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node:timers/promises: make setInterval an async generator, as in node - #46726
setInterval() of node:timers/promises breaks the async iterator protocol. Of two pending next() calls, the first never settles. return("RV") resolves {}, next() after return() hangs, and throw is undefined.
The cause is one resolver slot, callback = resolve (src/js/node/timers.promises.ts:216). A second next() replaces the first resolver. Nothing records a closed iterator.
Fix
setInterval is now an async function*, transcribed from node v26.3.0. The engine queues next(), return() and throw() and settles them in order.
Deleted: asyncIterator(), its interfaces, symbolAsyncIterator, six stub iterators.
A case of node-timers.test.ts (bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833) awaited return() behind a pending next() on a fake interval that never fires. It now fires the fake once.
Verified: timers-promises-interval-iterator.test.ts (13 cases, green under node v26.3.0, 12 red on main), timers.promises.test.ts. Also node-timers, fake-timers, test-runner-mock-timers, vendored test-timers-*.
Background
An async generator runs one request at a time and queues the rest. Node's single slot is safe there.
The interval starts on the first next().
Considered a hand-written resolver queue. Its return() could close at once, unlike node's. It needs its own done state and hand-counted microtask ticks.
Downsides
return() behind a pending next() waits for the next tick, as in node. A signal-less interval as a Bun.serve body stays armed up to one period after the client leaves. Main clears it at once. { signal: req.signal } avoids that.
An unread iterator no longer keeps the process alive. A detached next rejects with TypeError.
A tick-woken next() costs 1 more microtask tick (2 to 3) and about 44 ns (84.7 to 129.1).
A probe of 32 observations (shape, concurrent calls, buffered ticks, for await, throw(), return() and throw() behind a pending next(), abort, validation, microtask ticks) prints the same text under node v26.3.0 and under this PR. Main stops at the second for await.
Behaviour changes, all equal to node v26.3.0
The first next() starts the interval. Validation and the abort listener also run there. No tick is counted before it.
return() and throw() wait behind a pending next(). With a 300 ms interval, it.next(); await it.return("closed") takes about 300 ms in node and in this PR. The pending next() gets the tick. On main return() resolves {} at once and the pending next() never settles.
After a validation error or an abort, the second next() resolves { value: undefined, done: true }. Main rejects again.
setInterval.length is 2 (main: 0). The iterator is an AsyncGenerator with no own keys. A detached next rejects with TypeError.
One difference from node stays. setInterval has no own prototype property, and its generator objects inherit %AsyncGeneratorPrototype% directly. That is so for every built-in generator function of Bun, fs.promises.glob included.
The changed case of node-timers.test.ts
bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 added timers/promises clears its timers with the globals that were there when it set them. It installs fake timer functions that never fire, then runs iterator.next(); await iterator.return();.
On main that return() resolves at once and the pending next() stays unsettled. With the generator return() waits for that next(), as in node, so the child never ends.
The case now calls the fake interval's callback once before await iterator.return(). It still checks that the interval is cleared through the fake clearInterval, and it passes on main too.
Measurements (release builds of main b1305dd and of this PR, same machine, 2026-11-06)
main
this PR
heap cells per tick-woken next(), await / for await
9.18 / 9.18
4.18 / 2.18
heap cells per buffered next(), await / for await
9.18 / 9.18
3.18 / 1.18
retained cells per iterator, never read / one pending next()
11.00 / 16.00
5.00 / 12.00
intervals armed before the first next()
1
0
timer fires before close, it.next(); it.return("R")
0, and the pending next() never settles
1
timer fires before a Bun.serve body is cleared after the client leaves
0
1
the same with { signal: req.signal }
0
0
ns per tick-woken await it.next(), median (min to max)
84.7 (80.8 to 90.6)
129.1 (123.4 to 132.1)
ns per tick-woken for await step
106.9 (105.6 to 112.4)
136.9 (131.1 to 141.6)
ns per buffered await it.next()
87.9 (79.8 to 92.5)
93.5 (90.4 to 96.9)
timers.promises.js module text
6,065 B
4,651 B
size text of bun
140,289,307
140,287,893
Method: ticks are fired by hand through a globalThis.setInterval replacement that is installed before the module loads, so no wall clock decides a count. Cells are the slope of heapStats().objectTypeCounts between 1,000 and 3,000 calls with BUN_JSC_useGC=0. Each cell number includes about 1.2 cells of the measuring loop, and the numbers are the same on every run. Retained cells are counted after a full GC over 2,000 iterators with real timers of 1e8 ms. Times are 9 runs per build, interleaved, 1,000,000 calls each, on one pinned core. The for await time rows include one queueMicrotask() per step in both builds: it fires the tick after the loop has called next().
The first base of this PR (6292c65) gave the same picture: 9.22 to 4.22 cells and 85.2 to 123.7 ns for a tick-woken await it.next().
Instructions per next(): not measured. perf and valgrind are not installed in the build container. The wall-clock rows stand in for it.
Host functions: +0. No internal module is added.
The wait uses $newPromise() and $resolvePromise(), not node's new Promise(executor). With the executor the tick-woken rows were 4 cells higher on the first base (8.22 / 6.22 against 4.22 / 2.22). The ticks are the same.
Abort path
As in node, an abort wakes the pending next() by resolving the wait with a rejected promise. That is what puts the rejection on tick 4. A direct rejection of the wait gives tick 2, and the tick case fails.
That internal promise has no handler until a microtask adopts it. expect(fn) in bun:test looks for unhandled rejections before a microtask runs. With the promise of the first commit, Promise.$reject(), expect(() => controller.abort()).not.toThrow() reported it quietly and process later emitted rejectionHandled.
The promise is now made with $newPromise(), marked handled ($pokePromiseAsHandled) and then rejected. That is the order of JSPromise::rejectAsHandled() in the engine: the rejection tracker never sees the promise. The tick is the same, and a next() rejection that nobody handles is still reported.
The abort case of timers.promises.test.ts fails with ["rejectionHandled"] when Promise.$reject() is put back. On this base it still passes when only the mark is removed, so no test holds the mark by itself.
timers-promises-interval-iterator.test.ts: 13 pass. Under node --test: 13 pass. On main: 12 fail (3 by timeout) and 1 pass. The case that passes on main is the omitted delay. It guards the removed after = 1 default: with validateNumber() called for an undefined delay, only that case fails.
No case in that file leaves a timer behind when an assertion fails. node --test has no default timeout, so a leaked interval there means a run that does not exit. With tick set to a wrong value 6 cases fail and the run exits with code 1 in 0.14 s. Before d77c6c2 it did not exit. Each of the 11 assertions on an iterator with no finally was also made to fail in turn: exit code 1 every time.
timers.promises.test.ts: 16 pass, 4 of them new. On main 1 of the 4 fails: the unread iterator keeps its child alive, and an unref'd timer in the child ends it with exitCode: 1, so no process stays behind. The abort case is described above. The other two run under node:test mock timers, which replace the global clear functions after the module has loaded. One aborts a setTimeout(100000000). One closes an interval iterator: it fails when the generator's finally uses the live clearInterval.
node-timers.test.ts 33, fake-timers.test.ts 497, async-iterator-stream.test.ts 139, 44275.test.ts 3, module-graph-callbacks.test.ts 1, builtin-esm-lazy-exports.test.ts 25, test-runner-mock-timers.js 61, test-runner-mock-timers-scheduler.js 7, the two interval cells of bun-write.test.js: all pass.
module-graph-isolation.test.ts: 413 pass on the release build of this PR. On the debug build it needs --timeout 60000 (then 413 pass).
Release builds: the three timers files give 62 pass with this PR and 49 pass, 13 fail with main's module.
bun lint: no problems in the 6 changed files. bun src/codegen/check-types-of-modules.ts reports 3 errors, all for generator sources of the engine that a local checkout does not have. None is in this module.
Ahead-of-time compilation. The probe prints the same text from an executable built with --compile --aot, from bun <file> and from node v26.3.0. Six programs of test/aot/parallel that load node:timers/promises print the same compiled and plain, also with BUN_JSC_validateAOTRuntime=1. One of them, chains-above-host-objects.cjs, prints the prototype chain of setInterval. So do the library sweeps default-export-namespace-every-module.js and its --aot-validate variant. In names-lengths-every-function-walk-finds.js the line of setInterval is the same on both sides. One other line differs there, for AsyncLocalStorage.prototype[nodejs.util.inspect.custom], and it differs in the same way on a debug build of main. test/aot/run-parallel.ts skips itself on a local build, so these were compared by hand on a debug build.
CI. The head before the first rebase passed on every lane (build 133828). The head before this rebase (a3c47ae, build 135850) was red only for test/aot/engine/ir-6.test.ts, which was red on main too.
test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js:1391 says the interval iterator has no throw(). That is no longer true. The two cells under it still pass. I did not edit that file: on a local debug build two unrelated cells in it time out (on large files, Bun.file(0) survives GC), so the whole file does not pass there. A follow-up can reword the comment and add two rows that run the same interval behind an iterator with return() and no throw(), so that case stays covered on macOS and Windows.
.claude/docs/landing-prs.md says a changed default ships behind a flag. This PR moves three defaults to node's with no flag: the interval starts on the first next(), return() waits behind a pending next(), and a detached next rejects. Is that acceptable here, as it was for glob in #34196?
The second one now has a known caller: the case of node-timers.test.ts above relied on a return() that closes at once. If return() has to close at once, the fix must be the hand-written queue, and it then differs from node on that point.
no test proof · iteration 15 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/timers/node-timers.test.ts
Status: Ready for review. I reviewed the diff by hand against REVIEW.md and node's source.
Reproduced on main (b1305dd) with the snippet in the description. The first of two pending next() calls never settles, and return("RV") resolves {}. Node v26.3.0 settles both and resolves { value: "RV", done: true }.
The new tests fail on main and pass with this change: 12 of the 13 cases in test/js/node/timers.promises/timers-promises-interval-iterator.test.ts and one process case in test/js/node/timers.promises/timers.promises.test.ts (an unread iterator keeps its child alive).
I rebased the branch on 2026-11-06 onto b1305dd (head 2109839). Two things changed with the rebase:
bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 also added a case to test/js/node/timers/node-timers.test.ts that runs iterator.next(); await iterator.return(); on a fake interval that never fires. With the generator, return() waits for the pending next(), as in node, so that case did not end. It now fires the fake interval once (2109839). If return() must close at once, the fix has to be the hand-written queue. The question is at the end of the description.
Commits that come from review:
be01420: the internal rejected promise of an abort is marked handled.
93855d2 and d77c6c2: a failed case leaves no process and no timer behind.
7c01c52: a case for an abort under node:test mock timers.
The five changed test files pass on a debug build and on a release build of the new head. For the programs of test/aot that load this module, an executable built with --compile --aot prints the same as bun <file>. The measurements in the description are new, from release builds of main and of this head.
CI on this head (build 138029) is red for two groups of tests. This PR touches neither.
The 38 tests that are red on main too (build 137822): 37 files under test/aot and test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. The commit message of bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 lists them as known failures.
test/js/web/request/request-clone-leak.test.ts on the ASAN lane: an RSS delta of 64 MB against a bound of 64.
The five test files that this PR changes pass on all 11 test lanes: Linux x64 and arm64 (glibc and musl), the ASAN lane, Windows x64 and arm64, and macOS x64 and arm64. The programs of test/aot/parallel and the library sweeps that load this module pass too.
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The promise-based setInterval implementation now uses an async generator. The change adds input validation, abort handling, and cleanup. Tests cover iterator behavior, cancellation, settlement timing, and process exit.
setInterval now uses an async generator and no longer defaults after to 1. Tests cover iteration, validation, abort handling, generator shape, and settlement timing. A test comment now describes the API as an async generator.
Timer cancellation and process-exit checks src/js/node/timers.promises.ts, test/js/node/timers.promises/timers.promises.test.ts, test/regression/issue/44275.test.ts
Timer cancellation uses captured global clear functions. Subprocess tests cover aborting a pending timeout, unread interval iterators, and closing an interval after enabling mock timers. Other tests check abort rejection events. A regression-test comment now states that the child process exits.
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Add a bounded termination guard for each spawned child.
If a regression leaves the real interval active, proc.exited remains pending. These concurrent tests share a multi-sequence group, so native dangling-process cleanup does not kill either child. The bun:test timeout also does not run the pending await using disposal. A stuck child can therefore keep the test worker alive after the test timeout. Add a separate bounded proc.kill() guard for each child.
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Add an independent bounded termination guard for each spawned child in the
concurrent timer tests, so a pending proc.exited cannot leave the test worker
stuck; ensure the guard invokes proc.kill() if that child does not exit within
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Handle the pending rejection before asserting on abort.
If the abort assertion fails, execution skips the rejection assertion on Line 180. The pending next() can then reject without a handler and report an additional unhandled rejection. Attach a rejection handler before calling abort().
Based on learnings, a promise that can reject needs an effective rejection-handling path.
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- Line 178: Update the setInterval async-iterator test to use a short interval
and retain the iterator instead of only its pending next() promise. Wrap the
abort and assertions in try/finally, and call iterator.return() in finally so
the interval is closed even if abort does not reject next() as expected.
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Two points from the review of 44f8503 have no thread, so the answers are here. Both are in 7891293.
Spawned children (timers.promises.test.ts:229). Confirmed. I ran two concurrent cases whose child never exits: both cases timed out, and both children were still alive after the run ended. Each fixture now has an unref'd timer that prints an interval is still running and exits with code 1 when a leaked interval keeps the child alive. With the timers.promises.ts of main, both cases now fail in about 3 s on exitCode: 1, not on a timeout, and no process remains.
Rejection handler before the abort (lines 178 to 179). The case takes the outcome of next() with .then() before abort() runs.
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I reviewed the latest push and found no bugs; the three points raised in earlier rounds (eager rejected promise on abort, bare clearTimeout/clearImmediate in the abort handlers, the serve-body timer lifetime) are each addressed or documented now. Because this rewrites a node: compat primitive and changes observable lifecycle behaviour (an unread iterator no longer keeps the process alive, return() behind a pending next() waits one period), a human look at those trade-offs is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
The generator body against Node's lib/timers/promises.js control flow: validation order (delay, options, signal, ref), aborted pre-check, wake/notYielded loop, and the finally cleanup all match.
The abort path: the internal promise is marked handled before $rejectPromise, so no unhandled-rejection report can fire, while resolving wake with it keeps Node's tick timing; the new unhandledRejection/rejectionHandled test covers it.
All three clear* calls now go through load-time captured globals, with the two mock-timers subprocess tests exercising clearTimeout and clearInterval.
Subprocess tests drain stdout/stderr/exited with Promise.all and assert a combined object including signalCode; the iterator-protocol file is node:test/node:assert only.
Extended reasoning...
The diff rewrites setInterval in src/js/node/timers.promises.ts from a hand-rolled iterator object into an async generator transcribed from Node, captures clearTimeout/clearImmediate/clearInterval at module load, and adds two test files plus two comment-only test edits; it touches no security-sensitive surface. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed paths and no third-party objection is outstanding (the coderabbitai thread was followed by a commit). Deferring rather than approving because the change alters user-visible timer lifecycle semantics (process liveness without a reader, delayed cleanup when return() is queued behind a pending next()) that the author lists as deliberate trade-offs matching Node, which a maintainer should weigh for Bun.serve streaming users.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
This push addresses the two points from the earlier review: the abort path now marks its internal rejected promise handled before rejecting it (src/js/node/timers.promises.ts:145-149, covered by the new "leaves no unhandled rejection" test), and clearTimeout/clearImmediate are captured at load alongside clearInterval and used at every abort/cleanup site.
Beyond the inline nit, I also checked that dropping the after = 1 default is safe: undefined reaches the native setInterval, which maps it to 1 ms without a warning (src/runtime/timer/Timer.rs:131-160), the same as Node's Timeout constructor.
Extended reasoning...
The push reworks setInterval in src/js/node/timers.promises.ts into an async generator transcribed from Node v26.3.0 and captures the three clear* globals at module load; no security-sensitive surface is touched. The two concerns raised on the earlier version (eagerly rejected promise in the abort handler, uncaptured clearTimeout/clearImmediate) are resolved in the current code, and the remaining inline finding is a test-hygiene nit. The change still carries author-documented behavior tradeoffs against the base (an interval stays armed one period after a Bun.serve client disconnects, an unread iterator no longer keeps the process alive), which a maintainer should weigh, so it is not approved outright.
The child-process fixture uses setInterval(100_000_000) and does not call next(). It does not cover an omitted or undefined delay. Add an iterator case that calls setInterval(undefined, "tick") and verifies its first yielded result.
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Review comment at @src/js/node/timers.promises.ts at line 109:
Add a test case for the setInterval async iterator that calls setInterval with
an undefined delay and the value "tick", then verifies the first yielded result.
Keep the existing child-process fixture and its no-next() behavior unchanged.
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The hand-built iterator kept one resolver slot. A second pending next()
replaced the first, and that promise never settled. return() resolved {},
there was no throw(), and a closed iterator still gave values.
setInterval is now an async function* transcribed from node v26.3.0. The
engine queues next(), return() and throw() and settles each call in order.
The interval starts on the first next(). The generator clears it in its
finally block, through the clearInterval that the module captured at load.
…andled
An abort wakes the pending next() by resolving the wait with a rejected
promise, as node does. That promise has no handler until a microtask adopts
it. A caller that looks for unhandled rejections before microtasks run, such
as expect(fn) in bun:test, reported it, and process later emitted
'rejectionHandled'.
The promise is now marked handled before it is rejected. The rejection still
reaches next() on the same tick.
The abort case uses a 1 ms interval, closes the iterator in finally, and
handles the next() promise before the abort. The two process cases give the
child an unref'd timer that ends it when a leaked interval keeps it alive. A
failed run then reports the leak at once and leaves no process behind.
… timer
setTimeout() clears its timer through the clearTimeout that the module
captured at load. node:test mock timers replace the global after that.
This case aborts a real timer while they are enabled. The child exits only
if the real timer is cleared.
Under `node --test` a failed assertion left a ref'd 1 ms interval running,
so the run did not end. Each case that starts an interval now closes the
iterator in finally, and the rejection of throw() has its handler before
the first assertion.
setInterval() and setInterval(undefined, value) give a tick on the first
next(), as in node. The generator passes the undefined delay through to
the timer and no longer has a default of 1.
The case installs fake timer functions that never fire, calls next() and
then awaits return(). With the async generator return() waits for the
pending next(), as in node, and that next() waits for a tick. The case
now fires the fake interval once, so both calls settle and the interval
is cleared through the fake clearInterval as before.
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Problem
setInterval()ofnode:timers/promisesbreaks the async iterator protocol. Of two pendingnext()calls, the first never settles.return("RV")resolves{},next()afterreturn()hangs, andthrowisundefined.callback = resolve(src/js/node/timers.promises.ts:216). A secondnext()replaces the first resolver. Nothing records a closed iterator.Fix
setIntervalis now anasync function*, transcribed from node v26.3.0. The engine queuesnext(),return()andthrow()and settles them in order.asyncIterator(), its interfaces,symbolAsyncIterator, six stub iterators.node-timers.test.ts(bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833) awaitedreturn()behind a pendingnext()on a fake interval that never fires. It now fires the fake once.timers-promises-interval-iterator.test.ts(13 cases, green under node v26.3.0, 12 red on main),timers.promises.test.ts. Alsonode-timers,fake-timers,test-runner-mock-timers, vendoredtest-timers-*.Background
next().return()could close at once, unlike node's. It needs its own done state and hand-counted microtask ticks.Downsides
return()behind a pendingnext()waits for the next tick, as in node. A signal-less interval as aBun.servebody stays armed up to one period after the client leaves. Main clears it at once.{ signal: req.signal }avoids that.nextrejects withTypeError.next()costs 1 more microtask tick (2 to 3) and about 44 ns (84.7 to 129.1).Notes
Repro (run with
nodeand withbun)next()return("RV"){ value: "RV", done: true }{}{ value: "RV", done: true }next()afterreturn(){ value: undefined, done: true }{ value: undefined, done: true }for awaittypeof it.throwfunctionundefinedfunctionsetInterval(1e8)that nothing readsA probe of 32 observations (shape, concurrent calls, buffered ticks,
for await,throw(),return()andthrow()behind a pendingnext(), abort, validation, microtask ticks) prints the same text under node v26.3.0 and under this PR. Main stops at the secondfor await.Behaviour changes, all equal to node v26.3.0
next()starts the interval. Validation and the abort listener also run there. No tick is counted before it.return()andthrow()wait behind a pendingnext(). With a 300 ms interval,it.next(); await it.return("closed")takes about 300 ms in node and in this PR. The pendingnext()gets the tick. On mainreturn()resolves{}at once and the pendingnext()never settles.next()resolves{ value: undefined, done: true }. Main rejects again.setInterval.lengthis 2 (main: 0). The iterator is anAsyncGeneratorwith no own keys. A detachednextrejects withTypeError.next()2 to 3,return()1 to 2, abort with a pendingnext()2 to 4. The sixsetIntervalrows of the test in timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 pass with this PR alone.One difference from node stays.
setIntervalhas no ownprototypeproperty, and its generator objects inherit%AsyncGeneratorPrototype%directly. That is so for every built-in generator function of Bun,fs.promises.globincluded.The changed case of
node-timers.test.tstimers/promises clears its timers with the globals that were there when it set them. It installs fake timer functions that never fire, then runsiterator.next(); await iterator.return();.return()resolves at once and the pendingnext()stays unsettled. With the generatorreturn()waits for thatnext(), as in node, so the child never ends.await iterator.return(). It still checks that the interval is cleared through the fakeclearInterval, and it passes on main too.Measurements (release builds of main b1305dd and of this PR, same machine, 2026-11-06)
next(),await/for awaitnext(),await/for awaitnext()next()it.next(); it.return("R")next()never settlesBun.servebody is cleared after the client leaves{ signal: req.signal }await it.next(), median (min to max)for awaitstepawait it.next()timers.promises.jsmodule textsizetext ofbunglobalThis.setIntervalreplacement that is installed before the module loads, so no wall clock decides a count. Cells are the slope ofheapStats().objectTypeCountsbetween 1,000 and 3,000 calls withBUN_JSC_useGC=0. Each cell number includes about 1.2 cells of the measuring loop, and the numbers are the same on every run. Retained cells are counted after a full GC over 2,000 iterators with real timers of 1e8 ms. Times are 9 runs per build, interleaved, 1,000,000 calls each, on one pinned core. Thefor awaittime rows include onequeueMicrotask()per step in both builds: it fires the tick after the loop has callednext().await it.next().next(): not measured.perfandvalgrindare not installed in the build container. The wall-clock rows stand in for it.$newPromise()and$resolvePromise(), not node'snew Promise(executor). With the executor the tick-woken rows were 4 cells higher on the first base (8.22 / 6.22 against 4.22 / 2.22). The ticks are the same.Abort path
next()by resolving the wait with a rejected promise. That is what puts the rejection on tick 4. A direct rejection of the wait gives tick 2, and the tick case fails.expect(fn)inbun:testlooks for unhandled rejections before a microtask runs. With the promise of the first commit,Promise.$reject(),expect(() => controller.abort()).not.toThrow()reported it quietly andprocesslater emittedrejectionHandled.$newPromise(), marked handled ($pokePromiseAsHandled) and then rejected. That is the order ofJSPromise::rejectAsHandled()in the engine: the rejection tracker never sees the promise. The tick is the same, and anext()rejection that nobody handles is still reported.timers.promises.test.tsfails with["rejectionHandled"]whenPromise.$reject()is put back. On this base it still passes when only the mark is removed, so no test holds the mark by itself.Suites (debug build of 2109839 on b1305dd unless noted)
timers-promises-interval-iterator.test.ts: 13 pass. Undernode --test: 13 pass. On main: 12 fail (3 by timeout) and 1 pass. The case that passes on main is the omitted delay. It guards the removedafter = 1default: withvalidateNumber()called for anundefineddelay, only that case fails.node --testhas no default timeout, so a leaked interval there means a run that does not exit. Withtickset to a wrong value 6 cases fail and the run exits with code 1 in 0.14 s. Before d77c6c2 it did not exit. Each of the 11 assertions on an iterator with nofinallywas also made to fail in turn: exit code 1 every time.timers.promises.test.ts: 16 pass, 4 of them new. On main 1 of the 4 fails: the unread iterator keeps its child alive, and an unref'd timer in the child ends it withexitCode: 1, so no process stays behind. The abort case is described above. The other two run undernode:testmock timers, which replace the global clear functions after the module has loaded. One aborts asetTimeout(100000000). One closes an interval iterator: it fails when the generator'sfinallyuses the liveclearInterval.node-timers.test.ts33,fake-timers.test.ts497,async-iterator-stream.test.ts139,44275.test.ts3,module-graph-callbacks.test.ts1,builtin-esm-lazy-exports.test.ts25,test-runner-mock-timers.js61,test-runner-mock-timers-scheduler.js7, the two interval cells ofbun-write.test.js: all pass.test-timers-interval-promisified.js,test-timers-promises.js,test-timers-promises-scheduler.js: exit 0.module-graph-isolation.test.ts: 413 pass on the release build of this PR. On the debug build it needs--timeout 60000(then 413 pass).bun lint: no problems in the 6 changed files.bun src/codegen/check-types-of-modules.tsreports 3 errors, all for generator sources of the engine that a local checkout does not have. None is in this module.--compile --aot, frombun <file>and from node v26.3.0. Six programs oftest/aot/parallelthat loadnode:timers/promisesprint the same compiled and plain, also withBUN_JSC_validateAOTRuntime=1. One of them,chains-above-host-objects.cjs, prints the prototype chain ofsetInterval. So do the library sweepsdefault-export-namespace-every-module.jsand its--aot-validatevariant. Innames-lengths-every-function-walk-finds.jsthe line ofsetIntervalis the same on both sides. One other line differs there, forAsyncLocalStorage.prototype[nodejs.util.inspect.custom], and it differs in the same way on a debug build of main.test/aot/run-parallel.tsskips itself on a local build, so these were compared by hand on a debug build.clearTimeout,clearImmediateandclearIntervalat load. This PR had the same change and no longer carries it. An earlier rebase (2026-10-30) took the types that Compile TypeScript to machine code ahead of time:bun build --compile --aot#45631 gave the locals of Bun's own modules.test/aot/engine/ir-6.test.ts, which was red on main too.Not in this PR
fs.promises.watchhas the same single slot (nextEventResolve,src/js/node/fs.promises.ts:65). fs.promises.watch: implement as a real async generator #34718 is open for it.test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js:1391says the interval iterator has nothrow(). That is no longer true. The two cells under it still pass. I did not edit that file: on a local debug build two unrelated cells in it time out (on large files,Bun.file(0) survives GC), so the whole file does not pass there. A follow-up can reword the comment and add two rows that run the same interval behind an iterator withreturn()and nothrow(), so that case stays covered on macOS and Windows.Related
next()for the abort tick. This PR removes that code. ThesetTimeoutandsetImmediateparts of timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 are independent.setTimeout#45586, timers/promises: reject an aborted timer on the same tick as Node #46120 and Resolve setImmediate, clearImmediate and queueMicrotask in built-in modules to private names #44917 editsetTimeout()andsetImmediate()in the same file. This PR no longer touches those two functions.Question for a maintainer
.claude/docs/landing-prs.mdsays a changed default ships behind a flag. This PR moves three defaults to node's with no flag: the interval starts on the firstnext(),return()waits behind a pendingnext(), and a detachednextrejects. Is that acceptable here, as it was forglobin #34196?The second one now has a known caller: the case of
node-timers.test.tsabove relied on areturn()that closes at once. Ifreturn()has to close at once, the fix must be the hand-written queue, and it then differs from node on that point.no test proof · iteration 15 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/timers/node-timers.test.ts