Error stack GC finalizer: render only frame lines, add the name/message header at materialization - #302
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LGTM — straightforward additive callback that mirrors the existing onComputeErrorInfoJSValue pattern.
Checked that the new fnWithInstance branch in computeErrorInfo is byte-for-byte the same as the existing fn branch plus this, so behavior is unchanged when the callback is unset.
Verified all additions are inside USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) guards and the VM.h accessor/setter/member follow the same shape as m_onComputeErrorInfoJSValue.
Considered whether passing this from the finalizeUnconditionally path is unsafe — the instance is live there (finalizer runs on live objects to snapshot before frame cells die), and the existing JSValue callback already receives this from the materialize path.
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Overview
Adds a new optional VM::onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance callback (typedef, member, const/non-const accessors, setter) in VM.h and prefers it over onComputeErrorInfo in ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo. The new callback has the same signature as the existing one plus a JSObject* for the error instance, exactly mirroring the pre-existing ErrorInfoFunctionJSValue shape. ~20 lines net, all inside #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
Security risks
None. No parsing, no external input, no auth/crypto. The callback is embedder-registered (Bun), same trust level as the existing onComputeErrorInfo / onComputeErrorInfoJSValue hooks. The only new data flowing to the callback is this, which the JSValue variant already exposes.
Level of scrutiny
Low-to-moderate. It touches ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo, which can run from the GC finalizeUnconditionally path — normally a sensitive area — but the change is purely additive: a new if (fnWithInstance) branch ahead of the existing if (fn) branch, with an identical body except for passing this. When the new callback is not set (the default), control flow is unchanged. The safety of what the callback does with the instance is deferred to the Bun-side PR, which is the right layering.
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- Follows an established pattern precisely: the typedef, accessor pair, setter, and member declaration are copy-paste of the neighboring
onComputeErrorInfo/onComputeErrorInfoJSValuelines with the type swapped. - No behavior change for any caller until
setOnComputeErrorInfoWithInstanceis invoked, which nothing in this repo does. - The bug hunting system found no issues.
finalizeUnconditionallyruns on liveErrorInstances (to snapshot the stack string before captured frame cells become unmarked), sothisis a valid pointer there; this is not the destroy path.
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LGTM — small additive callback hook that mirrors the existing onComputeErrorInfo / onComputeErrorInfoJSValue pattern.
What was reviewed:
- New
ErrorInfoWithInstanceFunctiontypedef, accessor, setter, and member inVM.h— all placed alongside and shaped identically to the existingErrorInfoFunctionJSValuecounterparts. ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfobranch: samem_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterializedhandling and argument list as the existingfnbranch, plusthis;WTF::Functiondefault-constructs falsy so the fallback chain is unchanged when the new callback isn't set.- Finalizer safety:
computeErrorInfoalready runs underDeferGCForAWhile, and the ErrorInstance is live duringfinalizeUnconditionally; what the callback does withthisis the Bun-side PR's responsibility.
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Overview
Adds an optional VM::onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance callback (typedef + getter/setter + member field in VM.h, ~7 lines) and a preferred branch for it in ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo (~9 lines in ErrorInstance.cpp). The new callback has the same signature as the existing onComputeErrorInfo plus a JSObject* for the error instance, exactly mirroring how onComputeErrorInfoJSValue already receives the instance. All changes are inside #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
Security risks
None. This is an internal embedder callback hook with no user-controlled input, no parsing, and no auth/crypto/permission surface. The JSObject* passed is this on a live ErrorInstance.
Level of scrutiny
Low. The change is purely additive plumbing that copies an established pattern from three lines above (the ErrorInfoFunctionJSValue machinery). WTF::Function default-constructs to a null/falsy state, so if (fnWithInstance) is false until Bun's companion PR calls setOnComputeErrorInfoWithInstance, meaning existing behavior is byte-for-byte identical for anyone not opting in. The new branch duplicates the m_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterialized / emptyString() handling from the adjacent fn branch verbatim.
Other factors
The one non-trivial question — whether it's safe to hand this to a callback from the finalizeUnconditionally path — is a property of what the callback does, not of this hook. The PR description correctly notes the Bun side will use the VMInquiry-based sanitizedNameString/sanitizedMessageString (no user code, no allocation-triggering getters), and computeErrorInfo already wraps the call in DeferGCForAWhile. The JSC-side change here is mechanical enough that it doesn't need a human reviewer.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
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LGTM — small, additive plumbing change that mirrors the existing onComputeErrorInfoJSValue pattern.
What was reviewed:
- Verified the new
fnWithInstancebranch incomputeErrorInfois a straight copy of the existingfnbranch withthisthreaded through, and falls back to the old callback when unset (no behavior change for embedders that don't register it). - Checked the VM.h additions (typedef, accessors, setter, member) match the sibling
ErrorInfoFunctionJSValueshape and sit under the sameUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)guards. - Considered GC-finalizer safety: passing
thisfromfinalizeUnconditionallyis fine on the JSC side (the instance is live during its own finalizer); the constraint that the callback must not run user code is a Bun-side contract, as the description notes.
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Overview
This PR adds a new optional embedder callback VM::onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance alongside the existing onComputeErrorInfo. The only difference is an extra JSObject* errorInstance parameter, mirroring the signature of the already-existing onComputeErrorInfoJSValue. ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo checks the new callback first and falls back to the old one, so nothing changes unless an embedder opts in. Changes are confined to VM.h (typedef + accessors + setter + member field, all under USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)) and one branch in ErrorInstance.cpp.
Security risks
None identified. This is an internal embedder hook, not exposed to JavaScript. No new data crosses a trust boundary — the ErrorInstance* was already available at the call site and is simply passed through to a callback that the embedder itself registers. No auth, crypto, permissions, or parsing involved.
Level of scrutiny
Low-to-medium. The change is mechanical and follows an established pattern in the same file (the ErrorInfoFunctionJSValue callback already takes a JSObject*). The one subtlety — that this can run from the GC finalizer via finalizeUnconditionally — is called out in the code comment and PR description, and the safety obligation (don't run user code from the callback) lies with the Bun-side implementation, not this plumbing. On the JSC side, this is trivially valid during its own finalizeUnconditionally, and DeferGCForAWhile is already in effect.
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- The new branch duplicates the
m_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterializedguard exactly as the existing branch does, so the empty-string placeholder behavior formaterializeErrorInfoIfNeededis preserved. - Default-constructed
WTF::Functionis falsy, so theif (fnWithInstance)check is a no-op until Bun registers the callback — zero risk of regressing existing behavior. - Preview builds passed on both commits, and there are no outstanding reviewer comments.
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Reworked to keep the finalizer away from the instance entirely, per the review: the new callback (onComputeErrorInfoFrames) renders only the frame lines, and a bit on ErrorInstance tells materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded to prepend the sanitizedToString() header when it publishes the cached string, at which point the instance is live and allocation is allowed. No property reads of any kind happen during the GC end phase now. This also keeps the header lazy (a name assigned between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected), and non-string name/message values render the same as on the first-access path. |
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Thanks — the DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE issue from my previous comment is resolved (now DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + tryClearException(), with the header included). This run found no further bugs. Given this touches the GC end-phase → lazy-materialization handoff and nests an exception scope inside materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, a human look at the reworked design is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
TopExceptionScope::tryClearException()is inherited fromExceptionScopeand the(void)cast satisfies[[nodiscard]]— compiles in both scope-verification modes.- The finalizer path no longer reads instance properties;
sanitizedToString()runs only at materialization where the cell is live and allocation is allowed. - The unguarded
onComputeErrorInfoFrames()call incomputeErrorInfofollows the pre-existing pattern ofonComputeErrorInfo()in the same block (already Bun-only).
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Overview
Adds VM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames (a frames-only stack-string renderer) plus an m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage bit on ErrorInstance. computeErrorInfo (which may run from the GC finalizer) now caches only frame lines when the new callback is set; materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded later prepends the sanitizedToString() header when publishing .stack. Files: ErrorInstance.{h,cpp}, VM.h; all new behavior is behind USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
What changed since my last review
The prior revision used DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE, which does not exist in this fork. The author replaced it with DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE(vm) + scope.tryClearException() and added #include "TopExceptionScope.h". I verified against TopExceptionScope.h / ExceptionScope.h: exception() and [[nodiscard]] tryClearException() are both available on the base class, and tryClearException() preserves a pending TerminationException while clearing anything else — the semantics I'd asked for.
Security risks
None identified. No new external input surfaces; sanitizedToString uses PropertySlot::InternalMethodType::VMInquiry and only stringifies primitives, so user getters/proxies do not run during header construction.
Level of scrutiny
Medium-high. The mechanics are small, but the change sits at the intersection of Heap::runEndPhase finalization, DeferGCForAWhile, and exception-scope nesting (TopExceptionScope created under callers that themselves hold a ThrowScope, e.g. put/defineOwnProperty). The design was already reworked once during review; a maintainer sign-off on the final shape is appropriate.
Other factors
- The unguarded
needsNameAndMessagelocal andvm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames()reference are consistent with the pre-existing unguardedvm.onComputeErrorInfo()call in the same function, so no new non-Bun build breakage is introduced. - No preview build has completed for the fixed commit yet; CI confirmation of the compile fix is still pending.
- The Bun-side callback registration lands separately in oven-sh/bun, so end-to-end behavior can't be validated from this repo alone.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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Thanks — the DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE issue is fixed (DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + tryClearException(), and the 53079f71 preview build succeeded). I re-reviewed and found no further issues. Given this sits on the GC end-phase → error-materialization path, a human look would still be worthwhile.
Checked: the finalizer path now touches only m_stackTrace/m_lineColumn/m_sourceURL/bunErrorData() — no property reads on the instance.
Checked: tryClearException() preserves a pending TerminationException, so the header-prepend block won't swallow one.
Checked: the new framesFn branch mirrors the existing fn branch's m_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterialized handling, and the unguarded needsNameAndMessage local follows the pre-existing pattern of onComputeErrorInfo() being reachable only under USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
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Overview
Adds a second frames-only error-info callback on VM (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), a 1-bit flag on ErrorInstance (m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage), and wires ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo / materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded so that when the stack string is rendered from the GC finalizer it contains only frame lines, with the Name: message header prepended later at materialization via sanitizedToString(). Three files touched: ErrorInstance.cpp, ErrorInstance.h, VM.h.
Prior feedback
My previous run flagged that the header-prepend block used DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE, which does not exist in this fork. Commit 53079f71 replaced it with DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE(vm) + (void)scope.tryClearException(), added the TopExceptionScope.h include, and the preview build for that commit succeeded. The inline comment is resolved. tryClearException() (inherited from ExceptionScope) re-throws a TerminationException rather than clearing it, which is the safer behavior I'd asked for.
Security risks
None identified. No untrusted input parsing, no auth/crypto/permissions surface. The change is internal to how JSC caches and later publishes an error's .stack string.
Level of scrutiny
Medium-high. The diff is small and additive (existing callbacks and behavior are unchanged when the new callback is unset), but it lives on a subtle boundary: finalizeUnconditionally runs during Heap::runEndPhase, where reading instance properties or allocating is forbidden, and the fix's whole point is to keep that invariant. It also changes when/how the user-visible .stack header is composed. That combination — GC-phase safety plus observable error semantics — is worth a maintainer's eyes even though I found nothing wrong.
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framesFnbranch incomputeErrorInfois not itself wrapped in#if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS), but that matches the pre-existingvm.onComputeErrorInfo()line it sits next to; both are only reachable in Bun builds and this PR doesn't change that. - The bitfield addition is initialized in the constructor and ordered between
m_parseErrorandm_catchableFromWasm, matching the header declaration order. - The header prepend runs only when
!m_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterializedand afterm_stackStringis moved out under the cell lock, so it doesn't race with the GC-side write. - No tests accompany the change here; the linked oven-sh/bun#34398 presumably carries the behavioral tests on the Bun side.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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397-433: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winKeep the frame-only callback and deferred-header state in the same build configuration.
VM.hexposesonComputeErrorInfoFrames()in non-Bun builds, and Line 401 invokes it there. Lines 431-433 discardneedsNameAndMessageoutsideUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). Lines 492-504 also omit header materialization in that build.A non-Bun embedder that configures this public callback receives a stack with frame lines but no
"Name: message"header. Guard the new callback API and callback path withUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS), with the existing full-stack path as fallback. Alternatively, make the deferred-header state and materialization available in every build.As per coding guidelines,
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I re-reviewed after the DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE fix and didn't find further issues — the switch to DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + tryClearException() compiles against this fork and preserves a pending TerminationException. Because this reworks what runs inside the GC end-phase finalizer and adds a new embedder callback contract, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
computeErrorInfonow avoids reading the instance in the finalizer path; the frames-only callback + deferred-header bit are set under the cell lock alongsidem_stackString.- Header prepend in
materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded:sanitizedToStringthrowing yields an empty header and the exception is cleared (termination is left pending, matching the surrounding code's lack of checks). - The unguarded
vm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames()reference matches the pre-existing unguardedvm.onComputeErrorInfo()/bunErrorData()in the same block — not a regression introduced here.
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Overview
Three files: VM.h gains an onComputeErrorInfoFrames callback (accessor, setter, storage) alongside the existing onComputeErrorInfo; ErrorInstance.h gains a 1-bit m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage; ErrorInstance.cpp prefers the frames-only callback in computeErrorInfo and prepends sanitizedToString() in materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded when the bit is set. The point is that computeErrorInfo runs from reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd where property reads on the instance are unsafe, so the header (which needs name/message lookups) is deferred to first .stack access.
Prior feedback
My previous inline finding (use of the removed DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE) has been addressed: the block now uses DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE(vm) and (void)scope.tryClearException(). TopExceptionScope inherits tryClearException() from ExceptionScope, which leaves a TerminationException pending and clears anything else, so this compiles and behaves as intended. The CodeRabbit note about missing USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) guards around vm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames() mirrors the pre-existing unguarded vm.onComputeErrorInfo() and bunErrorData() calls in the same function — the new line follows established local style rather than introducing a regression.
Security risks
None identified. No untrusted input parsing, no auth/permissions surface. sanitizedToString uses VMInquiry slots and only stringifies primitives, so the header prepend cannot invoke user getters or proxies.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate-to-high. The change is small but sits at the intersection of GC end-phase safety (where allocation and property-table materialization must be avoided) and lazy error-info publication. Getting the finalizer contract wrong can produce heap corruption that only manifests under GC pressure. The design here is sound — the finalizer path no longer touches the instance's properties at all — but the interaction between the two entry points to computeErrorInfo (GC vs. mutator), the cell-lock discipline, and the new bit's lifecycle warrants a maintainer's eye.
Other factors
The preview build for 05e4c162 succeeded, so the exception-scope fix compiles across targets. The existing onComputeErrorInfo path is unchanged, so embedders that don't register the new callback are unaffected. No test changes are included here (the linked bun#34398 presumably covers behavior on the Bun side).
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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I reviewed this revision and found no bugs — the earlier DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE compile break has been addressed with DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + tryClearException(), and the preview build for 0a28c058 succeeded. Because this touches the GC end-phase path for ErrorInstance and adds exception-scope handling inside a property-access call chain, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
computeErrorInfo: newonComputeErrorInfoFramesbranch reads no instance properties in the finalizer path;needsNameAndMessageis stored under the samecellLockasm_stackString.materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded: header prepend usessanitizedToString(VMInquiry, primitives-only) andtryClearException()preserves a pending TerminationException.- VM.h additions sit inside the existing
USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)region alongsideonComputeErrorInfo; unguarded call sites incomputeErrorInfomatch the pre-existing pattern foronComputeErrorInfo()/bunErrorData().
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Overview
The PR splits error-stack rendering into two phases so the GC finalizer never reads ErrorInstance properties. It adds VM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames (a frame-lines-only callback preferred over onComputeErrorInfo), a new bitfield m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage on ErrorInstance, and a header-prepend step in materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded that calls sanitizedToString(globalObject()) under a TopExceptionScope. Files touched: ErrorInstance.cpp, ErrorInstance.h, VM.h — all Bun-specific regions.
Security risks
None identified. No parsing of untrusted input, no new external surface. The change narrows what runs during reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd (removing property reads), which is a safety improvement over the status quo. sanitizedToString uses PropertySlot::InternalMethodType::VMInquiry and rejects non-primitive values, so it does not invoke user getters or proxies.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate-to-high. This is not a mechanical change: it alters behavior on a GC-finalizer code path where allocation is forbidden, and it introduces an exception scope inside materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, which is reachable from getOwnPropertySlot / put / defineOwnProperty / deleteProperty (some of which already open a ThrowScope around the call). TopExceptionScope is used elsewhere in nested contexts (JSObject.cpp, JSFunction.cpp, Error.cpp), and tryClearException() on the base ExceptionScope leaves a TerminationException in place, so I did not find a concrete problem — but this is exactly the kind of interaction a JSC-familiar reviewer should confirm. The PR also adds public VM API (setOnComputeErrorInfoFrames), a design surface a human should sign off on.
Other factors
- My prior review flagged a hard compile break (
DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPEdoes not exist in this fork); the author replaced it withDECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE+tryClearException(), and the subsequent preview build (0a28c058) completed, so that concern is resolved. - The unguarded use of
vm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames()incomputeErrorInfomirrors the pre-existing unguarded use ofvm.onComputeErrorInfo()andbunErrorData()in the same block — this fork always builds withUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS), so it is consistent, not a regression. - The bitfield is initialized in the constructor in the correct declaration order (between
m_parseErrorandm_catchableFromWasm), so there is no-Wreorderissue. - The bug hunting system found nothing this run.
Given the GC-finalizer and exception-scope subtleties plus the new embedder API, I'm deferring rather than approving.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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I re-reviewed after the rework and found no bugs; the earlier DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE issue is fixed and the preview build for 0a28c058 passed. Because this touches the GC end-phase path in ErrorInstance and adds exception-scope handling inside materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, a human look at the GC-safety and exception-handling reasoning would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
computeErrorInfo: the newonComputeErrorInfoFramesbranch reads no instance properties (onlym_stackTrace/m_lineColumn/m_sourceURL/bunErrorData()), matching the finalizer-safety contract.- Header prepend in
materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded:DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE+tryClearException()compile in this fork and preserve a pending TerminationException. - The unguarded
vm.onComputeErrorInfo*()/bunErrorData()calls incomputeErrorInfopredate this PR; the new code follows the existing pattern. - Dockerfile: apt
mirror+file:fallback +Acquire::Retries— CI hardening only, no build-output effect.
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Overview
The PR spans two independent pieces:
ErrorInstancestack-string caching (ErrorInstance.cpp/h, VM.h): addsVM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames(a newErrorInfoFunctioncallback + accessors + storage), a 1-bitm_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessageonErrorInstance, and two code paths —computeErrorInfoprefers the new callback and sets the bit;materializeErrorInfoIfNeededreads the bit and prependssanitizedToString(globalObject())under aTopExceptionScopebefore publishing.stack. All new code is underUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)except theframesFn/needsNameAndMessagelocals incomputeErrorInfo, which sit alongside the pre-existing unguardedvm.onComputeErrorInfo()call.- Dockerfile: replaces the single-mirror sed + shell fallback with apt's
mirror+file:method (Azure first, canonical second) and addsAcquire::Retries/timeouts. Pure CI reliability.
Security risks
None identified. No auth, crypto, permissions, or untrusted-input parsing is touched. sanitizedToString is the existing side-effect-free path (VMInquiry slots, primitives only). The Dockerfile change only affects package fetch resilience during image build.
Level of scrutiny
Elevated. The core change threads through reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd → computeErrorInfo(allocationAllowed=false), where the invariant is "do not allocate or read instance properties during the GC end phase." The design is sound — the finalizer path now touches only C++ members and defers the property-reading header to materialization — but this is exactly the class of change where a subtle mistake causes rare heap corruption, so a maintainer familiar with JSC's GC end-phase rules should sign off. The new TopExceptionScope inside materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded also deserves a human eye: it is created after several putDirect calls and sanitizedToString can allocate; tryClearException correctly re-throws TerminationException rather than swallowing it, but callers of materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded (e.g. getOwnPropertySlot) don't currently propagate exceptions, so the choice to swallow non-termination exceptions here is a behavior decision worth confirming.
Other factors
- The PR has already been through one review round: my earlier
DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPEfinding and CodeRabbit's guard-consistency note are both resolved, and preview build0a28c058(2026-08-18) succeeded across targets. - The unguarded
onComputeErrorInfo*/bunErrorDataaccess incomputeErrorInfois pre-existing in this fork (all builds setUSE_BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS=ON); the PR does not change that. - This introduces a new embedder-facing callback contract (
onComputeErrorInfoFrames) that the companion Bun PR will register — an API-shape decision a human should confirm. - No JSC-side tests are added; behavior is exercised via the downstream Bun change (oven-sh/bun#34398).
On 2026-08-19 about a dozen preview builds failed a few minutes into their docker builds. The job logs show two causes. azure.archive.ubuntu.com was unreachable from the amd64 runners for over an hour (22 of the 30 failed jobs). Dockerfile's fallback for this, `apt-get update || <switch to archive.ubuntu.com>`, never runs: apt-get update exits 0 when a mirror is unreachable and only warns, so the apt-get install after it fails with "has no installation candidate". It also only covered the first of the eight apt-get runs in the image. The Dockerfile hunk here is b840022 from #471 (also in #302), unchanged: an apt mirror list with the azure mirror first and archive.ubuntu.com second, pointed at from sources.list with mirror+file:, so apt tries the other mirror for every index and .deb that fails, in every apt-get run. Verified with focal's apt 2.0.2 against a local repo whose first mirror refuses, answers 503, is unreachable, or hangs. apt.llvm.org requests failed (8 jobs, across Dockerfile on arm64 and the freebsd, macos and windows cross images): the download of llvm.sh itself, llvm.sh's HEAD probe of the signing key ("GPG key not reachable"), its HEAD probe of the repo (reported as "Distribution 'ubuntu' ... is not supported"), and the key download. None of it is retried. scripts/install-llvm.sh, now used by all five apt based Dockerfiles, retries the whole install (key, script, llvm.sh) up to five times with a growing pause. llvm.sh is idempotent and skips its own key download when the key file exists. The first version of this script fetched the key and the script with curl --retry outside the loop, and the preview build of that version failed on exactly that: curl retries timeouts, a few HTTP codes and ECONNREFUSED, not the connect failure it got from apt.llvm.org. The linux, linux-musl, macos-cross, freebsd and linux-android matrices had the default fail-fast, so one variant that failed in its first minutes cancelled its healthy siblings, and they all had to be rebuilt. windows-cross already had fail-fast: false. Set it on every matrix, the same hunk as 418804c in #296. Co-authored-by: Dylan Conway <dylan.conway567@gmail.com>
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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I re-reviewed after the rework and didn't find any bugs — the earlier DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE issue is now resolved (the header-prepend block uses DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE with tryClearException(), which compiles in this fork and preserves a pending TerminationException), and preview builds have passed on the current commits. Because this touches the ErrorInstance GC-end-phase path and adds a new embedder callback contract, a human look is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
computeErrorInfo: the newframesFnbranch reads no instance properties and follows the samem_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterializedhandling as the existing branches.materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded: header prepend runs after the cell lock is dropped; the flag is cleared beforesanitizedToStringso re-entry can't loop;tryClearException()is inherited fromExceptionScopeand its[[nodiscard]]is cast away.- Bit-field placement of
m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessagematches the constructor initializer order; the unguardedvm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames()call sits alongside the pre-existing unguardedvm.onComputeErrorInfo(), so no new build-config regression. - Dockerfile: apt
mirror+file:list plusAcquire::Retries— CI-only, and the sed pattern correctly no-ops on the arm64ports.ubuntu.comsources.
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Overview
The PR splits error-stack rendering across two phases: VM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames produces only the frame lines (safe to call from reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd, where the instance's own properties must not be read), and materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded later prepends the sanitizedToString() header once the instance is live and allocation is allowed. A new m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage bit carries that state between the two phases. It also includes an unrelated Dockerfile change that gives apt both Ubuntu mirrors via the mirror+file: method with retries, replacing the previous one-shot sed fallback.
Prior feedback
My previous review flagged that DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE does not exist in this fork. The current revision uses DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE(vm) and (void)scope.tryClearException() — TopExceptionScope inherits tryClearException() from ExceptionScope (ExceptionScope.h:72/104/120), so this compiles and, unlike an unconditional clear, re-throws a pending TerminationException instead of swallowing it. The inline comment is resolved and preview builds for the post-rework commits (through 672dd8f5) succeeded.
Security risks
None identified. No parsing of untrusted input, no auth/crypto/permissions surface. The change is about when the error's name/message are read (deferred from GC end phase to the mutator's first .stack access), not what is read; sanitizedToString is the pre-existing VMInquiry-based path that avoids proxies and getters.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is JavaScriptCore runtime code on the GC-end-phase → materialization boundary, where the invariant being enforced (no instance property reads / allocation during reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd) is subtle and violations manifest as rare heap corruption rather than immediate failures. It also introduces a new embedder callback contract (onComputeErrorInfoFrames) that Bun will implement on the other side, so the semantics (frame-only string, header added by JSC) are an interface decision.
Other factors
- The unguarded calls to
vm.onComputeErrorInfoFrames()/vm.onComputeErrorInfo()incomputeErrorInfoare consistent with the pre-existing code, which already assumedUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)in that function body; not a regression introduced here. - The
m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage = falsereset happens beforesanitizedToString(globalObject()), so even thoughsanitizedNameStringwalks the prototype and could in principle re-enter property access on this object, the flag is already cleared and the guardif (m_errorInfoMaterialized) return false;at the top ofmaterializeErrorInfoIfNeededis not yet true — but the VMInquiry slot mode used by the sanitized helpers doesn't call back intogetOwnPropertySloton the ErrorInstance forstack/line/etc., so no loop. - The Dockerfile change is a CI-reliability improvement independent of the runtime change; low risk.
Given the GC-safety sensitivity and the new cross-repo callback contract, I'm deferring rather than auto-approving.
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I re-reviewed after the rework and didn't find any new issues — the earlier DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE problem is fixed (now DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + tryClearException(), which preserves a pending TerminationException), and preview builds through 91722cf8 are green. Because this touches GC-end-phase behavior in ErrorInstance and adds exception-scope handling inside materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, a human look is still worthwhile.
Checked: TopExceptionScope inherits ExceptionScope::tryClearException()/exception(), so the header-prepend block compiles and won't swallow terminations.
Checked: the new framesFn branch mirrors the existing fn branch's m_stackPropertyAlreadyMaterialized handling; the flag is written under cellLock() alongside m_stackString.
Checked: unguarded vm.onComputeErrorInfo*() in computeErrorInfo is pre-existing (base already had it), not introduced here.
Checked: the Dockerfile mirror change is a CI-reliability tweak with no effect on the built artifact.
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Overview
Four files: a Dockerfile apt-mirror resilience change, and the core change across ErrorInstance.{h,cpp} + VM.h. The runtime change adds a second embedder callback onComputeErrorInfoFrames that renders only stack-frame lines (safe to call from the GC finalizer, which must not read the instance), plus a new m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage bit on ErrorInstance so materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded can prepend the sanitizedToString() header later when allocation is allowed.
Prior feedback
My previous inline comment flagged that DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE doesn't exist in this fork. That's now resolved: the block uses DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE and tryClearException(), both of which I verified exist (TopExceptionScope.h, ExceptionScope.h:120). CodeRabbit's note about USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) guarding is marked resolved; the unguarded vm.onComputeErrorInfo() reference in computeErrorInfo predates this PR (visible in the base side of the diff), so it isn't a regression here, and this fork only builds with that flag on.
Security risks
None identified. No untrusted input parsing, no auth/permissions surface. The change is an internal split of when the error-stack header is composed.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is JavaScriptCore runtime code on a GC-adjacent path: reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd → computeErrorInfo runs during the heap end phase where allocation is forbidden, and the new state must be correctly consumed at first .stack access. The reasoning in the PR description is sound and the implementation follows the existing onComputeErrorInfo pattern closely, but subtle GC-safety and exception-scope interactions here warrant a human reviewer rather than bot-only approval.
Other factors
Preview builds passed for the current head. Both prior inline comments (mine and CodeRabbit's) are marked resolved. The Dockerfile change is orthogonal CI hardening (apt mirror+file: with two mirrors + retries) and low-risk.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
…ader at materialization ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string through VM::onComputeErrorInfo, which cannot include the error's name and message: the instance must not be read during the GC end phase (even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table there). The cached string begins with a bare "Error" and a later .stack access serves it as-is, dropping the "Name: message" header. Add VM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames, preferred over onComputeErrorInfo when set, with the contract that it renders only the frame lines. A new ErrorInstance bit records that the cached string needs a header, and materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded prepends sanitizedToString() when publishing it, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. This also keeps name/message reads lazy: a rename between the GC and the first .stack access is reflected, matching the first-access path. The existing callbacks keep their signatures and behavior, so embedders that do not register the new callback are unaffected. Needed for oven-sh/bun#34398.
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I reviewed this revision and didn't find any bugs — the earlier DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE compile break is fixed, and preview builds are passing. Because it changes what runs inside the GC end-phase finalizer and adds an exception scope to the .stack materialization path, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
computeErrorInfo: the newframesFnbranch reads onlym_stackTrace/m_lineColumn/m_sourceURL/bunErrorData()— no property lookups on the instance during finalization.- Header prepend:
TopExceptionScopeinheritstryClearException()fromExceptionScope, so aTerminationExceptionfromsanitizedToStringis preserved rather than swallowed;sanitizedNameString/sanitizedMessageStringcall the staticJSObject::getOwnPropertySlot, so there's no re-entry intomaterializeErrorInfoIfNeeded. - Bitfield:
m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessageis initialized in the constructor and reset before the (potentially throwing)sanitizedToStringcall. - Dockerfile: apt
mirror+file:fallback +Acquire::Retries— CI resilience only.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR touches four files. The core change is in ErrorInstance.cpp/ErrorInstance.h/VM.h: it adds a second stack-render callback (onComputeErrorInfoFrames) whose contract is to render only frame lines, so that ErrorInstance::computeErrorInfo — which can run from reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd in the GC end phase — no longer needs to read the instance's own properties. A new bitfield m_stackStringNeedsNameAndMessage records that the cached string is header-less, and materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded prepends sanitizedToString(globalObject()) under a DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE when it publishes the string. The Dockerfile change is unrelated CI hardening (apt mirror method + retries).
Since my previous review the author replaced the nonexistent DECLARE_CATCH_SCOPE with DECLARE_TOP_EXCEPTION_SCOPE + (void)scope.tryClearException(), which I confirmed compiles: TopExceptionScope extends ExceptionScope, which declares [[nodiscard]] tryClearException() (ExceptionScope.h:72/104/120), and TopExceptionScope.h is now included at the top of the file.
Security risks
None identified. There is no untrusted input parsing, auth, or crypto here. The change moves a property read out of a GC-unsafe context, which is a safety improvement. sanitizedToString uses VMInquiry slots and only stringifies primitives, so it cannot invoke user getters or proxies from the new call site.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is core JavaScriptCore runtime code on the intersection of the garbage collector's end phase (reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd → computeErrorInfo(allocationAllowed=false)) and exception-scope handling during .stack materialization, which is reached from getOwnPropertySlot/put/defineOwnProperty/deleteProperty. Bugs here manifest as heap corruption during GC or as swallowed TerminationExceptions. The change is well-reasoned and small, but it is not a mechanical/config change and warrants a human reviewer familiar with JSC's GC and exception-scope invariants.
Other factors
- The new callback and bitfield are additive and
USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)-guarded where they touch object layout; embedders that don't setonComputeErrorInfoFramesfall through to the existingonComputeErrorInfopath unchanged. - I checked for re-entrancy:
sanitizedNameString/sanitizedMessageStringcall the staticJSObject::getOwnPropertySlotdirectly (not via the method table), so they do not re-enterErrorInstance::getOwnPropertySlot→materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded. tryClearException()leaves a pendingTerminationExceptionin place;put/defineOwnPropertycallers alreadyRETURN_IF_EXCEPTIONaftermaterializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, so termination still propagates.- Preview builds through
fe708b3e(2026-08-23) succeeded, so the current revision compiles on all CI targets. - The Dockerfile change is independent, low-risk, and clearly commented; it does not affect build outputs.
…alizer When a GC runs between an error being thrown and the first .stack access, ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string eagerly so the captured frames can be released. That path went through a callback that never received the ErrorInstance, so the cached string began with a bare "Error" instead of "Name: message". Async-thrown errors hit this reliably because nothing else keeps their resumed frames marked. JSC now exposes onComputeErrorInfoWithInstance (oven-sh/WebKit#302), which also passes the instance. Register that callback instead and read name/message there. Inside the finalizer this must not allocate in the JS heap or run user code, so the properties are read with Structure::getConcurrently (a plain get could re-materialize a property table the GC just cleared) and the instance is not forwarded to formatStackTrace's SyntaxError branch, which does a putDirect. WEBKIT_VERSION points at the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#302 and should move to the merged commit once that lands. Fixes #34398
…erialization Per review on oven-sh/WebKit#302, the instance must not be read during the GC end phase at all: even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates. The finalizer callback now renders only the frame lines (onComputeErrorInfoFrames), and JSC prepends the "Name: message" header via sanitizedToString when the cached string is first published by materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Non-string name and message values now render the same on both paths, and a rename between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, matching the first-access path. Replace the subprocess tests with a deterministic in-process fixture in stack.test.ts: errors created inside a new Function callee take the finalizer path on release and debug builds alike.
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ErrorInstance::finalizeUnconditionally caches the stack string when captured frames die, through VM::onComputeErrorInfo, which cannot include the error name and message: the instance must not be read during the GC end phase (even an own-property lookup can re-materialize a property table, which allocates). The cached string began with a bare "Error" and a later .stack access served it as-is.
This adds VM::onComputeErrorInfoFrames, preferred over onComputeErrorInfo when set, with the contract that it renders only the frame lines. A new ErrorInstance bit records that the cached string needs a header, and materializeErrorInfoIfNeeded prepends sanitizedToString() when publishing it, where the instance is live and allocation is allowed. Nothing touches the instance inside the finalizer.
This also keeps the header lazy (a name assigned between the GC and the first .stack read is reflected, like the first-access path), and non-string name/message values render the same on both paths.
The existing callbacks keep their signatures and behavior; embedders that do not register the new callback are unaffected.
Needed for oven-sh/bun#34398.