December 2023 - ruby-core - ml.ruby-lang.org

[ruby-core:111742] [Ruby master Feature#19326] Please add a better API for passing a Proc to a Ractor
by sdwolfz 18 Oct '25

18 Oct '25

Issue #19326 has been reported by sdwolfz (Codruț Gușoi). ---------------------------------------- Feature #19326: Please add a better API for passing a Proc to a Ractor https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19326 * Author: sdwolfz (Codruț Gușoi) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- Example 1: ```ruby class Worker def initialize(&block) @block = block end def run Ractor.new(@block, &:call) end end worker = Worker.new { 1 } puts worker.run.take ``` Errors with: ``` <internal:ractor>:271:in `new': allocator undefined for Proc (TypeError) from scripts/run.rb:9:in `run' from scripts/run.rb:14:in `<main>' ``` Example 2: ```ruby class Worker def initialize(&block) @block = Ractor.make_shareable(block) end def run Ractor.new(@block, &:call) end end worker = Worker.new { 1 } puts worker.run.take ``` Errors with: ``` <internal:ractor>:820:in `make_shareable': Proc's self is not shareable: #<Proc:0x00007f00394c38b8 scripts/run.rb:13> (Ractor::IsolationError) from scripts/run.rb:5:in `initialize' from scripts/run.rb:13:in `new' from scripts/run.rb:13:in `<main>' ``` Example 3: ```ruby class Worker def initialize(&block) @block = Ractor.make_shareable(block) end def run Ractor.new(@block, &:call) end end worker = Ractor.current.instance_eval { Worker.new { 1 } } puts worker.run.take ``` Works, but having `Ractor.current.instance_eval` as a wrapper around the block is not ideal, as Ractor is supposed to be only an implementation detail in Worker. I know about https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18243 and the discussion around `proc.bind(nil)`. That would actually be ideal, as for the purposes if why I want this functionality I don't care what `self` is in a block, and the less it has access to the better. The general idea is to have a Ractor be able to lazily execute an arbitrary proc. And all the bindings it would need would be passed explicitly, either through `args` in the constructor or through `send`/`receive`, so `self` would really not matter. The benefit: this would make it so concurrent code can be more easily be implemented with Ractors as currently you can execute an arbitrary proc by passing it to a Thread (but you don't get the nice data isolation). -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:112552] [Ruby master Bug#19461] Time.local performance tanks in forked process (on macOS only?)
by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Issue #19461 has been reported by ioquatix (Samuel Williams). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19461: Time.local performance tanks in forked process (on macOS only?) https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19461 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- The following program demonstrates a performance regression in forked child processes when invoking `Time.local`: ```ruby require 'benchmark' require 'time' def sir_local_alot result = Benchmark.measure do 10_000.times do tm = ::Time.local(2023) end end $stderr.puts result end sir_local_alot pid = fork do sir_local_alot end Process.wait(pid) ``` On Linux the performance is similar, but on macOS, the performance is over 100x worse on my M1 laptop. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115552] [Ruby master Misc#20032] Propose @kjtsanaktsidis as a commiter
by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) 27 Sep '25

27 Sep '25

Issue #20032 has been reported by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans). ---------------------------------------- Misc #20032: Propose @kjtsanaktsidis as a commiter https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20032 * Author: jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- I'd like to propose @kjtsanaktsidis as a committer, with a focus on bug triaging and fixing. During RubyKaigi 2023, KJ expressed interest in helping triage and fix bugs, and since then, he has fixed numerous bugs. What's most impressive about KJ's contributions is the difficulty of the bugs he has fixed, and the wide range of areas in which he has fixed bugs (GC, threading, FreeBSD support, ractors, rubygems, extensions, tests, old bugs, etc.). Here is a list of bugs KJ has fixed: * #20021 * #19994 * #19928 * #19873 * #19387 * #19680 * #4173 Here is a list of open pull requests submitted by KJ to fix bugs: * #20022 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/9041 * #19991 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/8949 and https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/8856 * #20001 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/8903 * #19717 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/8331 * #19144 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/7295 * #18795 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/5992 In addition to these Redmine issues, KJ has also fixed other bugs: * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/9a62fd3cbae2ebb60e2f9cad782af1ad18db4319 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/76dc327eeffefe02577999fe5f8215f762a581b6 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/082962e857833dfc16881cb4dfb44caa175590ba * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/edee9b6a12ac846d7b3de2d704e170bf28178cb3 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/dd406c5a911d2f4a16ce97016666760713540185 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/7bd7aee02e303de27d2cddfc5ef47e612d6782cb * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/05ffc037ad15560cb2c683682c5bc374156571d7 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/7867 * https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/7865 * https://github.com/ruby/zlib/commit/3b9fe962d8 * https://github.com/ruby/zlib/commit/c96e8b9a57 In addition to bug fixing, KJ has also proposed and implemented a useful Socket feature: * #19179 https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/6822 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:111526] [Ruby master Bug#19288] Ractor JSON parsing significantly slower than linear parsing
by maciej.mensfeld (Maciej Mensfeld) 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

Issue #19288 has been reported by maciej.mensfeld (Maciej Mensfeld). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19288: Ractor JSON parsing significantly slower than linear parsing https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19288 * Author: maciej.mensfeld (Maciej Mensfeld) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.2.0 (2022-12-25 revision a528908271) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- a simple benchmark: ```ruby require 'json' require 'benchmark' CONCURRENT = 5 RACTORS = true ELEMENTS = 100_000 data = CONCURRENT.times.map do ELEMENTS.times.map do { rand => rand, rand => rand, rand => rand, rand => rand }.to_json end end ractors = CONCURRENT.times.map do Ractor.new do Ractor.receive.each { JSON.parse(_1) } end end result = Benchmark.measure do if RACTORS CONCURRENT.times do |i| ractors[i].send(data[i], move: false) end ractors.each(&:take) else # Linear without any threads data.each do |piece| piece.each { JSON.parse(_1) } end end end puts result ``` Gives following results on my 8 core machine: ```shell # without ractors: 2.731748 0.003993 2.735741 ( 2.736349) # with ractors 12.580452 5.089802 17.670254 ( 5.209755) ``` I would expect Ractors not to be two times slower on the CPU intense work. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:112206] [Ruby master Bug#19407] 2 threads taking from current ractor will hang forever
by luke-gru (Luke Gruber) 21 Aug '25

21 Aug '25

Issue #19407 has been reported by luke-gru (Luke Gruber). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19407: 2 threads taking from current ractor will hang forever https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19407 * Author: luke-gru (Luke Gruber) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- In the current implementation of Ractors, it's possible to `take` from the current ractor. This could be useful when co-ordinating threads: ```ruby t = Thread.new do obj = Ractor.current.take p obj # do some work with obj end t0 = Thread.new do obj = Ractor.current.take p obj # do some work with obj end Ractor.yield :go ``` However it hangs forever: ```ruby t = Thread.new do obj = Ractor.current.take p obj end t0 = Thread.new do obj = Ractor.current.take p obj end sleep 0.5 ``` Should "self-take" be disabled, or was it designed to allow it but this is just a bug? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115438] [Ruby master Misc#20013] Travis CI status
by jaruga (Jun Aruga) 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

Issue #20013 has been reported by jaruga (Jun Aruga). ---------------------------------------- Misc #20013: Travis CI status https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20013 * Author: jaruga (Jun Aruga) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- I would like to use this ticket to manage our activities to report Travis CI status. Because there is Travis CI status page provided by Travis CI. However, even when the page shows ok, I actually see infra issues. https://www.traviscistatus.com/ I would share my activities and report the Travis CI status on the ticket. The ticket's status is not closed until we stop using Travis CI. The easiest option to fix the Travis infra issue is to email Travis CI support `support _AT_ travis-ci.com`. You can check [this ruby/ruby Travis CI wiki page](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/wiki/CI-Servers#travis-ci) for details. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:111789] [Ruby master Feature#19333] Setting (Fiber Local|Thread Local|Fiber Storage) to nil should delete value in order to avoid memory leaks.
by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

Issue #19333 has been reported by ioquatix (Samuel Williams). ---------------------------------------- Feature #19333: Setting (Fiber Local|Thread Local|Fiber Storage) to nil should delete value in order to avoid memory leaks. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19333 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- As it stands, Fiber Locals, Thread Locals and Fiber Storage have no way of deleting key-value associations. ```ruby 100.times do |i| name = :"variable-#{i}" Thread.current[name] = 10 end ``` Because of this, dynamically generated associations can leak over time. This is worse for things like Threads that might be pooled (or maybe an argument against user-space pooling). In any case, having a way to delete those associations would allow application code to at least delete the associations when they no longer make sense. I propose that assigning `nil` to "locals" or "storage" should effectively delete them. e.g. ```ruby 100.times do |i| name = :"variable-#{i}" Thread.current[name] = 10 Thread.current[name] = nil # delete association end ``` A more invasive alternative would be to define new interfaces like `Thread::Local`, `Fiber::Local` and `Fiber::Storage::Local` (or something) which correctly clean up on GC. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:114590] [Ruby master Bug#19857] Eval coverage is reset after each `eval`.
by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 06 Aug '25

06 Aug '25

Issue #19857 has been reported by ioquatix (Samuel Williams). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19857: Eval coverage is reset after each `eval`. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19857 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- It seems like `eval` based coverage is reset every time eval is invoked. ```ruby #!/usr/bin/env ruby require 'coverage' def measure(flag) c = Class.new c.class_eval(<<~RUBY, "foo.rb", 1) def foo(flag) if flag puts "foo" else puts "bar" end end RUBY return c.new.foo(flag) end Coverage.start(lines: true, eval: true) # Depending on the order of these two operations, different computation is calculated, because the evaluation of the code is considered different, even if the content/path is the same. measure(false) measure(true) p Coverage.result ``` Further investigation is required. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115422] [Ruby master Bug#20009] Marshal.load raises exception when load dumped class include non-ASCII
by ippachi (Kazuya Hatanaka) 19 Jul '25

19 Jul '25

Issue #20009 has been reported by ippachi (Kazuya Hatanaka). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20009: Marshal.load raises exception when load dumped class include non-ASCII https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20009 * Author: ippachi (Kazuya Hatanaka) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [arm64-darwin22] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ## Reproduction code ```ruby class Cクラス; end Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(Cクラス)) ``` ## Actual result ``` <internal:marshal>:34:in `load': undefined class/module C\xE3\x82\xAF\xE3\x83\xA9\xE3\x82\xB9 (ArgumentError) from marshal.rb:2:in `<main>' ``` ## Expected result Returns `Cクラス` ## Impacted area An exception is raised in Rails under the following conditions * minitest is used with default settings * Parallel execution with parallelize * test class names contain non-ASCII characters The default parallelization uses DRb, and Marshal is used inside DRb. ## Other After trying various things, I thought I could fix it by making `rb_path_to_class` support strings containing non-ASCII characters, but I couldn't find anything more than that. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:112664] [Ruby master Bug#19473] can't be called from trap context (ThreadError) is too limiting
by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) 15 Jul '25

15 Jul '25

Issue #19473 has been reported by Eregon (Benoit Daloze). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19473: can't be called from trap context (ThreadError) is too limiting https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19473 * Author: Eregon (Benoit Daloze) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Simple reproducer: ``` $ ruby -ve 'm=Mutex.new; trap(:HUP) { m.synchronize { p :OK } }; Process.kill :HUP, Process.pid; sleep 0.1' ruby 3.2.1 (2023-02-08 revision 31819e82c8) [x86_64-linux] -e:1:in `synchronize': can't be called from trap context (ThreadError) from -e:1:in `block in <main>' from -e:1:in `kill' from -e:1:in `<main>' ``` Expected behavior: ``` $ ruby -ve 'm=Mutex.new; trap(:HUP) { m.synchronize { p :OK } }; Process.kill :HUP, Process.pid; sleep 0.1' truffleruby 22.3.1, like ruby 3.0.3, GraalVM CE Native [x86_64-linux] :OK $ ruby -ve 'm=Mutex.new; trap(:HUP) { m.synchronize { p :OK } }; Process.kill :HUP, Process.pid; sleep 0.1' jruby 9.4.0.0 (3.1.0) 2022-11-23 95c0ec159f OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.6+10 on 17.0.6+10 +jit [x86_64-linux] :OK ``` This exception is highly problematic, for instance it breaks `Timeout.timeout` in `trap`: https://github.com/ruby/timeout/issues/17#issuecomment-1142035939 I suppose this behavior is because *sometimes* it's problematic to lock a Mutex in trap, e.g., if it's already locked by the main thread/fiber. However, that's just one case, not all, so we should not raise an exception early like that. There seems to be no valid reason to prevent *all* `Mutex#synchronize` in `trap`. After all, if the Mutex for instance is only used in `trap`, it's well-defined AFAIK. For instance a given trap handler does not seem executed concurrently: ``` $ ruby -ve 'trap(:HUP) { puts "in trap\n"+caller.join("\n")+"\n\n"; sleep 0.1 }; pid = Process.pid; Process.wait fork { 20.times { Process.kill :HUP, pid } }; sleep 1' ruby 3.2.1 (2023-02-08 revision 31819e82c8) [x86_64-linux] in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' in trap -e:1:in `wait' -e:1:in `<main>' ``` And if the trap handler using the Mutex is never called while the Mutex is held by the main thread/fiber, there is also no problem. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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