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process.dlopen: refuse the V8 build of better-sqlite3 by what it registers, not by its file name - #47648
process.dlopen throws 'better-sqlite3' is not yet supported in Bun. for every path that ends in better_sqlite3.node (src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp:566). A hand build of better-sqlite3 13, a Node-API addon that works, has that name.
Under any other name a 12.x build ends the process: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: _ZN2v86Symbol11GetIteratorEPNS_7IsolateE, exit 127.
Fix
Delete the file-name check. node::executePendingV8Module now refuses a module that node_module_register queued as better_sqlite3: only a V8 C++ API build.
The error keeps "not yet supported in Bun" and says to upgrade to 13.0.2 or later. A loader error for a missing v8:: function gets its causes appended.
Verified: test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts (11 of 12 new cases fail on main), test/v8/v8.test.ts.
Self-reviewed: 12 concerns raised, 9 addressed. Notes lists the rest.
Background
A V8 C++ API addon calls node_module_register from a static constructor. Bun runs its init function in executePendingV8Module after dlopen() returns. Node-API addons never get there.
The loader looks up most functions on their first call. better-sqlite3 12 calls 18 that Bun does not export.
Considered an import check and RTLD_NOW: both refuse working addons (@datadog/pprof 5.20.0).
A refused V8 build is now loaded first: +35 syscalls, 2,000 kB mapped, once per process. Release binary: +1,088 bytes.
Code that matches the old phrase to fall back to bun:sqlite gets only the loader's error when the binary fails to load for another reason (wrong platform, older glibc).
Nobody reported the false refusal or the exit 127. Both come from reproductions.
The false refusal needs a better-sqlite3 13 binary named better_sqlite3.node. That is a hand build (node-gyp rebuild output, loaded through the documented nativeBinding option). The 13.0.3 linux-x64 prebuild needs GLIBC_2.34 and libstdc++.so.6, and Bun supports glibc 2.17, so users of older distributions need such a build (v13 does not detect and build from source on incompatible system WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1520 is one). The default path prebuilds/<platform>-<arch>.node never matched the check.
The text reaches more users: about three quarters of last week's npm downloads of better-sqlite3 are 12.x or older. At least one project matches the old phrase to fall back to bun:sqlite (/not yet supported in Bun/i), so the new text keeps it.
The new texts
Cannot load native addon '/app/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node': this build of better-sqlite3 uses V8 C++ API functions that are not yet supported in Bun (https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/4290).
better-sqlite3 13 uses Node-API. Upgrade to 13.0.2 or later, or use bun:sqlite, which has a similar API.
When the loader rejects the file before the module registers (a build linked with -z now, which the musl binaries of 12.11.1 are), the loader's text stays first:
/app/x.node: undefined symbol: _ZN2v86Symbol11GetIteratorEPNS_7IsolateE
Bun does not export this V8 or Node.js C++ API function. Either the addon was built for another Node.js version (this version of Bun requires NODE_MODULE_VERSION 147), or it uses a function that is not yet supported in Bun (https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/4290).
The upgrade sentence follows when the file is named better_sqlite3.node. This is the one place that still reads the file name, and it cannot refuse anything. The loader repeats the path in its text, so a path that itself contains the start of a mangled v8:: name gets nothing appended. 13.0.2 is the floor because it is the first version with "gypfile": false: 13.0.0 and 13.0.1 also ship the prebuilt binaries but still get a node-gyp step at install.
Where the old phrase is kept, and where it is not
The words "not yet supported in Bun" are in the refusal and in the appended cause.
A file named better_sqlite3.node that the loader rejects for another reason (not a library, a binary of another platform, a missing libstdc++.so.6, a newer glibc) gets the loader's text and nothing else. On main it got the old text, which hid the real cause. The file name does not tell what the file is any more: a better-sqlite3 13 build can have it, and "upgrade to 13" would be wrong for that one.
The cost is the third bullet of Downsides: code that matched the phrase for such a file fell back to bun:sqlite before and now sees the loader's error.
Checked with the real packages (linux x64, glibc 2.41, release builds of main cee9dd9 and of this branch)
Input
main
this branch
13.0.3 prebuild copied to renamed.node, through nativeBinding
loads
loads
the same bytes as better_sqlite3.node
ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED, "not yet supported"
loads, query returns { x: 1 }
12.11.1 binary (node-v147) as better_sqlite3.node
"not yet supported"
the new text
the same bytes under another name
exit 127
the new text, on process.dlopen, a second process.dlopen and require
bun add better-sqlite3@12.11.1 on this branch: the install still falls back to a source build (81 s here) because prebuild-install's load check gets the refusal. Its warning and the runtime error now carry the new text.
Read from the 12.11.1 binaries, not run: the win32-x64 binary imports node.exe through the delay-import directory only, and the darwin-arm64 binary binds all 72 v8:: and node:: functions lazily. Both should register and get the refusal. The two linuxmusl binaries have BIND_NOW, so the loader rejects them first and they get the second text. A musl build of this branch was not run against them. The -z now fixture runs on the Alpine lanes.
Measurements (release builds of main cee9dd9 and of this branch, LTO, same build directory)
Node-API addon load: 64 fewer instructions per process.dlopen call, 2,240 to 2,176 (gdb stepi count from the entry of Process_functionDlopen to the call of dlopen()).
Node-API addon load: 8 syscalls on the addon file before, 8 after (openat 1, read 1, fstat 1, mmap 4, close 1). The process total is 248 on both. Counted with a ptrace counter, because strace is not installed.
V8 addon init: 12 allocations before the init function runs on main, 11 here, and 3,586 to 3,487 instructions. The module name is no longer copied into a String on the success path.
Release binary: +1,088 bytes of text (size). Process_functionDlopen 7,082 to 7,108 bytes, executePendingV8Module 1,660 to 1,884, new loaderErrorMessage 691 (nm -S). The file size does not change. bloaty is not installed.
Dynamic exports: 704 before, 704 after (nm -D --defined-only). No host function or codegen entry is added.
Refused V8 build: 1 link map, 8 syscalls on the file, 35 more in the process (218 to 253), 2,000 kB mapped and 224 kB resident. main: 0, 0, 0, 0.
Tests: 12 of 12 new cases pass on a debug build of this branch. On a debug build of main 11 fail. The one that passes there is a negative control: a loader error for a function outside v8:: and node:: gets nothing appended.
Self-review: the 3 concerns not addressed here
process.dlopen({ exports: null }, path) aborts for a node-addon-api addon (NAPI FATAL ERROR: Error::New napi_get_last_error_info), where Node.js throws a TypeError. The abort is on main for every file name except better_sqlite3.node, where the old check threw first. Separate work is in progress for it.
Workers that load one addon at the same moment can get symbol 'napi_register_module_v1' not found (1 of 120 runs with 24 Workers on main, for an addon that works). It is older than this PR and separate work is in progress. Until that lands, a refusal can show as that error in such a race.
No test loads the real better-sqlite3 13. Adding it to test/package.json would make typeorm's optional require("better-sqlite3") resolve in the tests that bundle typeorm. The table above is the hand check.
The new block is not concurrent. The three crash report cases in the same file need 6 to 10 s on a debug build (llvm-symbolizer on a 1.6 GB binary) against a 10 s limit, and they time out in about one run of three here, with or without this change.
The case with a compiled executable sets a time limit on debug builds only. A debug build copies a 1.6 GB binary there, which takes up to 15 s against the local default of 5 s. CI lanes keep the runner's limit.
Suites run on a debug build of this branch: dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts (29 pass when the crash report cases do not time out), test/v8/v8.test.ts (87 pass, 1 skip), test/napi/napi.test.ts (224 pass, 2 skip, 1 timeout: "should crash on duplicate hooks" needs 12.8 s to symbolize its expected abort, limit 10 s).
macOS and Windows were not run locally.
no test proof · iteration 8 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts
…sters, not by its file name
process.dlopen threw ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED for every path that ends in
better_sqlite3.node, before it opened the file. better-sqlite3 13 is a
Node-API addon that works, and node-gyp gives a build of it the same
file name.
The refusal is now in node::executePendingV8Module, for a module that
registered through node_module_register as better_sqlite3. A Node-API
build loads under any file name. A V8 C++ API build gets the error under
any file name: a renamed, bundled or compiled-in copy used to end the
process in the dynamic loader. The text keeps the words "not yet
supported in Bun" and tells the user to upgrade to better-sqlite3 13.0.2
or later.
When the dynamic loader rejects an addon because a v8:: or node::
function is missing, the error now names the two possible causes.
Reproduced on linux x64 with the real packages, on a release build of main (cee9dd9):
bun add better-sqlite3@13.0.3, copy node_modules/better-sqlite3/prebuilds/linux-x64.node to /tmp/x/better_sqlite3.node, then new (require("better-sqlite3"))(":memory:", { nativeBinding: "/tmp/x/better_sqlite3.node" }). main throws ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED: 'better-sqlite3' is not yet supported in Bun. The same bytes under another file name load, and Node.js 26.3.0 loads both.
The better-sqlite3 12.11.1 binary for node-v147, copied to another file name and passed to process.dlopen. main exits 127: symbol lookup error: ... undefined symbol: _ZN2v86Symbol11GetIteratorEPNS_7IsolateE.
With this branch the first one loads, and the second one throws a catchable ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED that says to upgrade to better-sqlite3 13.0.2 or later.
test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts passes on every lane: debian 13 (x64, aarch64, x64-asan), ubuntu 25.04 (x64, aarch64) and alpine 3.23 (x64, aarch64) with 29 pass, windows 2019 x64 and windows 11 aarch64 with 22 pass and 7 skipped (POSIX-only and Linux-only cases), macOS aarch64 and x64 with 25 pass and 4 skipped.
The red jobs come from test/aot/* and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts, which also fail on main (build 136408 on the base commit), and from test/js/web/request/request-clone-leak.test.ts on the ASAN lane (RSS delta 64 MB against a limit of 64). This change touches none of them.
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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/v8/node.cpp:
- Around line 124-125: Update loaderErrorMessage to check the four mangled
prefixes only in the unresolved symbol-name portion of loaderError, not the full
dlerror string, so a requested path containing a prefix does not trigger V8 or
Node.js API guidance.
Review comments at @test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts:
- Around line 905-906: Remove the explicit 30-second timeout from the
compiled-executable test near the dlopen duplicate-load test, so it uses the
test runner’s default timeout budget. Leave the test body and surrounding
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Walkthrough
The addon-loading path now formats selected V8 and Node.js loader errors with API and ABI guidance. V8 module initialization receives the addon filename. Tests cover Node-API and V8 C++ addons across multiple loading paths, including better-sqlite3-named addons.
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Summary
Loader diagnostics and V8 module errors src/jsc/bindings/v8/node.h, src/jsc/bindings/v8/node.cpp
The V8 binding adds loaderErrorMessage, which appends API and ABI guidance when loader errors contain specified V8 or Node.js symbols. Pending modules named better_sqlite3 now return ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED with unsupported-V8-API guidance and a version recommendation.
The process binding removes the filename-based rejection for better_sqlite3.node. Non-Windows loader errors use node::loaderErrorMessage, and pending and cached V8 module initialization receive the addon filename.
Addon loading fixtures and tests test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts
The test builds Node-API and V8 addon variants and checks process.dlopen, repeated loading, require(), Workers, and compiled executables. It also checks missing-file, invalid-library, and Linux missing-symbol errors.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner
Merge Risk: Low · up to 2dd1b
The changes retain two bounded concerns: unusual addon paths can receive misleading troubleshooting guidance, and the compiled-executable test has an unnecessarily short CI timeout. These warrant localized corrections or explicit follow-up, rather than indicating a broad production failure.
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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/v8/node.cpp:
- Around line 124-125: Update loaderErrorMessage to check the four mangled
prefixes only in the unresolved symbol-name portion of loaderError, not the full
dlerror string, so a requested path containing a prefix does not trigger V8 or
Node.js API guidance.
Review comments at @test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts:
- Around line 905-906: Remove the explicit 30-second timeout from the
compiled-executable test near the dlopen duplicate-load test, so it uses the
test runner’s default timeout budget. Leave the test body and surrounding
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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 that both call sites of executePendingV8Module (fresh-load loop and cached-registration replay in BunProcess.cpp) pass filename and keep RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after the call, and that no test outside the changed test file still asserts on the old "'better-sqlite3' is not yet supported in Bun." text.
Extended reasoning...
The change removes the file-name based better-sqlite3 refusal in process.dlopen and replaces it with a check on the registered nm_modname inside executePendingV8Module, plus a loader-error message enricher for Itanium-mangled v8::/node:: symbols; no security-sensitive surface is touched. One confirmed inline finding exists about projects losing the old fallback phrase on non-symbol loader failures, so this is left for a human to weigh.
…ngled v8:: name in it
The dynamic loader repeats the addon's path in its error, so the search
for the start of a mangled v8:: or node:: name matched a path that has
one in it.
The test of a compiled executable sets its time limit on debug builds
only. The CI runner gives each test a larger limit than the explicit
one.
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Related to #14997
Problem
process.dlopenthrows'better-sqlite3' is not yet supported in Bun.for every path that ends inbetter_sqlite3.node(src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp:566). A hand build of better-sqlite3 13, a Node-API addon that works, has that name.symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: _ZN2v86Symbol11GetIteratorEPNS_7IsolateE, exit 127.Fix
node::executePendingV8Modulenow refuses a module thatnode_module_registerqueued asbetter_sqlite3: only a V8 C++ API build.v8::function gets its causes appended.test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts(11 of 12 new cases fail on main),test/v8/v8.test.ts.Background
node_module_registerfrom a static constructor. Bun runs its init function inexecutePendingV8Moduleafterdlopen()returns. Node-API addons never get there.RTLD_NOW: both refuse working addons (@datadog/pprof 5.20.0).Downsides
bun:sqlitegets only the loader's error when the binary fails to load for another reason (wrong platform, older glibc).Notes
Questions for a maintainer
Who this reaches
better_sqlite3.node. That is a hand build (node-gyp rebuildoutput, loaded through the documentednativeBindingoption). The 13.0.3 linux-x64 prebuild needs GLIBC_2.34 andlibstdc++.so.6, and Bun supports glibc 2.17, so users of older distributions need such a build (v13 does not detect and build from source on incompatible system WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1520 is one). The default pathprebuilds/<platform>-<arch>.nodenever matched the check.bun:sqlite(/not yet supported in Bun/i), so the new text keeps it.The new texts
When the loader rejects the file before the module registers (a build linked with
-z now, which the musl binaries of 12.11.1 are), the loader's text stays first:The upgrade sentence follows when the file is named
better_sqlite3.node. This is the one place that still reads the file name, and it cannot refuse anything. The loader repeats the path in its text, so a path that itself contains the start of a mangledv8::name gets nothing appended. 13.0.2 is the floor because it is the first version with"gypfile": false: 13.0.0 and 13.0.1 also ship the prebuilt binaries but still get a node-gyp step at install.Where the old phrase is kept, and where it is not
better_sqlite3.nodethat the loader rejects for another reason (not a library, a binary of another platform, a missinglibstdc++.so.6, a newer glibc) gets the loader's text and nothing else. On main it got the old text, which hid the real cause. The file name does not tell what the file is any more: a better-sqlite3 13 build can have it, and "upgrade to 13" would be wrong for that one.bun:sqlitebefore and now sees the loader's error.Checked with the real packages (linux x64, glibc 2.41, release builds of main cee9dd9 and of this branch)
renamed.node, throughnativeBindingbetter_sqlite3.nodeERR_DLOPEN_FAILED, "not yet supported"{ x: 1 }better_sqlite3.nodeprocess.dlopen, a secondprocess.dlopenandrequirebun build --compilebetter_sqlite3.nodecannot open shared object filenodeonPATH:bun installtakes about 1 s,drizzle-kit migrateexits 0, both tables exist. That is main and this branch. The released 1.4.3 still runs node-gyp for the package at install (install: consolidate the open package manager pull requests #44968 fixed that on main), so with no python onPATHitsbun installexits 1 unless--ignore-scriptsis set.bun add better-sqlite3@12.11.1on this branch: the install still falls back to a source build (81 s here) because prebuild-install's load check gets the refusal. Its warning and the runtime error now carry the new text.node.exethrough the delay-import directory only, and the darwin-arm64 binary binds all 72v8::andnode::functions lazily. Both should register and get the refusal. The two linuxmusl binaries haveBIND_NOW, so the loader rejects them first and they get the second text. A musl build of this branch was not run against them. The-z nowfixture runs on the Alpine lanes.Measurements (release builds of main cee9dd9 and of this branch, LTO, same build directory)
process.dlopencall, 2,240 to 2,176 (gdbstepicount from the entry ofProcess_functionDlopento the call ofdlopen()).size).Process_functionDlopen7,082 to 7,108 bytes,executePendingV8Module1,660 to 1,884, newloaderErrorMessage691 (nm -S). The file size does not change. bloaty is not installed.nm -D --defined-only). No host function or codegen entry is added.v8::andnode::gets nothing appended.Self-review: the 3 concerns not addressed here
process.dlopen({ exports: null }, path)aborts for a node-addon-api addon (NAPI FATAL ERROR: Error::New napi_get_last_error_info), where Node.js throws a TypeError. The abort is on main for every file name exceptbetter_sqlite3.node, where the old check threw first. Separate work is in progress for it.symbol 'napi_register_module_v1' not found(1 of 120 runs with 24 Workers on main, for an addon that works). It is older than this PR and separate work is in progress. Until that lands, a refusal can show as that error in such a race.test/package.jsonwould make typeorm's optionalrequire("better-sqlite3")resolve in the tests that bundle typeorm. The table above is the hand check.Also not in this PR
oven/bun:distrolesshas nolibstdc++.so.6, so no better-sqlite3 binary loads there.Tests
llvm-symbolizeron a 1.6 GB binary) against a 10 s limit, and they time out in about one run of three here, with or without this change.dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts(29 pass when the crash report cases do not time out),test/v8/v8.test.ts(87 pass, 1 skip),test/napi/napi.test.ts(224 pass, 2 skip, 1 timeout: "should crash on duplicate hooks" needs 12.8 s to symbolize its expected abort, limit 10 s).no test proof · iteration 8 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/process/dlopen-duplicate-load.test.ts