August 2026 - ruby-core - ml.ruby-lang.org

[ruby-core:126430] [Ruby Misc#22249] DevMeeting-2026-09-10
by mame (Yusuke Endoh) 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #22249 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh). ---------------------------------------- Misc #22249: DevMeeting-2026-09-10 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22249 * Author: mame (Yusuke Endoh) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- # The next dev meeting **Date: 2026/09/10 13:00-17:00** (JST) Log: *TBD* - Dev meeting *IS NOT* a decision-making place. All decisions should be done at the bug tracker. - Dev meeting is a place we can ask Matz, nobu, nurse and other developers directly. - Matz is a very busy person. Take this opportunity to ask him. If you can not attend, other attendees can ask instead of you (if attendees can understand your issue). - We will write a record of the discussion in the file or to each ticket in English. - All activities are best-effort (keep in mind that most of us are volunteer developers). - The date, time and place of the meeting are scheduled according to when/where we can reserve Matz's time. - *DO NOT* discuss then on this ticket, please. # Call for agenda items If you have a ticket that you want matz and committers to discuss, please post it into this ticket in the following format: ``` * [Ticket ref] Ticket title (your name) * Comment (A summary of the ticket, why you put this ticket here, what point should be discussed, etc.) ``` Example: ``` * [Feature #14609] `Kernel#p` without args shows the receiver (ko1) * I feel this feature is very useful and some people say :+1: so let discuss this feature. ``` - It is recommended to add a comment by 2026/09/07. We hold a preparatory meeting to create an agenda a few days before the dev-meeting. - The format is strict. We'll use [this script to automatically create an markdown-style agenda](https://gist.github.com/mame/b0390509ce1491b43610b9ebb665eb86). We may ignore a comment that does not follow the format. - Your comment is mandatory. We cannot read all discussion of the ticket in a limited time. We appreciate it if you could write a short summary and update from a previous discussion. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

10 9

[ruby-core:121450] [Ruby Bug#21200] Ractor spuriously hangs, segfault or errors
by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #21200 has been reported by Eregon (Benoit Daloze). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21200: Ractor spuriously hangs, segfault or errors https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21200 * Author: Eregon (Benoit Daloze) * Status: Open * Assignee: ractor * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- For a new test `test_ractor_parallel` I added in https://github.com/ruby/etc/pull/52/files This seems a Ractor bug. Example failures: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/actions/runs/14097239052/job/39486770259?pr=12… ``` 1) Failure: TestEtc#test_ractor_parallel [/Users/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/etc/test_etc.rb:178]: assert_separately failed with error message pid 51588 exit 0 | [BUG] ``` https://github.com/ruby/ruby/actions/runs/14094646363/job/39479353266?pr=12… ``` TestEtc#test_ractor_parallel [/Users/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/etc/test_etc.rb:178]: assert_separately failed with error message pid 47346 exit 0 | [BUG] pthread_mutex_lock: Invalid argument (EINVAL) | ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-03-26T22:25:25Z pull/12984/merge 1ea32181b7) +PRISM [arm64-darwin23] | | -- Crash Report log information -------------------------------------------- | See Crash Report log file in one of the following locations: | * ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports | * /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports | for more details. | Don't forget to include the above Crash Report log file in bug reports. | | -- Control frame information ----------------------------------------------- | | | -- Threading information --------------------------------------------------- | Total ractor count: 1 | Ruby thread count for this ractor: 0 | | -- C level backtrace information ------------------------------------------- | [BUG] Segmentation fault at 0xfffffffffffffff8 | ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-03-26T22:25:25Z pull/12984/merge 1ea32181b7) +PRISM [arm64-darwin23] | | -- Crash Report log information -------------------------------------------- | See Crash Report log file in one of the following locations: | * ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports | * /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports | for more details. | Don't forget to include the above Crash Report log file in bug reports. | | Crashed while printing bug report | [IMPORTANT] | Don't forget to include the Crash Report log file under | DiagnosticReports directory in bug reports. | ``` https://github.com/ruby/ruby/actions/runs/14069270994/job/39402894235#step:… ``` 1) Error: TestEtc#test_ractor_parallel: Test::Unit::ProxyError: execution of Test::Unit::CoreAssertions#assert_separately expired timeout (10 sec) pid 145797 killed by SIGKILL (signal 9) | /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/etc/test_etc.rb:178:in 'TestEtc#test_ractor_parallel' ``` The test has been disabled for now in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/12992. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

2 1

[ruby-core:111960] [Ruby master Bug#19364] Issue with tracepoint enable/disable across ractors
by luke-gru (Luke Gruber) 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #19364 has been reported by luke-gru (Luke Gruber). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19364: Issue with tracepoint enable/disable across ractors https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19364 * Author: luke-gru (Luke Gruber) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- This sometimes segfaults: ```ruby def test_enable_disable_in_multiple_ractors_with_target rs = [] 100.times do |i| # setup new iseqs Kernel.define_method :"my_method_to_change_for_tracing_#{i}" do true end end 100.times do |i| rs << Ractor.new(i) do |j| meth = :"my_method_to_change_for_tracing_#{j}" tp = TracePoint.new(:line) { } # local to ractor 100.times do tp.enable(target: method(meth)) # change iseq internals of given method, should be done with lock tp.disable # disable hooks should hold lock too, changes method definition internals end end end rs.each(&:take) # shouldn't raise end test_enable_disable_in_multiple_ractors_with_target() ``` Changing iseq internals is done without the VM lock. This is true in Tracepoint#enable and Tracepoint#disable methods. I have a patch coming. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

3 2

[ruby-core:116061] [Ruby master Bug#20158] Ractor affects Coverage results
by janosch-x 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #20158 has been reported by janosch-x (Janosch Müller). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20158: Ractor affects Coverage results https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20158 * Author: janosch-x (Janosch Müller) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0preview1 (2023-05-12 master a1b01e7701) [arm64-darwin22] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I have a large rspec test suite. I found that if I call a Ractor, the Coverage results are strongly affected, i.e. almost all files appear to be uncovered. This happens even if I only ever call a Ractor before the library or rspec are required. Unfortunately, I was not able to build a simple repro yet. I assume it is a timing thing and only affects larger suites, or it only happens if there are multiple files, and maybe if the library lazily requires its sub-modules? However, I guess this should produce the same results when added to the spec_helper.rb of other large suites: ```ruby # Ractor.new { nil } # uncomment this to affect coverage results require 'coverage' Coverage.start # require library, set up rspec etc. RSpec.configuration.after(:suite) do # this number is greatly reduced and unstable when calling Ractor above p Coverage.result.values.sum { |arr| arr.sum(&:to_i) } end ``` I had this problem in [this library](https://github.com/jaynetics/character_set/). The problem affects simplecov users as well, as described [here](https://github.com/simplecov-ruby/simplecov/issues/1058). -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

4 5

[ruby-core:121941] [Ruby Bug#21315] Finalizers violate the `rb_ractor_confirm_belonging` assertion
by byroot (Jean Boussier) 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #21315 has been reported by byroot (Jean Boussier). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21315: Finalizers violate the `rb_ractor_confirm_belonging` assertion https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21315 * Author: byroot (Jean Boussier) * Status: Open * Assignee: ractor * Backport: 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Reproduction (with assertions enabled): ```ruby require "tempfile" Ractor.new do 10.times do Tempfile.new end end.take GC.start ``` ``` <OBJ_INFO:rb_ractor_confirm_belonging@../src/ractor_core.h:375> (File) /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/lib/tempfile.rb:387: [BUG] rb_ractor_confirm_belonging object-ractor id:1, current-ractor id:2 ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-05-09T15:51:24Z pull/13291/merge e289a1dc58) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] -- Control frame information ----------------------------------------------- c:0005 p:0007 s:0025 e:000024 METHOD /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/lib/tempfile.rb:387 [FINISH] c:0004 p:0022 s:0020 e:000019 METHOD /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/lib/prism/parse_result.rb:833 [FINISH] c:0003 p:---- s:0012 e:000011 CFUNC :parse_lex_file c:0002 p:0006 s:0007 e:000006 BLOCK /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/prism/ractor_test.rb:26 [FINISH] c:0001 p:---- s:0003 e:000002 DUMMY [FINISH] -- Ruby level backtrace information ---------------------------------------- /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/prism/ractor_test.rb:26:in 'block in test_parse_lex_file' /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/test/prism/ractor_test.rb:26:in 'parse_lex_file' /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/lib/prism/parse_result.rb:833:in 'initialize' /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/src/lib/tempfile.rb:387:in 'call' -- Threading information --------------------------------------------------- Total ractor count: 2 Ruby thread count for this ractor: 1 -- C level backtrace information ------------------------------------------- /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_print_backtrace+0x14) [0x561441aeedbf] ../src/vm_dump.c:843 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_vm_bugreport) ../src/vm_dump.c:1175 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(bug_report_end+0x0) [0x561441aa3f39] ../src/error.c:1097 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_bug_without_die_internal) ../src/error.c:1097 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(die+0x0) [0x5614416e237f] ../src/error.c:1115 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_bug) ../src/error.c:1117 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_ractor_confirm_belonging+0xde) [0x56144188c6be] ../src/ractor_core.h:376 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(vm_exec_core+0xef) [0x5614418b23ef] /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/vm.inc:2500 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_vm_exec+0x156) [0x5614418a4676] ../src/vm.c:2618 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(vm_call0_cc+0x13d) [0x5614418aa1dd] ../src/vm_eval.c:101 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_vm_call0+0x4c) [0x5614418b1cc5] ../src/vm_eval.c:61 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_vm_call_kw) ../src/vm_eval.c:326 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_check_funcall_default_kw) ../src/vm_eval.c:694 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_gc_run_obj_finalizer+0x1cf) [0x56144170220f] ../src/gc.c:306 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_multi_ractor_p+0x0) [0x56144170246f] ../src/gc/default/default.c:2820 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_vm_lock_enter) ../src/vm_sync.h:74 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(rb_gc_vm_lock) ../src/gc.c:137 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(finalize_list) ../src/gc/default/default.c:2843 /home/runner/work/ruby/ruby/build/ruby(finalize_deferred_heap_pages) ../src/gc/default/default.c:2866 ``` I think it wouldn't be hard to disable that check when running a finalizer, but I don't know if it's the correct thing to do. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

5 8

[ruby-core:112091] [Ruby master Bug#19387] Issue with ObjectSpace.each_objects not returning IO objects after starting a ractor
by luke-gru (Luke Gruber) 09 Sep '26

09 Sep '26

Issue #19387 has been reported by luke-gru (Luke Gruber). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19387: Issue with ObjectSpace.each_objects not returning IO objects after starting a ractor https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19387 * Author: luke-gru (Luke Gruber) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ```ruby r = Ractor.new do receive # block, the problem is not the termination of the ractor but the starting end ObjectSpace.each_object(IO) { |io| p io # we get no objects } ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

6 9

[ruby-core:115328] [Ruby master Bug#19996] `RUBY_MN_THREADS=1` triggers Action Cable unit test failures
by yahonda (Yasuo Honda) 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Issue #19996 has been reported by yahonda (Yasuo Honda). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19996: `RUBY_MN_THREADS=1` triggers Action Cable unit test failures https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19996 * Author: yahonda (Yasuo Honda) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.3.0dev (2023-11-09T16:24:15Z :detached: c49adfab5d) +MN [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ### Steps to reproduce 1. Install `ruby 3.3.0dev` 2. Set `RUBY_MN_THREADS=1` environment variable 3. git clone https://github.com/rails/rails cd rails rm Gemfile.lock bundle install cd actioncable bin/test test/channel/base_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/channel/test_case_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/client_test.rb --seed 14800 ``` ### Expected behavior It should pass as not setting ``` $ unset RUBY_MN_THREADS $ bin/test test/channel/base_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/channel/test_case_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/client_test.rb --seed 14800 /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/minitest-5.20.0/lib/minitest.rb:3: warning: mutex_m which will no longer be part of the default gems since Ruby 3.4.0. Add mutex_m to your Gemfile or gemspec. Run options: --seed 14800 # Running: ......................................................................... Finished in 12.031310s, 6.0675 runs/s, 46.7115 assertions/s. 73 runs, 562 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips $ ``` ### Actual behavior It usually fails as follows. ``` $ bin/test test/channel/base_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/channel/test_case_test.rb test/subscription_adapter/redis_test.rb test/client_test.rb --seed 14800 /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/minitest-5.20.0/lib/minitest.rb:3: warning: mutex_m which will no longer be part of the default gems since Ruby 3.4.0. Add mutex_m to your Gemfile or gemspec. Run options: --seed 14800 # Running: ..................................................F Failure: RedisAdapterTest::AlternateConfiguration#test_channel_prefix [/home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/subscription_adapter/common.rb:35]: Expected #<Concurrent::Event:0x00007f0b2698d4f0 @__Lock__=#<Thread::Mutex:0x00007f0b26f8cab8>, @__Condition__=#<Thread::ConditionVariable:0x00007f0b26f8ca90>, @set=false, @iteration=0> to be set?. bin/test test/subscription_adapter/channel_prefix.rb:6 .F Failure: RedisAdapterTest::AlternateConfiguration#test_multiple_broadcast [/home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/subscription_adapter/common.rb:35]: Expected #<Concurrent::Event:0x00007f0b2698a4d0 @__Lock__=#<Thread::Mutex:0x00007f0b26fac688>, @__Condition__=#<Thread::ConditionVariable:0x00007f0b26fac4f8>, @set=false, @iteration=0> to be set?. bin/test test/subscription_adapter/common.rb:74 E Error: ClientTest#test_interacting_clients: ThreadError: queue empty <internal:thread_sync>:18:in `pop' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:168:in `read_message' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:241:in `block (2 levels) in test_interacting_clients' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:218:in `block (2 levels) in concurrently' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/promises.rb:1583:in `evaluate_to' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/promises.rb:1766:in `block in on_resolvable' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/executor/ruby_thread_pool_executor.rb:352:in `run_task' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/executor/ruby_thread_pool_executor.rb:343:in `block (3 levels) in create_worker' <internal:kernel>:187:in `loop' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/executor/ruby_thread_pool_executor.rb:334:in `block (2 levels) in create_worker' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/executor/ruby_thread_pool_executor.rb:333:in `catch' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/executor/ruby_thread_pool_executor.rb:333:in `block in create_worker' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/promises.rb:1258:in `raise' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/promises.rb:1258:in `wait_until_resolved!' /home/yahonda/.rbenv/versions/trunk/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0+0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.2.2/lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/promises.rb:988:in `value!' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:218:in `map' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:218:in `concurrently' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:240:in `block in test_interacting_clients' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:90:in `with_puma_server' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:234:in `test_interacting_clients' bin/test test/client_test.rb:233 E Error: ClientTest#test_disappearing_client: ThreadError: queue empty <internal:thread_sync>:18:in `pop' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:168:in `read_message' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:275:in `block in test_disappearing_client' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:90:in `with_puma_server' /home/yahonda/src/github.com/rails/rails/actioncable/test/client_test.rb:273:in `test_disappearing_client' bin/test test/client_test.rb:272 .................. Finished in 1323.812615s, 0.0551 runs/s, 0.3830 assertions/s. 73 runs, 507 assertions, 2 failures, 2 errors, 0 skips $ ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

3 2

[ruby-core:118182] [Ruby master Bug#20526] File.open(encoding: "bom|utf-8") converts "\r\n" to "\n" on Windows
by kou (Kouhei Sutou) 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Issue #20526 has been reported by kou (Kouhei Sutou). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20526: File.open(encoding: "bom|utf-8") converts "\r\n" to "\n" on Windows https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20526 * Author: kou (Kouhei Sutou) * Status: Open * Target version: 3.2 * ruby -v: ruby 3.2.2 (2023-03-30 revision e51014f9c0) [x64-mingw-ucrt] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I'm not sure whether this is an intentional behavior but it seems that `encoding: "utf-8"` doesn't change newline conversion but `encoding: "bom|utf-8"` changes newline conversion: ```ruby File.write("a.txt", "a\r\n") File.read("a.txt").bytes # => [97, 13, 10] File.open("a.txt", encoding: "utf-8") {|f| f.read.bytes} # => [97, 10, 10] File.open("a.txt", encoding: "bom|utf-8") {|f| f.read.bytes} # => [97, 10] XXX: \r\n -> \n File.open("a.txt", encoding: "bom|utf-8", universal_newline: false) {|f| f.read.bytes} # => [97, 13, 10] ``` Note that the `XXX: ` line the above codes. Is this an intentional behavior? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

3 5

[ruby-core:125706] [Ruby Bug#22106] Getting a segfault when using finalizers and/or WeakMap in Ractors
by miles-georgi (Miles Georgi) 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Issue #22106 has been reported by miles-georgi (Miles Georgi). ---------------------------------------- Bug #22106: Getting a segfault when using finalizers and/or WeakMap in Ractors https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22106 * Author: miles-georgi (Miles Georgi) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 4.0.5 (2026-05-20 revision 64336ffd0e) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN, 4.0: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- If I run the following script I get a segfault: ```ruby def ractor_and_port_counts total_ractor_count = total_ractor_port_count = open_ractor_count = open_ractor_port_count = 0 ObjectSpace.each_object do |object| case object when Ractor total_ractor_count += 1 open_ractor_count += 1 unless object.default_port.closed? when Ractor::Port total_ractor_port_count += 1 open_ractor_port_count += 1 unless object.closed? end end [total_ractor_count, open_ractor_count, total_ractor_port_count, open_ractor_port_count] end def show_ractor_counts GC.start pp ractor_and_port_counts end class Wrapper class << self def finalizer_proc proc do |id| wrapper_to_ractor = Ractor[:wrapper_to_ractor] if wrapper_to_ractor wrapper_to_ractor[id]&.each_key { |ractor| ractor << :close } rescue Ractor::ClosedError end end end def setup_finalizer(wrapper) wrapper_to_ractor = Ractor[:wrapper_to_ractor] ||= {} map = wrapper_to_ractor[wrapper.object_id] ||= ObjectSpace::WeakMap.new map[wrapper.ractor] = true ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(wrapper, &finalizer_proc) end end attr_reader :ractor def initialize(object) @ractor = Ractor.new do loop { break if receive == :close } o = nil end @ractor.send(object, move: true) self.class.setup_finalizer(self) end end class Outer def initialize = @inner = Wrapper.new(Inner.new) end class Inner; end show_ractor_counts outer = Wrapper.new(Outer.new) show_ractor_counts outer = nil # Removing the following line makes it so it only segfaults sometimes instead of everytime show_ractor_counts ``` I'll attach the script and the whole segfault but part of the segfault is: ``` <internal:gc>:44: [BUG] FL_FINALIZE flag is set, but finalizers are not found ruby 4.0.5 (2026-05-20 revision 64336ffd0e) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] -- Control frame information ----------------------------------------------- c:0004 p:0010 s:0023 e:000018 l:y b:0001 METHOD <internal:gc>:44 c:0003 p:0004 s:0011 e:000010 l:y b:0001 METHOD test_scripts/finalizer-in-ractor-test-segfault:23 c:0002 p:0075 s:0007 E:000f98 l:n b:---- EVAL test_scripts/finalizer-in-ractor-test-segfault:72 [FINISH] c:0001 p:0000 s:0003 E:000b40 l:y b:---- DUMMY [FINISH] -- Ruby level backtrace information ---------------------------------------- test_scripts/finalizer-in-ractor-test-segfault:72:in '<main>' test_scripts/finalizer-in-ractor-test-segfault:23:in 'show_ractor_counts' <internal:gc>:44:in 'start' ``` This happens in both a local build of 4.1-dev and 4.0.5 I suspect one might need to put GC.start at the end of the script if unable to reproduce. ---Files-------------------------------- segfault.txt (22 KB) finalizer-in-ractor-test-segfault (1.66 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

2 2

[ruby-core:126538] [Ruby Feature#22277] Make `rb_gc_register_address` Ractor-local
by eightbitraptor (Matt V-H) 07 Sep '26

07 Sep '26

Issue #22277 has been reported by eightbitraptor (Matt V-H). ---------------------------------------- Feature #22277: Make `rb_gc_register_address` Ractor-local https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22277 * Author: eightbitraptor (Matt V-H) * Status: Open * Assignee: eightbitraptor (Matt V-H) * Target version: 4.1 ---------------------------------------- ## Summary [Github PR #18393](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/18393) `rb_gc_register_address` stores its entries in a single VM-wide list. This means that every Ractor local GC walks the list under a VM wide lock, which causes contention between Ractors attempting to GC. The associated PR changes the storage to per-ractor lists, removing the lock. However, due to potential Ractor isolation issues, we've restricted `rb_gc_register_address` and `rb_gc_unregister_address` to the main ractor. We would like to have a discussion about this restriction before going ahead with this change. ## Background Each ractor owns an objspace. A local GC marks only that ractor's roots and sweeps only its own pages. Using a VM-wide list with this design means that: - Every ractor's local GC scans every slot, under a shared lock. - A slot can name an object in another ractor's objspace. - If ractor A registers a slot and the slot's value is an unshareable object owned by ractor B, every ractor's GC marks the object. Storing it there violates the Ractor isolation guarantees, but the object stays alive, so it works. Changing this so that each Ractor maintains it's own list changes this so that only the registering Ractor's GC scans it's own list, which means we don't need to do this under a lock. However this introduces a situation where a slot on Ractor A's list holds an unshareable object owned by Ractor B, then Ractor B's local GC will not scan A's list, and A's local GC won't mark objects in B's objspace (because mark_maybe filters by objspace). This means that B can collect the object while A holds a reference to it, leading to a potential use-after-free. Because `rb_gc_register_address` and `rb_gc_unregister_address` are part of the public C API. It's tough to enforce a contract that restricts a slots value to one that's either shareable or owned by the main Ractor, because we register addresses, and any C extension can manipulate the value at that address at any time. ## Implementation detail The associated PR adds a "registered_addrs" array and a listed flag to each `rb_ractor_t` instance. When an address registered the Ractor in question is added to a VM local registry of Ractors who's lists are not empty, so that any calls to `rb_gc_unregister_address` can find the registering Ractor easily. Each Ractor local GC marks the current ractors list via `rb_ractor_mark_local_roots` and each Global GC marks every Ractors list, including terminated Ractors whose structs haven't been freed yet. The `rb_gc_register_address` and `rb_gc_unregister_address` functions now raise `Ractor::UnsafeError` when run from a non-main Ractor. This is a fairly blunt mechanism for ensuring that we can't end up with dangling pointers, but does restrict the usage of this API in ways that might be problematic. ## Concerns The main concern with this approach is the main Ractor only restriction? This is a semantic change from how the existing API works, and does restrict the functionality somewhat. This will only affect gems with C extensions that register and unregister objects dynamically at runtime. Registration during `Init_` functions still runs on the main Ractor and is unaffected. On 2026-08-25 we ran a codesearch over an index of published gems, looking for gems that both call `rb_ext_ractor_safe(true)` to declare themselves ractor safe and also call `rb_gc_register_address`. We found a total of 14 packages that matched both calls. Of which 6 were forks of other packages also in the list. Of the remaining 8 packages, 5 contained `rb_gc_register_address` calls that were _only_ within `Init_` functions. These would be unaffected by the change. The remaining 3 are [`oj`](https://rubygems.org/gems/oj), [`ox`](https://rubygems.org/gems/ox), and [`stack_trace`](https://rubygems.org/gems/stack_trace). Given the infrequency of this usage in real world Ruby applications. Should we add some documentation around `rb_gc_register_address` to document it's restricted usage, and patch the affected gems upstream? -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

3 3