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Problem

  • isolated-install.test.ts ran its 82 cases one after another, though almost every case is independent: 20s on debian 13 x64-asan in build 103422.
  • 42 installs were checked by exit code alone, 22 more only for no error: on stderr.

Fix

  • Every describe and top-level test is concurrent. Each case installs with the env that VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir now returns (new installEnv in test/harness.ts): BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR pinned to its own .bun-cache. CI's per-file cache overrides bunfig's cache, and concurrent installs that share a cache race on Windows. test(install): give each long-label bun patch test its own install cache #38255 proposes the same env.
  • Debug + ASAN build, interleaved: 32.9s, 30.2s, 29.9s before, 10.1s, 9.8s, 10.0s after. Windows, release build: 1.8s to 2.0s over 50 runs. All 156 installs stay (Notes).
  • One install() helper replaces the exit-code-only spawns with exact stderr (["Saved lockfile"] or []) and exit code. Layout checks pin whole node_modules and .bun listings, error paths the exact message (Notes).
  • One case failed 2 of 11 concurrent runs: two-range-deps' ^1.0.0 dedupes onto the exact 1.0.1 pin when that manifest lands first. It now pins 1.1.0 through an npm: alias, as test(install): pin both no-deps versions instead of racing a range against a pin #38858 does.
  • Verified: bun bd test test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts, 82 of 82 in 24 runs on linux and 50 on windows.

Background

  • The isolated linker puts packages at node_modules/.bun/<name>@<version>[+<peer hash>]/node_modules/<name>. The global store moves those entries to <cache>/links/<entry>-<hash>.
  • bun install prints two progress lines to a non-TTY stderr when it resolves. The second carries the network task count, which depends on the cache, so stderrLines drops both.
  • Bun dedupes a range dependency onto an existing same-major entry that satisfies it (Lockfile::get_package_id), so the graph depends on which manifest lands first.
Notes

Timing. Local machine: 16 cores, load average 34 to 47 from other work during every run, so absolute numbers are pessimistic, and the before and after runs were interleaved. Debug + ASAN build (the gate's build): before 32.90s, 30.18s, 29.87s; after 10.13s, 9.84s, 10.03s. Further after-runs ranged 9.7s to 14.6s with the load. The slowest case under concurrency was the git patch case at 1.2s to 1.5s, against a 5s default timeout (270s on the asan lane). registry.start() takes 0.9s here with a release bun; on the asan lane it runs under the binary under test and costs about 7s of the 20s (bun-audit.test.ts is 0.16s on the default lane and 7.7s on asan in test/expected-durations.json), which this change cannot move. Other lanes in build 103422: 4.7s default, 6.6s windows.

Windows. The machine exports BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR=C:\bun-install-cache for everything, like CI does per file. The unchanged file passed once (4.1s) and then failed 3 cases on each of 6 runs: its installs share that cache, so the "transitive peer deps" case finds manifests cached from an earlier verdaccio instance, whose tarball URLs point at a dead port, and times out, and two cases after it fail on the registry it takes down with it. The changed file passed 50 of 50 runs (1.82s to 1.99s), also with a shared BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR exported, and left the shared cache empty.

One assertion I tried and removed: the second install of the "transitive peer deps" case reports Resolved, downloaded and extracted [0], which pins its premise (every manifest is served from the cache). On Windows it reported [2] in 1 of 20 runs, so a manifest the first install wrote was fetched again. The case's other checks do not depend on that count.

Shape. The first revision pinned the cache through a file-local createTestDir wrapper. Nine other files in test/cli/install carry the same one-liner by hand, and #38255 puts it where the cache path is chosen, in VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir. This PR puts it there as an exported installEnv(dir), which createTestDir returns and the four cases that build their project with tempDir import; writeBunfig takes its cache path from the same helper, so the .bun-cache name lives in one place. #38255 adds the same env inline, so whichever of the two lands second has one small conflict in createTestDir with the same result either way. install() stays file-local: an exact-stderr mode for runBunInstall is the right home for it once a second file needs one, and it takes (env, cwd) in runBunInstall's order. #38858 fixes the same manifest-order dependence in this case and in "optional ranged peer" and "aliased peer dependency" (which pass in either order, so they are left to it) with the same nd11 pin and a tree assertion; the dependency hunk here is identical to its own.

Spawns. Counted with a preload that wraps Bun.spawn: 194 spawns before and after, 156 of them bun install. I kept every install. The ones that look repeated each cover a distinct state: the 4 installs per optional-peer case are the 4 combinations of lockfile and node_modules present or absent; the patch cases step through add, cold cache, remove and re-add; the --linker cases switch the linker with and without a lockfile; the global-store cases check the cold and the warm-hit path.

Assertion changes, by case:

  • optional peers (7 cases, 26 installs): stderr is exactly ["Saved lockfile"] when the install saves and [] when it does not, with exit code 0. Before: exit code only, stdout and stderr ignored.
  • existing node_modules, missing node_modules/.bun (2 cases, 3 installs): as above, plus the full .bun listing of the reset case.
  • --linker flag (2 cases, 7 installs): as above, plus expectLinker: the full node_modules listing, whether no-deps is a symlink, and its package.json. Before: lstatSync().isSymbolicLink() only.
  • isolated install with backend (3 cases): exact stderr and exit code, plus the full node_modules and .bun listings. Before: not.toContain("error").
  • patched package shared by multiple peer variants: the full .bun listing with the 4 variant hashes. Before: storeDirs.length === 4 and stdout contains packages installed.
  • The npm, github and git patch cases (14 installs): stderr is exactly ["Saved lockfile"] for every step that changes patchedDependencies and [] for the cold-cache reinstall. Before: not.toContain("error:").
  • transitive peer deps are resolved when resolution is fully synchronous: stderr is exactly the warn: incorrect peer dependency "no-deps@1.0.0" line plus Saved lockfile, and the .bun listing and the entry's node_modules are pinned with their peer hashes. Before: allowWarnings: true, toBeDefined(), existsSync.
  • --force replaces a corrupted global-store entry: exact stderr and exit code, and links/ holds exactly the one entry. Before: not.toContain("error:") and siblings.some(...).
  • concurrent installs into a cold global store both succeed: each of the 6 racing installs must print nothing (the loser must not report the race), except b's first install, which saves its lockfile. Before: exit codes.
  • bun's resolver follows the double-hop chain: stderr is "". Before: not.toContain("EISDIR").
  • preserves bun patch workspace: stderr is "" and stdout ends with the exact To patch block. Before: not.toContain("error"), toContain("To patch").
  • The two alias rejections and the invalid --linker value: exact stderr, exact stdout (the header, or empty) and exit code 1. Before: toContain and not.toBe(0).
  • store build timings are printed by --verbose only: the quiet install's stderr is exactly []. Before: two not.toContain.
  • 7 global-store existsSync(package.json) checks read the file and compare name and version.
  • expect() calls: 1113 before, 1166 after.

cd test && bun run typecheck reports the same 4 pre-existing errors in this file as on main (Bun.TOML.stringify overloads and server.port possibly undefined), nothing new.


no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts

…its assertions

Every describe and top-level test in the file is now concurrent. Each case
installs with BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR pinned to its own directory, so the
per-file cache CI exports is not shared between concurrent installs.

The hand-rolled install spawns that checked the exit code alone now pin the
exact stderr and the store layout through one install() helper.
…peer case

The count was 2 instead of 0 in 1 of 20 runs on Windows: a manifest the first
install wrote to the cache was fetched again. The other checks of that case
do not depend on it.
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The pull request isolates install caches per test directory and standardizes install execution and output assertions. It converts the suite to concurrent tests and expands coverage for patches, peers, URLs, linkers, hoisting, and global virtual stores.

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Isolated install test coverage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Isolated test infrastructure
test/harness.ts, test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts
createTestDir returns a per-directory BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR. Shared helpers run installs, normalize diagnostics, assert exit results, and detect Git availability.
Concurrent install scenarios
test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts
Dependency, workspace, backend, cleanup, linker, alias, lifecycle, verbose, and hoist tests use concurrent, environment-aware installs.
Patch and peer lifecycle coverage
test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts
Patch cycles, Git patches, peer reinstalls, transitive peers, and workspace patches verify deterministic diagnostics, links, contents, and preserved state.
URL and entry-name resolution
test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts
URL, Git, tarball, long-path, credential, and query cases verify deterministic entry names, lockfiles, global-store links, and runtime loading.
Global virtual store lifecycle
test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts
Global-store tests cover activation, sharing, isolation, staging, races, upgrades, detachment, healing, eligibility changes, and disablement.

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Status: the change is complete and verified locally.

  • Baseline: bun bd test test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts on main took 29.9s to 32.9s here (debug + ASAN build, 3 interleaved runs). CI build 103422 took 20s on debian 13 x64-asan.
  • With this change: 9.8s to 10.1s in the same interleaved runs. 82 of 82 pass in 21 runs on linux and 50 runs on Windows 2019 x64 (release build at the base commit, 1.8s to 2.0s each).
  • Spawn count is unchanged: 156 bun install processes before and after. The speedup comes from the cases running concurrently, each against its own BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR, which VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir now hands out (the test/harness.ts hunk of test(install): give each long-label bun patch test its own install cache #38255).

PR: #40095

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LGTM — test-only change that runs isolated-install.test.ts concurrently and tightens assertions.

What was reviewed:

  • Per-test BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR matches the .bun-cache bunfig already sets, so the env override in CI no longer forces concurrent cases onto one shared cache/global store.
  • entryStoreName already compares the hash segment only, so global-store sharing/isolation tests still hold with per-dir caches; the concurrent-installs case still shares a's cache explicitly.
  • The nd11: npm:no-deps@1.1.0 alias fixes real manifest-order nondeterminism without weakening the ranged-peer test's contract (still asserts 1.1.0 is bound and 1.0.1 is hoisted).
  • The install() helper drains stdout/stderr/exited together and asserts stderr before exit code; every tightened assertion is stronger than what it replaces.
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Overview

This PR touches exactly one file, test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts, with three kinds of change: (1) every describe/top-level test becomes concurrent, (2) each case pins BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR to its own .bun-cache via new installEnv/createTestDir/install/stderrLines helpers so concurrent installs never share a cache or global store, and (3) 60+ assertions are tightened from exit-code-only or not.toContain("error") into exact stderr, exact .bun listings, and exact error text. One latent flake is fixed by adding an npm:no-deps@1.1.0 alias so the ranged-peer test's premise (both 1.0.1 and 1.1.0 in the graph) no longer depends on manifest arrival order.

Security risks

None. This is a test file; no production code, no auth, no user-controlled input reaches the runtime.

Level of scrutiny

Medium — the diff is ~600 lines but overwhelmingly mechanical (bunEnvenv, registry.createTestDircreateTestDir, testtest.concurrent). The novel logic is a ~50-line helper block plus the alias fix, both of which follow the harness conventions REVIEW.md asks for (drain pipes with Promise.all, assert stderr before exit code, await using, exact assertions over toContain). The blast radius is CI signal only.

Other factors

I checked that writeBunfig already writes cache = <dir>/.bun-cache, so installEnv merely makes the env var agree with bunfig — it changes nothing for tests that relied on the per-dir cache and only neutralises CI's per-file BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR. I checked entryStoreName's comment: it was already written to compare hash suffixes across separate caches, so the "same closure share one global entry" and "different resolutions get different entries" tests remain valid with separate env caches. VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir does reset some shared instance state (htpasswd, private-pkg-dont-touch, this.users), but this file never populates any of it, so concurrent resets are harmless. The PR description documents 15 linux and 40 windows runs at 82/82; the second commit drops the network-task-count assertion that flaked 1/20 on Windows, which is exactly the kind of cache-count assertion stderrLines is designed to avoid. No prior reviewer comments to address.

…y.createTestDir

createTestDir now returns the env that pins BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR to the
project's own .bun-cache (the hunk #38255 proposes), so the file-local
wrapper goes. install() takes (env, cwd) like runBunInstall.

The ranged peer case pins no-deps@1.1.0 through the nd11 alias instead of
reaching it through two-range-deps' range, as #38858 does.
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LGTM — test-only refactor that runs isolated-install.test.ts concurrently and tightens assertions; the harness change is purely additive.

Reviewed: the new install() helper and stderrLines() normalization; per-case BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR isolation via the new env field on createTestDir() (additive, so the 28 other callers are unaffected); the two-range-depsnpm:no-deps@1.1.0 alias swap in the ranged-peer case, which fixes real nondeterminism while keeping the premise (1.0.1 hoisted, 1.1.0 in graph) and now asserts it; the concurrent createTestDir calls' shared-path rms and this.users = {} reset — both idempotent and no test in this file uses auth.

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Overview

This PR converts test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts (82 cases) from serial to concurrent execution and replaces exit-code-only checks with exact-stderr assertions via a new install() helper. It also adds an env property to VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir()'s return in test/harness.ts so each test project pins its own BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR, which is required for concurrent installs to be independent (CI's per-file BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR export otherwise overrides bunfig's cache, and shared caches race on Windows). No production code is touched.

Security risks

None. Test-only; the harness addition just spreads bunEnv and pins a cache directory inside the already-created temp dir.

Level of scrutiny

Medium — the diff is ~700 lines but almost entirely mechanical: threading env through runBunInstall/install() calls, marking describes .concurrent, and replacing weak assertions with exact ones. The two non-mechanical changes are (1) the harness.ts addition, which is purely additive to a returned object and cannot affect the 28 other files that destructure only { packageDir, packageJson }, and (2) the ranged-peer test's dependency swap from two-range-deps (whose ^1.0.0 dedupes onto 1.0.1 depending on manifest arrival order) to an explicit npm:no-deps@1.1.0 alias. The PR description explains this in detail: the test's purpose — verify that reloading bun.lock keeps the peer bound to the highest satisfying version — is preserved and now deterministic, with a new assertion that pins the premise (bun.lock hoists 1.0.1). This is the same alias device the existing "overridden peer" case already uses.

Other factors

The tightened assertions hardcode more peer-hash suffixes (e.g. +7347ae2d86f1441a), but the file already did this in several places, so it stays consistent with local convention. Concurrent createTestDir() calls share the registry's this.users = {} reset and two rm(..., { force: true }) on shared paths, but no case in this file uses verdaccio auth and the deletes are idempotent, so there is no cross-case interference. The author reports 15 linux + 40 Windows runs passing, and the file's spawn count is unchanged (156 bun installs), so no coverage was dropped. The install() helper drains stdout/stderr/exited concurrently and asserts stderr before exit code, matching the repo's harness conventions.

createTestDir's env and writeBunfig's cache come from one helper, and the
tempDir-based cases of isolated-install.test.ts import the same one.

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LGTM — test-only refactor that converts isolated-install.test.ts to concurrent execution and replaces exit-code-only checks with exact stderr/layout assertions.

What was reviewed:

  • createTestDir's new env return is additive; the 27 other callers only destructure {packageDir, packageJson} so they're unaffected. writeBunfig now calls installCacheDir(dir) — same string as before.
  • Concurrency safety: each case gets its own BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR; the shared verdaccio instance is read-only for this suite; the pre-existing htpasswd/users reset in createTestDir is a no-op race here (no auth tests). Verified 21× linux + 50× windows per the description.
  • The one semantic fixture change (two-range-depsnd11: npm:no-deps@1.1.0) de-flakes a manifest-arrival-order dependence while keeping both no-deps versions in the graph, and adds a lockfile assertion pinning the test's premise (1.0.1 is hoisted).
  • The install() helper drains all three pipes concurrently and asserts stderr before exit code; stderrLines only strips the two documented progress lines.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

Two files touched, both test-only:

  • test/harness.ts: adds installCacheDir() (private) and installEnv() (exported), and has VerdaccioRegistry.createTestDir return {packageDir, packageJson, env} where env pins BUN_INSTALL_CACHE_DIR to the project's own .bun-cache. writeBunfig now calls installCacheDir(dir) instead of the inline join(dir, '.bun-cache') — identical output.
  • test/cli/install/isolated-install.test.ts (~700 diff lines): every describe/top-level test becomes .concurrent; every install call takes the per-project env instead of bunEnv; a file-local install() helper replaces ad-hoc spawn blocks with exact-stderr assertions; weak checks (not.toContain('error'), exit-code-only, existsSync) are replaced with full directory listings, exact error messages, and package.json content checks. One flaky fixture (two-range-deps' range dep whose resolution depends on manifest arrival order) is replaced with an exact npm: alias pin.

Security risks

None. No production code, no auth/crypto/permissions paths. The harness helper only builds an env object.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate — the diff is large but almost entirely mechanical (bunEnvenv, testtest.concurrent, spawn block→install() call). The two non-mechanical parts warranted a closer look:

  1. Harness change blast radius: 27 other test files call createTestDir. The return-value change is purely additive (new env field), and writeBunfig's cache path is byte-identical. No other file breaks.
  2. The nd11 fixture change: this is the only place a test's inputs change. The PR description explains the flake mechanism (Bun dedupes a range dep onto an existing same-major pin, so which no-deps version two-range-deps gets depends on manifest arrival order). The replacement keeps the test's invariant — both 1.0.1 and 1.1.0 in the graph, 1.0.1 hoisted — deterministically, and adds expect(bun.lock).toContain('"no-deps": ["no-deps@1.0.1"') to assert that premise explicitly. The property under test (peer resolution stability across bun.lock reload) is unchanged.

Other factors

  • The install() helper follows the harness conventions from CLAUDE.md/REVIEW.md: await using, all three pipes drained concurrently, stderr asserted before exit code.
  • Concurrency: each case's temp dir + pinned cache is fully isolated. The shared VerdaccioRegistry is read-only in this suite. createTestDir's rm(htpasswd) and this.users = {} do race under concurrency, but they're no-ops here (no auth) and pre-existing.
  • The hardcoded peer-hash suffixes (+7347ae2d86f1441a etc.) are deterministic hashes of the peer set and were already used elsewhere in the file; pinning them is a feature (catches unintended hash changes), not a fragility.
  • Verified 21× on linux debug+ASAN and 50× on Windows release per the description; 3× wall-clock speedup.
  • CodeRabbit's one nitpick (dedupe the .bun-cache string) was addressed in 0cb520c.
  • No CODEOWNERS for the touched paths.

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