Both values are matchers
One object on both sides: the matcher is not applied to itself. 17 of 17 rows pass, as in Jest and Vitest.
Two distinct matchers: the expected matcher is applied to the received matcher. toEqual and a property do the same on main.
Jest and Vitest apply no matcher then. They compare the two matchers as plain objects.
A matrix of 17 matchers gives 289 ordered pairs and 17 rows with one object on both sides. Jest and Vitest agree on all 306 rows. Main gives their answer on 91 rows, this PR on 224.
Of the 306 rows, 160 are repaired. 27 that the references pass now fail, for example two equal expect.any(Number) objects. 55 still pass where the references fail. No row that the references fail starts to pass.
Snapshot property matchers
In these rows the whole property matchers are one matcher. The format of a snapshot file comes from its first line, or from the import for a new file.
format
the matcher
main
this PR
jest-snapshot 30.5.2
Bun
built-in, no match
passes, writes the received value
refuses, writes nothing
fails
Bun
built-in, matches
passes, writes the received value
same
merge error
Bun
expect.extend or expect.toSatisfy(), matches
refuses
passes, writes the received value
merge error
Jest, Vitest
built-in, no match
merge error
refuses
fails
Jest, Vitest
built-in, matches
merge error
same
merge error
Jest, Vitest
expect.extend or expect.toSatisfy(), matches
refuses
merge error
merge error
"refuses" is the error "Expected propertyMatchers to match properties from received object". The snapshot is not counted, not compared and not written.
"merge error" is an error from the merge of the matcher into the received value. jest-snapshot does that merge, and the Jest and Vitest formats of Bun do the same. Nothing is written.
For a built-in matcher the merge error is "Asymmetric matcher Object does not implement toAsymmetricMatcher()", in Bun and in jest-snapshot.
For an expect.extend matcher, jest-snapshot says "target is not iterable". The Jest format of Bun says "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length')". The Vitest format of Bun gives the message of a built-in matcher.
The third row is a new state: an error becomes a pass that writes { "a": 1 }. jest-snapshot has no such state.
new-snapshot.test.ts has the three Bun rows with the exact .snap text and a second run. It has the no-match row in the Jest and in the Vitest format.
A root matcher that fails takes no snapshot number. If a test catches that error, its later snapshots get a lower number than in a .snap file that main wrote.
9 probe rows ran twice with a value that changes between runs. The second run gives the result of main on all 9, and the .snap files are equal.
An object with its own asymmetricMatch(), as the received value or as the property matchers, still gets the walk. The snapshot stores "x": Any<Number>, as on 1.4.2. The last test of new-snapshot.test.ts runs such snapshots twice.
A matcher that waits
expect.resolvesTo, expect.rejectsTo and an async matcher of expect.extend can be the whole expected value. Then toMatchObject and the snapshot matchers wait and return a promise, as toEqual does. On main the call returns at once and passes. expect-deferred.test.ts has the rows.
What stays as on main
An object with an asymmetricMatch() method as the whole expected value is walked by its keys. It is not applied. By shape:
A class with the method on its prototype passes whatever the method says: expect({ n: 2 }).toMatchObject(new IsOdd()). Jest and Vitest fail it.
A literal fails, because the received value has no asymmetricMatch key: expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchObject({ asymmetricMatch: () => true }). Its .not form passes. Jest and Vitest apply the method.
A matcher as the whole received value is walked by its keys: expect(expect.any(Object)).toMatchObject({ a: 1 }) fails. Jest and Vitest apply it. No call in Bun's tests has this shape.
These two cases are not in this hunk for two reasons:
Snapshots. Take class Shape { x = expect.any(Number); asymmetricMatch(o) { return typeof o.x === "number" } }. expect({ x, y: 2 }).toMatchSnapshot(new Shape()) stores "x": Any<Number> and passes its second run. That is so on 1.4.2, on main and here. A build that applies the object in place of the walk stores the number, and the second run fails.
One entry. A .not.toMatchObject call and a snapshot call arrive in JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch with the same arguments. The first needs the verdict of the object. The second needs the walk.
No issue tracks these two cases.
Bun.deepMatch(expect.any(Array), { a: 1 }) is true. Bun.deepMatch has no asymmetric matchers.
A function as the whole expected value still matches each object: toMatchObject(Array), or toMatchObject(expect.anything) without the call. Jest and Vitest fail these.
expect.objectContaining(m) with a matcher m as the sample still passes.
A matcher on both sides in toEqual and under a property: expect(m).toEqual(m) and expect({ k: m }).toMatchObject({ k: m }) fail for m = expect.any(Number). Jest and Vitest pass them.
Measurements
The two builds are release builds for linux x64 of 3bf1a06, without and with the step, from the same toolchain.
size: text 140,303,334 and 140,303,590. data and bss do not change.
nm -S: JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch has 4,299 bytes and 4,464. matchAsymmetricMatcher gets a copy of 48 bytes that is not inlined. Bun__deepMatch<true>, Bun__deepMatch<false> and matchAsymmetricMatcherAndGetFlags do not change.
From the entry of JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch to the entry of Bun__deepMatch<true> (gdb single-step, the 16 rows of the table below): 48 instructions before, 58 after. 2 conditional branches are added and no call.
The expected value is a native object with the cell type of the matchers (URL, Blob, Headers, Request): 48 instructions before, 126 after. That path has 16 conditional branches and 2 direct calls (matchAsymmetricMatcher, matchAsymmetricMatcherAndGetFlags). A URLSearchParams has another cell type: 58.
Instructions for each expect(received).toMatchObject(expected) call with no matcher at the root. The counter is perf_event_open, user space, one process for each row. The number is the count at 2e7 calls minus the count at 1e7 calls, as the median of three runs.
received / expected
main
this PR
added
two objects of one Structure
2,871
2,881
10
plain object, 3 properties / 1 property
2,494
2,505
11
plain object, 8 properties / 1 property
2,498
2,503
5
plain object, 16 properties / 1 property
2,495
2,497
2
class instance, 1 prototype / plain object
2,508
2,517
9
class instance, 3 prototypes
2,508
2,518
10
class instance, 6 prototypes
2,507
2,518
11
class instance, 12 prototypes
2,508
2,518
10
class instance, 24 prototypes
2,508
2,518
10
fs.Stats / {}
2,091
2,101
10
EventEmitter / {}
2,091
2,100
9
stream.Readable / {}
2,090
2,100
10
http.IncomingMessage / {}
2,091
2,101
10
net.Socket / {}
2,090
2,100
10
URL / {}
2,068
2,079
11
one object on both sides
1,084
1,094
10
The rows with 8 and 16 properties move by up to 12 between runs on both builds. The other rows move by 5 or less.
The number does not grow with the prototypes of the received value.
A matcher at the root: expect.any(Object) goes from 2,354 to 1,212 instructions, because the walk does not run. expect.objectContaining({ a: 1 }) goes from 2,354 to 2,794, because the matcher runs.
A URL as the expected value: a call has about 32,200 instructions and moves by 150 or more between runs on both builds. The 78 do not show there.
Allocations for each call are the same on both builds. The 7 rows, from a flat pair to 10 nested objects and an array, have 1, 1, 4, 11, 27, 27 and 14. The count is from gdb breakpoints on the allocator entry points.
Wall clock in ns for each call, for the rows of bench/deepEqual/match-object.js. The two builds ran in turns for 10 rounds. A round gives the minimum of 5 loops of 1e6 calls. The table has the median of the 10 rounds.
row
main
this PR
main, lowest and highest round
two objects of one shape
131.4
133.6
122.7 to 148.8
3 properties, 1 expected
107.6
107.4
100.2 to 124.9
8 properties, 1 expected
109.4
105.1
102.4 to 120.8
class instance
107.4
105.6
101.8 to 131.7
class instance, 3 prototypes
108.9
108.1
103.8 to 124.5
class instance, 12 prototypes
106.0
106.9
101.4 to 125.3
EventEmitter
93.5
94.5
85.6 to 109.9
URL
92.0
90.3
87.2 to 108.2
URL expected
2,069
2,129
2,014 to 2,364
array
950.9
944.0
895.6 to 995.5
nested object
196.9
192.0
180.4 to 211.3
expect.any(Object)
105.5
54.5
98.7 to 112.0
expect.objectContaining()
105.9
118.5
99.0 to 112.0
Equality testers: a lone root matcher is decided before the testers run (1 tester call before, 0 now, as in toEqual). A root pair with no matcher, and one matcher object on both sides, call the testers as before.
Tests
The 9 changed test files on a debug build: 1,078 tests pass with the step. With the bindings.cpp of main, 1,068 pass and 10 fail.
The 10 tests: expect.test.js 3, new-snapshot.test.ts 2, and 1 each in expect-extend.test.js, expect-deferred.test.ts, bun-snapshots.test.ts, vitest-apis.test.ts and vitest-flavor.test.ts.
Two tests guard what the step must not do. They pass on main too:
"the received value of toMatchObject is not read as a matcher"
"an object with its own asymmetricMatch() keeps the property matchers in its snapshot"
The new tests pass with BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.
The tests that are not under if (isBun) also pass on expect 30.5.2 and @vitest/expect 4.1.12. CI does not run them there.
32 test files of test/js/bun/test/ use toMatchObject or a snapshot matcher. On release builds of main and of this PR, 25 give equal results. The other 7 are the changed files, and only the 10 tests differ.
Self-review
The review read the version before this one. There the step was the last commit of a stack: #47702 with #47736 and #44497, then two commits for a Proxy of an array. It raised 8 concerns.
The description had numbers of the stack. Each number here is from the two builds of "Measurements".
The case of an object with asymmetricMatch() is described by shape in "What stays as on main". The review also asked for a tracking issue for it. None is filed.
New test rows:
a whole matcher that matches in a snapshot (built-in and expect.extend, in a file and inline)
a matcher that waits in the two snapshot matchers
the Jest and Vitest snapshot formats
The samples with inherited keys are in "New differences from Jest and Vitest".
Earlier versions of this PR
Commit fb3cb9e had the check at the top of Bun__deepMatch, with an exception for the sample of expect.objectContaining(). The check ran again for each nested object.
Commit ee9204b called matchEitherAsymmetricMatcher of bun:test: compare an expected Map and Set in toMatchObject and Bun.deepMatch #47702 at the root. That helper reads both values. expect({ asymmetricMatch: () => true, x: Math.random() }).toMatchSnapshot({ x: expect.any(Number) }) then stored the number, and the second run failed. Each call ran 33 to 733 more instructions.
Commit ee7163f reduced the step to the expected value.
Other designs
A rule that applies a matcher only if exactly one value is a matcher (commit e91392e on the branch robobun/fab01ea0/whole-matcher-exactly-one). It has the same snapshot loss, and it needs a second list of the matcher classes.
The check in the two Rust callers. The rule would be in two places.
When the whole expected value passed to toMatchObject or to a snapshot property matcher was an asymmetric matcher, the top-level deep match never applied it and instead walked the matcher object's enumerable keys, of which there are none, so the assertion passed vacuously regardless of the received value. The fix adds a root dispatch in the deep match entry point that detects a matcher on the expected side and evaluates it against the received value before any key walk, returning its result directly. The received value is deliberately not treated as a matcher at the root, so the key walk st…
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Walkthrough
Deep matching now checks asymmetric matchers on either whole input. Subset matching applies type-specific rules to arrays, Dates, Errors, Sets, and Maps. Tests, benchmark cases, and Bun.deepMatch documentation cover these changes.
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Summary
Matcher dispatch and trial state src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/headers-handwritten.h
A shared matcher dispatcher checks either operand. Pair comparisons apply matchers and equality testers. Collection candidate trials track comparison state and roll back changes when a candidate fails.
Subset shape and collection rules src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp
Set and Map patterns require matching collection types, equal sizes, and matching contents. Date and Error patterns receive value checks. Array patterns require an array of equal length. Private symbols are excluded from subset property matching, and shallow copying supports Proxy objects and array-like lengths.
Tests cover matcher behavior, arrays, special objects, collections, asynchronous matching, snapshots, and assertion output. The benchmark adds toMatchObject() cases. The Bun.deepMatch documentation describes Date, Error, Set, and Map matching rules. The Node tests update direct toMatchObject expectations and URL parsing assertions.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner
Merge Risk: Low · up to ee716
The change is mergeable with a bounded testing follow-up: assert that callable Proxies retain function rendering in snapshots, rather than checking only that their properties are omitted.
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Reproduced on Bun 1.4.2 and on main (3bf1a06): expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchObject(expect.any(Array)) passes, and expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchSnapshot(expect.objectContaining({ b: 1 })) stores a snapshot. expect 30.5.2 and @vitest/expect 4.1.12 fail both. 10 new tests fail on a build of main and pass with this branch.
The fix is in this PR (#37912). The branch is based on main.
CI (build 137355, head a6acb24): no failure is in a file that this PR changes. The red entries are:
24 test files that fail on main too: test/aot/* and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts.
test/aot/engine/native-5.test.ts and native-6.test.ts: an assertion in a native AOT test. The build before this one marked the same failure as present on main.
test/js/web/request/request-clone-leak.test.ts on the ASAN lane: an RSS delta of 64 MB against a bound of 64.
The Windows aarch64 build step: Buildkite answered 503 to the artifact upload, so the tests of that lane did not run. On the commit before (build 137336, same src/) that lane ran, with no failure in a file of this PR.
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LGTM — mirrors the existing top-level asymmetric-matcher check from Bun__deepEquals into Bun__deepMatch.
What was reviewed:
New block at bindings.cpp:1978 matches the pattern at :748 and the per-property check at :2046; .asCell() is guarded by the isCell() asserts above, and no RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after matchAsymmetricMatcher is consistent with both existing call sites.
isMatchingObjectContaining guard keeps the expect.objectContaining sample walk (bindings.cpp:539) unchanged; Bun.deepMatch is unaffected via the enableAsymmetricMatchers template guard.
Tests cover built-in and expect.extend matchers on both sides, .not.* inversion, nesting, and both snapshot matcher variants including the written .snap file.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR adds a top-level asymmetric-matcher check to Bun__deepMatch in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, so toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining(...)) and the snapshot property-matchers argument are actually applied instead of being walked as an empty object. Three test files gain coverage: expect.test.js (built-in matchers on both sides), expect-extend.test.js (custom matchers), and snapshot.test.ts (spawned subprocess exercising toMatchSnapshot/toMatchInlineSnapshot).
Security risks
None. This is test-runner matcher logic; the only inputs are values already reachable from user test code, and matchAsymmetricMatcher was already invoked on the same values one frame deeper.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. The C++ change is ~30 lines in a hot equality path shared by toMatchObject, objectContaining, and snapshot property matchers, so I checked every call site: the objectContaining sample path (bindings.cpp:539) passes isMatchingObjectContaining=true and is skipped by the new guard; the top-level entry (bindings.cpp:3154) passes false and hits it; Bun__deepMatch<false> (Bun.deepMatch) compiles the block out via if constexpr. The new code is byte-for-byte the same shape as Bun__deepEquals at :748 and the existing per-property check at :2046, including its exception-handling stance (throwScope is threaded through and checked by the caller / next RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION at :2013).
Other factors
Test coverage is thorough — pass/fail for each matcher family, .not.* inversion, received-side matchers, nested matchers inside a top-level objectContaining, and a subprocess snapshot test that asserts both stdout markers and the exact .snap contents. The PR description states verification against Jest/Vitest and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1. No prior human review comments to address.
This PR stays open. #47702 (draft) carries this change today. After its rework, #47702 keeps only the comparison of an expected Set or Map. The check for a matcher passed as the whole expected value stays here. It also applies to the property matchers of toMatchSnapshot and toMatchInlineSnapshot, so it gets its own review.
I will rebase this PR onto the branch of #47702 (robobun/fd48c6eb/deep-match-map-set-function) after that rework. Until then this branch does not change, and its conflict with main stays.
… net.Server tests
Both files wrapped the expected object in expect.objectContaining() and gave
the matcher to toMatchObject. toMatchObject walks the enumerable keys of the
expected value, and a matcher has none, so nothing was compared. Three
expected values of url-parse-ipv6.test.ts were wrong. They now hold what
url.parse returns in Node 26.3.0 and in Bun.
robobun
changed the title
bun:test: apply an asymmetric matcher passed as the whole toMatchObject or snapshot property matchers argument
bun:test: apply an asymmetric matcher that is the whole expected or received value of toMatchObject and of snapshot property matchers
Nov 3, 2026
When obj is a Proxy around an array, obj->getArrayLength() reads internal storage, not the Proxy's length. The result is 0, so expect(new Proxy([1], {})).toMatchObject([1]) fails. The same comparison existed before this change, so the PR preserves the defect rather than introducing it.
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Review comment at @src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp around lines 2718 - 2719:
Update the array-length comparison in Bun__deepMatch to read obj’s length
through Proxy-aware property access rather than internal array storage, so
Proxy-wrapped arrays match using their observable length. Preserve the existing
array-pattern check and length-equality behavior.
Add a passing whole-value matcher case to the snapshot tests.
Add a passing whole-value matcher case to the snapshot tests.
The new test covers only whole-value matchers that fail. If a change rejected every whole-value matcher, this test would still pass. Add a case that matches, such as expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchSnapshot(expect.objectContaining({ a: 1 })), and assert the saved .snap entry.
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Review comment at @test/js/bun/test/snapshot-tests/new-snapshot.test.ts around
lines 62 - 63:
Add a passing whole-value matcher case to the snapshot tests alongside the
failing cases, using a matcher that accepts the snapshot value; assert that the
corresponding saved `.snap` entry contains the expected value. Keep the existing
failure cases intact.
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked a few other things in the reworked Bun__deepMatch and ruled them out: the switch to PrivateSymbolMode::Exclude matches Jest (its key walk never sees #private fields); a typed array, Buffer or arguments object now failing against an array pattern in toMatchObject matches Jest's [object X] className check; the O(n*m) candidate search in subsetSetMatches/subsetMapMatches is the same cost as Jest's iterableEquality. The url-parse-ipv6.test.ts expectation rewrites are corrections of previously vacuous toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining(...)) assertions and now reflect Node's actual url.parse output, not a weakening.
Extended reasoning...
The change reworks the subset-matching core behind toMatchObject, the snapshot property matchers and Bun.deepMatch in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp and headers-handwritten.h, adding top-level matcher dispatch, Date/Error/Set/Map special handling with a rollback Trial guard, and a large test expansion. It touches no security-sensitive surface. Inline findings already signal that a human look is needed; this note only records the additional candidates examined and ruled out since the earlier review covered a much smaller version of the PR.
Findings marked 🟡 are optional suggestions and need no follow-up push.
A second version of this step is in commit e91392e (branch robobun/fab01ea0/whole-matcher-exactly-one, on the earlier #47702 head 08eceab). Diff summary: the entry applies a matcher only if exactly one of the two values is a matcher, behind a one-ref test on the asymmetricMatch name.
Release builds, with expect 30.5.2 and @vitest/expect 4.1.12 as the references:
Ready for review at 58e5aac. The review comments are addressed: the length of a Proxy of an array is read through its traps (the toMatchObject half of #9103), the array rule no longer runs for the sample of expect.objectContaining(), and a snapshot property matcher under a Proxy is stored as the matcher. The remaining red CI lanes are test/aot failures that are also red on main and do not touch this diff.
The current checks reject only Any<Number> and "id": 1. An entry that prints as {} passes both runs, because the id of a function is never printed. The test does not check the printed [Function: f] text for either function case.
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Review comment at @test/js/bun/test/snapshot-tests/new-snapshot.test.ts at line
124:
Update the snapshot assertions around `snap` to verify that both the `function`
and `proxied` entries print the expected object containing `[Function: f]`.
Check each entry explicitly so an empty object cannot pass; retain the existing
snapshot-generation flow.
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On the last nit: the proxied entry prints as [class ProxyObject], not [Function: f]. That is the snapshot printer's choice for a Proxy of a function and is not part of this PR, so the test checks only what the copy decides: the entry has no matcher and no id.
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bun:test: apply an asymmetric matcher that is the whole expected or received value of toMatchObject and of snapshot property matchers
bun:test: apply an asymmetric matcher that is the whole expected value of toMatchObject and of snapshot property matchers
Nov 3, 2026
A note on the array gate of Bun__deepMatch (commit 5d52a31 in this PR).
#47858 is now a PR for only that statement, and the two do not merge: git merge-tree of the two branches conflicts in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp and test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js.
[[Get]] of length from each Proxy, compared with ===
array sample of expect.objectContaining
no array rule
array rule as on main
a served length of "1", 1.5, 1n or a Symbol
converts, or throws
no match
size
one hunk of a larger change
only the gate, expect.arrayContaining and their tests
The tests of #47858 ask only that a Proxy of an array gets the answer of the real array, so they hold with each rule. The tests here that expect a throw for a Symbol or BigInt length do not hold on #47858.
Proposal: this PR drops the gate hunk of 5d52a31 with its Proxy-length tests, and takes the gate from the branch of #47858 (robobun/e5cd7583/deep-match-proxy-array). The copy for a Proxy in shallowCopyForDeepMatch stays here. If the root matcher needs the array rule to be off under expect.objectContaining, that rule change can stay here as its own hunk on top of the gate of #47858.
Two tests give expect.objectContaining(expected) to toMatchObject, which
compared nothing. The merged branch passes the expected object and corrects
three rows. With the root step of the next commit, those three rows fail
without that correction.
…e of toMatchObject and of snapshot property matchers
JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch gave both values to the key walk of
Bun__deepMatch. A built-in matcher has no enumerable property, so as
the whole expected value it compared nothing and the assertion passed.
The function now tests the type of the expected cell first. If the cell
is an asymmetric matcher object and is not the received value itself,
matchAsymmetricMatcher gives the verdict. The received value is not
read as a matcher, so the key walk still records the property matchers
for the stored snapshot.
Bun.deepMatch and the sample of expect.objectContaining() enter
Bun__deepMatch directly and do not change.
The commits for a Proxy of an array and for an array sample of expect.objectContaining() (5d52a31 and parts of bf67a24) are not in this PR now. That answers the note about the array gate: this PR has no copy of the gate. The copy of a Proxy holder in shallowCopyForDeepMatch is not here either.
The description has new numbers. Each one is from a release build of main with and without the 9 lines.
One verdict differs from the earlier head. With the step on main, a root expect.objectContaining() with an array sample fails, for example expect([1, 2, 3]).toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining([1, 2])). The earlier head passed it because of the array-sample commit. toEqual fails it on main too. The description lists these rows under "New differences from Jest and Vitest".
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Problem
expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchObject(expect.any(Array))passes. The same matcher as the property matchers oftoMatchSnapshotpasses too. Jest and Vitest fail both.JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatch(src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:3660) gives both values to the key walk ofBun__deepMatch. A built-in matcher has no enumerable key, so the walk compares nothing.Fix
JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatchfirst tests the cell type of the expected value. For a matcher,matchAsymmetricMatchergives the verdict.Bun.deepMatchand the sample ofexpect.objectContaining()do not use this entry.test/js/bun/test/fail on main and pass here. Self-reviewed: 8 concerns raised, 8 addressed, but no tracking issue is filed (Notes).Background
expect.any(Number)and its relatives, or a matcher ofexpect.extend.toMatchObjectand snapshot property matchers share this C++ entry.matchEitherAsymmetricMatcher, bun:test: compare an expected Map and Set in toMatchObject and Bun.deepMatch #47702). It adds a property lookup to each call, and a snapshot loses its property matchers.Downsides
URLorBlob(release, linux x64). Text grows by 256 bytes.asymmetricMatch()object as the whole expected value is not applied. Neither is a matcher as the received value.Notes
Reach
toMatchObjectexists sincetoMatchObjectand some asymmetric matchers #3260..toMatchObject(is on 2,035 lines in 356 test files. 3 calls give a matcher as the whole expected value:url-parse-ipv6.test.tstwice andnet/server.spec.tsonce. No snapshot call in the tests has a matcher as the whole property matchers.url-parse-ipv6.test.tshad wrong expected values. test: pass the expected object to toMatchObject in url-parse-ipv6 and net.Server tests #47735 corrects them. This branch merges the branch of test: pass the expected object to toMatchObject in url-parse-ipv6 and net.Server tests #47735, so its two test files are in this diff until test: pass the expected object to toMatchObject in url-parse-ipv6 and net.Server tests #47735 merges.expect.toSatisfy()is new in bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833, which is not in a release. As the whole expected value oftoMatchObjectit never matches on main, and.notalways passes: the key walk finds its enumerableasymmetricMatch. A matcher ofexpect.extendhas the same key.expect.poll(next).toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining({ ready: true }))callsnextonce on main and three times on this PR.The step
Expect*classes (mayBeAsymmetricMatcher, one byte test). That covers the built-in matchers,expect.not.*,expect.resolvesTo.*, the matchers ofexpect.extendandexpect.toSatisfy().URL, aBlobor aResponsehas that type too.matchAsymmetricMatcheranswers "no matcher" for it, and the walk runs as before.expect(m).toMatchObject(m)still passes for a matcherm, as in Jest and Vitest.mayBeAsymmetricMatcherandmatchAsymmetricMatcherare on main. The diff insrc/is 9 lines added and 1 removed.Rows
"pass" means that
expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)passes. "main" and "this PR" are release builds of 3bf1a06 without and with the step. The references areexpect30.5.2 and@vitest/expect4.1.12 on Node 26.3.0.{ a: 1, b: 2 }/expect.objectContaining({ a: 2 }){ a: 1 }/expect.any(Array)new Response("")/expect.any(Array){ a: 1 }/expect.toSatisfy(o => o.a === 1)m/m, wheremisexpect.any(Number)expect.any(Number)/expect.any(String)expect.any(Number)/ a secondexpect.any(Number)expect.any(Number)/expect.any(Object){ n: 2 }/new IsOdd(){ a: 1 }/{ asymmetricMatch: () => true }expect.any(Object)/{ a: 1 }IsOddisclass IsOdd { asymmetricMatch(o) { return o.n % 2 === 1 } }.expect.toSatisfy()is not in 1.4.2 and not in the two reference packages.expect.any(Number)objects. 5 have a value for which the matcher of Bun is stricter than the one of Jest.expect([1, 2]).toMatchObject(expect.objectContaining([1])). Jest 30 fails it and Vitest passes it. It passes on main and fails now.New differences from Jest and Vitest
Each of these rows passes on main because nothing is compared. It fails now, and Jest and Vitest pass it.
toEqualwith the same two values fails on 1.4.2 and on main. So the root now gets the verdict that the matcher already has.Stringagainstexpect.stringContaining()orexpect.stringMatching()Numberagainstexpect.closeTo()expect.arrayContaining([])Proxyof an array againstexpect.arrayContaining([1]). bun:test: read a Proxy of an array through the Proxy in toMatchObject, Bun.deepMatch and expect.arrayContaining #47858 (open) is the PR for aProxyof an array.expect.objectContaining():[1, 2, 3]against[1, 2](Jest 30 fails this one too), and{ 0: 1, 1: 2 }against[1, 2].{ a: 1 }againstnew P(), withclass P { #x = 1; a = 1 }. bun:test: leave private names out of the key walk of toMatchObject and Bun.deepMatch #47736 (open) is the PR for private names.{}againstObject.create({ a: 1 }), or an instance of an ES5 constructor with a method on its prototype. The walk of the sample reads the prototype chain. bun:test: compare only the expected value's own properties in toMatchObject and Bun.deepMatch #46171 (open) changes that walk to own properties.expect.not.objectContaining(m)with a matchermas the sample now fails, and its.notform passes. The sample is walked as an object with no properties, on main too.Both values are matchers
toEqualand a property do the same on main.expect.any(Number)objects. 55 still pass where the references fail. No row that the references fail starts to pass.Snapshot property matchers
In these rows the whole property matchers are one matcher. The format of a snapshot file comes from its first line, or from the import for a new file.
expect.extendorexpect.toSatisfy(), matchesexpect.extendorexpect.toSatisfy(), matchesexpect.extendmatcher, jest-snapshot says "target is not iterable". The Jest format of Bun says "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length')". The Vitest format of Bun gives the message of a built-in matcher.{ "a": 1 }. jest-snapshot has no such state.new-snapshot.test.tshas the three Bun rows with the exact.snaptext and a second run. It has the no-match row in the Jest and in the Vitest format..snapfile that main wrote..snapfiles are equal.asymmetricMatch(), as the received value or as the property matchers, still gets the walk. The snapshot stores"x": Any<Number>, as on 1.4.2. The last test ofnew-snapshot.test.tsruns such snapshots twice.A matcher that waits
expect.resolvesTo,expect.rejectsToand an async matcher ofexpect.extendcan be the whole expected value. ThentoMatchObjectand the snapshot matchers wait and return a promise, astoEqualdoes. On main the call returns at once and passes.expect-deferred.test.tshas the rows.What stays as on main
asymmetricMatch()method as the whole expected value is walked by its keys. It is not applied. By shape:expect({ n: 2 }).toMatchObject(new IsOdd()). Jest and Vitest fail it.asymmetricMatchkey:expect({ a: 1 }).toMatchObject({ asymmetricMatch: () => true }). Its.notform passes. Jest and Vitest apply the method.expect(expect.any(Object)).toMatchObject({ a: 1 })fails. Jest and Vitest apply it. No call in Bun's tests has this shape.class Shape { x = expect.any(Number); asymmetricMatch(o) { return typeof o.x === "number" } }.expect({ x, y: 2 }).toMatchSnapshot(new Shape())stores"x": Any<Number>and passes its second run. That is so on 1.4.2, on main and here. A build that applies the object in place of the walk stores the number, and the second run fails..not.toMatchObjectcall and a snapshot call arrive inJSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatchwith the same arguments. The first needs the verdict of the object. The second needs the walk.Bun.deepMatch(expect.any(Array), { a: 1 })istrue.Bun.deepMatchhas no asymmetric matchers.toMatchObject(Array), ortoMatchObject(expect.anything)without the call. Jest and Vitest fail these.expect.objectContaining(m)with a matchermas the sample still passes.toEqualand under a property:expect(m).toEqual(m)andexpect({ k: m }).toMatchObject({ k: m })fail form = expect.any(Number). Jest and Vitest pass them.Measurements
The two builds are release builds for linux x64 of 3bf1a06, without and with the step, from the same toolchain.
size: text 140,303,334 and 140,303,590. data and bss do not change.nm -S:JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatchhas 4,299 bytes and 4,464.matchAsymmetricMatchergets a copy of 48 bytes that is not inlined.Bun__deepMatch<true>,Bun__deepMatch<false>andmatchAsymmetricMatcherAndGetFlagsdo not change.From the entry of
JSC__JSValue__jestDeepMatchto the entry ofBun__deepMatch<true>(gdb single-step, the 16 rows of the table below): 48 instructions before, 58 after. 2 conditional branches are added and no call.The expected value is a native object with the cell type of the matchers (
URL,Blob,Headers,Request): 48 instructions before, 126 after. That path has 16 conditional branches and 2 direct calls (matchAsymmetricMatcher,matchAsymmetricMatcherAndGetFlags). AURLSearchParamshas another cell type: 58.Instructions for each
expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)call with no matcher at the root. The counter isperf_event_open, user space, one process for each row. The number is the count at 2e7 calls minus the count at 1e7 calls, as the median of three runs.fs.Stats/{}EventEmitter/{}stream.Readable/{}http.IncomingMessage/{}net.Socket/{}URL/{}The rows with 8 and 16 properties move by up to 12 between runs on both builds. The other rows move by 5 or less.
The number does not grow with the prototypes of the received value.
A matcher at the root:
expect.any(Object)goes from 2,354 to 1,212 instructions, because the walk does not run.expect.objectContaining({ a: 1 })goes from 2,354 to 2,794, because the matcher runs.A
URLas the expected value: a call has about 32,200 instructions and moves by 150 or more between runs on both builds. The 78 do not show there.Allocations for each call are the same on both builds. The 7 rows, from a flat pair to 10 nested objects and an array, have 1, 1, 4, 11, 27, 27 and 14. The count is from gdb breakpoints on the allocator entry points.
Wall clock in ns for each call, for the rows of
bench/deepEqual/match-object.js. The two builds ran in turns for 10 rounds. A round gives the minimum of 5 loops of 1e6 calls. The table has the median of the 10 rounds.EventEmitterURLURLexpectedexpect.any(Object)expect.objectContaining()Equality testers: a lone root matcher is decided before the testers run (1 tester call before, 0 now, as in
toEqual). A root pair with no matcher, and one matcher object on both sides, call the testers as before.Tests
bindings.cppof main, 1,068 pass and 10 fail.expect.test.js3,new-snapshot.test.ts2, and 1 each inexpect-extend.test.js,expect-deferred.test.ts,bun-snapshots.test.ts,vitest-apis.test.tsandvitest-flavor.test.ts.BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.if (isBun)also pass onexpect30.5.2 and@vitest/expect4.1.12. CI does not run them there.test/js/bun/test/usetoMatchObjector a snapshot matcher. On release builds of main and of this PR, 25 give equal results. The other 7 are the changed files, and only the 10 tests differ.Self-review
The review read the version before this one. There the step was the last commit of a stack: #47702 with #47736 and #44497, then two commits for a
Proxyof an array. It raised 8 concerns.Proxyof an array and for an array sample ofexpect.objectContaining()are not in this PR now. bun:test: read a Proxy of an array through the Proxy in toMatchObject, Bun.deepMatch and expect.arrayContaining #47858 has that area. The head before this change (ee7163f) is kept on the branchrobobun/44edf0f6/37912-stack-backup.asymmetricMatch()is described by shape in "What stays as on main". The review also asked for a tracking issue for it. None is filed.expect.extend, in a file and inline)Earlier versions of this PR
Bun__deepMatch, with an exception for the sample ofexpect.objectContaining(). The check ran again for each nested object.matchEitherAsymmetricMatcherof bun:test: compare an expected Map and Set in toMatchObject and Bun.deepMatch #47702 at the root. That helper reads both values.expect({ asymmetricMatch: () => true, x: Math.random() }).toMatchSnapshot({ x: expect.any(Number) })then stored the number, and the second run failed. Each call ran 33 to 733 more instructions.Other designs
robobun/fab01ea0/whole-matcher-exactly-one). It has the same snapshot loss, and it needs a second list of the matcher classes.[human-review] gate passed · iteration 4 · 14 files touched
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When the whole expected value passed to toMatchObject or to a snapshot property matcher was an asymmetric matcher, the top-level deep match never applied it and instead walked the matcher object's enumerable keys, of which there are none, so the assertion passed vacuously regardless of the received value. The fix adds a root dispatch in the deep match entry point that detects a matcher on the expected side and evaluates it against the received value before any key walk, returning its result directly. The received value is deliberately not treated as a matcher at the root, so the key walk st…