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fix(runtime): keep clone-only message reads read-only, and see an uncloneable brand created mid-clone - #2088

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Supersedes #2064, which GitHub closed when its base branch (feat/worker-threads) was deleted at the #2043 squash. The commit is @adrian-niculescu's, replayed onto main with authorship kept. The only conflict was the adjacent spec additions in testMessaging.js.

An object marked with markAsUncloneable from a getter, during the clone that reaches it, is cloned instead of throwing DataCloneError when that is the first markAsUncloneable call in the isolate. The serializer reads the brand once, when it is constructed, and at that point the brand does not exist yet. It now picks the brand up once markAsUncloneable creates it.

Separately, SerializedValue::Deserialize cleared its transfer vectors on every read. A clone-only message is read by every BroadcastChannel receiver, and every getEnvironmentData call, with no lock, so those clears were concurrent writes to shared state, against what the comment on the consumed_ flag intends. Only the single receiver of a message with transferables writes them now.

The same fix for iOS is NativeScript/ios#490; the StructuredSerialization.cpp change matches it.

Merge after #2087. This branch is stacked on it, so until that squash lands the diff here also shows its commits. Full device suite with both applied: 1462 specs, 0 failures.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Message delivery now preserves undefined payloads across message ports, broadcast channels, and workers, while constructed message events retain the expected default of null.
    • Message deserialization errors now provide the relevant exception as event data, falling back to null when unavailable.
    • Improved handling of uncloneable objects detected during serialization and messages containing transferables.

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  • test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/messaging/uncloneableAfterGetterWorker.js
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The changes add a message-event factory that preserves undefined data, adjust deserialization and message-error handling, and update structured serialization behavior. New messaging tests cover payload values, worker responses, and cloning an object marked uncloneable during serialization.

Changes: Messaging runtime behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Create and dispatch message events
test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/message-event.js, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/{message-channel,broadcast-channel,node-worker-threads,worker-events}.js
A new createMessageEvent factory assigns data directly after constructing the event. Message-delivery paths use the factory with the message type, data, and ports.
Serialization and message errors
test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/StructuredSerialization.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Messaging.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/WorkerEvents.{cpp,h}
Structured serialization rechecks the uncloneable brand and clears transferred buffer and port lists only when the message has transferables. Deserialization failures use the caught exception as messageerror data, or null if no exception is available or the exception is undefined.
Validate message payloads and cloning
test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testMessaging.js, test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/messaging/*
Tests cover falsy and undefined payloads across messaging APIs, MessageEvent defaults, worker responses, and a DataCloneError when an object becomes uncloneable during cloning.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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  participant MessagePort
  participant emitMessage
  participant createMessageEvent
  participant Listener
  MessagePort->>emitMessage: deliver message type, data, and ports
  emitMessage->>createMessageEvent: create event
  createMessageEvent-->>emitMessage: return event with data assigned directly
  emitMessage->>Listener: dispatch event
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The changes preserve message payloads and avoid writes during clone-only reads. No concrete merge-blocking issue remains.

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  • test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/messaging/describeDataWorker.js
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adrian-niculescu and others added 2 commits November 5, 2026 16:42
…loneable brand created mid-clone

A clone-only message is read concurrently by every BroadcastChannel receiver and every getEnvironmentData call, and deserializing it cleared its transfer vectors, a write. Only the single receiver of a message with transferables writes them now.

The serializer cached the uncloneable brand when it was created, so the first markAsUncloneable call in an isolate, made by a getter in the graph being written, went unseen and the marked object was cloned. It now picks the brand up once it exists.
…ostObject

V8 calls the serializer delegate's IsHostObject inside a HandleScope that
WriteJSReceiver opens per object. When a getter created the isolate's first
uncloneable brand mid-clone, IsHostObject cached the brand's Local in the
delegate, and every later object in the same clone checked HasPrivate against
a handle whose scope had already closed: a marked object reached after that
getter was cloned instead of rejected. A late lookup now stays local to the
call; the brand cached at construction lives in Serialize's own scope and is
still used when it exists.
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