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process.stdout, process.stderr, tty.WriteStream and child.stdin are fs.WriteStreams over a FileSink. The fast path installed an own write() that handed each chunk to the sink and never touched the Writable state, so writableLength stayed 0 and writableNeedDrain stayed false while the sink held a chunk. Remove the override. _write and _writev bridge into the sink: they complete at once when the sink takes the chunk and on the sink promise when it holds it. Writable counts the held chunk, emits one 'drain' per backlog and runs the callbacks in write order. child.stdin is born constructed. A prototype write() keeps an ArrayBuffer accepted. The harness check for a blocking child.stdin.write() measured the prototype write(), which the own property shadowed. It is live again, with a limit a non-blocking write of 1 MiB stays under in a debug build.
… error that destroy() preempts process.stdout and process.stderr get autoDestroy like node's stdio streams, so a failed write runs the fd 1/2 _destroy and the stream takes writes again. After end() a pipe or tty stays ended. child.stdin: a sink.end() failure before 'finish' is dropped, as in node, and pending is false while the sink is open. A flush failure in _final reports on a later tick so that destroy() right after end() drops it. A throw from a held write's callback or from 'drain' is an uncaughtException: the promise completion hops to nextTick. The harness times only child.stdin writes, with the same limit under ASAN as under a debug build.
WalkthroughSink-backed write streams now use Writable buffering and callback accounting. Process and child-process stdio behavior is updated, with tests for backpressure, stream lifecycle, encodings, and supported input types. ChangesWritable stdio streams
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The PR implements #46187. WriteStream no longer installs an own fast-path write; sink-backed writes use Writable accounting through _write and _writev. The child stdin test holds a write and… |
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- Around line 170-237: In the skipped test, `ready` only confirms the child
installed its handler; it does not verify backpressure persists while stdin is
unread. Before `child.kill("SIGUSR1")`, wait briefly and assert via `state()`
that `writableLength` remains `chunk + 1` and `writableNeedDrain` remains true.
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| // A child that prints "ready", reads stdin only on SIGUSR1, then prints the byte count it read. On Windows a | ||
| // write to child.stdin is never held (one uv_write takes the whole chunk), so there is no backpressure to observe. | ||
| const gatedReader = `process.on("SIGUSR1", async () => { | ||
| let n = 0; | ||
| for await (const c of process.stdin) n += c.length; | ||
| process.stdout.write(String(n), () => process.exit(0)); | ||
| }); | ||
| setInterval(() => {}, 1 << 30); | ||
| process.stdout.write("ready\\n");`; | ||
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| it.skipIf(isWindows)("a held write is pending in writableLength and writableNeedDrain until 'drain'", async () => { | ||
| const child = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", gatedReader], { | ||
| env: bunEnv, | ||
| stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "inherit"], | ||
| }); | ||
| const stdin = child.stdin; | ||
| const state = () => ({ length: stdin.writableLength, needDrain: stdin.writableNeedDrain }); | ||
| const order = []; | ||
| // SIGUSR1 before the child installs its listener would kill it. | ||
| let stdout = ""; | ||
| const ready = new Promise(resolve => { | ||
| child.stdout.on("data", c => { | ||
| stdout += c; | ||
| if (stdout.startsWith("ready\n")) resolve(); | ||
| }); | ||
| }); | ||
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| // 128 KiB chunks until the sink holds one. The chunks it took at once are done: only the held one is pending. | ||
| const chunk = 128 * 1024; | ||
| let held = 0; | ||
| for (;;) { | ||
| const i = held; | ||
| if (stdin.write(Buffer.alloc(chunk, "A"), () => order.push(i)) === false) break; | ||
| held++; | ||
| expect(held).toBeLessThan(64); | ||
| } | ||
| const lastCb = Promise.withResolvers(); | ||
| const retB = stdin.write("B", () => { | ||
| order.push("B"); | ||
| lastCb.resolve(); | ||
| }); | ||
| expect({ retB, order, ...state() }).toEqual({ retB: false, order: [], length: chunk + 1, needDrain: true }); | ||
| const drained = once(stdin, "drain").then(() => order.push("drain")); | ||
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| await ready; | ||
| child.kill("SIGUSR1"); | ||
| await Promise.all([drained, lastCb.promise]); | ||
| const done = []; | ||
| for (let i = 0; i < held; i++) done.push(i); | ||
| // Callbacks run in write order. 'drain' fires once, when nothing is pending. | ||
| expect({ | ||
| callbacks: order.filter(o => o !== "drain"), | ||
| drains: order.filter(o => o === "drain"), | ||
| ...state(), | ||
| }).toEqual({ | ||
| callbacks: [...done, held, "B"], | ||
| drains: ["drain"], | ||
| length: 0, | ||
| needDrain: false, | ||
| }); | ||
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| const exited = once(child, "exit"); | ||
| const closed = once(child, "close"); | ||
| stdin.end(); | ||
| const [[exitCode]] = await Promise.all([exited, closed]); | ||
| expect(stdout).toBe("ready\n" + String(chunk * (held + 1) + 1)); | ||
| expect(exitCode).toBe(0); | ||
| }); |
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Assert backpressure after the child remains blocked.
ready only confirms that the child installed its signal handler. The test sends SIGUSR1 immediately afterward, so it does not check that writableLength and writableNeedDrain remain set while the child has not read stdin. Add the delayed assertion before allowing the child to read.
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| // A child that prints "ready", reads stdin only on SIGUSR1, then prints the byte count it read. On Windows a | |
| // write to child.stdin is never held (one uv_write takes the whole chunk), so there is no backpressure to observe. | |
| const gatedReader = `process.on("SIGUSR1", async () => { | |
| let n = 0; | |
| for await (const c of process.stdin) n += c.length; | |
| process.stdout.write(String(n), () => process.exit(0)); | |
| }); | |
| setInterval(() => {}, 1 << 30); | |
| process.stdout.write("ready\\n");`; | |
| it.skipIf(isWindows)("a held write is pending in writableLength and writableNeedDrain until 'drain'", async () => { | |
| const child = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", gatedReader], { | |
| env: bunEnv, | |
| stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "inherit"], | |
| }); | |
| const stdin = child.stdin; | |
| const state = () => ({ length: stdin.writableLength, needDrain: stdin.writableNeedDrain }); | |
| const order = []; | |
| // SIGUSR1 before the child installs its listener would kill it. | |
| let stdout = ""; | |
| const ready = new Promise(resolve => { | |
| child.stdout.on("data", c => { | |
| stdout += c; | |
| if (stdout.startsWith("ready\n")) resolve(); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| // 128 KiB chunks until the sink holds one. The chunks it took at once are done: only the held one is pending. | |
| const chunk = 128 * 1024; | |
| let held = 0; | |
| for (;;) { | |
| const i = held; | |
| if (stdin.write(Buffer.alloc(chunk, "A"), () => order.push(i)) === false) break; | |
| held++; | |
| expect(held).toBeLessThan(64); | |
| } | |
| const lastCb = Promise.withResolvers(); | |
| const retB = stdin.write("B", () => { | |
| order.push("B"); | |
| lastCb.resolve(); | |
| }); | |
| expect({ retB, order, ...state() }).toEqual({ retB: false, order: [], length: chunk + 1, needDrain: true }); | |
| const drained = once(stdin, "drain").then(() => order.push("drain")); | |
| await ready; | |
| child.kill("SIGUSR1"); | |
| await Promise.all([drained, lastCb.promise]); | |
| const done = []; | |
| for (let i = 0; i < held; i++) done.push(i); | |
| // Callbacks run in write order. 'drain' fires once, when nothing is pending. | |
| expect({ | |
| callbacks: order.filter(o => o !== "drain"), | |
| drains: order.filter(o => o === "drain"), | |
| ...state(), | |
| }).toEqual({ | |
| callbacks: [...done, held, "B"], | |
| drains: ["drain"], | |
| length: 0, | |
| needDrain: false, | |
| }); | |
| const exited = once(child, "exit"); | |
| const closed = once(child, "close"); | |
| stdin.end(); | |
| const [[exitCode]] = await Promise.all([exited, closed]); | |
| expect(stdout).toBe("ready\n" + String(chunk * (held + 1) + 1)); | |
| expect(exitCode).toBe(0); | |
| }); | |
| // A child that prints "ready", reads stdin only on SIGUSR1, then prints the byte count it read. On Windows a | |
| // write to child.stdin is never held (one uv_write takes the whole chunk), so there is no backpressure to observe. | |
| const gatedReader = `process.on("SIGUSR1", async () => { | |
| let n = 0; | |
| for await (const c of process.stdin) n += c.length; | |
| process.stdout.write(String(n), () => process.exit(0)); | |
| }); | |
| setInterval(() => {}, 1 << 30); | |
| process.stdout.write("ready\\n");`; | |
| it.skipIf(isWindows)("a held write is pending in writableLength and writableNeedDrain until 'drain'", async () => { | |
| const child = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", gatedReader], { | |
| env: bunEnv, | |
| stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "inherit"], | |
| }); | |
| const stdin = child.stdin; | |
| const state = () => ({ length: stdin.writableLength, needDrain: stdin.writableNeedDrain }); | |
| const order = []; | |
| // SIGUSR1 before the child installs its listener would kill it. | |
| let stdout = ""; | |
| const ready = new Promise(resolve => { | |
| child.stdout.on("data", c => { | |
| stdout += c; | |
| if (stdout.startsWith("ready\n")) resolve(); | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| // 128 KiB chunks until the sink holds one. The chunks it took at once are done: only the held one is pending. | |
| const chunk = 128 * 1024; | |
| let held = 0; | |
| for (;;) { | |
| const i = held; | |
| if (stdin.write(Buffer.alloc(chunk, "A"), () => order.push(i)) === false) break; | |
| held++; | |
| expect(held).toBeLessThan(64); | |
| } | |
| const lastCb = Promise.withResolvers(); | |
| const retB = stdin.write("B", () => { | |
| order.push("B"); | |
| lastCb.resolve(); | |
| }); | |
| expect({ retB, order, ...state() }).toEqual({ retB: false, order: [], length: chunk + 1, needDrain: true }); | |
| const drained = once(stdin, "drain").then(() => order.push("drain")); | |
| await ready; | |
| await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100)); | |
| expect(state()).toEqual({ length: chunk + 1, needDrain: true }); | |
| child.kill("SIGUSR1"); | |
| await Promise.all([drained, lastCb.promise]); | |
| const done = []; | |
| for (let i = 0; i < held; i++) done.push(i); | |
| // Callbacks run in write order. 'drain' fires once, when nothing is pending. | |
| expect({ | |
| callbacks: order.filter(o => o !== "drain"), | |
| drains: order.filter(o => o === "drain"), | |
| ...state(), | |
| }).toEqual({ | |
| callbacks: [...done, held, "B"], | |
| drains: ["drain"], | |
| length: 0, | |
| needDrain: false, | |
| }); | |
| const exited = once(child, "exit"); | |
| const closed = once(child, "close"); | |
| stdin.end(); | |
| const [[exitCode]] = await Promise.all([exited, closed]); | |
| expect(stdout).toBe("ready\n" + String(chunk * (held + 1) + 1)); | |
| expect(exitCode).toBe(0); | |
| }); |
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| expect.toThrowWithCode(() => stream.write(new ArrayBuffer(2)), "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); | ||
| expect.toThrowWithCode(() => stream.write(new SharedArrayBuffer(2)), "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); |
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Use the instance form of toThrowWithCode and clean up the stream.
toThrowWithCode requires an error class before the code. The current calls pass the code as the class argument and omit the expected code. Use the established TypeError form:
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const streamPath = join(tmpdirSync(), "create-write-stream-arraybuffer.txt");
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| expect.toThrowWithCode(() => stream.write(new ArrayBuffer(2)), "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); | |
| expect.toThrowWithCode(() => stream.write(new SharedArrayBuffer(2)), "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); | |
| try { | |
| expect(() => stream.write(new ArrayBuffer(2))).toThrowWithCode(TypeError, "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); | |
| expect(() => stream.write(new SharedArrayBuffer(2))).toThrowWithCode(TypeError, "ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE"); | |
| } finally { | |
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked a few other concerns and ruled them out: a chunk larger than the 16 KiB highWaterMark that the sink takes at once still returns true from write() because underscoreWriteFast calls back synchronously so Writable decrements length before computing the return; the dropped 'open'/'ready' on child.stdin matches node, whose net.Socket stdin never emits them; and end(arrayBuffer) still throwing ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE is node's behavior too, so only the prototype write() conversion is a Bun extension.
Extended reasoning...
The change rewires fs.WriteStream's FileSink path (process.stdout/stderr, tty.WriteStream, child.stdin) to go through Writable's own buffering and accounting, deleting the own-property write override and legacy branches in src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts, and sets autoDestroy plus a writable=false-after-finish rule for fd 1/2 in src/js/builtins/ProcessObjectInternals.ts. No security-sensitive surface is touched, but it is a core stdio hot path with several confirmed behavior regressions posted inline, and the hunt was cut off at the bug cap, so approval is not appropriate.
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src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts— nit: dead branch left behind by removing thekWriteStreamFastPath === truestate. streamConstruct'sif (fastPath)block at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:247-251 can no longer run, because every sink-backed stream setsthis._construct = undefinedat line 486, so construct() never calls streamConstruct for it. Fix: delete the fastPath read at line 229 and the block at 247-251, and drop the stalesink !== trueguard at src/js/node/child_process.ts:1779 that tests for the removed sentinel.Why this was flagged
The diff narrows kWriteStreamFastPath to
undefined | FileSink(src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:31) and makes every stream that has a sink skip _construct (line 486). streamConstruct at lines 229 and 247-251 still reads the symbol and emits 'open'/'ready' for it, but it is only reachable through Writable's construct step, which the sink-backed streams no longer take, so the branch is unreachable after merge. child_process.ts:1779 still compares the value againsttrue, a value it can no longer hold. No user-visible failure; the repository review rules ask that code made dead by a change be deleted in the same PR.Verification: nit. Triggering condition: none needed — the branch is unreachable for every stream the merged code constructs.
kWriteStreamFastPathis assigned at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:475, and that same block setsthis._construct = undefined;at line 486. Theif (fastPath)block at lines 247-252 can no longer execute. On the base this branch was live, which is how child.stdin got its 'open'/'ready'.
| // After end() a pipe or tty stays ended, so a later write fails with | ||
| // ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END (node's gets EPIPE from the shut-down | ||
| // handle). A file takes writes again, like node's SyncWriteStream. | ||
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🔴 Programs that call process.stdout.destroy() (or stderr) on a pipe or tty and then write again now get an uncaught ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END crash instead of output. The _destroy override at src/js/builtins/ProcessObjectInternals.ts:83 clears writable whenever err is unset, but it runs for a plain destroy() as well as for the end() -> 'finish' path, and _undestroy() then keeps the stream ended. Fix: only mark the stream ended when the destroy came from end(), e.g. gate on this._writableState.finished (true in the finish -> autoDestroy path, false on a bare destroy()), so the vendored node test test-stdio-undestroy.js and node's behaviour (writes work after destroy()) keep holding on pipe, socket and tty stdio alike.
Why this was flagged
A child spawned with stdio: 'pipe' runs process.stdout.destroy() then process.stdout.write('rocks\n'), exactly what test/js/node/test/parallel/test-stdio-undestroy.js:7-10 does. fdType is pipe or socket, so isFile at src/js/builtins/ProcessObjectInternals.ts:77 is false; destroy() reaches the override with err null, line 83 sets this.writable = false, and _undestroy() (src/js/internal/streams/destroy.ts:180-182) sets ended, ending and finished to true because state.writable is false. The next write hits the kEnding check at src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:441-450: it returns ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END, and errorOrDestroy with autoDestroy now true (line 75) calls destroy(err) again, which emits 'error' with no listener, so the process dies with an uncaught exception and 'rocks' never reaches stdout. On the base branch the override only did cb(); _undestroy(), writable stayed true, and the write went to the sink. The comment on lines 80-82 says this is for 'After end()', but nothing in the code distinguishes end() from destroy().
Verification: In /home/claude/bun/src/js/builtins/ProcessObjectInternals.ts, line 83 if (!err && !isFile) this.writable = false; runs for ANY error-free _destroy call, not only the end()->'finish'->autoDestroy path the comment on lines 80-82 describes. The next write() hits writable.ts line 441-442 ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END. On the base commit the _destroy override only did cb(err); this._undestroy();, so destroy()-then-write produced output.
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🔴 Programs that reuse one Buffer across process.stdout or child.stdin writes now emit corrupted output once the pipe backs up; the base copied every chunk inside write(). While the sink holds one chunk, Writable queues each later chunk by reference (writable.ts:509) and underscoreWritevFast only reads them at drain time (streams.ts:637). A readSync(fd, buf); out.write(buf) loop therefore writes the final contents of buf in every queued slot. Fix: make the bytes written equal the bytes passed to write() on every path, e.g. copy a chunk when it is queued behind a held write, or hand it to the sink (which copies) and account for it; the PR text does not list this change.
Why this was flagged
A script streams a file to a pipe with const buf = Buffer.alloc(65536); while ((n = fs.readSync(fd, buf)) > 0) process.stdout.write(buf.subarray(0, n)) and the reader is slower than the writer, or the same loop over child.stdin. The first chunk the sink cannot take at once returns a promise at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616, so kWriting stays set until the promise settles. Every following write() goes through writeOrBuffer, which pushes the Buffer object itself at src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:509. readSync overwrites buf before the drain. On drain clearBuffer hands the queued objects to underscoreWritevFast, which Buffer.concat()s them at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:637, so the pipe receives the last chunk's bytes repeated. On the base branch writeFast (old streams.ts:665) called fileSink.write(data) inside write(); the IOWriter copies what it cannot write, so each chunk's bytes were captured at call time and the output was correct. Node queues by reference too, but the PR's 'Behaviour changes users can see' list does not mention it.
Verification: On the base branch writeFast called fileSink.write(data) inside write(), and the sink copies at the moment of the call (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:1019). underscoreWriteFast returns a promise at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616-622, so kWriting stays set; every subsequent write() stores the chunk object by reference at src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:509, only materialized later in underscoreWritevFast at streams.ts:637.
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🔴 Programs that write a large burst to process.stdout and then call process.exit() can lose trailing output that the base branch delivered. Once the sink holds one chunk (streams.ts:616 returns a promise), every later write() is queued in Writable's own buffer and never reaches the FileSink until the promise settles; process.exit() leaves that JS buffer behind, while the sink's own backlog is still flushed at exit (FileSink.rs:511). On base, writeFast handed every chunk straight to the sink. Fix: before exit (or in the fd 1/2 stream's exit hook) push Writable's buffered chunks into the sink, e.g. a kFlushSync-style step like internal/worker/stdio uses, so stdout/stderr output written before process.exit() is not dropped.
Why this was flagged
A script runs process.stdout.write(Buffer.alloc(1<<20)); process.stdout.write("done\n"); process.exit(0) with stdout on a pipe whose reader is slow (the existing test at test/js/node/process/process-stdio.test.ts:348 shows the 1 MiB write is held). underscoreWriteFast at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616-622 returns a promise-backed completion, so Writable marks the stream as writing and queues "done\n" in _writableState.buffered instead of calling _write (src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:454 writeOrBuffer). process.exit() runs before the sink promise settles, so the queued chunk is never passed to fileSink.write. On base, writeFast (removed in this diff) called fileSink.write(data) for every chunk unconditionally, so the sink held both and its backlog was flushed at exit as src/runtime/webcore/FileSink.rs:511 describes for the host's sinks. No safeguard covers this: the exit hook in ProcessObjectInternals.ts only exists for worker stdio (getNodeWorkerStdioStream, kFlushSync), not for fd 1/2 streams.
Verification: In the PR, underscoreWriteFast (src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616-622) completes only on the sink promise, so Writable keeps kWriting set and every later write() goes to state[kBufferedValue].push({chunk, encoding, callback}) instead of _write (src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:503-509). Nothing in the diff or in streams.ts/ProcessObjectInternals.ts drains that buffer on exit.
| function underscoreWritevFast(this: FSStream, data: any, cb: any) { | ||
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🟡 (optional) Programs that write a large backlog to a slow stdout pipe or child.stdin now peak at 3x (Buffers) to 4x (strings) the backlog in memory, versus about 1.5x on main. underscoreWritevFast at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:635-637 copies every string with Buffer.from, then Buffer.concat copies the whole backlog again, and the sink copies the remainder a third time while Writable still holds the original chunks until resetBuffer runs. Fix: draining the backlog must not allocate another copy of it: hand the buffered chunks to the sink one at a time (its outgoing buffer is the single copy) and wait on the promise the last write returns, or cap the concat at a small byte size and loop above it. The PR notes this as a known 3x cost; the string case is 4x and node holds about 1x.
Why this was flagged
A script runs for (const row of rows) process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(row) + "\n") piped to a slow consumer on Linux, or the same loop into child.stdin. The first write past the pipe buffer returns a promise from fileSink.write (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:1015-1024), so Writable buffers every later chunk (src/js/internal/streams/writable.ts:503-509). When the promise settles, clearBuffer calls _writev (writable.ts:709-725) and underscoreWritevFast builds Buffer.from copies of each string (streams.ts:635), then Buffer.concat (streams.ts:637), then fileSink.write copies everything the pipe does not take into its outgoing buffer (PipeWriter.rs:1006-1012, 1019). Writable's buffered array still references the originals until resetBuffer runs after doWrite returns (writable.ts:727). At that instant a 500 MB backlog of strings occupies about 2 GB; on main each chunk went straight into the sink's one buffer (about 750 MB with Vec growth). A container near its memory limit is OOM-killed where main survived.
Verification: normal, acknowledged in diff: the PR description's "Downsides" paragraph states "peak memory is about 3x the backlog during that drain (main: 1.5x, the sink's own copy)"; the code confirms that bound and shows it is 4x for strings. underscoreWritevFast (streams.ts) does Buffer.from for strings, then Buffer.concat(chunks), while writable.ts:709-727 still holds the originals.
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🟡 (optional) Any test writing to child.stdin can now fail with "Write blocked for Nms" when the runner is loaded or a GC pause lands inside write(); the base ran no such check. attachWriteMeasurement compares wall-clock time around write() with writeBlockedLimitMs at test/harness.ts:1558. The limit is 25 ms in release and 100 ms under debug or ASAN, where the comment at test/harness.ts:1523-1524 itself measures 20 to 30 ms for one 1 MiB copy. Fix: fail only on a write that actually waits for the child to read, e.g. a limit far above the copy time (seconds) or a measure that excludes preemption, so parallel suites do not fail spuriously.
Why this was flagged
The trigger is a loaded CI runner: test.concurrent suites spawn many children, and a thread descheduled for a few tens of milliseconds, or a JSC collection, inside child.stdin.write() pushes performance.now() deltas past the limit. The wrapper at test/harness.ts:1553-1563 runs for every ChildProcess stdin marked at test/harness.ts:1537 and throws WriteBlockedError synchronously out of write(), so the test fails even though the write never blocked on the child. On the base branch the descriptor lookup at test/harness.ts:1549 found no own write on WriteStream.prototype, so the wrapper was never installed and no test could fail this way. The debug/ASAN limit of 100 ms is about 3x the 20 to 30 ms the comment at test/harness.ts:1523-1524 reports for a 1 MiB write, a thin margin in the lane the repo describes as 10 to 100x slower. No safeguard retries or widens the window; the throw is immediate.
Verification: test/harness.ts:1553-1561 throws WriteBlockedError when end - start > writeBlockedLimitMs (line 1525); the comment at test/harness.ts:1523-1524 covers only the write's own CPU work, not preemption or a GC inside the timed window. The timed span never blocks on the child, so any excess is jitter. On the base no wrapper was installed; the PR adds writeStreamPrototype.write at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:507, which makes it attach.
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🟡 nit (optional): a failed assertion in these two new tests leaves a bun child running forever on the CI runner, since the child is only killed after the expects. The gatedReader child at test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdio.test.js:215 waits for SIGUSR1 behind a 1<<30 ms setInterval, and the child at line 274 idles on a 1e5 ms setInterval; a throw at line 211 or 273 skips both kills. Fix: register the kill before the assertions (try/finally around the expects, or kill in a finally), which covers both sites (child-process-stdio.test.js:215, child-process-stdio.test.js:274).
Why this was flagged
The test at test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdio.test.js:181 spawns a child that only exits after child.kill("SIGUSR1") at line 215; the expect at line 211 (and the expect(held).toBeLessThan(64) inside the loop at line 204) runs first. The test at line 256 spawns a child with setInterval(() => {}, 1e5) and stdin already closed, and calls child.kill() at line 274 only after expect(events).toEqual(["close"]) at line 273. When either assertion throws, the kill never runs and the child stays alive with its stdin pipe held by the test process. On the base branch neither test exists, so no such process is left behind. The repository review instructions require resource release to be registered before assertions for this reason; nothing else (no using, no afterEach) terminates these children.
Verification: nit — triggers only when one of the new tests' assertions fails. In test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdio.test.js, the toEqual at line 211 runs before child.kill("SIGUSR1") at line 215 with no try/finally, so a throw there skips the kill. The toEqual at line 273 precedes child.kill() at line 274. Orphan cleanup is opt-in, so a bun child outlives the test process on the CI runner.
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🟣 pre-existing, not blocking: pre-existing: a write made after the sink's pipe has died reports success while its bytes are dropped. FileSink.write() returns the boolean true (Writable::Done) once its writer is closed, and underscoreWriteFast at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:624 treats every non-promise result as a completed write, so write() returns true and the callback gets null. Node delivers EPIPE (or ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED) to that callback. Fix: in underscoreWriteFast treat a true result as a failed write (cb with an EPIPE/ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED error) so child.stdin after child exit and process.stdout after an EPIPE both report the failure, and pin the new test at test/js/node/process/process-stdio.test.ts:489 to the exact cbAfter: code instead of only counting it. [also at: src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:625 - pre-existing: a write to process.stdout or child.stdin after its sink has closed (after an EPIPE, or after the child exited) is reported as a success and the bytes are silently dropped, where node delivers an EPIPE error.]
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Why this was flagged
After the held 1 MiB write in the new test at test/js/node/process/process-stdio.test.ts:470-477 fails with EPIPE, the pipe writer runs _on_error (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:822-830), which sets is_done and closes. The next process.stdout.write("again", cb) reaches underscoreWriteFast; FileSink::write (src/runtime/webcore/FileSink.rs:1147-1159) gets WriteResult::Done(0) from IOWriter::write (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:985-987), to_result maps it to Writable::Done, and to_js turns that into JSValue::TRUE (src/runtime/webcore/streams.rs:485). FileSink has no get_pending_error override, so nothing throws. At streams.ts:616 $isPromise(true) is false, so line 624 calls cb(null): write() returns true, and the user callback receives null although nothing was written. The base branch's writeFast called cb(null) too, so this is pre-existing, but the PR rewrites this function and adds a test whose assertion at process-stdio.test.ts:489 only counts the cbAfter entry, so it certifies the silent drop rather than node's EPIPE callback.
Verification: pre-existing. _on_error (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:822-830) sets is_done; write at src/io/PipeWriter.rs:985-987 returns WriteResult::Done(0); Writable::to_js at src/runtime/webcore/streams.rs:485 gives JSValue::TRUE. underscoreWriteFast at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:624 calls cb(null), so the chunk is dropped. The test at process-stdio.test.ts:489 asserts only that cbAfter: fires once, not its value.
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🟣 pre-existing, not blocking: Programs that mix process.stdout.write and console.log on Linux can now see console.log output land before earlier process.stdout.write chunks that Writable is still holding, in a window the base did not have. Once the sink returns a promise at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616, every later write stays in the Writable buffer until the promise settles, the nextTick callback at :628 runs and clearBuffer calls underscoreWritevFast at :637; console.log writes straight to fd 1 (src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp:3089-3091) and overtakes those chunks. On base the sink queued every chunk natively in order so only the sink's own remainder could be overtaken. Fix: route console.* through the same stream buffer, or flush Writable's backlog into the sink before returning to the event loop.
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Why this was flagged
Trigger: on Linux a program writes to a stdout pipe faster than the reader drains (sink.write returns a promise at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:616, which PipeWriter's RWF_NOWAIT path at src/io/PipeWriter.rs:74-83 makes possible even for the force_sync stdio sink), then calls process.stdout.write(a) followed by console.log(b). With the PR, a is parked in Writable's buffer (state.writing is true) and only reaches the sink after the promise resolves, the process.nextTick at src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:628-631 runs, and clearBuffer invokes underscoreWritevFast at :637. console.log bypasses the stream and writes to fd 1 directly, as the comment at src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp:3089-3091 says, so b is emitted before a. On base, writeFast handed a to the sink synchronously; the sink's native queue preserved order among process.stdout writes, and console.log could only interleave with bytes the sink itself still held.
Verification: On Linux the stdio sink's pipe write uses RWF_NOWAIT first (src/io/PipeWriter.rs:74-83) and returns Pending when the pipe is full, so FileSink.write returns a promise. With the PR, every later write(a) is parked in Writable's buffer until clearBuffer calls underscoreWritevFast (streams.ts:637). A console.log(b) in the meantime writes b straight to fd 1, ahead of a.
Fixes #46187
Problem
child.stdin.write(1 MiB)into a full pipe returnsfalse, butwritableLengthstays0andwritableNeedDrainstaysfalse. Node reports1048576andtrue.process.stdout,process.stderrandtty.WriteStreamhave the same defect.fs.WriteStreaminstalls an ownwrite(writeFast,src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts:665on main, annotated "This function implementation is not correct"). It hands each chunk to the sink and never touches theWritablestate. Every contract that reads that state is off: the two getters,cork(), the encoding argument, callback order,'drain'count, the prototype check pino makes.Fix
write.Writable.prototype.writedoes the accounting._writeand_writevbridge into the sink: they complete at once when the sink takes the chunk, and on the sink promise when it holds it.decodeStrings: falsekeeps UTF-8 strings out of aBuffer.fromcopy. A prototypewritekeeps anArrayBufferaccepted (see the question below).process.stdout/stderrgetautoDestroylike node's stdio streams, so a failed write runs the fd 1/2_destroyand the stream takes writes again. Without it, theWritableerrored gate holds every later write forever.child.stdinis born constructed,pendingisfalse, and asink.end()failure before'finish'is dropped. A flush failure in_finalreports one tick later, soend(); destroy()drops it as node does.test/js/node/process/process-stdio.test.ts(7 new cases),test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdio.test.js(4 new),test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts(1 new). 11 fail on main. Alsotest/js/node/{child_process,process,stream,readline,fs,console},tty.test.ts, the structured-clone tests and 142 vendored node stdio/stream/child-process tests: same results as main.Buffer.concatin_writev(onewrite(2)per burst; a per-chunk loop makes one syscall attempt per chunk while the pipe is full). LeftbytesWritten(bytesWritten property always returns 0 for process.stdout and process.stderr #23061) out.Background
fs.WriteStreams whose$fastPathoption wraps aFileSink(Bun.file(fd).writer()or the spawn's stdin sink).FileSink.write()returns a number when it took the chunk and a promise when the pipe is full and it holds the rest.Writablecounts a chunk inwritableLengthfromwrite()until_writecalls back.'drain'fires once the count returns to0. So the bridge only has to call back when the sink promise settles.state.length/needDrainmirror insidewriteFast(stdio: route process.stdout/stderr writes through Writable's buffer accounting #33508 weighed the same choice): it fixes the two getters and leaves the bypass, so callbacks still run insidewrite()andcork()still buffers nothing. stdio: route process.stdout/stderr writes through Writable's buffer accounting #33508 built this shape in July and was closed as superseded by console: output goes behind what process.stdout/stderr have buffered, as in Node #37128, which no longer touchesstreams.ts.process.stdout.write(arrayBuffer)stays accepted here (node throwsERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, Bun's sink takes it, two in-tree tests rely on it). (2) process.stdout: an emptywrite()calls back after the queued chunks #45319 changes'drain'to once per sink promise instreams.tsandFileSink.rs. Thestreams.tshalf is covered here. TheFileSink.rshalf (an empty write on a backed-up sink) is independent.Downsides
process.stdout.write("hello world\n")to/dev/null, no callback, release build, Linux x64, 9 interleaved runs: main 153 ns, PR 223 ns per write (median, spread 145 to 298 vs 184 to 287). To a pipe with a reader: main 787 ns, PR 172 ns, because chunks the sink would hold queue inWritableand reach it as onewritev. A new closure callback per write: 255 ns to 885 ns (onenextTickper callback, as node: 1497 ns).Writableuntil the sink drains, then_writevconcatenates them: peak memory is about 3x the backlog during that drain (main: 1.5x, the sink's own copy). Release text size: -1381 bytes.write();child.stdinemits no'open'/'ready'(node's does not either); after a failed writeprocess.stdoutemits'close'and is reset, as in node; the firstWritablewrite in a process compiles the stream code (about 0.2 ms once).Notes
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/tmp/repro/repro.cjsfrom the issue. Main:writableLength 0, writableNeedDrain false. PR and node v26.3.0:1048576, true.Open PRs on the same file
Writableorders the callbacks.write()calls back after the queued chunks #45319 (dylan-conway): see the question in Background.bytesWritten): patcheswriteFast, which is gone. The count belongs inunderscoreWriteFastplus the bytesWritableholds, likeSocket.prototype.bytesWritteninnet.ts.net.Socket), child_process: child.stdin.destroy() closes the pipe and cancels the parked writes #45734, FileSink: answer the fast path's write callbacks from the sink's drain #46178, process.stdout/stderr with no FileSink: write synchronously, reset after a failed write #44954, child_process: end the stdin pipe in child.stdin's _final #45002: touchstreams.tsand need a rebase onto this.Test harness
test/harness.tstimeschild.stdin.write()throughWriteStream.prototype.writeand fails a test when a call takes more than 8 ms. The own property shadowed that method since January 2025, so the check never ran. It runs again now. The limit is 25 ms for a release build and 100 ms under ASAN or debug (a 1 MiB write takes 20 to 30 ms there), and onlychild.stdininstances are timed.Measurements
process.stdout.write(str);bench.cjswithclosureandstrcbmodes; binaries built fromorigin/main(9634520) and this branch.perf,valgrindandstraceare not installed in the container, so instruction and syscall counts are not given.VmHWMfor 1024 writes of 64 KiB to a reader that sleeps 1 s: main +96 MiB, PR +214 MiB at peak, of which 64 MiB is the concat and 64 MiB the sink's copy.Suites run
test/js/node/child_process,test/js/node/process,test/js/node/stream,test/js/node/fs,test/js/node/readline,test/js/node/console,test/js/node/tty.test.ts,test/js/web/console,test/js/web/workers/structured-clone*.test.ts,test/js/third_party/pino, and 142 files fromtest/js/node/test/parallelmatching stdout, stderr, stdio, tty, console, fs-write-stream, stream-writable, stream-pipeline, stream-finished, process-exit, child-process-std*, readline. Failures are the same on main (5 s timeouts under load, a pty test, the two*-uncaught.jsfiles).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/process/process-stdio.test.ts, test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts, test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdio.test.js