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[ruby-core:111740] [Ruby master Bug#19325] Windows support lacking.
by dsisnero (Dominic Sisneros) 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Issue #19325 has been reported by dsisnero (Dominic Sisneros). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19325: Windows support lacking. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19325 * Author: dsisnero (Dominic Sisneros) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Ruby's support on windows has always been second class. With some of the recent decisions, windows support is falling even more behind. Recent developments in mjit and yjit that exclude windows are two glaring issues that should be corrected. Googling 'percent of windows vs other operating systems' and it shows windows has a share of 76%. Ceding that users to python and other programming languages has to be one of the reasons python continues get more market share from ruby. With rust having first class windows support and threading support, is there a reason why yjit is not able to work on windows? Also, windows compiler support has matured enough and vcpkg support has evolved enough that it seems it should be possible to finally get a ruby version without having to use msys2. Even Crystal language has a version that runs on windows without needing msys2. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121478] [Ruby Bug#21206] Segmentation fault on ISeq#to_binary
by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Issue #21206 has been reported by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21206: Segmentation fault on ISeq#to_binary https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21206 * Author: shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.4.2 (2025-02-15 revision d2930f8e7a) +PRISM +GC [aarch64-linux-gnu] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Found this SEGV using bootsnap. This could well be architecture dependent because of ISeqs being so by nature. Also this doesn't happen when the ISeq is created using `compile_prism`. ``` $ ruby -ve 'RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile_parsey("def f(g) = each {nil rescue g+it}").to_binary' ruby 3.4.2 (2025-02-15 revision d2930f8e7a) +PRISM +GC [aarch64-linux-gnu] -e:1: [BUG] Segmentation fault at 0x0000000000000000 ruby 3.4.2 (2025-02-15 revision d2930f8e7a) +PRISM +GC [aarch64-linux-gnu] -- Control frame information ----------------------------------------------- c:0003 p:---- s:0010 e:000009 CFUNC :to_binary c:0002 p:0008 s:0006 e:000005 EVAL -e:1 [FINISH] c:0001 p:0000 s:0003 E:000190 DUMMY [FINISH] -- Ruby level backtrace information ---------------------------------------- -e:1:in '<main>' -e:1:in 'to_binary' -- Threading information --------------------------------------------------- Total ractor count: 1 Ruby thread count for this ractor: 1 -- Machine register context ------------------------------------------------ x0: 0x0000000000000000 x1: 0x0000ffff8a15d0a8 x2: 0x0000000000000000 x3: 0x0000000000000003 x4: 0x0000000000000000 x5: 0x0000ffffa4346b50 x6: 0x0000000000000005 x7: 0x00000000fffffffe x18: 0x000000000116810c x19: 0x0000ffff8a15d0a8 x20: 0x0000000000000000 x21: 0x0000000000000001 x22: 0x0000ffffc0f0d968 x23: 0x0000ffffc0f0d4c0 x24: 0x0000000000000018 x25: 0x0000ffffa3c98530 x26: 0x0000000000000000 x27: 0x0000000000000002 x28: 0x0000ffffc0f0d4e8 x29: 0x0000ffffc0f0d410 sp: 0x0000ffffc0f0d410 fau: 0x0000000000000000 -- C level backtrace information ------------------------------------------- /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(0xffffa3e8ff84) [0xffffa3e8ff84] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(0xffffa3e95514) [0xffffa3e95514] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(0xffffa3ce760c) [0xffffa3ce760c] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(0xffffa3e0de88) [0xffffa3e0de88] linux-vdso.so.1(__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xffffa43447a0] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(rb_str_cmp+0x24) [0xffffa3e17d94] [0xffffa3980b9c] [0xffffa3980efc] [0xffffa3f418c8] [0xffffa3c98d4c] [0xffffa3da2484] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(rb_st_foreach+0x44) [0xffffa3e06944] [0xffffa3f213e4] [0xffffa3d46ea4] [0xffffa3e6c92c] [0xffffa3e767a8] [0xffffa3e8cae8] [0xffffa3ce6ac4] /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4(ruby_run_node+0x9c) [0xffffa3cebba0] [0xaaaae2be0b30] [0xffffa39684c4] [0xffffa3968598] [0xaaaae2be0bb0] -- Other runtime information ----------------------------------------------- * Loaded script: -e * Loaded features: 0 enumerator.so 1 thread.rb 2 fiber.so 3 rational.so 4 complex.so 5 ruby2_keywords.rb 6 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/encdb.so 7 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/trans/transdb.so 8 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/rbconfig.rb 9 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/compatibility.rb 10 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/defaults.rb 11 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/deprecate.rb 12 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/errors.rb 13 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/target_rbconfig.rb 14 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/unknown_command_spell_checker.rb 15 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/exceptions.rb 16 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/basic_specification.rb 17 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/stub_specification.rb 18 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/platform.rb 19 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/specification_record.rb 20 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/util/list.rb 21 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/version.rb 22 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/requirement.rb 23 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/specification.rb 24 /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb 25 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/util.rb 26 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/dependency.rb 27 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb 28 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.so 29 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.rb 30 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems.rb 31 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/bundled_gems.rb 32 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/rubygems/path_support.rb 33 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/error_highlight/version.rb 34 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/error_highlight/base.rb 35 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/error_highlight/formatter.rb 36 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/error_highlight/core_ext.rb 37 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/error_highlight.rb 38 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/version.rb 39 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/core_ext/name_error.rb 40 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/levenshtein.rb 41 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/jaro_winkler.rb 42 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checker.rb 43 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/name_error_checkers/class_name_checker.rb 44 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/name_error_checkers/variable_name_checker.rb 45 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/name_error_checkers.rb 46 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/method_name_checker.rb 47 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/key_error_checker.rb 48 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/null_checker.rb 49 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/tree_spell_checker.rb 50 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/require_path_checker.rb 51 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/spell_checkers/pattern_key_name_checker.rb 52 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean/formatter.rb 53 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/did_you_mean.rb 54 /usr/lib/ruby/3.4.0/syntax_suggest/core_ext.rb * Process memory map: aaaae2be0000-aaaae2be1000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 763738 /usr/bin/ruby3.4 aaaae2bff000-aaaae2c00000 r--p 0000f000 00:34 763738 /usr/bin/ruby3.4 aaaae2c00000-aaaae2c01000 rw-p 00010000 00:34 763738 /usr/bin/ruby3.4 aaab18253000-aaab18545000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] ffff87c00000-ffff881f3000 r--s 00000000 00:34 763745 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4.2 ffff88200000-ffff88201000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88201000-ffff882a2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff882a2000-ffff882a3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff882a3000-ffff88344000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88344000-ffff88345000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88345000-ffff883e6000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff883e6000-ffff883e7000 ---p 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ffff88a3b000-ffff88adc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88adc000-ffff88add000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88add000-ffff88b7e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88b7e000-ffff88b7f000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88b7f000-ffff88c20000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88c20000-ffff88c21000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88c21000-ffff88cc2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88cc2000-ffff88cc3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88cc3000-ffff88d64000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88d64000-ffff88d65000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88d65000-ffff88e06000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88e06000-ffff88e07000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88e07000-ffff88ea8000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88ea8000-ffff88ea9000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88ea9000-ffff88f4a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88f4a000-ffff88f4b000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88f4b000-ffff88fec000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88fec000-ffff88fed000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff88fed000-ffff8908e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8908e000-ffff8908f000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8908f000-ffff89130000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89130000-ffff89131000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89131000-ffff891d2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff891d2000-ffff891d3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff891d3000-ffff89274000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89274000-ffff89275000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89275000-ffff89316000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89316000-ffff89317000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89317000-ffff893b8000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff893b8000-ffff893b9000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff893b9000-ffff8945a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8945a000-ffff8945b000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8945b000-ffff894fc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff894fc000-ffff894fd000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff894fd000-ffff8959e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8959e000-ffff8959f000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8959f000-ffff89640000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89800000-ffff89810000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff89810000-ffff8a010000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8a0d0000-ffff8a0e0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8a0ef000-ffff8a120000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffff8a120000-ffff8a122000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 763838 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.so ffff8a122000-ffff8a13f000 ---p 00002000 00:34 763838 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.so ffff8a13f000-ffff8a140000 r--p 0000f000 00:34 763838 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.so ffff8a140000-ffff8a141000 rw-p 00010000 00:34 763838 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/monitor.so ffff8a150000-ffffa3600000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa3610000-ffffa36d0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa36d0000-ffffa36d2000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 763811 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/trans/transdb.so ffffa36d2000-ffffa36ef000 ---p 00002000 00:34 763811 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/trans/transdb.so ffffa36ef000-ffffa36f0000 r--p 0000f000 00:34 763811 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/trans/transdb.so ffffa36f0000-ffffa36f1000 rw-p 00010000 00:34 763811 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/trans/transdb.so ffffa3700000-ffffa3710000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa3710000-ffffa3712000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 763767 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/encdb.so ffffa3712000-ffffa372f000 ---p 00002000 00:34 763767 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/encdb.so ffffa372f000-ffffa3730000 r--p 0000f000 00:34 763767 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/encdb.so ffffa3730000-ffffa3731000 rw-p 00010000 00:34 763767 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.4.0/enc/encdb.so ffffa3740000-ffffa3790000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa379e000-ffffa3900000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa3900000-ffffa391f000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 566619 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 ffffa391f000-ffffa392f000 ---p 0001f000 00:34 566619 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 ffffa392f000-ffffa3930000 r--p 0001f000 00:34 566619 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 ffffa3930000-ffffa3931000 rw-p 00020000 00:34 566619 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 ffffa3940000-ffffa3ada000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 770271 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ffffa3ada000-ffffa3aed000 ---p 0019a000 00:34 770271 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ffffa3aed000-ffffa3af0000 r--p 0019d000 00:34 770271 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ffffa3af0000-ffffa3af2000 rw-p 001a0000 00:34 770271 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ffffa3af2000-ffffa3afe000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa3b00000-ffffa3b85000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 770303 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 ffffa3b85000-ffffa3b9f000 ---p 00085000 00:34 770303 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 ffffa3b9f000-ffffa3ba0000 r--p 0008f000 00:34 770303 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 ffffa3ba0000-ffffa3ba1000 rw-p 00090000 00:34 770303 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 ffffa3bb0000-ffffa3bdd000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 566603 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1.1.0 ffffa3bdd000-ffffa3bef000 ---p 0002d000 00:34 566603 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1.1.0 ffffa3bef000-ffffa3bf0000 r--p 0002f000 00:34 566603 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1.1.0 ffffa3bf0000-ffffa3bf1000 rw-p 00030000 00:34 566603 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so.1.1.0 ffffa3bf1000-ffffa3bf9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa3c00000-ffffa41cb000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 763745 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4.2 ffffa41cb000-ffffa41d6000 ---p 005cb000 00:34 763745 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4.2 ffffa41d6000-ffffa41f0000 r--p 005d6000 00:34 763745 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4.2 ffffa41f0000-ffffa41f1000 rw-p 005f0000 00:34 763745 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.4.so.3.4.2 ffffa41f1000-ffffa4206000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa420f000-ffffa4220000 r--s 00000000 00:34 763738 /usr/bin/ruby3.4 ffffa4220000-ffffa4230000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa4230000-ffffa42aa000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 767074 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.5.0 ffffa42aa000-ffffa42bf000 ---p 0007a000 00:34 767074 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.5.0 ffffa42bf000-ffffa42c0000 r--p 0007f000 00:34 767074 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.5.0 ffffa42c0000-ffffa42c1000 rw-p 00080000 00:34 767074 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.5.0 ffffa42d0000-ffffa42ea000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 566707 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.3 ffffa42ea000-ffffa42ff000 ---p 0001a000 00:34 566707 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.3 ffffa42ff000-ffffa4300000 r--p 0001f000 00:34 566707 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.3 ffffa4300000-ffffa4301000 rw-p 00020000 00:34 566707 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.3 ffffa4307000-ffffa432e000 r-xp 00000000 00:34 769991 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 ffffa4339000-ffffa433d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa4340000-ffffa4342000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 ffffa4342000-ffffa4344000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 [vvar] ffffa4344000-ffffa4345000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] ffffa4345000-ffffa4347000 r--p 0002e000 00:34 769991 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 ffffa4347000-ffffa4349000 rw-p 00030000 00:34 769991 /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 ffffc0eef000-ffffc0f10000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] Segmentation fault ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:120277] [Ruby master Bug#20958] fix ENV.keys encoding on windows
by YO4 (Yoshinao Muramatsu) 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Issue #20958 has been reported by YO4 (Yoshinao Muramatsu). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20958: fix ENV.keys encoding on windows https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20958 * Author: YO4 (Yoshinao Muramatsu) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- [github PR#12368](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/12368) ENV.keys elements contain UTF-8 byte sequences with locale encoding on Windows. ``` > ruby -v -e "p ENV.keys.last; p ENV.keys.last.encoding; p ENV.keys.last.dup.force_encoding('utf-8')" ruby 3.3.5 (2024-09-03 revision ef084cc8f4) [x64-mingw-ucrt] "\x{E383}\x{86E3}\x{82B9}\x{E383}\x88" #<Encoding:Windows-31J> "テスト" ``` This patch changes the encoding of ENV.keys to utf-8 on Windows. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:117658] [Ruby master Feature#20448] Make coverage event hooking C API public
by ms-tob (Matt S) 09 Aug '26

09 Aug '26

Issue #20448 has been reported by ms-tob (Matt S). ---------------------------------------- Feature #20448: Make coverage event hooking C API public https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20448 * Author: ms-tob (Matt S) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- # Abstract Gathering code coverage information is a well-known goal within software engineering. It is most commonly used to assess code coverage during automated testing. A lesser known use-case is coverage-guided fuzz testing, which will be the primary use-case presented in this issue. This issue exists to request that Ruby coverage event hooking be made part of its official, public C API. # Background Ruby currently provides a number of avenues for hooking events *or* gathering coverage information: 1. The [Coverage](https://ruby-doc.org/3.3.0/exts/coverage/Coverage.html) module 2. The [TracePoint](https://ruby-doc.org/3.3.0/TracePoint.html) module 3. The [rb_add_event_hook](https://ruby-doc.org/3.3.0/extension_rdoc.html#label-Hoo… extension function Unfortunately, none of these pieces of functionality solve this issue's specific use-case. The `Coverage` module is not a great fit for real-time coverage analysis with an unknown start and stop point. Coverage-guided fuzz testing requires this. The `TracePoint` module and `rb_add_event_hook` are not able to hook branch and line coverage events. Coverage-guided fuzz testing typically tracks branch events. # Proposal The ultimate goal is to enable Ruby C extensions to process coverage events in real-time. I did some cursory investigation into the Ruby C internals to determine what it would take to achieve this, but I'm by no means an expert, so my list may be incomplete. The good news is that much of this functionality already exists, but it's part of the private, internal-only C API. 1. Make `RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_LINE` and `RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_BRANCH` public: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v3_3_0/vm_core.h#L2182-L2184 a. This would be an addition to the current public event types: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v3_3_0/include/ruby/internal/event.h#L32-… 2. Allow initializing global coverage state so that coverage tracking can be fully enabled a. Currently, if `Coverage.setup` or `Coverage.start` is not called, then coverage events cannot be hooked. I do not fully understand why this is, but I believe it has something to do with `rb_get_coverages` and `rb_set_coverages`. If calls to `rb_get_coverages` return `NULL` (https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v3_3_0/iseq.c#L641-L647, https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v3_3_0/iseq.c#L864-L868) then coverage hooking will not be enabled. I believe the `Coverage` module initializes that state via a `rb_set_coverages` call here: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v3_3_0/ext/coverage/coverage.c#L112-L120. b. So, to achieve this goal, a C extension would need to be able to call `rb_set_coverages` or somehow initialize the global coverage state. I've actually been able to achieve this functionality by calling undocumented features and defining `RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_BRANCH`: ```c #include <ruby.h> #include <ruby/debug.h> #define RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_BRANCH 0x020000 // ... rb_event_flag_t events = RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_BRANCH; rb_event_hook_flag_t flags = ( RUBY_EVENT_HOOK_FLAG_SAFE | RUBY_EVENT_HOOK_FLAG_RAW_ARG ); rb_add_event_hook2( (rb_event_hook_func_t) event_hook_branch, events, counter_hash, flags ); ``` If I call `Coverage.setup(branches: true)`, and add this event hook, then branch hooking works as expected. `rb_add_event_hook2` will still respect the `RUBY_EVENT_COVERAGE_BRANCH` value if its passed. But it would be better if I could rely on official functionality rather than undocumented features. The above two points would be requirements for this functionality, but there's an additional nice-to-have: 3. Extend the public `tracearg` functionality to include additional coverage information a. Currently, `tracearg` offers information like `rb_tracearg_lineno` and `rb_tracearg_path`. It would be helpful if it also provided additional coverage information like `coverage.c`'s column information and a unique identifier for each branch. Currently, I can only use `(path, lineno)` as a unique identifier for a branch because that's what's offered by the public API, but more information like column number would be helpful for uniquely identify branches. Since there can be multiple `if` statements on a single line, this can provide ambiguous identification for a branch event. # Use cases This use-case was born out of a new coverage-guided Ruby fuzzer: https://github.com/trailofbits/ruzzy. You can read more about its implementation details here: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/03/29/introducing-ruzzy-a-coverage-guided…. You can also find the Ruby C extension code behind its implementation here: https://github.com/trailofbits/ruzzy/blob/v0.7.0/ext/cruzzy/cruzzy.c#L220-L…. So, the primary use-case here is enabling real-time, coverage-guided fuzz testing of Ruby code. However, as mentioned in the abstract, gathering code coverage information is useful in many domains. For example, it could enable new workflows in standard unit/integration test coverage. It could also enable gathering coverage information in real-time as an application is running. I see this as the most generalized form of gathering code coverage information, and something like the `Coverage` module as a specialized implementation. Another example, https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20282 may be solved by this more generalized solution. We are tracking this request downstream here: https://github.com/trailofbits/ruzzy/issues/9 # Discussion Fuzz testing is another tool in a testers toolbelt. It is an increasingly common way to improve software's robustness. Go has it built in to the standard library, Python has Atheris, Java has Jazzer, JavaScript has Jazzer.js, etc. OSS-Fuzz has helped identify and fix over 10,000 vulnerabilities and 36,000 bugs [using fuzzing](https://google.github.io/oss-fuzz/#trophies). Ruby deserves a good fuzzer, and improving coverage gathering would help achieve that goal. The `Coverage` module, `TracePoint` module, and `rb_add_event_hook` function seem like they could fulfill this goal. However, after deeper investigation, none of them fit the exact requirements for this use-case. # See also - https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20282 - https://github.com/google/atheris - https://security.googleblog.com/2020/12/how-atheris-python-fuzzer-works.html - https://github.com/CodeIntelligenceTesting/jazzer/ - https://www.code-intelligence.com/blog/java-fuzzing-with-jazzer - https://go.dev/doc/security/fuzz/ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:120488] [Ruby master Feature#21005] Update the source location method to include line start/stop and column start/stop details
by bkuhlmann (Brooke Kuhlmann) 06 Aug '26

06 Aug '26

Issue #21005 has been reported by bkuhlmann (Brooke Kuhlmann). ---------------------------------------- Feature #21005: Update the source location method to include line start/stop and column start/stop details https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21005 * Author: bkuhlmann (Brooke Kuhlmann) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- ## Why 👋 Hello. After discussing with Kevin Newton and Benoit Daloze in [Feature 20999](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20999), I'd like to propose adding line start/stop and column start/stop information to the `#source_location` method for the following objects: - [Binding](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Binding.html) - [Proc](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Proc.html) - [Method](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Method.html) - [UnboundMethod](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/UnboundMethod.html) At the moment, when using `#source_location`, you only get the following information: ``` ruby def demo = "A demonstration." # From disk. method(:demo).source_location # ["/Users/bkuhlmann/Engineering/Misc/demo", 15] # From memory. method(:demo).source_location # ["(irb)", 3] ``` Notice, when asking for the source location, we only get the path/location as the first element and the line number as the second element but I'd like to obtain a much richer set of data which includes line start/stop and column start/stop so I can avoid leaning on the `RubyVM` for this information. Example: ``` ruby def demo = "A demonstration." # From disk. instructions = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.of method(:demo) puts [instructions.absolute_path, *instructions.to_a.dig(4, :code_location)] [ "/Users/bkuhlmann/Engineering/Misc/demo", # Source path. 15, # Line start. 0, # Column start. 15, # Line stop. 29 # Column stop. ] # From memory. instructions = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.of method(:demo) puts instructions.script_lines [ "def demo = \"A demonstration.\"\n", "" ] ``` By having access to the path (or lack thereof in case of IRB), line start/stop, and column start/stop, this means we could avoid using the RubyVM to obtain raw source code for any of these objects. This would not only enhance debugging situations but also improve Domain Specific Languages that wish to leverage this information for introducing new features and/or new debugging capabilities to the language. ## How Building upon the examples provided above, I'd like to see `Binding`, `Proc`, `Method`, and `UnboundMethod` respond to `#source_location` as follows: ``` ruby [ "/Users/bkuhlmann/Engineering/Misc/demo", # Source path. 15, # Line start. 15, # Line stop. 0, # Column start. 29 # Column stop. ] ``` Notice, for data grouping purposes, I changed the array structure to always start with the path as the first element, followed by line information, and ending with column information. Alternatively, it could might be nice to improve upon the above by answering a hash each time, instead, for a more self-describing data structure. Example: ``` ruby { path: "/Users/bkuhlmann/Engineering/Misc/demo", line_start: 15, line_stop: 15, column_start: 0, column_stop: 29 } ``` For in-memory, situations like IRB, it would be nice to answer the equivalent of `RubyVM::InstructionSequence#script_lines` which would always be an `Array` with no line or column information since only the source code is necessary. Example: ``` ruby [ "def demo = \"A demonstration.\"\n", "" ] ``` From a pattern matching perspective, this could provide the best of both worlds especially if information is answered as either a `Hash` or and `Array`. Example: ``` def demo = "A demonstration." case method(:demo).source_location in Hash then puts "Source information obtained from disk." in Array then puts "Source obtained from memory." else fail TypeError, "Unrecognized source location type." end ``` This above is only a simple example but there's a lot we could do with this information if the above pattern match was enhanced to deal with the extraction and formatting of the actual source code! ## Notes This feature request is related to the following discussions in case more context is of help: - [Feature 6012](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6012) - [Feature 20999](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20999) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115016] [Ruby master Bug#19921] TestYJIT#test_bug_19316 test failure
by vo.x (Vit Ondruch) 03 Aug '26

03 Aug '26

Issue #19921 has been reported by vo.x (Vit Ondruch). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19921: TestYJIT#test_bug_19316 test failure https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19921 * Author: vo.x (Vit Ondruch) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0dev (2023-10-12 master 52709a4862) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Testing with 52709a4862 on Fedora Rawhide, I observe following failure: ~~~ 94) Failure: TestYJIT#test_bug_19316 [/builddir/build/BUILD/ruby-3.3.0-52709a4862/test/ruby/test_yjit.rb:1126]: Expected no exits, but got {:opt_and=>1} ~~~ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:112045] [Ruby master Bug#19378] Windows: Use less syscalls for faster require of big gems
by aidog (Andi Idogawa) 27 Jul '26

27 Jul '26

Issue #19378 has been reported by aidog (Andi Idogawa). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19378: Windows: Use less syscalls for faster require of big gems https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19378 * Author: aidog (Andi Idogawa) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: 3.2.0 * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Hello 🙂 ## Problem require is slow on windows for big gems. (example: require 'gtk3'=> 3 seconds+). This is a problem for people who want to make cross platform GUI apps with ruby. ## Possible Reason As touched on in [#15797](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15797) it seems like require uses realpath, which is emulated on windows. It checks every parent directory. The same syscalls run many times. ## Testfile C:\tmp\speedtest\testrequire.rb: ``` ruby require __dir__ + "/helloworld1.rb" require __dir__ + "/helloworld2.rb" ``` ``` shell ruby --disable-gems C:\tmp\speedtest\testrequire.rb ``` ### Syscalls per File/Directory: 1. CreateFile 2. QueryInformationVolume 3. QueryIdInformation 4. QueryAllInformationFile 5. QueryNameInformationFile 6. QueryNameInformationFile 7. QueryNormalizedNameInformationFile 8. CloseFile ### Files/Directories checked 1. C:\tmp 2. C:\tmp\speedtest 3. C:\tmp\speedtest\helloworld1.rb 4. C:\tmp 5. C:\tmp\speedtest 6. C:\tmp\speedtest\helloworld2.rb For two required files Ruby had to do 8*6 = **48** syscalls. The syscalls orginate from rb_w32_reparse_symlink_p / lstat Rubygems live in subfolders with 9+ parts: "C:\Ruby32-x64\lib\ruby\gems\3.2.0\gems\glib2-4.0.8\lib\glib2\variant.rb" Each file takes 8 * 9 = **72**+ calls. For variant.rb it is **80** calls. The result for the syscalls don't change in such a short time, so it should be possible to cache it. With require_relative it's twice as many calls. ## Other testcases Same result: ``` ruby File.realpath __dir__ + "/helloworld1.rb" File.realpath __dir__ + "/helloworld2.rb" ``` ``` ruby File.stat __dir__ + "/helloworld1.rb" File.stat __dir__ + "/helloworld2.rb" ``` It does not happen in $LOAD_PATH.resolve_feature_path(__dir__ + "/helloworld1.rb") ## Request Would it be possible to cache the stat calls when using require? I tried to implement a cache inside the ruby source code, but failed. If not, is there now a way to combine ruby files into one? I previously talked about require here: [YJIT: Windows support lacking.](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19325#note-11) ## How to reproduce Ruby versions: At least 3.0+, most likely older ones too. Tested using Ruby Installer 3.1 and 3.2. [Procmon Software by Sysinternals](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/proc… -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:116456] [Ruby master Feature#20215] Introduce `IO#readable?`
by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 25 Jul '26

25 Jul '26

Issue #20215 has been reported by ioquatix (Samuel Williams). ---------------------------------------- Feature #20215: Introduce `IO#readable?` https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20215 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- There are some cases where, as an optimisation, it's useful to know whether more data is potentially available. We already have `IO#eof?` but the problem with using `IO#eof?` is that it can block indefinitely for sockets. Therefore, code which uses `IO#eof?` to determine if there is potentially more data, may hang. ```ruby def make_request(path = "/") client = connect_remote_host # HTTP/1.0 request: client.write("GET #{path} HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") # Read response client.gets("\r\n") # => "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n" # Assuming connection close, there are two things the server can do: # 1. peer.close # 2. peer.write(...); peer.close if client.eof? # <--- Can hang here! puts "Connection closed" # Avoid yielding as we know there definitely won't be any data. else puts "Connection open, data may be available..." # There might be data available, so yield. yield(client) end ensure client&.close end make_request do |client| puts client.read # <--- Prefer to wait here. end ``` The proposed `IO#readable?` is similar to `IO#eof?` but rather than blocking, would simply return false. The expectation is the user will subsequently call `read` which may then wait. The proposed implementation would look something like this: ```ruby class IO def readable? !!self.closed? end end class BasicSocket # Is it likely that the socket is still connected? # May return false positive, but won't return false negative. def readable? return false unless super # If we can wait for the socket to become readable, we know that the socket may still be open. result = self.recv_nonblock(1, MSG_PEEK, exception: false) # No data was available - newer Ruby can return nil instead of empty string: return false if result.nil? # Either there was some data available, or we can wait to see if there is data avaialble. return !result.empty? || result == :wait_readable rescue Errno::ECONNRESET # This might be thrown by recv_nonblock. return false end end ``` For `IO` itself, when there is buffered data, `readable?` would also return true immediately, similar to `eof?`. This is not shown in the above implementation as I'm not sure if there is any Ruby method which exposes "there is buffered data". -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115018] [Ruby master Bug#19922] ObjectSpace.dump_all in multiple threads in parallel causes SEGV
by wanabe (_ wanabe) 20 Jul '26

20 Jul '26

Issue #19922 has been reported by wanabe (_ wanabe). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19922: ObjectSpace.dump_all in multiple threads in parallel causes SEGV https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19922 * Author: wanabe (_ wanabe) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- `ObjectSpace.dump_all` in multiple threads in parallel causes SEGV. The reproduce code is here: ``` $ ruby -robjspace -e 'def dump; 10.times { ObjectSpace.dump_all } end; Thread.new { dump }; dump' /home/wanabe/.rbenv/versions/master/lib/ruby/3.3.0+0/objspace.rb:100: [BUG] Segmentation fault at 0x0000000000000000 (snip) ``` I attached the full log. I assumed that: - Thread1 - calls `rb_objspace_reachable_objects_from_root()` - changes `GET_RACTOR()->mfd`: mfd1 - calls `dump_flush()` - changes current thread due to IO - Thread2 - calls `rb_objspace_reachable_objects_from_root()` - changes `GET_RACTOR()->mfd`: mfd2 - calls `dump_flush()` - changes current thread due to IO - Thread1 - gets unexpected `GET_RACTOR()->mfd`: mfd2 ---Files-------------------------------- bug.log (23.1 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:113743] [Ruby master Feature#19708] Support `attr_reader :foo?`
by AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov) 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Issue #19708 has been reported by AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov). ---------------------------------------- Feature #19708: Support `attr_reader :foo?` https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19708 * Author: AMomchilov (Alexander Momchilov) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- Creating reader methods with `attr_reader` is preferable over defining them by hand, not only because it's more convenient, but also because it hits a fast path in MRI (see `VM_METHOD_TYPE_IVAR`). Since local and instance variables can't end with `?`, you can't use `attr_reader` to define predicate-style methods for boolean values, like: ```ruby class Person attr_reader(:name, :age, :active?) # invalid attribute name `active?' (NameError) def initialize @name = "Bob" @age = 30 @active = true end end ``` It would be nice if `attr_reader` (and friends) could behave like: ```ruby def active? = @active ``` (`attr_writer` and `attr_accessor` couldn't do the same, since `def active?=(new_value)` isn't valid, so they'd probably stick with `def active=(new_value)`) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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