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docs: say when vi.mock() updates an already loaded package in place - #48340
docs/test/mocks.mdx says that a vi.mock() call in a statically imported module updates a loaded package in place. On main, a module that ran before the call keeps the real package. The test stays green.
This is on purpose. mockModule() updates a loaded package only if isImportedByModuleYetToRun() finds an importer (src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp:3647). Three doc sentences promise more.
Fix
"Mocking a Package" now shows one example in both import orders. The mocks file first gives an update in place, and the other order gives none, as in Vitest.
It lists what the example assumes, and tells the reader not to rely on import order.
"When to Use Preload" limits its claim to mock.module(), jest.mock() and jest.doMock(), and names what an update does not reach. Two "Differences from Vitest" bullets now point to that example.
Verified: 56 fixture runs, one or more per new sentence, on release and debug builds of 2596ac5.
Background
A module that loads after the vi.mock() call gets the mock from the loader. A module already linked to the real package gets it only if Bun overwrites the package's exports ("updates in place").
Before bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 (unreleased), vi.mock was an alias of mock.module and always updated in place, so 1.4.4 gives the mock here.
Considered: a full statement of when the update happens. A check found an exception one step from almost every general sentence (Notes). The 1.4.4 result (always update in place) is a code change at BunPlugin.cpp:3647, for a maintainer to decide.
Notes
Report. A shared mocks file, imported after the module under test, no longer mocks a package for that module.
bun test ./m.test.js prints mock on 1.4.3 and real on main. Both report 1 pass.
Measured. "old" is 1.4.3-canary 367d939, before #44833. "main" is 2596ac5. Vitest 5.0.3 and Jest 30.5.2 ran on Node 26.3.0 with the same files and their own imports.
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vi.mock("./dep.js") (own module), service first
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mock.module() or jest.mock() in the mocks file, service first
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Why the text is an example with assumptions. An earlier draft stated the rule in general terms (when a module counts as finished, what a CommonJS module does, what a preload hook does). A check attacked each of its 51 sentences with 45 to 700 fixture cases. 50 sentences had a case one step away that a reader of the sentence gets wrong. The causes repeat: a top-level await in the package or an importer, a CommonJS mocks file or importer, import cycles, an earlier test file of the run, a factory that reads its own file, a package with separate import and require files. So the text now describes one example, names its assumptions, and points to the two ways that do not depend on import order.
What the sentences rest on (all on main):
The example: mocks file first gives the mock, for a CommonJS and an ES package. A module that already ran and a module inside node_modules get it too, if they use import. A CommonJS library in node_modules that holds what require() returned for a CommonJS package keeps the real function. For an ES package it gets the mock.
The other order gives the real package. It gives the mock when the test file imports the package itself, or when a later import does.
Each assumption, made false: a CommonJS importer with the mocks file first reads real. A package with a top-level await is read as real while the importer loads. A factory that reads a const or an import of the mocks file makes no update and prints no error, and vi.hoisted() gives the update. A second test file whose importer an earlier file loaded reads real.
The two ways: vi.mock() at the top level of the test file and --preload give the mock for an ES and a CommonJS importer, also after an earlier test file. A test file that re-exports its ./cart import keeps that import static. Then ./cart runs before the hoisted call and reads the real package, and --preload gives the mock.
An update: an export that the factory left out keeps its value, default included, for a CommonJS and an ES package. An export that only the mock has is not added.
A package that node_modules links to a workspace folder is updated with the importer first. The same files with a real directory are not.
mock.module(), jest.mock() and jest.doMock() update a loaded package. vi.doMock() leaves it when its importer already ran. const { send } = require("pkg") keeps the real send. The object from require("pkg") stays real only for a CommonJS package.
A factory with importOriginal or jest.requireActual() runs the body of the original. A factory without them does not.
A helper with a hoisted call gets its later import as the mock. The same helper without one gets an update in place. A module that a preload loaded, or that only vi.importActual() had loaded, follows the package rule.
Code findings from the checks. This PR does not describe them as intended behaviour. Each one has its own report.
A run of several files without --isolate: a file that imports the mocks file first reads the real package if an earlier file loaded the importer.
A hoisted factory that reads a const or an import of its own file makes no update, with no error. Vitest 5.0.3 and Jest 30.5.2 give the mock. The text names this as an assumption of the example.
A module with a hoisted call of its own, still importing the mocked module: the mock is lost and the factory never runs (1.4.3 gives the mock).
mock.module() as the expression body of a callback does not update the loaded module (old, also on 1.4.3).
A mock of an ES module that is suspended at its own top-level await is lost for every importer and for a later import(). The update is applied, and the rest of the module body assigns over it (old, also on 1.4.3, with mock.module(), jest.mock() and vi.mock()). The text names top-level await as an assumption of the example.
Also.
test/js/bun/test/mock/mock-module.test.ts "a package is patched for the modules that have yet to run" pins the mocks-first order. I found no test for the service-first order.
`docs/test/mocks.mdx` said that a `vi.mock()` call in a statically
imported module always updates a loaded package in place. Bun does that
only while one of the project's own modules that imports the package
with a static import has not finished running. Otherwise a module that
already ran keeps the real package.
State that rule in "Mocking a Package", with the modules that do not
count and the ways to give such a module the mock. Limit the same claim
in "When to Use Preload" and in two bullets of "Differences from
Vitest".
Status: ready for review. Docs only, no code change.
How it was reproduced. A test file imports ./service.js, which imports a package, and then ./mocks.js, which calls vi.mock() for that package. On a build of main 2596ac5, bun test prints real for the service. On 1.4.3 it prints mock. Vitest 5.0.3 and Jest 30.5.2 print real on the same files. The files and the full table are in the Notes of the description.
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The documentation clarifies when mock APIs update already-loaded modules in place. It describes how import timing and mocking APIs affect updates, including preload and Vitest compatibility behavior.
The docs describe import timing and export limits for in-place package updates. They distinguish preload behavior by mock API and cover Vitest compatibility, copied values, and existing CommonJS exports objects.
Possibly related issues
oven-sh/bun#46587: The documentation describes the limit on adding mock-only exports to an already-loaded module.
oven-sh/bun#30242: The documentation describes in-place updates to loaded modules and the behavior of values copied before an update.
Possibly related PRs
oven-sh/bun#48179: This PR changes runtime patching for in-flight modules and edits documentation about update timing.
oven-sh/bun#48224: This PR documents export-copy rules for already-imported modules that this PR also describes.
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Merge Risk: Low · up to 556db
The documentation can mislead readers in two edge cases where existing importers retain the real implementation. These are bounded documentation risks, not runtime changes; qualify the guidance as a small follow-up.
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- Line 472: Update the top-level `await` exception in the module-update
documentation to clarify that a suspended test in a static import cycle may
still trigger an in-place update when another module in the cycle statically
imports the mocks module. Preserve the other listed exceptions.
- Line 589: Clarify the `mock.module()` guidance: CommonJS importers that
destructure and save an export before mocking retain the original reference, so
mock the dependency before the importer runs when it saves an export. Qualify
the claim that already-imported code gets the mocked version without changing
the surrounding side-effect guidance.
- Line 811: Update the import-linking note and the “Mocking a Package” section
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…e limits
Say when a module counts as finished for an in-place update of a loaded
package: its code ran to the end or reached a top-level await, and
modules that import each other finish together.
A `vi.mock()` call that runs for a `--preload` script always updates a
loaded package, so say that in "Mocking a Package" and in the
"Differences from Vitest" bullet.
In "When to Use Preload", say what an in-place update does not reach:
a value that a module copied out before the mock, and the object that
`require()` returned for a CommonJS module.
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- Line 480: Revise the `vi.mock()` preload guarantee to apply only when the call
executes during preload execution; clarify that a later callback from a preload
or its imported module does not guarantee an in-place update of a package
already loaded by the completed preload importer.
- Line 817: Qualify the loaded-package comparison in “Mocking a Package”:
clarify that modules already run observe the updated mock only through
references resolved after the update, while exports copied beforehand—such as a
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…xclude copied values
A `vi.mock()` call updates a loaded package without condition only when
it runs while a preload loads, or in a hook that the preload
registered. A function of the preload that a test calls later follows
the rules for a test file.
An in-place update reaches a module through its imports. A value that
the module copied out earlier stays the original, so say that where the
text says that a module that already ran gets the mock.
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- Line 468: Update the paragraph about Bun updating a loaded package in place to
clarify that already-linked ES module namespaces do not gain exports defined
only by the mock. Preserve the existing explanation of which imports observe
updates, and make clear that mock-only exports are unavailable through those
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clarify that a preload-registered `beforeEach()` running for concurrent tests
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…he preload hook
An update in place changes the exports that the package has. It does
not add an export that only the mock has, and it reads a getter once.
Say so next to the rule, as the page already does for a module of the
project.
Name `beforeAll()` as the preload hook whose `vi.mock()` call updates a
loaded package. A `beforeEach()` hook that runs for concurrent tests
does not get that treatment.
…nd list what an update leaves real
A module that waits for one of its imports, because that import uses
top-level await, does not make Bun update a loaded package, although
its code has not started. Say so in the definition of "finished
running".
An update in place changes only the exports that the factory returned.
An export that the factory left out keeps its real value, `default`
included. A hoisted factory that reads a variable that is not
initialized yet makes no update and reports no error. Say both next to
the rule and in "When to Use Preload", and say that `mock.module()` and
`jest.mock()` in a mocks file do not reach a CommonJS module that holds
`require()` of a CommonJS package.
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…tions
A sentence-by-sentence check of the longer text found that almost every
general statement about the moment of the update has an exception one
step away: top-level await, CommonJS files, import cycles, earlier test
files of the run, factories that read their own file.
Describe one example instead (a mocks file imported before and after
the module under test), list what the example assumes, and tell the
reader not to rely on import order for a mock that a test needs. Keep
the limits of an update in place that hold for a module that imports
the package with `import`, and say that a workspace package that
`node_modules` links to counts as a module of the project.
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- Line 468: Qualify the in-place package update claim in the “Hoisting &
Preloading” discussion and in “Differences from Vitest”: for CommonJS packages,
an already-run library that saved the object returned by require() may keep
calling the original implementation because replacing module.exports does not
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…t to the imports that run first
A CommonJS library that holds what `require()` returned for a CommonJS
package keeps the real object after an update in place, so name
`import` where the text says which modules get the mock.
A test file can have imports that stay static and run before a hoisted
`vi.mock()` call. Point the advice at the section that lists them.
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Problem
docs/test/mocks.mdxsays that avi.mock()call in a statically imported module updates a loaded package in place. On main, a module that ran before the call keeps the real package. The test stays green.mockModule()updates a loaded package only ifisImportedByModuleYetToRun()finds an importer (src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp:3647). Three doc sentences promise more.Fix
mock.module(),jest.mock()andjest.doMock(), and names what an update does not reach. Two "Differences from Vitest" bullets now point to that example.Background
vi.mock()call gets the mock from the loader. A module already linked to the real package gets it only if Bun overwrites the package's exports ("updates in place").vi.mockwas an alias ofmock.moduleand always updated in place, so 1.4.4 gives the mock here.BunPlugin.cpp:3647, for a maintainer to decide.Notes
Report. A shared mocks file, imported after the module under test, no longer mocks a package for that module.
bun test ./m.test.jsprintsmockon 1.4.3 andrealon main. Both report 1 pass.Measured. "old" is 1.4.3-canary 367d939, before #44833. "main" is 2596ac5. Vitest 5.0.3 and Jest 30.5.2 ran on Node 26.3.0 with the same files and their own imports.
./service.js, then./mocks.js./later.js, which also imports the package (service, later)./service.js, then./mocks.js, and the test file imports the package itself./mocks.js, then./service.js./mocks.js, then aservice.cjsthat callsrequire()for an ES packagevi.mock("./dep.js")(own module), service firstmock.module()orjest.mock()in the mocks file, service firstWhy the text is an example with assumptions. An earlier draft stated the rule in general terms (when a module counts as finished, what a CommonJS module does, what a preload hook does). A check attacked each of its 51 sentences with 45 to 700 fixture cases. 50 sentences had a case one step away that a reader of the sentence gets wrong. The causes repeat: a top-level
awaitin the package or an importer, a CommonJS mocks file or importer, import cycles, an earlier test file of the run, a factory that reads its own file, a package with separateimportandrequirefiles. So the text now describes one example, names its assumptions, and points to the two ways that do not depend on import order.What the sentences rest on (all on main):
node_modulesget it too, if they useimport. A CommonJS library innode_modulesthat holds whatrequire()returned for a CommonJS package keeps the real function. For an ES package it gets the mock.awaitis read as real while the importer loads. A factory that reads aconstor an import of the mocks file makes no update and prints no error, andvi.hoisted()gives the update. A second test file whose importer an earlier file loaded reads real.vi.mock()at the top level of the test file and--preloadgive the mock for an ES and a CommonJS importer, also after an earlier test file. A test file that re-exports its./cartimport keeps that import static. Then./cartruns before the hoisted call and reads the real package, and--preloadgives the mock.defaultincluded, for a CommonJS and an ES package. An export that only the mock has is not added.node_moduleslinks to a workspace folder is updated with the importer first. The same files with a real directory are not.mock.module(),jest.mock()andjest.doMock()update a loaded package.vi.doMock()leaves it when its importer already ran.const { send } = require("pkg")keeps the realsend. The object fromrequire("pkg")stays real only for a CommonJS package.importOriginalorjest.requireActual()runs the body of the original. A factory without them does not.vi.importActual()had loaded, follows the package rule.Code findings from the checks. This PR does not describe them as intended behaviour. Each one has its own report.
--isolate: a file that imports the mocks file first reads the real package if an earlier file loaded the importer.constor an import of its own file makes no update, with no error. Vitest 5.0.3 and Jest 30.5.2 give the mock. The text names this as an assumption of the example.mock.module()as the expression body of a callback does not update the loaded module (old, also on 1.4.3).awaitis lost for every importer and for a laterimport(). The update is applied, and the rest of the module body assigns over it (old, also on 1.4.3, withmock.module(),jest.mock()andvi.mock()). The text names top-levelawaitas an assumption of the example.Also.
test/js/bun/test/mock/mock-module.test.ts"a package is patched for the modules that have yet to run" pins the mocks-first order. I found no test for the service-first order.no test proof · iteration 0 · docs-only change; test-proof not applicable