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console: %s prints a Symbol and an object that String() cannot convert - #45337
console.log("%s", value) throws TypeError: Cannot convert a symbol to a string for a Symbol and TypeError: No default value for an object with no toString (RegExp groups, util.parseArgs().values, Object.groupBy()).
The %s arm (src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs:2382) sends every value to the engine ToString.
Fix
A Symbol prints Symbol(id). A plain object or module namespace that String() cannot convert prints as Bun.inspect(value, { compact: true, depth: 0 }) returns it.
Every other value keeps String(value). Of 951 probed values, 0 that print on 1.4.3 change.
Bun__hasNoStringConversion (UtilInspect.cpp) decides, and runs no getter or Proxy trap.
Verified: test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts (10 new tests fail on 1.4.3), and the inspect suites. Self-reviewed: 16 concerns raised, 14 addressed (Notes).
Background
String(object) calls Symbol.toPrimitive, toString, then valueOf. A null-prototype object has none and throws.
The one-line object printer wrote two spaces before [Object ...] and kept its indent. Both are fixed.
Considered Node's rule, which also inspects { a: 1 }: it changes text that prints today. A maintainer must decide that (Notes).
Downsides
Per %s: a string +1 instruction (of 487). An object with a toString +36 to +84 (of 621 to 4,107), +265 for a new shape. Binary +5,632 bytes.
Still throws: an array, Map or Date with a null prototype, an array that holds a Symbol, %d/%i/%f with a BigInt.
Notes
Origin and scope. The report comes from an automated fuzz run. No user reported it, and no issue exists. Its repro has four %s lines: a Symbol, the groups of a RegExp match, util.parseArgs().values and Object.groupBy(). All four print with this PR. An earlier version of this PR also took Node's text for objects that print today. A review of it found regressions and no maintainer approval for the text change, so this PR is cut to the values that throw. It needs no answer to the question below. A trial merge with draft #44833 and with #43193 is clean.
The rule.%s goes to the old string printer unless one of these holds:
The value is a Symbol. The printer used the engine ToString, which throws for a Symbol. String(symbol) does not. The Symbol prints as Symbol(description).
The value is a revoked Proxy. It prints <Revoked Proxy>.
The value is a plain object (a class instance too) or a module namespace, and String(value) has nothing to call. That is the case when the prototype chain has no callable Symbol.toPrimitive and no callable toString, and valueOf is missing, not callable, or the built-in Object.prototype.valueOf (which returns the object). The value prints as Bun.inspect(value, { compact: true, depth: 0 }) returns it: the one-line form, nested objects as markers, no color, and a custom inspect function of the value is called.
An accessor, or a Proxy on the prototype chain, makes the answer "not known". String(value) then runs that code, as before. The rule first reads the toString that JavaScriptCore caches on the Structure after a conversion, so a shape that was converted before costs one load and one compare.
What does not change. A test prints 51 values through %s and compares each line with String(value) from the same process. It also compares the list of user functions that ran. The values include { a: 1 }, [1, 2], a Date, a Map, -0, 42n, an Error, a URL, a class with toString, objects with only valueOf or only Symbol.toPrimitive, an accessor toString, a Proxy with a get trap, an object with a custom inspect function, arguments, an iterator, a Response. A run of 951 values (every global, its prototype, an instance, and 60 shapes in 8 wrappings) on 1.4.3 and on this PR gives: 0 of the values that print on 1.4.3 change, 106 that threw now print, 177 still throw.
Two printer statements change outside the %s arm. Both are in the one-line form of the object printer, which Bun.inspect with compact, console.table and Bun.inspect.table use.
print_object_tail gave back the indent level of the object only in the multi-line form. A multi-line value after a one-line object was one level too deep for each object before it. Bun.inspect({ a: { x: 1 }, b: { y: 2 }, r: new Response("") }, { compact: true }) indented the lines of the Response by 8 spaces and now indents them by 4, as without a and b. Under %s the same defect moved every argument after the inspected object.
Numbers. Release builds of 5f5799e and of 5f5799e with this diff. The instruction counts are gdb single-step counts of one warm call of Formatter::write_with_formatting for console.log("%s", value).
%s value
main
this PR
string
487
488
integer, double, boolean, null, undefined
472 to 508
the same
BigInt
934
970
URL
1,025
1,061
Buffer
1,403
1,441
class instance with toString
1,092
1,176
function
1,091
1,129
Error
2,265
2,301
{ a: 1 }
636
720
[1, 2]
752
790
Date
4,107
4,143
Map
621
657
RegExp
2,652
2,690
{ a: 1 } with a new shape on each call
5,551
5,816
Symbol
3,947 (throws)
901
null-prototype { a: 1 }
4,142 (throws)
4,898
Other arms: no specifier 197 to 197, %o 839 to 839, %d 403 to 405, %f 1,401 to 1,405.
Whole call (consoleProtoFuncLog): console.log("hello") 1,318 to 1,318, console.log("hello world", i) 2,408 to 2,408, console.log("%s", "a string") 1,883 to 1,884.
Mallocs per call (breakpoint counts, 2,000 calls minus 1,000): 2 to 2 for a string, a URL, a class instance and { a: 1 }. A null-prototype object: 6 (throws) to 5. A Symbol: 6 (throws) to 2.
Binary (llvm-size): text 106,006,743 to 106,012,375 bytes (+5,632). The file grows by 4,096 bytes. Bun__hasNoStringConversion is 356 bytes and its lookup 4,266. print_string_substitution is 403 and 423 bytes (two color instances). write_with_formatting grows from 3,156 to 3,259 bytes (two instances).
The new code loads no JS module: a test counts the function executables before and after.
Still throws, and why it is not here.
An object of another kind that String() cannot convert: an array, arguments, a Map, a Set, a Date, an Error, a RegExp, a function, a typed array or a wrapper object with a null prototype. Also an array that holds an object with no conversion, and a Proxy of one. That is 81 of the 177. The printers of these kinds read length or size through the object, so a value that threw could hang or run a getter. They keep the TypeError.
An object whose own conversion throws. That is the other 96 of the 177: Date.prototype, Object.create(URL.prototype), Object(Symbol()), an object whose toString returns an object, an object whose Symbol.toPrimitive is not callable. String(value) throws the same error.
console.log("%s", [Symbol("a")]). String(array) exists and throws inside Array.prototype.join. Node prints it because Node inspects every array under %s. That belongs to the question below.
Hostile values. An object that is inspected goes through the printers that Bun.inspect uses, so it shares their behavior one level down. A nested Error, Response or Request prints on several lines. A getter named $$typeof on the object, or size on a nested Map, runs, and its error reaches the caller. An object from another node:vm context prints the methods of its Object.prototype. 1.4.3 throws a TypeError for all of these.
The question for a maintainer. Node's util.format inspects every object whose toString is a built-in one. On the global console that changes text that prints today:
Value
Today
Node's rule with Bun's layout
{ a: 1 }
[object Object]
{ a: 1 }
[1, 2]
1,2
[ 1, 2 ]
[[1, 2], [3, 4]]
1,2,3,4
[ [Array ...], [Array ...] ]
new Date(1700000000000) in America/New_York
Tue Nov 14 2023 17:13:20 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
2023-11-14T22:13:20.000Z
new Map([[1, 2]])
[object Map]
Map(1) { 1: 2 }
-0, 42n
0, 42
-0, 42n
The WHATWG console says %s is String(value), which is today's text. Bun's util.format and new Console() already print Node's text. Draft #44833 takes Node's rule for test.each titles. The question: may the global console take Node's text for values that print today?
The branch robobun/b54fd54c/console-percent-s-node-text has an implementation on main. It is not proposed until there is an answer.
Self-review. 16 concerns were raised against the earlier version. 14 are addressed. Most fall away with the cut. The rule now checks valueOf, prints a module namespace, and inspects only plain objects and module namespaces. Tests compare 51 values with String(value) and 6 with Bun.inspect. Two are not addressed. A $$typeof getter on an object with no conversion still runs (the value threw before, and Bun.inspect runs it too). The array cap on one line (... N more items) is not changed in this PR.
The design for the values that throw is that of #34603, with the rule in one C++ function.
The native format loop converted every `%s` argument with the engine
ToString. A Symbol, and an object with no toString on its prototype
chain, made console.log throw a TypeError at the caller.
The `%s` arm now keeps that call for a string, a number, a boolean,
null and undefined. A cold helper prints every other value:
- -0, a BigInt and a Symbol print with their native printers.
- An object with toString or Symbol.toPrimitive of its own, a function
and an Error print String(value), as before.
- A wrapper object and a RegExp print from their internal slots.
- Any other object prints with the formatter, on one line and one
level deep. A custom inspect function is not called.
Bun__isInspectedByStringSpecifier in UtilInspect.cpp has the rule. It
is the rule of Node's util.format, and it reads the prototype chain
without running a getter or a Proxy trap. An object that the formatter
prints through code of the object (an arguments object, a Map
subclass, an Event, a Response, an iterator) keeps String(value).
The printers change for the one-line form: the depth marker has no
second space, an array of more than 100 items stays on one line, an
Error inside a `%s` value prints as [name: message], a chain of
Proxies is followed without recursion, and a Proxy target or toJSON
result keeps the flag that turns custom inspect functions off.
This is the design of #34603, with the rule in one C++ function.
console.log("%s",Symbol("id"));// TypeError: Cannot convert a symbol to a stringconsole.log("%s",/(?<year>[0-9]{4})/.exec("2026").groups);// TypeError: No default value
Both lines print with this PR. The branch contains main up to 9b8347a. With the src/ of main, 10 tests in test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts and 1 test in test/js/bun/console/bun-inspect-table.test.ts fail. On a debug build of this branch, both files pass (17 of 17 and 38 of 38).
Cut the change down to the values that throw today.
A Symbol prints with its native printer. A revoked Proxy prints
<Revoked Proxy>. A plain object, an array or a module namespace that
has no Symbol.toPrimitive, toString or valueOf to call prints as the
formatter prints it, on one line and one level deep. Every other
value goes to the string printer as before, so text that prints today
does not change.
Bun__hasNoStringConversion in UtilInspect.cpp answers whether
String(object) throws before it runs any code of the object. It reads
the prototype chain without a getter or a Proxy trap.
The text of Node's util.format for objects that print today
(plain objects, arrays, Date, Map) is not in this change. Removed with
it: the slot reads for wrapper objects and RegExp, the Proxy chain
loop, the stand-in tag helper, the one-line form of a nested Error,
and the array cap on one line. The depth marker keeps its one space.
print_object_tail took the indent back only in the multi-line form, so
a value printed after a one-line object was one level too deep. The %s
helper no longer saves the indent or sets quote_strings, which the
object printer sets itself. The %s text of an inspected object is what
Bun.inspect(value, { compact: true, depth: 0 }) returns, and a test and
the docs say so.
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console: %s prints a Symbol and an object that String() cannot convert
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Walkthrough
Console %s formatting now handles symbols and objects that cannot be converted with String(value). The change adds compact inspection behavior, tests, benchmarks, and a Node.js compatibility note.
Changes
Console %s formatting
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Summary
Conversion and fallback formatting src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, docs/runtime/nodejs-compat.mdx, bench/log/*
The formatter checks whether object string conversion can run. It inspects selected values when conversion cannot run and adjusts compact object formatting. The compatibility note and benchmarks cover %s formatting.
Tests specify %s output for convertible and non-convertible values across console methods and execution contexts. They also check compact inspection layout and nested-object table output.
Possibly related PRs
oven-sh/bun#46505: Both changes modify console formatter output and indentation handling.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii
Priority: Normal
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to b5280
The %s formatting change and its associated tests have no unresolved merge-blocking risk in the reviewed head.
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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 Bun__hasNoStringConversion lookup for a Proxy on the prototype chain and for a module namespace export named toString: both come back through the isTaintedByOpaqueObject && !isUnset branch as "unknown", so String(value) still runs them. The two formatter side-fixes (print_object_depth_exceeded no longer writes a leading space in single-line mode; print_object_tail restores indent for the one-line form) only touch the single_line path and the existing multi-line output is unchanged.
Extended reasoning...
The change routes the %s arm of the global console formatter in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs through a new cold helper that inspects Symbols, revoked Proxies, and plain/namespace objects a new C++ FFI in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp reports as having no string conversion, plus two single-line formatter fixes; it touches no auth, crypto, or input-parsing surface. A confirmed crash finding on deeply nested Proxy chains is posted inline, so a human look is warranted regardless.
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I re-reviewed this version after the main merge and the test follow-up and found no bugs; the nested-Proxy concern from my earlier pass no longer applies since print_proxy on this branch unwinds the target chain in a loop. A human look is still worthwhile because the change picks a user-visible %s behaviour the description itself leaves to a maintainer, and the new C++ helper leans on JSC lookup internals.
What was reviewed:
print_string_substitution in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs: only Symbol, revoked Proxy, and FinalObject/ModuleNamespaceObject that the helper clears are diverted; everything else still goes through the old Tag::String path, and single_line/max_depth are restored via defer_restore! on every exit.
Bun__hasNoStringConversion in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp: the VMInquiry lookups treat a Proxy or module-namespace export (tainted + set slot) and any accessor as Unknown and fall back to String(value), so no getter or trap runs from the probe; isCallable() guards the asCell() compare.
The two formatter fixes: the indent decrement now pairs with the unconditional indent += 1 in handle_first_property, and no other test or snapshot asserts the old : [Object ...] double space.
Extended reasoning...
The diff adds a %s fallback in the console formatter (src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs) that inspects a Symbol, a revoked Proxy, or a plain object/module namespace that String() cannot convert, backed by a new C++ FFI probe in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, plus two formatter fixes (one-line depth marker spacing and indent restore) that also affect Bun.inspect({ compact }) and console.table, new subprocess tests, benchmark cases, and a docs sentence. It touches no auth, crypto, or input-parsing surface; the probe is designed to run no user code and the Rust path propagates errors with ?. Deferral rather than approval is driven by the user-visible output decision the PR explicitly flags for a maintainer, and by the helper's reliance on JSC internals (cachedSpecialProperty, VMInquiry taint semantics, realm()->objectProtoValueOfFunction()) that cannot be checked against WebKit headers in this checkout. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files and no outstanding third-party objection is visible in the timeline.
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Problem
console.log("%s", value)throwsTypeError: Cannot convert a symbol to a stringfor a Symbol andTypeError: No default valuefor an object with notoString(RegExpgroups,util.parseArgs().values,Object.groupBy()).%sarm (src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs:2382) sends every value to the engine ToString.Fix
Symbol(id). A plain object or module namespace thatString()cannot convert prints asBun.inspect(value, { compact: true, depth: 0 })returns it.String(value). Of 951 probed values, 0 that print on 1.4.3 change.Bun__hasNoStringConversion(UtilInspect.cpp) decides, and runs no getter or Proxy trap.test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts(10 new tests fail on 1.4.3), and the inspect suites. Self-reviewed: 16 concerns raised, 14 addressed (Notes).Background
String(object)callsSymbol.toPrimitive,toString, thenvalueOf. A null-prototype object has none and throws.[Object ...]and kept its indent. Both are fixed.{ a: 1 }: it changes text that prints today. A maintainer must decide that (Notes).Downsides
%s: a string +1 instruction (of 487). An object with atoString+36 to +84 (of 621 to 4,107), +265 for a new shape. Binary +5,632 bytes.%d/%i/%fwith a BigInt.Notes
Origin and scope. The report comes from an automated fuzz run. No user reported it, and no issue exists. Its repro has four
%slines: a Symbol, thegroupsof a RegExp match,util.parseArgs().valuesandObject.groupBy(). All four print with this PR. An earlier version of this PR also took Node's text for objects that print today. A review of it found regressions and no maintainer approval for the text change, so this PR is cut to the values that throw. It needs no answer to the question below. A trial merge with draft #44833 and with #43193 is clean.The rule.
%sgoes to the old string printer unless one of these holds:String(symbol)does not. The Symbol prints asSymbol(description).<Revoked Proxy>.String(value)has nothing to call. That is the case when the prototype chain has no callableSymbol.toPrimitiveand no callabletoString, andvalueOfis missing, not callable, or the built-inObject.prototype.valueOf(which returns the object). The value prints asBun.inspect(value, { compact: true, depth: 0 })returns it: the one-line form, nested objects as markers, no color, and a custom inspect function of the value is called.An accessor, or a Proxy on the prototype chain, makes the answer "not known".
String(value)then runs that code, as before. The rule first reads thetoStringthat JavaScriptCore caches on the Structure after a conversion, so a shape that was converted before costs one load and one compare.What prints now. 1.4.3 throws for each row.
Symbol("id")Symbol(id)Symbol(id)/(?<year>[0-9]{4})-(?<month>[0-9]{2})/.exec("2026-10").groups[Object: null prototype] { year: "2026", month: "10" }[Object: null prototype] { year: '2026', month: '10' }util.parseArgs({ args: ["--port", "80"], options: { port: { type: "string" } } }).values[Object: null prototype] { port: "80" }[Object: null prototype] { port: '80' }Object.groupBy([1, 2, 3], n => (n % 2 ? "odd" : "even"))[Object: null prototype] { odd: [Array ...], even: [Array ...] }[Object: null prototype] { odd: [Array], even: [Array] }req.paramsof aBun.serverouteRequestParams { id: "7" }JSON.parse('{"toString":1}'){ toString: 1 }{ toString: 1 }import * as nsModule { a: 1 }[Module: null prototype] { a: 1 }<Revoked Proxy><Revoked Proxy>What does not change. A test prints 51 values through
%sand compares each line withString(value)from the same process. It also compares the list of user functions that ran. The values include{ a: 1 },[1, 2], a Date, a Map, -0,42n, an Error, a URL, a class withtoString, objects with onlyvalueOfor onlySymbol.toPrimitive, an accessortoString, a Proxy with agettrap, an object with a custom inspect function,arguments, an iterator, a Response. A run of 951 values (every global, its prototype, an instance, and 60 shapes in 8 wrappings) on 1.4.3 and on this PR gives: 0 of the values that print on 1.4.3 change, 106 that threw now print, 177 still throw.Two printer statements change outside the
%sarm. Both are in the one-line form of the object printer, whichBun.inspectwithcompact,console.tableandBun.inspect.tableuse.print_object_depth_exceededwrote a second space before[Object ...].Bun.inspect({ a: { b: 1 } }, { compact: true, depth: 0 })printed{ a: [Object ...] }and now prints{ a: [Object ...] }. Draft bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 and console: print an empty object past the depth as {} #43193 have the same statement.print_object_tailgave back the indent level of the object only in the multi-line form. A multi-line value after a one-line object was one level too deep for each object before it.Bun.inspect({ a: { x: 1 }, b: { y: 2 }, r: new Response("") }, { compact: true })indented the lines of the Response by 8 spaces and now indents them by 4, as withoutaandb. Under%sthe same defect moved every argument after the inspected object.Numbers. Release builds of 5f5799e and of 5f5799e with this diff. The instruction counts are gdb single-step counts of one warm call of
Formatter::write_with_formattingforconsole.log("%s", value).%svaluetoString{ a: 1 }[1, 2]{ a: 1 }with a new shape on each call{ a: 1 }%o839 to 839,%d403 to 405,%f1,401 to 1,405.consoleProtoFuncLog):console.log("hello")1,318 to 1,318,console.log("hello world", i)2,408 to 2,408,console.log("%s", "a string")1,883 to 1,884.{ a: 1 }. A null-prototype object: 6 (throws) to 5. A Symbol: 6 (throws) to 2.llvm-size): text 106,006,743 to 106,012,375 bytes (+5,632). The file grows by 4,096 bytes.Bun__hasNoStringConversionis 356 bytes and its lookup 4,266.print_string_substitutionis 403 and 423 bytes (two color instances).write_with_formattinggrows from 3,156 to 3,259 bytes (two instances).Still throws, and why it is not here.
String()cannot convert: an array,arguments, a Map, a Set, a Date, an Error, a RegExp, a function, a typed array or a wrapper object with a null prototype. Also an array that holds an object with no conversion, and a Proxy of one. That is 81 of the 177. The printers of these kinds readlengthorsizethrough the object, so a value that threw could hang or run a getter. They keep the TypeError.Date.prototype,Object.create(URL.prototype),Object(Symbol()), an object whosetoStringreturns an object, an object whoseSymbol.toPrimitiveis not callable.String(value)throws the same error.console.log("%s", [Symbol("a")]).String(array)exists and throws insideArray.prototype.join. Node prints it because Node inspects every array under%s. That belongs to the question below.%d/%i/%fwith a BigInt (TypeError: Conversion from 'BigInt' to 'number' is not allowed.). The asker left that half out, and it is a separate task.console.log('%i', array)producesNaNinstead of Node-compatible output #31777 (%iof an array printsNaN) is also a different defect.console.log("GET", "/users/%d0%b0", req.params)throws. console: only a primitive-string first argument is a format string #45571 has a fix for that.console.asserttakes the same arm. The test has no row for it, because a failingconsole.assertaborts undervalidateExceptionCheckson main (Bump WebKit: console functions release their ThrowScope before the console hook #44950).Hostile values. An object that is inspected goes through the printers that
Bun.inspectuses, so it shares their behavior one level down. A nested Error, Response or Request prints on several lines. A getter named$$typeofon the object, orsizeon a nested Map, runs, and its error reaches the caller. An object from anothernode:vmcontext prints the methods of itsObject.prototype. 1.4.3 throws a TypeError for all of these.The question for a maintainer. Node's
util.formatinspects every object whosetoStringis a built-in one. On the global console that changes text that prints today:{ a: 1 }[object Object]{ a: 1 }[1, 2]1,2[ 1, 2 ][[1, 2], [3, 4]]1,2,3,4[ [Array ...], [Array ...] ]new Date(1700000000000)inAmerica/New_YorkTue Nov 14 2023 17:13:20 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)2023-11-14T22:13:20.000Znew Map([[1, 2]])[object Map]Map(1) { 1: 2 }-0,42n0,42-0,42nThe WHATWG console says
%sisString(value), which is today's text. Bun'sutil.formatandnew Console()already print Node's text. Draft #44833 takes Node's rule fortest.eachtitles. The question: may the global console take Node's text for values that print today?The branch
robobun/b54fd54c/console-percent-s-node-texthas an implementation on main. It is not proposed until there is an answer.Self-review. 16 concerns were raised against the earlier version. 14 are addressed. Most fall away with the cut. The rule now checks
valueOf, prints a module namespace, and inspects only plain objects and module namespaces. Tests compare 51 values withString(value)and 6 withBun.inspect. Two are not addressed. A$$typeofgetter on an object with no conversion still runs (the value threw before, andBun.inspectruns it too). The array cap on one line (... N more items) is not changed in this PR.The design for the values that throw is that of #34603, with the rule in one C++ function.