oven-sh/bun · error

Read failed: ${absolutePath}

Error message

Read failed: ${absolutePath}

What it means

Error "Read failed: ${absolutePath}" thrown in oven-sh/bun.

Source

Thrown at scripts/utils.mjs:932

 * @param {object} [options]
 * @param {boolean} [options.cache]
 * @returns {string}
 */
export function readFile(filename, options = {}) {
  const absolutePath = resolve(filename);
  if (options["cache"]) {
    if (cachedFiles?.[absolutePath]) {
      return cachedFiles[absolutePath];
    }
  }

  debugLog("$", "cat", absolutePath);

  let content;
  try {
    content = readFileSync(absolutePath, "utf-8");
  } catch (cause) {
    throw new Error(`Read failed: ${absolutePath}`, { cause });
  }

  if (options["cache"]) {
    cachedFiles ||= {};
    cachedFiles[absolutePath] = content;
  }

  return content;
}

/**
 * @param {string} path
 * @param {number} mode
 */
export function chmod(path, mode) {
  debugLog("$", "chmod", path, mode);
  chmodSync(path, mode);
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at scripts/utils.mjs:932 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of oven-sh/bun@8c5296ac45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a2293add60c0f32b. Report an issue: GitHub.