[robobun]

Related to #28760, related to #34830

Stacked on #45457.

Problem

• assert.deepStrictEqual and util.isDeepStrictEqual accept Sets that hold deep-equal objects in different counts, and reject Bun test toEqual incorrect comparison of maps with referential keys. #34830's Maps. Node pairs entries one-to-one.
• Each entry that the lookup misses scans the other collection (setMembersMatch in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp): 54.0 ms for two Sets of 1,000 objects (node: 143 µs).

Fix

• nodeSetEquiv and nodeMapEquiv settle each right entry that the left collection holds. NodeUnorderedPairing pairs the rest one-to-one, in node's probe order. The same Sets take 65.9 µs.
• Correct: the answer equals a search over every pairing (seeded test). 0 of 800,000 random Map verdicts differ from node (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 69,194).
• Verified: test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457 fails 52 new tests) and test/js/node/assert/. Self-review: pending.

Background

• checkPrototypes marks the two instantiations of specialObjectsDequal behind node's strict entry points. The other five keep their code.
• Bun::PendingEntries holds the right entries that need a partner. A left entry probes the first, the last, then the rest.
• Weighed: pairing on every entry point (Bun.deepEquals would depend on insertion order), and a scan of copies per entry (280e3d6 in node v26 compat, combined: CLI flags, async_hooks ids, deep-equality fidelity, console/util/dns/path fixes and 35 upstream tests #35391).

Downsides

• Release text grows by 2,536 B.
• A Map key that both sides hold with unequal values can pair under a deep-equal key. Not equal there costs 19,883 instructions for a 96-key Map and its changed copy (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 2,018).
• A one-object Set costs 2,672 instructions (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 2,479), and 16-object Sets with none equal 21,622 (18,588).

Notes

Stack

This PR is based on #45457, and #45457 is the base of every number here. It makes Bun__deepEquals compare a same-typed pair once. With that, an arm of node's entry points ends in break and the generic walk compares the own properties once. This PR replaces the two helpers that #45457 adds for node's Set and Map arms (setMembersMatch, mapEntriesMatch). It does not depend on #44636, which changes the arms of the entry points that follow Jest.

Rules on node's strict entry points after this PR

• First loop (nodeSetEquiv and nodeMapEquiv, for node's setEquiv and mapEquiv): walk the right collection and look each entry up in the left one. A Set member that the left Set holds is settled. A Map key that the left Map holds is settled when the two values are deep-equal. These loops are the ones of deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457, and a collection that they settle completely never reaches the pairing.
• A right entry that is not settled and whose key is not an object (node's typeof) ends the comparison: nothing else on the left equals it. Every other such entry becomes a candidate. Its key goes into a MarkedArgumentBuffer.
• A Map key that both sides hold with unequal values (a "twin" in the code) is a candidate too, as in node: its partner can be an entry under a deep-equal key. Before it is queued, addTwin looks for a left entry that can be its partner. Maps that differ in one value have none, and the comparison ends there.
• Second loop (claimCandidates, for node's setObjectEquiv and mapObjectEquiv): walk the left collection. Every object entry that the right side does not settle claims one candidate through Bun::PendingEntries::claimWith: front guess, back guess, then a scan from the back with a swap-remove. The value of a candidate is read from the right Map at each probe, as in node.
• Node skips the lookups of the second loop when the first loop settled nothing (extraChecks). So does this PR. A left entry that is not an object is not looked up at all: when the right side does not hold it, a candidate stays open at the end and the answer is not equal.
• When the last candidate is claimed, the answer is equal. Node walks on, but every other left entry is one that the right side holds.
• A callable entry pairs only by identity, as in node.
• A static_assert keeps a loose node mode and asymmetric matchers out of this pairing.
• The cycle stack is as on main: an entry of a Set or a Map does not join it. deepEquals: match a Map entry on its key and value together #44636 changes that for the entry points that follow Jest.

Measurements (release builds, the same tree except bindings.cpp: main a407eae, #45457 at 6ea3588, this PR at 0d742df)

• Size (size bun-profile): text 106,035,661 -> 106,038,197 B (main 106,033,357). nm -S -C: +3,764 B over 13 symbols. New: nodeMapEquiv 3,776, nodeSetEquiv 1,955, claimCandidates 1,940, mapValueOrUndefined 1,436, holds 1,241, mapHolds 1,172, a WTF::Vector<size_t, 8> growth function 447, entriesEqual 363, addCandidate 331. Gone: mapEntriesMatch 4,832, setMembersMatch 3,251. The two node instantiations of specialObjectsDequal shrink from 1,340 to 933 B each. The five other instantiations keep their size.
• bench/snippets/assert.mjs, median of 5 interleaved rounds. On the rows below 2 µs, two runs of one binary differ by up to 25% on this machine.

row	main	#45457	this PR	bun 1.4.2	node v26.3.0
deepStrictEqual, two-key object	105 ns	101 ns	101 ns	118 ns	129 ns
deepStrictEqual, 10 nested Maps	227 µs	801 ns	1.0 µs	271 µs	1.2 µs
deepStrictEqual, Map of 10,000 entries	339 µs	163 µs	162 µs	336 µs	259 µs
deepStrictEqual, Set of 1,000 objects	59.4 ms	54.0 ms	65.9 µs	59.3 ms	143 µs
deepStrictEqual, reversed Set of 1,000 objects	55.7 ms	51.5 ms	73.9 µs	56.5 ms	142 µs
deepStrictEqual, Map of 1,000 object keys	60.4 ms	54.3 ms	79.1 µs	81.7 ms	183 µs
notDeepStrictEqual, Sets of 16 objects, none equal	962 ns	938 ns	1.1 µs	976 ns	2.4 µs
notDeepStrictEqual, Maps of 16 object keys, none equal	962 ns	979 ns	1.2 µs	1.3 µs	2.7 µs

The 10 nested Maps row is inside the noise: 10 more interleaved rounds of the two PR builds give 850 ns for #45457 and 819 ns for this PR, and the instruction count is lower here (below).

• Instructions for one warm util.isDeepStrictEqual call, deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457 -> this PR. They are single-stepped in gdb on bun-profile, because perf and valgrind are not available on the machine.
  • Settled by the first loop: Set of 96 strings 22,237 -> 21,826. Map of 96 strings 37,071 -> 35,810. Map of 96 strings to {v} 111,945 -> 110,396. 96 object keys that both sides hold 20,844 -> 20,562. 16 nested string-keyed Maps 20,137 -> 19,934. {a: 1, b: {c: 2}} 2,168 -> 2,162.
  • Paired, 16-object Sets: same order 304,307 -> 21,834, reversed 304,319 -> 22,932, rotated by one 304,403 -> 89,768, shuffled 304,223 -> 88,793. 16-object-key Maps 306,412 -> 25,389. Two-object Set 8,535 -> 3,823. More than 8 candidates cost 2 mallocs (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 0).
  • 96 strings and one object: Set 38,982 -> 31,863, Map 45,118 -> 37,286.
  • Not equal at a string that only one side holds: first of 100 Set members 20,699 -> 968, first of 100 Map keys 19,999 -> 1,067. Not equal at the last of 16 objects: 152,385 -> 21,702.
  • One candidate: one-object Set 2,479 -> 2,672 (main 3,980), one-object-key Map 2,617 -> 2,920 (main 4,150), 4 nested one-member Sets 6,498 -> 7,231 (main 41,600).
  • Not equal, no member shared: 16-object Sets 18,588 -> 21,622 (main 19,398), 16-object-key Maps 18,583 -> 22,918. The first loop queues every right entry before the first comparison.
  • Not equal at a key that both Maps hold, 96 object keys, first value differs: the other values identical (a Map and its changed copy) 2,018 -> 19,883. Number values 1,081 -> 16,102. Distinct but equal object values 2,018 -> 116,274. The same with the last value different: 103,599 -> 217,283. Per other entry, addTwin costs about 160 to 185 instructions in the first two cases and one key comparison (about 1,200) in the third.
• The five entry points that follow Jest do not change from deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: expect().toEqual on a Set of 96 strings 22,429, on a Map of 96 strings 38,024, on a one-object Set 1,925, and Bun.deepEquals on 16-object Sets 98,187, on both builds.
• Getter reads through util.isDeepStrictEqual equal node v26.3.0 in 105 of 105 rows: Set members, Map keys and Map values under deep-equal keys, n = 3, 4, 8, 16 and 64, in seven orders. For n = 64: same order 128, reversed 130, rotated by one 2,176 (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 8,320 in every order).

Differential against node v26.3.0 (util.isDeepStrictEqual, 8 seeded configurations of 100,000 random pairs, both argument orders. The member pool has primitives, plain, dictionary-mode, undefined-property and non-enumerable-property objects, arrays, boxed values, nested Sets and Maps, and members shared by identity. null and undefined members are out, because node v26.3.0 throws a TypeError on some collections that hold them.)

• Maps: 0 of 800,000 verdicts differ (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 69,194, main: 102,150). With skipPrototype: 0.
• Sets: 378 of 800,000 differ (deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457: 622, main: 1,174). With skipPrototype: 392. Every one is a pair of Sets of fewer than three members, where node takes its compareSmallSets shortcut.
• A JS model of this algorithm gives the answer of a brute-force search over every pairing on all 1,600,000 verdicts. The release build of this PR gives the answer of the same search on 1,600,000 more verdicts, with null, undefined, functions, symbols and -0 in the pool.

Answers that differ from node v26.3.0, each pinned by a test

• new Set([shared, {a: 1}]) against a Set of the same shape, where shared is {a: 1}: equal here. Node's compareSmallSets compares the shared member with the copy first and answers not equal.
• new Set([shared, undefined]) against new Set([shared, {a: 1}]): not equal here. The same shortcut reads past the end of the other Set.
• A Set or a Map with a null or undefined entry against one of objects only: not equal here in both argument orders. Node throws a TypeError in one order (assert.deepStrictEqual / util.isDeepStrictEqual throw TypeError on Maps with null keys nodejs/node#64433, fixed in v26.10.0).
• A Map key that both sides hold and that is a Promise or a WeakMap: the entry is equal here. Node compares the key with itself structurally, and to node such an object equals nothing.
• A key that both sides hold is settled by identity, so its getters are not read. Node compares it with itself.

A getter that changes a collection during the comparison

The candidates are copies of the right keys, and the right values are read when an entry is compared. 23 test rows hold node's answer and bun's for a getter that changes the left or the right collection during the pairing. The two are the same in the 16 rows where node has an answer. In the other 7 rows node throws a TypeError: the left side gains an entry, and node reads past the end of its list. There bun answers whether the right side holds every left entry that has no partner yet. One test clears a right Set of 40 members and runs a GC during the pairing, so that only the candidate buffer keeps the members alive.

Tests of the tests

30 single-clause changes of the new code were built and run against deep-equal.test.ts. 27 fail a test. 2 change no answer: they remove an optimization (the lookups that extraChecks skips, and the return when the last candidate is claimed). 1 makes entries join the cycle stack, which this PR leaves as on main.

Other PRs

• PendingEntries.h has the same content as the file in assert.partialDeepStrictEqual: settle Set members and Map keys by lookup instead of rescanning per entry #38554 at 235f97c. The PR that lands second drops its copy.
• Draft node v26 compat, combined: CLI flags, async_hooks ids, deep-equality fidelity, console/util/dns/path fixes and 35 upstream tests #35391 has a commit (280e3d6) that pairs Set and Map entries on the same two arms. See the question below.
• deepEquals: match a Map entry on its key and value together #44636 changes the same two arms for the entry points that follow Jest. The two PRs do not depend on each other. The second to merge needs a rebase.
• Upstream test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js of node v26.3.0 passes 30 of its 54 tests with and without this PR, and the same 24 fail.

Not in this PR

• assert.deepEqual keeps Bun.deepEquals semantics (docs/runtime/nodejs-compat.mdx). Its rows that differ from node are looseBug rows in the test file.
• Bun.deepEquals and expect() still scan the other collection for each entry that the lookup misses. A pairing there is a separate decision.
• Members in another order than the same or the reverse cost up to n*n/2 comparisons, as in node.
• A collection that holds itself and is reached only as an entry of another collection still throws a RangeError, as on main.
• Two callable Proxies compare equal at the top level. Make deepEquals and toEqual compare built-in constructors, mocks and callable Proxies by identity #38334 changes that. Inside a Set or a Map they pair only by identity after this PR.

Question for a maintainer

@cirospaciari: 280e3d6 in #35391 pairs Set and Map entries on the same two arms. Which PR do you want to carry the pairing? Two differences that a reader of both diffs can check:

• 280e3d6 copies every left entry of a Map and scans the copies for each right entry, without a lookup. A Map of n string keys in another order costs about n*n/2 comparisons. Here a key that the other side holds costs one lookup.
• 280e3d6 keeps the copies in a WTF::Vector<JSValue>. The comment there says that the left collection roots them. A getter that removes entries from the left collection and then triggers a GC leaves the copies beyond the inline capacity of 8 without a root. Here the copies are in a MarkedArgumentBuffer.

If this PR carries it, 280e3d6 can drop from #35391. Its if constexpr (isStrict) branches are for a loose node mode, which the static_assert here keeps out.

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Walkthrough

Set and Map deep-equality handling now uses reusable structural matching helpers. The change updates native comparison paths and adds cross-API tests for matching behavior, recursive collections, exceptions, asymmetric matchers, and comparison complexity.

Changes

Deep-equality matching

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Set and Map comparison engine src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp	Set and Map comparisons settle native hash-table matches first, then structurally pair unmatched entries. Map comparisons require matching keys and values.
Cross-API comparison validation test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts	Tests cover structural matching, duplicate counts, ordering, asymmetric matchers, recursive collections, getter exceptions, and bounded comparison reads across Bun, Node, assert, and expect APIs.

Suggested reviewers: dylan-conway, cirospaciari, jarred-sumner

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		The changes address both linked issues by enforcing distinct structural matches for Set members and Map entries, including repeated equivalent keys.
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Reproduced with this script. It prints two results of util.isDeepStrictEqual and one time.

import util from "node:util";

// 1. Different counts of deep-equal members. Node: false.
console.log(util.isDeepStrictEqual(new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 2 }]), new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 2 }])));

// 2. The Maps of #34830. Node: true.
const maps = () => new Map([[/a/, "x"], [/a/, "y"]]);
console.log(util.isDeepStrictEqual(maps(), maps()));

// 3. Two Sets of 1,000 objects, 20 comparisons.
const set = () => new Set(Array.from({ length: 1000 }, (_, id) => ({ id })));
const a = set();
const b = set();
const start = performance.now();
for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) util.isDeepStrictEqual(a, b);
console.log(((performance.now() - start) / 20).toFixed(2) + " ms per comparison");

	1	2	3
bun 1.4.2	true	false	50.68 ms
main (a407eae)	true	false	51.16 ms
#45457, the base of this PR	true	false	51.50 ms
node v26.3.0	false	true	1.28 ms
this branch	false	true	0.06 ms

This PR is a draft until #45457 lands and the self-review of this version is done.

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❌ @robobun, your commit 0d742df has 1 failures in Build #126670 (All Failures):

• test/cli/install/bun-install-windows-rename-retry.test.ts - code 1 on 🪟 11 aarch64

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[claude]

I reviewed this PR again after 606f06b and found no further issues; both earlier findings (the matcher fallback missing hash-settled members, and the dropped exception checks after JS{Set,Map}Iterator::create) are addressed. Because this is a ~300-line rewrite of the Set/Map arms of Bun__deepEquals — new pairing algorithm, MarkedArgumentBuffer lifetimes, exception-scope threading across six template instantiations, and a deliberate Jest-compat semantic choice for the matcher fallback — a maintainer look is still warranted.

Checked this pass: the restored RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after all six iterator creations; entryPairEqual keeps the check macros out of lambdas; the open[] window bookkeeping in pairOffEntries (start/end never cross, swap-remove is sound); unmatched2 in mapContentsEqual receives the shared-key entry so sizes stay balanced; addToStack=true on every recursive call so the self-referential cases terminate.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR rewrites the JSSetType / JSMapType arms of specialObjectsDequal in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, replacing the per-member rescan of the other collection with a collect-then-pair-off approach (setContentsEqual, mapContentsEqual, pairOffEntries, entryPairEqual, and the {set,map}HasCounterpart fallbacks). It fixes two open correctness issues (#28760, #34830), a stack-overflow on self-referential members, and takes the comparison from O(n²) to O(n) for same/opposite-order inputs. ~260 lines of new tests in deep-equals.test.ts cover seven entry points in both argument orders, the matcher fallback, cycles, exception propagation, and a getter-count bound on comparison work.

Security risks

None identified. This is a pure comparison path with no I/O, parsing of untrusted formats, or privilege boundaries. The inputs are already-constructed JS values; the worst a hostile input can do is throw from a getter (tested) or mutate the collection mid-comparison, and the JSC iterator/MarkedArgumentBuffer machinery is the same one the pre-PR code and the rest of the file use.

Level of scrutiny

High. Bun__deepEquals backs Bun.deepEquals, expect().toEqual/toStrictEqual, util.isDeepStrictEqual, and assert.deep*Equal — effectively every structural assertion in the test runner and in user code. The change is in C++ with manual exception-scope discipline, GC-visible buffers holding JSValues across calls that can re-enter JS, and a non-trivial windowed matching algorithm with a guessFront heuristic. REVIEW.md flags memory safety in native code as the most-blocked category, and this touches exactly that surface across four template-bool instantiations.

Other factors

Two prior findings from this reviewer and one from CodeRabbit were all addressed in follow-up commits (d096799, 6753539/20bff64, 4d22e5f, 606f06b), and the comment-cop paragraph-comment flags were resolved. The test coverage is unusually thorough (cross-checked against Node v26 and Jest semantics, both argument orders, all seven entry points). What still merits a human look: the Jest-compat fallback semantics are a deliberate design trade-off (accepting {A,A,B} vs {A,B,B} through expect() only) that a maintainer should sign off on; the guessFront heuristic and swap-remove window logic in pairOffEntries are subtle enough that a second pair of eyes on the algorithm is worthwhile; and the PR notes it supersedes #28763, which someone with context on that PR should confirm.

[robobun]

#28763, the earlier fix for the same two issues, is closed in favor of this PR. What was checked before closing it, with this branch built at 606f06b:

• The repros from assert.deepEqual / deepStrictEqual does not throw for unequal Sets #28760 and Bun test toEqual incorrect comparison of maps with referential keys. #34830 give the right answer through Bun.deepEquals (loose and strict), assert.deepEqual, assert.deepStrictEqual, util.isDeepStrictEqual and expect().toEqual; main at b9ef885 still gets 9 of those 13 checks wrong.
• Fix Map and Set deep equality for structurally-equal, non-identical entries #28763's own tests (test/regression/issue/28760.test.ts plus its deep-equals.test.ts additions) pass against this build, 86 of 86, so nothing from it needs to be carried over.
• test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts, assert-typedarray-deepequal.test.ts, assert.test.cjs (360 pass) and test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js / expect-extend.test.js pass as well.
• 3000 randomly generated Set and Map pairs (object, array, primitive and shared-by-reference members, 1 to 7 entries, compared in both argument orders through Bun.deepEquals loose and strict and util.isDeepStrictEqual) agree with a reference multiset comparison in every case on this branch; the same script gets 1780 mismatches on 1.4.0.
• A 20000-member Set compared in the same, reversed and rotated order, plus getters that delete members from both collections and force GC while the entries are being paired off, run clean under the debug ASAN build.

[robobun]

Heads-up from #38554 (the partialDeepStrictEqual counterpart of this change): it puts the Set/Map pairing window in src/jsc/bindings/PendingEntries.h (PendingEntries<Entry>::claimWith returns Missed / Claimed / Exhausted, front guess / back guess / scan with swap-removal, same shape as pairOffEntries here). If that lands first, setContentsEqual / mapContentsEqual could drive it instead of carrying a second copy: strict mode returns false on Missed, matcher mode takes the counterpart fallback on Missed and sweeps whatever is still open afterwards. If this one lands first, #38554 will switch to whatever helper ends up in bindings.cpp instead.

[claude]

I reviewed this revision and the automated bug hunt found nothing new; both earlier findings (the identity-shared-member fallback and the missing exception checks after JS{Set,Map}Iterator::create) are addressed. Because this is a ~250-line algorithmic rewrite of the hot-path Set/Map arms of Bun__deepEquals — with a greedy pairing heuristic, a Jest-compat matcher fallback, and GC-visible leftover buffers — a human look at the algorithm design would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• pairOffEntries window bookkeeping (open[start,end), swap-removal, front/back guess) for off-by-one and index reuse — the start < end invariant holds on every path.
• GC safety: leftover members live in MarkedArgumentBuffer; open holds only indices; addToStack=true restored so cyclic members terminate.
• Exception propagation: RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after every Bun__deepEquals / has / get / iterator-create call; entryPairEqual extracted so no check macros sit in lambdas.
• The unresolved comment-cop note at bindings.cpp:2128 is on a two-line comment that was already in the pre-PR code and merely moved.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR replaces the O(n²) rescan in the JSSetType/JSMapType arms of specialObjectsDequal (src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp) with a two-phase approach: settle members present on both sides via the native hash table, collect the rest into per-side MarkedArgumentBuffers, then pairOffEntries greedily matches leftovers one-to-one using a sliding window with a front/back last-match heuristic. Under enableAsymmetricMatchers (the expect() path), an unpaired entry falls back to setHasCounterpart/mapHasCounterpart which scan the whole other collection so identity-shared members count. It also fixes two correctness bugs (#28760, #34830) and a stack-overflow on cyclic members by passing addToStack=true. ~260 lines of new tests in deep-equals.test.ts cover all seven entry points in both argument orders, matcher fallbacks, cycles, exception propagation, and a getter-read-count bound proving linearity.

Security risks

None. This is a pure comparison function over in-process JS values; no parsing of untrusted external data, no I/O, no auth. The only adversarial surface is user getters/proxies running during comparison, which the existing RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION discipline and MarkedArgumentBuffer GC-rooting handle — both were checked at every new call site.

Level of scrutiny

High. Bun__deepEquals backs expect().toEqual/toStrictEqual, Bun.deepEquals, util.isDeepStrictEqual, and assert.deep*Equal — it runs in essentially every test suite. The change is not mechanical: it introduces a bespoke greedy-matching algorithm whose correctness depends on structural equality being an equivalence relation (true only when matchers are absent), and a separate fallback semantic for the matcher-enabled instantiations. The guessFront heuristic and swap-removal on open are the kind of index gymnastics that benefit from a second pair of eyes even when tests pass.

Other factors

• Two earlier automated findings on this PR were both addressed (commits d096799 and 606f06b), and robobun's follow-up randomized testing (3000 Set/Map pairs against a reference multiset comparison, plus ASAN stress with mutating getters) came back clean.
• Test coverage is thorough: 19 table-driven cases × 7 entry points × 2 orders, plus dedicated matcher/cycle/exception/linearity blocks; the PR description cross-checked every expectation against Node v26 and reduced upstream test-assert-deep.js failures from 46 to 38 with no new ones.
• The one open inline comment (github-actions comment-cop at line 2128) targets a two-line comment that predates this PR and was only relocated by the diff; it is not a substantive concern.
• There is a stated intent (robobun's note about #38554 and PendingEntries.h) to unify this pairing logic with a shared header — a maintainer should weigh whether to land this as-is or wait for/coordinate with that shared helper.

Given the scope, the subtlety of the matcher-fallback semantics, and the cross-PR coordination note, this warrants a human maintainer's sign-off rather than auto-approval.

[robobun]

On the overlap with #38554: the plan in the heads-up above stands. This PR does not depend on that branch. PendingEntries<Entry>::claimWith there and pairOffEntries here are the same window (front guess, back guess, back-to-front scan with swap removal); the difference is only that this one keeps indices into the two MarkedArgumentBuffers, which are also what roots the members, and adds the matcher fallback around it. Whichever of the two lands first, the other switches to its helper, so the second copy is gone before both are in; no reason to hold this one for it.

[claude]

I re-reviewed after the two rebases and didn't find any new issues; both of my earlier findings (the matcher fallback missing hash-settled members, and the iterator-create exception checks) are addressed — the latter now correctly follows #40251's convention. Because this rewrites the Set/Map arms of Bun__deepEquals with a new pairing algorithm and Jest-compat fallback semantics that back every expect().toEqual call, a maintainer familiar with this path should still take a look.

What was reviewed:

• pairOffEntries window management (front/back guess, swap-remove) — start<end invariant holds on every path, indices stay in bounds.
• GC rooting: leftover members live in MarkedArgumentBuffer, open holds only indices; iterators are stack-local across the recursive calls.
• Exception checks after each entriesEqual/counterpart call; no check macros inside the capturing lambdas (they delegate to entryPairEqual/*HasCounterpart).
• The primitive-key early return in mapContentsEqual and the shared-key-different-value push to both leftover lists — traced against the size-equality precondition.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR replaces the JSSetType/JSMapType arms of specialObjectsDequal in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp (~85 lines removed, ~290 added) with six new templated helpers: entryPairEqual, pairOffEntries, setHasCounterpart, mapHasCounterpart, setContentsEqual, mapContentsEqual. It also adds ~260 lines of tests to test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts covering seven entry points (Bun.deepEquals loose/strict, util.isDeepStrictEqual, assert.deepEqual/deepStrictEqual, expect().toEqual/toStrictEqual) in both argument orders, plus asymmetric-matcher fallback, self-referential collections, exception propagation, and a getter-count bound proving linearity.

Security risks

None. This is a pure comparison-algorithm change with no I/O, no parsing of untrusted input, and no auth/permission surface. The only adversarial concern is GC safety (a getter run during comparison can allocate/collect), which the change handles by keeping every collected JSValue in a MarkedArgumentBuffer and iterators/candidates on the stack.

Level of scrutiny

High. Bun__deepEquals backs expect().toEqual/toStrictEqual — the most-called assertion in Bun's own test suite and in every user's test suite — as well as node:assert and util.isDeepStrictEqual. The change alters both correctness (fixes #28760/#34830, tightens multiset semantics for the exact entry points) and performance (O(n²)→O(n)). The pairOffEntries algorithm is non-trivial: a sliding window over an index vector with front/back heuristic guessing and swap-removal, plus a separate lax fallback path when enableAsymmetricMatchers is set. Each helper is instantiated across four boolean template parameters, so a subtle bug in one branch could ship in only some entry points.

Other factors

• My two earlier inline findings were addressed (d096799 made the fallback scan the whole other collection via callbacks; 606f06b restored iterator-create checks and moved the check macro out of the lambda). The subsequent rebase onto #40251 then dropped those checks again, which is now the repo convention for the VM& overload — I confirmed the current diff matches that.
• The test coverage is extensive and cross-checked against Node v26.3.0; the description records that 92 of the new assertions fail on the release build and all pass with the fix, and that 8 of Node's own test-assert-deep.js cases move from failing to passing with none newly failing.
• The enableAsymmetricMatchers fallback deliberately keeps Jest's lax "any counterpart" semantic (accepts {A,A,B} vs {A,B,B}), which is a documented design choice recorded in the test file rather than a bug — but it is a semantic decision a maintainer should sign off on.
• There is a planned deduplication with #38554's PendingEntries helper; whichever lands second will consolidate.

Given the breadth of what this touches and the subtlety of the matching algorithm, I'm deferring rather than approving.

[claude]

Findings marked 🟡 are optional suggestions and need no follow-up push.

[claude]

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

[robobun]

@cirospaciari This PR is now rebuilt on #45457 and changes only the Set and Map arms of node's two strict entry points. Commit 280e3d6 in your draft #35391 pairs Set and Map entries on the same two arms, so one of the two has to give way. Which PR do you want to carry the pairing?

Two differences that a reader of both diffs can check:

• 280e3d6 copies every left entry of a Map and scans the copies for each right entry, without a lookup. A Map of n string keys in another order costs about n*n/2 comparisons. Here a key that the other side holds costs one lookup, and only the entries that the lookup does not settle are paired.
• 280e3d6 keeps the copies in a WTF::Vector<JSValue>, and its comment says that the left collection roots them. A getter that removes entries from the left collection and then triggers a GC leaves the copies beyond the inline capacity of 8 without a root. Here the copies are in a MarkedArgumentBuffer, and a test clears a 40-member Set and runs a GC during the pairing.

If this PR carries it, 280e3d6 can drop from #35391. Its if constexpr (isStrict) branches are for a loose node mode. This PR keeps that mode out with a static_assert, because a loose pairing must also pair primitives that are loosely equal.

[robobun]

This PR is folded into #45457. Its commit is now on the branch of #45457. That branch was the base of this PR, so GitHub shows this PR as merged. Nothing from it is on main yet: #45457 now carries the pairing together with the dispatch change, as one diff to review.

The question above about 280e3d6 in #35391 now applies to #45457.