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Problem

• console.log(Buffer.prototype) throws TypeError: Can only call Buffer.inspect on instances of Buffer. Node prints the object.
• A hook is a [nodejs.util.inspect.custom] method on the prototype of a class. Most hooks need an instance.
• The formatter also calls it for the prototype object (src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs:2117). 16 built-in prototypes throw, and user classes whose hook reads a private field.

Fix

• The function that calls a hook (src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp) skips a prototype object, with Node's test and reads: Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, "constructor")?.value?.prototype === value.
• The PerformanceEntry hook's copy of this test (perf_hooks: native toJSON (with detail) and inspect hook for performance entries #39921) is removed.
• Verified: test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/node/util/custom-inspect.test.js, test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts, test/js/node/perf_hooks/perf_hooks.test.ts (main fails 32 new tests), three AOT programs, the console and bun:test printing suites.
• Self-reviewed: 20 concerns raised, 19 addressed. Rejected: a sweep test (Notes).

Background

• console.log, Bun.inspect, bun -p and bun:test messages share one native formatter. util.inspect is a JS port of Node's code and has this test.
• Considered the test in the classifier (Tag::get_advanced, console: do not call inspect.custom on a prototype object #41281): one more C++ call per value with a hook.

Downsides

• A prototype whose hook accepted it now prints by default, and that printer runs native getters. So the prototype of a hooked subclass of a stream reader or writer exits 1 (Handle the rejection of a native getter that the formatter or a debugger preview read #41630). For vm.Script the print does not return (node:vm: Script results are own properties of the instance, as in Node #41776).
• A print of a value with a hook costs 58 to 124 more instructions (+1.3% to +5.4%). With an own constructor on the instance (decimal.js) it costs 347 (+3.7%). .text +448 bytes.
• A getter or Proxy trap behind constructor.prototype now runs in a print and can throw there, as in Node.

Notes

Origin. A fuzz run over bun -p inputs found this. No user issue is open for it. It is the third attempt: #28544 and #41281 closed with no review by a person, and this PR replaces #41281. Buffer.prototype throws since 1.2.3 (#17171). The four stream classes got their hooks in 1.4.0 (#32627), and their prototypes throw since then.

Questions for a maintainer. dylan-conway wrote the two guards that main has for this case: the PerformanceEntry block that this PR removes (#39921), and return this in src/js/builtins/Histogram.ts (#46650).

1. Is the rule wanted in the function that calls the hook, in place of a guard in each hook? A guard in a hook cannot cover a user class.
2. Is the cost acceptable? It is 58 to 124 instructions for each print of a value with a hook, and 347 for an instance with an own constructor.

#39938 changes the same hook block for a user report (#44952). A trial merge of its head with this one is clean, so one review pass can take both.

Who gets a prototype object

• value.__proto__, Object.getPrototypeOf(value) and Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(Class).
• A legacy decorator (experimentalDecorators): the target of a method decorator is the prototype. On main a decorator that logs its target fails the module at load. console-log.test.ts has this case.
• A failing expect(prototype): the message was the error of the hook. It is now Received: Money {}.
• bun -p prints nothing and exits 0 for any throw of the formatter, and bun repl prints [native code: Exception]. Both still do that for other throws. bun --print: print once from Run::start and report a throw from the formatter #48133 changes the -p path.

The 16 built-in prototypes that threw

• Ten are reached by name: Buffer, BroadcastChannel, CompressionStream, DecompressionStream, TextEncoderStream, TextDecoderStream, MessagePort, and Module, SourceTextModule and SyntheticModule of node:vm. Checked on a release build of main. custom-inspect.test.js has a row for each.
• Three are classes of node:quic: QuicEndpoint, QuicSession, QuicStream.
• Three are reached from an http2 stream: Http2Stream, ClientHttp2Stream, ServerHttp2Stream.
• The last six were checked on Bun 1.4.3, which calls the hook as main does. All 16 print on this branch.

What the default printer does with a prototype. Node's default printer calls no getter. Bun's property walk reads native accessors with the printed object as receiver. A prototype that has a hook now reaches that walk.

• A native accessor prints the value that the read gives on the prototype: CompressionStream.prototype prints readable: undefined. Node prints [Getter].
• ReadableStreamDefaultReader.prototype, ReadableStreamBYOBReader.prototype and WritableStreamDefaultWriter.prototype print closed: Promise { <rejected> }, and the process exits 1 with an unhandled rejection. vm.Script.prototype does not return. Main does the same for these four.
• New with this PR: the prototype of a subclass of one of the four, when the subclass has a hook that accepted the prototype. Main printed the hook's text. This branch exits 1 for the three stream classes and does not return for vm.Script. Node prints all of them.
• New with this PR: console.log({ a: { b: { c: H.prototype } } }) throws when H has a Symbol.toStringTag getter that needs an instance and a hook that accepted the prototype. The printer reads the tag at the depth limit. Main printed c: H-hook.
• The repair belongs in the property walk and in the tag read: they must not run a class member on a prototype object. Handle the rejection of a native getter that the formatter or a debugger preview read #41630 and node:vm: Script results are own properties of the instance, as in Node #41776 are open for the first two cases, and util.inspect: read Symbol.toStringTag in a try, as Node.js does #46414 for the tag read of util.inspect. This PR does not change the walk.

Text changes for a prototype that did not throw

• A user class whose hook does not need an instance: class A { [inspect.custom]() { return "x"; } } printed x for A.prototype and now prints A {}. Node prints {}.
• A hook that hides data does not run for the prototype. Data properties on the prototype print, as in Node.
• assert.AssertionError.prototype printed [Error]. It now prints AssertionError { name: "Error", message: "" } on four lines.
• 24 other built-in prototypes that have a hook, own or inherited, print the same text as before. On main their hooks return a receiver that is not an instance. Three of them are reached from an instance only: RecordableHistogram, Histogram and ELDHistogram.
• A hook that returns its receiver prints the receiver with the default output. This now also holds when the receiver is a String object, which printed as the text of the string. String.prototype with a hook from the program needs this order.
• The same texts show in test.each titles and matcher messages that print such a prototype.

Node's hook block and the native formatter. The block is lib/internal/util/inspect.js lines 1146 to 1176 at v26.3.0. util.inspect of Bun has every clause.

Clause of Node	Native formatter on main	This PR
customInspect: false calls no hook	not read: Bun.inspect(v, { customInspect: false }) prints the hook's text	no change. #45989 has it for console.dir
the hook is a function	yes	no change
the hook is not util.inspect	no: an object whose hook is util.inspect prints 8	not ported. Nobody reported it, and it needs a compare for each hook call
the value is not the prototype of its constructor	no	added
a result that is the value itself prints by default	yes	also for a String object
a string result gets the indentation of its place	no	no change. #39938 has it

The reads of the test. They are Node's: [[GetOwnProperty]] of constructor on the value, then [[Get]] of prototype on that constructor.

• A getter or get trap for prototype runs. A class, or a function that has its prototype, needs no [[Get]]: the property is a direct data property there.
• For the global of a node:vm context with a Proxy sandbox, the getOwnPropertyDescriptor trap of the sandbox runs.
• On main neither runs. What they throw now comes out of the print, as in Node. inspect.test.js has both cases.

Differences from Node that remain

• A receiver that only inherits from a prototype (Object.create(Buffer.prototype)) gets the hook call, as in Node. The ten named hooks and the PerformanceEntry hook throw for it, on main too. 16 other built-in hooks and the Histogram hook return it, and it prints. Those hooks are not changed here. worker_threads: make the MessagePort inspect hook native and return a non-port receiver only to util.inspect #47313 has that question for MessagePort.
• A prototype object prints with the default object output, which is not Node's text.
• A hook that returns another String object still prints through ToString (print_custom_formatted_object).
• The dev-server console forwarder (src/runtime/bake/client/inspect.ts) is a third formatter. It still calls the hook of a prototype. dev server: console forwarding does not throw into or hang the page #47937 rewrites those lines and does not add the test.

The PerformanceEntry hook. #39921 gave it a prototype test because console.log called it for a prototype. It is the only written copy of the test, and the formatter now makes it, so the copy is removed. PerformanceMeasure.prototype with a Proxy of the class as its constructor prints, as on main (perf_hooks.test.ts). Two inputs change, both to what Node does:

• A direct hook.call(PerformanceEntry.prototype) throws ERR_INVALID_THIS.
• With its own constructor redefined as an accessor, PerformanceEntry.prototype printed on main through that copy. Bun.inspect and util.inspect now throw ERR_INVALID_THIS.

chai's util.inspect(PerformanceEntry.prototype) did not return on main, because the hook returned its receiver and chai called it again. It now throws that error, as under Node.

Cost (release builds of main 2596ac5 and of 597782b, linux x64)

Instructions per Bun.inspect(value): user-mode instructions of the whole process (perf_event_open), slope between 20,000 and 40,000 calls on one value, BUN_JSC_useJIT=0, median of 5 runs. The spread between runs is at most 3 instructions for the rows with one value. It is 70 for the object with 20 strings and 460 for the ten Decimal values.

value	main	this branch
"hello"	1,629	1,629	0
new Date(0)	6,573	6,572	-1
object with 20 string values	42,982	42,979	-3
new Blob(["a"])	2,272	2,273	+1
instance of a class with a hook	2,358	2,416	+58 (+2.5%)
the same, with three fields	2,359	2,417	+58 (+2.5%)
Buffer.alloc(8)	4,577	4,637	+60 (+1.3%)
instance of a class with a hook, in a --compile --aot executable	2,288	2,412	+124 (+5.4%)
instance with an own constructor and a hook that returns a constant	2,354	2,701	+347 (+14.7%)
new Decimal("1.5") of decimal.js 10.6.0	9,395	9,743	+348 (+3.7%)
object with ten such Decimal values	100,941	104,285	+3,344 (+3.3%)

• A value with a hook pays for one lookup of an own constructor. For an ordinary object and a typed array, JSC__JSValue__callCustomInspectFunction asks the Structure. Other objects, such as an object of a compiled program, take the method table.
• decimal.js sets constructor on each instance. Such an instance runs the whole test: the own constructor, then its prototype. A class or a function holds prototype as a direct data property, and the test reads it without a [[Get]]. With the [[Get]] the same rows cost about 495 more, not 347.
• Binary: .text +448 bytes (llvm-size -A). The stripped file has the same size (138,119,440 bytes). isPrototypeOfItsConstructor is 815 bytes, JSC__JSValue__callCustomInspectFunction grows by 162, and the PerformanceEntry hook shrinks by 421.
• perf is not installed in the container. A small perf_event_open program counted the instructions.

Not in this PR

• The fuzz run had three more inputs that throw: a Date with its own toISOString, a String object with its own toString, and an array with an index getter. That change is on the branch robobun/06055a1c/console-slot-reads. It overlaps with Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 in four regions of ConsoleObject.rs, and two of its parts need a decision from a maintainer. A note on Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 has the details. A trial merge of this branch with the head of Print Bun's snapshot format with the console.log formatter #46729 (568361e) is clean.
• console.table(Buffer.prototype) throws Receiver should be a typed array view on main and here. console.table iterates any iterable, and the iterator that the prototype inherits needs a typed array. Node lists the own enumerable keys.

Self-review. Two passes.

• The first was on a larger diff that also had the three inputs above: 42 concerns, 18 addressed, 24 about code that is not in this PR now.
• The second was on this diff: 20 concerns, 19 addressed. It found that a data-only read of constructor.prototype made PerformanceEntry prototypes with a Proxy constructor throw, where main printed them. The read is now Node's.
• Rejected: a sweep test over every built-in prototype. After this PR no hook is called for a prototype, so a sweep tests the default printer. That printer fails for the three stream prototypes and for vm.Script.prototype, for the other reasons above.

Tests

• 32 new tests fail on a release build of main and pass on a release build of this branch: 18 in inspect.test.js, 11 in custom-inspect.test.js, 2 in console-log.test.ts, 1 in perf_hooks.test.ts.
• Three programs under test/aot/parallel/a-prototype-object-is-printed-without-its-method-under-the-key-of-the-printer/ pass test/aot/run-parallel.ts, as written and with --aot-erase-types: the executable of bun build --compile --aot prints what plain bun prints. One of them has a getter that runs for constructor.prototype. On main the plain run of the class program throws, so the runner fails it.
• Also ran on the debug+ASAN build of the head: test/js/web/console, test/js/bun/console, test/js/bun/test/printing, bun-inspect.test.ts, util.test.js, reportError.test.ts, inspect-error.test.js. The four test files also pass under BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.
• Not run: scripts/jsc-exception-lint/run.ts. It needs the WebKit sources, which the container does not have.

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Reproduced on a release build of main (2596ac5) with bun -e 'console.log(Buffer.prototype)'. It throws TypeError: Can only call Buffer.inspect on instances of Buffer (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Bun.inspect throws the same error. util.inspect and Node v26.3.0 print the object.

With this branch, the same command prints Buffer { and the properties of the object.

State at 597782b: on release builds, main fails 32 of the new tests and this branch passes all of them. In CI build 139097, 184 of 188 jobs passed and no test failed. The other 4 jobs are the darwin any x64 - test-bun shards, which wait in the queue for an agent. The diff is ready for a review by a maintainer. The PR notes have two yes/no questions for that review.

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Custom inspection now skips hooks for objects identified as their constructor’s prototype. Self-returning inspection results use default formatting. Tests cover constructor-property edge cases, built-in prototypes, and console output.

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Custom inspection behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect and skip constructor prototypes src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/webcore/JSPerformanceEntry.cpp, src/js/builtins/Histogram.ts, test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js, test/js/node/util/custom-inspect.test.js, test/js/node/perf_hooks/perf_hooks.test.ts, test/js/web/console/console-log.test.ts, test/aot/parallel/a-prototype-object-is-printed-without-its-method-under-the-key-of-the-printer/*	The shared inspection path checks eligible objects against their constructor and prototype, and skips the hook for matching prototypes. PerformanceEntry no longer performs its own prototype check. Tests cover prototype objects, instances, constructor-property edge cases, and console output.
Format self-returning inspection results src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js	When a custom inspection result is the inspected object, the formatter disables custom inspection and formats the value normally before processing string results.

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No actionable merge-blocking issue is established. The changes address prototype inspection failures while retaining instance hooks; merge after normal checks pass.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked: every getOwnPropertySlot / getValue in the new isPrototypeOfItsConstructor helper is followed by RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION and the tail compare goes through RELEASE_AND_RETURN; the hoisted result == this branch in print_as only changes output for a String-object receiver returned by its own hook, which now matches util.inspect's ret !== context fallback; and the removed PerformanceEntry prototype guard is covered by the new direct assertion in perf_hooks.test.ts (ERR_INVALID_THIS). I did not run the test files under BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a prototype pre-check to the custom-inspect call shim in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, hoists the self-return branch in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, and drops a now-redundant guard in JSPerformanceEntry.cpp; it touches no security-sensitive surface. Three inline findings were posted (AOT path untested, substring matchers, Proxy/accessor constructor still throws), so a human look is already signalled; this note records the exception-check audit and the ruled-out String-object and PerformanceEntry concerns.

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I reviewed the latest push and found no bugs; the item still open from my last review (no AOT program exercising the prototype skip) is now covered by the two programs under test/aot/parallel/. Because this changes what console.log / Bun.inspect / expect messages print for every prototype that carries a hook, and keeps a data-property-only check where Node runs a [[Get]] (so a Proxy or accessor constructor.prototype still gets the hook), a maintainer should still weigh those user-visible choices.

What was reviewed:

• isPrototypeOfItsConstructor in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp: own constructor read through the method table with RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after each call, getter/CustomAccessor slots rejected, prototype read under VMInquiry so no getter or Proxy trap runs; a Proxy receiver never reaches it since Tag::get_advanced excludes ProxyObject from the hook lookup.
• The src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs reorder: moving the result == this check ahead of the string branch only affects a String object whose hook (or the new C++ early return) yields itself, which the new inspect.test.js cases pin; the other paths keep their old tagging.
• src/jsc/bindings/webcore/JSPerformanceEntry.cpp: the dropped prototype check is subsumed by the shared helper, and perf_hooks.test.ts asserts both the prototype print and the direct-call ERR_INVALID_THIS; no other built-in hook in src/ carries its own copy of the check.
• Not run here: BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 and the test suites; this is a reading-only review.

Extended reasoning...

The diff adds a prototype-object check to the shared C++ helper that invokes [nodejs.util.inspect.custom] for the native formatter (src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp), reorders the hook-result handling in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, removes a now-redundant copy of the check from the PerformanceEntry hook, and adds tests across inspect.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js, console-log.test.ts, perf_hooks.test.ts and two test/aot/parallel programs. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface; the sensitive part is JSC property-slot semantics (method-table getOwnPropertySlot, VMInquiry) where exception checks and no-user-JS guarantees were traced by reading. Since the last review the author pushed a2f4e24 addressing the open AOT-coverage nit and earlier replaced substring matches with exact ones. Defer rather than approve because the change alters user-visible console output for prototypes with hooks and intentionally diverges from Node for Proxy/accessor constructors, which is a product judgment for a maintainer, and a coderabbit thread on inspect.test.js remains unresolved with unseen content.

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[claude]

I reviewed the latest push and found no bugs; commit f969c47 addresses the two points I raised earlier (the [[Get]] of constructor.prototype for Proxy/accessor constructors, and AOT fixtures under test/aot/parallel/). Because this changes what console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test print for every prototype object that has a hook, and adds a per-call cost to the formatter for any value with a hook, a maintainer's look at the tradeoff is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• isPrototypeOfItsConstructor in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp: every call that can enter JS (getOwnPropertySlot, getValue, the prototype get) is followed by RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION, accessors and CustomAccessor slots are rejected before getValue, and the fast-path gate only skips objects whose Structure lists own properties.
• The ConsoleObject.rs reorder: moving the result == this check ahead of the string branch only changes a String-object receiver whose hook returns itself, which the description names; the single call site of the C++ helper is unchanged.
• Sibling paths: src/js/internal/util/inspect.ts:1317 already has Node's check, so the C++ pre-check covers the remaining native path; JSPerformanceEntry.cpp's removed copy is now redundant.
• Not run: the build and the test suite; the hasDirectProperty(JSGlobalObject*, PropertyName) signature could not be checked against JSC headers since WebKit headers are not in this checkout. Note the PR description's "Differences from Node that remain" bullet about Proxy/accessor constructors describes the pre-f969c47 behavior and is now stale.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a prototype-object pre-check to the single native entry point that calls a value's inspect.custom hook (src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp), restructures the result handling in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, removes the now-redundant copy of the check from JSPerformanceEntry.cpp, and adds tests in four suites plus three AOT fixtures. It touches no security-sensitive surface; the user code it can run (getters, Proxy traps on constructor/prototype) is bracketed by exception checks and matches what Node's formatValue runs. Deferring rather than approving because the change alters user-visible output of the shared formatter (console.log, Bun.inspect, bun:test messages) for prototypes with hooks, adds measured instruction cost to a hot path, and the final commit inverted a behavior the PR description still documents, so a maintainer should confirm the tradeoff; no build or test run was performed in this review.

[claude]

I re-reviewed the four commits pushed since my last review and found no bugs; both points I raised earlier (the [[Get]] of constructor.prototype in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp, and an AOT program under test/aot/parallel/) are now addressed in code. Because this changes what console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test messages print for any prototype that carries a hook, and adds a user-JS-reachable [[Get]] to the custom-inspect path, a maintainer's look at the behavior choice is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• isPrototypeOfItsConstructor and its caller: every call that can enter JS (getOwnPropertySlot, getValue, get) has RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION under a ThrowScope; the Structure fast path skips the lookup only for types whose own constructor would live in the Structure (static tables and OverridesGetOwnPropertySlot types other than typed arrays go through the method table).
• print_custom_formatted_object reorder: result == this is now handled before the is_string() branch, which is what makes a String-object receiver print by default rather than as its text; single caller of the C++ entry point, so no sibling site is missed.
• The removed PerformanceEntry prototype check is fully covered by the generic path (its throw for a direct call is pinned in perf_hooks.test.ts).
• Not run here: BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 and the fail-without-fix check (USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1); these were checked by reading only.
• One note: the PR description's "Differences from Node that remain" still says the formatter reads constructor.prototype as a data property and runs no getter or Proxy trap; after f969c47 the code and inspect.test.js pin the opposite, so the description is stale on that point.

Extended reasoning...

The diff touches the native console formatter (src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs, src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp), the PerformanceEntry inspect hook, a comment in Histogram.ts, and adds tests in five test files plus three AOT programs; it skips the inspect.custom hook when the receiver is the prototype of its own constructor, mirroring Node. No security-sensitive surface (no auth, crypto, or untrusted parsing); the only new user-JS-reachable call is the [[Get]] of constructor.prototype, which is exception-checked. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed paths, and the one unresolved third-party inline thread (custom-inspect.test.js:416) is plausibly addressed by the later commit fe5a028. Defer rather than approve because the change alters user-visible output across console.log, Bun.inspect and bun:test messages for prototypes with hooks, and the exception-check validation and fail-without-fix runs could not be performed in this review.

[claude]

I re-reviewed the five commits pushed since my last review and found no bugs; the earlier inline items (AOT coverage, the Proxy/accessor prototype case, exact prototype assertions) are addressed by the new code. Since this changes the native formatter's behavior for every value with an inspect.custom hook and sits in JSC binding code, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The new getDirect fast path in isPrototypeOfItsConstructor: an own data prototype on a JSFunction yields the same result as [[Get]]; a GetterSetter cell fails isObject() and bound/arrow functions have no own prototype, so those still take the throwing [[Get]] path.
• Exception checks around getOwnPropertySlot, PropertySlot::getValue and the [[Get]]; accessor and CustomAccessor constructor slots return early without running a getter, matching Node's descriptor.value read. I did not run the build or BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.
• The hoisted result == this branch in ConsoleObject.rs now covers String objects, matching Node's ret !== context ordering; callCustomInspectFunction has one caller, and no other built-in hook keeps its own prototype guard.

Extended reasoning...

The diff adds a prototype check to JSC__JSValue__callCustomInspectFunction in src/jsc/bindings/UtilInspect.cpp (method-table getOwnPropertySlot for constructor, then a JSFunction getDirect fast path or a full [[Get]] for prototype), reorders print_custom_formatted_object in src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs so a result identical to the receiver is formatted without the hook, removes the now-redundant guard in JSPerformanceEntry.cpp, and adds tests in inspect.test.js, custom-inspect.test.js, console-log.test.ts, perf_hooks.test.ts and three AOT programs. It touches no security-sensitive surface. Approval was withheld because the change alters observable console.log/Bun.inspect behavior on a hot path in native C++ with several JS-entering calls, the author is a bot, and I could not run the build or the exception-check validation; no CODEOWNERS entry covers the files and no outstanding third-party objection is visible in the timeline.