[robobun]

Problem

• Under bun --bun jest and Vitest's vm pools, require("express") throws TypeError: callSite.getFileName is not a function. A failed expect() prints no message.
• Those runners use node:vm contexts, each its own realm. These had JSC's Error.captureStackTrace: raw text, no Error.prepareStackTrace call.
• On main, a collection can free the code of suspended async callers while Error.captureStackTrace formats them: SEGV in JSC::StructureID::decontaminate().

Fix

• Bun::GlobalScope::finishCreation installs Bun's function. Every realm class extends GlobalScope.
• computeErrorInfoToJSValue roots the frames that it formats. Before, only a first read of stack did.
• A caller argument that is no function selects no frame, as in V8.
• Verified: 27 of 30 new tests in test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js fail with main's src/. Also ran six more files. Self-reviewed: 23 concerns raised, 21 addressed, 2 rejected (Notes).

Background

• A stack frame holds its code weakly. A suspended async function is on no stack, so nothing else keeps its code.
• Considered a vm-only install, and a caller match by function only (--aot programs differ from plain Bun). The rooting can land first.

Downsides

• vm contexts get V8 text. A plain-object capture runs 29,489 instructions (was 14,093), or 131,992 under Jest 29's hook (was 16,466, Node 67,897).
• Jest 30 toThrow(expected) with a cause: 2 of 7 rows pass (main 4). Vitest vm pools print 5 to 10 frames (main 1).
• Main realm: Error.captureStackTrace({}) runs 267 to 449 more instructions. A vm context also matches the caller by name.

Notes

Repro with a test runner. In a directory with jest@29.7.0 and express@4 installed, and this test file:

test("fails", () => {
  expect(1 + 1).toBe(3);
});
test("express loads", () => {
  expect(typeof require("express")).toBe("function");
});

Run bun --bun node_modules/.bin/jest.

• main (3f3a9ff), 1.4.2 and 1.4.4: the first test prints @/path/a.test.js:2:21 and no matcher message. The second test fails with TypeError: callSite.getFileName is not a function. (In 'callSite.getFileName()', 'callSite.getFileName' is undefined) at depd/index.js:268.
• This PR: the first test prints expect(received).toBe(expected), Expected: 3, Received: 2 and the code frame on line 2. The second test passes. Node v26.3.0 gives the same.
• The frame lines are not Node's. This PR prints at undefined.<anonymous> (a.test.js:2:21) and at Promise (native). Node prints at Object.toBe (a.test.js:2:17). main prints lines of the same form for a thrown error today. CallSite::formatAsString writes the native token (CallSite.cpp:186, A wrapper that only calls the default Error.prepareStackTrace changes stack frames #46494).
• Vitest 3.2.7 with --pool=vmThreads or --pool=vmForks fails the same import("express") on main and passes with this PR.
• depd calls Error.captureStackTrace(obj) under its own Error.prepareStackTrace and reads call site objects from obj.stack. JSC's built-in function gives it a string.
• node:module: non-enumerable Module.prototype; setting Module.wrapper to its default is not an override (unblocks jest under --bun) #39535 made Jest start under --bun. No issue reports the vm case. The repros are mine. bun + elastic-apm-node + express does not work properly #23493 has the same error text in the main realm, with another cause, and this PR does not change it.

Repro without a runner.

const vm = require("node:vm");
const out = vm.runInNewContext(`
function inner() { const o = {}; Error.captureStackTrace(o); return o.stack; }
inner();
`, {}, { filename: "in-vm.js" });
console.log(JSON.stringify(out));

• main: "inner@in-vm.js:2:57\nglobal code@in-vm.js:3:6\nrunInNewContext@[native code]\n..."
• this PR: "Error\n at inner (in-vm.js:2:57)\n at in-vm.js:3:6\n at runInNewContext (unknown)\n ..."
• Node v26.3.0: "Error\n at inner (in-vm.js:2:40)\n at in-vm.js:3:1\n at Script.runInContext (node:vm:149:12)\n ..."

What changes in a vm context.

• Error.captureStackTrace.length is 2 (was 0). A target that is not an object throws the TypeError invalid_argument. An Error target gets the lazy .stack accessor. Frames of the host file get source-mapped positions.
• The context's Error.prepareStackTrace is called. For a target that is not an Error it is called at capture time, as in the main realm (Error.prepareStackTrace is called on Error.captureStackTrace when it shouldn't be #16418). Node calls it at the first read. "Measurements" has the cost under Jest 29.
• An Error target gets the own line, column and sourceURL of its first frame, as an Error that was not captured has (Add test for line and column property on Error instance #11940 pins them). They were 0, 0 and absent.
• The await chain counts against Error.stackTraceLimit. JSC's built-in function added up to limit await frames after limit stack frames.
• With the resumed async function as the caller argument, the awaiting functions are kept, as in Node. JSC's built-in function left an empty trace.
• An await frame of a function whose code a collection dropped for old age prints at async mid (unknown), as new Error().stack does in every realm on main. JSC's built-in function printed async mid@in-vm.js. Node keeps the position.
• The tests run through vm.runInNewContext, vm.runInContext, vm.Script#runInContext, vm.Script#runInNewContext, vm.compileFunction with a parsingContext, a DONT_CONTEXTIFY context, a host call of context.Error.captureStackTrace, and a context inside a Worker.

The stack walk.

• Since Compile TypeScript to machine code ahead of time: bun build --compile --aot #45631, getFramesForCaller gives Interpreter::getStackTrace the frame limit and a StackFrameFilter. The filter refuses the frames that Bun hides and the frames above the caller argument. When the first walk ends early, a second walk asks for every frame. This PR keeps both walks as they are on main.
• An earlier head of this branch gave the second walk a limit. A chain of async functions that await each other through Promise.race had no end then, and main aborted under await expect(p).resolves. JSC now follows a Promise combinator one time only (visitedCombinators in Interpreter::getAsyncStackTrace, WebKit 4d45755fed4a). Main returns, and the limit is not in this diff any more.
• Under such a cycle a trace has each of the two functions one time: c, async a, async b. Node repeats them up to the limit. The four rows "returns under async functions that await each other" test both realms. The two rows of the main context pass on main too.
• The filter sees the frames on the stack only. JSC adds the await frames without it (Interpreter::appendStackTrace). So the frame that matches the caller argument is a frame on the stack, and it is in the result when the caller was found. The loop that drops the await frames in front of it ends at that frame.

Frame rooting.

• Error.captureStackTrace formats the trace at once for a target that is not an Error, and for an Error whose stack was read. The frames are in a local vector then. A frame holds its function and its code block weakly.
• The code block of a suspended async function is on no stack. A collection while the frames are read can free it. Under a user Error.prepareStackTrace the collection can start in the allocation of a call site. No JS of the program runs in that window.
• Repro on main. The new test "keeps the code of suspended async callers while it makes their call sites" is this program:

Error.prepareStackTrace = (_, sites) => sites.map(site => site.getFunctionName()).join();
function capture() {
  const target = {};
  Error.captureStackTrace(target);
  return target.stack;
}
async function leaf() {
  await null;
  return capture();
}
let top = leaf;
for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) top = (0, eval)("(next => async function awaits" + i + "() { return await next(); })")(top);
for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) await top();
console.log("ok");

• Run it with BUN_JSC_forceCodeBlockToJettisonDueToOldAge=1 BUN_JSC_useZombieMode=1 BUN_JSC_slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs=13. With the first option a collection drops the code of each function that is not running. Without it, a collection drops code that did not run for 15 s. The second option overwrites each freed cell. The third starts a collection at every 13th slow allocation.
• A debug ASAN build of main (3f3a9ff) ends with AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x0000975afdde in JSC::StructureID::decontaminate() const (StructureID.h:51), in 2 of 2 runs. This PR prints ok. Without the options main prints ok too.
• A vm context reaches the same window with JS of the program: a getter on its Error.prepareStackTrace that collects. The four rows of the new table use that. They cover both arms, through the function of the context and through the function of the main realm with a target of the context. Each row prints how many times the getter ran.
• Two of the four callers of computeErrorInfoToJSValue rooted the frames: the two paths of a first read of stack. The two arms of Error.captureStackTrace did not. The rooting is now in the shared function, and the two copies are gone.
• The buffer holds 20 cells inline (MarkedArgumentBufferWithSize<20>), so a trace of up to 10 frames is rooted on the stack with no allocation. main's two callers used the default of 8 cells, then ensureCapacity, which allocates for a trace of more than 4 frames. That is why the first read of error.stack runs fewer instructions here ("Measurements").
• protectFrameCells takes a buffer of any inline capacity. BUN_JSC_immutableGlobals: one switch that makes every built-in immutable #45177 and Capture the call sites of util.getCallSites and isInsideNodeModules natively #47631 call it with a JSC::MarkedArgumentBuffer.
• The rooting does not depend on the rest of this PR. It can land first as its own change. Read Error.prepareStackTrace from the Error constructor when a stack is formatted #45570 has the same move.

Caller argument. First frame of the trace for Error.captureStackTrace(target, caller), where "all" means the capturing function:

caller	Node	main, vm realm	main, main realm	this PR, both realms
{}, the target, this in a constructor	all	all	no frames	all
a bound function	all	no frames	after the target of the bound function, or no frames	all
a callable Proxy	all	no frames	no frames	all
a function that a ShadowRealm wraps	all	no frames, or a wrong frame	no frames, or a wrong frame	all
a function on the stack	after the caller	after the caller	after the caller	after the caller
a function on the stack, behind a drain of microtasks	after the caller	after the caller	no frames	after the caller
a function on the stack, with another function of the same name above it	after the caller	after the caller	after the function above	after the function above
a function not on the stack, with a function of the same name on it	no frames	no frames	after that function	after that function
a suspended async function that awaits the capturing one	after the caller	no frames	no frames	no frames
a function not on the stack and not awaiting	no frames	no frames	no frames	no frames

• V8 searches the stack only for a JSFunction (builtins-error.cc, IsJSFunction(*caller) ? SKIP_UNTIL_SEEN : SKIP_FIRST). A bound function, a Proxy and a wrapped function are not one. The check is functionToFindOnStack. It also knows the bound functions of a compiled program.
• Rows 1 to 4 on main empty the trace of shipped code. kafka-node 5.0.0 has Error.captureStackTrace(this, this) in 17 error classes: main prints Error with no frames, this PR prints at new TimeoutError and at request. undici 5.20.0's fetch wrapper has Error.captureStackTrace(err, this): through undici/index-fetch, main prints TypeError: fetch failed with no frames. The bare undici specifier is Bun's own module.
• Error.captureStackTrace: keep frames when the callee frame was elided by a tail call #32136 has the bound function and the value that is not callable too. After this PR it keeps its own subject, a caller whose frame a tail call removed.
• Row 6: JSC puts the await chain of the resumed function in front of the caller's frame. The trace was empty then. It now starts behind the caller. A vm context with microtaskMode: "afterEvaluate" reaches that row.
• Rows 7 and 8 are the name match of the main realm. It is there for a resumed async function, whose frame has another function object. A vm context now has it too.
• chai names every assertion method methodWrapper, and .deep.equal calls a second one. So a failed expect(a).to.deep.equal(b) in a Vitest vm pool prints assertEqual and methodWrapper in front of the test frame. The code frame stays on the test line.
• An earlier head of this branch matched by function only, except for the body of a generator or async function. A compiled program (bun build --compile --aot) cannot do that: a compiled frame knows its function, not always the function object. test/aot holds plain Bun and the compiled program to the same output, so the rule is not part of this PR.
• Row 9: V8 also looks for the caller among the await frames. Bun does not, in either realm.

A vm global as the target.

• globalThis of a vm context is a proxy in front of the global object. A stack that is stored on the proxy cell is not visible to any read. JSC's built-in function stored it there.
• Bun's function would also read name and message through the proxy and call the context's Error.prepareStackTrace. So the function returns at once for this target. Calls of the hook for Error.captureStackTrace(globalThis) in a vm context: Node 0, main 0, this PR 0. For a host call with the vm global as the target: Node 0, main 1, this PR 0.
• typeof globalThis.stack after the capture is "undefined", as on main, in every realm. In the main realm and in a DONT_CONTEXTIFY context Node gives "string". That store is the subject of Error.captureStackTrace: throw TypeError for a Proxy target, as V8 does #43830. It is not part of this PR. main has a test for the contextified case since bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 ("accepts objects that aren't themselves a Proxy"). It passes here.

Frame limit. Frames recorded by Error.captureStackTrace(obj):

Error.stackTraceLimit	Node	main realm, main and this PR	vm realm, main and this PR
0, -1, NaN	0	up to 10	0
"foo", undefined, deleted	no stack	up to 10	0

• Bun's function turned a limit of 0, or a limit that is not a number, into 10. JSC's built-in function recorded no frames. The rewrite stays for a Zig::GlobalObject only, because util.getCallSites() and isInsideNodeModules() capture through Error.stackTraceLimit.
• Read Error.prepareStackTrace from the Error constructor when a stack is formatted #45570 moves these two helpers to a capture path that takes the frame count. The Zig::GlobalObject branch can go then.

Measurements. Release builds of main's src/ at 73b5310 and of this PR (1cf9946), Linux x64. I did not measure again on the current base. The diff has changed in one way since: the limit of the second walk is gone, which cost 14 instructions of a capture. Instructions are instructions:u from perf_event_open, with BUN_JSC_useConcurrentJIT=0.

Main realm, per call, 300,000 calls, median of 3 interleaved runs, at a recursion depth of 2 and of 12:

Call	depth 2, main to PR	depth 12, main to PR
Error.captureStackTrace({})	24,629 to 24,896 (+267)	34,631 to 35,080 (+449)
Error.captureStackTrace({}, fn)	17,320 to 17,562 (+242)	29,907 to 30,394 (+487)
new Ctor(), which calls Error.captureStackTrace(this, Ctor)	6,147 to 6,211 (+64)	9,726 to 9,788 (+62)
new Error("x").stack	23,929 to 23,622 (-307)	33,823 to 33,458 (-365)
new Ctor().stack	29,634 to 29,390 (-244)	41,385 to 41,088 (-297)

• The added instructions of the first two rows are the rooting: about 20 per cell, two cells per frame. Rows 4 and 5 root on main too, with an allocation.
• Another script, 7 to 9 frames, 1,100,000 captures, mean of 10 interleaved runs: plain object 15,802.5 to 15,993.6 (+191.0, sd 16.1). Under Error.prepareStackTrace 22,059.9 to 22,255.3 (+195.4, sd 13.4). Error not yet read 5,020.4 to 5,085.5 (+65.2, sd 7.7). Error already read 41,379.8 to 41,522.0 (+142.2, sd 2.6).
• One capture of the third row, single-stepped: 2,484 to 2,548 instructions. All 64 are in errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace.
• .text: 108,658,185 to 108,659,209 bytes (+1,024, size -A). The stripped binary has 138,205,336 bytes on both. Host functions added: 0. JSFunction cells per vm.createContext({}): one more.

vm context, per Error.captureStackTrace({}) whose stack is not read. The context comes from vm.runInContext with a filename, and host frames are below it:

Mode	main	this PR	Node v26.3.0
no hook, limit 10, 6 frames of the context	14,093	29,489	76,207
no hook, limit 100, 97 frames	131,786	194,041	621,241
source-map-support's Error.prepareStackTrace and limit 100, as Jest 29 sets them, 6 frames	16,466	131,992	67,897
the same, 97 frames	132,017	1,222,171	624,104
the same hook in the main realm, 6 frames	133,198	134,470	65,158
the same hook in the main realm, 97 frames	1,257,033	1,256,097	621,918

• Rows 3 and 4 pay for the hook at capture time, as the main realm does on main (rows 5 and 6, Error.prepareStackTrace is called on Error.captureStackTrace when it shouldn't be #16418). Only a target that is not an Error pays: an Error target calls the hook at the first read.
• The other vm rows pay for a source position for each frame of the host file. JSC's built-in function looked up none.
• An Error target in a vm context, by depth of the stack (3, 10, 100, 1000): 8,627 to 9,501, 8,613 to 9,485, 8,613 to 9,485, 8,610 to 9,485.

bench/snippets/error-capturestack.mjs, which this PR extends (mitata, lowest p50 of 3 interleaved rounds). The rows of the main realm are inside the noise of this machine:

Case	main	this PR	bun 1.4.4	Node v26.3.0
Error.captureStackTrace(err)	224 ns	216 ns	210 ns	2.02 µs
Error.prototype.stack	3.82 µs	3.81 µs	3.84 µs	8.05 µs
Error.captureStackTrace({})	3.33 µs	3.34 µs	3.20 µs	2.22 µs
caller argument 3 frames down	3.29 µs	3.49 µs	3.37 µs	3.90 µs
caller argument 20 frames down	4.72 µs	4.45 µs	4.68 µs	10.07 µs
1000 frames deep	5.46 µs	5.55 µs	23.85 µs	8.83 µs
vm context, Error.captureStackTrace({})	1.05 µs	3.48 µs	1.28 µs	2.57 µs
vm context, caller argument 3 frames down	1.02 µs	3.63 µs	1.23 µs	4.23 µs
vm context, caller argument 20 frames down	1.25 µs	4.83 µs	1.41 µs	12.50 µs
vm context, 1000 frames deep	4.41 µs	4.90 µs	5.34 µs	8.93 µs
vm context with a hook and limit 100, Error.captureStackTrace({})	1.05 µs	4.14 µs	1.30 µs	5.06 µs
the same, caller argument 3 frames down	860 ns	4.53 µs	1.27 µs	6.70 µs
the same, caller argument 20 frames down	1.19 µs	5.85 µs	1.48 µs	12.65 µs
the same, 1000 frames deep	15.85 µs	38.55 µs	16.96 µs	43.11 µs

Compiled programs (--aot).

• test/aot/run-parallel.ts runs each program of test/aot/parallel as plain Bun and as a compiled program, which must print the same.
• This PR adds errors/capture-stack-caller-that-is-no-function.mjs. A bound function of a compiled program is not a JSBoundFunction, so the check asks AOT::CompiledCallee::isBoundFunction. Without that branch the compiled program prints other lines than plain Bun. On the current base (main 3f3a9ff) I built it alone with a debug build: the compiled program and plain Bun print the same 19 lines.
• On an earlier base (release build of b8f744e), every program of seven folders agreed: errors (273), calls (152), calls-fast-paths (26), classes-and-closures (80), proxy-calls (6), native-property-puts (5) and node-vm (3). In async, 110 of 111 programs agreed. async/for-await-releases-values failed in 2 of 4 runs. It tests which values a collection frees, and it takes no stack trace.
• errors/captured-stack-is-start-of-without-limit.mjs takes the second walk in compiled frames. On 1cf9946 it printed the same 401 lines as on main (73b5310).
• Before main moved the programs to test/aot/parallel (AOT: fixes for modules, classes and Workers, WebKit upgrade, shorter compiler docs #47129), every program of six topics agreed on 1cf9946: errors (257), calls (503), calls-of-proxies (147), calls-fast-paths (188), classes-and-closures (442) and direct-puts-from-native-code (15).

Test runners after this PR. Observed on 1cf9946, except where a line names the current base (main 3f3a9ff, debug builds).

• Jest 29.7.0, CommonJS tests: require("express") works. A failed expect() and a thrown Error print the message and the code frame. The repro at the top gives the same on the current base.
• Jest 29.7.0 reports a timeout, a thrown value that is not an Error and a failed hook through a trace that it takes at test(). For 9 such failures of my fixture this PR prints the message and no code frame (main: neither, Node: both). test() of jest-circus ends in a tail call, so its frame is gone (Error.captureStackTrace: keep frames when the callee frame was elided by a tail call #32136). With BUN_JSC_useTailCalls=0 this PR prints all 9 code frames.
• A collection between the capture and the first read of an Error's stack makes Bun format the frames without the hook, as for new Error() on main. Jest 29 then prints the message with no code frame. Error.prepareStackTrace runs for a stack first read after a GC #46400 has the fix.
• A constructor function that captures and then sets this.message prints an empty message under Jest 29 (TimeoutError:). Node prints the message. Bun formats the stack of a target that is not an Error at capture time. Error.captureStackTrace: a non-Error target's stack starts with its name and message, read when the stack is #43390 changes that when no Error.prepareStackTrace is set. Jest 29 sets one in every context.
• Jest 30.5.2 and Vitest 4 set their formatter on the host's Error only. Node uses the main context's Error.prepareStackTrace for a vm context that has none. Bun does not: Read Error.prepareStackTrace from the Error constructor when a stack is formatted #45570 has that lookup. With this PR alone, Jest 30.5.2 loads express, koa, depd and five more packages that fail to load on main: of 17 package rows, 7 pass on main, 15 here and 15 on Node. For 12 failing tests of another fixture it prints 4 code frames, each one line below the failing line (main 0, Node 12 on the line). The line is vm.compileFunction's (node:vm: report compileFunction body lines relative to lineOffset when it is 0 #38240).
• Jest 30 toThrow(expected) with a cause compares the own property names and values of the two errors (line and column among them). A plain Error fails that on main and here. An Error of a class that calls Error.captureStackTrace had line 0 and column 0 in a vm context, so it passed. It now fails. On the current base, of 7 rows, main passes 4, this PR 2 and Node 7. The rows: a plain Error with a cause, a subclass with a cause, a class that captures with a cause, the same with a cause of that class, the same with no cause, a plain Error with no cause, and an Error of that class against a plain expected Error. This PR passes the two rows with no cause. main also passes the two rows of the class that captures with a cause. In the main realm those rows fail on main too.
• Vitest vm pools: a failed expect() prints 5 to 7 frames under 3.2.7 and 8 to 10 under 4.1.9, where main and Node print 1. The added frames are Vitest's own and chai's. On the current base with 3.2.7, for a failure on line 3: main prints one frame, a.test.js:4:47, and the code of line 6. This PR prints a.test.js:3:21, the code of line 3, and four frames of Vitest. Bun gives the frames of a vm.SourceTextModule no file name (../unknown:2272:21, ../[source:3]:752:28), so Vitest does not filter them (vm.SourceTextModule stack frames print 'unknown' instead of the module identifier #41316). node:vm: name SourceTextModule stack frames after the identifier #41319 names them.

Order with the other open PRs on this code.

• node:vm: name SourceTextModule stack frames after the identifier #41319 first, or together with this PR: it removes the added Vitest frames.
• Read Error.prepareStackTrace from the Error constructor when a stack is formatted #45570 has the same move of the rooting. It drops that hunk after this PR, and it removes the Zig::GlobalObject branch of the limit.
• Capture the call sites of util.getCallSites and isInsideNodeModules natively #47631 adds a native capture for util.getCallSites(). It roots with protectFrameCells, which compiles with the template here.
• Stack traces end under a cycle of awaits: use JSC's guarded await-chain walk and limit it in Error.captureStackTrace (WebKit bump for oven-sh/WebKit#831) #46134 asked for the guard in JSC. That guard is on main now, and this PR has no limit of its own.
• Error.captureStackTrace: throw TypeError for a Proxy target, as V8 does #43830 replaces the early return for a vm global with its store. main throws for a Proxy target since bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833. Error.captureStackTrace: a non-Error target's stack starts with its name and message, read when the stack is #43390 changes the path of a target that is not an Error. node:vm: allocate prepareStackTrace call sites in the vm realm #29998 edits the same finishCreation. Error.captureStackTrace: keep frames when the callee frame was elided by a tail call #32136 keeps the tail call.

Not changed here.

• Main realm, limit of 0, negative or NaN: up to 10 frames (Node: none).
• Frozen, sealed and non-extensible targets: Error.captureStackTrace: honor the target's integrity level #33412. A global as the target: Error.captureStackTrace: throw TypeError for a Proxy target, as V8 does #43830.
• A caller argument that is a suspended async function selects no frame, in both realms. Node starts the trace at the functions that await it.
• A vm context's Error.prepareStackTrace receives call site objects of the host realm, as for new Error().stack on main: node:vm: allocate prepareStackTrace call sites in the vm realm #29998.
• The built-in function that the install replaces is one dead JSFunction per realm.

Self-review. The review ran on the diff that had the limit of the second walk. Two concerns are not done. A split into three PRs (rooting, second walk, install): the install alone brings the crash and the lost frames into vm contexts, so the rooting and the install are both here. The rooting can land first. New text for main's two Match V8 comments in getFramesForCaller: they are not lines of this diff.

Tests. test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js has 30 new tests. 27 fail with main's src/ (3f3a9ff). Three pass on both: the two rows of the await cycle in the main context, and util.getCallSites() under a non-writable limit of 0. The file passes on a debug ASAN build (106 tests). With BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 no check fails. On the earlier base it also passed on a release build.

• On main, the two rows of the new table that capture in the main context and the new call site test crash. An ASAN build takes longer than the 5 s limit of a test to print the report.
• Some tests that main has in this file are slow on a debug build whose file is not in the page cache. In one such run, "a stack that a collection materializes reads the same ..." (two tests) and "CallFrame.p.getFunction hides internal callees from sloppy code" took longer than their limit of 5 s. "a stack trace past the string length limit ..." has a limit of 30 s. It took 7 to 21 s with this PR, and 9 to over 30 s with main's src/.
• Also ran on the current base, with the same results on a debug build of main: test/js/bun/jsc/webkit-upgrade-e8f704815e.test.ts, test/js/node/vm/vm.test.ts, test/js/node/util/util.test.js, test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts, test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js and test/js/node/process/process.test.js. One test of the last file ran out of time in one run with this PR. Alone it passes on both builds, three times of three.
• On the earlier base, with the same results on a build of main: three files of test/js/bun/sourcemap/, test/js/web/workers/structured-clone.test.ts and 418 vendored Node tests (test-vm-*, test-error*, test-util-*, test-assert*, test-repl-* and others: 397 pass and 21 fail on both).

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 3 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js"
bun test v1.4.3 (b99371011)

test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js:
(pass) Regular .stack [19.25ms]
(pass) throw inside Error.prepareStackTrace doesnt crash [28.70ms]
(pass) capture stack trace [13.06ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with message [11.10ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with constructor [9.01ms]
(pass) capture stack trace limit [32.93ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace [16.78ms]
(pass) capture stack trace second argument [26.08ms]
(pass) capture stack trace edge cases [18.23ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace installs .stack as non-enumerable [31.40ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace call sites [21.98ms]
(pass) sanity check [21.52ms]
(pass) CallFrame isEval works as expected [12.12ms]
(pass) CallFrame isTopLevel returns false for Function constructor [12.77ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.getThisgetFunction: strict/sloppy mode interaction [13.12ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isConstructor [4.75ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isNative [5.18ms]
(pass) return non-strings from Error.prepareStackTrace [5.09ms]
(pass) 
... (truncated)

release without fix: all passed
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (f6a2c202d)

test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js:
(pass) Regular .stack [0.20ms]
(pass) throw inside Error.prepareStackTrace doesnt crash [0.15ms]
(pass) capture stack trace [0.08ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with message [0.08ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with constructor [0.08ms]
(pass) capture stack trace limit [0.27ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace [0.14ms]
(pass) capture stack trace second argument [0.24ms]
(pass) capture stack trace edge cases [0.14ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace installs .stack as non-enumerable [0.30ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace call sites [0.15ms]
(pass) sanity check [0.16ms]
(pass) CallFrame isEval works as expected [0.13ms]
(pass) CallFrame isTopLevel returns false for Function constructor [0.15ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.getThisgetFunction: strict/sloppy mode interaction [0.13ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isConstructor [0.04ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isNative [0.03ms]
(pass) return non-strings from Error.prepareStackTrace [0.04ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.toString [0.04ms]
(pass) err.stack should invoke prepareStackTrace [0.33ms]
(pass) Error.prepareStackTrace inside a node:vm works [0.90ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace i
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js"
bun test v1.4.3 (b99371011)

test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js:
(pass) Regular .stack [13.21ms]
(pass) throw inside Error.prepareStackTrace doesnt crash [20.42ms]
(pass) capture stack trace [8.97ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with message [7.44ms]
(pass) capture stack trace with constructor [6.32ms]
(pass) capture stack trace limit [22.77ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace [11.27ms]
(pass) capture stack trace second argument [18.97ms]
(pass) capture stack trace edge cases [13.05ms]
(pass) Error.captureStackTrace installs .stack as non-enumerable [21.17ms]
(pass) prepare stack trace call sites [14.00ms]
(pass) sanity check [14.28ms]
(pass) CallFrame isEval works as expected [7.73ms]
(pass) CallFrame isTopLevel returns false for Function constructor [8.88ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.getThisgetFunction: strict/sloppy mode interaction [8.90ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isConstructor [3.09ms]
(pass) CallFrame.p.isNative [3.26ms]
(pass) return non-strings from Error.prepareStackTrace [3.82ms]
(pass) CallF
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 645ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/123] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 122 exports (host=5, lazy=10, generic=107, rust=0); 243 extern-C blocks audited
[2/123] gen cpp.rs (cppbind)
[2/123] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_core v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/bun_core)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_errno v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/errno)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_ptr v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/ptr)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_boringssl_sys v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/boringssl_sys)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_safety v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/safety)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_base64 v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/base64)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_cares_sys v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/cares_sys)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_zlib_sys v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/zlib_sys)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_zstd v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/zstd)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_picohttp v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/picohttp)
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_brotli v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

src/jsc/bindings/BunGlobalScope.cpp         |  4 ++
 src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp  | 10 +++--
 src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.cpp        |  1 -
 test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

gate history · 2 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file

file                                         reads  edits  tests
src/jsc/bindings/BunGlobalScope.cpp              2      2     13
src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp       4      6     13
src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.cpp             5      2     13
test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js      2      2     13

[robobun]

Status

Repro with a test runner. In a directory with jest@29.7.0 and express@4, put this in a.test.js and run bun --bun node_modules/.bin/jest:

test("fails", () => {
  expect(1 + 1).toBe(3);
});
test("express loads", () => {
  expect(typeof require("express")).toBe("function");
});

• Main at 3f3a9ff and bun 1.4.4: the first test prints @/path/a.test.js:2:21 and no matcher message. The second test fails with TypeError: callSite.getFileName is not a function.
• This branch and Node v26.3.0: the first test prints expect(received).toBe(expected) with Expected: 3 and Received: 2. The second test passes.

Repro without a runner. Run this with bun:

const vm = require("node:vm");
console.log(JSON.stringify(vm.runInNewContext(`
function inner() { const o = {}; Error.captureStackTrace(o); return o.stack; }
inner();
`, {}, { filename: "in-vm.js" })));

• Main prints JSC text: "inner@in-vm.js:2:57\nglobal code@in-vm.js:3:6\nrunInNewContext@[native code]\n...".
• This branch prints "Error\n at inner (in-vm.js:2:57)\n at in-vm.js:3:6\n at runInNewContext (unknown)\n ...", as Node v26.3.0 does.

Repro of the crash on main. Run this with BUN_JSC_forceCodeBlockToJettisonDueToOldAge=1 BUN_JSC_useZombieMode=1 BUN_JSC_slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs=13:

Error.prepareStackTrace = (_, sites) => sites.map(site => site.getFunctionName()).join();
function capture() {
  const target = {};
  Error.captureStackTrace(target);
  return target.stack;
}
async function leaf() {
  await null;
  return capture();
}
let top = leaf;
for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) top = (0, eval)("(next => async function awaits" + i + "() { return await next(); })")(top);
for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) await top();
console.log("ok");

• A debug ASAN build of main at 3f3a9ff ends with AddressSanitizer: SEGV in JSC::StructureID::decontaminate(). This branch prints ok.

Fix.

• Bun::GlobalScope::finishCreation installs Bun's Error.captureStackTrace for every realm. A node:vm context no longer keeps JSC's built-in one.
• The frames are rooted while they are formatted. A caller argument that is not a function selects no frame, as in V8.
• The stack walk is main's. An earlier head gave its second walk a limit, for two async functions that await each other. JSC ends that chain now, so the limit is gone.
• Tests: 30 new tests in test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js. 27 fail with main's src/ and pass with the fix.
• The stack store for a globalThis target is not part of this PR. It is the subject of Error.captureStackTrace: throw TypeError for a Proxy target, as V8 does #43830.

CI. Build 136491 ran the current head (73a6d83) and is complete: 124 of 188 jobs passed. No test of this PR fails.

• 28 test files are red: 27 under test/aot and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. This diff touches none of them.
• 27 of the 28 are red on the latest build of main too (136408). The other one is test/aot/modules-in-a-test-run.test.ts. It fails as its neighbors do, on mock.module under bun test --aot.

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Walkthrough

The change registers Bun’s Error.captureStackTrace implementation on the global Error constructor. It updates caller and async-frame selection, uses lexical globals for VM access and stack limits, and centralizes frame rooting during formatting. Tests and benchmarks cover capture across realms.

Changes

captureStackTrace VM support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Global Error registration src/jsc/bindings/BunGlobalScope.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.cpp	Registers Error.captureStackTrace on the global Error constructor and removes its previous registration from ZigGlobalObject.
Caller and async frame selection src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackTrace.cpp, test/aot/parallel/errors/capture-stack-caller-that-is-no-function.mjs	Filters caller values, removes caller frames, and performs a bounded second walk when the initial walk fills its budget. Tests exercise caller selection across function types and async contexts.
Realm-aware capture and frame rooting src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp	Uses lexical-global VM and stack-limit state, handles Node VM global proxies, and roots frame cells centrally before formatting.
Realm tests and benchmarks test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js, bench/snippets/error-capturestack.mjs	Adds tests for VM realms, caller filtering, stack limits, async capture, and collection during formatting. Adds benchmarks for capture in the current realm and Node VM contexts.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 78d3a

The realm-aware capture changes retain a bounded test-coverage gap: the formatting test can pass without triggering collection. Assert that the getter executes to strengthen regression protection. No production failure was established by the remaining concerns.

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[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes JSC bindings C++ with cross-realm implications — sharing the main global's m_lazyStackCustomGetterSetter cell into node:vm realms and materializing errorConstructor() earlier in GlobalScope::finishCreation — a maintainer look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace no longer static_casts the lexical global to Zig::GlobalObject; stackTraceLimit() and deleteProperty use the base JSGlobalObject*, and defaultGlobalObject() is only used for the realm-agnostic CustomGetterSetter cell.
• Init order: Base::finishCreation(vm) runs before errorConstructor() is touched, so the constructor exists; appendStackTrace left behind in ZigGlobalObject is ImplementationVisibility::Private, so not part of the same user-visible class.
• New tests sit in the existing capture-stack-trace.test.js, restore Error.prepareStackTrace via the file's afterEach, and assert V8 format, source-mapped outer-file line via a same-line reference Error, per-context prepareStackTrace, and the ErrorInstance + caller-cutoff path.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR moves Bun's custom Error.captureStackTrace install from Zig::GlobalObject::addBuiltinGlobals up into Bun::GlobalScope::finishCreation, so every realm — including NodeVMGlobalObject (a Bun::GlobalScope subclass but not a Zig::GlobalObject) — gets V8-formatted, source-mapped, prepareStackTrace-aware stacks instead of JSC's raw fn@ url:line:col formatter. errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace is updated to stop assuming its lexical global is a Zig::GlobalObject: it reads stackTraceLimit() and calls deleteProperty off the raw lexicalGlobalObject, and resolves the owning Zig::GlobalObject via defaultGlobalObject() only for the shared lazy .stack CustomGetterSetter cell. Three tests in capture-stack-trace.test.js cover formatting + source maps in runInNewContext, per-context prepareStackTrace, and the ErrorInstance + caller-cutoff path. The identifier lookup was also switched from Identifier::fromString(vm, "captureStackTrace"_s) to the cached vm.propertyNames->captureStackTrace.

Security risks

None identified. This is stack-trace formatting; no auth, crypto, or untrusted-input parsing surface changes. The removed static_cast<Zig::GlobalObject*> on a value that can now be a NodeVMGlobalObject would have been the memory-safety hazard, and the PR correctly eliminates it before widening the install site.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. The C++ diff is ~15 lines, but it sits in JSC bindings and involves two subtle judgments a maintainer should confirm: (1) sharing the main Zig::GlobalObject's m_lazyStackCustomGetterSetter cell into node:vm realms is safe because CustomGetterSetter uses a VM-wide structure and the visible getter/setter functions are minted per calling realm — the PR argues this convincingly, but it is exactly the kind of cross-realm GC-cell reasoning REVIEW.md flags as high-scrutiny; (2) calling errorConstructor() from GlobalScope::finishCreation materializes the Error constructor earlier in Zig::GlobalObject's init than before (addBuiltinGlobals runs later). Base::finishCreation has already run so the constructor exists, and the PR notes setStackTraceLimit(10) runs before Base::finishCreation, but init-order changes in the JSGlobalObject hierarchy have historically been fragile.

Other factors

The bug hunter ran to a dry streak with no findings and no ruled-out candidates. No CODEOWNERS entry covers src/jsc/bindings/ or the test file. Exception-scope handling in the touched function is unchanged and still RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION-guarded. The new comments are one-line "why" notes on non-obvious cross-realm behavior, which fits the repo's comment bar. On "fix the whole class": appendStackTrace remaining in ZigGlobalObject is ImplementationVisibility::Private (not user-visible in vm contexts), and the second new test demonstrates the vm context's own Error.prepareStackTrace is already consulted, so leaving that accessor in place looks intentional; stackTraceLimit defaulting to 100 in vm contexts is explicitly deferred to a tracked issue. Tests follow test/CLAUDE.md conventions (existing file, module-scope import, global restored in afterEach, no sleeps/ports/network).

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Code review found no issues

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❌ @robobun, your commit 73a6d83 has 40 failures in Build #136491 (All Failures):

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[claude]

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

[claude]

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

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked whether the new value_or(0) at src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp:854 could zero the limit in a fresh process or a fresh vm context where nothing has assigned Error.stackTraceLimit — it does not, since every JSGlobalObject starts with the limit from Options::defaultErrorStackTraceLimit() (set to 10 at src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.cpp:352), and the existing fresh-process test at test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js:1522 covers that path. The existing non-numeric-limit test at line 1469 still holds under the new header-only behavior.

Extended reasoning...

The latest commit changes the limit-0/non-numeric handling in errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace in response to the earlier inline comment; the ruled-out item here is the unset-default path, which the JSC option initialization and an existing test cover.

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

• 🟣 src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp — Pre-existing Node-compat gap now reached by vm captureStackTrace: a main-realm Error.prepareStackTrace is ignored when the target was created in a node:vm context whose own Error has none. src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp:583-598 consults only the vm realm's Error constructor and then falls to the default text, while Node's prepareStackTraceCallback falls back to the main context's Error.prepareStackTrace. Fix: when the target's realm is not a Zig::GlobalObject and its Error has no callable prepareStackTrace, use defaultGlobalObject(vm)->m_errorConstructorPrepareStackTraceValue before the default formatter, for both the Error-instance and plain-object paths.

  Why this was flagged

  A host script sets Error.prepareStackTrace and then runs code in vm.runInNewContext that calls Error.captureStackTrace(obj) on an object created in that context, without setting the context's own Error.prepareStackTrace. After this PR the call reaches errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace at src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp:838 and formats through computeErrorInfoToJSValue at :895. computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping at :578-598 takes errorInstance->globalObject(), which is the NodeVMGlobalObject, reads only that realm's Error.prepareStackTrace at :588, and when it is absent returns the default string at :612. Node's lib/internal/errors.js prepareStackTraceCallback first tries the error realm's Error.prepareStackTrace and then falls back to MainContextError.prepareStackTrace, so in Node obj.stack is whatever the host's callback returns. On the base branch the vm realm used JSC's built-in captureStackTrace and produced raw JSC text, so this is pre-existing in the shared formatter rather than introduced; the PR widens the population that hits it to every Error.captureStackTrace call inside a context.

  Verification: pre-existing. In src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp, when dynamicDowncast<Zig::GlobalObject> fails (line 583) computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping only consults that realm's Error constructor (lines 587-588); if that is absent/non-callable it falls straight to computeErrorInfoWithoutPrepareStackTrace (line 612). There is no fallback to the main realm's hook.

[robobun]

On the finding outside the diff (the main context's Error.prepareStackTrace is not used for a target made in a vm context that has none): confirmed, and this PR does not change it.

The main realm sets Error.prepareStackTrace. The vm context sets none.

Call in the vm context	Node v26.3.0	main	this PR
new Error("x").stack	result of the main hook	default text	default text
Error.captureStackTrace(obj)	result of the main hook	JSC text	default text

The first row shows that the gap is in the formatter and exists on main. computeErrorInfoToJSValueWithoutSkipping reads only the Error constructor of the target's realm. #45570 adds the lookup on the main context's Error constructor, for every stack that is formatted. I did not add a second copy of that lookup here.

[claude]

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

Beyond the inline finding, I also checked the cross-realm sharing of the lazy .stack accessor: errorInstanceLazyStackCustomGetter/Setter in src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp only use the VM and the error cell, never a Zig::GlobalObject downcast, so handing the main realm's CustomGetterSetter to a NodeVMGlobalObject error is safe. I also confirmed the isInsideNodeModules() justification at line 853 holds (test-internal-util-isinsidenodemodules.js calls it with no argument, storing undefined), and that both GlobalScope subclasses reach the single install site in GlobalScope::finishCreation.

Extended reasoning...

The change moves the Error.captureStackTrace install from Zig::GlobalObject::addBuiltinGlobals to Bun::GlobalScope::finishCreation so node:vm contexts get Bun's host function, drops the unchecked Zig::GlobalObject static_cast in errorConstructorFuncCaptureStackTrace, and changes an explicit stackTraceLimit of 0 from "bump to 10" to "record no frames". No security-sensitive surface is touched. The latest two commits reworked the limit semantics after earlier feedback, and the one confirmed inline finding (util.getCallSites under a non-writable 0 limit) plus the realm-level behaviour change mean a maintainer should still weigh this rather than it being approved automatically.

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src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackTrace.cpp-269-273: 1

269-273: Minor · Potential issue · Heavy lift

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The new async-prefix loop neither bounds its index nor checks whether the matched caller itself is async. If the collected trace consists entirely of async frames beginning at that caller, it indexes past the vector; with a later sync frame, it can remove that frame as the caller instead.

Capture may crash, or return a stack missing a genuine frame after the caller.

This can occur when: Error.captureStackTrace receives a suspended async function as caller, and JSC's walk matches its async frame by name before any synchronous frame in the retained trace.

test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js-1319-1319: 1

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Test gap: setting BUN_JSC_forceCodeBlockToJettisonDueToOldAge does not itself verify that collection jettisons the code blocks whose frames are formatted.

The test passes with stable, non-jettisoned frames even if formatting those frames after jettison would be unsafe.

This can occur when: The environment option is not consumed by this build, or the fixture's suspended mid and top functions retain their code despite the collection.

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[robobun]

On the two unverified notes of the review of 78d3a20:

ErrorStackTrace.cpp, the loop over the await frames in front of the caller. The finding does not hold.

• The filter that finds the caller argument sees the frames on the stack only. JSC adds the await frames without the filter (Interpreter::appendStackTrace in WebKit 4d45755fed4a). So the frame that matches the caller is a frame on the stack. It is in the result when the caller was found, and the loop ends at that frame.
• A suspended async function as the caller argument matches no frame, so the trace is empty and the loop does not run. I checked that by a run, also for a program compiled with --aot. Node starts the trace at the functions that await it. That difference is on main too. The PR body lists it under "Not changed here".

The jettison option in the rows with a getter that collects. A run that passes cannot show that the code was freed.

• With the fix, the frames keep the code of mid and top alive. That is the fix. So no assertion in a passing run can observe the free.
• The rows fail with main's src/: the two that capture in the main context crash on an ASAN build. That shows that the option and the collection free the code in this program.
• 73a6d83 adds a test with no getter: a collection at every 13th slow allocation, with BUN_JSC_useZombieMode=1, which overwrites each freed cell. On main it ends with a SEGV in JSC::StructureID::decontaminate().

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