[robobun]

Part of #28760.

Problem

• assert.deepStrictEqual({ count: 1 }, reactive({ count: ref(1) })) (Vue 3.5) throws on Bun 1.4.1 to 1.4.4 and passes on Node.
• Bun__deepEquals (bindings.cpp:1522 on main) reads the first value with [[Get]] and the second from its own slot (node compat batch: callback-throw dispatch, Assert class + native deep-equality parity, Intl gate + URL/buffer fallout, compile cache, watch kill-signal, profilers (+98 tests) #34660). Node does the reverse.
• It walks Set and Map entries a second time with operands exchanged (bindings.cpp:1189).

Fix

• NodeObjEquiv::ownPropertiesEqual and arrayElementsEqual are Node's key and element loops.
• setsEqual and mapsEqual are Node's setEquiv and mapEquiv: own keys, then each pair of entries once.
• Verified: test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts (466 of 1,887 tests fail on main). CI also runs 600 seeded pairs under Node 26.12.1.
• Self-reviewed four times: 132 concerns raised, 121 addressed.

Background

• A Proxy's get and getOwnPropertyDescriptor traps can differ, so Node's answer depends on the trap it calls and on the argument order.
• Considered a second [[Get]] when a Proxy answered (two traps per key, Node calls one), and a second entry walk (some unequal Sets equal).

Downsides

• Pass to throw, as on Node: assert.deepStrictEqual(store.$state, { name, count }) for a Pinia store with another key order.
• Slower: a literal against a Proxy with a get trap by 56%. Unequal Maps with the same 1,000 object keys: 1,280 to 190,603 instructions. Binary: up to +76 KB.
• Not as Node, for a maintainer to decide: an entry that both operands hold pairs with itself. new Set([o, { ...o }]) equals a second such Set. One contrived Map pair that Node accepts throws.

Notes

Commits. The first moves deep-equal.test.ts from bun:test to node:test and node:assert, with no test added, removed or renamed (478 tests, green on main and on Node). The second is the change to the reads, 845 tests and the seeded fixture. The third adds bench rows. The fourth adds rows for an array with a hole at its end against a Proxy of a shorter array. The fifth is the walk of Set and Map entries, with its tests, and the sixth its bench rows. The seventh shortens two comments of the fifth. A merge of main 2596ac5 is between the third and the fourth.

Set and Map entries (the fifth and sixth commits, after a review note on 1c99b62). "Before" in this section is 1c99b62 with main 2596ac5 merged, and "this head" has the same merge, so the two builds differ in these commits only.

What the note found. a = Object.defineProperty([1, 0, 3], 1, { get: () => 2, enumerable: false }) and b = [1, , 3] are equal on Node as (a, b) and not as (b, a). With the reads of this PR, Bun gives the same two answers. Inside a Set or a Map it then answered false for (a, b), where Node and Bun 1.4.4 say true. The cause is old (#34660): for two Sets or two Maps, Bun__deepEquals ran the whole entry walk a second time with the operands exchanged, so a pair of entries had to be equal in both argument orders. On 1.4.4 that already shows for a pair that is order-dependent there: o = Object.create(Object.prototype, { constructor: { value: function X() {} } }) against {} is equal as (o, {}) bare and not equal inside a Set.

It was worse than the note's rows. With more order-dependent pairs, the second walk also made unequal Sets equal: util.isDeepStrictEqual(new Set([[1, , 3], [1, , 3]]), new Set([[1, , 3], h])) with h = Object.defineProperty([1, 2, 3], 1, { enumerable: false }) was true at 1c99b62. It is false on Node and on Bun 1.4.4. So a line under Downsides was not enough. The second walk is also what 1.4.0 brought to Sets and Maps: a getter inside an entry is read 2, 4, 8, 16 and 512 times under 0, 1, 2, 3 and 8 nested Sets (1.3.14 and Node: twice).

What changes. On Node's two entry points (util.isDeepStrictEqual, assert.deepStrictEqual and what calls them) the Set and Map arms of specialObjectsDequal call NodeObjEquiv::setsEqual or mapsEqual and return that answer.

• The own enumerable keys come first, index keys too. A collection with no own property skips this by a test of its structure. Two collections of one structure (two instances of a class with fields) take the walk by slot that two such plain objects take in Bun__deepEquals. Any other pair lists its keys (listOwnKeys and ownPropertiesEqual).
• Then the entries, as Node's setEquiv, compareSmallSets, setObjectEquiv, mapEquiv and mapObjectEquiv walk them in strict mode. Every comparison is (entry of the first operand, entry of the second). An entry of the second operand that the first does not hold becomes a candidate. Each entry of the first then claims one candidate: the first open one, then the last, then the others from the back. A claimed candidate is gone.
• The arm no longer answers "compare the own properties", so the dispatch does not ask it again with the operands exchanged. The dispatch and the five other instantiations (Bun.deepEquals, expect(), loose assert.deepEqual) keep their code: llvm-objdump of the five Bun__deepEquals and the five specialObjectsDequal of those modes shows 0 differing lines between the two release builds.
• A pair of entries joins the pair stack, as a pair of properties does. On the strict entry points a Set or a Map that holds itself is equal to a copy of the same shape. Since 1.4.0 it is a RangeError wherever it is (on 1.3.14 only inside another Set or Map). "Values that hold themselves" below says what that stack does not answer as Node does.
• The Error arm takes its names from the first Error. Inside a Set or a Map the second walk covered the other direction. On Node's entry points the arm now answers false where the second Error has an own name that only it lists, which is Node's test of the keys (#L1022-L1024). That changes bare pairs too, to Node's answer: e = new Error(); e.message = 'x' against f = new Error('x'); f.name = 'Error' (keys ['message'] and ['name']) is equal on 1.4.4 and at 1c99b62.

Two differences from Node, on purpose. Both are about an entry that the two operands hold (one object in both). In both, Node answered as Bun does through v22.15.0: nodejs/node#57648 (v22.16.0 and v24.0.0) brought compareSmallSets, and a strict walk that compares a key with itself as two objects. Deno 2.9.6 has a port of Node's file and Node's answers. Each difference is marked "Not as node" at its lines in NodeObjEquiv.cpp, and rows hold Bun's answer. A maintainer who wants Node's answers here too can say so: that is about 50 lines less (the two guarded reads in smallSetsEqual, the lookup block with the twins list in mapsEqual), and a comparison of a key with itself that reads it as two objects.

1. Sets of two members. After a member that both Sets hold, compareSmallSets compares a member of the first Set with the undefined that it reads past the end of its iterator (#L748, #L753). With o = { a: 1 }, Node 26.12.1 calls new Set([o, { a: 1 }]) not equal to a second such Set, and new Set([undefined, o]) equal to new Set([o, { a: 1 }]). Bun 1.3.14 to 1.4.4 answer the opposite, which is right for plain values, and so does this PR. At those two reads, and only where the second Set holds the member in question, that member is its own partner, as it is in Node's walk of larger Sets. Every other read of two small Sets is Node's, also when a getter empties a Set during the walk.
2. Map keys. Node looks up no key that is an object, so a key that both Maps hold is a candidate like any other. The walk compares it with the candidates before it, and with itself as two objects. Two Maps with the same two Promises, or the same WeakMap and WeakSet, as keys are not equal on Node 26. Two Maps that share 1,000 object keys take 199 µs on Node 26.12.1 in the same order and 34.4 ms in another order (Bun 1.4.4: 24 µs and 25 µs). Here a key that both Maps hold with deep-equal values is its own partner and no candidate. That is the rule that Node has for a member that both Sets hold (#L764, #L712). A key with two unequal values stays a candidate, as on Node.

What the second difference costs in answers. The other keys meet the candidates in another order than on Node. That changes an answer only where a key is equal to another key in one argument order. With g = [1, <hidden getter 2>] and h = [1, <hole>], new Map([[o, 2], [g, 1], [h, 1]]) against new Map([[h, 1], [g, 1], [o, 2]]) is equal on Node, on Bun 1.4.4 and at 1c99b62, and not equal here. With a copy of o in place of the one o it is equal here too. Counts against Node 26.12.1 on Maps of one to three entries (1,843,860 pairs: every pair of Maps of one and of two entries, and 300,000 seeded pairs of three entries. The keys are four objects that both Maps hold, five kinds that are made anew, 1 and null. The values are 1, 2 and { a: 1 }):

Keys in the pair	Pairs	This PR differs	Before	Bun 1.4.4
no order-dependent key, no Promise in both	520,654	0	7,747	7,747
an order-dependent key (g, h), no Promise in both	1,231,228	498	25,219	24,532
one Promise in both	91,978	31,080	27,557	27,938

In the second row 129 pairs are equal on Node and not equal here, and 369 the other way. In the third row every differing pair is not equal on Node and equal here. The same for Sets (319,188 pairs): this PR differs on 19 (each not equal on Node and equal here), before 5,376, Bun 1.4.4 9,709.

A reference that is not Node. Two Sets or two Maps of plain values are equal where their sorted entries are. deep-equal.test.ts holds every pair of Sets of up to three members and of Maps of up to two entries, over undefined, 1, two objects that both operands hold, copies of them and one other object, against that answer (105,959 pairs of one size). Wrong answers: this PR 0, Node 26.12.1 6 (each pair with one object in both Sets), Bun 1.4.4 936, before 936. Under Node the test accepts a wrong answer only where both operands hold one object.

Answers against Node 26.12.1 (util.isDeepStrictEqual). The eight arrays are [1, 2, 3], [1, <hole>, 3], [1, undefined, 3], and [1, x, 3] where x is a hidden getter, a hidden 2, a 2 on the prototype, a hidden undefined, or a hole behind a Proxy. The eight positions are bare, in an array, in an object, Set member, Map value, Map key, a Set in a Set, a Map key in a Map.

Corpus	Size	Bun 1.4.4 differs	Before	Now
The note's pair in the eight positions, both orders	16	8	5	0
Every pair of the eight arrays in the eight positions	512	128	40	0
Every pair of two-member Sets, two-key Maps and two-value Maps of them	12,288	2,952	1,856	0
Every pair of three-member Sets of them	262,144	73,576	68,968	0
The seeded fixture, stream collections (seeds 1, 500000, 9000000)	420,000 lines		141,276	0
The seeded fixture without it (the same seeds)	420,000 lines		0	0

• The fixture prints the answer and every getter and trap that ran, so its lines also hold the order and the number of reads. Of the 141,276 lines that differ before, 34,401 differ in the answer. CI runs 100 pairs of this stream: before, 67 of its 200 lines differ, 19 of them in the answer.
• The fixture without the collections argument prints what it printed at 1c99b62, byte for byte (checked on 120,000 lines), so the numbers of the earlier commits stand.
• Node's own test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js (v26.12.1) is not in the tree. With every assertion recorded and none fatal, it makes 596 calls of assert.deepStrictEqual and assert.notDeepStrictEqual. The answer for the operands of a call differs from Node's on 17 of them on Bun 1.4.4, on 15 before, and on 3 now. The 12 that these commits settle are all in its test "es6 Maps and Sets". The 3 that are left are Error pairs: line 1292 (two objects with the prototype of an Error and a changed Symbol.toStringTag) and line 1312 (AggregateError, both orders, node:assert, node:util: compare the errors of an Error like Node #35495). The file as it is still fails under bun test, on loose assert.deepEqual lines and on message text.

A Set or a Map that changes during the comparison. Where no entry is in both operands, Bun follows Node read for read, also past the end of a Set of two that a getter empties. Code of the program can put more entries into the first operand than the second has for partners. Node then reads outside its list of candidates: it throws a TypeError, or takes a candidate that has a partner (a Set of four is then equal to a Set of three). Bun answers not equal, as 1.4.4 does. On 3,000 seeded Sets and Maps with a getter that adds, removes or clears: this PR differs from Node on 147 (133 are Node's TypeError, 14 a candidate that Node takes twice), 1.4.4 on 2,121.

Values that hold themselves. Bun takes two values for equal where it met the same two together before on the way from the roots (the rule of Jest, bindings.cpp:1088 on main). Entries now follow that rule too, where they followed none. Node's rule is another one, and it depends on the depth and on whether the process has seen a comparison throw. Rows hold what follows:

• Same shape: equal on both. A Set that holds a Set that holds itself, against a Set that holds such a Set one level deeper: not equal on both (a RangeError on 1.4.4).
• Cycles that close on another ancestor (Set { x { y { x } } } against Set { x { y { y } } }, also as a Map value and a Map key): equal on Node, not equal here, a RangeError on 1.4.4. Two plain objects of that shape are not equal on main either.
• Three Sets that each hold the other two, filled in another order: not equal on Node, equal here, a RangeError on 1.4.4.
• new Set([m]) against new Set([new Set([new Set([m])])]), where m holds a Set that holds itself: equal on Node and on Bun 1.3.14 to 1.4.4, not equal here. On 1.4.4 the comparison has no memory of its way and ends at the one m. This is the one class found that answered before, as Node does, and no longer does.
• An object that is its own next against an object whose next is such an object, as a Set member, a Map value or a Map key: not equal on Node and here, equal on 1.4.4.

Reads. A getter inside an entry now runs twice at every depth, as on Node. Three members are read first1 second1 first2 second2 first3 second3 (24 reads before).

Instructions per call (util.isDeepStrictEqual, release builds, one counter of instructions:u through perf_event_open: the slope between n and 3n calls, median of 5 runs).

Pair	Before	This head
{ a: 1, b: { c: 2 } }	2,352	2,363
the same through Bun.deepEquals strict / through expect().toEqual	4,117 / 2,526	4,115 / 2,528
two RegExps	2,014	2,019
two Errors with one own key	8,373	8,448
two Errors with 8 own keys, same order / reversed	13,259 / 13,624	13,398 / 15,130
two Errors with 64 own keys, same order / reversed	51,281 / 51,631	52,258 / 64,060
two Errors with 1,000 own keys	664,005	679,022
Sets of 96 strings	33,416	16,668
Maps of 96 string keys	45,597	19,923
Sets of 2 equal objects	8,979	3,854
a Set of one object that both hold and a copy of it / of 1 and an object	4,309 / 4,539	3,956 / 2,787
Sets of 16 equal objects, same order	322,351	23,456
the same, second Set reversed / in another order	322,396 / 322,262	24,588 / 66,398
Maps of 16 equal object keys	323,378	26,503
Sets of 1,000 equal objects, same order	1,166,440,303	1,387,250
the same, second Set in another order	1,166,435,887	297,797,606
Maps of 1,000 equal object keys, second Map in another order	1,162,606,838	302,523,625
8 nested Sets	716,795	13,045
a Set of 8 objects with an own property	87,356	12,372
two instances of class extends Set with 0 / 1 / 4 / 16 fields	2,320 / 2,424 / 2,718 / 5,687	1,499 / 1,758 / 2,097 / 5,305
two instances of class extends Map { #cache; max; ttl; name }	2,287	1,874
Maps that share 1,000 object keys, same order / another order	440,978 / 441,350	190,217 / 190,815
rise: Sets of 16 objects with no equal member	19,814	23,373
rise: Maps that share 1,000 object keys, the first value differs	1,280	190,603
rise: the same, a value in the middle differs	112,309	189,357
rise: the same, every value differs	1,272	1,538,731

• The spread of the five runs of a row is under 3.5% of its median. The rows that these commits do not touch move by 11 instructions at most.
• An entry needs n comparisons in all where the two collections have the same order or the opposite one, and about n * n / 4 in another order, as on Node. Before, it is n * n in every order.
• The rows that rise answer "not equal". The first collects its candidates before it compares one. The others walk every entry: an entry under a key with two values can have a partner under another key, which main does not look for (it calls new Map([[o, 1], [{ ...o }, 2]]) and new Map([[o, 2], [{ ...o }, 1]]) not equal, Node calls them equal). Where every value differs, every key is a candidate, and the walk is Node's.
• Bun.deepEquals and expect() do not move: Sets of 96 strings through expect().toEqual 17,198 and 17,193, two Errors through Bun.deepEquals 7,128 and 7,126.
• Allocations in one comparison (gdb breakpoints on the mi_malloc family, warm call 301): Sets of 8 / 9 / 16 / 96 equal objects 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 before and 0 / 1 / 1 / 4 now. A Set of 8 objects with an own property, and two instances of a class with 4 fields: 0 before and now. Two Errors with 8 keys: 2 before and now, 4 now where the keys are in another order. The list of candidates holds 8 in place.
• Stack: nested Sets compare to a depth of 4,755 before a RangeError, nested Maps to 4,755, nested arrays to 10,430. Before, the walk of 24 nested Sets takes 4.5 s (15 µs now).
• Release text: +9,600 bytes over the build before (size), the stripped binary +12,288 bytes (138,152,208 to 138,164,496). nm -S: mapsEqual 4,722, setsEqual 3,246, smallSetsEqual 856, ownKeysEqual 3,618 in two parts, one copy of each lookup (1,152, 1,158 and 1,334) and four thunks of 47. The two Node instantiations of specialObjectsDequal shrink from 4,554 to 1,105 each. specialObjectsDequalSlow, which all seven instantiations share, grows from 10,097 to 11,446 for the names of an Error. The +76 KB under Downsides is the +64.0 KB that CI's size check gave at most for the first three commits, plus these.
• bench/snippets/assert.mjs, median of 5 interleaved rounds (before / this head / Node 26.12.1): Sets of 96 strings 1.67 µs / 847 ns / 519 ns. Maps of 96 string keys 2.46 µs / 1.14 µs / 1.74 µs. Sets of 16 objects 16.14 µs / 1.22 µs / 2.72 µs. Sets of 1,000 objects in the same order 54.14 ms / 68.5 µs / 159.9 µs, and in another order 54.35 ms / 14.32 ms / 34.16 ms. Maps of 1,000 object keys the same (52.30 ms / 80.9 µs / 199.3 µs, and 54.75 ms / 14.16 ms / 36.14 ms). 8 nested Sets 46.36 µs / 952 ns / 1.34 µs. Maps that share 1,000 object keys 29.79 µs / 10.30 µs / 199.2 µs, and in another order 30.86 µs / 11.83 µs / 34.42 ms. Two instances of a class that extends Set, with 4 fields, 245 ns / 180 ns / 372 ns. Errors with 8 keys 945 ns / 922 ns / 678 ns, in another order 976 ns / 1.08 µs / 863 ns. Four rows rise, all notDeepStrictEqual: Sets of 16 objects 996 ns / 1.20 µs / 2.54 µs, and Maps that share 1,000 object keys with another first value 88 ns / 10.91 µs / 164.7 µs, another value in the middle 7.23 µs / 10.39 µs / 178.3 µs, and all other values 86 ns / 78.07 µs / 157.0 µs. The 21 rows of the earlier commits move between -7.2% and +4.5% in the same rounds, which is the noise of this machine: the instruction counts of their paths do not move.

Tests. deep-equal.test.ts has 1,887 tests (1,323 before these commits). 165 of them fail on the build before, and 466 on main.

• A case where Bun is known to differ from Node now holds Bun's answer ("reports equal", "reports not equal"), where it was an expected failure that any failure satisfied. That is so for every such case of the file, those of the earlier commits too.
• Pins that are gone: a Map and a Set that hold a Proxy, the getter that pushes, the own keys of a Map before its entries, two Errors that each hide the key that the other lists.
• Pins that are new: the differences from Node above, the cycles above, and a Set or a Map that gains entries during the walk.
• 67 one-clause changes to the new code: 54 make a test fail, 13 change speed only (early exits of the small-Set walk and of an empty collection, the one-entry Map and the lone candidate, the walk by slot of one structure, the same-position test of Error names).
• A test empties the second collection of 40 entries from a getter, collects, and makes 500 objects: the walk's own lists are then the only roots of the entries.
• BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 on the file: no report. The file passes under node --test on Node 26.12.1 (1,884 tests).

Left as they are.

• Loose assert.deepEqual, Bun.deepEquals and expect() keep their walk of entries: one entry can be the partner of several (Bun.deepEquals(new Set([[1], [1]]), new Set([[1], [2]]), true) is true), a cycle through entries below the root is a RangeError, and n objects take n * n comparisons (18 ms for two Sets of 1,000 equal objects through expect().toEqual, 65 µs (50 ms before) through assert.deepStrictEqual). So a pair can now pass assert.deepStrictEqual and fail assert.deepEqual. deepEquals: match a Map entry on its key and value together #44636 is open on those arms.
• The other arms that answer "compare the own properties" (Date, RegExp, ArrayBuffer, boxed primitives) still run twice for a pair of one type, in all seven instantiations. Nothing that they compare depends on the order.
• assert.partialDeepStrictEqual has a walk of its own (assert.partialDeepStrictEqual: settle Set members and Map keys by lookup instead of rescanning per entry #38554).
• The size of a Set or a Map comes from the collection, and has, get and the iteration are the built-in ones. Node calls the methods of the object.
• The walk is still a mode of the walker that expect() uses. Most of the strict rows that are pinned come from code that the two share (the Error arm, the pair stack, the dispatch for WeakMap, WeakSet and Promise). A walker of its own for Node's rules (the "NodeDeepEquals" of the review of node compat batch: callback-throw dispatch, Assert class + native deep-equality parity, Intl gate + URL/buffer fallout, compile cache, watch kill-signal, profilers (+98 tests) #34660) would remove them. It is not in this PR.

Issues and other PRs.

• assert.deepEqual / deepStrictEqual does not throw for unequal Sets #28760 (unequal Sets pass): its strict repro throws since 1.4.0. The same class with three members (new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 2 }]) against new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 2 }])) passes on 1.4.4 and throws here. Its loose repro is unchanged.
• Bun test toEqual incorrect comparison of maps with referential keys. #34830 (toEqual on Maps with two equal RegExp keys): through assert.deepStrictEqual such Maps are equal here and not on 1.4.4. toEqual is unchanged (deepEquals: match a Map entry on its key and value together #44636).
• deepEquals: compare a same-typed pair once, and pair Set and Map entries as node does #45457 (a draft): this walk takes the place of its walk of Set and Map entries on Node's entry points, and of its Error commit. What it has more is a dispatch change for all seven instantiations.
• node v26 compat, combined: CLI flags, async_hooks ids, deep-equality fidelity, console/util/dns/path fixes and 35 upstream tests #35391 (a draft) pairs entries on the same two arms in commit 280e3d6, with a scan of a list where this walk has Node's order of probes.
• deepEquals: match a Map entry on its key and value together #44636 works on the same two arms for the other entry points, and on the same test file. The one that lands second has pins to update.
• assert.partialDeepStrictEqual: settle Set members and Map keys by lookup instead of rescanning per entry #38554 has a second copy of the walk over candidates (PendingEntries.h), for partial mode. The one that lands second can use the other's.
• node:assert, node:util: compare the errors of an Error like Node #35495 edits the same end of the Error arm.

A length that only a Proxy hid. util.isDeepStrictEqual([1, ,], new Proxy([1], {})) is true on Bun 1.4.1 and 1.4.4, and assert.deepStrictEqual passes. It is false on Node 26.3.0 and 26.12.1, on Bun 1.3.14 and 1.4.0, and here. Since 1.4.1 a Proxy of an array is compared as its target, and that path did not compare the lengths: a hole at the end has no key, so nothing else differed. Bun 1.3.14 and 1.4.0 were right only because they called every array unequal to every Proxy. proxiedArraysEqual reads both lengths first. Three rows pin it ([1, <hole>] and a Proxy of [1], [<hole>] and a Proxy of [], a Proxy on both sides), with [1, <hole>] and a Proxy of [1, <hole>] as the equal control.

The AOT pull requests. #47942 is on main since 2596ac5, and this branch has that main merged. The two conflict hunks of point 1 are resolved as point 1 says. On that compiler test/cli/test/test-aot-deep-equality.test.ts passes, and test/aot/run-parallel.ts passes the stored program in both of its builds (what point 3 left open). The five points are as they were written before the merge.

1. AOT: hangs, wrong answers, failed builds; bun test --aot follows #44833's mocks #47605 and AOT: front end, test runs and tests for the rewritten compiler #47942 (the second holds the first's changes to these files) turn the compiled-object walk to creation order. A trial merge gives one conflict hunk in each of two files: the template<...> line of compareCompiledObjectProperties (they add bool sameIsEqual to the signature below it) and its call in bindings.cpp. Keep both sides: template<bool isStrict, bool nodeKeyOrder, typename CompareValues> with bool sameIsEqual, and <isStrict, checkPrototypes>(.., sameIsEqual, ..).
2. The Node-mode block does not depend on the order that the walk lists keys in. I ran the stored program with main's walk and with the creation-order walk (forEachOwnPropertyAsCreated, which main's engine already exports, one line changed locally and not committed): it prints what plain Bun prints under both.
3. Not checked: the stored program has run on main's engine only. It has not run on the compiler of AOT: front end, test runs and tests for the rewritten compiler #47942, which rewrites test/aot. If AOT: front end, test runs and tests for the rewritten compiler #47942 lands first, I rebase the two lines and run the program on its compiler.
4. require.cache is a Proxy in Bun, and its getOwnPropertyDescriptor trap reports no value (src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts:330 and :421 since AOT: front end, test runs and tests for the rewritten compiler #47942). Node's loop reads the first value from its descriptor once the key orders differ, so util.isDeepStrictEqual(require.cache, copyWithReversedKeys, true) is true on Node and on main and false here. The two cells with the cache as second value go the other way (wrong on main, right here). A test pins the wrong cell as an expected failure. To report the module is a change of its own, outside this PR. It has a limit: require.cache: listing or probing keys no longer creates a namespace object per ES module #42417 made this trap create nothing for an ES module that nothing read through the cache, so it can report only a module that the cache already holds, such as a loaded CommonJS module.
5. assert.partialDeepStrictEqual is not in this PR. An earlier draft moved it onto the same reader, and that made assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(require.cache, { [file]: module }) throw. It follows once 4 is in.

Open PRs that this one replaces or overlaps.

• node:assert: compare a proxied array's length through its get trap #41221 (the length of a proxied array through its get trap) is covered and can close when this merges. Its rows are in the test file. Implement Node's deep equality algorithm for node:assert #33068 is a JS port of Node's algorithm for all three modes: its strict answers are here, its loose and partial ones are not.
• Read array index accessors in deepEquals instead of treating them as holes #37797: its node:assert half (an element that is a getter is read) is here, with the two reads per operand that Node makes. Its test "once per side" is not Node's count. Its Bun.deepEquals and expect() half stays.
• Make deepEquals and toEqual compare built-in constructors, mocks and callable Proxies by identity #38334: its strict half (a function is equal to itself only) is here. Bun.deepEquals, expect() and loose mode stay with it.
• Make loose deepEquals reject a non-enumerable match in either argument order #41540 rewrites the same loop with the read pattern that Background rejects.
• node v26 compat, combined: CLI flags, async_hooks ids, deep-equality fidelity, console/util/dns/path fixes and 35 upstream tests #35391 (an open draft of cirospaciari) works on this function for loose mode, and pairs Set and Map entries on Node's entry points in commit 280e3d6 (the section on Set and Map entries). Its note on WeakMap, WeakSet and Promise is in the list of sites left alone.

Issues. #28760 and #34830 are reports on Set and Map entries: the section on them says what changes for each. No issue reports the reads of a Proxy. That part came out of a differential run against Node. On real objects of Vue 3.5.45 and Pinia 4.1.0 (70 assertions, with MobX 7.1.4, Valtio 2.3.2 and Immer 11.2.9 beside them), the assertions that differ from Node 26.12.1 are: Bun 1.3.14 51, Bun 1.4.0 53, Bun 1.4.4 and main 10, this PR 0. The 10 are all Vue reactive or readonly objects that hold a ref or a computed, and the $state of a Pinia setup store: 8 throw where Node passes, 2 pass where Node throws. MobX, Valtio and Immer objects already compare as on Node. Related only: #9103 reports a Vue reactive array under expect().toStrictEqual, which is another walk that this PR does not change (#45251, #47736 and #47858 are open on it). The repro of #28647 passes before and after.

Repro (no dependency, the Proxy unwraps a ref the way a Vue reactive object does):

import assert from "node:assert";
import util from "node:util";
const ref = value => ({ isRef: true, value });
const reactive = target =>
  new Proxy(target, {
    get(t, k, r) {
      const v = Reflect.get(t, k, r);
      return v !== null && typeof v === "object" && v.isRef === true ? v.value : v;
    },
  });
const lying = () => new Proxy({ a: 1 }, { get: (t, k, r) => (k === "a" ? 2 : Reflect.get(t, k, r)) });
const r = () => reactive({ count: ref(1), name: "x" });
assert.deepStrictEqual(r(), r()); // (1)
assert.deepStrictEqual({ a: 1 }, lying()); // (2)
util.isDeepStrictEqual({ a: 1 }, lying()), util.isDeepStrictEqual(lying(), { a: 1 }); // (3)
assert.deepStrictEqual(r(), { name: "x", count: 1 }); // (4)
assert.deepStrictEqual(new Proxy({ a: 1 }, {}), { a: 1 }); // (5)

Runtime (release binaries, linux x64)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Node 26.3.0, Node 26.12.1	passes	throws	[false, false]	throws	passes
Bun 1.3.14	passes	throws	[false, false]	throws	throws
Bun 1.4.0	throws	throws	[false, false]	throws	throws
Bun 1.4.4, main	throws	passes	[true, false]	passes	passes
this PR	passes	throws	[false, false]	throws	passes

Only (1) is a regression from a release that was right. Up to 1.4.0 Bun rejected every Proxy against a plain object (row 5), so its answers to (2) to (4) were Node's by accident. (2) and (3) are wrong since 1.4.1.

Which Node. The answers are those of Node 26.12.1, the version that Bun reports. The test file passes on Node 26.12.1 and 26.13.0. On 26.3.0 two tests fail, both on the keys of a node:vm global. On 24.22.2 four fail (those two, the Proxy( marker in a message, and a DataView error). On 24.13.1 48 fail: parts of this loop are newer than that release (nodejs/node#61176, first in v24.15.0). In CI the file now runs itself under the Node of the images (nodeExeAtLeast("26.12.1")), so a bump of that Node reruns every expectation.

What changes, stated once. For plain objects, class instances, arrays, Proxies of those, and Sets and Maps that hold them, strict deep equality now lists the keys that Node lists and reads the values that Node reads (get traps and getters), as often and in the same order, and so gives Node's answer. The exceptions are the sites in "left as they are" below. Each key list is what Bun's own [[OwnPropertyKeys]] gives for that object. An answer can still depend on the argument order where Node's does.

What Node does (lib/internal/util/comparisons.js, v26.12.1):

• innerDeepEqual returns false for anything that typeof does not call an object, before it reads anything.
• objectComparisonStart applies the constructor and prototype rule, then compares Symbol.toStringTag: the two values where both are defined, and always for arrays (since v24.15.0, assert,util: improve comparison performance nodejs/node#61176).
• keyCheck takes Object.keys of the second value, then of the first, and compares the counts. Then it adds the enumerable symbol keys of the first and of the second, and compares the counts again. With no key, two arrays are equal where the second has length 0 or answers 0 for size.
• objEquiv walks the second list. While keys1[i] === keys2[i] it compares a[key] with b[key]. After the first difference it takes Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(a, key), needs it to be enumerable, and compares descriptor.writable !== undefined ? descriptor.value : a[key] with b[key]. Arrays pass no keys1, so each of their other keys goes the descriptor way. Then, for i < a.length (read again each time): b[i], then sparseArrayEquiv from the first index that b does not own, else a[i], and both again to compare them.

What the diff does, by read site (checkPrototypes is the template flag of the two Node instantiations):

• Callables: at the head of the Node block, one test of a type flag that every function and every Proxy has. A function or a Proxy of one is equal to itself only, and none of its traps or getters runs.
• Symbol.toStringTag: where an operand is a Proxy, hasUnequalTagSlow compares the two answers as Node does. For a pair of arrays that holds a Proxy the answers are compared after the lengths. Other pairs compare their Object.prototype.toString strings as on main, which is the same rule where the tags are strings or absent.
• Generic walk: listOwnKeys, then ownPropertiesEqual. Two ordinary objects list their keys once each. A Proxy, or another type whose listing can run code, is listed as Node lists it: strings of the second, strings of the first, symbols of the first, symbols of the second. A type with a listing of its own that runs no code (an arguments object, a String object, a compiled object) is listed once, and its symbol keys are moved behind its string keys.
• Two objects of one structure: values are still read by offset. Where the structure can hold a symbol key (!isQuickPropertyAccessAllowedForEnumeration()), string-keyed pairs are compared before symbol-keyed pairs.
• Arrays: arrayElementsEqual, inline in Bun__deepEquals so that nested arrays use one frame per level. It reads an element that is a getter with [[Get]] (main treats it as a hole), reads the length of the first array again for each element, and goes to sparseArraysEqual at the first hole of the second array. That walk keeps the index keys of two arrays as numbers, for every way JavaScriptCore stores an array (after a shift(), frozen, sealed). Only an array behind a Proxy is walked by the names that its ownKeys trap gives.
• The other keys of an array and its size: nodeArrayOtherKeysEqual, entered only for an array with a property of its own or with another prototype than Array.prototype of the realm. No other array has another key or an answer for size, unless size is put on Array.prototype.
• Arrays that hold a Proxy: proxiedArraysEqual, the same element loop with a trap for every read. It reads length with [[Get]], then the tags, asks a Proxy for no descriptor of an index, and with no other key reads length and size of the second array once more.
• Named keys of typed arrays, DataViews and the like: nonIndexOwnPropertiesEqual calls the reader with no keys1.
• internalBinding('util').getOwnNonIndexProperties (UtilInspect.cpp) and the Proxy arm share one lister, Bun::getOwnNonIndexPropertyNames.
• Compiled objects (BunCompiledObjectEquality.h, the objects of a program built with --aot): the walk lists the own enumerable data properties of both objects, which runs no code. Then, in Node mode: (a) two objects that list the same keys are paired in Node's order, string keys before symbol keys. (b) In another key order, where no key holds two different objects, main's pairing stays: no comparison can run code of the program, so the order cannot show. (c) Otherwise ownPropertiesEqual runs over the keys that the walk listed, and reads each value when it compares it.
• The read that node compat batch: callback-throw dispatch, Assert class + native deep-equality parity, Intl gate + URL/buffer fallout, compile cache, watch kill-signal, profilers (+98 tests) #34660 added for the second value (its own-property slot, so that an inherited key could not stand in for an own one) is gone. Node has that guarantee on the first value, and the reader keeps it there.

Measurements. Release builds of main b1305dd and of this PR. perf and valgrind cannot be installed in my container. Instruction counts come from one counter (instructions:u through perf_event_open, inherited by threads): the slope between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 util.isDeepStrictEqual calls, median of 5 runs, PR minus main per call. Two builds of the same source differ by up to 60 on a row, so smaller numbers are noise.

Pair	main	PR minus main
8 keys, one structure	2,320	+9
8 keys, one structure, a symbol key	2,342	-25
8 keys, one structure, a non-enumerable key	2,188	-39
two such objects inside a third	5,769	+101
8 keys, JSON.parse output and a literal	5,957	-518
32 keys, JSON.parse output and a literal	19,393	-2,235
8 keys, reversed key order	5,946	-448
32 keys, reversed key order	19,223	-2,007
[1, 2, 3]	2,151	-669
[1, 2, 3] with 1 named key	2,694	-212
[1, 2, 3] with 8 named keys	6,179	-457
two RegExp match arrays	5,194	-133
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8]]	9,550	-2,898
[1, , 3, , 5]	2,573	-414
[1, , 3, , 5] with 1 named key	3,117	+1,309
an Array subclass instance of 3 elements	2,185	-150
Uint8Array(3)	4,618	+18
Uint8Array(3) with 8 named keys	8,983	-262
two RegExps	1,984	+40
{ test, exclude, use } with two RegExps	5,187	+101
two arguments objects, strict and sloppy	3,497 and 2,890	+54 and +87
two Dates	1,182	+10
8 keys, a literal and a Proxy of one	10,563	+3,335
8 keys, two Proxies	16,018	+3,830
8 keys, a literal and a Proxy with a get trap	11,053	+6,179
8 keys, two Proxies with a get trap	20,136	+6,997
1,000 elements, one hole	198,605	-58,797
1,000 elements after a shift(), one hole	198,614	-89,033
100 frozen elements	38,184	+3,871
100 frozen elements, one hole	38,087	+22,650
1,000 elements, the second behind a Proxy with no trap	1,589,084	+37,226
1,000 elements, both behind Proxies with no trap	2,398,281	+460,952
1,000 elements, the second behind a get trap	1,582,732	+1,256,817

• The rows that cost more are the ones where Node's own calls run: two ownKeys calls for each Proxy, a get trap twice per element, a second read of the named keys after a hole. A frozen array keeps its elements in a map, and each read of one is a lookup.
• Every object pair pays the flag test at the head of the Node block, about 7 instructions.
• Nesting depth before a RangeError (main thread): nested arrays and nested objects 10,752 on main and 10,368 here. Arrays behind Proxies 10,624 and 7,392. Node 26.12.1: 1,272.
• Wall clock from bench/snippets/assert.mjs, per call, one run each (Node 26.12.1 / Bun 1.3.14 / main / PR): parsed and literal 230 / 226 / 482 / 401 ns. Different key order 344 / 222 / 474 / 408 ns. Arrays 129 / 118 / 112 / 85 ns. Arrays with holes and a named key 526 / 118 / 163 / 240 ns. 1e6 elements and one hole 104.6 / 10.1 / 9.7 / 7.5 ms. 1,000 elements after a shift(), one hole 23.7 / 9.5 / 8.9 / 5.3 µs. RegExps 198 / 57 / 193 / 174 ns. A literal and a Proxy with a get trap 1.8 µs / (throws) / 812 ns / 1.4 µs. 1,000 elements behind a get trap 247.5 µs / (throws) / 127.1 / 248.8 µs.
• Release text (nm -S): the two Node instantiations 17,621 to 20,228 and 13,255 to 15,651 bytes. New: sparseArraysEqual 4,718, proxiedArraysEqual 3,285, proxiedArrayOtherKeysEqual 2,588, nodeArrayOtherKeysEqual 2,293 twice, hasUnequalTagSlow 859, moveSymbolKeysLast 1,290, listOwnKeysSlow 584, the shared lister 1,278 (the host function that held it shrinks by 307). The compiled-object walk in Node mode 2,334 to 4,813, twice. The five other instantiations of Bun__deepEquals are 5,242, 5,682, 5,825, 5,030 and 5,985 bytes on both builds. .text grows by 32,384 bytes and the stripped binary by 32,768 (140,478,752 to 140,511,520) in my builds.
• CI's size check against main's build 137822, for the two heads that CI built: Linux x64 +36.0 KB, Linux arm64 +0.0 KB, musl x64 +32.0 KB, musl arm64 +64.0 KB, macOS x64 +32.1 KB, macOS arm64 +32.3 and +16.1 KB, Windows x64 +32.0 KB, Windows arm64 +27.5 and +22.5 KB, FreeBSD x64 and arm64 +32.0 KB, Android x64 +36.0 KB, Android arm64 +64.0 KB.
• test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts prints in CI what a compiled hello world maps: 68,154,419 bytes for both heads and 68,113,459 on main (+40,960, under the bound of 68,440,000). With --trim: 25,986,099 on main, then 25,986,099 and 25,990,195 for the two heads. The builds of other PRs on the same day print 25,969,779 to 25,998,323. That test is red on main: its bound is 25,880,000.

Under --compile --aot, the same counter on an executable that calls util.isDeepStrictEqual on two object literals, beside plain Bun on the same file:

Pair of compiled objects	--aot main	PR minus main	plain main	plain PR
8 keys, same order	4,196	-105	2,319	2,331
8 keys, reversed order, no object inside	4,886	+83	5,952	5,504
8 keys, reversed order, one object that both share	4,744	+137	5,963	5,515
4 keys that each hold an object, same order	9,801	+38	5,811	5,879
4 keys that each hold an object, reversed order	10,203	+2,007	7,927	7,968
an API response of 3 levels, same order	14,866	-1,205	10,106	9,043
the same, reordered at each level	16,590	+2,638	19,126	17,795

• The two rows that cost more (+20% and +16%) are case (c): two different objects under one key, in another key order. Node's loop then reads by name through the method table of the compiled object. The last row makes the executable 8% slower than plain Bun, where main's is 13% faster. Pairing those values from the walk's own snapshot in Node's order would cost nothing, but it reads every value before the first comparison: see "left as they are".

Answers against Node.

• test/js/node/assert/deep-equal-differential-fixture.cjs makes seeded pairs (its header lists what they hold and what they leave out) and prints the answer and every getter and trap that ran. Three corpora (seeds 1, 500000 and 9000000: 200,000 pairs, each in both orders, 400,000 lines): this PR prints Node 26.12.1's line on all of them. Main differs on 147,291 lines, 18,295 of them in the answer. The test runs 500 pairs (2 s on the debug build). A run with 14 one-clause changes to this round's new code: 13 make a test fail, one of them only the seeded test. The 14th changes speed only. With the argument collections (since the fifth commit) the first value of a pair is a Set or a Map: the section on Set and Map entries has its numbers. Without it the fixture prints what it printed before.
• Generated programs under --compile --aot (2,100 pairs with no object inside, 2,400 comparisons of pairs that hold logging Proxies or getters, 64 rows of key orders): plain and compiled print the same, and Node's lines. test/aot/fuzz/generators/python/host-deep-equality.py, seeds 1 to 40 (6,000 rows): plain and compiled print the same. test/aot/fuzz/run.ts --sources by-python --seconds 600: 322 programs, no new finding.
• BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 on deep-equal.test.ts: no unchecked site.

Answers that change with no Proxy involved, all to Node's:

• A getter that deletes a later key: { a: 1, b: undefined } and { get a() { delete this.b; return 1 }, b: 2 }, and the same on the named keys of an array and of a Uint8Array. Node lists the keys before it reads a value.
• { a: 1, b: 2 } and { get a() { throw }, [sym]: 2 }: false, because the string-key counts differ. Main throws the getter's error.
• An array with an element that is a getter: [1, 2, 3] is equal to [1, <getter that answers 2>, 3], and two arrays whose getter elements differ are not equal. Main answers false and true.
• An array whose named getter changes its length, and [1] with x: {} against [2] with a throwing getter x (it throws: the other keys of an array come before its elements).
• Two distinct functions with a throwing constructor getter, a revoked Proxy of a function: false, where main throws.
• Two instances of an Array subclass whose size getter answers 0: equal, whatever they hold. That is Node's val2.size === 0.
• Throw to pass: [<hidden 1>, 2, <hole>, 4] against [<hidden 1>, 2, <hole>, 99]. From the first hole on Node takes the index of the hole for a place in the list of keys. A key before the hole that is not in the list (not enumerable, or inherited) makes it step over a key behind the hole. The port keeps that, as the repository's rule for Node compatibility says.

Read sites in strict mode that this PR leaves as they are. Each has a row or a test in deep-equal.test.ts that is an expected failure on Bun, unless noted.

• Map and Set: the size comes from the collection, where Node reads size, and has, get and the iteration are the built-in ones. An entry that both operands hold is handled in two ways that are not Node's, on purpose (the section on Set and Map entries).
• Values that are read before the first comparison. Two objects of one structure are compared from values that are all read first (the guard of Fix use-after-free in deepEquals when a getter mutates the object mid-comparison #37168, since 1.4.0), and so are two compiled objects that list the same keys. A nested getter or trap that changes a later key of its parent is seen by Node, and by Bun 1.3.14, and not here. Same on main. Under --aot such a program can print differently from plain Bun where plain Bun has two structures.
• Values that hold themselves. Bun answers a pair that it is already comparing from its pair stack, before the keys, and calls it equal only where both were first met together. Node lists the keys first and calls it equal where both are on the path. Two cycles that close at different depths are equal on Node and not here. Same on main.
• Symbol.toStringTag on anything but a Proxy: Bun compares the Object.prototype.toString strings. Node differs where a tag is no string, or where a hidden own tag repeats the built-in name.
• Before the keys, constructor and Symbol.toStringTag are read fewer times than Node reads them, and Node reads href, protocol, auth and path to look for a URL.
• Under --aot, the constructor rule does not read constructor of the second operand where both compiled operands share a structure id (bindings.cpp:1114), so a pair can be equal where plain Bun and Node say not equal. Same on main. No test row here. It needs a fix of its own.
• The own keys of an Error (specialObjectsDequalSlow). node errors: put an own enumerable code on ERR_* errors in one ErrorCodeCache factory #41737 makes code an own property and is open. node:assert, node:util: compare the errors of an Error like Node #35495 touches this arm for errors.
• Other kinds of object (Date, RegExp, boxed primitives, the contents of typed arrays) are compared by arms of their own. For a Proxy of a Map or a Set, Node calls the getPrototypeOf trap and Bun does not. Node turns down a WeakMap, a WeakSet and a Promise as its first value only (node v26 compat, combined: CLI flags, async_hooks ids, deep-equality fidelity, console/util/dns/path fixes and 35 upstream tests #35391 notes it), Bun on either side.
• Key lists that are not Node's: a sloppy arguments object (JavaScriptCore lists an index that is still bound to a parameter first, and where it is not enumerable), and the global of a node:vm context after a declaration (Bun lists the keys of the sandbox first). Node's loop picks [[Get]] or the descriptor from the key order, so two such rows were right on main by accident and are wrong here. The lists need fixes of their own.
• A size on Array.prototype or Object.prototype. No test row.
• Node runs the first comparison of a process that throws a second time.
• The message of an AssertionError for a Proxy operand: Node 26 prints Proxy(...), Bun prints the target, so both sides can read the same ("Values have same structure but are not reference-equal"). util.inspect: print proxies as Proxy(...) and unwrap nested proxies like node v26 #38652 is open on util.inspect.

Not changed (this line was under Downsides): loose assert.deepEqual, Bun.deepEquals, expect(), assert.partialDeepStrictEqual, the keys of an Error but for an own name that only the second Error lists, values that hold themselves but for the entries of Sets and Maps.

Not strict mode, unchanged: loose assert.deepEqual (#23877, a user's confirmed report, and the known differences in docs/runtime/nodejs-compat.mdx), assert.partialDeepStrictEqual (#47675 and #45244 are open on it), Bun.deepEquals and expect() (#9103, #45251, #42238, #37797). The matrix records what loose mode answers for every row: 145 of its 414 loose tests are expected failures on Bun, and no loose answer changes with this PR.

Self-review. Four rounds on four versions of the diff: 32, 42, 29 and 29 concerns. Not done, with the reason:

• The require.cache descriptor and assert.partialDeepStrictEqual (4 and 5 above).
• The Error arm reads the keys of an Error by a walk of its own (node:assert, node:util: compare the errors of an Error like Node #35495 is open on it).
• The values that are read before the first comparison. A walk of two objects of one structure that reads each value when it compares it needs a way back to the reader when a comparison changes the structure. Under --aot a compiled object has no such signal today. Converting one site and not the other would make more programs print differently under --aot.
• Node's rule for values that hold themselves, and its tag rule for objects that are no Proxy: each changes the Node block for every pair, for answers that only contrived values reach.
• A structure walk in Node's key order for two data-only objects of different structures would be faster than the by-name reader (Node takes 230 ns where this PR takes 401 and main 482). It is a speed change with no answer in it.
• Fourth round: a commit of its own for the two differences from Node, on top of a port without them. That port would still not have Node's answers for a key that both Maps hold (the comparison takes one object for equal to itself, Node's strict walk does not), so the choice would not be the revert of one commit. The section on Set and Map entries says what Node's answers need.
• Fourth round: reports to nodejs/node of the answers that changed with assert,util: improve deep object comparison performance nodejs/node#57648. That is for a person to file.
• Fourth round: Node's test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js in the tree. It fails on loose mode and on message text, which this PR does not change.

Found on the way, outside this PR, each for a fix of its own: util.inspect of a class whose static Symbol.toStringTag getter throws (Node prints [class (anonymous)], Bun throws, so assert.deepStrictEqual of two such classes throws a RangeError), the key lists of sloppy arguments objects and of node:vm globals, and the constructor rule under --aot.

Suites run. For the first three commits, on main b1305dd. Debug and ASAN build: test/js/node/assert/ (1,427 pass), 34 vendored files (test-assert*, test-util-isDeepStrictEqual, test-util-inspect*, test-repl-tab-complete*, test-whatwg-url-custom-deepequal), test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals*.test.ts and deep-match.spec.ts, test/js/node/util/node-inspect-tests/, and the stored program under both walks. Release build: test/js/node/assert/, test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js (464 pass), test/js/node/vm/vm.test.ts, test/js/node/util/ (622 pass), test/cli/test/test-aot-deep-equality.test.ts, and test/aot/run-parallel.ts on the stored program, typed-objects/deep-equality/main.ts and library-modules/assertions.js. The stored program prints the same 34 lines on Node 26.12.1 and on this PR, plain and compiled.

For this head, with main 2596ac5 merged. Debug and ASAN build: test/js/node/assert/ (1,991 pass), test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts, deep-equals-temporal.test.ts and deep-match.spec.ts (190 pass), test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js (464 pass), 9 vendored files (test-assert, test-assert-deep-with-error, test-assert-typedarray-deepequal, test-assert-checktag, test-assert-class, test-assert-if-error, test-assert-async, test-util-isDeepStrictEqual, test-whatwg-url-custom-deepequal), test/cli/test/test-aot-deep-equality.test.ts, and test/aot/run-parallel.ts on the stored program. Release build: test/js/node/assert/ (1,993 pass), test/js/node/util/ (622 pass), test/js/node/vm/vm.test.ts (374 pass), test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js with the three bun-object files (653 pass), and test/cli/test/test-aot-deep-equality.test.ts. node --test test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts on Node 26.12.1: 1,884 pass.

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 291 failed, 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts:
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 0 and -0 [60.64ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts NaN and NaN [4.05ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects [0] and [-0] [31.93ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '1' and 1 [6.87ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects ['1'] and [1] [4.65ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '+00000000' and false [3.25ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '' and false [3.25ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects null and undefined [2.96ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects { a: -0 } and { a: 0 } [7.44ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 1n and 1 [4.50ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects new String('a') and 'a' [5.94ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal strings [3.75ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal numbers [4.01ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects boxed -0 and boxed 0 [4.48ms]
(pass) assert.deepS
... (truncated)

release without fix: 2 skipped
bun test v1.4.4-canary.1 (7f2113944)

test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts:
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 0 and -0 [2.16ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts NaN and NaN [0.13ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects [0] and [-0] [4.24ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '1' and 1 [0.35ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects ['1'] and [1] [0.17ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '+00000000' and false [0.13ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '' and false [0.10ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects null and undefined [0.15ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects { a: -0 } and { a: 0 } [0.54ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 1n and 1 [0.16ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects new String('a') and 'a' [0.26ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal strings [0.19ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal numbers [0.19ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects boxed -0 and boxed 0 [0.14ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed booleans [0.05ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed symbols [0.08ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxe
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts:
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 0 and -0 [58.61ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts NaN and NaN [3.73ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects [0] and [-0] [31.05ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '1' and 1 [6.83ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects ['1'] and [1] [4.61ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '+00000000' and false [3.34ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects '' and false [3.26ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects null and undefined [2.95ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects { a: -0 } and { a: 0 } [7.51ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects 1n and 1 [3.94ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects new String('a') and 'a' [5.60ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal strings [3.58ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > accepts two boxed equal numbers [3.98ms]
(pass) assert.deepStrictEqual > rejects boxed -0 and boxed 0 [4.52ms]
(pass) assert.deepS
... (truncated)

release with fix: 2 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 1506ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/420] build.rs build_script_build
[2/420] gen cpp.rs (cppbind)
[3/420] rustc bun_safety 
[4/420] rustc bun_zlib_sys 
[5/420] rustc bun_output 
[6/420] rustc bun_cares_sys 
[7/420] rustc bun_perf 
[8/420] rustc bun_errno 
[9/420] rustc bun_boringssl_sys 
[10/420] rustc bun_picohttp 
[11/420] rustc bun_zstd 
[12/420] rustc bun_base64 
[13/420] rustc bun_clap 
[14/420] rustc bun_brotli 
[15/420] rustc bun_ptr 
[16/420] rustc bun_lsquic_sys 
[17/420] rustc bun_tcc_sys 
[18/420] rustc bun_valkey 
[19/420] rustc bun_text_diff 
[20/420] rustc bun_paths 
[21/420] rustc bun_zlib 
[22/420] rustc bun_collections 
[23/420] rustc bun_url 
[24/420] rustc bun_shell_parser 
[25/420] rustc bun_semver 
[26/420] rustc bun_png 
[27/420] rustc bun_analytics 
[28/420] rustc bun_which 
[29/420] rustc bun_node_path 
[30/420] rustc bun_http_types 
[31/420] rustc bun_tar 
[32/420] gen the table of built-ins
builtins table: operands without uses: none
builtins table: 2103 host entries have a result that is not described; a progra
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

bench/snippets/assert.mjs                          |  153 ++
 src/jsc/bindings/BunCompiledObjectEquality.h       |  110 +-
 src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp                  |  321 +++
 src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.h                    |  167 ++
 src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp                   |   42 +-
 src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.h                     |    5 +
 src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp                      |  189 +-
 ...equality-walks-the-keys-of-its-second-value.cjs |  102 +
 .../assert/deep-equal-differential-fixture.cjs     |  412 ++++
 test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts             | 2581 +++++++++++++++++++-
 10 files changed, 3905 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)

gate history · 2 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 9

evidence per changed file

file                                                      reads  edits  tests
bench/snippets/assert.mjs                                     1      1    139
src/jsc/bindings/BunCompiledObjectEquality.h                  2      2    141
src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp                             2      2    137
src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.h                               3      5    137
src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp                              0      0    137
src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.h                                0      0    137
src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp                                20     11    139
…ct-deep-equality-walks-the-keys-of-its-second-value.cjs      1      2    156
test/js/node/assert/deep-equal-differential-fixture.cjs       0      1    138
test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts                        4     10    137

[robobun]

^{Updated 12:21 PM PT - Nov 8th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit a1d8c4e has 1 failures in Build #138769 (All Failures):

• test/aot/heap-limit.test.ts - pid 32329 segmentation fault on 🐧 3.23 x64

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[robobun]

Status: ready for review. The branch has main 2596ac5 merged (#47942 conflicted in two lines, resolved as the body said). One question for a reviewer is the last bullet under Downsides: in two places an entry that both operands hold is its own partner, as on Bun 1.4.4 and on Node through v22.15.0, and not as on Node 26.

One defect is open on this head, in the review thread on NodeObjEquiv.cpp:660. If a getter puts a key of the first Map into the second Map during the comparison, util.isDeepStrictEqual can call two Maps equal that are not. On three such rows Node 26.12.1 and Bun 1.4.3 answer true, false, false, and this head answers false, true, true. A fix is on the branch robobun/b7864dd1/settled-keys-identity (71e8b70). It is not in this PR, for two reasons. It costs callers who change nothing: about 9% more instructions per call for Maps that share 1,000 object keys, and up to 65% where the shared keys come in another order. It is partial: on 600,000 seeded pairs of Maps that a getter changes, about 11,000 answers differ from Node, and the fix moves 542 of them to Node's answer and 11 away from it. A maintainer has to choose between that cost and a recorded difference.

How I reproduced it, on the released binaries of Bun 1.4.1 to 1.4.4 and on main:

import util from "node:util";
const p = new Proxy({ a: 1 }, { get: (t, k, r) => (k === "a" ? 2 : Reflect.get(t, k, r)) });
console.log(util.isDeepStrictEqual({ a: 1 }, p), util.isDeepStrictEqual(p, { a: 1 }));
// Bun: true false. Node 26.12.1: false false.

With real objects: assert.deepStrictEqual({ count: 1 }, reactive({ count: ref(1) })) (Vue 3.5.45) throws on Bun 1.4.4 and passes on Node 26.12.1 and on this branch.

Set and Map entries, on Bun 1.4.0 to 1.4.4 and on main:

const inner = () => { const s = new Set(); return s.add(s); };
util.isDeepStrictEqual(new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 1 }, { a: 2 }]), new Set([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 2 }])); // Bun: true. Node: false.
util.isDeepStrictEqual(new Map([[{}, "a"], [{}, "b"]]), new Map([[{}, "b"], [{}, "a"]]));                 // Bun: false. Node: true.
util.isDeepStrictEqual(new Set([inner()]), new Set([inner()]));                                             // Bun: RangeError. Node: true.

test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts: 466 of 1,887 tests fail on main, 0 on this branch. The same file passes under node --test on Node 26.12.1, and test/js/node/assert/deep-equal-differential-fixture.cjs prints the same lines (answers and reads of seeded pairs) on Node 26.12.1 and on this branch: 420,000 lines without Sets and Maps, 420,000 with them.

CI (build 138769, head a1d8c4e): 187 of 188 jobs passed. No test that this PR adds or touches failed or needed a retry. The one red file is test/aot/heap-limit.test.ts on Alpine x64: a compiled program that runs out of address space aborts with memory allocation of 8 bytes failed. Builds 137986 and 138021 of two other PRs show the same abort, and the runner does not retry a crash. CI does not cover the open defect above: no test on this head has those three rows.

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Walkthrough

Node-mode deep equality now uses new helpers for own-property, array, Set, and Map comparisons. The changes also add a seeded differential fixture, property-access-order tests, and benchmarks for objects, arrays, proxies, and collections.

Changes

Node-compatible deep equality

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Own-property comparison src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.h, src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.h, src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp	New helpers collect enumerable own keys and compare property values. Non-index key collection handles enumeration overrides and proxies.
Object equality integration src/jsc/bindings/BunCompiledObjectEquality.h, src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, test/aot/parallel/library-modules/strict-deep-equality-walks-the-keys-of-its-second-value.cjs, bench/snippets/assert.mjs	Node-mode object comparison uses own-key helpers and string-key-before-symbol-key ordering. Compiled-object comparison receives the prototype-check setting. Tests trace property reads; benchmarks cover object, symbol, RegExp, arguments, proxy, and Error cases.
Array and proxy comparison src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.h, src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, bench/snippets/assert.mjs	New helpers compare array elements, sparse indices, named keys, and proxied arrays. Benchmarks cover sparse, shifted, frozen, proxied, RegExp-match, and typed arrays.
Set and Map comparison src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, bench/snippets/assert.mjs	Node-mode Set and Map comparisons use dedicated helpers for own properties and collection entries. Benchmarks cover reordered entries, object keys or members, nested Sets, and differing Map values.
Differential comparison fixture test/js/node/assert/deep-equal-differential-fixture.cjs	A seeded fixture generates value pairs and compares them in both operand orders. It records outcomes and getter or proxy-trap calls, with optional Set and Map cases.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#38510: Refactors strict Set and Map deep-equality matching for unmatched members and entries, which overlaps with this PR’s collection comparison behavior.

Suggested reviewers: alii

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the two main changes: strict node:assert deep equality now reads properties and pairs Set and Map entries as Node's objEquiv does. The changeset matches this. It adds NodeObjEquiv help…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The PR description covers the template's two required sections. "What does this PR do?" is covered by the Problem, Fix, Background, Downsides and What changes sections. It explains that strict node:as…

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The title names the two main changes: strict node:assert deep equality now reads properties and pairs Set and Map entries as Node's objEquiv does. The changeset matches this. It adds NodeObjEquiv helpers for property reads and Set/Map entry comparison, and wires them into bindings.cpp and the compiled-object walk. The title is specific but long (105 characters, 17 words), so it is slightly wordy.

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The PR description covers the template's two required sections. "What does this PR do?" is covered by the Problem, Fix, Background, Downsides and What changes sections. It explains that strict node:assert deep equality (Bun__deepEquals and related paths) now follows Node's key-reading, element-reading and Set/Map entry-pairing order, and it cites the affected bindings.cpp lines and issue references. "How did you verify your code works?" is covered by the test results: deep-equal.test.ts (466 of 1,887 tests fail on main, none on the branch), a seeded differential fixture run against Node 26.12.1, benchmarks, the AOT test runs, and the release/ASAN suites. The description is very long, with many sections and tables. Some of the detail, such as the commit-by-commit notes and the instruction-count tables, goes beyond the template. That detail does not make the required content missing or unclear. The description also cites a number of external issues and PRs. The required information is present and specific, so the check passes.

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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:
- Around line 1227-1230: Update the array comparison flow around
nodeArrayOtherKeysEqual so default-prototype arrays also check inherited size
before comparing elements, including propagating exceptions from an inherited
getter. Preserve the existing own-property and prototype comparison behavior.
- Around line 1381-1388: Update the appendPair fast path so symbol-property
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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/BunCompiledObjectEquality.h:
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• src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp
• src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.h
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[claude]

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

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked a few other candidates and ruled them out: the non-terminating walk when a Proxy get trap reports an Infinity length in proxiedArraysEqual (node's element loop behaves the same), the second [[Get]] on named keys of a sparse first operand in sparseArraysEqual (matches node's val1[key] === undefined re-read), and the strings-then-symbols assumption in listOwnKeys (it is the order JSC's getOwnPropertyNames produces, so the count check does not misfire).

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a NodeObjEquiv namespace and reroutes the checkPrototypes instantiation of Bun__deepEquals in bindings.cpp through node-shaped key and element loops, with large test additions; it touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. Two confirmed findings are posted inline, and this note only records the extra candidates that were examined and did not hold up.

[claude]

I reviewed this revision and didn't find any bugs; the file-level comment at the top of test/js/node/assert/deep-equal.test.ts now states the node:test and fs.mkdtempSync deviations. Because this is a ~3,900-line change to the strict deep-equality walk, where Proxy traps and getters run user code mid-walk, a human maintainer's look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Exception checks in NodeObjEquiv.h/.cpp and the new bindings.cpp paths: each get/getOwnPropertySlot/compareValues call is followed by RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION, and the std::optional<bool> helpers are re-checked by their callers.
• Re-entrancy: array1->length() is re-read per element, the stringKeysFirst block reads getDirect offsets before any comparison runs, and pairs are held in a MarkedArgumentBuffer.
• getOwnNonIndexPropertyNames refactor in UtilInspect.cpp: jsFunctionGetOwnNonIndexProperties keeps its index-dropping behavior; the only change is that a Proxy's getOwnPropertyDescriptor trap is no longer asked about index keys.
• expectFailure is implemented in src/js/node/test.ts, so the isBun-gated expected failures invert as intended under Bun.

Extended reasoning...

The change reworks the checkPrototypes path of Bun__deepEquals (node:assert deepStrictEqual and util.isDeepStrictEqual) in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, adds a new NodeObjEquiv namespace (NodeObjEquiv.h/.cpp) that ports Node's objEquiv key and element loops, adjusts the compiled-object walk in BunCompiledObjectEquality.h, extracts a getOwnNonIndexPropertyNames helper in UtilInspect.cpp, and adds ~2,400 lines of node:test-based tests plus a differential fixture and a bench file. It touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface, but the walk runs user code (Proxy traps, getters) between reads of mutable engine state. The deciding facts against approval are the size and intricacy of the C++ (re-read semantics, sparse-array fallthrough, structure-order fast paths), unresolved bot review threads on bindings.cpp and BunCompiledObjectEquality.h, and a documented deliberate regression for require.cache as the first operand that the author pins as an expected failure. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files, and the bug hunt ran dry with no findings on this revision.

[robobun]

This PR pins one node:vm case as an expected failure (the keys of a node:vm global after a declaration in the order that Object.keys has on Node). I looked at giving a context global the key order of Node 26 and made no change. Node does not document or test this order, and the order changed three times since v22.4.0. For the three shapes below, Bun gives the lists that Node gave through v22.4.0.

const vm = require("node:vm");
function keys(sandbox, code) {
  const context = vm.createContext(sandbox);
  vm.runInContext(code, context);
  return Object.keys(vm.runInContext("this", context));
}
const proxy = new Proxy({ a: 1 }, { get: (t, k, r) => (k === "a" ? 2 : Reflect.get(t, k, r)) });
keys({ a: 1 }, "var declared = 1; function f() {}"); // shape 1
keys({ a: 1, b: 2 }, "this.z = 1; x = 2;"); // shape 2
keys(proxy, "function f() {}"); // shape 3, the case in this PR

Runtime	Shape 1	Shape 2	Shape 3
Node 20.20.2, 22.4.0	["a","f","declared"]	["a","b","z","x"]	["a","f"]
Node 22.5.0, 22.23.4, 24.22.2, 26.2.0	["declared","f","a"]	["z","x","a","b"]	["f"]
Node 26.3.0	["declared","f","a"]	["a","b","z","x"]	["f"]
Node 26.4.0, 26.12.1, 26.13.0	["declared","f","a"]	["a","b","z","x"]	["f","a"]
Bun main (b1305dd)	["a","f","declared"]	["a","b","z","x"]	["a","f"]

• Node's doc/api/vm.md has no sentence on this order. It says only that a contextified global "has some quirks compared to ordinary global objects".
• In Node's v26.12.1 tests, each test that lists the keys of a context global declares nothing in that context (test-vm-ownkeys.js, test-vm-global-property-enumerator.js and the like).
• Node changed these lists three times while it fixed other things in contextify: nodejs/node#53517 in v22.5.0, nodejs/node#63549 in v26.3.0 and nodejs/node#63742 in v26.4.0. The value that the test here expects is true only from v26.4.0. Node 22.23.4 and 24.22.2 give ["f"].
• A port on today's main makes shape 2 worse. NodeVMGlobalObject::put also stores undeclared names on the global, as Node did before v26.3.0. A build that only swaps the two calls in NodeVMGlobalObject::getOwnPropertyNames lists ["z","x","a","b"] for shape 2. It also lists the global's var names in hash order, because JSC keeps them in a symbol table.

So the test here can stay an expected failure. If a maintainer wants the order of Node 26, the change fits on top of #39588. That PR makes undeclared globals live on the sandbox alone.

One separate difference came up. this[1] = 2 inside a context does not reach the context object: sandbox[1] is undefined on main and 2 on every Node version in the table. NodeVMGlobalObject has put but no putByIndex. #39588 adds putByIndex and a test for it.

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---- MODULE ReviewModel ----
EXTENDS Naturals, Sequences

(* Model the second Map walk for the concrete trigger. The first walk settled
   only a and collected candidates c,e. b/c match; b's getter deletes e and
   inserts d into map2. d/e have id=2 and undefined values even after e is
   deleted. a has id=3 and cannot match e. No twins exist.
   TLC
   INIT Init
   NEXT Next
   INVARIANT OnlyOriginallySettledKeysSkipped
   INVARIANT LiveMatchingMapsAccepted
*)
VARIABLES pc, settledCount, candidates, held2, skipped, result
vars == <<pc, settledCount, candidates, held2, skipped, result>>

Init ==
  /\ pc = "b"
  /\ settledCount = 1
  /\ candidates = <<"c", "e">>
  /\ held2 = {"a", "c", "e"}
  /\ skipped = {}
  /\ result = "pending"

MatchB ==
  /\ pc = "b"
  /\ pc' = "d"
  /\ candidates' = Tail(candidates)
  /\ held2' = ((held2 \ {"e"}) \cup {"d"})
  /\ UNCHANGED <<settledCount, skipped, result>>

WalkD ==
  /\ pc = "d"
  /\ pc' = "a"
  /\ IF settledCount > 0 /\ "d" \in held2
       THEN /\ settledCount' = (settledCount - 1)
            /\ skipped' = (skipped \cup {"d"})
            /\ UNCHANGED candidates
       ELSE /\ candidates' = Tail(candidates)
            /\ UNCHANGED <<settledCount, skipped>>
  /\ UNCHANGED <<held2, result>>

FinishA ==
  /\ pc = "a"
  /\ pc' = "done"
  /\ IF settledCount > 0 /\ "a" \in held2
       THEN /\ settledCount' = (settledCount - 1)
            /\ skipped' = (skipped \cup {"a"})
            /\ result' = "true"
       ELSE /\ result' = "false"
            /\ UNCHANGED <<settledCount, skipped>>
  /\ UNCHANGED <<candidates, held2>>

Idle == /\ pc = "done" /\ UNCHANGED vars
Next == MatchB \/ WalkD \/ FinishA \/ Idle

(* Required independently of the count implementation: only identities
   settled by the first walk may use its settled-key shortcut. *)
OnlyOriginallySettledKeysSkipped == skipped \subseteq {"a"}
(* At completion the live entries have partners b/c, d/d, a/a. *)
LiveMatchingMapsAccepted == pc = "done" => result = "true"
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Track which Map keys were settled.

If a key comparison inserts a left-hand key into the right Map, that key can consume another key’s settledObjectKeys count. A later settled key can then fail to match a candidate, making isDeepStrictEqual return false for matching live Maps. Track settled key identities instead.

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Review comment at @src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp around lines 658 - 660:
Replace the aggregate settledObjectKeys accounting around the held/isTwin check
with tracking of settled key identities, so a key inserted into the right Map
during comparison cannot consume another key’s settled status. Use those
identities when deciding whether a candidate key is already settled, preserving
successful deep equality for matching live Maps.

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[robobun]

Confirmed. The count lets a key that the second Map gains during the comparison take the place of a key that the first walk found in both Maps. It is worse than the model shows: two of three rows answer true for Maps that are not equal.

The three rows, each with a getter on a key of the first Map that changes the second Map:

The getter	Node 26.12.1	Bun 1.4.3	this head (a1d8c4eb15)
deletes the last candidate and adds a key of the first Map (your case)	true	true	false
adds a key of the first Map with another value	false	false	true
deletes the key of both Maps and adds a key of the first Map with another value	false	false	true

A fix is on the branch robobun/b7864dd1/settled-keys-identity (71e8b70, one commit on this head). It keeps the settled keys in a list and takes a key by identity, and the second Map must still hold it. With it the three rows answer as Node does, and deep-equal.test.ts goes from 1 failing test to 1,894 passing.

I did not push it to this PR, for two reasons.

It is a partial fix. On 600,000 seeded pairs of Maps that share keys and that a getter changes, it moves 542 answers to Node's and 11 away from it, and about 10,500 still differ from Node. Most of those are a value that the getter replaces under a key of both Maps: Bun compares the two values when it walks the second Map, and Node reads the value again later. On 600,000 such pairs that no code changes, no answer moves.

It costs callers who change nothing. Instructions per call on release builds, against this head:

Pair	this head	with the fix
Maps of 96 string keys	19,566	19,593 (+0.1%)
Maps that share 1,000 object keys	191,662	208,165 (+8.6%)
Maps that share 9 object keys	2,965	3,416 (+15.2%)
40 shared keys and one copy, second Map in another order	17,760	26,806 (+50.9%)
1,000 shared keys and one copy, second Map reversed	378,598	626,110 (+65.4%)

So this needs a maintainer's decision: take that cost, or keep the count and record the three rows as a known difference. I leave this thread open until then.

[coderabbitai]

@robobun Thank you for testing this. The reported cases include two false positives, and the proposed identity-based fix is partial and has a measurable cost.

The thread can stay open for a maintainer’s decision. Whichever option they choose, I recommend keeping the three cases as regression coverage and recording any accepted differences from Node.

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Learnings added

Learnt from: robobun
Repo: oven-sh/bun PR: 47806
File: src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp:658-660
Timestamp: 2026-11-08T19:08:39.721Z
Learning: Within repository "oven-sh/bun", only for files matching one of ["src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp"]: When reviewing changes to strict Map deep-equality matching in `src/jsc/bindings/NodeObjEquiv.cpp`, check cases where getters invoked during key comparison insert or delete Map keys or replace values under shared keys. Compare the results with Node, accounting for documented intentional differences.

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