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node/test
James M Snell e8cdfd3c2b stream: reduce per-chunk overhead in stream/iter consumers
bytes(), text(), arrayBuffer(), array() and their sync variants kept a
snapshot object for every collected chunk, plus a batch entry and its
views array, so they can detect chunks that were resized or detached
before the result is assembled. For streams of many small chunks this
dominated memory use: collecting 1,000,000 one-byte chunks peaked at
about 490 MB of heap for 1 MB of data.

A non-empty view of a fixed-length, non-shared ArrayBuffer can only
change by its buffer being detached, which makes its byteLength 0, so
recording its byteLength is enough. Keep a full snapshot only for
empty views and views of resizable or shared buffers. The same input
now peaks at about 60 MB and is collected about five times faster.

Assisted-by: OpenCode
Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66483
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
2026-10-10 17:56:18 +00:00
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Node.js Core Tests

This directory contains code and data used to test the Node.js implementation.

For a detailed guide on how to write tests in this directory, see the guide on writing tests.

On how to run tests in this directory, see the contributing guide.

For the tests to run on Windows, be sure to clone Node.js source code with the autocrlf git config flag set to true.

Test Directories

Directory Runs on CI Purpose
abort Yes Tests that use --abort-on-uncaught-exception and other cases where we want to avoid generating a core file.
addons Yes Tests for addon functionality along with some tests that require an addon.
async-hooks Yes Tests for async_hooks functionality.
benchmark Yes Test minimal functionality of benchmarks.
cctest Yes C++ tests that are run as part of the build process.
code-cache No Tests for a Node.js binary compiled with V8 code cache.
common N/A Common modules shared among many tests.1
doctool Yes Tests for the documentation generator.
es-module Yes Test ESM module loading.
fixtures N/A Test fixtures used in various tests throughout the test suite.
internet No Tests that make real outbound network connections.2
js-native-api Yes Tests for Node.js-agnostic Node-API functionality.
known_issues Yes Tests reproducing known issues within the system.3
message Yes Tests for messages that are output for various conditions
node-api Yes Tests for Node.js-specific Node-API functionality.
parallel Yes Various tests that are able to be run in parallel.
pseudo-tty Yes Tests that require stdin/stdout/stderr to be a TTY.
pummel No Various tests for various modules / system functionality operating under load.
sequential Yes Various tests that must not run in parallel.
testpy N/A Test configuration utility used by various test suites.
tick-processor No Tests for the V8 tick processor integration.4
v8-updates No Tests for V8 performance integration.

  1. Documentation ↩︎

  2. Tests for networking related modules may also be present in other directories, but those tests do not make outbound connections. ↩︎

  3. All tests inside of this directory are expected to fail. If a test doesn't fail on certain platforms, those should be skipped via known_issues.status. ↩︎

  4. The tests are for the logic in lib/internal/main/prof_process.js and lib/internal/v8_prof_polyfill.js. The tests confirm that the profile processor packages the correct set of scripts from V8 and introduces the correct platform specific logic. ↩︎