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Problem

  • A class with no explicit constructor produces a stack frame with no file and a meaningless position whenever something below its constructor captures a stack: at new E (unknown:1:28) for a derived class, at new B (unknown:1:17) for a base class (e.g. a class with field initializers). Node prints at new E (/tmp/e.js:2:1), the position of the class keyword.
    class Thrower { constructor() { this.err = new Error("T"); } }
    class E extends Thrower {}
    console.log(new E().err.stack);
  • Same frame in every renderer: error.stack, Error.prepareStackTrace CallSites (getFileName() is [source:3], getLineNumber() is 1, getScriptId() is a different script per class), and the uncaught error printer. When such a frame is on top (class E extends null {}; new E(), where the synthesized super(...args) throws) the printer shows at new E (1:23) with the caret under the wrong line, and err.sourceURL / err.line are unset / 1.
  • Cause: JSC compiles the constructor of a class that declares none from BuiltinExecutables::defaultConstructorSourceCode() ("(function () { })" / "(function (...args) { super(...args); })"), and UnlinkedFunctionExecutable::linkedSourceCode() makes that string the executable's source. Bun reads the URL and position straight off that code block: Zig::sourceURL(CodeBlock&) (src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackTrace.cpp), getAdjustedPositionForBytecode() (src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackFrame.cpp), frame.computeLineAndColumn() in formatStackTrace (src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp) and the provider used for the source excerpt in populateStackFramePosition (src/jsc/bindings/ZigException.cpp).

Fix

  • Bun::defaultClassConstructorClassSource(executable) (ErrorStackFrame.cpp) returns FunctionExecutable::classSource() when the executable's UnlinkedFunctionExecutable::isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor() is set, and a null SourceCode otherwise. isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor is the flag linkedSourceCode() itself keys the source swap on, and classSource() is the class's real SourceCode: the user's provider, starting at the class keyword.
  • Bun::classSourceStartPosition() turns that into a position: the class source's firstLine(), the column counted back to the line start in the provider's text, byte_position = the class start offset. classSource.startColumn() is not used because JSC's lexer counts columns from wherever it started, so for a class on the first line of a lazily parsed function body it is relative to the function (the sameLine test case reports 9:6 with it, 9:23 with this). node:vm lineOffset/columnOffset are taken from the provider's startPosition() the way V8 applies them: the column offset on the first line only, and both signs (JSC itself clamps negative offsets away in SourceCode, so firstLine() only carries a positive line offset and the negative part is added back). The vm test case asserts the positions node prints for the same scripts, both signs of both offsets.
  • The four readers above consult it: Zig::sourceURL(CodeBlock&) returns the class source's URL (this also covers JSCStackFrame::retrieveSourceURL, Zig::sourceURL(StackVisitor&) and the two StackFrame overloads, which all funnel through it), getAdjustedPositionForBytecode() returns the class position (CallSites via calculateSourcePositions, and the error printer), formatStackTrace pass 1 uses a Bun::computeLineAndColumn(frame) wrapper that does the same on top of StackFrame::computeLineAndColumn() (error.stack's columns for other frames are unchanged), and populateStackFramePosition takes the excerpt lines from the class source's provider so they match the position it just computed. JSCStackFrame::sourceID() (CallSite getScriptId() and the [source:N] placeholder) reports the class's provider for the same reason.
  • Why this is the right place: the frame really is executing in the class's file, JSC just compiles it from a template. Reporting it at the class definition is what V8 does (at new E (file:2:1), export class reports the class keyword, a class expression reports its class keyword), and giving the frame a real URL and position is also what lets Bun__remapStackFramePositions source-map it for transpiled files, so TypeScript classes now report their original line.
  • Not changed: Bun__CallFrame__getCallerSrcLoc, Bun__CallFrame__getLineNumber and InspectorTestReporterAgent::reportTestFound still pair Zig::sourceURL(visitor) with visitor->computeLineAndColumn(). They locate the JS caller of a non-constructor native function, which a synthesized constructor (whose body is only super(...args)) can never be, so only their URL half is affected, and it now agrees with the other renderers. The arrow header node:vm prepends to an error escaping a vm script (NodeVM.cpp, JSC's own sourceURL() / computeLineAndColumn() on the top frame) still shows the template source when that top frame is a default constructor; several open node:vm PRs are editing that function, so it is left for a follow-up. The frames in that error's .stack are fixed by this PR.
  • Open PRs on the same lines: error.stack: report frames at new X(...) at the new keyword #37396 (error.stack positions move onto a new getAdjustedLineColumnForBytecode), node:vm: apply negative lineOffset/columnOffset to stack frames and the error header #38248 (negative vm offsets for the frames JSC positions itself), node:vm: don't remap vm code through the source map of the file its filename names #38344 (vm sources and source maps). This PR is deliberately not stacked on them: it is a different bug and can land in any order. Its position rule is one early return at the top of getAdjustedPositionForBytecode plus the Bun::computeLineAndColumn wrapper for error.stack, and whichever of error.stack: report frames at new X(...) at the new keyword #37396 / node:vm: apply negative lineOffset/columnOffset to stack frames and the error header #38248 lands second adds that same early return to its per-frame position function and drops the wrapper (a few lines; the error.stack tests here fail if it is missed). node:vm: apply negative lineOffset/columnOffset to stack frames and the error header #38248's applyNegativeSourceStart must not run on these frames and does not need to: the class position already includes both offsets, which is what the negative cases in the vm test pin down.
  • Verified with bun bd test test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts (new: error.stack for a // @bun file with derived / base-with-fields / class in a function / class on a function's first line / class expression, err.sourceURL+err.line for extends null on top; the same through a source map for a .ts file; the uncaught printer's frame line and caret; vm.Script with positive and negative lineOffset/columnOffset) and bun bd test test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js (new: CallSite getFileName/getLineNumber/getColumnNumber/getScriptId/isConstructor for a top-level and an in-function class; the expected file and line come from a frame captured in each class's extends clause, the expected column from the class keyword's offset in that line). All five new tests fail on the released binary with the output quoted above.
  • Also ran with the fix: the rest of those two files, inspect-error.test.js, reportError.test.ts, vm.test.ts, vm-sourceUrl.test.ts, internal-sourcemap.test.ts, coverage.test.ts. The only failures (inspect-error "Error inside minified file", error-gc-test, diffexample "no color") fail identically on main with a debug build and are tracked separately.

Background

  • Default class constructor: for class E extends B {} JSC does not parse a constructor; BytecodeGenerator::emitNewDefaultConstructor creates an UnlinkedFunctionExecutable from a fixed source string (BuiltinExecutables.cpp), marks it isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor, and stores the class's own source range on it via setClassSource(). It is a normal (not builtin-visibility) function, so it shows up in stacks like any user function.
  • SourceCode / SourceProvider: a provider holds one file's text and URL; a SourceCode is a range in it (startOffset, firstLine, startColumn). classSource() is the range from the class keyword to the closing brace; it is also what Function.prototype.toString prints for a class.
  • node:vm lineOffset/columnOffset: stored on the script's SourceProvider as startPosition(). JSC adds a positive line offset to every line and a positive column offset to the first line when it reports positions; V8 does the same but also honors negative offsets.
  • ZigStackFramePosition: zero-based line/column plus a byte offset into the provider's text, shared with the Rust error printer; the offset is what the printer's source excerpt is cut around, which is why the excerpt provider has to match it.
  • Bun has three stack renderers reading the same JSC frames: formatStackTrace builds the error.stack string (and sets err.line/err.sourceURL), JSCStackFrame/CallSite back Error.prepareStackTrace, and ZigException feeds the uncaught error / Bun.inspect printer. All three hand positions to Bun__remapStackFramePositions, which applies the transpiler's source map when the frame has a URL.

A class without an explicit constructor gets one that JSC compiles from
BuiltinExecutables::defaultConstructorSourceCode(), a one-line source with
no URL, so its stack frames rendered as "new X (unknown:1:17)" in
error.stack, CallSites and the uncaught error printer, and err.sourceURL
and err.line were empty and 1 when such a frame was on top.

Attribute these frames to the class's own SourceCode instead, positioned
at the `class` keyword like V8 does, in all three renderers. The column is
counted from the line start in the source text because the SourceCode's
own start column is relative to the function start when the class is on
the first line of a lazily parsed function body.
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Reproduced on the released binary (1.4.0) and on main: a class without an explicit constructor renders as at new E (unknown:1:28) (derived) / at new B (unknown:1:17) (base) in error.stack, CallSites and the uncaught error printer, where node prints the file and line of the class keyword.

Fix in this PR: frames of the constructor JSC synthesizes for such a class are attributed to the class's own source (FunctionExecutable::classSource()), positioned at the class keyword, in all three renderers.

Tests: test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts (error.stack raw and through a source map, err.sourceURL/err.line, uncaught printer) and test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js (CallSites). All fail on the released binary and pass with this branch.

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The change maps stack frames from default class constructors to their class source. It updates line, column, source ID, source URL, formatting, exception reporting, and regression tests.

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Default Constructor Stack Mapping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Class-source position calculation
src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackFrame.*
Adds helpers to detect default class constructors and calculate class-source line and column positions.
Stack metadata propagation
src/jsc/bindings/ErrorStackTrace.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp, src/jsc/bindings/ZigException.cpp
Uses default class-constructor sources for stack positions, source IDs, source URLs, formatted traces, and exception data.
Default constructor stack tests
test/js/bun/test/stack.test.ts, test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js
Tests class forms, derived classes, source maps, uncaught errors, and V8 CallSite metadata.

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Review feedback so far is addressed:

  • e9f4c3a: the uncaught-error test drains stdout (and asserts it is empty); the CallSite test now checks the exact zero-based column of the class keyword, read from the line each frame reports, instead of a relative comparison.
  • 68894c4, e67c4d7: the comments on the new helpers in ErrorStackFrame.h / .cpp and ZigException.cpp are cut down to one line each. The code is unchanged since f143308.

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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it touches native stack-frame rendering across four C++ bindings files (ErrorStackFrame, ErrorStackTrace, FormatStackTraceForJS, ZigException) with hand-rolled column arithmetic and a stated interaction with #37396, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • defaultClassConstructorClassSource / classSourceStartPosition — the isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor() gate, the line-terminator scan back to line start, and the first-line startPosition().m_column add-back for node:vm columnOffset.
  • All four call sites (sourceURL, sourceID, getAdjustedPositionForBytecode, computeLineAndColumn, populateStackFramePosition's provider swap) agree on which SourceProvider the position/byte_offset/excerpt come from.
  • Tests cover the variant matrix (derived, base-with-fields, in-function, same-line, class expression, extends null, source-mapped .ts, uncaught printer, CallSite getFileName/LineNumber/ColumnNumber/ScriptId) and the earlier stdout-drain / exact-column feedback is addressed.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes stack frames for classes without an explicit constructor, which JSC compiles from a template string and previously rendered as at new E (unknown:1:28). It adds Bun::defaultClassConstructorClassSource() (returns FunctionExecutable::classSource() when isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor() is set) and Bun::classSourceStartPosition() (computes the class keyword's line/column by scanning the provider text back to the previous line terminator), then wires those into all three stack renderers: error.stack (FormatStackTraceForJS via a new Bun::computeLineAndColumn wrapper), CallSites (JSCStackFrame::sourceID, getAdjustedPositionForBytecode), and the uncaught-error printer (populateStackFramePosition's provider selection). Zig::sourceURL(CodeBlock&) is also taught to return the class source's URL. Four new tests exercise raw positions (// @bun), source-mapped .ts, the uncaught printer's caret, and Error.prepareStackTrace CallSites.

Security risks

None. This is diagnostic output only — file/line/column reported in stack traces. No user input reaches allocation sizing or path resolution; the only text scan is bounded by source.length() on a StringView held by an already-live SourceProvider.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. Error stack rendering is a core diagnostic path shared by every thrown error, Bun.inspect, and the uncaught-error printer, and the change spans four C++ files that each read frame positions slightly differently. The column computation deliberately does not trust classSource.startColumn() (documented as wrong on the first line of a lazily-parsed function body) and instead walks the source; that reasoning is sound and tested by the sameLine case, but it is exactly the kind of position arithmetic a maintainer familiar with JSC's SourceCode/SourceProvider offset conventions should sanity-check. The PR description also flags a merge-order interaction with #37396 that whichever lands second must reconcile.

Other factors

All prior review feedback is addressed: the coderabbit / claude stdout-drain nit and exact-column assertion are fixed in e9f4c3a, and the comment-cop long-comment warnings on the new helpers were shortened in 68894c4 / e67c4d7. The bug-hunting pass found nothing. Test coverage is thorough (exact positions asserted for six class shapes, plus source-map remapping, plus the uncaught printer's caret line, plus CallSite getFileName/getLineNumber/getColumnNumber/getScriptId). I did not approve because this is non-trivial native code across multiple renderers with subtle offset semantics — the change looks correct, but it is not the simple/mechanical class the auto-approval bar targets.

The column already took the provider's start column as-is; JSC clamps a
negative lineOffset away in SourceCode, so add it back to the line the
same way. Covers both offsets, both signs, in stack.test.ts with the
positions node prints for the same scripts.
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Self-review outcome. The only concerns that held up were about how this PR sits next to the other open PRs on the same lines (#37396, #38248, #38344), not about the fix itself. Changes made:

  • fc01cd4: the class position now also honors a negative node:vm lineOffset (the column already took the provider's start column as-is; JSC clamps the negative line offset away, so it is added back). This is what makes the position self-contained with respect to node:vm: apply negative lineOffset/columnOffset to stack frames and the error header #38248: its negative-offset step must not run on these frames, and with the early return in getAdjustedPositionForBytecode it does not. New test case in stack.test.ts runs vm.Script with both signs of both offsets and asserts the positions node prints for the same scripts; it fails on the released binary.
  • PR body updated with the related PRs and the exact re-composition for whichever of them lands second (add the same early return to its per-frame position function, drop Bun::computeLineAndColumn). Not stacking this on error.stack: report frames at new X(...) at the new keyword #37396: it is a different bug and can land in either order; the error.stack tests here catch a missed re-composition.

No change to the URL / scriptId / excerpt-provider sites since f143308.

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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The author has addressed all prior feedback (stdout draining, exact column assertions, comment length). Because it touches C++ position arithmetic across three stack renderers with subtle node:vm offset and lazily-parsed-function-body handling, a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • classSourceStartPosition() line-terminator scan bounds and the std::min(providerStart.m_line, 0) negative-offset compensation — traced against the four node:vm test cases and they check out.
  • ZigException.cpp provider swap for the source excerpt — the existing ref/deref path still applies to whichever provider is chosen.
  • sourceURL(CodeBlock&) change funnels through to all callers (StackVisitor, StackFrame overloads, retrieveSourceURL) as the description claims.
  • Test coverage: derived/base/nested/same-line/expression classes, source-mapped .ts, uncaught printer caret, CallSite fields — all assert exact positions.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes stack frames for JavaScript classes without an explicit constructor. JSC synthesizes such constructors from a fixed template string ((function () { }) / (function (...args) { super(...args); })), so their frames previously rendered as at new E (unknown:1:28). The fix redirects them to the class keyword in the user's source via FunctionExecutable::classSource(), matching V8/Node. Five C++ bindings files are touched (ErrorStackFrame.{h,cpp}, ErrorStackTrace.cpp, FormatStackTraceForJS.cpp, ZigException.cpp) plus two test files with five new tests.

Security risks

None. This is read-only position reporting — no user input parsing, no allocation on untrusted sizes, no new JS entry points. The backward line-scan in classSourceStartPosition() is bounds-guarded by static_cast<unsigned>(start) <= source.length() before indexing.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. The change is well-scoped and the mechanism is sound (keying on JSC's own isBuiltinDefaultClassConstructor() flag), but it threads through three independent stack renderers (error.stack formatter, CallSite/prepareStackTrace, uncaught-error printer) and the ZigException source-excerpt path. The column computation deliberately does NOT use classSource.startColumn() because it's function-relative on the first line of a lazily parsed body — this is subtle and covered by the sameLine test case, but the negative-offset clamping compensation (std::min(providerStart.m_line.zeroBasedInt(), 0)) and the first-line column-offset addition are the kind of arithmetic a maintainer familiar with JSC's SourceProvider/TextPosition semantics should sanity-check.

Other factors

  • Test coverage is thorough: raw JSC positions (// @bun), source-mapped .ts positions, the uncaught printer's caret line, CallSite getFileName/getLineNumber/getColumnNumber/getScriptId, and node:vm lineOffset/columnOffset including negatives. All assert exact values.
  • All prior review feedback (CodeRabbit, comment-cop, my own stdout-drain nit) is addressed and marked resolved; the code logic is unchanged since f143308 per the author's summary.
  • The PR description explicitly calls out an interaction with #37396 that whichever lands second must handle — this coordination is a human decision.
  • #pragma once was added to ErrorStackFrame.h (was missing before) — good incidental fix.

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