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Problem

  • bun test reads a Promise subclass by its state and never calls its then(). test("x", () => Bun.$echo hi) times out. With openai's APIPromise, await expect(request).rejects.toThrow() fails: Received promise that resolved.
  • Cause: promise_of_thenable (src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs:1528) returns every promise as it is. Expect::promise_to_await (expect.rs:515) follows a subclass only while it is pending.

Fix

Background

  • PromiseResolve(%Promise%, x) returns x when x is a promise whose constructor is %Promise%. Otherwise a queued job calls x.then().
  • Weighed: then() only for a pending promise (bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833). Jest 30.5.2, Vitest 5.0.3 and node --test 26.3.0 call it on a settled one too.

Downsides

  • A suite that returns a Promise subclass, or passes one to .resolves, can change its result: then() now runs. No user reported this.
  • A failed .resolves on a settled subclass, or on a promise of another realm, now returns a rejected promise. bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 documented a throw at once. The docs now limit it to the built-in Promise.
  • Instructions (release): callback that returns a native promise +56, plain object -24. .resolves on a settled native promise +78, pending -99. Binary +256 B.
Notes

Order and scope

The PR makes two claims with separate evidence.

  1. The lazy case is first-party and loud. src/js has two Promise subclasses, ShellPromise (Bun.$) and the Bun.SQL Query. Both start in then(). Main times out on each.

  2. The settled case is third-party. With openai 7.47.0 and a local server that answers 500, on 1.4.4 and on main:

    • test("x", () => client.chat.completions.create(...)) gives 1 pass, 0 fail and exit 0. If another test runs when the response arrives, that test fails.
    • await expect(request).rejects.toThrow() fails with Received promise that resolved. await expect(request).resolves.toBeNull() passes. .resolves.toEqual(body) on a request that succeeds fails.

    With this PR the returned request fails its own test with 500 probe: server error, and the three expect forms give the results of await.

Behaviour changes

Each row was run on 1.4.4 (38afee6), on a release build of main (3f3a9ff) and on a release build of this branch. #47730, #47760 and #47800 give the results of main on every row. "Returned" means from a test, a hook or a describe body with no done parameter. "Expected" means given to expect() with .resolves or .rejects.

Value 1.4.4 main this PR
Returned: Bun.$, a Bun.SQL query, another lazy Promise subclass timeout. From describe: the run hangs timeout. From describe: A describe() callback never settled it runs, and its result decides
Returned: settled Promise subclass whose then() does the work (APIPromise) pass, then() not called the same awaited through then(). It fails if then() rejects or throws. It times out if then() never calls back (from describe: A describe() callback never settled)
Returned or expected: Promise subclass that then() cannot construct (no executor argument, no Symbol.species) read by its state the same TypeError: executor did not take a resolve function, as with await
Returned: Promise subclass whose constructor getter throws read by its state the same fails with the error of the getter
Returned: promise of another realm (node:vm) read by its state the same a new promise follows it
Returned: native promise, also while Promise.prototype.then is replaced. Promise whose then is not callable read by its state the same the same, no then() call
Expected: settled Promise subclass whose then() does the work read by its state: .resolves sees null, .rejects fails the same awaited through one then() call
Expected: any settled Promise subclass, or a settled promise of another realm checked at once. A failed matcher throws the same the matcher returns a promise. A failed matcher rejects it. If the matcher is not awaited, the test waits for it
Expected: settled native promise checked at once the same the same
Expected: pending native promise, and a reaction that is attached after the matcher call the matcher compares first the later reaction runs first the matcher compares first
Expected: pending native promise while Promise.prototype.then is replaced the replaced then() is called once the same not called
expect.resolvesTo or expect.rejectsTo against a settled Promise subclass read by its state, at once the same through one then() call. The matcher returns a promise
this.equals() in a custom matcher, with expect.resolvesTo against a settled Promise subclass compares at once the same throws An async matcher only works inside an expect() matcher, as for a pending promise
expect.poll callback that returns a settled subclass no expect.poll each poll sees null: Matcher did not succeed in time each poll sees the value
A callback with done that returns a promise, native or subclass read by its state, and done() the same the same
Expected: promise whose constructor getter throws read by its state the same the matcher throws the error of the getter at once, in both modes. Jest 30.5.2 and Vitest 5.0.3 do the same

Reference runs, on the same fixture: with Jest 30.5.2, Vitest 5.0.3 and node --test 26.3.0, a lazy subclass that resolves passes, a lazy subclass that rejects fails, and a settled subclass whose then() rejects fails. Each value gets one then() call. 1.4.4 and main give timeout, timeout, pass, with no then() call. This PR gives the results of the three references.

The same class, not changed here

  • The toThrow unwrap (src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs:955) reads a promise that a function returned by its state when it is settled. A pending one goes through promise_to_await, and each re-run of the matcher reads the state of the returned promise again. So a pending subclass that never settles itself gets 2001 then() calls, then toThrow() waited for 2000 promises in a row and hit another one. Main does the same.
  • The result of a custom matcher (expect.rs:1669) is read by its state, and a pending one is awaited as it is. A lazy matcher result is not started.
  • mock.settledResults (src/jsc/bindings/JSMockFunction.cpp:2359) reads a returned promise by its state. For one APIPromise value, .resolves now passes and toHaveResolvedWith still fails. On main both fail.
  • A mock.module factory (src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp:1543) reads a returned promise by its state.

Not changed here

One helper

Decisions for a maintainer

  1. A settled Promise subclass: through then() (this PR, as await, Jest, Vitest and node --test do), or by its state (main)?
    • bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 says: "One exception: in a bun:test test, a settled promise is checked right away, and a failed matcher throws as before". This PR keeps that exception for a promise whose constructor is the Promise of the realm. Every other promise goes through then().
    • No test on main checks a settled subclass at once: the rows of "a promise that has settled is checked at once" are native.
    • If the answer is "by its state", this PR keeps the pending case only, at both sites. The direct wait on a pending native promise stays in both cases.
  2. .resolves and .rejects wait on a pending native promise directly. Main follows it through a second promise. That second promise lets a reaction that was attached after the matcher call run before the matcher compares, which 1.4.4 does not do. It also calls a replaced Promise.prototype.then.

Other open PRs in this code

Self-review

15 concerns raised, 13 addressed:

Not taken:

Measurements

Release builds of #47800 and of this branch from one build directory, linux-x64, JIT off.

  • Instructions inside run_test_callback, callees included, per call: undefined 988 to 988, plain object 1365 to 1341, pending native promise 5339 to 5395, done => done() 3247 to 3247. Method: a gdb single-step from the entry of the function to its return, at the fifth call.
  • Instructions inside Expect::promise_to_await, per call: settled native promise 76 to 154, rejected native promise 75 to 154, pending native promise 253 to 154, thenable 414 to 428. The pending case also makes one promise less.
  • size text: 140286447 to 140286703, +256 B. run_test_callback 2489 B to 2525 B. promise_to_await 160 B to 268 B.
  • perf and valgrind are not in the container, so there is no cache or branch number.

Implementation

  • promise_of_thenable is now one line: the promise of awaited_promise, or the value itself. awaited_promise and JSPromise::promise_resolve are in bun:test: fixtures and around hooks wait on what await waits on, through the engine #47800. There is no new C++.
  • awaited_promise gives no promise when the value has no callable then. The runner then keeps the value itself, as before.
  • A promise whose constructor getter throws makes promise_resolve throw. The runner reports it like a throw of the callback.
  • Expect::promise_to_await marks the received promise and the promise it waits on as handled, and returns the promise of promise_of_thenable. It is #[inline(never)]: its five call sites share one copy.
  • isThenFastAndNonObservable is not the test for "native promise". It depends on a watchpoint that any patch of Promise.prototype.then fires for the rest of the process. WPT streams tests patch it.

Tests

  • On the base each of the 15 tests fails in under a second. The lazy class in the fixtures starts itself on the next turn of the event loop if the runner did not call its then(), so no test waits for a timeout.
  • Debug build: expect.test.js 466 pass. vitest-flavor.test.ts 209 pass. expect-deferred.test.ts 58 pass. wpt-streams.test.ts, node-test.test.ts, done-async.test.ts, test-test.test.ts, bun_test.test.ts, concurrent.test.ts, jest-hooks.test.ts and test-error-code-done-callback.test.ts: 1288 pass. The new tests are clean with BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.
  • Release build: test/js/bun/test/ 4208 pass, 1 fail. The failure is "error snapshots" in snapshot.test.ts, which expects a TTY and fails on the release build of main too.

History

  • The first revisions of this PR (August to October) also followed a thenable that is not a promise, with a policy type, a C++ helper, fixtures, docs and type edits. bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 landed that part on main.

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fails on main (without fix) 
ASAN without fix: 15 failed, 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/bun/test/expect-deferred.test.ts test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js test/js/bun/test/vitest-flavor.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js:
(pass) expect() > () [149.68ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [1.25ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [0.40ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [0.12ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(-0).toBe(-0) == true [0.31ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true [0.22ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true [0.15ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(NaN).toBe(NaN) == true [0.21ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Infinity).toBe(Infinity) == true [0.26ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect({}).toBe({}) == true [0.21ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Symbol(a)).toBe(Symbol(a)) == true [0.22ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(false) == false [0.89ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe("") == false [0.38ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(-0) == false [0
... (truncated)

release without fix: 15 failed, 2 skipped
bun test v1.4.4-canary.1 (3e35f7ac5)

test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js:
(pass) expect() > () [0.72ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [0.17ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(-0).toBe(-0) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(NaN).toBe(NaN) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Infinity).toBe(Infinity) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect({}).toBe({}) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Symbol(a)).toBe(Symbol(a)) == true
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(false) == false [0.01ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe("") == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(-0) == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(-0) == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(2) == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(true) == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe("1") == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Infinity).toBe(-Infinity) == false
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect("foo
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix) 
ASAN with fix: 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/bun/test/expect-deferred.test.ts test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js test/js/bun/test/vitest-flavor.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js:
(pass) expect() > () [158.92ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [1.51ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [0.30ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(0) == true [0.13ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(-0).toBe(-0) == true [0.09ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true [0.09ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(1).toBe(1) == true [0.10ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(NaN).toBe(NaN) == true [0.10ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Infinity).toBe(Infinity) == true [0.10ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect({}).toBe({}) == true [0.10ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(Symbol(a)).toBe(Symbol(a)) == true [0.09ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(false) == false [0.85ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe("") == false [0.28ms]
(pass) expect() > toBe() > expect(0).toBe(-0) == false [0
... (truncated)

release with fix: 2 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 922ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/421] build.rs build_script_build
[2/421] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 119 exports (lazy=4, generic=115, rust=0); 288 extern-C blocks audited
[3/420] rustc bun_safety 
[4/420] rustc bun_zlib_sys 
[5/420] rustc bun_perf 
[6/420] rustc bun_boringssl_sys 
[7/420] rustc bun_errno 
[8/420] rustc bun_cares_sys 
[9/420] rustc bun_brotli 
[10/420] rustc bun_zstd 
[11/420] rustc bun_ptr 
[12/420] rustc bun_clap 
[13/420] rustc bun_picohttp 
[14/420] rustc bun_base64 
[15/420] rustc bun_output 
[16/420] rustc bun_lsquic_sys 
[17/420] rustc bun_tcc_sys 
[18/420] rustc bun_text_diff 
[19/420] rustc bun_valkey 
[20/420] rustc bun_paths 
[21/420] rustc bun_zlib 
[22/420] rustc bun_collections 
[23/420] rustc bun_url 
[24/420] rustc bun_shell_parser 
[25/420] rustc bun_semver 
[26/420] rustc bun_png 
[27/420] rustc bun_analytics 
[28/420] rustc bun_which 
[29/420] rustc bun_tar 
[30/420] rustc bun_node_path 
[31/420] rustc bun_boringssl 
[32/420] rustc bun_http_types 
[33/420] rustc bun_spaw
... (truncated)
diff hotspot 
docs/test/writing-tests.mdx                |   4 +-
 src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs        |  10 +-
 src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs          |  19 ++-
 src/runtime/test_runner/expect_deferred.rs |   2 +-
 test/js/bun/test/expect-deferred.test.ts   | 107 +++++++++++++-
 test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js            |  42 ++++++
 test/js/bun/test/vitest-flavor.test.ts     | 219 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 7 files changed, 377 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

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evidence per changed file 
file                                        reads  edits  tests
docs/test/writing-tests.mdx                     0      0    143
src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs            13     19    153
src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs               2      3    144
src/runtime/test_runner/expect_deferred.rs      0      0    142
test/js/bun/test/expect-deferred.test.ts        2      1     30
test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js                 2      2     26
test/js/bun/test/vitest-flavor.test.ts          8     11    107

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bun:test: await a thenable or lazy Promise subclass returned from a t…
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…est callback

A test or hook callback that returns a Promise subclass whose overridden
then() starts the work (Bun.SQL Query, Bun.$ ShellPromise) never settled,
so the test timed out. A plain thenable was treated as a synchronous
return and never awaited.

New JSPromise::awaitable in bun_jsc adopts such a value through a fresh
native promise. JSPromise::resolve runs the spec resolve steps, which call
the value's own then(), the same as await does. A plain promise with the
built-in then, or a promise that already settled, is returned as is and
keeps the direct reaction path. A new
JSC__JSPromise__isThenFastAndNonObservable binding tells the two apart.
run_test_callback awaits the returned promise instead of the raw value.

Supersedes #33372. Fixes #27945.
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Reproduced on the canary of main, 1.4.4-canary.1+3f3a9ff87, with one test file:

  • test("s", () => Bun.$echo hi.quiet()) and test("q", () => sqlselect 1) time out. A hook times out the same way. A describe body gives A describe() callback never settled.
  • A Promise subclass that is already settled passes with no then() call, also when its then() rejects.
  • await expect(settled).resolves.toBe("parsed") fails with Received: null, where then() of settled resolves with "parsed".

The new tests in vitest-flavor.test.ts, expect.test.js and expect-deferred.test.ts (all in test/js/bun/test/) fail on that canary and pass on a debug build of this branch.

CI (build 137074): the red files are test/aot/* and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. They are red on main too. No test of this PR is among them.

PR: #41008

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❌ @robobun, your commit 69b9008 has 40 failures in Build #137074 (All Failures):

🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 41008

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-41008 executable, so you can run:

bun-41008 --bun

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The change adds a JSC-backed promise-resolution method and uses it in test-runner and Module.runMain paths. It updates matcher documentation and comments, and adds tests for Promise subclasses, cross-realm promises, callback results, and matcher ordering.

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Promise and thenable adoption

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared promise resolution and adoption
src/jsc/JSPromise.rs, src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs, src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs		 JSPromise::promise_resolve wraps the JSC helper. The test runner uses it to adopt object values, and the patched Module.runMain path uses it to resolve the override return value.
Matcher promise behavior
docs/test/writing-tests.mdx, src/runtime/test_runner/expect_deferred.rs, test/js/bun/test/expect-deferred.test.ts, test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js		 Documentation and comments distinguish settled native promises from subclasses and cross-realm promises. Tests cover subclass then() behavior, matcher ordering, and replaced Promise.prototype.then methods.
Returned callback thenable coverage
test/js/bun/test/vitest-flavor.test.ts		 Tests cover Promise subclasses and native promises returned from hooks, tests, and describe() callbacks, as well as returned commands and SQL queries.

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bun:test: gate the awaitable on PromiseResolve, not on the then watch…
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isThenFastAndNonObservable() depends on the realm's Promise.prototype.then
watchpoint, which any patch of then() invalidates for good. The WPT streams
suite patches then() to throw inside a test body, so every later test's
pending promise was adopted through the patched then() and failed.

JSC__JSPromise__awaitable now applies the coercion await applies, spec
PromiseResolve(%Promise%, value) through JSPromise::resolvedPromise: a
promise whose constructor is Promise is returned as is, anything else is
adopted. The test fixture covers a body that patches then().
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bun:test: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its…
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… own then()

`run_test_callback` decided what to wait on from the cell type and the
internal state of the returned value. It never called the value's own
`then()`. A returned `Bun.$` command or `Bun.SQL` query never started, and
the test ran into its timeout. A returned thenable, for example a supertest
request, counted as a synchronous return, so a rejection was lost and the
test passed.

The runner now waits on what `await value` waits on. `JSPromise::awaitable`
applies spec `PromiseResolve(%Promise%, value)`. The realm's own promise
comes back as is, with no `then` lookup. Any other promise or thenable is
adopted by a new promise that calls its `then()` once.
`run_callback_with_result_and_forcefully_drain_microtasks` adopts the value
between the call and the microtask drain, so that `then()` runs in that
drain, where `await` runs it, and before the runner reports unhandled
rejections.

A callback that takes `done`, and a `describe` body, wait on a returned
promise only. They do not call `then()` on another object.

An `undefined` return makes no new call. A returned object that cannot have
a `then` allocates nothing. The helper is in its own file.

The seven callback declarations in bun-types return
`void | PromiseLike<unknown>`. The docs say that a returned thenable is
awaited, and that a hook which only stores a lazy value needs braces.

Tests: four fixtures run from done-async.test.ts, and supertest.test.ts
runs the request of the report. A lazy value in a fixture starts itself when
the runner has not called its `then()` by the next turn of the event loop,
so a runner without the fix fails the inline snapshot and does not wait for
a timeout.

This replaces the August revision of this branch.

Fixes #27945
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#	src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs
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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 nit, I checked that the done rule is now enforced in the after_call closure of run_test_callback (a callback with done returns its value untouched), that the fixture teardown entry gets the cached awaited value so a native promise reaches promise_of_thenable and gets no second then(), and that JSPromise::promise_resolve cannot hand a null cell to opaque_mut because call_check_slow returns Err whenever the C++ call left an exception pending.

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The diff adds JSPromise::promise_resolve (spec PromiseResolve) and routes bun:test's returned-value handling and test.extend fixture returns through it inside the pre-drain after_call hook of run_callback_with_result_and_forcefully_drain_microtasks, plus a done-parameter exemption and ~395 lines of spawned-runner tests. It touches no security-sensitive surface. The one surviving finding is a pre-existing nit, and the earlier done-parameter concern has been addressed in code since the last review, so this note only records what else was ruled out.

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…hrough then()

`Expect::promise_to_await` now asks `BunTest::promise_of_thenable`, the
helper of the return site. Both apply spec PromiseResolve: a native
promise is used as it is, every other thenable is followed through one
`then()` call.

Before, a Promise subclass was followed only while it was pending. A
subclass that is settled at once and does its work in `then()` (the
openai SDK's APIPromise) was read by its state:
`await expect(request).rejects.toThrow()` failed with "Received promise
that resolved", and `.resolves` saw `null`.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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bun:test: say which settled promise .resolves checks at once, and pin…
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… the other shapes

The docs and a comment said that a bun:test test checks every settled
promise right away. Since the matchers follow a Promise subclass through
then(), that is so only for a promise that the built-in Promise made.

New test rows: a subclass that inherits then() and a promise of another
realm give a pending matcher, expect.resolvesTo and expect.rejectsTo wait
on a settled subclass through one then() call, this.equals() cannot wait
for one, and a matcher on a pending native promise is the first reaction
of that promise and calls no replaced Promise.prototype.then.
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Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

  • 🟣 src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs — pre-existing: a user who writes expect(() => p).toThrow() where p is a pending Promise subclass whose then() does the work on another promise without settling p gets then() called once per replay, up to 2000 times, then "toThrow() waited for 2000 promises in a row and hit another one". At expect.rs:964 promise_to_await runs outside Pass::once, so every replay builds a new promise and a new then() call; Pass::wait_for documents that its promise must come from once() (expect_deferred.rs:526). Fix: journal the awaited promise (wrap the call in Pass::once) so the replay waits on and reads the same promise and then() runs once, as .resolves/.rejects do via received_promise.

    Why this was flagged

    Trigger: expect(() => p).toThrow(...) where the function returns a Promise subclass instance that stays pending and whose overridden then() forwards onFulfilled/onRejected to a separate promise; the matcher is awaited. First call: expect.rs:964 calls promise_to_await, which via promise_of_thenable (bun_test.rs:1533) queues a job that calls p.then(); Pass::wait_for (expect_deferred.rs:528) stores that new promise on the deferred. When it settles, run_again (expect_deferred.rs:674) re-runs the matcher; Pass::once at expect.rs:935 and :951 replays p from the journal, unwrap is still Pending, and line 964 runs again, creating another promise and another p.then() call. This repeats until replays > MAX_REPLAYS (expect_deferred.rs:661), so then() runs 2000 times and the matcher rejects with the quoted message instead of the outcome of the one then() call. The base branch has the same line and the same loop, so this is pre-existing. Pass::once journaling (expect_deferred.rs:475-509) is the safeguard that makes replays reuse a promise, but line 964 is not inside it.

    Verification: pre-existing. Trigger: expect(() => p).toThrow(...) where p is a Promise subclass whose own instance never settles and whose overridden then() forwards callbacks to a separate promise. The Unwrapped::Pending arm at expect.rs:963-964 calls promise_to_await outside both Pass::once recordings, contrary to expect_deferred.rs:526, so each replay calls p.then() again until MAX_REPLAYS (:558) and the matcher fails with the quoted message.

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Nitpick Add a subclass case for reaction ordering.

423-427: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a subclass case for reaction ordering.

The native-only test pins matcher-first ordering for native promises. A Promise subclass takes a different path. The matcher adopts the subclass through then() in a later job, so a reaction attached synchronously to the subclass value runs first. No inspected test attaches a later reaction to a subclass value, so a change to this ordering would not fail the inspected tests.

Add a subclass case after the native test. Its then() forwards to super.then(), so the later reaction and the matcher use the same object. The matcher receives the mutated value, so the expectation differs from the native { checked: false }.

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+  test("resolves and rejects observe a later reaction on a Promise subclass before the matcher adopts it", async () => {
+    class Forwarding extends Promise {
+      then(onFulfilled, onRejected) {
+        return super.then(onFulfilled, onRejected);
+      }
+    }
+    for (const outcome of ["resolves", "rejects"]) {
+      const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers.call(Forwarding);
+      const matcher = expect(promise)[outcome].toEqual({ checked: true });
+      const later = value => void (value.checked = true);
+      promise.then(later, later);
+      (outcome === "resolves" ? resolve : reject)({ checked: false });
+      await matcher;
+    }
+  });

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Review comment at @test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js around lines 423 - 427:
Add a Promise subclass case after the native promise ordering test in the
`expect` tests. Define a subclass whose `then()` forwards to `super.then()`,
attach the later mutation reaction to the same subclass instance used by the
matcher, and assert the matcher observes the mutated value for both resolve and
reject outcomes.
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Two review findings that have no inline thread:

  • toThrow on a function that returns a pending Promise subclass which never settles itself: confirmed. then() is called 2001 times on main (3f3a9ff) and on this branch, and the matcher then fails with toThrow() waited for 2000 promises in a row and hit another one. The cause is in the toThrow site of bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833: each re-run reads the state of the returned promise, and not of the promise that it waited on. This PR does not change that site. The notes list it under "The same class, not changed here".
  • A Promise subclass row for the order of a later reaction: not added. Main follows a pending subclass through a job too, so that row passes on the base. The order is the one that await gives.

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