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Fixes #45464

Problem

  • An optional dependency that an earlier install could not resolve is never resolved by a later install that reuses bun.lock. A plain bun install makes no request for it. bun i -g pkg@latest --no-cache fetches the parent's manifest and still skips it. Codex CLI hit this: the CLI was published a few minutes before its platform package, and every later update kept the old platform binary.
  • The cause: the loader keeps such a row at invalid_package_id (src/install/lockfile/bun.lock.rs, may_stay_unresolved), and the enqueue pass after load (src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs, after the differ) only queues root rows the differ changed, override rows, and extension rows. Nothing queues an unresolved row of a loaded package again.

Fix

  • Lockfile::mark_loaded_packages sets a runtime-only has_unresolved_optional_rows when a loaded optional (non-peer) row has no package. The loop already visits every row, so an install without such a row pays one bool store and one branch.
  • install_with_manager calls the new retry_unresolved_optional_rows after the first resolve wave, when the flag is set and the lockfile is neither new nor frozen and nothing has failed yet. It queues each still-unresolved optional row of a reachable loaded package on the found lane (a second failure stays a warning, like a fresh package's rows), then runs a second wave. A row that now resolves sets had_any_diffs, so a row that re-binds to a package the tree already has still saves the lockfile and leaves the "unresolved" list. The packages a retry brings are passed to the security scanner as seeds, since bun add <name> scans only what it adds.
  • Correct because the retry reads the same row state the lockfile writer uses for its "unresolved" list, runs in the one frame every subcommand passes through, and changes nothing when no row is unresolved. npm does the same: arborist re-resolves every missing edge on each install.
  • Verified: test/cli/install/bun-lock.test.ts (twelve new cases under both linkers, the positive ones fail on 1.4.3). Also bun-install, catalogs, frozen-lockfile-outdated, and before the rebase bun-install-registry, frozen-lockfile-pruned, bun-update, bun-update-transitive, bun-add, bun-add-filter, bun-audit, bun-remove, overrides, minimum-release-age, bun-install-offline, bun-install-cpu-os, bun-lockb, isolated-install, migrate-bun-lockb-v2, pnpm-lock-v9.

Background

  • A row is one dependency edge in buffers.dependencies. buffers.resolutions[row] is the package it resolves to, or invalid_package_id. A fresh install may leave an optional row unresolved (may_stay_unresolved), and bun.lock then has no package entry for it. When a package of the same name is in the tree, the writer lists the row under "unresolved" so that loading does not bind it to that package.
  • The dependency queue has two lanes. The commanded lane holds rows the command asked for, and a failure there is logged. The found lane holds the rows of packages that were just resolved, and a failure there stays silent. The retry uses the found lane.
  • Considered re-queuing the parent's rows inside bind_existing when the parent re-binds from a manifest: it only reaches installs that resolve the parent again, so a plain bun install, --no-cache, bare bun update, and root-owned rows stay wrong, and its hook sits in the arm that fires hundreds of times per fresh install. Considered an unconditional scan over every row after load: same result, but every install pays a second pass.

Downsides

  • A lockfile with K optional names the registry never has pays K unconditional manifest GETs per install that may save the lockfile, inside and outside the manifest cache window, and each 404 prints its warn: line again. Measured with K=3: 3 requests and 3 warn lines per install, main: 0 after the first. --offline, --frozen-lockfile and --production make no request. npm makes the same K requests once its cache expires, and none inside its window.
  • The retried row resolves like a fresh install's row. A registry that answers its manifest with a body that does not parse (a captive portal) fails the install, as it fails bun add today. A registry that drops packets stalls the install for the same connect timeouts any install that needs a manifest pays. Main did neither, because it never asked. Both are bounded by the existing manifest request policy, not by this PR.
  • Release binary size: not measured. The release build of the base and of this branch did not complete in the build container, and bloaty is not installed. The change adds one cold function and one bool.
Notes

Measurements (debug build, local registry that logs requests):

  • K=0 unresolved rows: install 2 and 3 make 0 requests, identical to main.
  • K=3 names that 404: main makes 0 requests and prints 0 lines on installs 2 and 3. This PR makes 3 requests and prints 3 warn: GET ... - 404 lines on each.
  • K=3 names whose only version is outside the range: 3 requests per install, 0 warn lines. The cached manifest is fresh, but bun asks again when a cached manifest lacks the version, as it does for a changed row ("is not in the catalog" after bumping a catalog entry to a version published the same day #39784).
  • The issue's fixture (adapted to linux-x64) after the platform version is published: requests ["/@openai/codex", "/@openai/codex/-/codex-1.0.0-linux-x64.tgz"], the launcher prints 1.0.0-linux-x64.
  • When the first wave already ran (bun add), a second Resolving dependencies line prints before the retry. The re-resolve of links to dropped workspaces prints the same way.

Instructions and allocations per no-op install were not measured: valgrind, heaptrack and strace are not installed in the build container. The common path adds one bool store per Lockfile constructed and one load plus branch at the retry gate.

Scope. The retry covers optional non-peer rows, the kind #45464 reports. may_stay_unresolved also lets a required peer that bun auto-installs stay unresolved. Such a peer whose version appears later is still not retried. That is a sibling for a follow-up: the peer lane has its own pass.

Not in this PR: --frozen-lockfile keeps the lockfile as it is, so a frozen install does not retry (npm ci retries and then fails if the tree changed). Rows whose target no longer satisfies their range (#43375) are a different class and are not selected. A bundled optional row loads without its bundled bit (the loader restores it only for rows that have a package entry), so a retry that succeeds resolves it like an unbundled one.


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

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Updated 2:11 AM PT - Oct 20th, 2026

✅ @robobun, your commit 0e63c3fc0bbb9910f7a2e9b83110e0a218661e8a passed in Build #129288! 🎉


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 45942

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-45942 executable, so you can run:

bun-45942 --bun

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The installer now tracks unresolved optional dependency rows in a loaded lockfile and retries eligible rows under specified install conditions. Tests cover newly available dependencies, retry exclusions, security scanning, registry tags, and workspace declarations.

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Optional dependency retry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track unresolved optional rows
src/install/lockfile.rs
The lockfile records whether loaded dependency rows include unresolved optional dependencies. Empty lockfiles initialize this state as false.
Retry unresolved rows
src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs
When retry conditions are met, the install manager retries reachable unresolved optional rows. Resolved rows count as an install diff, and retried rows are included in security-scanner seeds.
Validate retry behavior
test/cli/install/bun-lock.test.ts, test/cli/install/catalogs.test.ts
Tests cover retry results and exclusions, security scanning, dist-tag overrides, workspace declarations, and manifest request counts. The registry test helper creates and caches tarballs on demand.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b191c

A malformed optional-package response can interrupt a later install, and the global alias recovery path lacks a dedicated regression test. These are bounded risks to address before relying on the change.

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Linked Issues check Passed The PR addresses #45464. Lockfile::mark_loaded_packages records unresolved optional rows. install_with_manager retries those rows for reachable loaded packages when the lockfile is not new or froz…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The source changes implement the retry required by #45464. The test changes exercise optional alias recovery, lockfile persistence, scanner seeds, dropped packages, failed installs, frozen installs, t…
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: retrying an optional dependency that an earlier install left unresolved.
Description check Passed The description explains the problem, implementation, scope, tradeoffs, and verification. It provides equivalent information for both required template sections, although it uses different headings.
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Explanation

The PR addresses #45464. Lockfile::mark_loaded_packages records unresolved optional rows. install_with_manager retries those rows for reachable loaded packages when the lockfile is not new or frozen and no earlier failure occurred. The retry uses the found lane and records successful resolution as a lockfile diff. The reported tests cover plain install, parent re-resolution with --no-cache, lockfile updates, unchanged parent version, unresolved entries, and both linkers. These changes support recovery without a parent upgrade, full lockfile reset, or cached tarball.

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Explanation

The source changes implement the retry required by #45464. The test changes exercise optional alias recovery, lockfile persistence, scanner seeds, dropped packages, failed installs, frozen installs, tags, workspaces, and both linkers. The registry helper changes support those tests. The stated exclusions for peers, frozen installs, and unsatisfied ranges are explicit scope boundaries, not unrelated changes.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs:
- Around line 635-652: Update the manifest parse-failure handling used by
retry_unresolved_optional_rows so failures for retried optional rows are
warnings and do not reach report_manifest_failure as errors; preserve existing
error handling for required rows and optional rows that were not retried.

Review comments at @test/cli/install/bun-lock.test.ts:
- Around line 3794-3796: Update the security-scanner test’s it.concurrent call
to remove the explicit 20_000 timeout argument and its explanatory comment,
leaving the test body and assertion unchanged.
- Around line 3676-3693: Keep the existing local regression case and add a
separate isolated global-install case alongside “by an install that asks for the
parent again.” Run both installs through installWithOwnCache with -g, verify the
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the mark_loaded_packages loop restructure in src/install/lockfile.rs — held is set under exactly the same condition as before (package_id < packages_len && !is_weak_peer), so held_at_load semantics are unchanged; and Behavior::is_optional() (src/install_types/resolver_hooks.rs:210) excludes peer rows, so the retry gate only selects the optional non-peer rows the PR describes.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a runtime-only flag to Lockfile and a cold retry pass in install_with_manager that re-queues unresolved optional rows of reachable loaded packages, plus tests in bun-lock.test.ts and catalogs.test.ts. It touches the install resolution path and the security-scanner seed set but no auth or crypto surface. Seven inline findings were posted, including two substantive ones about new network requests on every install, so a human look is warranted; the note above records what else was examined and ruled out.

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A second shape of #45464, run against this branch: the exact-pinned platform packages of a tool that moves.

  1. The registry has tool@1.0.0 with optionalDependencies: { "plat-a": "1.0.0", "plat-b": "1.0.0" } and both platform packages at 1.0.0. The project depends on tool: ^1.0.0. Run bun install.
  2. Publish tool@1.1.0, which pins both platform packages to 1.1.0, and both 1.1.0 packages. Make the manifest request for plat-b answer 503. Run bun update. It exits 0 with warn: plat-b@1.0.0 was not checked for updates: GET <registry>/plat-b - 503. bun.lock now has tool@1.1.0 and plat-a@1.1.0, no plat-b package, and no "unresolved" key.
  3. Make the registry answer again. Run one of the commands below.
First command in step 3 main (this branch's base 5900354, and 91e7e3b) this branch (b191c4e)
bun install --frozen-lockfile no request, plat-b missing no request, plat-b missing
bun install no request, plat-b missing requests /plat-b and /plat-b-1.1.0.tgz, installs plat-b@1.1.0
bun update requests /plat-a and /tool, plat-b missing also requests /plat-b and /plat-b-1.1.0.tgz, installs plat-b@1.1.0

Every command exits 0. #45966 names this case ("an exact-pinned child of a moved package") as one it does not cover.

A note for the rebase. On main 91e7e3b the source changes apply without a textual conflict, but the build fails:

error[E0061]: this function takes 5 arguments but 4 arguments were supplied
   --> src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs:668:13

#45898 added the parameter moved_direct: Option<&DirectDependencies> to resolve_pending_tasks. With None in the retry's call, as in the other later calls, the results on main are the same as in the right column. The issue's script (adapted to linux-x64) also recovers there. The only textual conflict is in test/cli/install/bun-lock.test.ts.

Script for the steps above
// Run: BUN_UNDER_TEST=/path/to/bun bun repro.ts
import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { join } from "node:path";

const bun = process.env.BUN_UNDER_TEST ?? process.execPath;
const manifests: Record<string, Record<string, object>> = {
  tool: { "1.0.0": { optionalDependencies: { "plat-a": "1.0.0", "plat-b": "1.0.0" } } },
  "plat-a": { "1.0.0": {} },
  "plat-b": { "1.0.0": {} },
};
const unavailable = new Set<string>();
const requests: string[] = [];
const server = Bun.serve({
  port: 0,
  async fetch(request) {
    const { origin, pathname } = new URL(request.url);
    requests.push(pathname);
    const tgz = /^\/(.+)-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\.tgz$/.exec(pathname);
    if (tgz) {
      const [, name, version] = tgz;
      const files = { "package/package.json": JSON.stringify({ name, version, ...manifests[name][version] }) };
      return new Response(await new Bun.Archive(files, { compress: "gzip" }).bytes());
    }
    const name = pathname.slice(1);
    if (unavailable.has(name)) return new Response("unavailable", { status: 503 });
    const versions: Record<string, object> = {};
    for (const [version, extra] of Object.entries(manifests[name] ?? {})) {
      versions[version] = { name, version, dist: { tarball: `${origin}/${name}-${version}.tgz` }, ...extra };
    }
    return Response.json({ name, versions, "dist-tags": { latest: Object.keys(versions).at(-1) } });
  },
});

const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "unresolved-optional-"));
writeFileSync(join(dir, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "app", dependencies: { tool: "^1.0.0" } }));
writeFileSync(join(dir, "bunfig.toml"), `[install]\nregistry = "${server.url}"\n`);
const env = {
  PATH: process.env.PATH!,
  HOME: dir,
  BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR: join(dir, ".cache"),
  BUN_CONFIG_HTTP_RETRY_COUNT: "0",
};

async function run(...args: string[]) {
  requests.length = 0;
  const proc = Bun.spawn({ cmd: [bun, ...args], cwd: dir, env, stdout: "ignore", stderr: "ignore" });
  const exitCode = await proc.exited;
  const locked = readFileSync(join(dir, "bun.lock"), "utf8").includes('"plat-b": [');
  const installed = existsSync(join(dir, "node_modules/plat-b/package.json"))
    ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(dir, "node_modules/plat-b/package.json"), "utf8")).version
    : "none";
  console.log(
    `bun ${args.join(" ")}: exit ${exitCode}, requests ${JSON.stringify(requests)}, ` +
      `plat-b in bun.lock: ${locked}, plat-b in node_modules: ${installed}`,
  );
}

await run("install");

manifests.tool["1.1.0"] = { optionalDependencies: { "plat-a": "1.1.0", "plat-b": "1.1.0" } };
manifests["plat-a"]["1.1.0"] = {};
manifests["plat-b"]["1.1.0"] = {};
unavailable.add("plat-b");
await run("update");

unavailable.clear();
await run("install", "--frozen-lockfile");
await run("install");
await run("update");
server.stop(true);

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