fix(shell): prevent memcpy overlap in Builtin arraybuf writes

Fixes Windows CI panic: "@memcpy arguments alias". The issue occurred
when writing to an arraybuf output where the source buffer could point
to memory within the same arraybuf, causing overlapping memory regions.

Changed from @memcpy to std.mem.copyForwards which safely handles
overlapping memory regions. This is particularly important during kill()
operations where buffers may be reused.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/bun.js/api/Shell.classes.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export default [
         fn: "getStarted",
         length: 0,
       },
+      kill: {
+        fn: "killFromJS",
+        length: 1,
+      },
     },
   }),
 ];

src/js/builtins/shell.ts

@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ export function createBunShellTemplateFunction(createShellInterpreter_, createPa
     #throws: boolean = true;
     #resolve: (code: number, stdout: Buffer, stderr: Buffer) => void;
     #reject: (code: number, stdout: Buffer, stderr: Buffer) => void;
+    #interp: $ZigGeneratedClasses.ShellInterpreter | undefined = undefined;
+    #killSignal: number | undefined = undefined;
 
     constructor(args: $ZigGeneratedClasses.ParsedShellScript, throws: boolean) {
       // Create the error immediately so it captures the stacktrace at the point
@@ -170,11 +172,30 @@ export function createBunShellTemplateFunction(createShellInterpreter_, createPa
         this.#hasRun = true;
 
         let interp = createShellInterpreter(this.#resolve, this.#reject, this.#args!);
+        this.#interp = interp;
         this.#args = undefined;
+
+        // If killed before starting, kill immediately
+        if (this.#killSignal !== undefined) {
+          interp.kill(this.#killSignal);
+        }
+
         interp.run();
       }
     }
 
+    kill(signal?: number): void {
+      const killSignal = signal ?? 9;
+      if (this.#interp) {
+        this.#interp.kill(killSignal);
+      } else {
+        // Only save kill signal if not already killed
+        if (this.#killSignal === undefined) {
+          this.#killSignal = killSignal;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     #quiet(): this {
       this.#throwIfRunning();
       this.#args!.setQuiet();

src/shell/Builtin.zig

@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ pub inline fn parentCmdMut(this: *Builtin) *Cmd {
 }
 
 pub fn done(this: *Builtin, exit_code: anytype) Yield {
+    // Guard against concurrent calls (e.g., normal completion racing with kill())
+    if (this.exit_code != null) return .done;
+
     const code: ExitCode = switch (@TypeOf(exit_code)) {
         bun.sys.E => @intFromEnum(exit_code),
         u1, u8, u16 => exit_code,
@@ -707,7 +710,8 @@ pub fn writeNoIO(this: *Builtin, comptime io_kind: @Type(.enum_literal), buf: []
                 len;
 
             const slice = io.arraybuf.buf.slice()[io.arraybuf.i .. io.arraybuf.i + write_len];
-            @memcpy(slice, buf[0..write_len]);
+            // Use copyForwards to handle potential overlap (e.g., when buf points to same arraybuf)
+            std.mem.copyForwards(u8, slice, buf[0..write_len]);
             io.arraybuf.i +|= @truncate(write_len);
             log("{s} write to arraybuf {d}\n", .{ @tagName(this.kind), write_len });
             return Maybe(usize).initResult(write_len);

src/shell/interpreter.zig

@@ -271,10 +271,12 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
     flags: packed struct(u8) {
         done: bool = false,
         quiet: bool = false,
-        __unused: u6 = 0,
+        killed: bool = false,
+        __unused: u5 = 0,
     } = .{},
     exit_code: ?ExitCode = 0,
     this_jsvalue: JSValue = .zero,
+    root_script: ?*Script = null,
 
     __alloc_scope: if (bun.Environment.enableAllocScopes) bun.AllocationScope else void,
 
@@ -1074,12 +1076,23 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn run(this: *ThisInterpreter) !Maybe(void) {
-        log("Interpreter(0x{x}) run", .{@intFromPtr(this)});
+        log("Interpreter(0x{x}) run killed={}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), this.flags.killed });
+
+        // Check if killed before starting
+        if (this.flags.killed) {
+            log("Interpreter(0x{x}) was killed before starting, finishing immediately", .{@intFromPtr(this)});
+            incrPendingActivityFlag(&this.has_pending_activity);
+            const exit_code = this.exit_code orelse 137; // Default to SIGKILL
+            _ = this.finish(exit_code);
+            return .success;
+        }
+
         if (this.setupIOBeforeRun().asErr()) |e| {
             return .{ .err = e };
         }
 
         var root = Script.init(this, &this.root_shell, &this.args.script_ast, Script.ParentPtr.init(this), this.root_io.copy());
+        this.root_script = root;
         this.started.store(true, .seq_cst);
         root.start().run();
 
@@ -1087,9 +1100,16 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn runFromJS(this: *ThisInterpreter, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callframe: *jsc.CallFrame) bun.JSError!JSValue {
-        log("Interpreter(0x{x}) runFromJS", .{@intFromPtr(this)});
         _ = callframe; // autofix
 
+        // Check if killed before starting
+        if (this.flags.killed) {
+            incrPendingActivityFlag(&this.has_pending_activity);
+            const exit_code = this.exit_code orelse 137; // Default to SIGKILL
+            _ = this.finish(exit_code);
+            return .js_undefined;
+        }
+
         if (this.setupIOBeforeRun().asErr()) |e| {
             defer this.deinitEverything();
             const shellerr = bun.shell.ShellErr.newSys(e);
@@ -1098,6 +1118,7 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
         incrPendingActivityFlag(&this.has_pending_activity);
 
         var root = Script.init(this, &this.root_shell, &this.args.script_ast, Script.ParentPtr.init(this), this.root_io.copy());
+        this.root_script = root;
         this.started.store(true, .seq_cst);
         root.start().run();
         if (globalThis.hasException()) return error.JSError;
@@ -1128,8 +1149,15 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
         if (child.ptr.is(Script)) {
             const script = child.as(Script);
             script.deinitFromInterpreter();
-            this.exit_code = exit_code;
-            if (this.async_commands_executing == 0) return this.finish(exit_code);
+
+            // Clear the root_script pointer to prevent use-after-free
+            this.root_script = null;
+
+            // Use the kill exit code if we were killed, otherwise use the script's exit code
+            const final_exit_code = if (this.flags.killed) (this.exit_code orelse exit_code) else exit_code;
+            this.exit_code = final_exit_code;
+
+            if (this.async_commands_executing == 0) return this.finish(final_exit_code);
             return .suspended;
         }
         @panic("Bad child");
@@ -1273,6 +1301,36 @@ pub const Interpreter = struct {
         return jsc.JSValue.jsBoolean(this.started.load(.seq_cst));
     }
 
+    pub fn killFromJS(this: *ThisInterpreter, _: *JSGlobalObject, callframe: *jsc.CallFrame) bun.JSError!jsc.JSValue {
+        const sig_arg = callframe.argument(0);
+        const signal_raw: i32 = if (sig_arg.isNumber()) sig_arg.to(i32) else @intFromEnum(bun.SignalCode.SIGKILL);
+
+        // Validate signal is in valid range (1-31 for standard signals)
+        const signal: i32 = if (signal_raw < 1 or signal_raw > 31) @intFromEnum(bun.SignalCode.SIGKILL) else signal_raw;
+
+        // If already done or killed, do nothing
+        if (this.flags.done or this.flags.killed) {
+            return .js_undefined;
+        }
+
+        // Mark as killed and set exit code
+        this.flags.killed = true;
+        const exit_code: ExitCode = 128 + @as(u8, @intCast(signal));
+        this.exit_code = exit_code;
+
+        // If not started yet, it will check flags.killed when it starts and finish immediately
+        if (!this.started.load(.seq_cst)) {
+            return .js_undefined;
+        }
+
+        // Kill all active processes/builtins in the execution tree
+        if (this.root_script) |root| {
+            root.kill(signal);
+        }
+
+        return .js_undefined;
+    }
+
     pub fn getBufferedStdout(this: *ThisInterpreter, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject) jsc.JSValue {
         return ioToJSValue(globalThis, this.root_shell.buffered_stdout());
     }

src/shell/states/Async.zig

@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@ pub fn deinit(this: *Async) void {
     _ = this;
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Async, signal: i32) void {
+    log("{} kill sig={d}", .{ this, signal });
+    if (this.state == .exec) {
+        if (this.state.exec.child) |child| {
+            if (child.ptr.is(Cmd)) {
+                child.as(Cmd).kill(signal);
+            } else if (child.ptr.is(Pipeline)) {
+                child.as(Pipeline).kill(signal);
+            } else if (child.ptr.is(If)) {
+                child.as(If).kill(signal);
+            } else if (child.ptr.is(CondExpr)) {
+                child.as(CondExpr).kill(signal);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn actuallyDeinit(this: *Async) void {
     this.io.deref();
     bun.destroy(this);

src/shell/states/Binary.zig

@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ pub fn childDone(this: *Binary, child: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
     return this.parent.childDone(this, exit_code);
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Binary, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Binary(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.currently_executing) |child| {
+        if (child.ptr.is(Cmd)) {
+            child.as(Cmd).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Pipeline)) {
+            child.as(Pipeline).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Binary)) {
+            child.as(Binary).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Async)) {
+            child.as(Async).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Subshell)) {
+            child.as(Subshell).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(If)) {
+            child.as(If).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(CondExpr)) {
+            child.as(CondExpr).kill(signal);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *Binary) void {
     if (this.currently_executing) |child| {
         child.deinit();

src/shell/states/Cmd.zig

@@ -213,6 +213,23 @@ pub fn isSubproc(this: *Cmd) bool {
     return this.exec == .subproc;
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Cmd, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Cmd(0x{x}, {s}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), @tagName(this.exec), signal });
+    switch (this.exec) {
+        .subproc => |*subproc| {
+            if (!subproc.child.hasExited()) {
+                _ = subproc.child.tryKill(signal);
+            }
+        },
+        .bltn => |*bltn| {
+            if (bltn.exit_code == null) {
+                _ = bltn.done(@as(ExitCode, @intCast(128 + @as(u8, @intCast(signal)))));
+            }
+        },
+        .none => {},
+    }
+}
+
 /// If starting a command results in an error (failed to find executable in path for example)
 /// then it should write to the stderr of the entire shell script process
 pub fn writeFailingError(this: *Cmd, comptime fmt: []const u8, args: anytype) Yield {

src/shell/states/CondExpr.zig

@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ fn doStat(this: *CondExpr) Yield {
     return .suspended;
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *CondExpr, signal: i32) void {
+    log("CondExpr(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.state == .expanding_args) {
+        this.state.expanding_args.expansion.kill(signal);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *CondExpr) void {
     this.io.deinit();
     for (this.args.items) |item| {

src/shell/states/Expansion.zig

@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ pub fn init(
     expansion.current_out = std.ArrayList(u8).init(expansion.base.allocator());
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Expansion, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Expansion(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.child_state == .cmd_subst) {
+        this.child_state.cmd_subst.cmd.kill(signal);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(expansion: *Expansion) void {
     log("Expansion(0x{x}) deinit", .{@intFromPtr(expansion)});
     expansion.current_out.deinit();

src/shell/states/If.zig

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ base: State,
 node: *const ast.If,
 parent: ParentPtr,
 io: IO,
+currently_executing: ?*Stmt = null,
 state: union(enum) {
     idle,
     exec: struct {
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ pub fn next(this: *If) Yield {
                 this.state.exec.stmt_idx += 1;
                 const stmt = this.state.exec.stmts.getConst(idx);
                 var newstmt = Stmt.init(this.base.interpreter, this.base.shell, stmt, this, this.io.copy());
+                this.currently_executing = newstmt;
                 return newstmt.start();
             },
             .waiting_write_err => return .suspended, // yield execution
@@ -148,6 +150,13 @@ pub fn next(this: *If) Yield {
     return this.parent.childDone(this, 0);
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *If, signal: i32) void {
+    log("{} kill sig={d}", .{ this, signal });
+    if (this.currently_executing) |stmt| {
+        stmt.kill(signal);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *If) void {
     log("{} deinit", .{this});
     this.io.deref();
@@ -162,6 +171,7 @@ pub fn childDone(this: *If, child: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
         @panic("Expected `exec` state in If, this indicates a bug in Bun. Please file a GitHub issue.");
     }
 
+    this.currently_executing = null;
     var exec = &this.state.exec;
     exec.last_exit_code = exit_code;
 

src/shell/states/Pipeline.zig

@@ -260,6 +260,26 @@ pub fn childDone(this: *Pipeline, child: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
     return .suspended;
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Pipeline, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Pipeline(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.cmds) |cmds| {
+        for (cmds) |*cmd_or_result| {
+            if (cmd_or_result.* == .cmd) {
+                const cmd = cmd_or_result.cmd;
+                if (cmd.is(Cmd)) {
+                    cmd.as(Cmd).kill(signal);
+                } else if (cmd.is(If)) {
+                    cmd.as(If).kill(signal);
+                } else if (cmd.is(CondExpr)) {
+                    cmd.as(CondExpr).kill(signal);
+                } else if (cmd.is(Subshell)) {
+                    cmd.as(Subshell).kill(signal);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *Pipeline) void {
     // If commands was zero then we didn't allocate anything
     if (this.cmds == null) return;

src/shell/states/Script.zig

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ base: State,
 node: *const ast.Script,
 io: IO,
 parent: ParentPtr,
+currently_executing: ?*Stmt = null,
 state: union(enum) {
     normal: struct {
         idx: usize = 0,
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ pub fn next(this: *Script) Yield {
             this.state.normal.idx += 1;
             var io = this.getIO();
             var stmt = Stmt.init(this.base.interpreter, this.base.shell, stmt_node, this, io.ref().*);
+            this.currently_executing = stmt;
             return stmt.start();
         },
     }
@@ -85,12 +87,20 @@ fn finish(this: *Script, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
 
 pub fn childDone(this: *Script, child: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
     child.deinit();
+    this.currently_executing = null;
     if (this.state.normal.idx >= this.node.stmts.len) {
         return this.finish(exit_code);
     }
     return this.next();
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Script, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Script(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.currently_executing) |stmt| {
+        stmt.kill(signal);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *Script) void {
     log("Script(0x{x}) deinit", .{@intFromPtr(this)});
     this.io.deref();

src/shell/states/Stmt.zig

@@ -124,6 +124,27 @@ pub fn childDone(this: *Stmt, child: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yield {
     return this.next();
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Stmt, signal: i32) void {
+    log("Stmt(0x{x}) kill sig={d}", .{ @intFromPtr(this), signal });
+    if (this.currently_executing) |child| {
+        if (child.ptr.is(Cmd)) {
+            child.as(Cmd).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Pipeline)) {
+            child.as(Pipeline).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Binary)) {
+            child.as(Binary).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Async)) {
+            child.as(Async).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(Subshell)) {
+            child.as(Subshell).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(If)) {
+            child.as(If).kill(signal);
+        } else if (child.ptr.is(CondExpr)) {
+            child.as(CondExpr).kill(signal);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *Stmt) void {
     log("Stmt(0x{x}) deinit", .{@intFromPtr(this)});
     this.io.deinit();

src/shell/states/Subshell.zig

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ base: State,
 node: *const ast.Subshell,
 parent: ParentPtr,
 io: IO,
+currently_executing: ?*Script = null,
 state: union(enum) {
     idle,
     expanding_redirect: struct {
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ pub fn initDupeShellState(
 pub fn start(this: *Subshell) Yield {
     log("{} start", .{this});
     const script = Script.init(this.base.interpreter, this.base.shell, &this.node.script, Script.ParentPtr.init(this), this.io.copy());
+    this.currently_executing = script;
     return script.start();
 }
 
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ pub fn next(this: *Subshell) Yield {
 pub fn transitionToExec(this: *Subshell) Yield {
     log("{} transitionToExec", .{this});
     const script = Script.init(this.base.interpreter, this.base.shell, &this.node.script, Script.ParentPtr.init(this), this.io.copy());
+    this.currently_executing = script;
     this.state = .exec;
     return script.start();
 }
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ pub fn childDone(this: *Subshell, child_ptr: ChildPtr, exit_code: ExitCode) Yiel
     }
 
     if (child_ptr.ptr.is(Script)) {
+        this.currently_executing = null;
         child_ptr.deinit();
         return this.parent.childDone(this, exit_code);
     }
@@ -170,6 +174,13 @@ pub fn onIOWriterChunk(this: *Subshell, _: usize, err: ?jsc.SystemError) Yield {
     return this.parent.childDone(this, this.exit_code);
 }
 
+pub fn kill(this: *Subshell, signal: i32) void {
+    log("{} kill sig={d}", .{ this, signal });
+    if (this.currently_executing) |script| {
+        script.kill(signal);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(this: *Subshell) void {
     this.base.shell.deinit();
     this.io.deref();

test/js/bun/shell/shell-kill-edge-cases.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+import { $ } from "bun";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "os";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+describe("Shell kill() - State Node Coverage", () => {
+  test("kill If statement with active condition", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if sleep 10; then echo "never"; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill If statement with active then branch", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if true; then sleep 10; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill If statement with active else branch", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if false; then echo "skip"; else sleep 10; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill If statement with active elif condition", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if false; then echo "skip"; elif sleep 10; then echo "never"; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill subshell", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`(sleep 10)`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill nested subshells", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`(((sleep 10)))`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill binary AND during first command", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 && echo "never"`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill binary AND during second command", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`true && sleep 10`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill binary OR during first command", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 || echo "never"`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill binary OR during second command", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`false || sleep 10`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  // Background commands (&) not yet supported
+  // test("kill async command with &", async () => {
+  //   const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 &`;
+  //   await Bun.sleep(50);
+  //   p.kill();
+  //   const r = await p;
+  //   expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  // });
+
+  test("kill command substitution during expansion", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo $(sleep 10)`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill during glob expansion", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    // Create many files to slow down glob
+    for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+      writeFileSync(join(tmpDir, `file${i}.txt`), "");
+    }
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo ${tmpDir}/*.txt`.cwd(tmpDir);
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Race Conditions", () => {
+  test("kill immediately after creation", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill during shell start", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    const promise = p.then(r => r);
+    // Kill during the brief moment of startup
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await promise;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("double kill before start", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill();
+    p.kill(); // Should be no-op
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill after completion", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`true`;
+    const r1 = await p;
+    expect(r1.exitCode).toBe(0);
+
+    // Kill after completion should be no-op
+    p.kill();
+
+    // Result should not change
+    expect(r1.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("rapid sequential kills with different signals", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill(15); // SIGTERM (first kill wins)
+    p.kill(2); // SIGINT (should be ignored - already killed)
+    p.kill(9); // SIGKILL (should be ignored - already killed)
+    const r = await p;
+    // Should use the first signal (SIGTERM)
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(143);
+  });
+
+  test("kill racing with builtin completion", async () => {
+    // Echo completes very quickly, try to catch race condition
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test"`;
+      const promise = p.then(r => r);
+      p.kill();
+      const r = await promise;
+      // Either killed (137) or completed (0), but should not crash
+      expect([0, 137]).toContain(r.exitCode);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Complex Pipelines", () => {
+  test("kill 3-stage pipeline", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 | sleep 10 | sleep 10`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill pipeline with builtins and processes", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test" | cat | sleep 10`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill nested pipeline in subshell", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`(sleep 10 | cat)`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill complex nested structure", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if true; then (sleep 10 | cat) && echo "never"; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Builtin Commands", () => {
+  test("kill during ls builtin", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    // Create many files
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+      writeFileSync(join(tmpDir, `file${i}.txt`), "");
+    }
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`ls`.cwd(tmpDir);
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill during cat builtin", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const bigFile = join(tmpDir, "big.txt");
+    writeFileSync(bigFile, "x".repeat(1000000));
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`cat ${bigFile}`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Signal Variations", () => {
+  test("kill with SIGINT (2)", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill(2);
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(130); // 128 + 2
+  });
+
+  test("kill with SIGQUIT (3)", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill(3);
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(131); // 128 + 3
+  });
+
+  test("kill with SIGHUP (1)", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill(1);
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(129); // 128 + 1
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Resource Management", () => {
+  test("kill does not leak file descriptors", async () => {
+    // Create and kill many shells
+    const promises = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 | cat | cat`;
+      p.kill();
+      promises.push(p);
+    }
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    for (const r of results) {
+      expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    }
+
+    // If FDs leaked, subsequent operations would fail
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test"`;
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with quiet mode", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`.quiet();
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with environment variables", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`.env({ TEST_VAR: "value" });
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with custom cwd", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`.cwd(tmpDir);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Stress Tests", () => {
+  test("rapid kill and await cycle", async () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+      p.kill();
+      const r = await p;
+      expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("many concurrent kills", async () => {
+    const promises = Array.from({ length: 50 }, () => {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+      p.kill();
+      return p;
+    });
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    for (const r of results) {
+      expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("kill with alternating signals", async () => {
+    const signals = [9, 15, 2, 3, 1, 9, 15, 2, 3, 1];
+    const promises = signals.map(sig => {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+      p.kill(sig);
+      return p.then(r => ({ sig, exitCode: r.exitCode }));
+    });
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    for (const { sig, exitCode } of results) {
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(128 + sig);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Integration with Redirects", () => {
+  test("kill with stdout redirect", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const outFile = join(tmpDir, "out.txt");
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 > ${outFile}`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with stdin redirect", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const inFile = join(tmpDir, "in.txt");
+    writeFileSync(inFile, "test data");
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 < ${inFile}`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with stderr redirect", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const errFile = join(tmpDir, "err.txt");
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 2> ${errFile}`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+});

test/js/bun/shell/shell-kill-safety.test.ts

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+import { $ } from "bun";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "os";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+describe("Shell kill() - Safety and Correctness", () => {
+  test("killed shell does not execute subsequent commands", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const marker = join(tmpDir, "should-not-exist.txt");
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 1 && echo "bad" > ${marker}`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    // The file should not be created because the shell was killed
+    expect(existsSync(marker)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("killed shell in if-then does not execute then branch", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const marker = join(tmpDir, "should-not-exist.txt");
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if sleep 1; then echo "bad" > ${marker}; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    expect(existsSync(marker)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("killed shell in if-else does not execute else branch", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const marker = join(tmpDir, "should-not-exist.txt");
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if false; then echo "skip"; else sleep 1 && echo "bad" > ${marker}; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    expect(existsSync(marker)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("killed shell does not leave zombie processes", async () => {
+    // Skip on Windows - ps aux is Unix-only
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Create multiple shells that spawn subprocesses
+    const promises = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 100 | sleep 100 | sleep 100`;
+      await Bun.sleep(10);
+      p.kill();
+      promises.push(p);
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(promises);
+
+    // Wait a bit for processes to clean up
+    await Bun.sleep(100);
+
+    // Check that no sleep processes are still running
+    // Note: This is a best-effort check - in production, the OS will clean up orphans
+    const psResult = await $`ps aux`.text();
+    const sleepCount = (psResult.match(/sleep 100/g) || []).length;
+
+    // Should be 0 or very low (might catch some from other tests)
+    expect(sleepCount).toBeLessThan(5);
+  });
+
+  test("kill during file write does not corrupt file", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const outFile = join(tmpDir, "output.txt");
+
+    // Write a known good value first
+    writeFileSync(outFile, "initial content\n");
+
+    // Try to kill during a write operation
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test data" >> ${outFile}`;
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    // File should either have the initial content or the appended content,
+    // but should not be corrupted or truncated
+    const content = readFileSync(outFile, "utf8");
+    expect(content.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(content).toMatch(/^initial content/);
+  });
+
+  test("kill does not affect other concurrent shells", async () => {
+    const p1 = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    const p2 = new $.Shell()`echo "success"`;
+    const p3 = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+
+    // Kill p1 and p3 but let p2 complete
+    p1.kill();
+    p3.kill();
+
+    const [r1, r2, r3] = await Promise.all([p1, p2, p3]);
+
+    expect(r1.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    expect(r2.exitCode).toBe(0); // p2 should complete successfully
+    expect(r2.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe("success");
+    expect(r3.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("multiple awaits on killed shell return same result", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill();
+
+    const r1 = await p;
+    const r2 = await p;
+
+    expect(r1.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    expect(r2.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    expect(r1).toBe(r2); // Should be the same object
+  });
+
+  test("kill with invalid signal defaults to SIGKILL", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+
+    // Invalid signals (negative, 0, >31) default to SIGKILL (9)
+    p.kill(-1);
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137); // 128 + 9
+  });
+
+  test("kill during pipeline setup does not leak file descriptors", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+
+    // Create many files to ensure glob is slow
+    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+      writeFileSync(join(tmpDir, `file${i}.txt`), "test");
+    }
+
+    // Try to kill during pipeline setup (during glob expansion)
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`cat ${tmpDir}/*.txt | wc -l`.cwd(tmpDir);
+      // Kill immediately, might catch during setup
+      p.kill();
+      await p;
+    }
+
+    // If FDs leaked, subsequent file operations would fail
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test"`;
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("kill honors quiet mode (no stderr output)", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`.quiet();
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    // In quiet mode, stderr should be empty
+    expect(r.stderr.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("killed shell can be safely garbage collected", async () => {
+    // Create and kill many shells without holding references
+    for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+      p.kill();
+      await p;
+      // Let p go out of scope
+    }
+
+    // Force GC if available
+    if (global.gc) {
+      global.gc();
+      await Bun.sleep(100);
+      global.gc();
+    }
+
+    // System should still be stable
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "stable"`;
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe("stable");
+  });
+
+  test("kill before any state transition", async () => {
+    // Kill before the shell even starts parsing
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test" | cat | wc -l`;
+    p.kill(); // Immediate kill
+    const r = await p;
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  });
+
+  test("kill returns immediately even if processes take time to die", async () => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 100`;
+    const start = Date.now();
+
+    p.kill();
+    const r = await p;
+
+    const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+
+    expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+    // Should complete in under 1 second (kill should be fast)
+    expect(elapsed).toBeLessThan(1000);
+  });
+
+  test("killed shell with command substitution", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const marker = join(tmpDir, "should-not-exist.txt");
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`echo $(sleep 1 && echo "bad" > ${marker})`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    // The command substitution should be killed
+    expect(existsSync(marker)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("kill complex nested structure does not execute inner commands", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "shell-test-"));
+    const marker = join(tmpDir, "should-not-exist.txt");
+
+    const p = new $.Shell()`if true; then (sleep 1 && echo "bad" > ${marker}) && echo "never"; fi`;
+    await Bun.sleep(50);
+    p.kill();
+    await p;
+
+    expect(existsSync(marker)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("kill with very short sleep still returns killed exit code", async () => {
+    // This tests the race between natural completion and kill
+    const results = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 0.001`;
+      p.kill();
+      const r = await p;
+      results.push(r.exitCode);
+    }
+
+    // Most should be killed (137), but some might complete naturally (0)
+    const killedCount = results.filter(c => c === 137).length;
+    const completedCount = results.filter(c => c === 0).length;
+
+    // At least some should have been killed
+    expect(killedCount).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    // Total should be 20
+    expect(killedCount + completedCount).toBe(20);
+  });
+
+  test("kill after shell completes does not cause use-after-free", async () => {
+    // This test caught a critical use-after-free bug where kill() after
+    // completion would access freed Script memory
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      const p = new $.Shell()`true`;
+      const r = await p;
+      expect(r.exitCode).toBe(0);
+
+      // Kill after completion should be safe (no-op)
+      p.kill(); // This used to cause use-after-free!
+
+      // Should still be able to access result
+      expect(r.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    }
+  });
+});

test/js/bun/shell/shell-kill.test.ts

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+import { $ } from "bun";
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+test("kill() with default signal (SIGKILL)", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137); // 128 + 9
+});
+
+test("kill() with SIGTERM", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  p.kill(15);
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(143); // 128 + 15
+});
+
+test("kill() before shell starts (lazy execution)", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() after shell starts", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  const promise = p.then(r => r);
+  await Bun.sleep(100);
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await promise;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() pipeline", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10 | sleep 10`;
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() multiple concurrent shells", async () => {
+  const p1 = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  const p2 = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  const p3 = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+
+  p1.kill(9);
+  p2.kill(15);
+  p3.kill();
+
+  const [r1, r2, r3] = await Promise.all([p1, p2, p3]);
+
+  expect(r1.exitCode).toBe(137);
+  expect(r2.exitCode).toBe(143);
+  expect(r3.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() with nothrow()", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`.nothrow();
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() builtin command", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`echo "test" && sleep 10`;
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() is idempotent", async () => {
+  const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+  p.kill();
+  p.kill();
+  p.kill();
+  const r = await p;
+  expect(r.exitCode).toBe(137);
+});
+
+test("kill() with different signals", async () => {
+  const signals = [9, 15, 2, 3];
+  const promises = signals.map(async sig => {
+    const p = new $.Shell()`sleep 10`;
+    p.kill(sig);
+    const r = await p;
+    return { sig, exitCode: r.exitCode };
+  });
+
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+
+  for (const { sig, exitCode } of results) {
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(128 + sig);
+  }
+});