bun test: ignore completions from an earlier attempt of a retried test

[robobun]

Problem

• test(name, fn, { retry, timeout }): when attempt 1 times out and its promise settles (or its done() fires) while attempt 2 is running, the runner takes that as attempt 2 finishing. Attempt 2 is printed as (pass) name (attempt 2) while its body is still running, and the assertion failure or timeout it would have produced is never reported. Repro below ends with 1 pass, exit 0.
• A late rejection from attempt 1 is charged to attempt 2 instead: attempt 2 is failed and, with retry: 2, attempt 3 starts while attempt 2's body is still running.
• Cause: a completion carries EntryData { sequence_index, entry, remaining_repeat_count } (src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs) and Execution::get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence (src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs) accepts it as long as those still match the sequence. A retry (advance_sequence -> reset_sequence, same file) decrements remaining_retry_count only and re-activates the same entry pointer, so attempt 1's completion is indistinguishable from attempt 2's. Repeats were already told apart because each repeat changes remaining_repeat_count; retries were not.

Fix

• ExecutionSequence gets a generation counter that every reset_sequence (retry or repeat) bumps. EntryData records the generation the callback started under, in place of the repeat count, and get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence compares it.
• Correct because the generation identifies one attempt of a sequence, and every consumer of a stored EntryData goes through that one check: Execution::step (the promise then registered in run_test_callback, and done()), Execution::handle_uncaught_exception (the promise catch), RefDataValue::entry, and node:test's runtime t.skip()/t.todo() mark. Data from an earlier attempt is discarded on all of them, exactly as data from an earlier repeat already was; repeats themselves behave as before since a repeat bumps the generation too.
• A late rejection from an earlier attempt now takes the path a timed-out test's promise rejecting during the next test already takes: it is printed as an unhandled error between tests (1 error, exit 1) and the running attempt is left alone.
• Not covered here: done(error). bun_test_done_callback reports the error through the VM's generic uncaught-exception path, which never looks at the callback's stored EntryData, so a late done(error) from an earlier attempt is still charged to the running attempt (today it is also charged to the next test in the no-retry case). test runner: fail dependent tests when a hook's done() receives an error #33089 reroutes done(error) through the stored ref; rebased on this change it covers the retry case as well, and the test cases for it are posted there. An earlier revision of this PR carried a subset of that rerouting; it was dropped because it overlapped test runner: fail dependent tests when a hook's done() receives an error #33089 (and bun:test: fail the test when done(err) is called after done() #34041, which edits the same block) and changed hook done(error) semantics only for callbacks fired from a macrotask.
• Also not covered here: what an abandoned attempt's body does apart from completing, such as late expect() or snapshot calls landing on the running attempt. expect() records the sequence slot it was created in on purpose (an expect created in a hook counts toward its test), so this PR's entry/generation check is not the right filter for it; bun test: attribute late expect() calls of an abandoned test to that test instead of the next one #38880 tracks abandoned invocations for that.
• Verified with test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts: four new cases (late resolve; late resolve with the retry then hitting its own timeout; late done(); late rejection). All four fail on the unfixed binary and pass with the fix; 10 consecutive local runs pass.
• Also green with the fix: test/cli/test/retry-flag.test.ts, test/cli/test/rerun-each.test.ts, test/cli/test/bun-test.test.ts, test/js/junit-reporter/junit.test.js, test/js/node/test_runner/node-test.test.ts, and the runner suites in test/js/bun/test (bun_test, bun-test, test-test, concurrent*, done-async, failure-skip, expect-assertions, test-failing, test-on-test-finished, test-error-code-done-callback, jest-hooks).

Background

• An ExecutionSequence is the runner's unit for one test: its beforeEach hooks, the test callback and its afterEach hooks, run in order. retry and repeats rerun the same sequence object: reset_sequence re-initializes it in place and keeps the same entry pointers.
• When the runner starts an entry's callback it builds an EntryData (wrapped in a RefDataValue) and attaches it to the callback's promise reactions and to its done callback. When one of those fires, the record is compared with what is running now, so a callback that outlived its attempt (for example by timing out) cannot act on whatever the runner moved on to. Before this change the only per-attempt component of that record was the repeat count.
• "Unhandled error between tests" is the runner's report for an error it cannot attribute to a running entry; it counts as an error in the summary and fails the run.

Repro

import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
const first = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
let attempt = 0;
test("retry", async () => {
  attempt++;
  if (attempt === 1) {
    await first.promise; // times out
    return;
  }
  first.resolve(); // attempt 1's promise now settles, during attempt 2
  await Bun.sleep(1);
  console.log("attempt 2 body finished"); // never printed before the fix
  expect(attempt).toBe(1); // attempt 2 must fail
}, { retry: 1, timeout: 500 });

Before:

(pass) retry (attempt 2) [0.10ms]

 1 pass
 0 fail

After:

attempt 2 body finished
error: expect(received).toBe(expected)
...
(fail) retry (attempt 2) [5.84ms]

 0 pass
 1 fail

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 4 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts
bun test v1.4.0 (1bec8cdaa)

test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:
(pass) retry and repeats hook ordering [2797.72ms]
92 |         await new Promise(() => {});
93 |       }, { retry: 1, timeout: 100 });
94 |     `,
95 |   );
96 | 
97 |   expect(stderr).toContain("(fail) retry (attempt 2)");
                      ^
error: expect(received).toContain(expected)

Expected to contain: "(fail) retry (attempt 2)"
Received: "\nretry.test.ts:\n(pass) retry (attempt 2) [6.51ms]\n\n 1 pass\n 0 fail\nRan 1 test across 1 file. [615.00ms]\n"

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:97:18)
(fail) a late resolve from a timed-out attempt keeps the retry's own timeout armed [788.91ms]
64 |         expect(attempt).toBe(1);
65 |       }, { retry: 1, timeout: 500 });
66 |     `,
67 |   );
68 | 
69 |   expect(stdout).toContain("attempt 2 body finished");
                      ^
error: expect(received).toContain(expected)

Expected to contain: "attemp
... (truncated)

release without fix: 4 FAILED
bun test v1.4.0-canary.1 (eabb96de7)

test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:
(pass) retry and repeats hook ordering [61.05ms]
92 |         await new Promise(() => {});
93 |       }, { retry: 1, timeout: 100 });
94 |     `,
95 |   );
96 | 
97 |   expect(stderr).toContain("(fail) retry (attempt 2)");
                      ^
error: expect(received).toContain(expected)

Expected to contain: "(fail) retry (attempt 2)"
Received: "\nretry.test.ts:\n(pass) retry (attempt 2) [3.45ms]\n\n 1 pass\n 0 fail\nRan 1 test across 1 file. [163.00ms]\n"

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:97:18)
(fail) a late resolve from a timed-out attempt keeps the retry's own timeout armed [208.48ms]
64 |         expect(attempt).toBe(1);
65 |       }, { retry: 1, timeout: 500 });
66 |     `,
67 |   );
68 | 
69 |   expect(stdout).toContain("attempt 2 body finished");
                      ^
error: expect(received).toContain(expected)

Expected to contain: "attempt 2 body finished"
Received: "bun test v1.4.0-canary.1 (eabb96de7)\n"

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:69:18)
(fail) a la
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts
bun test v1.4.0 (1bec8cdaa)

test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts:
(pass) retry and repeats hook ordering [2467.88ms]
(pass) a late resolve from a timed-out attempt keeps the retry's own timeout armed [656.25ms]
(pass) a late rejection from a timed-out attempt is not attributed to the retry [948.55ms]
(pass) a late done() from a timed-out attempt does not complete the retry [977.64ms]
(pass) a late resolve from a timed-out attempt does not complete the retry [1059.82ms]

 5 pass
 0 fail
 31 expect() calls
Ran 5 tests across 1 file. [6.45s]
__F:0:S:0

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 808ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/656] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccpp.c.o
[2/656] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/x86_64-gen.c.o
[3/656] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/libtcc.c.o
[4/656] fetch lshpack
[lshpack] up to date
[5/654] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccdbg.c.o
[6/654] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccasm.c.o
[7/654] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/i386-asm.c.o
[8/654] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/x86_64-link.c.o
[9/654] fetch boringssl
[boringssl] up to date
[10/232] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccrun.c.o
[11/232] gen ZigGeneratedClasses.lut.h
Generating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/ZigGeneratedClasses.lut.h from /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/ZigGeneratedClasses.lut.txt
[12/232] fetch lsqpack
[lsqpack] up to date
[13/232] fetch lsquic
[lsquic] up to date
[14/163] fetch WebKit (prebuilt)
[WebKit] up to date
[15/163] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccgen.c.o
[16/163] cc obj/vendor/tinycc/tccelf.c.o
[17/163] fetch lolhtml
[lolhtml] up to date
[18/163] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 92 exports (host=3, lazy=10, generic=79, rust=0); 240 extern-C blocks audited
[19/163]
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs              |  13 +-
 src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs               |   9 +-
 test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 1 rejected · iteration 1

evidence per changed file

file                                               reads  edits  tests
src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs                   6      9      0
src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs                    9      9      0
test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts      3      8      0

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Changes

The test runner now tracks a wrapping execution generation for each retry or repeat attempt. Callback validation uses this generation to reject stale completions. Regression tests cover late resolutions, timeouts, done(), and rejections.

Retry generation tracking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Generation state and callback data src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs, src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs	Execution state initializes and records a generation for each sequence and callback. Formatting and documentation use the generation field.
Reset and stale callback validation src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs	Sequence resets increment the generation with wrapping arithmetic. Completion validation rejects callbacks from earlier generations.
Stale callback regression coverage test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts	Temporary subprocess fixtures cover late promise resolution, timeout preservation, late done(), and late rejection across retry attempts.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#38153: Addresses stale asynchronous test callbacks with related execution-sequence metadata.
• oven-sh/bun#38880: Updates execution and callback state to prevent stale retry callbacks.

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^{Updated 4:47 AM PT - Aug 15th, 2026}

@robobun, your commit 1bec8cd is building: #97998

[robobun]

Status

• Reproduced on the released build with USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 bun test test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts: the four new cases fail ((pass) retry (attempt 2) is printed while attempt 2's body is still running; a late rejection fails the retry and starts attempt 3).
• With this branch (bun bd test on the same file) all five cases pass; repeated local runs were stable.
• Scope as of af5f7f5: the generation check only. The done(error) rerouting tried in an earlier revision was dropped in favour of test runner: fail dependent tests when a hook's done() receives an error #33089 (see the scope-change comment); the done(error) retry/next-test/concurrent cases are posted there. Late expect()/snapshot attribution for abandoned attempts is bun test: attribute late expect() calls of an abandoned test to that test instead of the next one #38880.
• All review threads are resolved; 688fa46 only adds a comment explaining why the fixtures do not depend on timer ordering.
• Build 97456 (earlier revision): 177 of 179 jobs passed, the two darwin 14 aarch64 jobs expired waiting for an agent, and every annotated failure passed on retry or alone. CI for 688fa46 pending.

[claude]

I re-reviewed after bf1edbe addressed the late done(error) routing gap I flagged earlier — that path now goes through BunTest::on_uncaught_exception with the stored RefDataValue, and the new retry-stale-done-error / concurrent / next-test fixtures cover it. No further issues found. Because this reworks the test runner's completion-attribution state machine and changes observable behavior (concurrent done(error) now fails its own test; done(error) advances on the next tick, dropping two stack frames from the snapshot), a human look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• generation replaces remaining_repeat_count in EntryData; all producers/consumers updated (step_sequence_one, get_current_state_data, get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence, the Display impl); repeats still distinguish because reset_sequence bumps generation on both retry and repeat.
• bun_test_done_callback restructure: ref is taken before error reporting, the scopeguard deref still fires on every exit, and the no-ref fallback keeps synchronous done(error) reporting against the running entry.
• Checked on_stack_entry_data and RefDataValue::entry — both go through the generation check, so node:test's runtime t.skip() mark from a stale attempt is also rejected.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes misattribution of late completions across retry attempts in bun test. Two coupled changes: (1) ExecutionSequence gains a generation: u32 bumped on every reset_sequence, and EntryData records it in place of remaining_repeat_count so get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence can reject data from an earlier attempt; (2) bun_test_done_callback is restructured to read the DoneCallback's stored RefData before reporting done(error), and to report through BunTest::on_uncaught_exception with the stored phase (matching bun_test_then_or_catch) instead of the VM's generic uncaught_exception. Seven new subprocess fixtures cover late resolve / late resolve+own-timeout / late done() / late done(error) / late rejection under retry, plus done(error) after timeout during the next test and done(error) from a concurrent test. An existing snapshot loses two stack frames because done(error) now advances on the next tick.

Security risks

None. This is internal test-runner control flow; no untrusted input parsing, auth, crypto, or filesystem-path handling is touched.

Level of scrutiny

High. The test runner's completion/attribution state machine is the mechanism that decides pass/fail for every test in every CI run; a subtle regression here could silently mark failing tests as passing (the exact class of bug this PR fixes). The bun_test_done_callback restructure changes control flow around a scopeguard-armed refcount decrement and an UnsafeCell reborrow, and the routing change alters observable behavior in three ways the PR description calls out (concurrent done(error) attribution, next-tick advance, dropped stack frames). The generation-counter half is mechanical, but the done(error) rerouting half warrants a maintainer's eye.

Other factors

My earlier review on this PR flagged that done(error) still bypassed the generation check via vm.uncaught_exception; bf1edbe addressed it exactly as suggested and added the sibling fixtures. The comment-cop notes were addressed in d228023. This run's bug-hunting pass found nothing further. I confirmed EntryData.remaining_repeat_count has no remaining consumers, that repeats are still distinguished (each repeat also calls reset_sequence which bumps generation), and that the ref_in.map(|r| scopeguard::guard(...)) shape still decrements the intrusive count on every exit path including the early return when ref_in is None. No CODEOWNERS gate applies. Deferring rather than approving because the change is not simple/mechanical and touches a critical path with intentional behavior changes.

[robobun]

Scope change in af5f7f5: the done(error) rerouting added in bf1edbe is removed again, so this PR is the generation check plus its four retry cases.

Reasons:

• It duplicated a subset of test runner: fail dependent tests when a hook's done() receives an error #33089, which reroutes done(error) through the done callback's stored ref for hooks as well, and handles the case where the body throws before a ref is attached. bun:test: fail the test when done(err) is called after done() #34041 edits the same block too; both stopped applying with bf1edbe in place.
• On its own, the subset changed hook semantics inconsistently: a hook's done(error) fired from a macrotask failed the hook and its dependents, while a synchronous or microtask done(error) (no ref attached yet) still printed as an unhandled error with the dependents passing.
• Orphaned callbacks (body stashes done and then throws) never get a ref, so a late done(error) from them still reached the running attempt even with the subset applied.

With this PR's generation check in place, #33089's ref-present branch rejects a previous attempt's done(error) as stale, so the retry case is covered by the combination; the test cases for it (retry, next test, concurrent) are posted on #33089. The PR body describes the remaining done(error) gap.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/runtime/test_runner/bun_test.rs`:
- Around line 1429-1430: Update the RefDataValue::sequence accessor to call
get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence before returning the sequence, rather
than validating only the group and sequence indices. Preserve the existing
sequence mutation behavior for expect.rs callers while ensuring late callbacks
cannot use stale metadata.

In `@test/js/bun/test/test-retry-repeats-basic.test.ts`:
- Line 55: Update the stale-callback fixtures to use deterministic task
ordering: replace both Bun.sleep(1) calls with Bun.sleep(0), and schedule the
current done(error) call via queueMicrotask() instead of a 1ms timer. Preserve
the fixture’s intended ordering so stale firstDone() completion is exercised
before the current attempt reports failure.

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[claude]

LGTM. The scope reduction since my earlier review — deferring done(error) rerouting to #33089 rather than carrying a partial subset here — is well-reasoned and now documented in the PR body; the remaining gap is pre-existing, not introduced by this change.

What was reviewed:

• Verified both EntryData construction sites (step_sequence_one, get_current_state_data) now record generation, and the sole comparison site in get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence reads it — no stale remaining_repeat_count validation paths remain.
• Checked that reset_sequence bumps the generation on both retry and repeat branches of advance_sequence, so repeat behaviour is preserved.
• Four new subprocess fixtures cover late resolve / late resolve + own timeout / late done() / late rejection; the timer-ordering concern was examined and does not apply (stale completion is consumed synchronously before attempt 2's scheduled work runs).

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Adds a generation: u32 counter to ExecutionSequence that is bumped on every reset_sequence (retry or repeat), and replaces EntryData.remaining_repeat_count with EntryData.generation. get_current_and_valid_execution_sequence now compares generations, so a promise settlement or done() from a timed-out earlier attempt is rejected as stale rather than being taken as the running attempt's completion. ~30 lines of Rust across two files plus four subprocess-based regression tests.

Changes since my previous review

I flagged that a late done(error) still bypasses the generation check via vm.uncaught_exception() → get_current_state_data(). The author first landed a fix (bf1edbe), then reverted it (af5f7f5) in favour of #33089, which reroutes done(error) through the stored ref for hooks as well and handles the no-ref-attached edge cases. The rationale — the subset changed hook done(error) semantics only for macrotask-fired callbacks and overlapped two open PRs — is sound, and the gap (which also affects the no-retry case today) is documented in the PR body. All review threads are resolved; the comment-cop feedback was addressed by shortening to one-line comments.

Security risks

None. This is internal test-runner sequencing state; no user input parsing, no auth/crypto/permissions.

Level of scrutiny

Medium. Test-runner completion attribution affects every bun test run, so a regression could cause false passes. Mitigated by: the mechanical simplicity of the change (a monotonic counter subsuming the existing repeat-count check), four fail-before/pass-after subprocess tests, and the author's pass on the retry/rerun-each/junit/node-test/concurrent suites. wrapping_add on a u32 is a non-concern at practical retry/repeat counts.

Other factors

No CODEOWNERS on this path. CodeRabbit's two findings (routing RefDataValue::sequence through entry validation; timer-ordering in fixtures) were both withdrawn after the author explained why each would be incorrect — the first would break beforeEach→test expect.assertions() bookkeeping (deferred to #38880), and the second would weaken the fail-before property. The bug-hunting system found nothing this run.