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Proof of concept. I don't expect this to merge. It makes the case for #3342 with a small diff that's current with main.

Rebased onto main @ b1305ddc7ce. Supersedes #35793.
Ref #3342. Alternative to #48076. Both PRs solve the same problem, so pick one (or neither).

What it does

Each describe scope prints once, as a header line. Its tests are indented under it, two spaces per level. Headers print lazily, right before the first result inside that scope, and print again if results from another scope came in between. Nothing is buffered, so each line still prints as soon as its test finishes.

Before (main)

demo.test.ts:
(pass) math > arithmetic > add
error: expect(received).toBe(expected)
...
(fail) math > arithmetic > subtract
(pass) math > is a module
(skip) all skipped > x
(pass) top-level test

After

demo.test.ts:
math
  arithmetic
    (pass) add
error: expect(received).toBe(expected)
...
    (fail) subtract
  (pass) is a module
all skipped
  (skip) x
(pass) top-level test
  • describe(() => …) with no name adds no header and no indent level.
  • The end-of-run skip/todo/fail lists keep the flat a > b > name format.
  • --reporter=dots is unchanged. --only-failures nests the same way. JUnit and LCOV output are unchanged.

Scope data: reuses --reporter's record

main already sends each test's describe chain to the coordinator as {scope_name, scope_line} pairs in the structured TestDone record (runner::encode_test_case), which --reporter uses. This PR uses that record directly. The POC's own \x1f-joined scope_path string is gone.

  • Gated, as planned. The worker attaches the record when --reporter=junit is set or the line is nested (not --dots) and the coordinator prints it (not worker_stands_for_one_process). Otherwise the frame is the same as on main. Without junit, the record has no failure detail.
  • The coordinator decodes the record with runner::decode_test_case when not in dots mode. It reuses the same header-diff logic as single-process mode.
  • Single-process mode reads DescribeScope directly, with no encode/decode.

⚠️ Breaking change in default output

Nesting is the default here. Anything that parses bun test console output and expects (pass) a > b > name lines will break. Several tests in this repo did. They now use a new flattenNestedTestOutput() helper in test/harness.ts. If maintainers want this opt-in instead, a reporter like --reporter=tree would do the same thing without changing the default.

Performance

Release builds, macOS. 50 files × 100 tests = 5k tests, describes 4 deep. fixture-fail has 1 failing test per file (50 failures). 1 warmup + 7 runs; stdout to /dev/null, stderr piped, NO_COLOR=1, /usr/bin/time -l. --parallel RSS is ru_maxrss (largest single process, not a sum across workers).

fixture mode build wall median ms wall range ms RSS median MiB RSS max MiB
all pass serial main 21 20–23 32.6 32.7
all pass serial streaming 19 19–20 32.5 32.6
all pass serial buffered 20 19–20 32.8 32.8
all pass --parallel main 35 34–36 40.0 40.3
all pass --parallel streaming 35 34–37 39.8 39.9
all pass --parallel buffered 35 34–36 40.1 40.2
50 fails serial main 21 21–22 33.2 33.3
50 fails serial streaming 21 21–23 33.2 33.3
50 fails serial buffered 21 20–21 33.5 33.6
50 fails --parallel main 36 35–39 40.9 41.0
50 fails --parallel streaming 37 36–37 41.0 41.0
50 fails --parallel buffered 36 36–38 41.2 41.2

Wall time is the same within noise for all three. Buffered uses about 0.2–0.3 MiB more peak RSS. Not measured: time to first output (buffered is slower here by design) and much larger suites or failure counts.

Tradeoffs vs. buffered (#48076)

streaming (this PR) buffered
Each file's results are contiguous no: test.concurrent/interleaving re-prints a scope header yes
Aggregate status on file/describe lines no yes
Failure diagnostics inline, as on main batched at the end with file > scope > name headers
Time to first output unchanged waits until each file finishes
Diff size 27 files, +728/−283 62 files, +1780/−567

Verification

On the debug build: bun-test, bun_test, describe, nested-describes, concurrent, test-filter-lifecycle-snapshot, regressions 12782/19875/20092, parallel, coverage, junit, plus the vitest/jest compat tests that now go through flattenNestedTestOutput (vitest-flavor, vi-utils, vitest-apis, expect-deferred, test-test, jest-each, test-error-code-done-callback, test-auto-import-jest-globals, isolation, fake-timers, failure-skip, dom-nodes).

Not yet done: a USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 fail-check of the new and changed tests since the rebase. rust:check-all was not run because no platform-gated code was touched.

… scope path (oven-sh#3342)

Rebased onto main @ b1305dd (squashed re-port of oven-sh#35793).

- Default reporter prints each describe header once and indents tests beneath it;
  unnamed describes don't take an indent level. --dots and the end-of-run
  skip/todo/fail recap keep the flat `a > b > name` form.
- --parallel: the coordinator owns header state. Scopes travel on main's existing
  structured TestDone record (encode_test_case: {scope_name, scope_line} list),
  attached when --reporter=junit is set or the line is nested. Without junit the
  record carries no failure detail.
- Single process reads scopes from the DescribeScope tree directly.
- test/harness: flattenNestedTestOutput() rebuilds flat lines for tests that
  collect `(pass) scope > name` result lists.

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The command-line test reporter now prints named describe scopes as headers above indented results. Parallel output tracks scope headers per file. Tests and documentation reflect nested output, while recap lines retain flat scope paths.

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Nested test output

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reporter formatting and scope state
src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs, src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs
The reporter supports nested and flat layouts, tracks emitted scope headers, and clears scope state when it enters a new file. Recaps retain flat test paths.
Parallel scope output
src/runtime/cli/test/parallel/*, src/runtime/cli/test_command.rs
Workers include structured test data when the coordinator needs scope information. The coordinator emits scope headers and resets tracked headers when it changes files.
Output tests, harness, and examples
test/cli/test/*, test/harness.ts, test/js/bun/test/*, test/regression/issue/*, docs/guides/test/*, docs/test/reporters.mdx
Tests and snapshots cover nested output, parallel files, filtering, unnamed scopes, and flat recaps. The harness adds a helper that flattens nested output for assertions. Documentation examples show nested test results.

Possibly related PRs

  • oven-sh/bun#39112: Its done-callback tests inspect result lines that this PR changes to nested output, and the affected assertions now flatten the output.
  • oven-sh/bun#48076: Both PRs change default bun test output to nest results under describe scopes. This PR streams results and re-emits scope headers; #48076 buffers results per file.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii

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Parallel output can omit a scope header in an unusually deep unnamed nesting case. The issue is bounded and has an available workaround.

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- Track printed describe headers by scope id instead of (name, line); line is 0 unless JUnit is on
- Send scope ids over parallel IPC
- write_indent no longer caps at 32 levels
- flattenNestedTestOutput: keep leading spaces in titles, don't treat 'Expected ...' scopes or bare raw-error values as noise/headers
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