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fix(runtime): make dynamic Function refusal catchable - #8981

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Summary

  • mark js_function_ctor_from_strings as an unwind-capable generated-code boundary because its dyn-eval-off path originates a Perry exception
  • keep refusal diagnostics while surfacing a catchable TypeError, so zod v4 and similar eval probes can select their fallback
  • add a focused TypeError regression test and an unconditional ABI assertion

Fixes #8958.

Testing

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib dynamic_function_refusal_is_a_catchable_type_error -- --nocapture
  • cargo test -p perry --test function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface function_apply_with_runtime_args_defers_to_a_located_aot_error -- --nocapture
  • exact issue probe against stripped debug/static runtime: before fix aborts with panic in a function that cannot unwind; after fix catches and prints still alive
  • exact issue probe against stripped release panic=abort runtime: passes, plus 500/500 repeated runs

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Runtime-string Function calls in environments with dynamic evaluation disabled now throw a catchable TypeError instead of aborting.
    • Libraries that probe dynamic evaluation can now safely select their fallback behavior.

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The dynamic Function constructor now uses an unwind-capable ABI when dyn-eval is disabled. Its refusal path throws a catchable TypeError, with a runtime test and changelog entry covering the behavior.

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Dynamic Function refusal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime unwind path
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/builtin_thunks.rs
js_function_ctor_from_strings now uses extern "C-unwind". The refusal logic uses a shared helper. Keepalive and ABI assertions use the unwind-capable function type.
Refusal behavior validation
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/builtin_thunks.rs, changelog.d/8981-dynamic-function-refusal-unwind.md
The test verifies that refusal produces a catchable TypeError. The changelog records the corrected AOT behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~15 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e239c

The PR changes refused dynamic Function calls from aborting to catchable TypeErrors, allowing fallback behavior to work. It is mergeable with owner awareness of a minor diagnostic gap: caught errors do not identify that dyn-eval is disabled.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller as JS caller catch landing pad
  participant Constructor as js_function_ctor_from_strings
  participant Refusal as refuse_dynamic_function
  Caller->>Constructor: Call runtime-string Function
  Constructor->>Refusal: Refuse dynamic Function
  Refusal-->>Constructor: Throw TypeError and unwind
  Constructor-->>Caller: Propagate TypeError to catch
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: making dynamic Function refusal catchable at runtime.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides the change summary, linked issue, implementation details, and focused test evidence. It omits some template headings, including Changes, Test plan, and Checklist, but the requ…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #8958 by preserving the dyn-eval refusal diagnostic and converting the failure into a catchable TypeError. The added regression coverage verifies that execution continues aft…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The runtime ABI change, refusal handling, regression test, ABI assertion, and changelog entry all directly support the linked issue and stated objectives. No unrelated code changes are identified.
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The description provides the change summary, linked issue, implementation details, and focused test evidence. It omits some template headings, including Changes, Test plan, and Checklist, but the required information is mostly present.

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The changes satisfy issue #8958 by preserving the dyn-eval refusal diagnostic and converting the failure into a catchable TypeError. The added regression coverage verifies that execution continues after the refusal.

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Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/builtin_thunks.rs`:
- Around line 497-500: Update the TypeError message in the dynamic Function
refusal path to include “dyn-eval,” then extend
dynamic_function_refusal_is_a_catchable_type_error to assert that the caught
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Comment on lines +497 to +500
super::super::object_ops::throw_object_type_error(
b"Function: dynamic code generation from a runtime string is not supported \
in an ahead-of-time compiled binary",
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include dyn-eval in the thrown TypeError message.

The catchable error message does not mention dyn-eval. Only the stderr diagnostic contains that term. Code that catches and reports error.message cannot identify why dynamic Function was refused. Add dyn-eval to this TypeError message. Extend dynamic_function_refusal_is_a_catchable_type_error to assert that message contract.

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-        b"Function: dynamic code generation from a runtime string is not supported \
-          in an ahead-of-time compiled binary",
+        b"Function: dynamic code generation from a runtime string is not supported \
+          in an ahead-of-time compiled binary (dyn-eval feature off)",
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/builtin_thunks.rs` around lines
497 - 500, Update the TypeError message in the dynamic Function refusal path to
include “dyn-eval,” then extend
dynamic_function_refusal_is_a_catchable_type_error to assert that the caught
error message contains this identifier.

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Merged. This is the unwind regime that has bitten this repo repeatedly (#8479 and the PRs it burned), and the handling here is right: a plain extern "C" installs the abort-on-unwind guard, so a Perry exception originating inside the FFI boundary aborts the process instead of reaching the caller's landing pad — which is exactly how zod's harmless new Function("") capability probe became a process abort.

The part I especially like is const _: extern "C-unwind" fn(*const f64, usize) -> f64 = js_function_ctor_from_strings;. That is a compile-time ABI assertion that survives stripped builds, so a future revert to plain extern "C" fails to compile rather than silently reintroducing the abort. Given the history here, pinning the ABI rather than trusting the annotation to stay put is the difference between a fix and a fix that stays fixed.

One fix pushed: the fragment was named 8958-dynamic-function-refusal-unwind.md. #8958 is the issue this fixes, not this PR, so the change would have been filed under an issue number at release time. Renamed to 8981-.

Validation (batched with #8982 and #8983) — runtime 2780/0, hir 355/0, codegen 1341/0, stdlib 124/0 (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1); scripts/run_lint_gates.sh 57 of 58 with the compile tier green — the exception is the pre-existing Actions-expression artifact (#8929).

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Refused dynamic Function segfaults instead of throwing — breaks zod v4's eval probe on every AOT binary

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