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Problem

• docs/runtime/index.mdx:193 shows { a: { b: { c: [Object] } } } for the default depth. Bun prints the multi-line form with [Object ...] and double quotes. docs/runtime/console.mdx:24 has the same one-line sample.
• Since console: apply depth cap to Map/Set/Array entries and Error cause chains #35288 the depth also cuts arrays, Map objects, and Set objects. Neither page says so.
• The section's first command, bun --console-depth 5 run index.tsx, prints the bun run usage text and runs nothing. cli: take flag arity from the auto table when the subcommand is classified #41511 fixes that CLI bug.

Fix

• Both pages show the real output in txt blocks, for the default depth and for a depth of 4.
• Both pages state that the depth applies to arrays, Map objects, and Set objects, with the placeholders [Array ...], [Map ...], [Set ...]. An empty one prints as [], Map {}, or Set {}.
• The first command uses --console-depth=5. That form runs the file today and after cli: take flag arity from the auto table when the subcommand is classified #41511.
• Verified: a script ran each command of both sections as written on the canary build of main (1.4.3-canary.1+630e921db). Each output equals its txt block exactly.

Background

• The console depth is the number of nested levels that console.log() prints below the top-level value. The default is 2.
• Past the depth, Bun prints a placeholder in place of the value. Before console: apply depth cap to Map/Set/Array entries and Error cause chains #35288 only objects had one.
• bun picks the subcommand before it parses the flags (which() in src/runtime/cli/mod.rs). That step skips each flag, but not a flag value. With a space, it takes 5 for the subcommand name.

Notes

The sample, as printed on both pages, on main (630e921db):

$ bun console.ts
{
  a: {
    b: {
      c: [Object ...],
    },
  },
}
$ bun --console-depth=4 console.ts
{
  a: {
    b: {
      c: {
        d: "deep",
      },
    },
  },
}

The three container placeholders, observed on main:

console.log({ list: [{ tags: new Set(["x"]), meta: new Map([["k", 1]]), pos: [1, 2], o: { p: 1 } }] });

{
  list: [
    {
      tags: [Set ...],
      meta: [Map ...],
      pos: [Array ...],
      o: [Object ...],
    }
  ],
}

The canary at c6b7fcb5b (before #35288) prints tags, meta, and pos in full, and o: [Object ...]. A class instance and a null-prototype object also print as [Object ...].

The first command, before and after, on main:

$ bun --console-depth 5 run index.tsx
Usage: bun run [flags] <file or script>
...
$ bun --console-depth=5 run index.tsx
{
  a: {
...

bun run --console-depth 5 index.tsx and bun --console-depth 5 index.tsx also run the file. I kept the flag in front of run because the page tells the reader to put Bun flags immediately after bun. This was the only command in docs/ with a space-separated flag value in front of a subcommand.

Empty collections, observed on main (full shows that the level is past the depth):

console.log({ a: { b: { arr: [], map: new Map(), set: new Set(), full: [1] } } });

{
  a: {
    b: {
      arr: [],
      map: Map {},
      set: Set {},
      full: [Array ...],
    },
  },
}

The same three values print the same way at the top level and one level down.

Not changed, to keep this PR to the samples:

• --console-depth=0 and depth = 0 mean no limit (src/runtime/cli/Arguments.rs:1245). Neither page says so.
• An empty object past the depth prints [Object ...], where Node prints {}. That is a formatter behaviour, and the pages do not describe it.

prettier --check passes on both files.

#39637 adds a sentence to docs/runtime/console.mdx below "The CLI flag takes precedence". The two diffs do not touch the same lines.

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[robobun]

Status

• Reproduced: I ran the --console-depth sample of docs/runtime/index.mdx on the canary build of main (1.4.3-canary.1+630e921db). bun console.ts prints the multi-line form with c: [Object ...],, not { a: { b: { c: [Object] } } }. bun --console-depth 5 run index.tsx prints the bun run usage text.
• A nested array, Map, and Set past the depth print as [Array ...], [Map ...], and [Set ...] on main. The canary at c6b7fcb5b (before console: apply depth cap to Map/Set/Array entries and Error cause chains #35288) prints them in full. An empty array, Map, or Set prints as [], Map {}, or Set {} at any depth.
• With this branch, each command of both sections, run as written, prints exactly the txt block that follows it.
• Review: one finding (the empty collections). I verified it on main and applied it in 36c9cdc. No review thread is open.
• CI: buildkite/bun, Format, and Lint JavaScript pass on 36c9cdc.
• This PR changes the docs only. It is ready for a maintainer review.

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^{Updated 2:22 AM PT - Sep 17th, 2026}

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Code review found no issues

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Walkthrough

The runtime documentation now includes separate default-depth and depth-4 console output examples. It also documents depth limits for arrays, Map, and Set values with type-specific placeholders.

Changes

Console depth documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Depth examples and collection truncation docs/runtime/console.mdx, docs/runtime/index.mdx	The documentation shows default-depth and depth-4 output. It documents [Array ...], [Map ...], and [Set ...] placeholders beyond the configured depth.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

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The examples may mislead users about empty collection output, but the issue is limited to documentation and does not affect runtime behavior.

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[claude]

LGTM — docs-only correction; the new sentence added since my last review is accurate.

What was reviewed:

• Checked the empty-collection claim (added in the second commit) against the formatter in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs: print_array skips the depth marker when len == 0, and the Map/Set printers write Map {} / Set {} before the depth check, so [], Map {}, Set {} print at any depth as stated.
• Confirmed the [Array ...] / [Map ...] / [Set ...] spelling comes from print_depth_exceeded_marker, and the --console-depth=5 change is justified by which() in src/runtime/cli/mod.rs skipping only dash-prefixed args, so a space-separated value would be taken as the subcommand.
• Swept the other docs mentions of --console-depth (bunfig.mdx, snippets/cli/run.mdx, console.mdx line 17) — none contradict the new text; ```txt fences match existing docs usage.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR edits two documentation pages, docs/runtime/console.mdx and docs/runtime/index.mdx. It replaces inline comment output samples for --console-depth with prose plus separate txt output blocks, adds a sentence stating that the depth also truncates arrays, Map, and Set (with placeholders [Array ...], [Map ...], [Set ...]), and — in the commit pushed since my prior review — adds a sentence stating that empty arrays, Maps, and Sets print as [], Map {}, Set {} at any depth. The example CLI invocation changes from bun --console-depth 5 run index.tsx to bun --console-depth=5 run index.tsx. No source, tests, or type files change.

Security risks

None. This is documentation prose and code-fenced sample output; nothing executable, no credentials, no links to external resources.

Level of scrutiny

Low, but the repository's docs guidance asks that documentation claims be verified against the implementation, so I checked each factual claim against source rather than trusting the PR description. In src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, print_array only emits the depth marker when len != 0, and the Map and Set printers return Map {} / Set {} when length == 0 before consulting max_depth, which confirms the new "at any depth" sentence. The marker text [{name} ...] comes from print_depth_exceeded_marker, matching the documented spellings. The default of 2 matches max_depth: 2 in the formatter defaults and the --help text in src/runtime/cli/Arguments.rs. The which() subcommand detector in src/runtime/cli/mod.rs skips leading dash-prefixed args but not their values, so --console-depth 5 run would pick 5 as the command; the = form avoids that, justifying the change. I could not execute the samples in this environment, so the exact multi-line formatting (trailing commas, indentation) is checked by inspection of the formatter's non-single-line paths rather than by running the snippet; the multi-line style with trailing commas is consistent with how the existing output samples elsewhere in the docs render Bun's inspect output.

Other factors

The one new item since my prior review is the empty-collection sentence, which I verified above. Other docs mentions of --console-depth (docs/runtime/bunfig.mdx, docs/snippets/cli/run.mdx, docs/runtime/console.mdx line 17) are consistent with the new text. The txt and bash terminal fence annotations match conventions used across many existing docs pages. No tests are needed for a docs-only change. The change is small, self-contained, and the claims check out against the formatter, so a human look is not required.