bun:test: give each VM its own fake clock - #38740
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`jest.useFakeTimers()` kept its clock in process-global statics (`CURRENT_TIME` in FakeTimers.rs and `bun_core::mock_time`) while the fake timer heap it drives is per-VM. Two workers (or a worker and the main thread) using fake timers therefore shared one clock: on debug builds the monotonicity assert in `FakeTimers::fire` panicked, on release one VM's `setSystemTime()`/`advanceTimersByTime()` moved the other's `Date.now()`, and a worker that exited with fake timers active left the main thread scheduling real timers against the fake epoch. Move the clock (`now`, `date_now_offset`) onto the per-VM `FakeTimers` next to the heap, and make `bun_core::mock_time` thread-local so `Timespec::now(AllowMockedTime)` reads the calling VM's clock. Single-VM behaviour is unchanged.
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WalkthroughChangesFake timer state now uses per-instance and thread-local storage. Timer advancement stops when callbacks replace or remove the active clock. Timer and cron cleanup track the originating fake clock. DNS cache timestamps always use real time. Tests cover callback behavior, worker isolation, cleanup, and invalid clock values. ChangesFake clock state and timer lifecycle
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…r useRealTimers(); DNS cache uses real time - `advanceTimersByTime` set the clock to the target unconditionally after draining, so a fired callback that called `useRealTimers()` had the fake `Date.now()`/`performance.now()`/timer clock re-pinned behind its back with fake timers reported off. Only advance if still active. - With that, `active` was always `now.is_some()`; remove it and fold the "not active" check into one helper. - The DNS cache is process-global (every VM's JS thread plus the HTTP thread), so it cannot follow one VM's fake clock; stamp it with real time. - Tests: cover the useRealTimers()-in-callback case; make the worker tests exit non-zero on a worker error instead of hanging.
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In `@src/bun_core/util.rs`:
- Around line 5120-5127: Update ExtractTarball::extract to use ForceRealTime for
its extraction timing calls instead of now_allow_mocked_time(), ensuring
worker-thread timings always use the real clock while preserving the existing
timing behavior.
In `@src/runtime/test_runner/timers/FakeTimers.rs`:
- Around line 394-400: The timer re-arming guard must also detect
deactivate-then-reactivate cycles during callback execution. Add an
activation-generation counter to FakeTimers, capture it before execute_until,
and only call set_now when the generation is unchanged afterward; retain the
is_active check for callbacks that only call useRealTimers().
- Around line 211-215: Update the CI assertion block in the relevant timer
method to bind this.now with a single if-let before comparing it with now,
eliminating the unconditional prev.unwrap() after debug_assert!. Preserve the
existing monotonicity assertion when a previous value exists and avoid panicking
when this.now is None after timer mode changes.
In `@test/js/bun/test/fake-timers/fake-timers.test.ts`:
- Around line 141-143: Update the fake-timer test around the existing
performance.now() assertion to capture a real performance reading before
entering the fake-timer block, then assert the post-block performance.now()
value is greater than that reading. Replace the weak not-equal check while
preserving the Date.now() assertion and existing test flow.
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… driving a clock a callback replaced Calling `useFakeTimers()` while fake timers were already active reset the clock to a new epoch but kept the timers scheduled against the old one. Match Jest and Vitest: drop them and start clean. Tag each installation with a generation so `advanceTimersByTime`, `runOnlyPendingTimers` and `runAllTimers` stop once a callback they fired has installed a fresh clock, instead of firing the new clock's timers up to the old target and then moving it there.
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… clock when the callback swaps it
- `useFakeTimers({ now })` with NaN/±Infinity or an invalid Date now
throws instead of installing a clock whose Date.now() offset is NaN.
- A `setInterval` is out of the heap while its callback runs, so the
`clear()` in `useRealTimers()` / `useFakeTimers()` never saw it and it
was rescheduled afterwards onto whichever heap was current, at a
deadline from the old fake timeline: it kept running on the real clock
after `useRealTimers()`, or survived into a freshly installed fake
clock. `TimerObjectInternals::fire` now records which fake clock the
interval was popped from and, if the callback uninstalled or replaced
it, retires the interval like the rest of that clock's timers.
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In `@src/runtime/timer/timer_object_internals.rs`:
- Around line 617-628: Update the ACTIVE branch of the timer processing logic to
detect when useFakeTimers(), useRealTimers(), and interval.refresh() replace the
interval’s clock during its callback; preserve the refreshed schedule on the new
clock instead of overwriting it with time_before_call from the old timeline,
balance the old fired-heap reference, and avoid calling update() again. Add a
regression test covering clock replacement followed by interval.refresh().
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…e clock If the callback replaced or uninstalled the fake clock and then called `interval.refresh()`, the refresh had already scheduled the interval on the new clock; don't overwrite that with the pre-callback deadline from the old timeline.
… inside its own callback A `setInterval` keeps its JS wrapper Strong across the callback because it normally reschedules. When it is instead retired right there without going through `cancel()` — the callback swapped the fake clock, or set `_repeat = null` / `_idleTimeout = -1` on it — nothing downgraded that pin, so the wrapper stayed GC-rooted, its finalizer never released the native `TimeoutObject`, and both leaked for the rest of the process. Downgrade in the shared retire path (a no-op for the already-Weak setTimeout / clearInterval cases). Test: 200 rounds of both shapes leave ~0 live `Timeout` wrappers (previously 400).
The other repeating owner in the fake heap. A job is out of the heap while its tick runs, so the `clear()` in `useRealTimers()` / `useFakeTimers()` could not drop it and `schedule_next` re-armed it on whichever clock was current afterwards — surviving into a fresh fake clock at a deadline floored on the old `last_next_ms`, or escaping onto the real clock and keeping the process alive. `on_timer_fire` now records the fake clock the tick was popped from and, if the tick uninstalled or replaced it, stops the job (deferred while `in_fire`, finished by `schedule_next`) like the rest of that clock's timers.
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I reviewed this PR across several rounds; the current revision came back clean from the bug-hunting pass. Because it reworks per-VM/thread-local state, changes useFakeTimers()-while-active semantics, and adds a retire path in TimerObjectInternals::fire with refcount / GC-pin implications, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed on this revision:
- The new
is_timer_donethis_value.downgrade(): a no-op on the already-Weak setTimeout /cancel()paths, closes the pin on both the new clock-swap arm and the pre-existing_repeat = nullarm. - ACTIVE arm after a clock swap:
refresh()took the +1 and put the timer in the new heap, the arm stillderef()s to balance, and skippingupdate()doesn't strand a heap ref. - Generation checks cover all three drain loops and both repeating owners (
setInterval,Bun.cron);runOnlyPendingTimersroutes throughexecute_until. mock_timethread-local: the process-global DNS cache moved toForceRealTime; the remainingAllowMockedTimereaders are per-VM.
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Overview
Moves the jest.useFakeTimers() clock from process-global statics (CURRENT_TIME, atomic bun_core::mock_time) onto the per-VM FakeTimers struct and a thread-local mock_time, so each Worker/VM has its own fake clock alongside its own fake timer heap. Alongside that: useFakeTimers() while already active now installs a fresh clock (drops pending timers, bumps a generation), the drain loops and advance_timers_by_time stop when a fired callback swaps the clock, a mid-fire setInterval/Bun.cron whose callback swaps the clock is retired instead of hopping heaps, the interval retire path drops its Strong wrapper pin, non-finite {now} is rejected, and the process-global DNS cache is stamped with real time. Seven files, ~400 diff lines, plus substantial new tests.
Security risks
None identified. No auth/crypto/permissions surface. Input validation was tightened (NaN/±Infinity/invalid Date now rejected). The mock_time change removes cross-thread reads/writes rather than adding them.
Level of scrutiny
High. The change touches intrusive-refcount and GC-rooting paths (TimerObjectInternals ref_/deref/this_value Strong→Weak) and re-entrant timer-heap manipulation — exactly the areas REVIEW.md flags as most-blocked. It also introduces a user-visible semantic change (reinstall drops pending timers). Four review rounds each surfaced a real edge case (mid-fire interval survival, refresh() after swap, wrapper leak, cron sibling), all now fixed with tests; that history argues for a maintainer sanity-check on the final shape rather than against the change itself.
Other factors
All prior review threads are resolved. The new tests cover the headline bug (two workers, 400 rounds each), the worker-leaks-into-main case, every clock-swap-from-callback shape (setTimeout/setInterval/refresh/cron × reinstall/useRealTimers), the wrapper-leak via heapStats, and the input-validation additions. The current bug-hunting pass found nothing new. I'm deferring rather than approving because of the scope and the refcount/GC-pin surface, not because of an open concern.
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What does this PR do?
jest.useFakeTimers()kept its clock in process-global statics (CURRENT_TIMEinFakeTimers.rsandbun_core::mock_time) while the fake timer heap it drives is per-VM. Two workers — or a worker and the main thread — that both used fake timers therefore shared one clock:FakeTimers::firepanics (assertion failed: now.eql(&prev.unwrap()) || now.greater(&prev.unwrap()), reached fromrunOnlyPendingTimers);setSystemTime()/advanceTimersByTime()silently moves the other VM'sDate.now();setTimeouts against the fake epoch, so they fire immediately.The clock (
now,date_now_offset) now lives on the per-VMFakeTimersnext to the heap it drives, andbun_core::mock_timeis thread-local soTimespec::now(AllowMockedTime)reads the calling VM's clock.Date.now()/performance.now()overrides were already per-global. Single-VM behaviour is unchanged.Two related fixes found while auditing the readers of the fake clock:
advanceTimersByTimere-pinned the clock to its target unconditionally after draining, so a fired callback that calleduseRealTimers()leftDate.now()/performance.now()/ the timer clock fake whileisFakeTimers()reported false. It now only advances if fake timers are still active (which also lets the redundantactiveflag go — it was alwaysnow.is_some()).useFakeTimers()now installs a fresh clock, as in Jest and Vitest: calling it while fake timers are already active drops the timers pending on the old clock instead of keeping them scheduled against a reset epoch. Each installation carries a generation, soadvanceTimersByTime/runOnlyPendingTimers/runAllTimersstop draining if a callback they fired installed a new clock.setInterval,Bun.cron()) is out of the heap while its callback runs, souseRealTimers()/useFakeTimers()called from that callback couldn't drop it and it was rescheduled afterwards at a deadline from the old fake timeline — escaping onto the real clock (a cron job also kept the process alive), or surviving into the new fake clock. It is now retired/stopped with the rest of its clock's timers.setIntervalretired from inside its own callback withoutclearInterval()(the clock swap above, or the pre-existing_repeat = null/_idleTimeout = -1path) kept its JS wrapper pinned, leaking the wrapper and the nativeTimeoutObject; the retire path now drops the pin.useFakeTimers({ now })rejects NaN / ±Infinity / invalid Date instead of installing a clock with a NaNDate.now()offset.How did you verify your code works?
New tests in
test/js/bun/test/fake-timers/fake-timers.test.ts: two eval workers run 400 rounds ofuseFakeTimers/setSystemTime/runOnlyPendingTimerswith different clocks and report any round whereDate.now()isn't where their own clock puts it; and a worker exits with fake timers active, after which a main-threadsetTimeout(20)must not fire early; anduseRealTimers()from inside a callback fired byadvanceTimersByTimesticks;useFakeTimers()from a fired callback / while already active installs a fresh clock.Both fail before this change (
bun bd test: panic infire;USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1: hundreds of mismatched rounds andfiredEarly: true) and pass after; the rest of the file andtest-timers.test.tsstill pass. Also diffed the output of a single-VMuseFakeTimers({now})/advanceTimersByTime/setSystemTime/runAllTimers/useRealTimersscript between the debug build and the current release — identical.