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Problem

  • console.log({ constructor: "K", a: 1 }) prints { a: 1 }. Node prints the key (Cannot add key constructor to objects #26659, console.log omits call property #7734).
  • expect({ constructor: 1, a: 1 }).toEqual({ constructor: 2, a: 1 }) fails with - Expected - 0 / + Received + 0. A Bun-format snapshot lacks the key.
  • Five sites skip every constructor property: three loops in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp (:6008, :6129, :6311), ConsoleObject.rs:3041, pretty_format.rs:950.

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Background

  • Each loop lists an object's properties for a Rust callback. console.log also walks prototypes, which carry constructor.
  • Considered the rule in the Rust callbacks: they do not know the owner. Considered failing old snapshot values: the docs promise that they pass.

Downsides

  • Output changes where an object owns the key (80 of 861 census prints): decimal.js snapshots, headers, error text, test.each titles (39 of 60).
  • A released snapshot key of a test.each row whose object owns only constructor ends with this PR. A {} row beside it then reads that row's value. CI fails until --update-snapshots, as for the titles that bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 changed.
  • A snapshot without the key passes for a value that has it. 4 of 10 canary shapes since bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 need one update: merge before the next release.
Notes

Why print the key

What changed since the first version of this PR

Measurements (main b1007f1 against this branch)

  • Instructions: user-space count through perf_event_open, all threads, JIT off, 20,000 Bun.inspect calls minus a 0-iteration run, minimum of 15 runs, release builds. cachegrind and perf were not available on the build machine.
    • console path: -10.82 / -5.00 / -4.91 instructions per printed key (quick walk / slow loop / sorted walk). Main spends 2,097 per key on the quick walk.
    • class instance: -68 / -18 / -52 instructions per walked prototype layer (1 layer / 3 layers / 1 layer through the slow loop).
  • release .text: -768 bytes. for_each_prelude: -183 bytes. PropertyIterator::for_each: -200 bytes. forEachPropertyOrderedImpl: -160 bytes (nm -S, size -A).
  • { constructor: 1 }: slow-pass walks per print 1 -> 0 (gdb hit count on JSC::JSObject::getOwnPropertyNames, 1,000 prints). Main finds nothing to print on the quick walk and walks the object again.
  • Older-Bun second print: 1 print per entry saved without the key, 0 when the saved text is current, the same count as main for values with no constructor key (gdb hit count on did_older_bun_print).
  • Written by Bun 1.4.3 (the official 1.4.4 accepts the same files): 8 of 8 file entries, 153 of 153 entries in 9 container/module combinations and 20 of 20 property-matcher entries pass without -u, files byte-identical. One -u rewrites them, a second -u changes nothing. After the update, another constructor value fails with a -/+ pair on the key.
  • Written by a build of main (after bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833, before this fix): 4 of 10 shapes need one -u. They have the key next to a getter that is called, a non-enumerable property, a built-in class or a React 19 element.
  • Output census: 287 values printed with console.log, Bun.inspect and Bun.inspect sorted. 80 of 861 prints change. No print changes for a value that has no key, entry or symbol description spelled constructor. 21 of 285 Bun-format snapshot entries change, by the same rule. The same 80 under --debug-aot. test/js/web/console/console-log.js prints the same 234 lines.
  • test.each titles: 39 of 60 differ from main, all for rows that own a constructor key. On main seven different rows share the title {}. Bun 1.4.4 printed the key for %o, as JSON.
  • Snapshot keys: a key is the test title and a counter. For test.each([[{ constructor: 1 }, "first"], [{}, "second"]])("t %p", ...) with toMatchSnapshot(), Bun 1.3.13, 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 write the keys t {} 1 and t {} 2. This branch looks for t { constructor: 1 } 1 and t {} 1. With CI=1: 0 pass, 2 fail. The second row reads t {} 1, which holds the value of the first row. Without CI: 1 pass, 1 fail, 1 key added. One --update-snapshots run repairs the file.
  • The rows that lose a released key are the ones whose object owns only constructor, under a %p, $variable or describe.each title, and the {} rows beside them. A row with other keys, and a %o title, already has another title on main than in a release (bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833).
  • docs/test/snapshots.mdx:299 promises that snapshots still pass for the older ways of printing a value that it names. It says nothing of keys, so these rows are outside that promise. bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 changed titles too, and its description states the cost: "That changes snapshot keys and what -t matches." The junit name of such a row follows its title as well.

What the output now follows

  • A value prints the same whether its own key is spelled constructor or anything else. inspect.test.js pins this for nine shapes and three modes.
  • So an object whose only own key is constructor now takes the quick walk, like every object with an own key. Three things follow for such objects. An own enumerable Symbol.toStringTag next to it is hidden, as it is next to any other key (inspect: print an own enumerable Symbol.toStringTag and hide the non-enumerable __esModule marker on the fast property walk too #39045). The walk shows five prototype layers and not four. A prototype's enumerable __esModule is hidden (Fixes #14411 #14691).
  • The name before the braces still comes from an own constructor function: Named { constructor: [Function: Named], a: 1 }. Node prints no name there.
  • A prototype method whose key is Symbol("constructor") now prints, like every other symbol key.

Where else the key now shows

What still prints an empty diff

Left out on purpose

Other open PRs

Tests run on the debug build

  • The four changed files: 251 pass, 14 skip, 0 fail. On a debug build of main: 25 fail.
  • test/js/bun/test/snapshot-tests/snapshots/snapshot.test.ts with FORCE_COLOR=1: 180 pass, 1 skip.
  • 34 more files with no new failure: expect.test.js, expect-extend.test.js, jest-extended.test.js, mock-fn.test.js, printing/, test/js/bun/console, test/js/web/console, bun-inspect.test.ts, custom-inspect.test.js, event-emitter.test.ts, deep-equal.test.ts, cookie-map.test.ts, jsonl-parse.test.ts, test/aot/unread-class-prototype-snapshot.test.ts and others.
  • Each clause of the rule for the second print is needed: without the skip, without the report, or without the symbol compare, the "passes and is left alone" tests fail.

no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts

…ots and console.log

The property walkers behind the expect diff/snapshot formatter and
console.log skipped every property named "constructor", so an object
with its own "constructor" key (for example parsed JSON) lost that key
in toEqual/toStrictEqual/toMatchObject diffs, in snapshots and in
console.log output. A toEqual that failed only on that key printed an
empty diff ("- Expected - 0 / + Received + 0").

The skip exists to hide the non-enumerable back-reference every
prototype carries. Keep hiding exactly that: a "constructor" that is
non-enumerable, or that is found while walking the prototype chain.
An enumerable own "constructor" is compared by deepEquals like any
other key, so it is now printed like any other key. The Rust-side
name checks were redundant copies of the C++ filter and are removed.
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The change includes own properties named constructor in property iteration and formatting while retaining exclusions for prototype and non-enumerable cases. It updates ordered iteration to report constructor-named keys and adds tests for formatting, runner output, and snapshot compatibility.

Changes

Own constructor property handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Property iteration and formatting
src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, src/runtime/test_runner/pretty_format.rs
Fast and fallback walks exclude constructor on prototype layers. Ordered iteration reports constructor-named keys, and formatting paths no longer skip properties named constructor.
Formatting and runner regression tests
test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/bun/test/jest-each.test.ts, test/js/bun/test/test-test.test.ts
Tests cover own constructor properties in inspect output, jest-each titles, and normalized Bun and Vitest failure messages.
Snapshot compatibility and updates
test/js/bun/test/snapshot-tests/bun-snapshots.test.ts, docs/test/snapshots.mdx
Snapshot tests cover legacy snapshots, constructor-key updates, and value mismatches. The compatibility note describes legacy snapshots that omit a constructor line.

Possibly related PRs

  • oven-sh/bun#37764: The PR makes constructor differences visible in matcher diffs; this change affects the formatter output used in those diffs.
  • oven-sh/bun#47861: That PR routes additional value types through the object property printer, which this change updates to include own enumerable constructor properties.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii

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Inspection can omit a symbol for a limited object shape. The change is mergeable with awareness of that output regression.

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  • Reproduced on a debug build of main b1007f1. console.log({ constructor: "K", a: 1 }) prints { a: 1 }. expect({ constructor: 1, a: 1 }).toEqual({ constructor: 2, a: 1 }) fails with - Expected - 0 / + Received + 0. A written inline snapshot lacks the key. A script with 10 console.log values and 2 bun test cases has 12 wrong rows on main and 0 on this branch. Node 26.3.0 prints the key in all 10 console.log rows.
  • PR: Print an object's own constructor key in console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test #38937. Main is merged in, and the description is current. Ready for review.
  • CI: the changed tests pass on every lane. The red lanes in the last three builds are test/aot files that also fail on main (reported) and tests marked flaky that pass on retry. None touch this diff.

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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes user-visible output semantics across console.log, Bun.inspect, expect diffs, and snapshots — and existing user snapshots containing an own constructor key will need regeneration — a maintainer should confirm the behavior change is desired.

What was reviewed:

  • The three property-walker edits in bindings.cpp (fast path, slow path, ordered) — the new skip conditions (iterating != object / DontEnum) are consistent across all three and match the stated rationale.
  • The removed Rust-side eql_comptime(b"constructor") checks in ConsoleObject.rs and pretty_format.rs — confirmed they were redundant with the C++ filter and would otherwise re-hide the key.
  • Test coverage exercises fast/slow/sorted walkers, arrays, null-prototype objects, class prototypes, and the old-style Foo.prototype = {constructor: Foo} pattern for both showing and hiding.
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Overview

This PR fixes property walkers in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp (three sites: the fast structure-walk path, the slow getOwnPropertyNames path, and forEachPropertyOrdered) so that a property named constructor is only hidden when it is non-enumerable or found on a prototype during the prototype walk. Previously it was hidden unconditionally, which meant expect({constructor:"K"}).toEqual({constructor:"L"}) printed an empty diff, snapshots dropped the key, and console.log({constructor:"K"}) printed {}. Two matching Rust-side name checks in ConsoleObject.rs and pretty_format.rs are removed as now-dead duplicates.

Security risks

None. This is output-formatting code; no parsing of untrusted input, no auth, no new syscalls or allocations.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. The touched functions are the shared property enumerators for console.log, Bun.inspect, expect diffs, and snapshot serialization. The logic change itself is small and well-argued (the DontEnum / own-vs-inherited split lines up exactly with what Bun.deepEquals compares and with jest's pretty-format), but it is a deliberate user-visible behavior change: any committed snapshot that already contains an object with an own enumerable constructor will change on next run, and Bun.inspect output for such objects changes. A maintainer should sign off on that.

Other factors

  • The PR description is unusually thorough and correctly identifies all three walker paths plus both fast/slow branches. I confirmed against the current bindings.cpp that the edits sit in the right places and that iterating/objectToUse vs object is the correct own-vs-inherited discriminant.
  • Test coverage is comprehensive: it exercises each walker (fast via plain literal, slow via a getter, sorted via {sorted:true}, non-indexed via an array with a named property), both directions (own enumerable → shown; non-enumerable or inherited → hidden), and the pre-class Foo.prototype = {constructor: Foo} pattern in both instance and direct-prototype form.
  • One case I checked and ruled out: printing Old.prototype directly now shows constructor: [Function: Old], which could look like a self-reference cycle risk — but the value is a function and formatted via the function path, not recursed into as an object, so no infinite recursion.
  • No prior human reviews or outstanding comments on the PR.

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Nothing to change from the review above. On the one point it raises: the output that changes is for values that own an enumerable constructor property. The description lists the cases. A committed snapshot of such an object still passes, and it gains the key with --update-snapshots.

…totype

console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test left out every property named
`constructor`. The two console walkers now leave it out only on a
prototype that the walk visits. An object's own enumerable key prints
like any other key.

The sorted walker still leaves the key out when it prints what an older
Bun printed, and reports when it has printed one. A snapshot that was
saved without the key still passes, and --update-snapshots adds the key.
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Updated 12:05 AM PT - Nov 6th, 2026

❌ @robobun, your commit d0fc7aa has 38 failures in Build #137928 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 38937

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-38937 executable, so you can run:

bun-38937 --bun

@robobun robobun changed the title Print own enumerable "constructor" properties in expect diffs, snapshots and console.log Print an object's own constructor key in console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test Nov 6, 2026

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test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js: 1

1524-1525: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Assert that the constructor getter does not run.

If name discovery calls this getter and ignores its numeric result, the output can still match. Record the call and assert that it did not happen.

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+    let called = false;
     const accessor = {
       get constructor() {
+        called = true;
         return 1;
       },
     };
     expect(Bun.inspect(accessor)).toBe("{\n  constructor: [Getter],\n}");
+    expect(called).toBe(false);
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Review comment at @test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js around lines 1524 - 1525:
Update the constructor-getter test to record whether the getter runs during
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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:
- Around line 6009-6012: Update the property-skipping condition in the fast walk
so enumerable Symbol.toStringTag properties are included in inspection output,
matching the fallback behavior. Preserve the existing exclusions for
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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