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Nathan Rajlich 5f22832675 Serialize run_failed/step_failed errors through serialization pipeline (#1851)
* Serialize run_failed/step_failed errors through serialization pipeline

Switch run_failed, step_failed, and step_retrying events to persist
the full thrown value via the workflow serialization pipeline (as
SerializedData / Uint8Array) instead of a lossy { message, stack, code }
StructuredError shape. Consumers hydrate via hydrateRunError /
hydrateStepError to reconstruct the original thrown value, preserving
Error subclass identity, cause chains, and custom properties.

- WorkflowRun.error and Step.error are now SerializedData
- WorkflowRun gains a top-level errorCode plaintext field
- WorkflowRunFailedError.cause is now the hydrated thrown value
- Adds world-postgres migration 0010_add_error_code.sql
- Legacy pre-pipeline errorJson records surface as undefined on read

* Update Next.js workbenches for new WorkflowRunFailedError.cause type

cause is now `unknown` (the hydrated thrown value) rather than
`Error & { code }`. Defensively extract Error-shaped fields when the
hydrated value is an Error, otherwise round-trip the raw value, and
expose the new `errorCode` classification field.

* Update docs for WorkflowRunFailedError.cause: unknown

The hydrated `cause` is now `unknown` (the original thrown value
through the serialization pipeline) and the error classification has
moved to the top-level `errorCode` property. Update the two affected
docs pages and the `TSDoc` interface to reflect the new shape, and
narrow `cause` with `instanceof Error` before accessing fields.

* Expand test coverage for the run/step error serialization pipeline

Unit tests:
- 19 new dehydrate/hydrate{Step,Run}Error round-trip tests covering
  FatalError, plain Error, built-in Error subclasses, non-Error thrown
  values (string, plain object), cause chains, encryption round-trip,
  the binary format prefix contract, and the unserializable / unknown-
  format error paths.
- 5 new tests for Run.returnValue when the run is failed: hydrated
  FatalError + cause as cause, plain Error preservation, non-Error
  thrown values surfaced verbatim, cross-class cause chains, and the
  hydration-failure fallback that still surfaces errorCode.

E2E tests (new, in 99_e2e.ts + e2e.test.ts):
- Step throw → workflow catch round-trips a FatalError with a TypeError
  cause chain, asserting class identity, fatal marker, and cause name +
  message all survive the step_failed event pipeline.
- Workflow throw → run_failed reaches  status with the new
  top-level errorCode metadata exposed (cause-shape coverage lives at
  the unit level, since the SWC plugin's class registration is not
  invoked in the plain-Node e2e runner).
- Workflow throw of a non-Error value round-trips that value verbatim
  as WorkflowRunFailedError.cause.

Adjustments to existing assertions:
- error.cause is now ; tests narrow with
  and use the new top-level  field instead of .
- step.error / run.error from CLI --withData are now hydrated payloads:
  unregistered class instances surface as Instance refs whose
  carries the original message + stack.

Observability hydration:
- hydrateStepIO / hydrateWorkflowIO in serialization-format.ts now
  hydrate the  field via hydrateData, so the CLI and web UI
  continue to surface readable run/step error messages and stacks.

* Tighten error serialization changeset description

* Trim error serialization changeset to a single sentence

* Resolve FatalError/RetryableError revivers via cross-realm registry

When a workflow runs in a Node `vm` context, its bundled
`@workflow/errors` is a different module instance than the host's
import (separate prototype chains, separate class identity). Calling
`new FatalError(...)` from the host-side reviver produces a
host-realm instance that fails `err instanceof FatalError` checks
in the workflow code — even when the serialized payload was correctly
tagged via the dedicated `FatalError` reducer.

Surfaced by the local-prod e2e "step throw round-trips FatalError"
test on Next.js Turbopack: each route gets its own bundled chunk, so
the flow handler's `@workflow/errors` and the workflow VM bundle's
`@workflow/errors` are two distinct copies of the same module.

Fix:

- Each bundled copy of `@workflow/errors` self-registers its
  `FatalError` and `RetryableError` classes on `globalThis` via
  `Symbol.for("@workflow/errors//FatalError")` /
  `Symbol.for("@workflow/errors//RetryableError")`. First load wins
  per realm; the descriptor is non-writable / non-configurable to make
  accidental clobbering loud.

- The revivers in `@workflow/core`'s common reducers module read the
  consumer's `globalThis` (passed in as `global`) to pick up the
  realm-local class, falling back to the host-imported class when no
  registration is present (e.g. in the CLI / test runner).

* Use `types.isNativeError` to remap workflow stacks across VM realms

The runtime's run-failure path computes a source-map-remapped stack
and then assigns it back onto the thrown value via `if (err
instanceof Error) err.stack = errorStack`. Workflows run inside a
Node `vm` context, so a workflow-thrown error is an instance of the
VM realm's `Error` — `instanceof` against the host realm's
`Error` returns `false`, the assignment is skipped, and the
serialized `run_failed` event carries the un-remapped (bundled-line-
number) stack instead of the source-mapped one.

Switch the gate to `types.isNativeError`, which uses V8's internal
type tag and works across realms — same approach already in place
for the serialization reducers.

Caught by the local-prod e2e "nested function calls preserve message
and stack trace" and "cross-file imports preserve message and stack
trace" tests, which assert that the persisted run-error stack
contains `99_e2e.ts` / `helpers.ts`.

* Sync CLI revivers with core + add toJSON shim for Error subclasses

Two issues with the CLI's hand-rolled reviver list:

1. It hadn't been updated for the new first-class Error subclass
   reducers (`TypeError`, `RangeError`, `FatalError`, `RetryableError`,
   etc.). devalue throws "Unknown type X" when it encounters a
   reduced value with no matching reviver, and `hydrateResourceIO`
   swallows that error and surfaces the raw `Uint8Array` payload —
   so `step.error` / `run.error` showed up as raw byte dumps in
   `workflow inspect` output.

2. Even with all the right revivers, `Error.prototype`'s `message`
   / `stack` / `cause` are non-enumerable, so `JSON.stringify`
   (used by `workflow inspect --json`) drops them — leaving the
   subclass-specific enumerable fields (e.g. `FatalError.fatal`)
   visible but the actual error data missing.

Fix:

- Build the CLI reviver set on top of `getCommonRevivers()` from
  `@workflow/core` so the CLI stays in sync with the runtime's
  reducer set automatically. New core reducers/revivers will Just
  Work without any CLI-side change.

- Wrap each Error reviver from the common set with a thin shim that
  attaches a non-enumerable `toJSON` method to the produced
  `Error` instance. `JSON.stringify` calls `toJSON` and gets a
  full object (`name` + `message` + `stack` + `cause` + any
  enumerable subclass fields like `fatal` / `retryAfter` /
  `errors`); `util.inspect` ignores `toJSON` and renders the
  canonical `Error: msg\\n at ...` format. Best of both worlds for
  CLI output without compromising the runtime hydration path.

Caught by the local-prod e2e "basic step error preserves" and
"cross-file step error preserves" tests, which read
`failedStep.error.message` / `.stack` from the CLI's JSON output.

* Clarify parseErrorJson JSDoc to match its always-null return

The previous JSDoc described preserving legacy values "for best-effort
hydration" which contradicted the implementation, where legacy errors
are intentionally surfaced as absent (the pre-pipeline shapes can't be
hydrated by the new error revivers). Rewrite the comment so the contract
matches behavior. Also rename the now-unused parameter to `_errorJson`
to reflect that the function ignores it.

Caught by a code review on #1851.

* Refine error-handler ergonomics on the step / run hot paths

Three review-driven adjustments that all touch the queue handlers and
their interaction with the error serialization pipeline:

1. Memoize the per-run encryption key fetch. The step handler used to
   eagerly fetch + import the key at the top of every step delivery so
   the value would be in scope for every potential dehydrateStepError
   path. That pessimized step-started early-return cases (the fetch
   happens unconditionally even when the step never reaches user code)
   and required duplicating the same boilerplate at four call sites in
   runtime.ts. Introduce `memoizeEncryptionKey(world, run)` in
   runtime/helpers.ts that returns a lazy, single-fetch accessor;
   step-handler / runtime call sites use `await getEncryptionKey()`
   instead. The first caller pays the fetch cost, subsequent callers
   await the cached promise, and steps that fail before any
   encryption-aware work happens skip the fetch entirely.

2. Preserve the prior attempt's serialized error as the cause on the
   defensive max-retries-exceeded `step_failed` re-invocation guard.
   The existing comment explicitly opted out of cause attachment, but
   the symmetric post-failure path below already does this and the
   reviewer is right that consumers shouldn't have to walk the
   step_retrying event history to recover the underlying error. Best-
   effort: if hydration of the prior `step.error` throws, fall back
   to a FatalError without cause rather than letting the event write
   itself fail.

3. Document the intentional `unflatten` throw in
   `hydrateStepError` / `hydrateRunError` for non-Uint8Array input.
   SDK version is pinned per workflow run via skew protection so the
   non-binary branch is dead in production; if a misshapen value
   reaches it, surfacing the throw via the surrounding o11y try/catch
   is more debuggable than masking it. Add a comment so future
   reviewers don't reach for a defensive fallback.

A standalone `falls back to plaintext` suggestion on the run_failed
key fetch was rejected: when encryption is configured we should fail
loudly rather than silently emit plaintext error data. The queue's
redelivery semantics will retry the key fetch; persistent KMS outages
get logged with the existing "persistent error preventing the run from
being terminated" message rather than a security regression.

* Hydrate `event.eventData.error` in event listings

`hydrateEventData` enumerated the per-event fields that need
hydration (`result`, `input`, `output`, `metadata`, `payload`)
but omitted the new `error` field on `step_failed`,
`step_retrying`, and `run_failed` events. Without this branch,
o11y tools that list events (e.g. `workflow inspect events`) surface
the raw `Uint8Array` payload instead of a hydrated
`{ name, message, stack, … }` object even though the entity-level
`Run.error` / `Step.error` paths already hydrate.

Mirrors the existing per-field branches; the `try/catch` leaves the
field un-hydrated on parse failure rather than failing the whole
event view. Adds a unit test.

* Use `.is()` static checks in `classifyRunError` for cross-realm safety

Workflows execute inside a separate `vm` realm: the
`WorkflowRuntimeError` class bundled into the workflow code and the
host-imported one are distinct constructors, so an
`err instanceof WorkflowRuntimeError` check on a VM-thrown error
returns `false` and we'd misclassify genuine runtime errors (corrupted
event log, missing timestamps, workflow/step not registered) as user
errors.

Switch to each subclass's `.is()` static (a name-based duck check that
works across realms). Since `WorkflowRuntimeError.is` only matches its
own concrete name, enumerate every concrete subclass we want to
recognize (`StepNotRegisteredError`, `WorkflowNotRegisteredError`)
in a `RUNTIME_ERROR_CHECKS` table; keep that table in sync with the
class hierarchy in `@workflow/errors`.

Existing `classify-error.test.ts` already covers `WorkflowRuntimeError`
and `WorkflowNotRegisteredError` cases — both still pass.

* Add e2e coverage for step throws of non-Error values

We had `errorWorkflowThrowNonErrorValue` (workflow body throws a plain
object — round-trips verbatim as `WorkflowRunFailedError.cause`) but
no symmetric coverage for the step-throw side. Step-throw goes through
a different code path: non-Error values aren't recognized as
`FatalError` (no `name === 'FatalError'`) nor `RetryableError`,
so they take the transient retry path. After max retries the runtime
wraps the original thrown value as `cause` on a fresh `FatalError`
which the workflow's catch block then sees.

Add a workflow that throws a recognizable plain object from a step
with `maxRetries = 0` (so we exhaust on first attempt and avoid a
long test wait) and a workflow that asserts the wrapped FatalError
shape: `isFatal`, `instanceof FatalError`, message includes the
original object's serialized form, `cause` is the original non-Error
object verbatim with structure preserved.

Documents the current retry-then-wrap behavior so any future change
to "non-Error throws skip retries" semantics has to update the test.

* Note legacy postgres error-data loss in the run/step error changeset

Pre-upgrade failed runs that wrote into world-postgres's deprecated
`error` text column can't be hydrated through the new pipeline (the
shape is incompatible with the new revivers). The new runtime
intentionally surfaces them as `error: undefined` on read; the
original payload is still readable directly from the `errorJson`
column for manual inspection. Add a one-sentence note to the
changeset's migration text so consumers upgrading don't get blindsided
by suddenly-empty error fields on historical runs.
2026-05-04 15:18:46 -07:00
JJ Kasper 5010ebe7c5 fix(next): stabilize deferred canary e2e in nextjs workbenches (#1468)
* Revert "[ci] Fix nextjs lazy disocvery impacting e2e tests, disable experimental DurableAgent tests (#1400)"

This reverts commit a2c0c7e6d9.

* fix(next): stabilize deferred discovery on canary builders

* revert canary bump

* fix(next): stabilize local e2e discovery for webpack and turbopack

* fix(next): avoid copying sdk builtins in deferred step routes

* fix(next): restore deferred sdk step registration on canary

* fix(next): stabilize deferred discovery under canary watch
2026-03-23 10:56:30 -07:00
Nathan Rajlich 1959f2b8e7 Use relative import for _workflows in webpack trigger-pages (#1405)
esbuild's discovery build cannot resolve @/ path aliases when the
tsconfig does not have baseUrl set. Use a relative import so the
discovery can trace through _workflows.ts to find all workflow files.
2026-03-16 15:49:17 -07:00
Nathan Rajlich 54879835f3 Fix pages router default args: use empty array instead of [42] (#1081) 2026-02-17 01:47:48 -08:00
Nathan Rajlich 0946dad01b Remove "workflow/internal/serialization" export (#1082)
* Remove "workflow/internal/serialization" export

Was only being used in these two e2e test files and the data being passed in those tests don't rely on any specialized data types, so just use JSON there.

* Fix: Removing the `workflow/internal/serialization` export from package.json breaks 5 files in `packages/world-testing` that still import `hydrateWorkflowReturnValue` from that path.

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Nathan Rajlich 1060f9d04a Change user input/output to be binary data at the World interface (#853) 2026-01-28 10:36:28 -08:00
JJ Kasper 344c90ff9f Add Next.js pages router entries handling (#792)
* Add Next.js pages router entries handling

* update trigger-pages

* Apply suggestions from code review

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