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Summary

Implements the Bun child-process facade requested in #9601, backed by the existing Perry child-process and POSIX PTY reactors.

Changes

  • add Bun.spawn array/object forms, consumable output streams, lifecycle state, synchronous spawn errors, argv0, and fd/Bun.file stdio
  • add Bun.Terminal PTY attachment with data/exit/drain callbacks, write/resize/raw-mode/ref/unref/close, reuse, and async disposal
  • make child-process and PTY ref/unref affect event-loop keepalive accounting
  • route named, namespace, and global Terminal construction through the native export
  • add end-to-end coverage and CLI documentation

Related issue

Closes #9601

Test plan

  • cargo build --release clean
  • cargo test --workspace --exclude perry-ui-ios --exclude perry-ui-tvos --exclude perry-ui-watchos --exclude perry-ui-gtk4 --exclude perry-ui-android --exclude perry-ui-windows passes
  • cargo check -p perry-runtime -p perry-codegen -p perry-api-manifest -p perry
  • cargo test -p perry --test issue_9601_bun_spawn -- --nocapture --test-threads=1
  • cargo test -p perry-runtime pty -- --test-threads=1
  • cargo test -p perry-codegen --test manifest_consistency -- --test-threads=1
  • cargo test -p perry-hir --test aliased_native_new_resolution -- --test-threads=1
  • cargo test -p perry --test issue_6563_native_pty -- --nocapture --test-threads=1
  • cargo test -p perry --test issue_9599_bun_platform -- --nocapture --test-threads=1
  • cargo fmt, file-size, GC-holder, raw-handle-debt, and unrooted-local debt gates
  • Added an affected-crate integration test
  • Updated docs/src

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Focused issue result: 2 passed; 0 failed.

Checklist

  • I have NOT bumped the workspace version or edited CLAUDE.md / CHANGELOG.md
  • My commits follow the loose feat / fix / docs / chore prefix convention
  • I have read CONTRIBUTING.md and agree to the Code of Conduct

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added Bun-compatible Bun.spawn support for launching processes with configurable commands, stdio, output consumers, lifecycle controls, callbacks, and structured errors.
    • Added POSIX Bun.Terminal support with PTY-based terminals, including writing, resizing, raw mode, callbacks, and cleanup controls.
    • Added support for file descriptors and Bun.file stdio destinations.
  • Documentation
    • Documented Bun process spawning and POSIX terminal support, including current Windows limitations.

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Walkthrough

The change adds Bun.spawn and Bun.Terminal to Perry’s Bun compatibility layer. It connects command parsing, stdio streams, subprocess lifecycle controls, POSIX PTY support, native-module lowering, event-loop keepalive, documentation, and end-to-end tests.

Changes

Bun spawn and terminal support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bun surface and lowering
crates/perry-api-manifest/..., crates/perry-codegen/..., crates/perry-hir/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/...
The Bun manifest, native-call tables, module exports, dispatcher, and constructor lowering now recognize spawn and Terminal.
Bun.spawn subprocess runtime
crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/..., crates/perry/tests/issue_9601_bun_spawn.rs, docs/src/cli/flags.md, changelog.d/...
The runtime parses command forms, normalizes stdio, supports stream consumers and file sinks, creates subprocess promises and callbacks, and validates the Bun.spawn behavior with Unix end-to-end tests.
Child-process lifecycle and keepalive
crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/..., scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json
Child processes now implement ref and unref, track referenced state separately from live state, update event-loop counters, preserve GC roots, and clean up keepalive state.
Bun.Terminal PTY integration
crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/pty/..., crates/perry/tests/issue_9601_bun_spawn.rs, scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json
POSIX terminals support PTY attachment, data and exit callbacks, writes, resizing, raw mode, reference control, closure, disposal, and signal handling.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 74aaa

A standard child-process liveness probe can terminate the process, and signal exit results differ between spawn modes. These behavioral regressions should be fixed before merge; the login-shell test invocations can also fail on configured hosts.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BunProgram
  participant js_bun_spawn
  participant ChildProcessReactor
  participant PtyReactor
  participant BunSubprocess
  BunProgram->>js_bun_spawn: command and options
  js_bun_spawn->>ChildProcessReactor: spawn with normalized stdio
  js_bun_spawn->>PtyReactor: attach terminal when terminal is provided
  ChildProcessReactor-->>BunSubprocess: streams and process lifecycle
  PtyReactor-->>BunProgram: terminal data and exit callbacks
  BunSubprocess-->>BunProgram: exited promise and onExit callback
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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 45.56% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 90 functions across 23 files. (3 skipped:… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main changes: implementing Bun.spawn and Bun.Terminal compatibility.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes all required sections, summarizes the implementation, links issue #9601, documents focused test coverage, and records documentation updates. The full build and workspace test …
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address the coding objectives in [#9601], including Bun.spawn forms, streams, lifecycle controls, stdio options, spawn errors, Bun.Terminal PTY operations, callbacks, terminal reuse, async…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are within scope for [#9601]. Runtime, compiler, manifest, reactor, PTY, test, changelog, and documentation updates directly support Bun.spawn and Bun.Terminal compatibility.
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The description includes all required sections, summarizes the implementation, links issue #9601, documents focused test coverage, and records documentation updates. The full build and workspace test checks remain unchecked, but the description is otherwise complete.

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The changes address the coding objectives in [#9601], including Bun.spawn forms, streams, lifecycle controls, stdio options, spawn errors, Bun.Terminal PTY operations, callbacks, terminal reuse, async disposal, and event-loop ref/unref accounting. End-to-end tests cover the implemented behavior.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

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Docstring coverage is 45.56% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 90 functions across 23 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs`:
- Around line 402-406: Update the child exit resolution around resolved so
signal-terminated children use 128 plus the signal number, matching the PTY
path’s encoding. Reuse the existing child-process signal-name-to-number helper
to derive the number from signal, while preserving numeric code handling and the
current fallback for other cases.
- Line 827: Update the arity-1 spawn signal handling to map only boxed undefined
to Bun’s default SIGTERM, removing the zero-bit fallback so explicit kill(0) is
preserved. Adjust pty_parse_kill_signal to pass raw +0.0 and INT32-tagged zero
as signal 0 to libc::kill, while keeping omitted direct IPty.kill() calls mapped
to SIGHUP.

In `@crates/perry/tests/issue_9601_bun_spawn.rs`:
- Line 75: Remove the unnecessary login-shell flag from the `/bin/sh`
invocations in the test, changing the `-lc` calls to non-login `-c` calls at the
affected command sites while preserving their existing command strings and
assertions.

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📒 Files selected for processing (26)
  • changelog.d/9622-bun-spawn-terminal.md
  • crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries/part_4.rs
  • crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/native_table/bun.rs
  • crates/perry-hir/src/lower/expr_new.rs
  • crates/perry-hir/src/lower/expr_new/member.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/mod.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/builder.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/emitter.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/fork.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/mod.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/reactor.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/child_process/reactor/integration.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/consumers.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/mod.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/callable_export_arity_table.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/callable_export_check.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/callable_export_table.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/module_keys.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module_dispatch/dispatch_a_c.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/pty/mod.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/pty/native.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/pty/reactor.rs
  • crates/perry/tests/issue_9601_bun_spawn.rs
  • docs/src/cli/flags.md
  • scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json

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Comment on lines +402 to +406
let resolved = if number_i32(code.get_nanbox_f64()).is_some() {
code.get_nanbox_f64()
} else {
1.0
};

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve exited with 128 + signal when a signal terminates the child.

For a signal-terminated child, code is not numeric, so resolved becomes 1.0. The PTY path in this same file computes the value correctly at Lines 788-790 ((128 + number) as f64). The two spawn paths therefore report different values through the same proc.exited API for the same event.

Read signal here and apply the same encoding.

🐛 Proposed fix to align the two exit paths
     let signal = scope.root_nanbox_f64(signal);
     let resolved = if number_i32(code.get_nanbox_f64()).is_some() {
         code.get_nanbox_f64()
+    } else if let Some(number) =
+        crate::child_process::cp_signal_number(signal.get_nanbox_f64())
+    {
+        (128 + number) as f64
     } else {
         1.0
     };

Use whichever signal-name-to-number helper the child-process layer already exposes.

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let resolved = if number_i32(code.get_nanbox_f64()).is_some() {
code.get_nanbox_f64()
} else {
1.0
};
let resolved = if number_i32(code.get_nanbox_f64()).is_some() {
code.get_nanbox_f64()
} else if let Some(number) =
crate::child_process::cp_signal_number(signal.get_nanbox_f64())
{
(128 + number) as f64
} else {
1.0
};
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs` around lines 402 - 406, Update
the child exit resolution around resolved so signal-terminated children use 128
plus the signal number, matching the PTY path’s encoding. Reuse the existing
child-process signal-name-to-number helper to derive the number from signal,
while preserving numeric code handling and the current fallback for other cases.

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if let Some(current) = terminal_current(terminal.get_nanbox_f64()) {
let current = scope.root_nanbox_f64(current);
let signal =
if is_undefined(signal.get_nanbox_f64()) || signal.get_nanbox_f64().to_bits() == 0 {

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve kill(0) while retaining Bun’s omitted-argument default.

The arity-1 dispatcher supplies boxed undefined when the argument is omitted. The zero-bit branch maps explicit raw +0.0 to "SIGTERM". Removing this branch alone is insufficient because pty_parse_kill_signal currently converts numeric zero to SIGHUP or SIGTERM. Keep undefined mapped to Bun’s default "SIGTERM", remove the zero-bit fallback, and make pty_parse_kill_signal pass both raw +0.0 and INT32-tagged zero as signal 0 to libc::kill, while retaining SIGHUP for omitted direct IPty.kill() calls.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_compat/spawn.rs` at line 827, Update the arity-1
spawn signal handling to map only boxed undefined to Bun’s default SIGTERM,
removing the zero-bit fallback so explicit kill(0) is preserved. Adjust
pty_parse_kill_signal to pass raw +0.0 and INT32-tagged zero as signal 0 to
libc::kill, while keeping omitted direct IPty.kill() calls mapped to SIGHUP.

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let callback = "missing";
await using objectChild = spawn({
cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-lc", "printf object-ok"],

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Drop -l from the /bin/sh invocations that feed piped stdout.

sh -lc starts a login shell, so it reads /etc/profile and ~/.profile. If any profile script writes to stdout, that text is prepended to the child's piped output. The assertion at Line 135 requires OBJECT: and object-ok to be contiguous, so the test then fails on that machine only. The same risk applies to the -lc uses at Lines 93, 103, and 177. Line 84 already uses -c, which shows -l is not needed here.

💚 Proposed fix for the login-shell invocations
-    cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-lc", "printf object-ok"],
+    cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "printf object-ok"],

Apply the same change to the /bin/sh calls on Lines 93, 103, and 177.

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cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-lc", "printf object-ok"],
cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "printf object-ok"],
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In `@crates/perry/tests/issue_9601_bun_spawn.rs` at line 75, Remove the
unnecessary login-shell flag from the `/bin/sh` invocations in the test,
changing the `-lc` calls to non-login `-c` calls at the affected command sites
while preserving their existing command strings and assertions.

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Landed via merge train #9631 (rebase-merge, authorship preserved). Your registration-table entries were union-merged with the other Bun PR's, sort order preserved and verified by the native_module suite.

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