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…rors getter throws `formatError` read these properties with no guard. A value is formatted as an error when it inherits from Error.prototype, so each of them can be a getter that throws. The copy of a DOMException that AssertionError makes for its message is such a value: the `name` and `message` getters of DOMException.prototype throw for a receiver that is not a DOMException. So `assert.deepStrictEqual(AbortSignal.abort().reason, new Error())` threw a TypeError in place of an AssertionError and left `Error.stackTraceLimit` at 0. The error of a failed `require()` did the same. Guard each read, as Node's lib/internal/util/inspect.js does.
…m Error.prototype
`emitter.emit("error", x)` with no listener threw a new ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR,
and `assert(false, x)` threw a new AssertionError, when `Error.isError(x)` is
false: an error of a class written without the `class` keyword, a
DOMException, a Proxy of an Error.
- internal/shared gets one `isError`: a native error of any realm, or an
object that inherits from Error.prototype. This is Node's internal isError.
- events: `emitError` calls it. A native error of another realm is still
thrown as itself. Node wraps that one.
- assert: it replaces `Error.isError` and `instanceof Error` at the seven
places where Node calls its isError. So `fail`, the comparisons and `match`
also throw an error of another realm as itself.
- It replaces three private copies and the legacy `util.isError` in
stream/iter.
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Status: open. The fix and its tests are on the branch, merged with How I reproduced it (Bun 1.4.3 and main): const { EventEmitter } = require("node:events");
const assert = require("node:assert");
function OldError(message) {
this.message = message;
}
OldError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
const x = new OldError("m");
try {
new EventEmitter().emit("error", x);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e === x, e.code);
}
try {
assert(false, x);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e === x, e.code);
}
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Shared error predicate src/js/internal/shared.ts, src/js/internal-for-testing.ts, src/js/internal/repl/node-shims.ts |
A shared predicate checks native error identity and walks object prototypes for the captured current-realm Error.prototype. Internal utilities now use the shared implementation. |
Assertion error recognition src/js/internal/assert/*, src/js/node/assert.ts, test/js/node/inherited-errors.ts, test/js/node/assert/assert.spec.ts, test/js/node/test_runner/* |
Assertion code uses the shared predicate for error messages, causes, and thrown values. Tests cover inherited and cross-realm errors, thrown-value identity, and deep comparisons. |
Event error recognition src/js/node/events.ts, test/js/node/events/event-emitter.test.ts |
Event code uses the shared predicate before throwing an unhandled error event value. Tests cover emitter variants, inherited and cross-realm errors, prototype traps, and thrown-value identity. |
Stream iterator error handling src/js/internal/streams/iter/*, test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js |
Stream iterator code uses the shared predicate for error passthrough and wrapping. Tests cover inherited errors, DOMException values, and tagged non-error values. |
Error inspection src/js/internal/util/inspect.ts, test/js/node/util/node-inspect-tests/internal-inspect.test.js |
Error inspection handles failures when reading or converting error properties. Tests cover throwing getters and formatted output. |
Suggested reviewers: dylan-conway, jarred-sumner, cirospaciari
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the wrapError switch in src/js/internal/streams/iter/utils.ts from the legacy util.isError (native error or Symbol.toStringTag === "Error") to the shared helper: it is a real behavior change (toStringTag-only objects are now wrapped in ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, old-style errors are now passed through), but it matches Node's isError and the new node-stream test pins all five consumers (pipeTo, pipeToSync, share, shareSync, push) for both directions, so it is not a regression. The catch {} blocks added in inspect.js are each limited to a single user getter read with a stated fallback.
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The change consolidates four private isError definitions into src/js/internal/shared.ts and switches node:events and seven node:assert sites to it, plus hardens util.inspect's formatError against throwing getters; it touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. Inline findings are posted on the Proxy prototype-cycle hang, the DOMException cause path in copyError, node:test run() serialization, remaining instanceof sites, and the cause-name getter in inspect, so a human look is already signalled; this note only records the wrapError semantics check that was examined and ruled out.
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src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts— A failing comparison of an error whosecauseis a DOMException can now throw a TypeError instead of an AssertionError and leave Error.stackTraceLimit at 0 for the whole process. copyError at src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:59-60 now copies a DOMException cause into a{ __proto__: DOMException.prototype }object whose name/message getters throw. When the outer copy keeps stack frames (operand built as Object.create(new Error()), or any own enumerablestack), formatError reaches getStackFrames, and src/js/internal/util/inspect.js:1724 calls getStackString(cause) with no try/catch, so ErrorPrototypeToString throws out of inspectValue before the restore at :373. Fix: guard getStackString at inspect.js:1724 like formatError does, and restore the limit in a finally. [also at: src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:59 - After a failing comparison whose cause inherits from Error.prototype but has a throwing getter, every later error in the process loses its stack trace.]Why this was flagged
Trigger: assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, new Error('y')) where actual = Object.assign(Object.create(new Error('x')), { cause: new DOMException('m', 'AbortError') }) — both operands pass the
"stack" in actual && actual instanceof Errorgate at assertion_error.ts:300-303. copyError(actual) at :305 finds owncause, and the new isError(cause) at :59 is true for a DOMException (base: Error.isError was false, so the real DOMException was kept). copyError(DOMException) at :60 builds{ __proto__: DOMException.prototype }, and such a copy hasnameandmessagegetters that throw. inspectValue(actual copy) at :342 → formatError: the copy's inherited stack has frames, so inspect.js:1896 calls getStackFrames; :1724 getStackString(cause) → cause.stack is falsy → ErrorPrototypeToString(cause) readsnameand throws TypeError. That call is outside the new try/catch blocks (only formatError's own getStackString at :1850 is guarded). The TypeError escapes the AssertionError constructor between :280 and :373, so Error.stackTraceLimit stays 0 process-wide and the caller gets a TypeError instead of the AssertionError.Verification: copyError at src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:59-60 builds
{ __proto__: DOMException.prototype }for a DOMException cause, whosenamegetter throws a TypeError for a non-DOMException receiver. src/js/internal/util/inspect.js:1724 callsgetStackString(cause)outside any try, so the TypeError escapes beforeError.stackTraceLimit = limitat assertion_error.ts:373. -
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src/js/node/assert.ts— nit, pre-existing: twonode:assertsites still classify errors with bareinstanceof Errorwhile the rest of the module now uses the tamper-resistant sharedisError.expected instanceof Errorat src/js/node/assert.ts:534 andactual instanceof Error/expected instanceof Errorat src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:301-303 go through the user-overridableError[Symbol.hasInstance]and give a different answer than the new helper for a native error of another realm. Fix: route every error classification in assert through the sharedisErrorfrominternal/shared, or name these two sites as deliberate exclusions in the PR as the description does for the other leftover sites.Why this was flagged
The PR replaces five
instanceof Errorchecks in src/js/node/assert.ts withisErrorfrom src/js/internal/shared.ts:190, whose comment and the PR text give tamper-resistance (capturedFunction.prototype[Symbol.hasInstance]) as the reason. src/js/node/assert.ts:534 (if (expected instanceof Error)in expectedException, which decides whethernameandmessageare compared forassert.throws(fn, errorObject)) and src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:301-303 (which decide whether copyError hides the stacks in a comparison message) keep the bare operator. A script that definesError[Symbol.hasInstance](or passes an error created in another vm context) gets name/message skipped orERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'may not be an empty object' at line 537 for a cross-realm expected error, while the five converted sites in the same file classify the same value as an error. This is unchanged from the base branch and matches Node's owninstanceofat those lines, so it is a consistency nit, not a regression; the PR's 'Left as they are' list names other files but not these two sites.Verification: nit, pre-existing. After the PR,
node:assertuses the sharedisError, but src/js/node/assert.ts:534 and src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:301-303 still use the bare operator. User code replacingglobalThis.Errorthen callingassert.throws(fn, realErrorObject)throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE instead of comparing name/message. Both lines behave identically on the base. -
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src/js/internal/util/inspect.js— Users of util.inspect, util.format and node:assert messages still get a thrown TypeError, not a formatted string, when an error with stack frames has a cause whose name getter throws. Commit f499747 hardened formatError and getStackString against throwing stack, name, message and errors getters, but getStackFrames at src/js/internal/util/inspect.js:1723-1724 calls getStackString(cause) with no guard, and getStackString falls through to ErrorPrototypeToString(cause), which reads cause.name. For a cause such as Object.create(DOMException.prototype) that read throws Illegal invocation out of inspect. Fix: guard the cause stack read at :1724 the same way formatError does at :1850-1853 (try/catch, skip frame de-duplication on throw).Why this was flagged
util.inspect(new Error('a', { cause: Object.create(DOMException.prototype) })) or a cause that is a Proxy of a DOMException reaches formatError at src/js/internal/util/inspect.js:1896, which calls getStackFrames because the outer error has frames. At :1723 the cause passes isNativeError(cause) || cause instanceof Error, and :1724 calls getStackString(cause); cause.stack is undefined or caught, so :1709 calls ErrorPrototypeToString(cause), which reads cause.name through DOMException.prototype's getter on a non-DOMException receiver and throws. Nothing catches it, so util.inspect throws where the hardened top-level path prints [object DOMException]. The first commit's stated goal was to not throw on throwing getters; this sibling site of the same class was missed. Remedy: catch around getStackString(cause) at :1724 and skip the de-duplication.
Verification: getStackFrames at src/js/internal/util/inspect.js:1723-1724 calls getStackString(cause) with no guard. getStackString 1702-1710 falls to ErrorPrototypeToString(error) (1709), which performs Get(cause, "name"). formatRaw 1417-1418 calls formatError outside the try at 1478-1511, so the TypeError propagates to the util.inspect caller.
… be strings
- `getStackFrames` read the stack of the `cause` with no guard, so
`util.inspect(new Error("a", { cause: { __proto__: DOMException.prototype } }))`
threw. `getStackString` now returns undefined when an error has no text,
and both of its callers handle that.
- A `name`, a `message` or an own `stack` that cannot be a string (a
`toString` that throws, a Symbol) threw from `String()`, `indexOf` or
`includes`. `formatError` and `removeDuplicateErrorKeys` catch that.
- When the message getter throws, `formatError` no longer rewrites the first
line of a stack that already has the message in it.
…roxy ends
`Function.prototype[Symbol.hasInstance]` never returns in JavaScriptCore for
a prototype chain that cycles through a Proxy, so `emitter.emit("error", x)`
and `assert.ok(false, x)` did not return for such an `x`. The helper now
walks the chain itself and gives up after 1000 proxies: the value is then
no error, as before this branch. `assert.fail(x)` returns for it too.
Tests: the cyclic chain through `emit` and `assert.ok`, and a failed
comparison whose operand keeps its stack frames and has a DOMException as
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Re-reviewed the latest commits. Beyond the inline nit, I checked the new bounded walk in src/js/internal/shared.ts against the Proxy-cycle case from my earlier comment (it now returns false instead of spinning, and a revoked or throwing getPrototypeOf trap still propagates as in Node), and the instanceof Error sites left untouched in src/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:301-303 and src/js/node/assert.ts:534 match Node's own source for those lines, so excluding them is correct. The deliberate divergence in emitError (cross-realm native errors thrown as themselves) is a maintainer call worth a human look.
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The change adds a shared isError helper (Error.isError plus a Proxy-bounded prototype walk) and routes node:events emitError, seven node:assert sites, and three stream/repl copies through it, plus hardens util.inspect formatError against throwing getters; it touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. The two commits since the prior review add the proxy bound that addresses the hang case previously raised; the node:test serializeRunError gap remains deferred by the author. Not approving because the PR changes observable node:events/node:assert semantics across many entry points with an intentional divergence from Node that a maintainer should endorse.
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…first line formatError put the name into the first line of the stack with String.prototype.replace. That call expands `$&`, `$$`, "$`" and `$'` in the name. It now cuts the `Error: ` prefix and joins the strings. The tests for a name, a message or a stack that cannot be a string now compare the whole text.
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I reviewed the current head (through 60bd935) and found no bugs; the two things I raised on earlier pushes are addressed here. Because the change alters which values emit('error') and the assert family rethrow verbatim, and the description itself asks a maintainer to decide the Error.isError vs prototype-walk question, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
isErrorinsrc/js/internal/shared.ts: uses$isObject/$isProxyObjectand a load-timeObject.getPrototypeOf, so a replacedglobalThis.ErrororError.isErrorcannot steer it; the 1000-Proxy cap ends the cycle case that previously spun, and a throwinggetPrototypeOftrap still propagates as in Node.- All four local
isErrorcopies and the lazyutil.isErrorinstream/iter/utils.tsare rewired; no staleisNativeErrorimport or unusedutilbinding is left behind. inspect.js: thestartsWith/slicerewrite no longer expands$&/$'in a name and is skipped when themessagegetter throws; a non-string message now yieldspos = -1, which lands on the same search start Node reaches via NaN.- The
toEndWith("")rows flagged last time now asserttoBe(error.stack).
Extended reasoning...
The diff adds a shared isError to src/js/internal/shared.ts and routes node:events emitError, seven node:assert sites, assertion_error copyError, and the stream/iter helpers through it, plus try/catch guards around err.stack/name/message/errors reads in internal/util/inspect.js; it touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. Both of my prior inline findings (unbounded Proxy-cycle walk; vacuous toEndWith("") assertions) are fixed in the current head, and the bug-hunting run ended on a dry streak with no new findings. I did not approve because the PR deliberately diverges from Node in two places (other-realm native errors thrown as themselves; a bounded walk instead of a RangeError), leaves node:test's serializeRunError on Error.isError by design, and the description explicitly asks a maintainer to rule on the predicate choice, which is a design call rather than a correctness check.
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Not changed. The review threads have the reasons.
The PR body is current: the bound of the prototype walk, the costs, and the places that are left as they are. |
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A note on landing order. #46111 deletes the The two diffs do not touch the same lines, so git reports no conflict in either order. The merged file then calls
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…-error Main typed the files of this branch and renamed inspect.js and node-shims.js to .ts. The changes of this branch move to those files: - inspect.ts is the file of #45254 after its merge with main. - events.ts keeps the `shared` binding of main and takes `isError` from it. - iter/utils.ts and repl/node-shims.ts use the shared `isError` in place of the typed private copies of main. - event-emitter.test.ts has the imports of both sides.
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"error"listener,emitter.emit("error", x)throws a newERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR, notx, whenError.isError(x)is false: an error of a class written withoutclass, aDOMException, aProxyof an Error.assert(false, x)throws a newAssertionError.Error.isErrorinemitError(src/js/node/events.ts:323) andinnerOk(src/js/internal/assert/utils.ts:20). The otherassertcalls askinstanceof Errorand replace an error of another realm.Fix
internal/sharedgets Node's internalisError:Error.isError(e), orError.prototypeis in its prototype chain.emitErrorand sevennode:assertplaces call it. It replaces four other predicates insrc/js.util.inspectcommits are util.inspect: do not throw when an error's stack, name, message or errors getter throws #45254.copyErrorneeds them.test/js/node/events/event-emitter.test.ts,test/js/node/assert/assert.spec.tsand three more files (76 tests fail on main), 235 Node tests. Self-reviewed: see Notes.Background
test-assert.jsworking #15698 asked forError.isErrorbecauseinstanceofcan throw. The helper asksError.isErrorfirst, then walks the chain. See Notes.instanceofnever returns for a chain that cycles through aProxy. So the helper walks the chain and stops after 1000 Proxies.node:assertkeeps two predicates. DOMException: inherit from ErrorInstance for [[ErrorData]] and .stack #32898 fixes onlyDOMException.Downsides
emitthrows a native error of another realm as itself. A chain with more than 1000 Proxies is no error (Node:RangeError)..stackthat starts with a bareError(Error.captureStackTrace: a non-Error target's stack starts with its name and message, read when the stack is #43390).node:testrun()reports only its text.emitand on a failing assertion. 513 bytes of embedded JS.Notes
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mainat 11c3671. #45631 typed the files of this PR and renamedinspect.jsandnode-shims.jsto.ts. The changes are in those files in that form.events.tskeeps thesharedbinding of main and takesisErrorfrom it.iter/utils.tsandrepl/node-shims.tsuse the shared helper in place of the typed private copies of main.Self-review. It asked for a re-cut before this PR was opened, and this is the re-cut. The
util.inspectguards became #45254, so that they do not wait for the question below.emitcalls the helper and not a bareinstanceof. TheBun.sqland zlib edits are out. The costs it named are in Downsides and in this block.The predicate question.
test-assert.jsworking #15698 (review): "use Error.isError instead" and "instanceof can throw, can we doError.isError(message)instead". Fix several lints #19121 then changedemitfromer instanceof ErrortoError.isError(er).Error.isErroralone cannot fix this bug: it is false for every error that user code makes withoutnew Error()orclass extends Error. jsonwebtoken, axios, bluebird and verror make such errors.assert.fail, the comparisons andassert.matchhave askedmessage instanceof Errorsince test(node): gettest-assert.jsworking #15698.Object.getPrototypeOfandError.prototype, both captured at load. So a user-definedError[Symbol.hasInstance]is not called, and a replacedglobalThis.Errorchanges nothing. AProxywith agetPrototypeOftrap that throws still throws, as in Node. The test row "a getPrototypeOf trap that throws propagates" pins that. node:util: fix isError crash on revoked proxies and getPrototypeOf traps #36913 kept the same formula inutil.isError.Proxyand treats it as no error. It cannot throw. AProxyof an Error is then wrapped, which Node does not do.Not as in Node, on purpose. Node's
emitasks onlyer instanceof Error, so it wraps a native error of another realm (vm.runInNewContext("new Error()")) inERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR. Bun 1.2.11 and later throw it as itself, and this PR keeps that. With Node's line,domain.run,domain.bindand ares.end()callback that throws would start to wrap such an error, which Node and Bun 1.4.3 do not do (12 of 138 probed domain cells, 1res.endrow). The test row "a native error of another realm is thrown as itself" pins it.The second difference is the bound. A prototype chain can have no end only through a Proxy, for example
const x = new Proxy({}, { getPrototypeOf: () => x }). Node throws aRangeErrorforx instanceof Error. JavaScriptCore loops for ever inJSObject::defaultHasInstance: on Bun 1.4.3assert.fail(x)andassert.strictEqual(1, 2, x)never return. The helper counts the Proxies on the chain and answers false after 1000. Soemit("error", x)throws theERR_UNHANDLED_ERRORwrapper and the assert calls throw anAssertionError, where Node throws theRangeError. No call hangs. The count never starts for a chain without a Proxy. The test rows "a prototype chain that cycles through a Proxy is no error" and "a message whose prototype chain cycles through a Proxy is no error" pin it. Forconst o = {}; Object.setPrototypeOf(o, new Proxy(o, {}))the same calls throw aRangeErrorin Bun too:util.inspectthrows it when it builds the message.Measurements. Main
11c367163aagainst this PR on one debug binary. Node is v26.3.0. The numbers are for this PR with #45254. The rows that count probe cells or calls are from the first base,47ba1c8d85.emit1 (main 10,000, Node 1),assert.ok1 (main 10,000, Node 1), for 8 kinds of error each. 12fail, comparison andmatchcalls with an error of another realm: 1 (main 10,000, Node 1).emit113 instructions,ok13,strictEqual37).emitError72 to 71 instructions,innerOk39 to 38,innerFail21 to 22,fail75 to 76,internalMatch95 to 96. The newisErroris 31.emitof a native error: 1 JS call and 1 host call (was 1 host call). A failing assertion with a string message: 1 JS call and 1 host call (was 1instanceof, no call).internal/shared. Top-level bytecode:internal/shared324 to 339 instructions,node:events+2,node:assert+12,internal/assert/utils+12.bundle-modules.ts --debug=OFF): 9 files, +513 bytes for the commits of this PR alone. With util.inspect: do not throw when an error's stack, name, message or errors getter throws #45254: +1,093 bytes. No new host function, no new module, no native line.emit9 to 1 (the other realm),assert.ok8 to 0,assert.fail1 to 0. A 100-cell probe of 18 assert calls: 28 to 0.node:domainover 138 probed cells: 50 more equal Node, 0 fewer.Error.isError(insrc/js: 15 to 10. Copies of Node'sisErrorformula: 5 to 2.More on the downsides.
Error.captureStackTrace(this, F)on an object that is no native error writes a stack that starts withError, not with the name and the message. On Bun 1.4.3 the wrapper carried the text. Error.captureStackTrace: a non-Error target's stack starts with its name and message, read when the stack is #43390 changes the header.assert.deepStrictEqual(new DOMException("m", "AbortError"), new DOMException("m", "TimeoutError"))does not throw: the native comparator knows only native errors.console.logand the uncaught printer show an old-style error as an object (console, error printer: render instanceof-Error objects as errors, not object dumps #35723).AssertionError.node:testrun():t.assert.ok(false, x)with an old-style error now throwsx, andserializeRunErrorreports onlyString(x)for a value thatError.isErrorrejects. A test that doesthrow xgets the same report on main.Left as they are.
src/js/node/test.ts:707(serializeRunError): it needs guarded reads ofmessage,stack,code,nameandcausefirst, and node:test run(): report child events in byte frames that printed text cannot produce #45003 moves it to another file. The PR that merges second points it at the shared helper.src/js/node/assert.ts:561andsrc/js/internal/assert/assertion_error.ts:301-303: Node has a bareinstanceof Errorin the same lines (expected instanceof ErrorinexpectedException, and the stack of theactualofassert.throws).src/js/bun/ffi.ts(6 places),src/js/bun/sql.ts:448andsrc/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:635: the value always comes from Bun's own code.src/js/node/zlib.ts:474: only an overriddendestroy()reaches it.src/js/internal/util/inspect.ts:1495and:1839: the same formula, written inline. No change.EventEmitterofprocess,process.emitWarning, and the Node 26 message rules ofassert(ERR_AMBIGUOUS_ARGUMENT, function messages).What consumers see for an old-style error that is now thrown as itself. It is what they see today for a direct
throw x. The uncaught printer shows name, message, code and stack. Aworker.on("error")clone keeps the own properties, as in Node.node:testrun()reports the message text only.Tests. Each expectation is what Node v26.3.0 prints for the same code, but for the row of the other realm.
test/js/node/events/event-emitter.test.ts: 36 tests, 34 fail on main. 10 kinds of error throughemit,EventEmitterAsyncResourceand a domain.readable.destroy(x),writable.destroy(x)andcaptureRejectionstouncaughtException. Replaced globals.test/js/node/assert/assert.spec.ts: 18 calls with 11 kinds of error each, the text ofassert.throws, the copy of a cause, a chain that cycles through a Proxy, replaced globals. 25 tests fail on main.test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js:pipeToSync,pipeTo,share,shareSync,pushofnode:stream/iter.test/js/node/test_runner/fixtures/20-hook-signal-and-assert-ok.js:t.assert.ok.test/js/node/test/parallel/test-internal-util-helpers.jsnow runs against this helper.no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js