Malte UblandClaude Opus 5.5
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fs.watchFile(path[, options], listener) polls the resolved path every `interval` milliseconds (5007 by default, `persistent` by default) and calls its listener with (current, previous) Stats when a poll sees a difference. The first poll only records the baseline, a path that cannot be stat'd polls as all-zero Stats, and a stat failure that repeats for the same errno is not re-reported. One poller per RESOLVED path is shared by every listener on it, and fs.unwatchFile(path[, listener]) removes the last listener registered with that callback, or every listener when called without one. The call is a statement, since Node's StatWatcher has no lowering, and bigint: true is refused. The implementation is scr_watch_file.c, a new gated runtime unit switched by moduleUsesFsWatchFile, so programs that do not poll link none of it. The feature travels the usual chain (runtime-features, executable-features, the native link info, the executable cache keys, the runtime-pack matrix) and the validator learns that fs.unwatchFile's trailing listener slot may be omitted. Evidence: - tests/corpus/fs-watch-file-names.ts and fs-watch-file-polling.ts match Node on stdout, stderr and exit status in the plain and sanitized lanes - 1564-fs-watch.ts, 1751-options-record-stance.ts and the `fs` corpus stay green; the new order baselines and corpus cost files are recorded Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Node compatibility ledger
This workspace package owns scriptc's Node.js parity system.
node-v24.jsonpins the Node release tag, commit, and canonical docs/source inputs.static-support.jsonoverlays dedicated compiler paths and their internal test evidence on the compiler's generated surface manifest.generated/node-v24-internal.jsonis the engineering ledger, including implementation evidence and repository test paths.pnpm node-compat:backlogderives the internal tier-specific work queue from the ledger; it is not committed. It separates verification, implementation, explicit-refusal replacement, and partial-surface audit work, and prioritizes stable Node APIs above experimental, deprecated, and legacy APIs.docs/src/generated/node-v24-compatibility.jsonis the stripped public artifact consumed by the docs website. It contains compiler-relevant runtime APIs, statuses, verification bases, and user-facing details; documentation, metadata, command-line/configuration entries, and rows that are N/A for native execution remain internal.
Statuses are evidence-aware: supported and partial require test evidence; refused requires an explicit compiler diagnostic or native throwing stub; not-implemented is the actionable backlog for an owned API family with no implementation match; by-design records an architectural exclusion; unreviewed still needs classification; and not-applicable is not a runtime API for that execution tier.
Run pnpm node-compat:backlog from the repository root for a summary. The filters --tier, --action, --priority, --chapter, and --status compose; use --format=json or --format=tsv for tooling.
Run pnpm node-compat from the repository root after changing the Node pin or the support manifest. pnpm node-compat --local does the same without network access while the pin is unchanged, by reclassifying the committed ledger rows; after a merge, node scripts/regen-generated.mjs regenerates every generated file instead of a hand merge. pnpm node-compat:check is the offline drift/evidence gate; pnpm --filter @internal/compatibility check:upstream additionally verifies the pinned upstream inputs over the network.
npm packages that compile as builtins
The ledger counts Node APIs, so npm packages that compile as a Node builtin have no rows. packages/compiler/src/frontend/builtin-package-aliases.ts lists them, each with the checked major versions and the reason its module is that builtin on Node 24. One entry is a documented divergence rather than an identity: readable-stream 2.x, 3.x and 4.x compile as node:stream; for 2.x and 4.x that is the package's READABLE_STREAM=disable behavior. Without that variable Node runs the package's own JavaScript streams. The tests/corpus/readable-stream-disable program pins the disabled behavior. 3.x, a copy of Node 10's streams, cannot run disabled on Node 24 (its disable branch throws), so tests/corpus/readable-stream-3 pins only behavior its own streams share with the builtin.