[robobun]

Related to #1713

Problem

• console.log("%o", v) and console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }) print { shown: 1 }. Node.js prints { shown: 1, [hidden]: 2 }.
• bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 (in no release) made the native property walk skip non-enumerable keys (src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:6145, :6278). Bun 1.4 printed them bare in every print, and the next release can show none.
• No user reported this. One docs sentence can replace this PR (Notes).

Fix

• %o in the first argument's format string, and showHidden of console.dir, turn on a Formatter switch. The walk passes each non-enumerable property to a second callback, which prints [key]: value.
• The two arms are separate hunks. console.dir is opt-in. %o changes existing calls.
• Verified: console-log.test.ts (11 of 13 tests fail on main), inspect.test.js, 4 AOT programs, 21 related files.
• Self-reviewed: 36 concerns raised, 33 addressed (Notes).

Background

• Object.keys skips a non-enumerable property. Node's showHidden prints its key as [key]. %o implies it.
• console.log and Bun.inspect share one native formatter. A C++ walk hands it each property.
• Considered util.inspect for %o (it changes every %o layout) and showHidden in Buffer's inspect method (it belongs with node:buffer: match Node on fill/compare start offsets, detached indexOf, and inspect extras #41498).

Downsides

• %o prints what a library hides. pg makes password non-enumerable, and console.log("%o", client) prints it, as in Node.js and Bun 1.4.
• Each printed key costs 17 more instructions (32 keys: 65,643 to 66,195), with equal allocations. Time moved -9% to +3% across three link layouts. Release .text grows 2,560 bytes.
• The console still lists none on a Buffer, an Error, a Map or an empty array (Notes).

Notes

The choice

The report that started this asks for one of two things: the hidden key in the %o and showHidden rows, or a docs line that says that the console takes neither. This PR is the first. The second is this sentence for docs/runtime/nodejs-compat.mdx, which is true on main:

console.dir() reads depth and colors from its options. The global console lists no non-enumerable key: it ignores showHidden and prints %o as %O. To list them, call util.inspect(value, { showHidden: true }) or util.format("%o", value).

If the sentence is the pick, close this PR. The pick is a maintainer's. What it turns on:

• The release. bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 is in no release. Bun 1.4 prints a non-enumerable key bare in every console print. With bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 and without this PR, the next release prints none, and no option of the console brings one back.
• console.dir against %o. console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }) is opt-in. fix: support console.dir options object correctly #6059 read depth and colors of console.dir into the native formatter, and the last paragraph of console.log displays prototype object keys as plain keys #1713 asks for showHidden. %o has no such ask, and it changes each existing %o print whose first argument is a string. The option read in message_with_type_and_level_ and the %o arm (format2 and the formatter) are separate hunks, so one can go without the other.
• Three meanings of %o. After this PR %o lists hidden keys in the console, lists none in test.each titles (bun:test: fill every placeholder in test.each titles #44830, folded into bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833), and prints Node's text in util.format.
• What main has. util.inspect(v, { showHidden: true }), util.format("%o", v) and a console made with new console.Console(process.stdout) print Node's text on main, for every kind of value.
• Workers. The console of a node:worker_threads worker is the JS one. On main it prints { shown: 1, [hidden]: 2 } for both calls, and [ 1, [length]: 1 ] for an array. So the docs sentences of this PR describe the main thread. Open worker_threads: keep the native console in workers, routed through process.stdout/stderr #39592 and worker_threads: start a node worker natively and build its stdio on first use #47052 put workers on the native formatter. Without this PR, either one drops these keys in workers.
• console.log displays prototype object keys as plain keys #1713. Its example, console.dir(Object.create({ key: 123 }), { showHidden: true }), prints key: 123 on main, here and in Node.js. This PR does not change it.

Not in this PR: a showHidden option for Bun.inspect. Nobody asked for it. test/js/bun/globals.test.js:408 passes the option, and Bun.inspect drops it on main and here. It is a small follow-up if a maintainer wants it.

What prints what

v is { shown: 1 } with a non-enumerable hidden: 2.

Call	Bun 1.4.4	main	this PR	Node.js 26.3.0
console.log(v), console.dir(v), console.log("%O", v)	shown, hidden	shown	shown	shown
console.log("%o", v)	shown, hidden	shown	shown, [hidden]	shown, [hidden]
console.dir(v, { showHidden: true })	shown, hidden	shown	shown, [hidden]	shown, [hidden]
util.inspect(buffer, { showHidden: true }), a value of the Buffer	shown, hidden	shown	shown	shown, [hidden]

The last row is not changed here (see Buffers). No release had an effect of %o or showHidden of its own. #1713 asks for the bracketed key under console.dir(obj, { showHidden: true }) in its last paragraph. Its main case (an inherited enumerable key is printed) is not changed here.

How it works

• HiddenKeys on the Formatter has three states: Skip, InPercentO (a %o of the format string that is being printed lists the keys for its value) and List.
• format2 sets InPercentO only when the first argument is a primitive string, and clears it when that argument is printed. Bun also fills the % directives of later string arguments (Fix console.log in Lambda runtime #4826, open console: only a primitive-string first argument is a format string #45571). A %o in such a string lists no hidden key.
• ForEachPropertyMode::WithHidden is a third mode of JSC__JSValue__forEachPropertyImpl. Both loops of the walk pick the callback (deliver) from the DontEnum attribute. A hidden property passes the same private-name check as every other property.
• The second callback, for_each_hidden, prints the key through the same writer with KeyKind::Hidden.
• The walk calls no getter of the program for a key that it lists: a named accessor of an object or of an array prints as [Getter], [Setter] or [Getter/Setter].
• A value behind a non-enumerable key is printed as any other value. What the formatter calls for a value that it prints on main, it calls there too: a custom inspect function, and a getter at an array index. print_array reads each element, where Node.js prints [Getter]. So console.log("%o", o) calls such a getter one time for an array behind a hidden key of o. Main does not reach that array, and calls the getter when it prints the array itself.
• console.dir reads showHidden as it reads depth and colors on main: with a property read. So an inherited or non-enumerable showHidden turns the switch on. Node.js copies the options with { ...options } and takes own enumerable ones only, for all three.
• An own accessor or lazy value of native code is not read either, if the object holds a cell for it: console._stdout prints as [Getter] and the stream is not created, and process.env prints [TZ]: [Getter/Setter]. One without a cell prints its value, as in a plain print: DataView.prototype lists [buffer]: undefined.

Buffers

This PR leaves the inspect method of Buffer as on main. Earlier heads changed it: first a thread-local list of the Buffers that were being printed, then a showHidden for the values of a Buffer (the patch is at 836cf41). A self-review moved that out. Nothing in the console half needs it, it was the only conflict with open #47593 (JSBuffer.cpp, BunObject.rs), and open #41498 rewrites the same loop.

• console.log("%o", buffer) and console.dir(buffer, { showHidden: true }) print a Buffer as a plain print does. The console tells no [util.inspect.custom] function about the switch. Node.js lists the keys under %o, and prints Buffer(2) [Uint8Array] [ 97, 98, ... ] for console.dir.
• The one line for Buffers: the options that the console's formatter hands to the inspect method of Buffer have no prototype (UtilInspect.cpp). That method reads showHidden of its options. With Object.prototype.showHidden = true, main lists the non-enumerable keys of a Buffer in every print of the console, and throws RangeError when one of them is the Buffer itself. Here such a print lists none, as in Node.js.
• util.inspect(buffer, { showHidden: true }) prints the values of a Buffer without their non-enumerable keys, as on main. Node.js and Bun 1.4 list them. This row of the report stays open. It belongs with node:buffer: match Node on fill/compare start offsets, detached indexOf, and inspect extras #41498.
• A Buffer that leads back to itself (b.self = b) throws RangeError when it is printed, on main and here (since node: fix test-buffer-inspect.js #17171, v1.2.3). Node.js 26.3.0 returns 21,513 characters of nested text, and no [Circular].

Limits, with their trackers

• Hidden keys are listed where console.log prints the keys of a value: plain objects, class instances and arrays that are not empty. A Map, Set, function, Date, RegExp, typed array, Promise and boxed primitive print no own key in any mode. Bun.SQL: inserts and updates dont console.log properties if the result is an empty array, will only print [] #22569 and open console: print the named properties of an empty array #45564 cover an empty array, CJS interop: function exports with attached properties are not preserved in import (graphql-tag mismatch vs Node.js) #32226 covers functions. Nothing tracks the other kinds.
• An Error prints its enumerable own keys through another enumerator (JSPropertyIterator.cpp). It lists no hidden key.
• A class instance lists its methods as [method]. Node.js lists its accessors only.
• A symbol key has brackets whether or not it is enumerable. Node.js prints an enumerable symbol key without brackets.
• An array lists no [length], and no object lists a constructor key. An own Symbol.toStringTag is the name in front of the braces and an own key named __proto__ is skipped, in every print, as on main. %o keeps the configured depth (Node.js uses 4) and prints a Proxy as its target. The two remaining TODO lines are in the %o arm.
• console.dir reads showHidden, depth and colors only. Users asked for more: maxArrayLength (compatibility with node: console.dir #4429, Bun.inspect() with depth: Infinity truncates arrays #15193, open console.dir: honor maxArrayLength in the native formatter #31809) and quoting (console.dir() prints strings the same way as console.log() #13878). The docs line names util.inspect for them.
• A walk that sorts the keys or calls own getters comes before the hidden walk in print_object. No caller asks for both. A later sorted option of console.dir has to decide that order.
• The global of a node:vm context lists none (open inspect: print a node:vm context global from its own property slots, sorted or not #47217 changes that walk).
• A key behind a Proxy among the prototypes prints without brackets, and its getter runs, as on main.
• The console tells no inspect function about showHidden. A function that hands its options on to inspect would reach throws in the JS util.inspect (open util.inspect: do not throw when an error's stack, name, message or errors getter throws #45254, util.inspect: read Symbol.toStringTag in a try, as Node.js does #46414).
• util.inspect.defaultOptions.showHidden is not read by the global console (Add Global Configuration Options for console.log Output Formatting #12762, open console: honor util.inspect.defaultOptions on the global console #35061).
• console.table("%o", v) with a first argument that is no object prints as console.log does, so it lists the keys. Open console.table: log only the first argument when it is not an object #46313 changes that fallback.
• The inspect function of URL is native and reads showHidden too. It is not told, so %o of a URL prints no [Symbol(context)], as on main.

Measurements

Release builds of the merge base 2596ac5 and of this branch at 2a3b97f, linux-x64. Instructions are user-mode instructions per call: (I(400,000 calls) - I(200,000 calls)) / 200,000, BUN_JSC_useConcurrentJIT=0, 5 interleaved rounds, minimum. perf is not installed here, so a small perf_event_open program counted them (PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS, user mode, threads included). Two runs of one binary differ by up to 4 in the Bun.inspect rows and by up to 35 in the console rows.

Call	main	this PR
Bun.inspect({ a: 1 })	5,870	5,897
Bun.inspect of a 32-key object	65,643	66,195
Bun.inspect([1, 2, 3])	5,744	5,756
Bun.inspect of a class instance	10,448	10,496
Bun.inspect of an 8-key object with a getter	19,668	19,798
Bun.inspect of a Buffer	4,178	4,179
Bun.inspect of a Buffer with the extra key x: 1	5,941	5,945
Bun.inspect of an object with a custom inspect function	2,011	2,015
console.log(v), v = { a: 1, b: "x", c: [1, { d: 2 }] }	17,168	17,229
console.log("%o", v)	17,817	18,056
console.dir(v, { depth: 2 })	18,484	18,800

• GC cells per Bun.inspect(buffer) (bun:jsc heapStats delta over 2,000 calls): Object 1.088 and string 2, on main and here, with and without an extra key.
• Release binary: 138,119,440 to 138,123,536 bytes. By symbol (nm -S on the profile binaries, bloaty is not installed): JSC__JSValue__callCustomInspectFunction 1,745 to 1,813 B, jsBufferPrototypeFunction_inspect 4,133 B in both. .tbss and .tdata are equal.
• Per key, 12 of the 17 instructions are in write_property_key (it gets a three-state key kind in place of a bool), 3 in for_each and 2 in the walk. A const generic twin of the key writer costs no instruction, but 4.9 KB of code and new symbol names for two hot functions. It was measured 4% to 10% slower on the links with an order file below, so the runtime kind is what is here.
• Allocator calls per print are equal in every row that was counted: 7, 15, 10, 12, 10. They were counted at f2fee93. The formatter and the walk are the same code at this head.
• .text: 108,257,833 to 108,260,393 bytes.
• size_of::<Formatter>(): 152 to 160 bytes, on the stack, one per print. FormatOptions stays at 12.
• Deepest object that Bun.inspect prints before RangeError: debug+ASAN 615 to 596 (the test in bun-inspect.test.ts needs 512), release 2,912 to 2,886.

Time of Bun.inspect, nanoseconds per call, best of 9, 6 interleaved runs, one pinned core (AMD EPYC, 32 KiB L1i). These times are from f2fee93:

Link	{ a: 1 }	4 levels	8 levels	32 keys
plain link, main	496 to 507	1,332 to 1,458	2,581 to 2,708	7,528 to 7,842
plain link, this PR	447 to 471	1,280 to 1,332	2,447 to 2,582	7,320 to 7,663
symbol order file traced from main, main	473 to 520	1,320 to 1,347	2,538 to 2,671	7,489 to 7,791
the same order file, this PR	462 to 486	1,286 to 1,342	2,449 to 2,588	7,447 to 7,666
order file traced from this PR, this PR	481 to 502	1,361 to 1,407	2,601 to 2,769	7,528 to 7,679

• CI links linux-x64 with a symbol order file (scripts/orderfile/generate.ts). The rows with an order file use one that this script wrote locally, and were measured one commit earlier on this branch (the walk and the formatter are the same). The artifact of CI could not be downloaded here.
• The instructions of one nested print touch about 29 KiB of code, against a 32 KiB L1 instruction cache. For the 8-level print on the plain link, this PR runs 203 more instructions (35,861 to 36,064) in 4% fewer cycles (9,081 to 8,719). The time follows the L1i misses, and they follow where the linker puts the functions. An earlier version of this branch, on an earlier main, ran 83 more instructions for that print and was 10% slower on the plain link, with 30% more L1i misses.

Open pull requests that touch the same code

• console.table, Bun.inspect compact: carry single-line mode to inspect.custom hooks and native printers #47593, Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 and inspect: print a node:vm context global from its own property slots, sorted or not #47217 merge with this branch without a conflict, in both orders (git merge-tree).
• node:buffer: match Node on fill/compare start offsets, detached indexOf, and inspect extras #41498 conflicts with main in JSBuffer.cpp and buffer.test.js. This branch touches neither file, so no order between the two is needed.
• console: print the named properties of an empty array #45564 conflicts in ConsoleObject.rs. console: only a primitive-string first argument is a format string #45571 and console.dir: skip inspect.custom hooks for a call that passes customInspect: false #45989 conflict with main already.

Review concerns that were rejected

Of the first two self-reviews (the third asked for the split that is described under Buffers, and for the list under The choice):

• "Keep the console.table fallback from listing the keys." The fallback is console.log with every argument on main, and the table of built-ins says so. console.table: log only the first argument when it is not an object #46313 owns that change.
• "Ask on Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 which lands first." This branch keeps Formatter.call_own_getters and adds its field and type away from the lines that Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 changes. The two merge without a conflict.
• "Reword the comment at the walk of a global of another realm." inspect: print a node:vm context global from its own property slots, sorted or not #47217 deletes that comment. The limit is in the docs line and in a test row.

Tests

• console-log.test.ts: 13 new tests. 11 fail on a build of main. The 2 that pass pin that a later string or a non-string first argument lists no key, without colors and in color.
• inspect.test.js: an object that a hook changes while its hidden keys are listed. It runs on every build. An ASAN build also reports a read of a freed property table.
• test/aot/parallel/hidden-members: 2 new programs and 2 corrected ones. Without "showHidden" in console.builtins.ts, console-dir-reads-show-hidden-of-its-options.js fails: 'showHidden' was not compiled into this executable.
• Also run on the debug build at this head: buffer.test.js, the other files of test/js/web/console, test/js/bun/console, test/js/node/console, bun-inspect.test.ts, inspect-error.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js, util.test.js, globals.test.js, jest-each.test.ts, dom-nodes.test.ts, url.test.ts, inspect-strings-parsed-from-json.test.ts, vitest-flavor.test.ts, test/aot/builtins/classes-with-inspect-method.test.ts, and the 24 test-console-*, test-util-inspect-* and test-buffer-*inspect* scripts of test/js/node/test/parallel.

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no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js

[coderabbitai]

No actionable comments were generated in the recent review.

Walkthrough

Console formatting adds hidden-property listing for %o and console.dir with showHidden. Property traversal delivers non-enumerable properties separately from regular properties. Tests and documentation cover the formatting behavior and option handling.

Changes

Hidden-property inspection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Hidden-property traversal src/jsc/JSValue.rs, src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp	JSC property iteration adds hidden-property modes and separate callbacks for regular and hidden properties. Rust exposes the corresponding traversal method.
Console formatting and options src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, src/jsc/CommonStrings.rs, src/jsc/bindings/BunCommonStrings.*, src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, src/codegen/builtins/host/console.builtins.ts	console.dir and %o add hidden-key formatting modes. Hidden non-symbol keys receive brackets. Buffer inspection uses a null-prototype options object.
Formatting behavior checks and documentation test/aot/parallel/hidden-members/*, test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts, docs/runtime/nodejs-compat.mdx	Tests cover hidden-key output, option handling, accessors, and property changes during formatting. Documentation describes %o and console.dir behavior.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 6a2bd

The hidden-property formatting changes have no established merge-blocking issue. The previously raised Buffer and property-ordering concerns do not represent current PR-introduced failures; merging is reasonable after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Title check		The title names the main change: the formatter now lists non-enumerable keys for %o and for console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }). The changeset matches this. The title is 85 characters, which is l…
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 description explains the problem, proposed fix, behavior, limitations, trade-offs, and verification performed. It does not use the template’s exact headings, but it provides the required informati…

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The title names the main change: the formatter now lists non-enumerable keys for %o and for console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }). The changeset matches this. The title is 85 characters, which is longer than ideal, but it stays specific and readable. Plain console.log(v) stays unchanged, as the objectives state, and the title does not claim otherwise.

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✅ @robobun, your commit 6a2bd548698c827cb1b22ae18d1d028dcdfc2e43 passed in Build #139148! 🎉

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Status

• Reproduced on main (2596ac5), linux-x64: for v = Object.defineProperty({ shown: 1 }, "hidden", { value: 2, enumerable: false }), console.log("%o", v) and console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }) print { shown: 1 }. Node.js 26.3.0 prints { shown: 1, [hidden]: 2 }. Bun 1.4.4 prints { shown: 1, hidden: 2 } for every print.
• With this branch, both calls print { shown: 1, [hidden]: 2 }, and a plain console.log(v) prints { shown: 1 }.
• The new tests fail on main and pass on this branch: bun bd test test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts.
• This PR: console: list non-enumerable keys for %o and console.dir(v, { showHidden: true }) #48210

[claude]

Beyond the inline findings, two more things were checked and ruled out: the ordered_properties / call_own_getters arms in print_object taking precedence over HiddenKeys::List is unreachable today, since show_hidden is set only by console.dir and the Buffer hook while ordered_properties comes from Bun.inspect({ sorted }) and call_own_getters from the test runner, so no caller sets both; and Bun.inspect(v, { showHidden: true }) still not listing hidden keys is a deliberate scope limit of this PR rather than a regression (its option parsing is untouched). The new test files were not run as part of this review.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a showHidden switch to Bun's native console formatter across ConsoleObject.rs, JSValue.rs, bindings.cpp, UtilInspect.cpp and JSBuffer.cpp, with a new three-mode C++ property walk and a bitflags FFI parameter for the custom-inspect hook, plus tests and a docs line. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface, but it does change a shared property-enumeration path and the DontEnum skip conditions in bindings.cpp. Four confirmed findings are already posted inline (Buffer cycle RangeError, stdio stream creation when walking console, constructor key omitted, URL context symbol not shown), so the inline comments already signal human review; this note only records the two candidate issues examined and ruled out.

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

[claude]

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

Beyond the inline nit, I also checked: the Buffer inspect hook running a user getter on an extra own property under showHidden (Node's buffer.inspect reads this[key] the same way, so not a divergence); own enumerable __esModule now printing from the structure fast path at bindings.cpp:6152 (the slow path and Node already print it, so the paths now agree); and the docs line on bracketed symbol keys (Node prints them bracketed too, so the sentence describes no divergence, but it is a wording nit only). Not run here: the test files and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 over the new ownCustomPropertyCell / iterHidden paths.

Extended reasoning...

The new commit adds the s_bufferBeingInspected chain in JSBuffer.cpp and the ownCustomPropertyCell branch in bindings.cpp, which address the two earlier red inline findings (self-referencing Buffer RangeError and console._stdout creation); the earlier constructor and URL showHidden notes remain as they were. The change touches the shared JSC property walk, the FFI callback signature and a per-thread global, with no security-sensitive surface; its size and the native-walk refactor are why a human look stays worthwhile rather than an approval.

Still open from earlier reviews (1):

• Unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.

[claude]

I re-reviewed the latest push and found no new bugs; the points raised on earlier versions (Buffer back-reference, console._stdout instantiation, re-entrant Buffer print, constructor divergence) now have code or docs behind them in the diff. Because this rewires the shared property walk in bindings.cpp that every console.log/Bun.inspect goes through, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Both walks in JSC__JSValue__forEachPropertyImpl: in Enumerable/CallingOwnGetters mode own DontEnum keys still return/continue before delivery, so plain prints are unchanged; ownCustomPropertyCell is only reachable for an own DontEnum key, i.e. WithHidden mode.
• JSBuffer.cpp: the SetForScope on the thread-local chain is RAII, so it unwinds on the RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION path too; thisBuffer outlives every use. A human may still want to weigh a thread-local chain against keeping it on the VM, though it is scoped to one synchronous call.
• UtilInspect.cpp: the Buffer options object is null-prototype, so Object.prototype.showHidden = true no longer leaks into plain console.log(buf) (covered by the new test).
• Not run here: the new subprocess tests and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1; the verdict rests on reading only.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a showHidden switch to Bun's native console formatter: a new WithHidden mode in the shared C++ property walk (bindings.cpp), a HiddenKeys state and KeyKind in ConsoleObject.rs, a flags byte on the custom-inspect FFI call, a new Bun__inspect_singleline_show_hidden export used by Buffer's native inspect with a thread-local cycle guard, one common string, a docs sentence, and about 530 lines of tests. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface; the sensitive part is memory/exception safety in the property walk and the Buffer re-entrancy guard, which read as correct (snapshot plus MarkedArgumentBuffer in the fast walk, RAII restore in JSBuffer.cpp). The bug hunt ran dry on this push and prior inline findings are addressed in the two commits, but the diff is roughly 850 lines across the hot shared enumeration path used by every console print, so it is not a candidate for approval without a human.

[claude]

I re-reviewed the two newest commits and found no bugs; the Buffer cycle guard now covers the cases raised earlier. Because this is a ~880-line change to the shared property walk and formatter, a human look at the design is still worthwhile — in particular the thread-local bufferBeingInspected chain, which the repo guidance steers away from in favor of state on the VM or formatter.

What was reviewed:

• The SetForScope placement in JSBuffer.cpp and UtilInspect.cpp: the chain is stack-scoped, restored on every early return, compares only pointers to Buffers rooted by live call frames, and is cleared for non-Buffer custom inspect functions so a user util.inspect(buf) prints in full.
• ownCustomPropertyCell in bindings.cpp: an own CustomValue cell is handed to the formatter as CustomGetterSetter (printed as an accessor); unreified static properties still fall through to slot.getValue, matching the documented DataView.prototype divergence.
• WithHidden delivery in both the structure walk and the slow walk, and the %o arm's defer_restore!; exception checks after get and the nested print are present.
• Not run here: the test suite under bun bd test, USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1, and BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds Node-style showHidden to the console formatter across src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, JSValue.rs, bindings.cpp (a new ForEachPropertyMode and second callback), UtilInspect.cpp (flags bitfield replacing bool colors), JSBuffer.cpp/.h (a thread-local cycle chain), BunObject.rs, common strings, docs, and tests in console-log, buffer, inspect and AOT suites. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface; the sensitive surface is native property-walk and nested-print safety, and the paths that run user code have exception checks and snapshot values before callbacks. The latest commits address the earlier Buffer circular-reference and getter-reentrancy findings, and no new defect was found, but the diff is large, touches a shared formatter used by console.log, Bun.inspect and Buffer, and introduces a thread-local that repository guidance discourages, so a maintainer should weigh the design rather than this review approving it.

[claude]

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Review comments at @src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp:
- Around line 6300-6305: Update the callback selection around `deliver` and
`iterHidden` so non-enumerable properties retain their enumerability when
delivered through prototype proxies in `WithHidden` mode. Update the Proxy test
expectation for `console.dir` with `showHidden: true` and `%o` to display the
property as `[hidden]: 2`.
- Around line 6163-6164: Update the property-walk filter using
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__proto__ and Symbol.toStringTag keys are included in both %o and console.dir
with showHidden enabled, while preserving existing behavior for other keys. Add
regression tests covering each key in both output paths.

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- Around line 1965-1972: Re-read the enumerable `showHidden` option after
collecting Buffer properties and immediately before formatting nested values, so
nested inspection uses its second getter result. Update the `showHiddenInValues`
logic in the shown inspection flow while preserving the own-enumerable check and
exception handling.

Review comments at @src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs:
- Around line 2584-2586: Update the custom-inspector invocation in the `%o`
formatting path to pass the active hidden-key mode through its options, so
inspectors can select the hidden-property representation via
`options.showHidden`. Use the existing hidden-key state, including the `%o`
mode, and preserve the current behavior for other formatting paths.
- Around line 5518-5525: Update the ordered-properties walk in format2 to
include non-enumerable properties when show_hidden is enabled, matching the
hidden-key handling in the HiddenKeys::List branch around
value.for_each_property_with_hidden. Render those hidden properties with
brackets while preserving the existing ordering and enumerable-property
formatting.
- Line 3066: Update the quoted UTF-16 property-key printing path around
writer.print so keys are escaped before output, including quotation marks and
other characters that require escaping; preserve ordinary key contents and the
existing formatting for both %o and console.dir. Add a regression test using a
hidden UTF-16 key containing a quotation mark.
- Around line 4583-4587: The empty-array path omits non-enumerable properties
when hidden keys are enabled. Update the empty-array handling near
`value.for_each_property_with_hidden` to traverse and display hidden properties
for `%o` and `console.dir` with `showHidden: true`, while preserving existing
output for arrays without such properties; update the documented limitation to
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- Line 24: Update the Buffer inspection guidance in the runtime compatibility
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throwing non-enumerable getter; document `customInspect: false` alongside
`showHidden: true` as the Buffer-specific fallback, preserving the existing
inspection guidance for other values.

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- Around line 5518-5522: Update the ordered-properties path in format2 so that
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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 note, I checked the WithHidden walk in both the structure fast path and the getOwnPropertyNames path (RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION still follows every deliver; the new ownCustomPropertyCell uses non-throwing getDirect and the Rust side already prints a CustomGetterSetter cell as [Getter]), and the Object.prototype.showHidden read in console.dir — it mirrors how depth/colors are read on the base branch.

One thing for a human to note: the head no longer touches src/jsc/bindings/JSBuffer.cpp (last commit reverts it), so the description's "Buffer's inspect method hands an own enumerable showHidden to the values that it prints" and the util.inspect(buffer, { showHidden: true }) table row describe behavior that is not in this diff. I did not run the test suite or BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.

Extended reasoning...

The head changes the console formatter in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs and the native property walk in src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp, adds a showHidden common string and two FFI exports in src/jsc/JSValue.rs, and ships tests in console-log.test.ts, inspect.test.js and four AOT programs; it touches no auth, crypto or injection surface. JSBuffer.cpp, which earlier pushes modified, is unchanged at this head while the PR description still describes Buffer behavior from the reverted commit. The native walk delivers user-reachable values and runs user JS, so a human maintainer's look remains worthwhile.

[claude]

I reviewed the latest push and found no new bugs; since this reworks the native property walk and the console formatter, a human look is still worthwhile — mainly because the description no longer matches the code.

What was reviewed:

• The PR description (Fix bullet, table row for util.inspect(buffer, { showHidden: true })) still says Buffer's inspect hands showHidden to the values it prints, but commit 2a3b97f left src/jsc/bindings/JSBuffer.cpp as on base and the diff no longer touches it; the new "none in a Buffer" test asserts <Buffer 61, prop: { shown: 1 }>, which is the base behavior. The description and its table should be updated before merge.
• Both walks in JSC__JSValue__forEachPropertyImpl (structure fast path and getOwnPropertyNames path): checked that Enumerable and CallingOwnGetters modes keep base behavior (own DontEnum keys still skipped, __esModule skip unchanged in effect), that iterHidden is non-null on every WithHidden entry, and that ownCustomPropertyCell only does a structure lookup on an already-validated JSObject.
• Rust side: HiddenKeys::InPercentO is only armed for a first-argument string literal and cleared after each printed value; the %o arm restores it via defer_restore!; the showHidden option read propagates exceptions (?).
• Not run here: BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 and bun run rust:check-all; those were checked by reading only.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a showHidden/%o mode to Bun's console formatter: a ForEachPropertyMode enum and iterHidden callback in the C++ property walk (bindings.cpp), a HiddenKeys state and KeyKind key writer in ConsoleObject.rs, a new JSValue.rs FFI wrapper, a common string, a null-prototype options object for Buffer's inspect hook, docs, and about 470 lines of tests. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface; the sensitive part is the native walk that must not run user getters or create lazy native values, which the diff handles by passing accessor cells through. Deciding factors against approval: it is a large native change on a shared hot path, an unresolved third-party inline comment remains at ConsoleObject.rs:5522, and the PR description's Buffer claims are stale relative to the final diff (JSBuffer.cpp reverted in 2a3b97f).

[robobun]

The own keys of the other kinds (Map, Set, typed arrays, Promise, Date, RegExp, wrapper objects) are in #48373, a draft on the branch of #46729. It renames JSC__JSValue__forEachPropertyNonIndexed to JSC__JSValue__forEachOwnProperty and gives it a keys argument, so the second of the two PRs to merge has to take the other's change to that walk.