fix(runtime): throw when runtime module code generation fails in updateHash by Pcmhacker-piro · Pull Request #22032 · webpack/webpack

Pcmhacker-piro · 2026-09-10T09:22:14Z

Summary

In RuntimeModule.prototype.updateHash, when generate() / getGeneratedCode() threw an error during module hashing, the error was caught and swallowed by hashing err.message instead:

try {
  const code = this.fullHash || this.dependentHash ? this.generate() : this.getGeneratedCode();
  if (code !== null && code !== undefined) hash.update(code);
} catch (err) {
  hash.update(err.message);
}

Hashing err.message causes several issues:

It suppresses the underlying failure from Compilation._createModuleHash, preventing ModuleHashingError from being recorded and reported.
The hash of the module collapses to a constant error message string instead of reflecting the module's actual generated code.
Because the module hash serves as the cache key/etag in Compilation/codeGeneration, with persistent caching enabled (cache: { type: "filesystem" }), the cache saves and subsequent builds retrieve stale runtime module code across graph changes.

This PR removes the try-catch fallback to err.message in RuntimeModule.updateHash:

If generate() throws during _createModuleHash, the error propagates to Compilation._createModuleHash, where it is caught and recorded as a ModuleHashingError, failing the build loudly instead of silently poisoning the persistent cache.
In Compilation.js's full-hash runtime modules pass, module.updateHash calls are wrapped to consistently record ModuleHashingError if generation fails.

Fixes #22026.

What kind of change does this PR introduce?

fix

Did you add tests for your changes?

Yes:

Added test/RuntimeModule.unittest.js to verify hashing with name, stage, and generated code, cache state handling with fullHash/dependentHash, and that errors thrown by generate() propagate rather than being swallowed into err.message.
Added test/configCases/runtime/runtime-module-update-hash-throw asserting that a runtime module that throws during generate() properly fails compilation with ModuleHashingError.

Does this PR introduce a breaking change?

No. Runtime modules whose generation fails during hashing previously generated corrupted hashes and poisoned persistent cache entries.

If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?

n/a

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…teHash Closes webpack#22026

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coderabbitai · 2026-09-10T09:22:45Z

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Runtime module generation errors now propagate during hash updates. Compilation records these failures as module hashing errors, and tests cover hash inputs, caching, exception propagation, and compilation failure reporting.

Runtime module hashing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Propagate and record hashing errors `lib/RuntimeModule.js`, `lib/Compilation.js`	`RuntimeModule.updateHash` no longer hashes generation error messages. `Compilation` records hashing failures as `ModuleHashingError` and conditionally updates matching code-generation jobs.
Validate `RuntimeModule` hash behavior `test/RuntimeModule.unittest.js`	Tests cover hash inputs, generated-code caching conditions, and propagation of generation exceptions.
Exercise compilation failure handling `test/configCases/runtime/runtime-module-update-hash-throw/*`, `.changeset/013-runtime-module-update-hash-throw.md`	A failing runtime module is added to every chunk. The configuration test expects compilation errors, and the changeset records a patch release.

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Runtime-module generation failures now fail compilation instead of producing cache hashes. The regression fixture may not exercise the full-hash path, leaving a small coverage gap that should be corrected; merge risk is low.

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In `@test/configCases/runtime/runtime-module-update-hash-throw/webpack.config.js`:
- Line 9: Update the FailingRuntimeModule constructor to set fullHash to true
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includes it in the full-hash processing and updateHash invokes generate;
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-10T09:28:34Z

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+class FailingRuntimeModule extends RuntimeModule {
+	constructor() {
+		super("failing runtime module");


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#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail printf '%s\n' '--- RuntimeModule hash flow ---' rg -n -C 8 'updateHash$|generate\($|fullHash' lib/RuntimeModule.js printf '%s\n' '--- test case files ---' find test/configCases/runtime/runtime-module-update-hash-throw -maxdepth 2 -type f -print -exec sh -c 'echo "--- $1"; cat -n "$1"' _ {} \;

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Set fullHash on FailingRuntimeModule.

RuntimeModule.fullHash defaults to false, so Compilation.addRuntimeModule does not add this module to the full-hash set. Set this.fullHash = true in the constructor so updateHash() calls generate() from the changed full-hash loop. Keep the existing error expectation.

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alexander-akait · 2026-09-10T12:35:10Z

Thanks for the PR and for the write-up in #22026.

This has landed as #22034 (a73d3c6), which makes the same change — RuntimeModule.updateHash no longer hashes err.message, and the full-hash re-hash in Compilation.js records a ModuleHashingError instead of aborting the compilation — so I'm closing this as superseded rather than because anything was wrong with it.

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RuntimeModule.updateHash falls back to the error message when generate() throws, so the persistent cache serves a stale runtime module (ESM output, 5.104–5.109) #22026

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