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Problem

  • With development: { console: true }, the dev server omits some keys of a logged array. After a[1.5] = "mid", [1, 2, 3] prints as [browser] [ 1, 2, 3 ]. Node adds '1.5': 'mid'.
  • The filter in formatArray (src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts:279) ends with Number(key) === +key, which compares a value with itself. So each key whose Number() is in [0, length) counts as an element.

Fix

  • formatArray skips only an array index below the length: /^(?:0|[1-9]\d*)$/, then +key < length.
  • Named keys print through formatPropertyKey, as in formatPlainObject. A raw "" key prints no label.
  • Verified: test/bake/dev/esm.test.ts (new test, fails on main). A synthetic sweep of 80,625 pairs drops 0 keys (main: 3,434).
  • Self-reviewed: 4 concerns raised, 3 addressed. Not filed: tracking issues for the two gaps in Notes (nobody reported them).

Background

  • With development.console, a page formats each console.log with inspect.ts and sends the text to the server.
  • An array index is a canonical integer string. "01" and "1.5" are property names.
  • Considered a shared property writer: one more call per object key. Considered a character scan: up to 67% more instructions in V8's interpreter.

Downsides

  • A non-identifier key that printed raw gains quotes: a b: 1 becomes 'a b': 1.
  • The top JIT tier needs more instructions per array: TurboFan +13% to +25%, FTL +4% to +10%. The client runtime gains 14 bytes and one RegExp per page load.
  • A getter at a restored key runs. Its throw leaves console.log unless dev server: console forwarding does not throw into or hang the page #47937 lands. A logged array overwrites RegExp.lastMatch.
Notes

Origin

  • Found during the review of console: print the named properties of an empty array #45564: a review comment there asked for the quoted label, and the dropped keys came from a read of the same loop. No user reported it.
  • The echo is on in the three bun init React templates (src/runtime/cli/init/react-app/src/index.ts:37). The docs name agents that watch the terminal as an audience (docs/bundler/html-static.mdx:365).
  • Both statements of the old loop date from the first commit of the file (--console & console: true  #19427).

Scope

Own keys that this formatter still does not print. This PR changes none of them, and no tracking issue exists for them:

  • formatError (inspect.ts:502) returns only stack. console.error(Object.assign(new Error("boom"), { code: "E_X" })) reaches the terminal without code. Node and Bun's own console print it.
  • The depth limit (inspect.ts:205) cuts one level earlier than Node: console.log({ rows: [arr] }) prints { rows: [ [Array] ] }. A restored key shows only when the array is the logged value or one level below it.
  • Named keys of functions, Date, RegExp, Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet, Promise, typed arrays, DataView and ArrayBuffer. Bun's own console prints none of these either.
  • Symbol keys and non-enumerable keys.

Text that changes for arrays that print today

  • Non-identifier named keys gain quotes: a b, -1, 1_0, 4294967295, $x, x-y, é, it's. An own __proto__ key prints as ['__proto__']. This is the text formatPlainObject prints for the same key.
  • 56 of 56 corpus values with no named key on an array are byte-identical to main. 9 of 9 arrays whose named keys are identifiers (regex match results, rows.columns, tagged template strings) are byte-identical.
  • The sweep is synthetic. It says what the two formatters print, not how often a page hits this. It has 16,125 keys (each string of up to 4 characters from 0 1 2 9 . - + e x space a, plus 20 chosen keys) on arrays of length 1, 2, 11, 101 and 150. Of the 80,625 pairs: 7,310 are identical to main, 3,434 are restored, 69,881 are relabelled with quotes, 0 other. The index test agrees with the engine's own-key order for every pair, on JSC and V8.
  • For 47,607 pairs on arrays of length 1, 2 and 5, the whole text equals util.inspect of Node v26.3.0.

Costs (formatter imported directly. JSC is bun 1.4.3-canary.1, V8 is node v26.3.0)

These numbers compare this diff with the file before it. They need a new run only when inspect.ts changes.

  • bake.client.js: 53,080 B raw (main 53,066), 17,784 B zstd-19 (main 17,762).
  • Runtime boot: +1 RegExp object per page load (forwarding on or off), +0 operations per console call with forwarding off. The unminified bundle differs by one top-level statement and the loop.
  • Heap per inspect() of a 1,000-element array: V8 12,316 B in 20.36 objects (main 12,460 B in 23.36), JSC 1,004.14 cells (main 1,007.13). Per-key objects: 0. A logged [] costs one object less, because formatArray no longer has a closure.
  • Key pass on 1,000 elements: 1,000 regex tests, 0 Number() calls, 0 callback calls, 1 length read (main 0 / 3,000 / 1,000 / 1,000). Regex match result: +3 formatPropertyKey calls.
  • Getter at a restored key: 1 call per log (main 0, identifier-named key on main 1). A getter that throws there now throws out of inspect(), as one at an identifier-named key does on main. With dev server: console forwarding does not throw into or hang the page #47937 it prints [threw while printing].
  • A non-empty array now runs a RegExp test that matches, so it overwrites the legacy statics (RegExp.lastMatch, RegExp.$1). On main, an object with a key does the same. A logged [] does not.

Steady-state instructions per inspect() call against main, by the top tier the engine may use, at 10 and 1,000 elements (user space, perf_event_open, the slope between two fresh processes, medians of 3):

Top tier 10 elements 1,000 elements
V8 Ignition -3.9% -6.1%
V8 Sparkplug -3.5% -4.8%
V8 Maglev -4.9% -7.0%
V8 TurboFan +12.8% (15,766, main 13,979) +24.9% (558,199, main 447,060)
JSC LLInt -9.6% -25.0%
JSC Baseline -13.2% -38.9%
JSC DFG -10.9% -41.2%
JSC FTL +4.2% (12,606, main 12,093) +10.2% (792,322, main 718,739)
  • In node v26.3.0, formatArray reaches TurboFan at about call 5,400 for 10 elements and call 190 for 1,000 elements.
  • A logged [] needs 1% to 4% fewer instructions. A 4-key object is within 1% of main.
  • Wall-clock per inspect() call against main at 10 / 1,000 / 100,000 elements, interleaved medians of 9 rounds: JSC -0.9% / +2.1% / +3.9% (A/A gap up to 2.0%), V8 +5.9% / +9.9% / -2.5% (A/A gap up to 3.8%). First call in a fresh process, 10 elements, median of 13: V8 0.319 ms (main 0.261 ms), JSC 0.517 ms (main 0.539 ms).
  • A character scan in place of the regular expression needs fewer instructions than main in V8 Maglev and TurboFan (10 elements -20% and -10%, 1,000 elements -42% and -22%). In V8 Ignition and Sparkplug it needs 67% and 58% more at 1,000 elements. The regular expression has the smaller worst case and is one line.

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

…ndex

The browser console formatter listed the named keys of an array with a
test on Number(key). A key such as "1.5", "01" or "" passed that test
when the array was long enough, so the formatter printed it neither as
an element nor as a named key.

Test each own key against the canonical form of an array index. Write
the label of a named key through formatPropertyKey, as formatPlainObject
does, so that a restored key such as "" prints as a quoted string.
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Updated 4:03 AM PT - Nov 4th, 2026

❌ @robobun, your commit a027949 has 39 failures in Build #137498 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 47905

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-47905 executable, so you can run:

bun-47905 --bun

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Status: ready for review. CI is red only on tests that also fail on main.

How I reproduced it, on bun 1.4.3-canary.1 and on main:

  1. Start a server with development: { console: true } that serves a page.
  2. In the page, run const a = [1, 2, 3]; a[a.length / 2] = "mid"; console.log(a);.
  3. The dev server terminal prints [browser] [ 1, 2, 3 ]. The key 1.5 and its value are missing.

The new test in test/bake/dev/esm.test.ts does the same through the dev server test harness. It fails on main (8 of 8 forwarded lines differ) and passes with this change.

CI, build 137498, finished:

  • test/bake/dev/esm.test.ts failed on no lane. The job logs show that it ran on Linux (Alpine, Debian, Debian with ASAN, Ubuntu), Windows (x64 and arm64) and macOS (x64 and arm64).
  • The red tests are 27 files under test/aot/ and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. The same 28 files fail on the latest build of main, build 137481. This PR does not touch them.
  • I did not start CI again. main has no new commit, so a new run fails on the same tests.

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Walkthrough

The array formatter now skips canonical index keys below the array’s length and formats other enumerable keys as properties. A browser-console forwarding test checks the formatting of arrays with named properties and boundary cases.

Changes

Array Property Formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Identify and format array properties
src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts, test/bake/dev/esm.test.ts
formatArray skips canonical index keys below the captured array length and formats remaining enumerable keys with formatPropertyKey. The browser-console test checks forwarded output for numeric-looking and named keys, holes, long arrays, and other cases.

Possibly related PRs

  • oven-sh/bun#45564: This PR also changes array inspection to include enumerable named properties.

Suggested reviewers: alii

Merge Risk: Low · up to a0279

With development console forwarding enabled, logging an array with a throwing getter at a restored named key can interrupt page code. This narrow regression warrants a localized fix or explicit acceptance before merging.

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The description follows the repository template. It has both required sections, "What does this PR do?" and "How did you verify your code works?". The Problem and Fix sections state the bug, the new rule (skip only canonical array indices below the length), and the named-key output through formatPropertyKey. The verification section names the new test in test/bake/dev/esm.test.ts, says it fails on main, and reports a synthetic sweep of 80,625 pairs with 0 dropped keys. Cost data, downsides, and cross-PR conflict notes are extensive. The main gap is that the verification section does not give the exact command or result for the new test on the author's machine. The robobun evidence block says the test runs only on platforms that CI covers, so the test result depends on CI. The description is long and the Notes block is dense, but the required information is present.

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Minor · Return named keys for empty arrays. · inspect.ts:281-286

src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts:281-286
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Return named keys for empty arrays.

formatArray returns [] for any array with length 0, before the named-key loop runs. Named keys on an empty array, such as Object.assign([], { "1.5": "mid" }), are omitted from the dev-server console output. Return early only when the array also has no own keys.

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-  if (value.length === 0) return "[]";
+  if (value.length === 0 && Object.keys(value).length === 0) return "[]";
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Review comment at @src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts around lines 281 - 286:
Update formatArray so it returns "[]" early only when the array has no elements
and no own keys; otherwise continue through the named-key formatting loop so
named properties on empty arrays appear in the output.

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Review comments at @src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts:
- Line 286: Update the named-key formatting path in inspect so accessor-backed
array properties are identified through their property descriptor before
evaluating value[key]. Emit the same getter, setter, or getter/setter marker
used by formatPlainObject, and continue using formatValue for data properties.

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Review comments at @src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts:
- Around line 281-286: Update formatArray so it returns "[]" early only when the
array has no elements and no own keys; otherwise continue through the named-key
formatting loop so named properties on empty arrays appear in the output.

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On the two findings of the review above:

  1. Accessor at a named key (inspect.ts:286): answered in the review thread. Not changed here. console: print the named properties of an empty array #45564 carries that guard.
  2. Named keys of an array with no elements (inspect.ts:262): not changed here. console: print the named properties of an empty array #45564 removes that early return and adds if (output.length === 0) return "[]" after the key loop, with the test browser console forwarding prints the named properties of an array with no elements. The PR body says so under Notes, Scope.

The two PRs need each other for the second case. Object.assign([], { "1.5": 1, "01": 2, "": 3 }) prints:

main this PR #45564 both
[] [] [ 1.5: 1, 01: 2, : 3 ] [ '1.5': 1, '01': 2, '': 3 ]

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