fix(runtime): add Symbol.toStringTag to Web/runtime built-ins - #10632
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Object.prototype.toString.call(x) fell through to the generic [object Object] for URL, URLSearchParams, Headers, Request, Response, FormData, Blob, File, AbortController, AbortSignal, TextEncoder, TextDecoder, EventTarget, Event and CustomEvent, and x[Symbol.toStringTag] read back undefined -- breaking the standard cross-realm type check utility/HTTP libraries use (axios decides body serialization this way). Two representations, two gaps: the Web Fetch family and TextEncoder/ TextDecoder are small-integer registry handles with no brand/property case; URL/URLSearchParams and AbortController/AbortSignal/EventTarget/ Event/CustomEvent are real objects whose instances are never linked to their .prototype via object_static_prototype, so a property installed only there would never be reached from an instance. A new web_builtin_to_string_tag answers both Object.prototype.toString and x[Symbol.toStringTag] from one place, and a real, correctly-shaped descriptor is also installed on each constructor's own .prototype for reflection. Fixes #10555
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe runtime adds shared ChangesWeb built-in tags
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Customizing or deleting supported built-in tags does not behave as standard JavaScript requires, and two advertised built-ins lack regression coverage. Resolve these compatibility gaps before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/to_string_tag.rs`:
- Line 336: Update the web built-in tag branch in object_to_string_tag so
object_to_string_tag_property is checked first and its own Symbol.toStringTag
value overrides the built-in brand; retain web_builtin_to_string_tag as the
fallback when no own property value exists.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/symbol/get.rs`:
- Around line 544-546: Update the fallback around web_builtin_to_string_tag so
it first resolves the effective configurable prototype Symbol.toStringTag
property and returns that value when present; synthesize the fixed tag only when
the lookup misses. Preserve the existing string conversion and pointer
construction for the synthesized value, and add coverage for redefining and
deleting the property on a supported prototype.
In `@test-files/test_gap_10555_symbol_tostringtag_web_builtins.ts`:
- Around line 25-37: Add File and CustomEvent cases to the regression matrix
alongside the existing Blob and Event entries, constructing them with
representative arguments so web_builtin_to_string_tag and their prototype
descriptors are exercised.
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| let str_ptr = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(bytes.as_ptr(), bytes.len() as u32); | ||
| return f64::from_bits(STRING_TAG | (str_ptr as u64 & POINTER_MASK)); | ||
| } | ||
| if let Some(tag) = web_builtin_to_string_tag(value) { |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Let an own Symbol.toStringTag override the fallback brand.
Line 336 returns the fixed Web built-in tag before object_to_string_tag_property runs. For example, after Object.defineProperty(url, Symbol.toStringTag, { value: "Custom" }), Object.prototype.toString.call(url) still returns [object URL] instead of [object Custom]. Check the property first and use the built-in tag only as the fallback.
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if let Some(tag) = web_builtin_to_string_tag(value) {
- let formatted = format!("[object {}]", tag);
+ let tag = object_to_string_tag_property(value).unwrap_or_else(|| tag.to_owned());
+ let formatted = format!("[object {}]", tag);
let bytes = formatted.as_bytes();
let str_ptr = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(bytes.as_ptr(), bytes.len() as u32);
return f64::from_bits(STRING_TAG | (str_ptr as u64 & POINTER_MASK));
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/to_string_tag.rs` at line 336, Update the web
built-in tag branch in object_to_string_tag so object_to_string_tag_property is
checked first and its own Symbol.toStringTag value overrides the built-in brand;
retain web_builtin_to_string_tag as the fallback when no own property value
exists.
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| let tag = crate::object::web_builtin_to_string_tag(obj_f64)?; | ||
| let str_ptr = js_string_from_bytes(tag.as_ptr(), tag.len() as u32); | ||
| Some(f64::from_bits(STRING_TAG | (str_ptr as u64 & POINTER_MASK))) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Honor configurable prototype tag changes.
This fallback returns a fixed tag before the later prototype lookup at Line 960. It therefore ignores a redefined or deleted configurable property such as URL.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag].
Resolve the effective prototype property before this fallback. Only synthesize the fixed tag when that lookup misses. Add coverage for redefine and delete operations on a supported prototype.
The PR objective requires standard Symbol.toStringTag behavior.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/symbol/get.rs` around lines 544 - 546, Update the
fallback around web_builtin_to_string_tag so it first resolves the effective
configurable prototype Symbol.toStringTag property and returns that value when
present; synthesize the fixed tag only when the lookup misses. Preserve the
existing string conversion and pointer construction for the synthesized value,
and add coverage for redefining and deleting the property on a supported
prototype.
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| describe("URL", URL, new URL("http://x/")); | ||
| describe("URLSearchParams", URLSearchParams, new URLSearchParams("a=1")); | ||
| describe("Headers", Headers, new Headers()); | ||
| describe("Request", Request, new Request("http://x/")); | ||
| describe("Response", Response, new Response("x")); | ||
| describe("FormData", FormData, new FormData()); | ||
| describe("Blob", Blob, new Blob(["a"])); | ||
| describe("AbortController", AbortController, new AbortController()); | ||
| describe("AbortSignal", AbortSignal, new AbortController().signal); | ||
| describe("TextEncoder", TextEncoder, new TextEncoder()); | ||
| describe("TextDecoder", TextDecoder, new TextDecoder()); | ||
| describe("EventTarget", EventTarget, new EventTarget()); | ||
| describe("Event", Event, new Event("x")); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Add File and CustomEvent to the regression matrix.
The helper checks the tag string, direct Symbol.toStringTag value, and prototype descriptor. Existing File and CustomEvent tests cover construction and data only.
web_builtin_to_string_tag uses a distinct fetch-handle kind for File and a distinct class ID for CustomEvent. Prototype setup also handles CustomEvent separately. Blob and Event coverage does not exercise these paths. Add:
describe("File", File, new File(["a"], "a.txt"));
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In `@test-files/test_gap_10555_symbol_tostringtag_web_builtins.ts` around lines 25
- 37, Add File and CustomEvent cases to the regression matrix alongside the
existing Blob and Event entries, constructing them with representative arguments
so web_builtin_to_string_tag and their prototype descriptors are exercised.
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Summary
Perry's Web/runtime built-ins had no
Symbol.toStringTag:Object.prototype.toString.call(new URLSearchParams())was[object Object]instead of[object URLSearchParams], andx[Symbol.toStringTag]read backundefined. This breaks the standard cross-realm type check libraries use to decide serialization (axios decides whether a body isURLSearchParamsthis way and picks JSON vsapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedaccordingly; the same pattern shows up in form-data, undici, node-fetch, got, superagent, lodash).Covered / not covered
Fixed, matching Node exactly (
[object <Tag>]andx[Symbol.toStringTag]and a correctly-shaped own descriptor on the constructor's.prototype):URL,URLSearchParams,Headers,Request,Response,FormData,Blob,File,AbortController,AbortSignal,TextEncoder,TextDecoder,EventTarget,Event,CustomEvent.Deliberately out of scope for this PR:
Map,Promise,ArrayBuffer,DataView(theirObject.prototype.toString.call()output was already correct via a hardcoded brand string injs_object_to_string— only their own[Symbol.toStringTag]property is missing, a differently-shaped fix: those brands are detected structurally/by registry, not through anything installed onMap.prototypeetc., so giving them a real property is a separate, riskier change to core ES intrinsic setup).Uint8Array(and the typed-array family) already had a correct, real%TypedArray%.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag]accessor before this PR — unaffected either way. This split is also why the PR uses two different mechanisms (below) rather than one.Root cause
Two independent gaps, because Perry represents these types two different ways:
Headers/Request/Response/Blob/File/FormData) andTextEncoder/TextDecoderare small-integer registry handles (NaN-boxed asPOINTER_TAG, not realObjectHeaders) — seecrates/perry-stdlib/src/fetch/mod.rs'salloc_headers/etc. andcrates/perry-runtime/src/text.rs.js_object_to_string(object/to_string_tag.rs) andjs_object_get_symbol_property(symbol/get.rs) never had a brand/property case for them;Object.prototype.toString.callfell through to the generic[object Object]tag, and a symbol-keyed read on a handle-band value short-circuits toundefinedfor any symbol the runtime doesn't special-case.URL/URLSearchParamsare ordinaryclass_id == 0objects detected structurally (is_url_object_shape/shape_is_url_search_params), andAbortController/AbortSignal/EventTarget/Event/CustomEventare realObjectHeaders with reserved class ids (crates/perry-runtime/src/url/abort.rs,crates/perry-runtime/src/event_target.rs) — but their instances are never linked to their.prototypeobject viaobject_static_prototype(confirmed: no call site sets it for any of these constructors). ASymbol.toStringTagproperty installed only on.prototype(the issue's suggested shape) would therefore never be reached by the generic own/inherited-property walkobject_to_string_tag_propertyuses — it only resolves for types whose instances are actually chain-linked to that object.Fix
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/to_string_tag.rs: newweb_builtin_to_string_tag(value: f64) -> Option<&'static str>, shared by both consumers so they can never disagree:fetch_handle_kind_probe()— the same probeinstanceofalready uses (js_fetch_handle_kindinperry-stdlib, extended with aFormDatacase: kind 6, alongside the existing Response/Request/Headers/Blob/File 1–5).TextEncoder/TextDecoder:TEXT_ENCODER_SENTINEL_ID/is_known_text_decoder_id(same-crate,crates/perry-runtime/src/text.rs).URL/URLSearchParams: the existing structural detectors.AbortController/AbortSignal/EventTarget/Event/CustomEvent: their reserved class ids, read directly off theObjectHeader(validated viatry_read_gc_header, not a bareis_valid_obj_ptr— the addr-class ratchet's established idiom for this receiver kind, same asis_url_object_shape).crates/perry-runtime/src/symbol/get.rs:x[Symbol.toStringTag]gets a matching early check (mirroring the existingweb_stream_symbol_propertypattern for Web Streams), positioned before the "any other symbol on a handle returnsundefined" catch-all. An own override (Object.defineProperty(x, Symbol.toStringTag, …)) still wins — checked first via the ordinaryown_symbol_propertyside-table read, which is a pointer-keyed lookup and therefore safe even for handle-backed values.crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/proto_methods.rs: also installs a real, correctly-shapedSymbol.toStringTagdata property ({ value: tag, writable: false, enumerable: false, configurable: true }) on each constructor's own.prototypeobject, via a newinstall_web_builtin_to_string_taghelper (same pattern asperf_hooks's existinginstall_perf_to_string_tag). This isn't redundant with the runtime-level fix above: since these instances aren't[[Prototype]]-linked to.prototype, the runtime-level answer is what makesx[Symbol.toStringTag]work on an instance, while this installs the descriptorObject.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Ctor.prototype, Symbol.toStringTag)reflects (test262-style reflection, and libraries that copy descriptors off the prototype).crates/perry-stdlib/src/fetch/body_metadata.rs/dispatch.rs:js_fetch_handle_kindgains aFormDatacase (kind 6) via a newpub(super) fn is_registered_form_data.Surgical diff: 7 files, +217/−11, no other crates touched.
Tests
New gap test
test-files/test_gap_10555_symbol_tostringtag_web_builtins.ts, oracle Node 26.5.1. For all 13 covered types: the brand string,x[Symbol.toStringTag], and the full descriptor (value/writable/enumerable/configurable) read off the constructor's.prototype— asserting the descriptor shape, not just the string, per the issue's own guidance. Plus: the tag never leaks intoJSON.stringify,typeofis unaffected, and a directReflect.seton the (non-writable) prototype descriptor reports failure without throwing and doesn't change the value.Before/after: on the pristine baseline every one of the 13 rows reads
[object Object]/undefined/MISSING(no descriptor at all); theReflect.setpre-fix line differs too (true/no descriptor to protect, vsfalsepost-fix). On this branch, output is byte-identical to Node. Harness:PERRY_SKIP_BUILD=1 ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter test_gap_10555→ PARITY_FAIL on baseline, PASS on this branch.Two existing runtime unit tests needed updating, not for a regression but because the fix makes an id meaningful that a test assumed was generic:
object::tests::object_to_string_rejects_handle_band_idsasserted handle-band id0x1brands as the generic[object Object]— but0x1isTEXT_ENCODER_SENTINEL_ID, the one id everyTextEncodershares, and now correctly brands[object TextEncoder]. Swapped its "generic unclaimed handle" probe to id3(still asserting the original SIGSEGV-safety property this test exists for) and added an explicitassert_ne!against the sentinel so it can't silently drift back.object_to_string_brands_the_text_encoder_sentinelasserting the sentinel's new, correct behavior explicitly.Regression sweep (all still pass, same binary, 12 real tests + this PR's own):
test_gap_url*(5),test_gap_headers*(1),test_gap_fetch*(6),test_gap_events_import_4995(1).Validation
cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib: 3999 passed, 2 failed, 4 ignored. The 2 failures (gc::tests::copy_slot_decode::sabotaged_remembering_arm_is_refused_by_the_coverage_cross_check,gc::tests::heap_generation::a_free_or_move_outside_every_scope_is_caught_in_debug_builds) are pre-existing on the pristine baseline — confirmed bygit stash, rebuilding, and re-running: identical two failures, identical messages, with none of this PR's changes present. Unrelated to this PR (GC copy-slot/heap-generation internals; this PR touches none ofgc/).cargo test --release -p perry-stdlib --lib: 139 passed, 0 failed (thefetch::*subset specifically: 16 passed, 0 failed).cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean../scripts/run_lint_gates.sh(SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1): 76/77 passed; the one red (Public benchmark evidence freshness) is the pre-existing, repo-wide red documented in the workflow notes.Gap suite: targeted filters above (all pass); full local suite not run (narrow, additive brand/property detection, not a hot lowering/runtime path used by most programs).
Performance:
perf stat -e instructions,task-clock, 3 runs each, baseline vs fixed, release binaries (a 500,000-iteration loop constructing anew Headers()and callingObject.prototype.toString.callon it each time, for the directly-affected path; the same loop over aMapinstead — an unaffected type that reachesjs_object_to_string's existing, earlier Map/Set brand block before ever reaching this PR's new code — as a control):HeaderstoString loop (directly affected)MaptoString loop (control, unaffected)The directly-affected path gets ~4.7x faster, not slower: on the baseline, a
Headershandle falls through every later brand check injs_object_to_string(Map/Set/RegExp/Symbol/typed-array/weak-wrapper/Promise/boxed-primitive/prototype-identity/class-id/Date/heap-GC-type) before reaching the generic[object Object]default; the fix's new check runs early (right after the existing Web Streams check) and returns immediately for a type it recognizes. The control is unchanged within noise, confirming the new code costs nothing for types that don't reach it (Map returns from an earlier block).Package check: not applicable — the issue's repro is a synthetic sweep over runtime built-ins, not a single npm package repro.
What I did not verify
Map/Promise/ArrayBuffer/DataView's own[Symbol.toStringTag]property (out of scope, see above).Object.prototype.toString-based branches now take the right path end-to-end under Perry (not re-run against real package sources; the issue itself didn't name a specific package repro to re-check).Fixes #10555
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Symbol.toStringTagbehavior for web platform built-ins, including URL, Fetch, Blob, FormData, event, and text encoding APIs.Object.prototype.toStringand directSymbol.toStringTagreads now report the correct built-in type.URLSearchParamsrequest bodies.