error printer: print an AggregateError itself, then its members indented under it by robobun · Pull Request #47114 · oven-sh/bun

robobun · 2026-10-27T21:32:19Z

Fixes #21528
Part of #1352

Problem

An AggregateError with members prints its members only: throw new AggregateError([new Error("member")], "outer") prints error: member. Its message, properties, stack and cause print nowhere.
print_errorlike_object (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs) walks errors and returns before it prints the AggregateError. One that is a cause, or thrown from a timer, prints without its members.

Fix

print_error_instance_body, which every Error print passes through, prints the members after the stack trace, indented two spaces. The cause chain follows.
Members are the own elements of an errors array. Bun's lists of build errors (N errors building "<path>", Bundle failed) still print as the list only.
Verified on debug and release builds: test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js (35 of 86 fail on main), inspect.test.js, reportError.test.ts.
Self-reviewed: 40 concerns raised, 33 addressed. The other 7 are questions in Notes.

Background

The native error printer serves console.*, Bun.inspect, uncaught errors and bun test.
@alii @dylan-conway: the layout needs your decision. Notes has the output and the open questions.
Considered the walk in print_errorlike_object: the cause then prints between the AggregateError and its members, and the cause queue never calls that function.

Downsides

Programs see the new text: Bun.inspect, the JUnit failure, the dev error page, ::error annotations, inspector events.
A Set or a generator in errors is one property line, not members.
Stack per nested AggregateError: 5792 to 6320 B. Release .text +5696 B. Other prints: +32 B of stack per cause level.

Notes

Output of throw new AggregateError([foo(), bar()], "qux!", { cause: new Error("why") }), source previews left out:

AggregateError: qux!
      at <anonymous> (index.cjs:9:11)

  error: foo!
        at foo (index.cjs:2:21)
        at <anonymous> (index.cjs:9:27)

  error: bar!
        at bar (index.cjs:6:21)
        at <anonymous> (index.cjs:9:34)

error: why
      at <anonymous> (index.cjs:9:63)

Each block keeps its source preview. Main prints error: foo! and error: bar! with their frames and nothing else.

Questions for a maintainer

Layout. On print AggregateError more distinctly #21799 @alii asked for the error: prefix, indented members and one blank line between blocks. This PR does those. His last comment there asked for more: "I think this still needs work if we want to be able to make it look really pretty here, more than just copying the existing printing logic for the child errors. I think there's something here with de-duplicating the stacktraces where there are copies". This PR does not remove repeated frames (at <anonymous> (index.cjs:9:..) above). Is that a condition for the merge?
Order. Node prints [cause] before [errors]. Here the members come first, because the indentation is the only marker: members after the cause would read as members of the cause.
A cause of a member prints at the column of that member, after the same blank line as the next member. A reader cannot tell the two apart. A label or one more level of indentation can fix that.
Bound. Every member prints. A list of 84,000 build errors behind a cause or thrown from a timer printed one header on main and prints all of them now. Remove the 256-message cap on AggregateErrors built from a Log #46947 asks where a bound belongs, and console: do not hang on an iterator that never ends #42264 adds a bounded iteration.
Sinks. The inspector gets one LifecycleReporter.error event more per AggregateError, before the events of its members. bun-vscode keeps the last event.
console.group: indent count, time, assert, table and each line of a message #47019 adds a line-prefix writer for console.group. The two can share one type.
The stack margin of the member walk has no test: a test needs one process per stack position.
new AggregateError(result.logs, message) from user code prints as the list only, as on main: the printer knows a list of build errors by its members. A mark that Bun sets where it makes such a list would let the user-made one print its message and stack. The bundler tests throw that shape in many places.

What else changes

An AggregateError reached as a cause, as an Error-valued property, or thrown from a timer, setImmediate, process.nextTick or microtask callback prints its members. On the callback routes the printer still shows no own property and no cause of any error (error printer: print the thrown Error, not the JSC::Exception cell, for errors escaping native callbacks #38278).
A list of build errors prints with its AggregateError when the printer reaches it as a cause or from such a callback (require() of a broken file in a timer printed only AggregateError: 4 errors building ... on main). At top level, in console.* and as a member it prints as the list.
Only an array in errors is walked: its own elements, for the length it had at the start. Main ran the iterator of any iterable and did not return for an endless one. Any other value of errors is the last property line, and no iterator runs.
A hole in errors is not a member. Main printed error: undefined for each hole. The walk takes the own present indexes of the array once, in ascending order, so its cost follows the number of members and not the length.
An own enumerable errors that is walked is not a property line as well. Any other value stays a property line.
An assigned cause that is an AggregateError goes to the queue of a nested error too. In place, it would print twice per level. error printer: render an assigned cause once at every level #44174 does the same for every other cause.
The AggregateError of Promise.any has no message and no stack. It prints as AggregateError: and leaves the report to the inspector, JUnit and the GitHub annotations to its members. With no member it reports itself, as on main.
node:net's NodeAggregateError has name on its prototype, so its first line reads AggregateError: , not Error: . JSC takes the printed name from the error or its direct prototype. A subclass of TypeError or AggregateError without its own name prints as error:, as on main.
Indentation stops at 32 nested levels, so at most 32 line-prefix writers are stacked.
An exception that the print of a member leaves pending ends the walk, and the walk clears it, as main did for a top-level AggregateError. A cause chain of the AggregateError itself that runs out of stack throws the RangeError from Bun.inspect(x, { depth: Infinity }), as for any other error. Main did not print that cause.

Measurements (linux x64, release builds of the merge base 7942008 and of this branch)

Stack per nested AggregateError level (gdb, rsp at two consecutive members): 5792 B to 6320 B. Per cause level: 5728 B to 5760 B.
Frames: print_errorlike_object 5208 B to 184 B (the stack trace of a BuildMessage is out of line), print_error_instance_js 5208 B (no change), print_error_instance_body 376 B to 392 B, print_members_under_aggregate_error 152 B.
Deepest chain that Bun.inspect(x, { depth: Infinity }) prints in full: AggregateError 1420 to 1297, cause 1436 to 1428. Debug build: AggregateError 414.
A 20000-deep AggregateError chain ends in [Error ...] and throws nothing at 400 of 400 stack positions (debug build: 100 of 100).
.text 83,513,897 to 83,519,593 B. Stripped binary +4096 B.
Prints with no AggregateError: 32 outputs (16 programs, plain and colored, build error lists among them) are byte-identical. toError is called once per print on both builds.
An uncaught AggregateError of two members: main calls JSC__JSValue__forEach once. This branch calls Bun__JSArray__presentIndexes twice (count, then fill) and Bun__JSArray__tryGetIndexQuickly once, reads two own elements, and allocates one Vec<u32> for the indexes.
64000 members (numbers, no frames) print in 23 ms from a dense array, in 29 ms from a frozen array with a hole after each member, and in 38 ms from a sparse array with the members 1000 indexes apart. An errors of length 2^32 - 1 with no element prints in under 1 ms.
For 36,000 random arrays (dense, with holes, sparse, frozen, with index accessors, with elements that are not enumerable) the printed members are the own index properties in ascending order.
Colored output with the escapes removed equals the plain output for 24 shapes at 3 depths (members with properties, no frames, values that are not errors, build errors, depth markers).
3 new C++ exports in a new file (src/jsc/bindings/JSArrayBindings.cpp), 0 host functions, 1 new Rust type (LinePrefixWriter).

Related PRs: #38278 (callback routes), #44174 (assigned causes), #40696 (exception list of queued errors: this PR passes the list to members only), #36662 (SuppressedError), #42264, #46947, #47019. Each conflicts in text with this one.

Earlier work: #36580 by @TheRodzz found the same early return. #21799 by @sethgw printed the header first and got the layout review. #36602 combined the earlier attempts.

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/bun/util/inspect.test.js

An AggregateError with members printed as its members only. Its message, its own properties, its stack frames and its cause were printed nowhere. One that was a cause, or that a timer callback threw, printed itself and no members. print_error_instance_body now prints the members after the stack trace of the AggregateError and before its cause chain. Every Error print passes through it. Each member prints through print_errorlike_object, after one blank line and with two spaces of indentation. The walk reads `errors` once and takes its members by index when it is an array. The length of the array bounds the walk, and no iterator runs. The build errors that Bun wraps in an AggregateError still stand in for it: print_errorlike_object keeps a branch for an `errors` array that holds only BuildMessages and ResolveMessages. An assigned `cause` that is an AggregateError goes to the queue of a nested error too, so that it prints once. The AggregateError of Promise.any, which has no message and no stack, reports nothing of its own to the inspector, the JUnit reporter and the GitHub annotations. node:net's AggregateError has a `name` on its prototype, so that its first line reads `AggregateError`. Co-authored-by: TheRodzz <81969589+TheRodzz@users.noreply.github.com>

robobun · 2026-10-27T21:32:35Z

^{Updated 9:54 PM PT - Oct 27th, 2026}

✅ @robobun, your commit 0aee425f1e5bfcf049e35f3ce3686602f4b37e43 passed in Build #134153! 🎉

🧪 To try this PR locally:

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robobun · 2026-10-27T21:32:40Z

Status: reproduced on 1.4.3-canary and on main with throw new AggregateError(["member one", "member two"], "the aggregate's own message") in a .cjs file. It prints error: member one and error: member two, and no line of the AggregateError. With this branch it prints AggregateError: the aggregate's own message, code, the frame of the throw, then both members indented. test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js fails 35 of 86 tests on main and passes on debug and release builds of this branch.

CI on 0aee425: all 179 jobs that ran pass (Linux, Windows, macOS arm64). The two darwin x64 - test-bun jobs expired with no agent, and Buildkite scheduled them again. No test failure comes from this diff. The PR waits for a maintainer decision on the layout (the questions are in the PR body).

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The error printer now prints an AggregateError before its members and handles member ordering, nesting, and formatting across reporting paths. The changes also add direct property and array lookup helpers and expand AggregateError output tests.

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AggregateError output

Layer / File(s)	Summary
AggregateError identity and lookup `src/js/internal/shared.ts`, `src/jsc/JSErrorCode.rs`, `src/jsc/JSValue.rs`, `src/jsc/bindings/JSArrayBindings.cpp`, `src/jsc/bindings/ZigException.cpp`	The changes define the AggregateError name and error code, verify the matching JSC enum value, and add direct property and array lookup helpers.
AggregateError rendering and validation `src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs`, `src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs`, `test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js`, `test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js`, `test/js/bun/util/reportError.test.ts`	The error printer renders AggregateError details and members with nested indentation, circular-reference markers, and formatting rules. Tests cover inspection, console output, uncaught errors, test reports, and other reporting paths.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii

Priority: Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 7a7c6

Printing an AggregateError whose errors array is sparse with a very large length would emit one block per index and keep the thread busy. This only affects unusual, deliberately constructed errors, and the fix is small, so it is mergeable with follow-up awareness.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: AggregateError is printed before its members, with indentation.
Linked Issues check		The PR implements the coding requirements in directly linked issue [`#21528`]. `src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs` now prints the `AggregateError` itself before its members. Members are indented under the aggre…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within the error-printing objective from [`#21528`]. The Rust helpers, array-index accessors, `LinePrefixWriter`, `NodeAggregateError` name fix, and expanded tests support AggregateErro…
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The PR implements the coding requirements in directly linked issue [#21528]. src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs now prints the AggregateError itself before its members. Members are indented under the aggregate. The aggregate message and stack remain visible. test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js adds coverage for uncaught errors, inspection, console output, causes, nested aggregates, and member formatting.

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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the two new uncheckedDowncast<JSArray> helpers in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp — every Rust caller (build_message_list, the member walk, the errors property skip) gates on JSValue::is_array(), which requires JSType Array/DerivedArray, so a Proxy or array-like cannot reach the downcast. The build-error-list output change for wrapped/timer-reached build failures was also examined and judged intended by the PR's stated scope rather than a regression.

Extended reasoning...

The change reworks AggregateError rendering in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs with a new LinePrefixWriter in ConsoleObject.rs, two new JSArray C++ exports, and a large test addition; it touches no auth, crypto or injection surface. Nine confirmed inline findings (including a cross-platform test hang, a lost-report regression under JUnit/annotations, and a stack-headroom concern) already signal that a human needs to look, so this body only records what else was ruled out.

Findings marked 🟡 are optional suggestions and need no follow-up push.

- At most 32 line-prefix writers are on the stack of a print. Past that depth the members print through the writer of their AggregateError. - An AggregateError with no message and no stack reports itself to the inspector, JUnit and the GitHub annotations when it has no member. - An `errors` that is not an array prints as a property line. - The two array helpers move out of bindings.cpp. - The node:net test connects to ::1, which answers on every host.

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

Still open from earlier reviews (3):

Unresolved: 3 minor or pre-existing.

The member walk takes the own present indexes of the `errors` array once, in ascending order, and reads each element as an own property. A hole is not a step of the walk. An `errors` array of length 2^32 - 1 with no element prints the AggregateError alone. Before, each hole printed as `error: undefined`. An `errors` array that holds only holes has no member: the AggregateError reports itself, and an enumerable `errors` stays a property line. Each comment of the change is now one line. The note on the stack check in `print_error_instance_js` is the text of main again.

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 two things on this push and ruled them out: print_error_instance_body now receiving exception_list does not double-append an error to the list (remap_zig_exception appends each error once in its drop guard, the body only forwards the list to members, and queued causes get None); and the blank-line bookkeeping before the member walk, where the only gap found is a frontend (browser tab) AggregateError with own properties and no stack frames printing its first member without the separating blank line, a cosmetic case.

Extended reasoning...

The change reworks AggregateError printing in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, adds a LinePrefixWriter in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, new JSArray index-reading bindings in src/jsc/bindings/JSArrayBindings.cpp with Rust wrappers in src/jsc/JSValue.rs, and about 800 lines of tests. It touches no security-sensitive surface; the member walk runs no user code. The exception-list rewiring was verified not to double-report, and the one remaining ruled-out candidate is cosmetic spacing on the devserver route.

…mory crash `JSValue::present_indexes` returned an empty list when the allocation failed, so the AggregateError printed with no member. The allocation now goes through `bun_core::handle_oom`, as the other allocations of this crate do.

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robobun · 2026-10-31T07:31:49Z

Note: #47526 adds JSValue::present_indexes_in(range) in src/jsc/bindings/PresentIndexes.cpp. For an array it returns the list that Bun__JSArray__presentIndexes returns here, so whichever PR lands second can keep one of the two.

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