[robobun]

Problem

• fs.readdirSync(123n, "bogus") throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE (path must be a string or TypedArray) for the path. Node.js v26.12.1 throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE for the encoding. No user reported this.
• Cause: seven parsers in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs convert the path before they read the options. Node runs getOptions() first.

Fix

• readFile, writeFile, appendFile, readdir, readlink, realpath and mkdtemp call get_options before the unchanged path converter. fs.watch asserts the encoding before the filename conversion.
• get_options follows getOptions(): a primitive string names the encoding, an object can carry one, a function means the defaults. Its options type and signal throws stay with node:fs: reject a non-string, non-object options argument like node #41928 and node:fs: validate options.signal in readFile, writeFile and watch like node #39274.
• Verified: test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts (34 tests, 32 fail on main, all pass in Node), fs.test.ts, 337 vendored test-fs-* files.
• Self-reviewed: 39 concerns raised, 35 addressed. Not taken: split the classifier out, fold in node:fs: match node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE message for an invalid encoding #38432.

Background

• ArgumentsSlice is the cursor over a call's arguments. The new peek_at reads a later slot without a move.
• Considered: keep the path first and return its error as data from types.rs. Node's order needs no change there.
• This PR supersedes the native half of node:fs: take a function in the options slot as the default options #46369. bindgen: delete b.any and .variadic #46789 rewrites these parsers: a maintainer must choose the order.

Downsides

• Valid calls change to Node's result: fs.readFileSync(file, new String("utf8")) returns a Buffer, a function as options means the defaults, and a path buffer is read after the encoding getter.
• Debug-build cost (no release build reaches my machine): instructions per call -0.2% to +0.9% in the sync parsers, -0.2% to +4.0% for fs.watch, -32% for fs.readFile(path, cb). Allocations per call: equal.
• CI release zip: +841 bytes (68,052,630 to 68,053,471).

Notes

Repro. Node.js v26.3.0, v26.12.1 and v27.0.0-alpha print ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE four times. Canary 1.4.4 (main 2596ac5) prints ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, ERR_INVALID_URL_SCHEME, ENAMETOOLONG. This branch prints what Node prints.

const fs = require("node:fs");
const t = f => { try { f(); } catch (e) { console.log(e.code); } };
t(() => fs.readFileSync(123n, "bogus"));
t(() => fs.mkdtempSync({}, { encoding: "bogus" }));
t(() => fs.watch(new URL("http://example.com/x"), "bogus"));
t(() => fs.readdirSync("a".repeat(70000), "bogus"));

Demand. No user reported this order, and no vendored Node test asserts it: the 337 test-fs-* files have the same pass and fail set on main and on this branch (327 pass). The reason to fix it is the rule in .claude/docs/landing-prs.md: the check order that decides which error wins on doubly-invalid input is part of Node's error contract.

Node source. getOptions: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.12.1/lib/internal/fs/utils.js#L407-L428. readlinkSync shows the order in two lines: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.12.1/lib/fs.js#L2250-L2251. fs.watch: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.12.1/lib/fs.js#L3155-L3166.

The change. Each of the seven parsers gets one line in front of its path conversion, get_options(ctx, arguments.peek_at(1), default)? (peek_at(2) for writeFile and appendFile, where the data is argument 1). The path conversion is the same call as on main. src/runtime/node/types.rs and src/sys_jsc/ have no change. get_options replaces parse_encoding_arg, get_encoding and the three copies of the same type switch in Readdir, ReadFile and WriteFile: those two functions are deleted.

What get_options ports. Three of the five steps of getOptions(): a nullish value or a function gives the defaults, a primitive string is the encoding name, an object is read for encoding. It does not throw for an options value of another type (#41928) and it does not validate signal (#39274). After this PR each of those can be one arm in get_options. src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts (getStreamOptions, #16422) already classifies the options of createReadStream this way.

Valid calls that change. A table of 26 calls x 63 option values with a valid path has 89 rows that differ from main.

• 76 rows have a String object, a subclass of String, or a function in the options slot. All 76 now equal Node.js v26.12.1. fs.readFileSync(file, new String("utf8")) returns a Buffer (a string on main). fs.readdirSync(dir, new String("bogus")) returns names (an encoding error on main).
• fs.readFile(path, callback) and fs.writeFile(path, data, callback) pass the callback in the options slot. Main reads encoding, flag, signal, mode and flush from that function. A callback with a flush method, such as the function that lodash debounce returns, makes fs.writeFile throw The "flush" argument must be of type boolean. Received function flush on main. It works in Node and on this branch. node:fs: take a function in the options slot as the default options #46369 reported this case.
• 13 rows are fs.watch(dir, options) with an invalid encoding. The error is the same, but it no longer has the own properties path and filename. Node does not set them.

A path buffer that a getter changes. The path of a sync call is a view on a resizable ArrayBuffer, and an option getter shrinks the buffer to zero. 21 such calls (3 view types, 7 call and getter pairs):

Getter	Node.js v26.12.1	main	this branch
encoding (12 calls)	throws (ENOENT, or ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE for a DataView)	reads the file	throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE (Invalid path buffer: can't be empty)
flag, withFileTypes (9 calls)	throws	reads the file	reads the file

Node reads the path after every getter. Bun still captures the path before the members that it reads after the path. The test from #40641 in fs.test.ts pinned the encoding row to "reads the file". That row now uses a flag getter, so the test still covers a readFileSync path that shrinks after its capture, and a new row pins the encoding order.

Compared with Node.js v26.12.1.

Table	Calls	Equal to Node on main	Equal to Node here	Equal on main, not here
32 calls x 7 paths x 3 encodings	672	129	597	0
29 calls x 17 paths x 4 option values	1972	580	1740	0
26 calls x 17 paths x 36 option values	15912	8222	11966	0
26 calls, valid path, 63 option values	1638	1053	1129	0

One more script passes one invalid path or fd, with valid other arguments, to every path or fd function of node:fs and to Bun.file, Bun.write and S3Client#file: 2723 calls print the same channel, name, code, message and own keys on main and on this branch.

Not changed, on purpose.

• In the seven parsers, signal, flush, mode, invalid data and an options value of the wrong type are still checked after the path. Node.js v26.12.1 reports each of them before the path in the sync forms. This PR stops at the encoding: I verified that order in the sync, callback and promise forms on Node.js v26.3.0, v26.12.1 and v27.0.0-alpha.
• mkdir, rm, symlink and open have no encoding. They still report the path before their own invalid options (recursive, mode, type, flags). Node reports those options first.
• opendirSync, opendir and fs.promises.opendir check the encoding before the path. Node checks the path first there (https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.12.1/lib/internal/fs/dir.js#L378-L379). The new file has a test.todo for it.
• fs.promises.watch throws at the call. Node reports on the first next() (fs.promises.watch: implement as a real async generator #34718).
• The text of the encoding error is Bun's (encoding 'bogus' is an invalid encoding). node:fs: match node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE message for an invalid encoding #38432 changes it to Node's. The new tests check the code, the name, and that the message names the encoding, so they pass with both texts.
• A Symbol as the encoding gives a plain TypeError (Cannot convert a symbol to a string), on main and here: Encoding::throw_encoding_error formats the value with toString. This PR makes that visible in one more shape. For a path with a NUL byte beside { encoding: Symbol() }, main reports the path and Node reports the encoding, and both errors are a TypeError with ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE. So main has Node's name and code for that call, and this branch has the plain TypeError. node:fs: match node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE message for an invalid encoding #38432 (8 lines in that function) gives ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE for a Symbol.
• utf16-le and BUFFER are encoding names only in Bun (node: accept the utf-16le encoding alias and reject utf16-le #43373).

Related PRs, in the order that I propose.

1. This PR.
2. node:fs: take a function in the options slot as the default options #46369 (function in the options slot): its four native arms are now get_options. Its JS half (Dir, the iterable fs.promises.writeFile, fs.realpath.native) and its tests stay. The one line in src/js/node/fs.ts here is the same edit as there.
3. node:fs: reject a non-string, non-object options argument like node #41928 (type of options) and node:fs: validate options.signal in readFile, writeFile and watch like node #39274 (signal): one arm each in get_options.
4. node:fs: accept the readdir recursive/withFileTypes values node accepts #39330 and fix(fs): return Buffer names for Dirent encoding #42812 edit the readdir members below the changed lines. node:fs: apply node's persistent/recursive rules in the JS entry points of the watch APIs #46057 edits the same lines of watch.ts.

#46789 (open) replaces ArgumentsSlice and these parser bodies with a schema. At its head the order is still path first. On that base this fix is: convert the options before the path in each parser. Two things there need a decision by its author, because the schema states them the other way: encodingOr takes b.stringLike (a String object is an encoding name there), and the fd range of PathOrFileDescriptor is generated code that runs before the parser body (an invalid fd wins over an invalid encoding there).

Windows. realpathSync and realpath are JS ports of Node's functions on Windows. They assert the encoding first already. realpathSync read encoding from a function in the options slot: it now skips a function. I cannot run Windows here. CI covers that line through the test leaves the path error in place.

Tests. fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts uses node:test and node:assert, as fs-read-buffer-before-offset.test.ts (#32301) does, so the same file runs under Node.

$ node --test test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts     (v26.3.0, v26.12.1, v27.0.0-alpha)
tests 35, pass 34, fail 0, todo 1

$ bun bd test test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts     (this branch, debug build)
34 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail

$ bun test test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts        (canary 1.4.4, main 2596ac5d39)
2 pass, 1 todo, 32 fail

The two tests that pass on main pin what must not change: a listener in the options slot of fs.watch reads no encoding, and a String object or a function does not hide the path error. Also run on the debug build: fs.test.ts (633 pass, 10 skip, 0 fail), fs.watch.test.ts, fs.watchFile.test.ts, promises.test.js, dir.test.ts, fs-path-length.test.ts, fs-mkdir.test.ts. BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 over the new file gives 0 reports.

Cost on a valid call, from the diff. No allocation and no syscall is added. The option object is read the same number of times: 75 of 78 read sequences (26 calls x 3 option objects with a getter on every member) equal main, and the other 3 are fs.watch, with one more encoding read. A plain object takes one more type test. An object that is not plain takes one more isCallable call. fs.readFile(path, callback) and fs.writeFile(path, data, callback) do 3 and 5 property reads less. A doubly-invalid call throws once (1 on main).

Size. The CI artifact bun-linux-x64.zip is 68,052,630 bytes for main (build 138398, commit 2596ac5) and 68,053,471 bytes for this head (build 139084): 841 bytes more.

Instructions and allocations per call, debug build. I could not make or download a release build of this branch on my machine: the store of the CI artifacts is not reachable from it. So these numbers are from two debug builds with ASAN (main 2596ac5 and this head, same checkout). They count user instructions with perf_event_open and calls of the allocator with a hardware breakpoint, as (count(N2) - count(N1)) / (N2 - N1). A debug build does not inline the new helpers, so it overstates the cost of a release build.

Call	main	this branch	change	allocator calls
readFileSync(file, "utf8")	163,607	165,107	+0.92%	0 and 0
readFileSync(file)	162,821	163,549	+0.45%	0 and 0
readFileSync(file, { encoding: "utf8" })	319,952	320,172	+0.07%	0 and 0
readFileSync(Buffer path)	155,072	155,581	+0.33%	0 and 0
readFileSync(file: URL)	296,352	296,872	+0.18%	0 and 0
readdirSync(dir)	284,737	285,358	+0.22%	1 and 1
readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })	657,687	656,447	-0.19%	1 and 1
readlinkSync(link)	92,621	92,652	+0.03%	0 and 0
realpathSync(file, "utf8")	190,813	191,332	+0.27%	1 and 1
writeFileSync(out, "Hello World!")	143,171	143,913	+0.52%	0 and 0
writeFileSync(out, data, { encoding: "utf8" })	428,376	429,058	+0.16%	0 and 0
appendFileSync("/dev/null", "x")	110,102	110,986	+0.80%	0 and 0
readFile(file, cb)	692,275	472,331	-31.77%	4 and 4
writeFile(out, data, cb)	782,580	411,081	-47.47%	3 and 3
statSync(file) (not changed)	134,594	134,591	-0.00%	1 and 1
existsSync(file) (not changed)	101,575	101,607	+0.03%	0 and 0
openSync + closeSync (not changed)	173,324	172,783	-0.31%	0 and 0

The rows that this PR does not change show the noise between the two builds: about 0.3%. The two callback forms are faster because the parser no longer reads members from the callback.

fs.watch(dir).close() depends on how much of the JS wrapper is compiled, so it has three settings:

fs.watch form	setting	main	this branch	change
watch(dir)	JIT, calls 3000 to 6000	1,049,967	1,048,117	-0.18%
watch(dir, { recursive: false })	JIT, calls 3000 to 6000	781,389	782,185	+0.10%
watch(dir, "utf8")	JIT, calls 3000 to 6000	1,070,075	1,085,786	+1.47%
watch(dir)	JIT, calls 500 to 1500	2,045,943	2,090,023	+2.15%
watch(dir, { recursive: false })	JIT, calls 500 to 1500	2,055,689	2,103,777	+2.34%
watch(dir, "utf8")	JIT, calls 500 to 1500	2,063,545	2,125,277	+2.99%
watch(dir)	interpreter only	2,632,481	2,668,393	+1.36%
watch(dir, { recursive: false })	interpreter only	2,690,285	2,798,462	+4.02%
watch(dir, "utf8")	interpreter only	2,722,325	2,773,185	+1.87%

The allocator calls per fs.watch are 11 on both builds.

History of this PR. The first head asserted the encoding before the path, and I dropped it because it changed the #40641 row above. The second head kept the path first, took the thrown path error back, and threw it again after the encoding check. A third version, never pushed, made the shared path converter return its error as data. The self-review showed that the #40641 row is not Node's behaviour, so this head goes back to Node's order.

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no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Filesystem option parsing changed for several Node-compatible APIs. Watch validates encoding before path conversion, and Windows realpathSync does not read an encoding property from callable options. New tests cover error ordering and option handling.

Changes

Filesystem option handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime filesystem option parsing src/jsc/CallFrame.rs, src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs	A shared options parser handles encodings and option objects for readlink, realpath, mkdtemp, readdir, readFile, and write-file operations. ArgumentsSlice::peek_at provides access to an argument without advancing the cursor.
Wrapper option handling src/js/internal/fs/watch.ts, src/js/node/fs.ts	The watch wrapper validates a truthy encoding before path conversion. On Windows, realpathSync does not read encoding from callable options.
Filesystem option behavior tests test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts, test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts	Tests cover encoding and path error ordering, option values and getters, callback arguments, and path-buffer resizing.

Suggested reviewers: cirospaciari, dylan-conway

Merge Risk: Low · up to bdaba

The change has bounded risk: stateful encoding getters can now prevent fs.watch from starting. Cache the validated encoding and align the tests with repository conventions; no broader failure is established.

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The title "node:fs: read the options before the path is checked" matches the main change. The PR moves option parsing ahead of path conversion in seven fs parsers (readFile, writeFile, appendFile, readdir, readlink, realpath, mkdtemp) and makes fs.watch validate the encoding before the filename. The title is short, specific, and uses the module prefix convention. It does not mention the watch change, but that is a secondary part of the change.

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[robobun]

Status

• Reproduced with the script in the description. fs.readFileSync(123n, "bogus") throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE (the encoding) under Node.js v26.3.0, v26.12.1 and v27.0.0-alpha. It throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE (the path) under Bun canary 1.4.4 (main 2596ac5).
• test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts has 34 tests. 32 fail on that canary, all pass on this branch, and node --test passes the same file.
• The fix is in this PR, node:fs: read the options before the path is checked #43563. This head reads the options before the path, as Node does. The shared path converter has no change.
• Cost: the CI release zip is 841 bytes larger than the zip of main. Instructions and allocations per call are measured on debug builds only, because I could not make or download a release build of this branch on my machine. The numbers are in the Notes of the description: the sync parsers change by -0.2% to +0.9%, and the allocator calls per call are equal.
• CI (build 139084, finished): 187 of 188 jobs passed. The two test files of this PR ran and passed on every lane, darwin x64 and Windows included. One job failed: darwin x64 - test-bun, on test/js/third_party/grpc-js/test-tonic.test.ts. That test unpacks a protoc zip that it downloads from GitHub or takes from a cache on the agent, and unzipper reports FILE_ENDED on all 4 attempts. This change does not touch that test. Four other tests were flaky and passed alone or on a retry: bun-serve-html.test.ts, serve-direct-readable-stream.test.ts, compile-trim-exec-argv.test.ts and serve-http3.test.ts.
• Open question for a maintainer: the order of this PR and bindgen: delete b.any and .variadic #46789 (bindgen: delete b.any and .variadic #46789 (comment)).

[claude]

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

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

• 🟣 src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.rs — fs.watch callers with a valid path, a bogus encoding and a non-boolean persistent (or verbose) still get the persistent error after merging, while Node reports ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE for the encoding. The PR only asserts the encoding on the invalid-path branch (node_fs_watcher.rs:662); the valid-path branch at node_fs_watcher.rs:675-698 validates persistent and verbose before reading encoding. Fix: read and assert encoding before persistent/verbose/recursive in Arguments::from_js so Node's getOptions-first order holds for every invalid option, not only an invalid path.

  Extended reasoning...

  Node's fs.watch runs getOptions(options) first (assertEncoding), then kFSWatchStart validates the path, then validateBoolean(persistent) and validateBoolean(recursive). Bun: watch.ts:168 calls native fs.watch(path, options, listener). Arguments::from_js at node_fs_watcher.rs:655 parses the path; on success or_encoding_error at :662 is a no-op. Line 675 reads persistent and throws 'persistent must be a boolean' at :679 before encoding is read at :695. So fs.watch(dir, { encoding: 'bogus', persistent: 'yes' }) throws the persistent error in Bun and the encoding error in Node. The same applies to verbose at :686. The PR's stated goal is that an invalid encoding wins as in Node, and REVIEW.md requires the whole class (every check that getOptions runs before) be fixed in the same PR. The dismissing finder confirmed the lines are unchanged from base but did not weigh that this is the same class the PR claims to close and the new test matrix only covers invalid paths for watch. Population: any watch caller with two bad options; the new tests would not detect the gap. Remedy: hoist the encoding…

  Verification: pre-existing. Trigger: fs.watch(validDir, { encoding: "bogus", persistent: 1 }) (or any truthy non-boolean persistent/verbose). Mechanism verified in /home/claude/bun/src/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.rs: or_encoding_error at :662 only asserts the encoding when the path parse failed — in /home/claude/bun/src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:3220-3222 `let Err(bun_jsc::JsError::Thrown) = path…

[robobun]

^{Updated 11:51 PM PT - Nov 8th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit bdaba84 has 1 failures in Build #139084 (All Failures):

• test/js/third_party/grpc-js/test-tonic.test.ts - code 1: error: FILE_ENDED on 🍎 any x64

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🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 43563

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-43563 executable, so you can run:

bun-43563 --bun

[claude]

I reviewed the latest push (the fs.watch rework that moves the encoding assertion into the JS wrapper and drops the native watcher change) and found no bugs; since this manipulates pending-exception state in the native fs argument parsers, a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• or_encoding_error in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs: the termination guard runs before take_exception, a throwing encoding getter propagates via ? (path error dropped), and throw_value re-throws only when nothing is pending — consistent with JSGlobalObject::throw_value/take_exception semantics.
• peek_at offsets: 1 for path/options parsers and 2 for writeFile/appendFile (path, data, options); slices start at argument 0 in node_fs_binding.rs, and a callback in the options slot parses as a plain object with no encoding, so the default is used.
• watch.ts: assertEncoding(options?.encoding) after the string/function normalization but before URL conversion; top-level $newRustFunction matches the dgram.ts pattern, and the net diff no longer touches node_fs_watcher.rs.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR changes the error-precedence contract of node:fs argument parsing so that an invalid encoding option is reported before an invalid path, matching Node's getOptions()-before-getValidatedPath() order. It touches src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs (six from_js parsers plus the new or_encoding_error helper and a signature change to parse_encoding_arg), adds ArgumentsSlice::peek_at in src/jsc/CallFrame.rs, moves the fs.watch encoding assertion into src/js/internal/fs/watch.ts, and adds a table-driven describe block to test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts covering sync, callback, and promise forms. The second push removed the earlier node_fs_watcher.rs change and the try/catch around fileURLToPath, so the net diff is now four files.

Security risks

None identified. The change only affects which of two argument-validation errors is surfaced first; it does not add new input processing, allocation, or I/O before validation. The path is still captured before the encoding getter can run, which preserves the resizable-ArrayBuffer capture behavior pinned by the existing test from #40641. The JS-side assertEncoding call goes through a native intrinsic rather than user-overridable machinery.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The interesting part is or_encoding_error, which takes a pending exception off the VM, runs user-reachable JS (an encoding getter), and re-throws. I checked that has_pending_termination_exception is consulted before take_exception, that a getter error propagates cleanly via ? while the held path_error JSValue is simply dropped, and that throw_value will not clobber an exception that is already pending. The peek_at index for WriteFile/AppendFile (2) matches the (path, data, options) layout, and slices are initialized from argument 0 in node_fs_binding.rs. This is subtle enough that I would not claim a human never needs to look, but it is small and well-contained.

Other factors

The prior inline note about writeFile/appendFile reporting the path error before an invalid data argument (Node checks data first) was flagged as pre-existing and non-blocking; the latest push does not change that behavior, and it is not restated here. The new tests assert code, name, and that the message names the encoding, across 8 invalid path kinds x 2 option shapes for 26 entry points, and the fs.watch test covers a second invalid option with both a valid and an invalid path. The bug-hunting run ended on dry_streak with no findings. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed paths.

Still open from earlier reviews (1):

• Unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.

[robobun]

On the fs.watch finding (a bogus encoding together with a non-boolean persistent or verbose): confirmed, and fixed in 745dd62.

• Node v26.3.0 reports the encoding before persistent, recursive, signal and ignore, with a valid path or an invalid one. Bun threw the persistent, verbose or ignore error first.
• The fix is in the JS wrapper, not in Arguments::from_js. The wrapper validates a URL path and ignore before it reaches the native parser, so a change to the native order alone still leaves fs.watch(dir, { encoding: "bogus", ignore: 5 }) wrong. The wrapper now asserts the encoding first. The native watcher parser is unchanged again.
• New test: watch, with a second invalid option (10 calls, all pass under Node v26.3.0, 8 fail on canary 1.4.3).

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

[claude]

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

[claude]

I reviewed the rebased version of this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because or_encoding_error takes the pending path exception off the VM, runs a user-reachable encoding getter, and rethrows, a maintainer's look at that helper is still worthwhile before merging.

What was reviewed:

• or_encoding_error: the has_pending_termination_exception guard runs before take_exception, the encoding error propagates via ? with the saved path value dropped, and throw_value only rethrows when nothing else is pending; same take/rethrow pattern as fetch, dns and the bundler.
• peek_at index per signature (1 for readlink/realpath/mkdtemp/readdir/readFile, 2 for writeFile/appendFile) and next_eat() keeping the cursor identical to the old next()+eat(); ReadFile/WriteFile acquire nothing (no abort-signal guard, no path buffer) before the deferred ?, so the Drop audit holds; readdir's inline encoding check is the same Encoding::assert/get_encoding pair the helper uses.
• Ruled out: a String object as options with an invalid path now reports the encoding rather than the path, but that comes from the pre-existing is_string() check in Encoding::assert, not from this ordering change. opendir is the remaining sibling and is called out in the description as excluded.
• Not run here: the new fs.test.ts matrix (and its USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 failure), so the claim that all 27 cases pass on this branch rests on CI.

Extended reasoning...

The change reorders node:fs argument validation so an invalid encoding is reported before an invalid path, touching src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs (a new or_encoding_error helper plus six parser call sites), a five-line peek_at on ArgumentsSlice in src/jsc/CallFrame.rs, the FSWatcher constructor in src/js/internal/fs/watch.ts, and a test matrix in test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts. It touches no security-sensitive surface: no auth, crypto, or path-containment logic changes, only the order in which two existing argument errors are produced. The bug hunt ran dry with no findings, the changed files have no CODEOWNER, and the open bot threads were replied to by the author and followed by a rebase. Deferral rather than approval rests on the helper manipulating the VM's pending exception around a user-invokable getter, which REVIEW.md asks to scrutinize, and on the test suite not having been run in this review.

[claude]

I reviewed the squashed version of this PR (bdaba84) and didn't find any bugs; since it changes user-observable argument handling in seven node:fs parsers and the description notes a sequencing conflict with #46789, a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Argument cursor balance in node_fs.rs: each parser now peeks the options slot, lets the path converter eat exactly one argument, then eats the options slot; ArgumentsSlice::eat is a no-op on an empty slice, and the callback is split off before the slice is built, so no positional argument shifts.
• get_options classification: primitive strings via is_string_literal, non-callable objects (String objects, arrays, Proxies) read for encoding, functions skipped — this matches Node's getOptions for the cases the new test pins, including the callback-in-options-slot case.
• The modified resizable-ArrayBuffer test in fs.test.ts still exercises a path captured before a shrinking getter (flag), and a new row pins the changed encoding order rather than replacing the old guard.
• Not run: the test files themselves (bun bd test / USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1), so the fail-on-main claim is from reading, not execution.

Extended reasoning...

The change reorders option parsing before path validation in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs (Readlink, Realpath, MkdirTemp, Readdir, ReadFile, WriteFile/AppendFile), adds ArgumentsSlice::peek_at, moves the fs.watch encoding assert before path conversion in watch.ts, and adds a node:test-based test file plus one modified row in fs.test.ts. It touches no security-sensitive surface beyond running user getters (options.encoding) one step earlier, which the PR tests explicitly. The code reads as correct and the test coverage spans sync, callback and promises forms, but the change alters behavior for valid calls (String objects, functions in the options slot) and conflicts with another open rewrite of the same parsers, so a maintainer should decide sequencing rather than this being auto-approved.

[robobun]

The review above did not run the test files. These are the results from execution.

• Canary 1.4.4 (main 2596ac5), bun test test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts: 2 pass, 1 todo, 32 fail.
• Debug build of this branch, bun bd test of the same file: 34 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail.
• Node.js v26.3.0, v26.12.1 and v27.0.0-alpha, node --test of the same file: 34 pass, 1 todo, 0 fail.
• The changed row of sync fs calls read a Buffer path captured at call time when an option getter shrinks its resizable ArrayBuffer in fs.test.ts fails on the canary and passes on this branch.

The two tests that pass on main pin behaviour that must stay: a listener in the options slot of fs.watch reads no encoding, and a String object or a function in the options slot does not hide the path error.

The question about the order of this PR and #46789 is in #46789 (comment).

[coderabbitai]

Actionable comments posted: 4

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/js/internal/fs/watch.ts:
- Line 155: In the fs.watch setup, pass the validated, cached encoding value to
the native parser instead of reading options.encoding again; preserve the
existing validation and use that same value to start the watcher.

Review comments at @src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:
- Around line 3680-3686: Update get_options to reject numeric and boolean
primitive options with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE instead of silently using defaults.
Preserve the existing default behavior for nullish and callable values, and
retain the current string and object option handling.

Review comments at @test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts:
- Line 18: Update the test imports in the fs encoding-before-path suite to use
bun:test, while retaining the Node parity check. Do not change the test’s
coverage or behavior.
- Line 75: Integrate the invalid-encoding-before-invalid-path coverage from “an
invalid encoding is reported before an invalid path” into the existing
filesystem test suite, while preserving its Node reference checks. Use an
approach compatible with that suite’s `bun:test` and `harness` setup so
relocating the test does not drop the reference comparisons.

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• src/js/internal/fs/watch.ts
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• src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs
• test/js/node/fs/fs-encoding-before-path.test.ts
• test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts

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[robobun]

The four review findings on this head are closed. CodeRabbit withdrew each one in its thread, and no code change was needed.

• fs.watch reads encoding two times. Node.js v26.12.1 reads it two times in getOptions() too, and throws for the same getter.
• A number or a boolean as options gives the defaults. Main has the same result, and node:fs: reject a non-string, non-object options argument like node #41928 owns that throw.
• The new test file uses node:test and is a file of its own. .claude/docs/landing-prs.md asks for that form, and fs-read-buffer-before-offset.test.ts (node:fs: validate buffer type before offset in fs.read/readSync #32301) has it.

The "Merge Risk" paragraph of the summary above still names the first and the last of these.