[robobun]

Part of #23219

Problem

• redis.send("SET", ["k", 0, "EX", 60]) is error TS2322: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'. A Buffer and a Blob fail too, and bun compile writes no executable.
• The client accepts them: js_send (src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey_functions.rs:340) converts each element with from_js. packages/bun-types/redis.d.ts:128 declares args: string[].

Fix

• args becomes readonly (string | number | NodeJS.TypedArray | DataView<ArrayBufferLike> | ArrayBufferLike | Blob)[]. The JSDoc and docs/runtime/redis.mdx say what Bun sends for each kind.
• Correct: a debug build stores each declared kind as documented and throws for each refused kind (Redis 8.0.2).
• Verified: test/integration/bun-types/fixture/redis.ts, 15 diagnostics with the declarations of main, 0 here.
• Self-reviewed: 18 concerns raised, 17 addressed. Rejected: ArrayBuffer in RedisClient.KeyLike, because hset sends it as text.

Background

• send runs any Redis command. Nothing generates its declaration.
• send stays one method, which TypeScript compares in both directions: an override, a fake or a bun:test mock with a required args: string[] still compiles.
• The union is the one Fix every type error in test/ #44614 gave Bun.YAML.parse, plus number. Considered a string[] overload: the 13 diagnostics in real code stay.

Downsides

• Code typed from the parameter of send sees the union: spyOn(redis, "send").mockImplementation(async (cmd, args) => args[0]?.toUpperCase()) is TS2339. Two public repositories get 13 new diagnostics. The remedy is String(args[0]).
• Also errors now: a fake with args: string[] = [] or args: unknown[], an annotated mock under vitest mock types, a stale // @ts-expect-error. bun compile without @types/bun reads the copy in the binary (+55 bytes), so bun upgrade alone brings the fake errors.
• Bun.file() and an S3File now type-check, and Bun sends an empty argument for them, as set does (Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673 makes them throw).

Notes

Origin

• types: accept a number as a RedisClient value, list element, member or option value #48332 adds number to 81 other parameters of RedisClient. It leaves send for a separate change because of the break in Downsides. The two merge in either order (git merge-tree with its head b8595f9 is clean).
• Related to Implement other buffer related RedisClient methods and/or return_as_buffer to redis.send (allow returning binary from any command) #19576: a comment there says "Also need to be able send as buffer too. Cannot use some APIs without this, for example the FT indexes with embedding." The client takes the buffer. The declaration and the docs said strings only.
• Related to Issue on docs #33070: the answer there, redis.send("PUBLISH", [channel, Buffer.from([0x00, 0x01, 0x02])]), is TS2322 with the declarations of main.
• stacksjs/ts-cache passes a number to send under // @ts-expect-error (src/drivers/redis.ts:464 and :480).

What the client does with each kind

Measured with send("SET", [key, element]) and getBuffer(key) on a debug build of this branch against Redis 8.0.2. The branch changes no file under src/, and a debug build of main 2596ac5 gives the same output.

Element	Result
"h\u00e9"	68 c3 a9 (UTF-8)
0, 1.5, -0, 1e21, NaN, Infinity	"0", "1.5", "0", "1e+21", "NaN", "Infinity"
Buffer, Uint8Array, every other typed array	the bytes of the view (new Uint16Array([0x0102, 0x0304]) gives 02 01 04 03, a subarray gives the bytes that it covers)
DataView with an offset	the bytes that the view covers
ArrayBuffer, resizable ArrayBuffer, SharedArrayBuffer	its bytes
Blob, File (in memory)	its bytes
Bun.file(path), a slice of it, a Blob that contains it, an S3File	an empty argument. Nothing is read, and no request goes to S3. await file.bytes() sends the content
bigint, boolean, symbol, null, undefined, a hole, plain object, Number object, nested array, function, Date, URL	throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
args is a frozen array or an Array subclass	accepted, and the array is unchanged
args is a Set, an iterator, an array-like object, a typed array, a string, or missing	throws "Arguments must be an array"

The declaration against the client

• I compiled and ran 116 call shapes. The client accepts 80 and throws for 36.
• Of the 80 accepted calls, 16 compile with the declarations of main and 76 compile here.
• The 4 that stay errors: a String object (2 shapes), a value typed as the ArrayBufferView of the TypeScript lib, and a string | undefined value.
• The lib ArrayBufferView is structural. { buffer, byteLength, byteOffset } also has that type, and the client throws for it. A value typed RedisClient.KeyLike, Bun.ArrayBufferView or NodeJS.ArrayBufferView compiles.
• 35 of the 36 refused calls are type errors with both declarations. new Proxy([...], {}) as args compiles with both.

The type break

tsc 6.0.2 with the bun init tsconfig. Each line compiles with the declarations of main.

• Unannotated mock or fake that reads an element as a string (args[0]?.toUpperCase(), args.map(a => a.length), calls.push(args) into a string[][]): TS2339, TS2345 or TS2322.
• Reader of spy.mock.calls[0][1] or of Parameters<RedisClient["send"]>[1] as string[]: TS2322 or TS4104.
• From readonly alone: args.shift() in an unannotated mock, .push() on a value typed from Parameters<>, and a fake with args: unknown[].
• Override, fake, spy or interface with args?: string[], args: string[] = [] or args: string | string[]: TS2416, TS2322 or TS2345.
• Mock annotated (cmd, args: string[]) under mock types that rebuild the signature from Parameters<T>: TS2345. The vitest types of bun-types (bun-types/vitest) do this. The mock types of bun:test do not.
• // @ts-expect-error above a send call that is valid now: TS2578.
• In numbers: 7 of 17 mock patterns, 4 of 7 readers of spy.mock.calls, and 7 annotated shapes stop compiling. bun check reports the same positions.
• These compile before and after: String(args[0]) with no annotation, args: readonly unknown[], args: Parameters<RedisClient["send"]>[1], a wrapper that forwards a string[], and an override, a Pick<RedisClient, "send"> fake or a bun:test mock with a required args: string[]. The fixture pins the override, the fake and the mock.
• Real code: EyK-26/strata (tests/unit/scimThrottleMiddleware.test.ts) and k2b-dev/cloud (packages/cloud/src/_internal/public-surface.test.ts, packages/mail/src/service/view-count-cache.integration.test.ts, scripts/fixtures/no-transform.ts) get 13 new diagnostics at 7 unannotated mocks of send. Method: TypeScript 7.0.2 over their sources, with the declarations of main and with these, and a diff of the two lists. A mutable array and an overload pair give the same 13 positions.
• types: accept a number as a RedisClient value, list element, member or option value #48332 reports 13 new diagnostics in 2 of 35 public repositories for a wider args. These are the 2. I did not compile the other 33 with the final union.
• bun compile with @types/bun installed: a program with redis.send("SET", ["k", 0, "EX", 60]) exits 1 with TS2322 and no executable under the declarations of main. Under these it exits 0 and the executable runs.
• bun compile without @types/bun reads the copy of the declarations in the binary. There, a call with a number compiles with the binary of main too, so this change repairs nothing. A Pick<RedisClient, "send"> fake with args: string[] = [] compiles with the binary of main, and is TS2322 (exit 1, no executable) with the binary of this branch.

Considered

• A second overload send(command, args: string[]) in last position, which keeps Parameters<RedisClient["send"]> at string[], as Fix every type error in test/ #44614 did for test(). It repairs only the annotated mocks under vitest mock types. The 13 diagnostics in real code stay, and a wrapper typed from Parameters<> still refuses a number.
• RedisClient.KeyLike | number: KeyLike has no ArrayBuffer and no SharedArrayBuffer.
• A mutable array: a later readonly breaks mocks a second time.
• No Blob: the client sends an in-memory Blob correctly, and a send without Blob refuses a value typed RedisClient.KeyLike. The cost of Blob: Bun.file() and an S3File compile in send now, as they do in set on main, and both store an empty value. Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673 makes them throw.

Not changed here

Each item is a different method with its own contract and its own mock break. #23219 tracks them.

• RedisClient.KeyLike (363 uses) has no ArrayBuffer. The client sends the bytes at most positions: set(arrayBuffer, "v") works and is TS2769. hset, hmset, hincrby and hincrbyfloat convert with ToString: hset(k, f, arrayBuffer) stores [object ArrayBuffer], and hset(k, f, new Uint8Array([65, 66])) stores 65,66. So ArrayBuffer in the alias is wrong at those positions until redis: send hash command arguments byte for byte #41640 changes that path.
• 45 rest lists are typed (string | number)[] and 15 are typed string[]. The client sends a Buffer there: eval(script, 0, buf), xadd(k, "*", "f", buf) and sadd(k, buf) work and are TS2345. send takes each of them.
• hmget(key, fields: string[]), hmset(key, fieldValues: RedisClient.KeyLike[]), subscribe(channels: string[], listener) and unsubscribe(channels: string[]) refuse a readonly array that the client accepts. hmget also refuses a number and a Buffer element. types: accept a number as a RedisClient value, list element, member or option value #48332 edits the hmset line.
• send still refuses a String object. command stays string, although the client converts any value to a string.
• Other array parameters of bun-types, for example Bun.spawn(cmds: string[]), also refuse a readonly array.

Costs

• Per send call at run time: none. git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD -- src/ prints nothing. GeneratedValkey.cpp and generated_bindgen_bun_runtime.rs have the same sha256 before and after. A program that passes only strings compiles with bun build --compile --aot to a byte-identical executable under both declarations.
• Binary: builtin_sources.bin holds the declarations without comments, and the binary includes it with .incbin. Release configuration: 1,174,450 to 1,174,505 bytes (+55). Debug: 1,067,037 to 1,067,091 (+54). I generated the archive on both sides and did not link two release binaries. bloaty is not installed here.
• tsc 6.0.2, a program that calls send with strings only: +79 types, +16 instantiations and +37 symbols, once per program (the same at 1, 200 and 2,000 calls). A program that never calls send: +0.
• Package: redis.d.ts +624 bytes, docs/runtime/redis.mdx +1,059 bytes.

Why no run-time test

The client does not change. A test that stores each kind with send and reads it back passes with and without this change. The fixture is the check that can fail. The table above is from a run by hand.

Checks run

• bun test test/integration/bun-types/bun-types.test.ts: 30 pass. With the declarations of main and the new fixture lines: 20 pass, 10 fail, 15 diagnostics on 12 fixture lines.
• bun test test/internal/source-lints/redis-client-types.test.ts: 4 pass.
• tsc --noEmit in test/: the same 1,830 diagnostics with both declarations. No // @ts-expect-error becomes unused.
• The "Raw Commands" sample of the docs page, extracted and run as written on the debug build: EXPIRE sets a TTL of 60, getBuffer("mykey") returns ff fe, VADD returns true and VSIM returns ["doc:1"]. It gives 5 diagnostics with the declarations of main and 0 here.
• Merges cleanly with types: accept a number as a RedisClient value, list element, member or option value #48332 and Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673.

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[robobun]

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Status: ready for review. Every CI job that ran passes. The build failed only because three macOS x64 test shards never started.

How I reproduced it

• Types: with the declarations of main, redis.send("SET", ["k", 0, "EX", 60]) gives error TS2322: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string' (tsc 6.0.2, the tsconfig of bun init). A Buffer, an ArrayBuffer and a Blob element give the same error, and a readonly string[] gives TS2345.
• Run time: a debug build of this branch against Redis 8.0.2 accepts each of those elements and stores the bytes that the new JSDoc states. It throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE for a bigint, a boolean, null, undefined, a nested array and a plain object. No file under src/ changes.

Proof in this PR

• The new lines in test/integration/bun-types/fixture/redis.ts give 15 diagnostics with the declarations of main and 0 with this change. test/integration/bun-types/bun-types.test.ts: 30 pass.
• The PR description gives the measured type break and its remedy.

CI on f73b973 (build #139595)

• 185 of 188 BuildKite jobs pass. All GitHub Actions checks pass. TypeScript types is the check that type-checks the fixture of this PR.
• The 3 other jobs are darwin any x64 - test-bun shards. None of the three started. From 01:37 to 06:05 UTC no macOS x64 agent took them, and they expired. The fourth shard of that lane ran and passes. A retry of those three jobs is all that the build needs to end green.
• No test failed on every attempt. Four tests passed on a retry or when run alone: spawn_waiter_thread.test.ts, webview-chrome.test.ts, filesink.test.ts and websocket-server.test.ts. This PR changes none of them.
• f73b9735b8 is an empty commit on 29d410a. In the build of 29d410a (#139571), the R2 upload tests of test/js/bun/s3/s3.test.ts timed out on macOS aarch64. That file passes in #139595.

Open for a maintainer: whether send takes Blob now or after #46673. The two options are in this comment.

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Walkthrough

RedisClient.send now accepts readonly arrays containing strings, numbers, byte-oriented values, and Blob values. The type fixture checks accepted and rejected arguments. The documentation describes argument encoding, adds byte and vector command examples, and explains bulk-string replies.

Changes

Redis send arguments

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Send argument contract and type checks packages/bun-types/redis.d.ts, test/integration/bun-types/fixture/redis.ts	RedisClient.send now accepts readonly arrays of strings, numbers, typed arrays, DataView, array buffers, and Blob values. The type fixture checks supported and unsupported arguments, plus fake, override, and mock implementations.
Send usage examples docs/runtime/redis.mdx	The documentation describes per-element argument encoding and file-backed Blob handling. It adds numeric, byte-array, and vector command examples, and recommends getBuffer for byte reads.

Possibly related issues

• oven-sh/bun#33070: This issue asks how to send binary data in Redis publish messages. The change allows binary values in raw RedisClient.send arguments, including for a raw PUBLISH command, but does not change the dedicated publish method.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#38364: This PR changes how FormData handles S3-backed Blob data. Both changes document behavior for S3-backed Blob values that are not read automatically.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to f73b9

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f73b9

Passing a file-backed Blob to send can silently overwrite a value with empty data. Users can read the file bytes first, but the data-loss risk should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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[claude]

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the new VADD/VSIM snippet in docs/runtime/redis.mdx against the Redis 8 command syntax (key, FP32, vector blob, element; key, FP32, vector blob, COUNT n) — the argument order is right. The string element path in from_js is the same from_js_maybe_file route every other string argument takes, so the "sent as UTF-8" wording in the JSDoc matches set and friends. Not run here: the bun-types fixture under both tsconfigs and the docs snippets against a live server, so the readonly/as const/Object.freeze cases and the mock-compatibility pins are verified by reading only.

Extended reasoning...

Types-and-docs-only change: widens RedisClient.send's args parameter in packages/bun-types/redis.d.ts, mirrors it in docs/runtime/redis.mdx, and adds tsc fixture cases; no runtime code under src/ changes and no security-sensitive surface is touched. The inline findings cover the user-visible break for bun-types/vitest mocks and the file-backed/S3 Blob gap; the ruled-out items above are the extra checks that reading settled.

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

[robobun]

Thank you for the reviews. What changed in 29d410a:

• A Blob that is backed by a file or by S3: the JSDoc of send and the docs page now name both kinds and say that none of the content is sent. The declaration keeps Blob. The measurements and the reasons are in the two threads. Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673 is the run-time change that makes both kinds throw.
• A value typed RedisClient.KeyLike: it passed to send already, and the fixture pins it now. A value typed as the lib ArrayBufferView stays an error, and the fixture pins the object that shows why.
• The vitest mock types and a run-time test: no change. The reasons are in the threads.

The type of send is the same as in 7e39b09. The PR description now names S3File under Downsides, and its fixture numbers are current: 15 diagnostics with the declarations of main, 0 with this change.

[claude]

I reviewed the follow-up push (29d410a) and found no new bugs; because packages/bun-types/ has a CODEOWNER and the PR deliberately accepts a typing break for downstream send mocks, a human look from the types owner is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The S3 wording added to the JSDoc and docs matches the runtime: from_js routes a Blob through from_js_maybe_file(..., FileBlobs::Allow), and shared_view_raw in src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs returns an empty slice for any store that is not Data::Bytes, so file- and S3-backed Blobs go out as empty arguments.
• The new KeyLike fixture line is consistent with the @ ts-expect-error on a structural { buffer, byteLength, byteOffset } object: inside declare module "bun", ArrayBufferView resolves to the module alias NodeJS.TypedArray | DataView (packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts:35), not the lib interface.
• Not run here: the bun-types fixture under tsc (with and without DOM), so the new positive and negative type assertions were checked by reading only.

Extended reasoning...

The diff touches only packages/bun-types/redis.d.ts (widening RedisClient.send's args to a readonly union and extending its JSDoc), docs/runtime/redis.mdx (matching prose and examples), and the bun-types fixture test/integration/bun-types/fixture/redis.ts; no runtime code under src/ changes and no security-sensitive surface is involved. The second commit added the S3-backed-Blob caveat that my prior run flagged as blocking, and I verified it against from_js in src/runtime/valkey_jsc/js_valkey_functions.rs and shared_view_raw in src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs. The bug hunt ran dry with no new findings, but *.d.ts and /packages/bun-types/ are CODEOWNER-owned and the PR knowingly breaks compilation for existing unannotated mocks of send in downstream projects, which is an API-design tradeoff a maintainer should accept explicitly. Two optional inline threads from the prior run (no runtime test pinning per-kind serialization; vitest-shaped mock types) remain open.

[robobun]

On the merge risk in the review summary (a Blob whose bytes are not in memory): no code changed since 29d410a. This is the one open decision for a maintainer.

• This PR: send takes Blob, as RedisClient.KeyLike does for set and the other methods. send("SET", [key, Bun.file(path)]) compiles, and so does the same call with an S3File. The client sends an empty argument for both. set(key, Bun.file(path)) does the same on main. The JSDoc, the docs page and the Downsides of the description say so. Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673 makes both kinds throw.
• The alternative: no Blob in the union of send until Refuse an S3-backed Blob at spawn stdin, in the shell, in Bun.build files and in redis #46673 lands. Then every Blob stays a type error in send, as on main. That includes an in-memory Blob, which the client sends correctly, and a value typed RedisClient.KeyLike.

I kept Blob because the client treats it in send as it does in set. If a maintainer prefers the alternative, I will remove the member.