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Promise.race([once(signal, "abort"), watch(dir, { signal }).next()])
fulfils on Node and on Bun 1.3.14. It rejects with AbortError since
Bun 1.4.0, where events.once() became an async function (#30984):
next() settled one tick after the abort, and before the promises of
abort listeners that were added earlier.
Order: an abort woke a next() that waits from the callback of the
native watcher, which runs before every abort listener. Node wakes its
generator from an abort listener that it adds at the first next(). The
abort listener of watch() now does the same, with
resistStopPropagation, and the callback ignores the `error` and `close`
events that the native watcher sends for the abort.
Tick: Node's fsPromises.watch() delegates to the watching generator
with `yield*` (on every platform since v26.4.0), so an aborted next()
settles one tick later: 3 ticks after the abort for a next() that
waits, 2 for a next() that is called after the abort. next() now waits
one tick before it throws. Node's JS watcher for `recursive` (not on
macOS or Windows) rejects a next() that waits inside its abort
listener, so that path gets no tick. The AbortError is built before the
tick, so its stack still names the caller. A next() that follows in the
same turn waits too, so two calls still settle in call order.
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Review comments at @src/js/node/fs.promises.ts:
- Line 96: Update the async iterator next-call handling around kDelegateTick so
the delegated wait occurs only while the aborting next() call is settling, not
for every subsequent call while the signal remains aborted. Apply the same
condition to pre-aborted iterators, preserving the existing delay for concurrent
next() calls in the same turn and allowing completed delegation to return done:
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- Line 76: Update the stack probe around iterator.next() to settle for both
outcomes: return a JSON-comparable marker when next() fulfills and preserve the
existing error-stack string when it rejects. Replace the one-sided Promise catch
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I reviewed this PR and did not find any bugs, but since it encodes exact microtask-tick and abort-listener ordering against Node (with a Linux-only recursive branch the author notes has not yet run on macOS/Windows) and it conflicts with #34718, a maintainer look is still worthwhile to settle the platform rule and landing order.
What was reviewed:
- Traced the native abort path (
emit_abort→close()insrc/runtime/node/node_fs_watcher.rs): it fires before the JSabortevent, so dropping thoseerror/closecallbacks and lettingonAbortwakenext()cannot leave a waitingnext()unwoken;listeningis set before any wait andremoveAbortListener()still covers the close/error/return exits. - Checked a second iterator from the same
watch()result after the first exits: the queuedcloseor thesignal.abortedcheck settles it, no hang. - Checked the new test: pipes drained concurrently,
await using, exact expected values; the watchedtest/js/node/watch/fixturesdir exists and nothing in the suite writes to it; existing abort tests infs.watch.test.tsstill hold under the new timing.
Extended reasoning...
The change rewrites abort settlement in the fs.promises.watch() async iterator in src/js/node/fs.promises.ts (lazy abort listener with resistStopPropagation, a delegate-tick await, a waited flag gated by a darwin/win32 platform constant, and dropping native error/close callbacks after abort), and adds a child-process fixture plus one test asserting 32 Node v26.12.0 tick and ordering values. It touches no security-sensitive surface and no CODEOWNERS-owned path. The native and JS paths line up and the test is well constructed, but the correctness claim rests on exact microtask-tick parity that has only been validated on Linux, and the PR openly conflicts with #34718, so a maintainer should weigh the platform rule and landing order rather than this being auto-approved.
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A next() that was called after the AbortError of an earlier next()
settled waited one tick before it returned `{ done: true }`. Node and
main return it on tick 1. The tick now applies only while the call that
took the AbortError is in its own tick, which is what keeps two next()
calls of one turn in call order.
The fixture prints the tick of that second next(). Its stack probe now
settles when next() fulfils too, so an event in the watched directory
gives a value and not a timeout.
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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 finding, I also checked whether the new early return in the native watcher callback (src/js/node/fs.promises.ts:117, dropping "error"/"close" once signal.aborted) can leave a waiting next() unsettled: whenever nextEventResolve is set, listening is already true, so onAbort (registered with resistStopPropagation, so a user stopImmediatePropagation() cannot skip it) wakes it synchronously inside abort(); with no next() in flight there is nothing to wake and the next call takes the signal.aborted branch. The lazy registration also leaves removeAbortListener() a harmless no-op on the close/error/return paths before the first next().
Extended reasoning...
The change rewires abort timing in the built-in fs.promises.watch async iterator (lazy, stop-propagation-resistant abort listener; a one-microtask delay before the AbortError; dropping native error/close events after abort; a Linux-only recursive exception) and adds a spawned fixture plus a 32-value Node v26.12.0 expectation test. No security-sensitive surface is touched. The ruled-out note records that the dropped-event path cannot strand a pending next().
The fixture watched test/js/node/watch/fixtures, a directory of the checkout. A write there while the test runs gives next() an event. The test now passes abort.txt of the temporary directory of this file, which the other abort tests watch too. The file exists since the module was loaded, so the watcher does not see its creation.
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I reviewed the latest push and didn't find any bugs; the earlier concern about watching a source-tree directory is addressed (the fixture now watches abort.txt in the test's tempdir). Because this emulates Node's microtask tick count and abort-listener ordering, with a platform-gated branch for Node's JS recursive watcher whose macOS/Windows expectations have not yet been run outside CI, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- The lazy abort listener in
watch(): the native watcher still closes itself on abort (emit_abortin node_fs_watcher.rs), so a watcher that nothing iterates is not leaked, andresistStopPropagationkeeps a pendingnext()from hanging when an earlier listener callsstopImmediatePropagation()(the callback now drops the native "error"/"close" after an abort, so the JS listener is the only wake-up). - The
rejecting/kDelegateTickhandshake in both the pre-aborted fast path and the main iterator: a concurrentnext()that returns{done: true}queues its tick after the rejecting one, so settlement order is preserved. - The new test drains stdout/stderr/exit concurrently and asserts exact values; a stuck
next()fails via the fixture's 100-tick bound rather than hanging.
Extended reasoning...
The change touches only the AbortSignal handling of fs.promises.watch()'s async iterator in src/js/node/fs.promises.ts (lazy abort listener, one extra microtask tick on abort rejection, a Linux-only skip of that tick for recursive watchers, and ignoring the native watcher's post-abort error/close events), plus a spawned fixture and one test that compares 36 values against Node v26.12.0. No security-sensitive surface is involved. The prior-run nit (watching a directory inside the checkout) was fixed in the latest commit, and no CODEOWNERS entry covers these files. Deferring rather than approving because the tick/ordering emulation is subtle, the recursive-watcher platform gate mirrors a Node implementation detail Node itself plans to remove, and the macOS/Windows expectations are first exercised by CI.
Problem
Promise.race([once(signal, "abort"), watch(dir, { signal })[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next()])rejects withAbortErrorsince Bun 1.4.0. Node and Bun 1.3.14 fulfil. No user reported it.next()settles 2 ticks after the abort, and before the promises of abort listeners that were added earlier (src/js/node/fs.promises.ts:100). Since events: once() rejects instead of throwing for bad signal/options #30984,events.once()settles later than that.Fix
watch()now wakesnext(), andwatch()adds it at the firstnext(), as Node. Before, the callback of the native watcher wokenext(), and it runs before every abort listener.next()waits one tick, as theyield*of Node'sfsPromises.watch()does. Node's JS watcher forrecursive(not on macOS or Windows) is the exception.test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.test.ts(36 values from Node v26.12.0, main differs in 19),test/js/node/watch/, 11 Node tests.Background
fsPromises.watch()is a generator that delegates to the generator that watches, on every platform since v26.4.0.signalfor the native watcher: an abort then does not close a watcher that nothing iterates.Downsides
next()pays 1 more microtask job and about 810 instructions. A delivered event pays under 25 bytecode instructions.next()still drops unread events after an abort. Node yields them first. That order needs fs.watch: run nextTicks and microtasks between the events of one batch #43715 (Notes).Notes
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In 1.3.x
events.once()was a plain function and settled on tick 1. #30984 made it an async function, as in Node, and it settles on tick 2 or 3 now.Ticks of the rejection of
next()next()waits, thenabort()abort(), then the firstnext()watch()with an aborted signalrecursive: trueon Linux,next()waits, thenabort()recursive: trueon Linux, the other two casesnext()of the same turn as the one that took theAbortErrorwaits behind it, so the two settle in call order. A laternext()returns{ done: true }on tick 1, as in Node and on main.yield* watch(filename, options). Node v26.3.x exports the inner generator on macOS and Windows. Since v26.4.0 it exports the delegating one on every platform. This PR follows the current Node: the tick has no platform condition.recursivewith a JS watcher. It rejects anext()that waits inside its abort listener, one tick before the generator does. Bun wakesnext()and then throws, which already takes that tick, so that path gets no extra tick. This is the one platform condition. It mirrors a watcher that Node means to remove (TODO(anonrig): Remove non-native watcher when/if libuv supports recursive). Without it, 8 of the 36 values of the test differ from Node on Linux, all withrecursive. A maintainer can prefer one rule for all modes: then the condition, thewaitedflag and therecursiverows of the test go.Order
error, thenclose) before any abort listener runs, and the callback wakesnext(). Sonext()is first among the promises that settle on its tick, whatever the order of the listeners.next(), withkResistStopPropagation.errorandclosethat follow an abort. The abort listener wakesnext().watch()adds it at the firstnext(), withresistStopPropagation.The test
test/js/node/watch/fs-promises-watch-abort-fixture.tsprints 36 values: ticks, the winner ofPromise.race([once(signal, "abort"), next()]), and the order ofonce()andnext()for several call orders. It uses only Node APIs:node fs-promises-watch-abort-fixture.ts <dir>prints the expected values. main differs in 19.abort()returns (bun test: run test callbacks with the event loop entered #43356).recursive.recursiveas for the default mode, because Node has no JS watcher there. On Linux I ran the fixture with Node v26.12.0 and a delegate around the inner generator for both modes, and with this PR's module with the platform constant off: 36 of 36 values are equal.Races against other signal APIs, Linux x64
once(signal, "abort")againstwatch().next()and againstfor await (... of watch()), both call orders, 5 abort timings (20 races): 0 differ from Node (main 10).events.once()againstwatch().next()cells to Node's result. 16watch().next()againsttimers/promisescells settle the timer'sAbortErrorfirst until timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 lands, because the timer still rejects on tick 2. The race rejects with anAbortErrorin both cases. With timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120: 38. With timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 and node:util: make aborted() an async function, like Node #46130: 16, thetimers/promisesagainstpipeTo()cells that timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 names.AbortSignal.timeout(),AbortSignal.any(), and the first turn of an ESM or a CommonJS entry point give the same winners as Node (10 of 10, main 0).What stays different from Node
next()rejects at once and drops the events that were not read, as on main. Node yields them first, then rejects. Withrecursiveon Linux, Node rejects at once too.FSWatchTaskPosix::run), so the queue holds events that Node does not have yet. Afor awaitbody that aborts on an event then runs again: in 5 to 11 of 20 rounds on Linux (one new file, one rename, or threemkdirin a round). Node v26.12.1 and this PR: 0 of 20.recursiveon Linux as it is.maxQueue, default 2,048). Bun has no cap. fs.promises.watch: implement maxQueue and overflow options #35878 had it, and the stale sweep closed that PR.next()that waits loses theAbortErrorto anext()or areturn()that is called in the abort turn, as on main. Node queues the calls. fs.promises.watch: implement as a real async generator #34718 has that queue.recursiveon Linux. Node adds its abort listener again at eachnext(). Bun adds it once, at the first. After one event was taken, a listener that was added between twonext()calls settles afternext()in Bun and before it in Node (3 of 34 lines of a probe for this). Rejected: a listener that moves at eachnext()costs two native calls for each event.Promise.race([it.next(), it.return()])in one turn after an abort fulfils now.return()is synchronous in Bun. fs.promises.watch: implement as a real async generator #34718 makes it a promise.abort()(the first callbacks of abun testfile, bun test: run test callbacks with the event loop entered #43356, process: run beforeExit, exit and error listeners with the event loop entered #43741), onerecursiverace differs from Node.#34718
watch()anasync function*. It deletes the iterator that this PR changes: 4 conflict blocks.recursiverows.Costs, this PR against main, linux x64
next(): +1 for anext()that waits (2 to 3) and for awatch()with an aborted signal (1 to 2). +0 withrecursive: true. Debug build, JIT off.watch(),next(),abort(): 42 (before 44: the two events of the abort are not queued). Anext()that waits and is never aborted: 30 (before 30). Awatch()with an aborted signal and itsnext(): 27 (before 24).next()160 instructions (before 98), the watcher callback 49 (before 40). A delivered event runs 2 more in the callback and 5 to 20 more innext().next()on a queued event 1,005 to 1,021 (before 975 to 993).BUN_JSC_useJIT=0, 9 interleaved runs, spread 0.2%):watch(),next(),abort()50,590 (before 49,776).watch()with an aborted signal andnext()22,592 (before 19,436).perfis not installed in the container. The counts come fromperf_event_open(instructions:u) and from a hardware breakpoint onJSC::MicrotaskQueue::enqueue.Suites run
test/js/node/watch/fs.watch.test.ts: 46 pass, 7 skip, on the debug build and on a release build. The other files oftest/js/node/watch/: pass.test/js/node/fs/promises.test.js: 30 pass, 5 skip.test-fs-promises-watch*,test-fs-watch-abort-signal.js,test-fs-watch-recursive-promise.js,test-fs-watch-stop-async.js,test-fs-watch.js): pass.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/watch/fs.watch.test.ts