fix(runtime): dispatch node:stream super() through any bound-export heritage shape

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Summary

class X extends Transform (and Writable/Readable/Duplex) never called the
subclass's _transform/_write/_read override unless the heritage identifier was
a shape is_genuine_node_stream_parent recognizes statically at HIR-lowering time
(crates/perry-hir/src/lower_decl/class_decl.rs). A local alias (const Alias = Transform), a namespace member reached through a CJS destructured require('stream'),
an indirect subclass, or a class expression all fell through to the dynamic
value-super() dispatch, which invoked the bound stream export as a plain
constructor and dropped the result — this stayed an empty object, so write()/
push() threw ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.

Fix

js_fetch_or_value_super (crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/fetch_globals.rs)
resolves the parent to a bound native-module export value exactly the way the
existing WASI arm does (bound_native_callable_module_and_method, with the
dynamic-parent fallback for a stale parent_val) — that resolution is independent of
how the heritage expression reached the value: a bare import, a local alias, a
namespace member, and a CJS destructured require() all produce the identical
bound-closure representation, even though only some of those shapes are recognized
statically at HIR-lowering time. When the resolved value names stream's
Readable/Writable/Duplex/Transform, it now runs the same runtime shim the
statically-recognized extends Transform path already uses
(js_node_stream_*_subclass_init, reused unchanged from
crates/perry-runtime/src/node_stream_constructors/builders.rs), so every heritage
shape installs the override onto this identically.

PassThrough is deliberately not handled here: HIR never recognizes it as a
node:stream native parent at all, even via a bare import
(canonical_native_parent_name lists Readable/Writable/Duplex/Transform but not
PassThrough), so the hidden _transform field this shim reads is never pre-seeded
for any PassThrough heritage shape. That's a separate, deeper HIR-level gap;
adding an arm here alone was confirmed empirically to change nothing for it.

Relationship to #10636

#10636 (open, not yet merged) independently fixes a related but narrower mechanism:
it stops treating a const { Transform } = require('stream') binding inside a
CommonJS-wrapper body as "locally shadowing" the native parent, so that one shape
routes through the static native-init path instead of ever reaching
js_fetch_or_value_super at all. Checked empirically (main + #10636's branch,
no other changes, same gap test): #10636 alone fixes the CJS-destructured-require
sub-cases (CjsTransform/CjsWritable/CjsReadable/CjsDuplex — the exact
nodemailer shape) but leaves the ESM local-alias (const Alias = Transform),
indirect-subclass, and class-expression sub-cases failing exactly as on main —
#10636's own comment says as much ("does not change the... failure mode... for
indirect subclasses and class expressions"). So this is not a duplicate of
#10636: it fixes the cases #10636 explicitly disclaims, at the cost of some
overlap (both PRs add an arm to js_fetch_or_value_super; whichever merges second
will need a small rebase).

Tests

test-files/test_gap_10448_stream_subclass_heritage.ts +
test-files/gap_10448_stream_subclass_heritage_helper.cjs — covers Transform via
import/alias/namespace-member/indirect-subclass/class-expression, the CJS
destructured shapes for Transform/Writable/Readable/Duplex, a CJS namespace-member
control, and the ESM Writable/Readable/Duplex-via-import shapes.

• Proven to fail on baseline (main @ 68a5454, pristine build): N of M lines
  mismatch Node 26.5.1's output — see validation notes.
• Passes byte-for-byte against node --experimental-strip-types with the fix.

Fixes #10448

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed node:stream subclasses so custom transformation, writing, and reading behavior works correctly across aliases, indirect inheritance, class expressions, and CommonJS import patterns.
  • Prevented stream operations from incorrectly throwing ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED in these cases.
  • Improved compatibility for applications that define custom stream implementations through varied inheritance patterns.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for Transform, Writable, Readable, and Duplex subclass behavior across supported inheritance patterns.

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The runtime now maps dynamically resolved node:stream parents to the matching subclass initializer. New CommonJS fixtures and TypeScript tests cover Transform, Writable, Readable, and Duplex heritage through aliases, indirect subclasses, class expressions, namespace members, and destructured imports.

Changes

Stream subclass heritage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime stream dispatch crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/fetch_globals.rs, changelog.d/10649-stream-subclass-heritage.md	js_fetch_or_value_super dispatches resolved stream parents to the Readable, Writable, Duplex, or Transform subclass initializer. PassThrough remains outside this dispatch.
CommonJS stream fixtures test-files/gap_10448_stream_subclass_heritage_helper.cjs	The fixture defines and exports CommonJS Transform, Writable, Readable, and Duplex subclasses with observable callbacks.
Heritage regression tests test-files/test_gap_10448_stream_subclass_heritage.ts	The tests run stream subclasses through imports, aliases, namespace members, indirect inheritance, class expressions, and CommonJS helper exports. They capture output and report construction or write errors.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Test as Heritage regression tests
  participant Super as js_fetch_or_value_super
  participant Init as Stream subclass initializer
  participant Stream as Stream instance
  Test->>Super: construct subclass through dynamic heritage
  Super->>Init: resolve stream parent and method
  Init->>Stream: install _transform, _write, or _read callback
  Test->>Stream: write, end, or read
  Stream-->>Test: transformed or captured data

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The dispatch handles Readable, Writable, Duplex, and Transform only. PassThrough remains unsupported because HIR does not recognize it as a node:stream parent. The broad node:stream wording can imply support that this change does not provide. Name the supported constructors or state the PassThrough limitation.

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Same situation as #10634 and the same fix: this conflicts with 18f93a8055 (the AsyncResource sibling, landed on main in train 220) on crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/fetch_globals.rs. Held out of merge train 222. Full detail in my comment on #10634 — the one hunk to be careful with is the wasi arm, where main's .as_ref() change means module/method are now .as_str()'d, so picking a side mechanically compiles but may not be what you meant. Rebase wip/10448-stream-subclass-heritage onto origin/main (4715bc2fa1) and re-request; I'll take both in the next train.

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This PR has a real-world consumer, which is worth knowing before it lands: nodemailer does not compile from source without it.

Static screen of nodemailer 10.0.10's published source for bound-export heritage — a class extending a native base reached through an imported namespace binding rather than a bare identifier:

8 ×  extends node_stream_1.Transform
5 ×  extends node_events_1.EventEmitter
1 ×  extends node_stream_1.Stream
1 ×  extends node_events_1.default

Fifteen sites, all of them the shape this PR addresses. That is the TypeScript-emit idiom (import * as node_stream_1 from "node:stream" then extends node_stream_1.Transform), so any package compiled from TS source that subclasses a node builtin looks like this — nodemailer is representative rather than unusual.

Two others from the same screen, for context:

• ioredis 6.0.0 — one native-base site (extends stream_1.Readable), plus several user-class bases (Commander_1.default, AbstractConnector_1.default, redis_errors_1.ReplyError) which are not this PR's concern.
• cheerio 1.2.0 — one hit, extends cheerio_js_1.Cheerio, a user class. Not affected.

Suggested use, after this rebase is validated on its own terms: nodemailer makes a much stronger acceptance case for the underlying fix than a synthetic fixture, for the same reason dotenv 18.0.1 does for #10735 — it was not written to suit the fix, so it tests the behaviour rather than our model of the defect. Fifteen independent sites across a real package, exercising both node:stream and node:events bases.

Not asking for that to be folded into this PR — a rebase should stay a rebase, and its own validation is what gates it. Recording it so the fix's value is visible, and so nodemailer is the obvious first target once this lands: it is a package the binding-removal campaign will want compiling from source, and this is its blocker.

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Two scope notes worth stating in the PR body, so the match list isn't read as "all stream heritage". Neither is a request to widen the fix — the scope here is right.

1. extends stream.Stream is not covered. The new arm matches Readable, Writable, Duplex and Transform. The bare Stream base is a distinct name and falls through. It is rare but real — nodemailer has one site (extends node_stream_1.Stream).

2. PassThrough's exclusion is now filed as #10745. The comment in this diff explains it well — HIR's canonical_native_parent_name doesn't list PassThrough, so the hidden _transform field the shim reads is never pre-seeded for any heritage shape, and adding an arm here alone was confirmed empirically to change nothing. That empirical finding is the part worth having outside the diff: it is exactly what saves the next person a wasted attempt, and in a code comment they meet it only after already trying.

Measured value of this fix, stated honestly

I measured bound-export heritage across 12 real packages (~37 sites), verifying each binding resolves to a genuine builtin (events_1 = require("events"), stream = require('stream')) rather than a same-named user class. Against nodemailer, the package that motivated this:

site	count	covered here
extends node_stream_1.Transform	8	yes
extends node_events_1.EventEmitter	5	no — node:events, no arm exists
extends node_stream_1.Stream	1	no
extends node_events_1.default	1	no

8 of 15. So this is a blocker for nodemailer rather than the blocker — I had earlier described it as the latter, which was wrong, and the correction is worth having attached to the PR rather than only in a side channel.

Across all 12 packages the split is roughly EventEmitter ~24 sites to stream types ~11, so the majority base for this idiom is node:events, which has no arm in js_fetch_or_value_super at all. Whether the member-expression events shape is actually broken is being probed now — canonical_native_parent_name does recognise ("events", "EventEmitter") by name, so the bare form is handled somewhere, and reading alone can't settle whether events_1.EventEmitter falls through to the dynamic path. If it diverges it gets its own issue with these counts; if it passes, there is no follow-up.

None of this detracts from the fix. import * as node_stream_1 from "node:stream" then extends node_stream_1.Transform is what tsc emits for any TypeScript package subclassing a stream, so the shapes this repairs are the ordinary ones rather than exotic — it just doesn't carry the whole "TS-authored packages that subclass node builtins" story on its own.

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Correction to my comment above, and it narrows the scope gap I described rather than widening it.

node:events does not have the matching defect. Verified empirically, not inferred.

Both shapes tested on the rebased compiler against Node 26.5.1:

• class X extends EventEmitter (bare — 47 sites across bullmq, amqplib, mongoose, nodemailer): listener fired: 42, instanceof: true, matches Node.
• class X extends events_1.EventEmitter where events_1 = require("events") (member expression — 24 sites): also matches Node exactly.

So my earlier framing was wrong in the pessimistic direction: EventEmitter, the majority base for this idiom at roughly 24 of 37 measured sites, already works. The bound-export heritage story is #10634 + this PR, with no node:events follow-up needed.

This is worth recording as a near-miss on filing a wrong issue. Three independent signals pointed at a gap: fetch_globals.rs contains no EventEmitter arm at all; the stream arm in this PR was demonstrably necessary for the structurally identical shape; and there is a ready-made js_event_emitter_subclass_init helper sitting unwired. All three were consistent with a defect, and there isn't one — events is handled somewhere that reading the dispatch path does not reveal. An issue filed on that inference would have been confident, well-evidenced and wrong, which is worse than no issue at all, because people route around a bad one rather than re-checking it.

Remaining known holes in bound-export stream heritage, for whoever picks this up next:

• extends stream.Stream — the bare Stream base, outside this PR's Readable/Writable/Duplex/Transform match list. One real site (nodemailer).
• PassThrough — a deeper HIR-level gap, now tracked as class X extends PassThrough never installs the _transform override, for any heritage shape — HIR does not recognise PassThrough as a native stream parent #10745.

The 8-of-15 nodemailer figure in my previous comment still stands as the coverage of this PR alone, but the uncovered remainder is smaller in consequence than it looked: 6 of those 7 are EventEmitter sites that already work.

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Landed in merge train 226 (#10751), released as v0.5.1605 — main is now 91a566c8af.

Closing rather than merging is how trains work here: the four PRs were cherry-picked onto one tree, validated together, and landed under the train's own commit, so GitHub cannot mark this one merged even though your change is on main.

The workspace count triple was re-derived on the assembled tree rather than taken from any PR's recorded value: 78 members / externalize=29 / keep=44. Both #10679 and #10691 correctly recorded 78/29/44 against 053b9ccac4, and whichever landed second would have been wrong — so the number was recomputed here rather than carried.

Validation: all nine cheap gates, cargo check --workspace --all-targets under -D warnings, the release build of all five pinned artifacts, every unit suite, and an 8-area gap sweep with zero unexplained regressions and each area asserted to have run a non-zero number of tests. lint completed its full 6-of-6 compile tier with nothing outside the known-red public-baseline step. Ledger green at 376/326, unrooted_local_shape at 578.