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Problem

• The JSDoc of the stream option of Bun.ArrayBufferSink.start() says that flush() returns a Uint8Array (packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts:2499). flush() returns an ArrayBuffer, and a Uint8Array only when asUint8Array is also set (src/runtime/webcore/ArrayBufferSink.rs:45-50). Code that follows the text throws TypeError: data.subarray is not a function.
• The JSDoc of flush() says that, without stream, flush() returns "the number of bytes written since the last flush" (bun.d.ts:2511). It returns 0 (ArrayBufferSink.rs:56).
• docs/runtime/streams.mdx copies both sentences. The asUint8Array option has no JSDoc.

Fix

• The stream text names ArrayBuffer, and Uint8Array with asUint8Array: true. asUint8Array gets a JSDoc.
• The flush() bullets name the option values. The third says that flush() returns 0 and keeps the data.
• The Reference block of docs/runtime/streams.mdx gets the same three comments, word for word. The sentence above it covers flush() with and without stream: true. No type or src/ file changes.
• Verified: a probe calls flush() and end() with each option combination on the canary of main (1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3). The output agrees with each new sentence. test/integration/bun-types/bun-types.test.ts passes, 30 of 30.

Background

• ArrayBufferSink collects write() chunks in one buffer, and end() returns that buffer. With stream: true, flush() returns a copy of the data and empties the buffer.
• The second item changes the JSDoc, not the runtime. Commit 500e5ed (2022-07-02) made flush() return 0 without stream, 5 days before 57d9c50 wrote the sentence. If the old sentence is the wanted contract, the runtime needs the change.
• docs, bun-types: correct 20 examples that do not run as printed #44480 corrects the tcp.mdx sample that calls subarray() on the flush() result, not these lines.

Notes

The probe prints what flush() and end() return. Rows with the same options are calls on one sink, in order. The output is the same on 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3 (main) and on 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9.

Options of start()	Calls	Result
{ stream: true }	write("hel"), flush()	ArrayBuffer(3) with hel
{ stream: true }	write("lo"), flush()	ArrayBuffer(2) with lo
{ stream: true }	flush() with no write before it	ArrayBuffer(0)
{ stream: true }	write("end"), end()	ArrayBuffer(3) with end
{ stream: true, asUint8Array: true }	write("hel"), flush()	Uint8Array(3) with hel
{ stream: true, asUint8Array: true }	write("lo"), end()	Uint8Array(2) with lo
no start()	flush() before a write	0
no start()	write("hello"), flush(), flush()	0, 0
no start()	write(" world"), flush(), end()	0, then ArrayBuffer(11) with hello world
{ highWaterMark: 1024 }	write("hello"), flush(), end()	0, then ArrayBuffer(5)
{ stream: false }	write("hello"), flush(), end()	0, then ArrayBuffer(5)
{ asUint8Array: true }	write("hello"), flush(), end()	0, then Uint8Array(5)

With { stream: true }, (sink.flush() as Uint8Array).subarray(2) throws TypeError: data.subarray is not a function. (In 'data.subarray(2)', 'data.subarray' is undefined).

Only the boolean true turns an option on. With { stream: 1 }, { stream: "yes" } or { stream: {} }, flush() returns 0. With { stream: true, asUint8Array: 1 }, flush() returns an ArrayBuffer. So the comments name stream: true and asUint8Array: true.

History of the two sentences and of the code that they describe:

• d93f093 (2022-06-15) added drainFromJS. With stream it returned an ArrayBuffer, or a Uint8Array with asUint8Array. Without stream it returned undefined.
• 500e5ed (2022-07-02) renamed drain() to flush(). Without stream the return value became 0. In the same commit the HTTP response sink started to return the number of bytes that a flush sent.
• 57d9c50 (2022-07-07) wrote both sentences. The code did not match either of them on that day.
• The last Zig version (src/runtime/webcore/ArrayBufferSink.zig:55) and the Rust version return the same constant 0. The sink never had a counter of the bytes written since the last flush.

FileSink and the HTTP response sink return the number of bytes that flush() moved to the destination. An ArrayBufferSink without stream has no destination before end(), so 0 agrees with that meaning.

Seen during verification, not changed here:

• With asUint8Array, a second end() returns an empty ArrayBuffer, not an empty Uint8Array (end_from_js, ArrayBufferSink.rs:100-102). The JSDoc does not describe this result. A sentence about it makes the result part of the documented contract.
• start() on a sink that holds data discards the data (ArrayBufferSink.rs:18). That is a fact about start(), not about the return value of flush().
• A start() call with no option keeps stream and asUint8Array from the call before it. A start() call with an option resets each option that it does not name (Start::array_buffer_sink, src/runtime/webcore/streams.rs:102-116). After start({ stream: true }), a start({ highWaterMark: 16 }) turns stream mode off. The JSDoc describes a sink with one start() call.
• The highWaterMark comment in the Reference block of streams.mdx has no periods. The comment in bun.d.ts has them.

Prettier 3.9.9 reports no change for the two files.

The test promises nothing that a schema of the bindgen breaks needs Source/JavaScriptCore/aot of the pinned WebKit. The local run got it from a sparse checkout of oven-sh/WebKit at 5a61071f79, through AOT_ENGINE_DIRECTORY.

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^{Updated 1:18 PM PT - Nov 8th, 2026}

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Status: ready for review. This PR changes JSDoc text and one sentence of docs/runtime/streams.mdx. It changes no runtime code.

CI on a5febcc (build 138785): 184 of 188 jobs pass. The 4 darwin x64 - test-bun jobs did not start. They expired in the queue 3 times with no agent, at 17:05, 18:05 and 20:05 UTC on 2026-11-08. The same lane expired on builds 138782, 138784 and 138786. Every job that ran passes, so the diff is green and the missing lane is a CI agent problem.

How to reproduce what the old text got wrong: run this script with a build of main.

import { ArrayBufferSink } from "bun";
const tag = (v: unknown) => Object.prototype.toString.call(v);
for (const opts of [undefined, { stream: true }, { stream: true, asUint8Array: true }, { asUint8Array: true }]) {
  const sink = new ArrayBufferSink();
  if (opts !== undefined) sink.start(opts);
  sink.write("hello");
  const f = sink.flush();
  console.log(JSON.stringify(opts) ?? "no start()", "| flush():", typeof f === "number" ? f : tag(f));
}

Output on 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3:

no start() | flush(): 0
{"stream":true} | flush(): [object ArrayBuffer]
{"stream":true,"asUint8Array":true} | flush(): [object Uint8Array]
{"asUint8Array":true} | flush(): 0

The old JSDoc named a Uint8Array for line 2, and the number of bytes written (5) for lines 1 and 4.

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Walkthrough

The ArrayBufferSink documentation clarifies how asUint8Array affects end() and flush(). It also describes what flush() returns and whether it retains buffered data when stream: true is disabled.

Changes

ArrayBufferSink documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document ArrayBufferSink flush behavior packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts, docs/runtime/streams.mdx	The declarations and runtime reference describe how asUint8Array affects output types. With stream: true, flush() returns buffered data and restarts writes from the beginning of the buffer. Without it, flush() returns 0 and retains buffered data.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#44480: Updates an ArrayBufferSink example and documents the flush() return type for the same API.

Merge Risk: Low · up to a5feb

This documentation update is mergeable with bounded follow-up for restart and repeated-call exceptions. The ordinary streaming and non-streaming descriptions are clearer, but callers reusing a sink could still misunderstand retained settings or buffered-data behavior.

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The title names the two changed areas (bun-types and docs) and the specific subject, the return value of ArrayBufferSink.flush(). The changeset corrects the JSDoc and docs for that return value, so the title matches the main change. It does not mention the new asUint8Array JSDoc, but that is a secondary detail.

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The PR updates the JSDoc in bun.d.ts and the Reference block in docs/runtime/streams.mdx so that flush() return values are documented correctly for stream: true, asUint8Array: true, and the default case. The description follows the template with 'What does this PR do?' content under Problem, Fix, and Background, and it gives a detailed verification section with a probe table and a bun-types test run (30 of 30 passing). It covers the required information. The 'How did you verify your code works?' content is present in the Fix and Notes sections. Some sections are extensive and mix in unrelated observations, but the core template information is present and specific.

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