bun:test: wait for a thenable that a withImplementation() callback returns by robobun · Pull Request #46110 · oven-sh/bun

robobun · 2026-10-19T21:07:27Z

Problem

mockFn.withImplementation(impl, callback) ignores a thenable that callback returns. It never calls then(), restores the previous implementation at once, and returns undefined. A returned supertest request is never sent. Jest 30.5.2 and Vitest 5.0.5 wait.
Cause: jsMockFunctionWithImplementation (src/jsc/bindings/JSMockFunction.cpp:1404) waits only for a JSPromise cell.

Fix

An object that is not a promise is adopted with JSC::JSPromise::resolvedPromise. If the new promise is pending, the object has a callable then: withImplementation waits for it and returns it.
The wait attaches with performPromiseThenWithContext. The old promise capability was unused and unchecked: a second promise-returning call aborts under BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.
Verified: test/js/bun/test/mock-fn.test.js (4 new tests fail on main). Also bun-types.test.ts and test/js/bun/test/mock/.
Self-reviewed: 10 concerns raised, 10 addressed (Notes).

Background

A thenable is an object with a callable then that is not a promise. await calls its then() from a queued job.
No user reported this. An audit of promise cell tests found it (bun:test: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its own then() #41008).
Weighed: the helper of bun:test: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its own then() #41008, which also adopts Promise subclasses. No maintainer has picked that rule. All candidate rules agree on a plain thenable.

Downsides

A returned lazy thenable now runs, and impl stays until it settles. One that never settles keeps impl. One that fulfills with itself loops, as with await.
then() runs after withImplementation() returns. Jest and Vitest call it before.
A returned object with no then costs one dropped promise and +235 instructions per call (725 to 959). undefined costs +4.

Notes

Reproduction

import { mock, test } from "bun:test";

test("withImplementation with a callback that returns a thenable", async () => {
  const fn = mock(() => "original");
  let thenCalls = 0;
  let fulfill!: () => void;
  const result = fn.withImplementation(
    () => "temporary",
    () => ({
      then(resolve: () => void) {
        thenCalls++;
        fulfill = resolve;
      },
    }),
  );
  console.log(typeof result, thenCalls, fn());
  await null;
  console.log(thenCalls, fn());
  fulfill?.();
  await result;
  console.log(thenCalls, fn());
});

main (2d6d445): undefined 0 original, 0 original, 0 original.
This PR: object 0 temporary, 1 temporary, 1 original.

What the callback returns

Release builds of main 2d6d445 and of this PR, Linux x64. mock(), jest.fn(), vi.fn() and the three spyOn names share this one function.

Callback returns	main	this PR
`undefined` or a primitive	restored at once, result `undefined`	the same
An object with no callable `then`	restored at once, result `undefined`	the same
An object or a function with a callable `then`	restored at once, result `undefined`, `then()` not called	`then()` called once, restored when it settles, result is a promise for its value
A thenable that rejects	as above	restored, and the result rejects with the reason
An object whose `then` getter throws	restored at once, result `undefined`, `then` not read	restored at once, and `withImplementation()` throws that error
A native promise	restored when it settles, the same promise returned	the same
An instance of a Promise subclass	waited on by its state, the same object returned	the same

Values from libraries that are not native promises, returned from the callback:

Value	main	this PR
bluebird 3.7.2, Q 1.5.1, execa 9.6.0, supertest 7.3.1	result `undefined`, restored at once	result is a promise, restored when the value settles

The supertest case from the Problem section: the mock is the route handler, the temporary implementation answers 500, and the callback returns request(app).get("/").expect(200). On main the test passes and the handler runs 0 times. With this PR it fails with expected 200 "OK", got 500 "Internal Server Error". Jest 30.5.2 fails with the same message.

The attach change

main calls JSPromise::createNewPromiseCapability and then the performPromiseThen function with that capability. Nothing reads the capability, and nothing checks the exception scope of its creation.
On a debug build of main, two tests that each await fn.withImplementation(impl, async () => {}) end in ASSERTION FAILED: exception check validation failed, with createNewPromiseCapability named as the unchecked scope, when BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 is set. The ASAN lane of CI sets that variable. main has one such call in mock-fn.test.js. The new tests add more.
This PR calls performPromiseThenWithContext directly. For a native promise the behavior is the same: the same promise comes back and the implementation is restored 1 microtask turn after it settles.

Measurements

Release builds of main 2d6d445 and of this PR (aeba2d6), Linux x64. Cell and call counts are from debug builds.

Per call	main	this PR
Instructions, callback returns `undefined`	657 (649 to 662)	661 (658 to 667)
Instructions, callback returns an object with no `then`	725 (710 to 734)	959 (955 to 965)
Instructions, callback returns a native promise, awaited	3719 (3704 to 3732)	2566 (2559 to 2582)
`JSPromise::resolvedPromise` calls, callback returns `undefined` / an object with no `then` / a native promise / a thenable	0 / 0 / 0 / 0	0 / 1 / 0 / 1
`JSPromise::createNewPromiseCapability` calls, callback returns a native promise	1	0
Cells that a pending call keeps, native promise	7	3
Cells that a pending call keeps, thenable	0 (not waited on)	4
Microtask turns from settle to restore, native promise / thenable	1 / not waited on	1 / 1

Instructions: user-space instructions from perf_event_open, 2,000,000 minus 1,000,000 calls (400,000 minus 200,000 for the awaited row), BUN_JSC_useJIT=0, 5 interleaved runs of each build. The value is the median, with the range beside it.
Call counts: lldb breakpoint hit counts over 1000 calls.
Cells: heapStats().objectTypeCounts over 20,000 pending calls after Bun.gc(true), minus what the callback keeps by itself. The 3 cells are the temporary implementation, the cleanup data and the reaction. The thenable row has the adopting promise too.
Size: llvm-size text of the stripped bun 107,349,255 to 107,348,999 bytes (-256). jsMockFunctionWithImplementation 3053 to 2741 bytes (llvm-nm -S). The stripped file has the same size.

Not changed here

A Promise subclass returned from the callback. A lazy one (Bun.$) starts only when something awaits the result, and one whose then() does the work (the shape of the openai SDK's APIPromise) runs after the previous implementation is back. bun:test: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its own then() #41008, bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 and call_then_if_pending on main (sql: consolidate the open Bun.sql, bun:sqlite and node:sqlite pull requests #45304) answer this row in different ways, so it waits for that decision. The site can then call the chosen helper in place of this block.
mock.module factories (src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp:702, :1114). A factory that returns Bun.$ or another lazy Promise subclass leaves await mock.module() and import() pending. A factory's object with a then is used as the exports, and draft bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 pins that in its tests ("a mocked module that exports then").
Bun.plugin (build.module(), onLoad, onResolve, setup()), Bun.cron (Bun.cron: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its own then() #45843) and expect().resolves (bun:test: settle thenables through their own then() in .resolves/.rejects #40996) test for a promise cell too.
A callback that throws leaves the temporary implementation, as in Jest and Vitest. The JSDoc and the docs now say so, and the existing test asserts it.

Other open PRs

bun:test: withImplementation() returns the promise of its restore reaction, so a rejection that nothing awaits is reported #45984 rewrites the promise branch of this function (a result promise, a reject handler) and lists the thenable case as not changed. The block this PR adds sits before that branch and hands it a native promise. The two conflict in the 2 lines of the attach only. I merged them locally at 17a4caa with bun:test: withImplementation() returns the promise of its restore reaction, so a rejection that nothing awaits is reported #45984's side of that conflict: mock-fn.test.js had 109 passing tests, those of both PRs. The later then getter change is in a hunk that bun:test: withImplementation() returns the promise of its restore reaction, so a rejection that nothing awaits is reported #45984 does not touch.
Draft bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833 keeps the cell test at this line and adds the missing exception check after the capability. It needs this block by hand. Its promise_of_thenable adopts a thenable that a test or a hook returns in the same way: a new promise, resolved with the value, and fulfilled at once means no callable then.
bun:test: wait on a returned thenable or Promise subclass through its own then() #41008 names this line under "Not fixed here". An earlier version of this change was stacked on it and called its helper.

The self-review

The review ran on that earlier version, which also converted mock.module factory results. It raised 10 concerns.

5 were about the mock.module part and a guard copied from mock.module: reject async factory results that are not objects #37037. Those parts are not in this PR.
The JSDoc said that the previous implementation always comes back. It now states the throw case.
A thenable that fulfills with itself loops: listed under Downsides.
then() runs after the return: listed under Downsides, stated in the docs, and the first new test asserts it.
The attach change had no explanation: see "The attach change".
The overload used PromiseLike<unknown>, which types { then(resolve) {} } as void. It is now { then(...args: any[]): unknown }, and the type fixture checks a minimal thenable and { then: 42 }.

Review comments

A then getter that throws gave a rejected promise that withImplementation() waited on. The restore came one microtask later, and a caller that did not await never saw the error. Now the previous implementation comes back at once and withImplementation() throws the error. The promise that held it is marked as handled, so it is not reported a second time. The test uses try/catch, because expect().toThrow() hides such a report.
The cases with no then() method are test.each rows.
A rejection that nothing awaits is still not reported. That is the behavior on main for a native promise, and bun:test: withImplementation() returns the promise of its restore reaction, so a rejection that nothing awaits is reported #45984 changes it for every returned value.

Question for a maintainer

Patch release or the list of breaking changes? A test that passed because its thenable was ignored can fail now.

Tests

On main, 4 of the new tests fail: the thenable, the then getter that throws, the rejecting thenable, and the function with a then(). The three "does not wait for" rows pass on both builds.
Debug build with ASAN: test/js/bun/test/mock-fn.test.js 103 pass, also with BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1. test/js/bun/test/mock/mock-module.test.ts 28 pass. mock-disposable.test.ts 3 pass. expect/toHaveReturnedWith.test.ts 43 pass. test/integration/bun-types/bun-types.test.ts 24 pass.

…turns withImplementation() waited only for a JSPromise cell. A callback that returned another object with a then() method was treated as synchronous: then() was never called, the previous implementation came back at once, and nothing was returned to await. A lazy value such as a supertest request was never sent, and a value that was already running (bluebird, Q, execa) ran against the previous implementation. An object that is not a promise is now adopted with JSPromise::resolvedPromise. When the new promise is not fulfilled at once, the object has a callable then: withImplementation() waits for that promise and returns it. A native promise or a Promise subclass is waited on as before. The wait is attached with performPromiseThenWithContext. The old code made a promise capability that nothing read and did not check its exception scope, so the second promise-returning call in a process failed JSC's exception check validation. The types accept a callback that returns any object with a then() method.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-19T21:07:37Z

Walkthrough

withImplementation now supports callback results that are thenables. The change updates its type declaration and documentation, adopts non-promise objects at runtime, and adds type and runtime tests for settlement and error behavior.

Changes

withImplementation thenables

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Callback contract and type coverage `packages/bun-types/test.d.ts`, `docs/test/mocks.mdx`, `test/integration/bun-types/fixture/mocks.ts`	The declaration accepts callbacks that return thenables. Documentation describes restoration behavior, and type tests cover promise, thenable, and synchronous callback results.
Thenable adoption and runtime behavior `src/jsc/bindings/JSMockFunction.cpp`, `test/js/bun/test/mock-fn.test.js`	`withImplementation` adopts non-promise object results before attaching cleanup handlers. Tests cover settlement, callback errors, and `then` access and invocation behavior.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to aeba2

The new type assertions appear to break the bun-types fixture check. Correct them and confirm the check passes before merging.

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robobun · 2026-10-19T21:07:41Z

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robobun · 2026-10-19T21:13:56Z

Status of #46110

How the problem was reproduced:

The test under "Reproduction" in the Notes of the description, on a release build of main 2d6d445, prints undefined 0 original. then() is not called, and the previous implementation is back at once. With this branch it prints object 0 temporary, then 1 temporary, then 1 original.
On main, bun bd test test/js/bun/test/mock-fn.test.js -t withImplementation fails 4 of the new tests. With this branch all 103 tests of the file pass.
Jest 30.5.2 and Vitest 5.0.5 call then() once on the same thenable and keep the temporary implementation until it settles.

claude

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked two things in src/jsc/bindings/JSMockFunction.cpp: the raw lastImpl/lastTail/lastFallback JSValues now held across JSPromise::resolvedPromise (which can run a user then getter) stay live because they are C-stack locals of a host function and are conservatively scanned, and resolvedPromise does not store them anywhere; and the new direct performPromiseThenWithContext call needs no exception check since it is on the repo's nothrow.txt list, so the dropped RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION after the old call(...) is not a regression.

Extended reasoning...

The change adopts non-promise thenables returned from a withImplementation callback via JSPromise::resolvedPromise, replaces the capability-based then attach with performPromiseThenWithContext, and updates the .d.ts, docs, and tests; it touches no security-sensitive surface. Inline findings already cover the swallowed then-getter throw and the shared fulfill/reject cleanup handler; the GC-safety and exception-check concerns from the conventions were examined and ruled out as noted.

…-implementation-thenable

A callback can return an object whose then getter throws, for example a revoked Proxy. The promise that adopted it was then rejected at once, and withImplementation() waited on it: the previous implementation came back one microtask later, and the error reached only a caller that awaited the result. withImplementation() now puts the previous implementation back at once and throws that error. Only a pending promise is waited on. The cases with no then() method are separate test.each rows.

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claude

I re-reviewed the two new commits and found no bugs; they address the earlier inline points (a throwing then getter is now rethrown synchronously after the restore, and the non-thenable cases use test.each). A human look is still worthwhile because packages/bun-types/test.d.ts is a CODEOWNER-owned path and the microtask-vs-synchronous then() timing is a deliberate divergence from Jest that a maintainer should sign off on.

What was reviewed:

jsMockFunctionWithImplementation: resolvedPromise is followed by RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION; after the early-return promise branch only null/Fulfilled/Rejected remain, so the rejected-rethrow check is exhaustive and the dropped fulfilled promise is unobserved.
performPromiseThenWithContext replacement: same signature as ~40 other in-tree callers; result() with no args matches existing usage; adopted Pending promise is both waited on and returned.
Types: overload order resolves async/PromiseLike/minimal thenable to Promise<void> and void/{ then: 42 } to void, matched by the new fixture checks.
Tests: expectResolves/expectRejects helpers exist and assert the Promise instance; the thenable rejection path restores the implementation and surfaces the reason.

Extended reasoning...

The change touches the C++ JSC binding for mockFn.withImplementation (src/jsc/bindings/JSMockFunction.cpp), the bun:test .d.ts overloads, docs, a types fixture, and the mock-fn test file. It touches no security-sensitive surface (no auth, injection, or data exposure); the user-code entry point (reading then via resolvedPromise) is exception-checked and the mock state is restored before the synchronous rethrow. The earlier inline findings from the prior run are addressed by the new commits, and no new issues were found. Approval is withheld because packages/bun-types/test.d.ts falls under a CODEOWNERS entry and because the then()-timing semantics differ from Jest/Vitest, which is a product decision for a maintainer.

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streams: follow a promise returned by direct pull() or async-iterable next() through its own then() #46295

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