Summary
Built-in functions and constructors are still missing own name / length data
properties across a wide swath of the standard library. Test262 verifyProperty
checks fail with "name should be an own property" / "length should be an own
property" on ~131 cases spanning ~25 categories.
This is a follow-on to the now-closed #3143 ("Built-in property descriptors &
.name/.length conformance"). That issue landed partial coverage, but a full
parity sweep shows the conformance is far from complete — many builtins still
lack the own name/length properties (with the spec-required
{writable:false, enumerable:false, configurable:true} descriptor shape).
Evidence
From a test262 + node-core parity sweep (2026-05-31): 131 failures with this
exact signature. Affected categories (top): Function (9), RegExp (6), Math (6),
Reflect (6), TypedArrayConstructors (6), NativeErrors (5), Date (5), Object (5),
plus single/double-digit hits across ArrayBuffer, AsyncFunction, BigInt,
DataView, Array, Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet, Promise, and more.
Representative cases:
built-ins/Array/from/Array.from-name.js — "name should be an own property"
built-ins/Array/from/Array.from_arity.js — "length should be an own property"
built-ins/ArrayBuffer/isView/{name,length}.js
built-ins/AsyncFunction/{instance-has-name,instance-length}.js
built-ins/BigInt/asIntN/{name,length}.js, asUintN/{name,length}.js
built-ins/Reflect/apply/{name,length}.js, defineProperty/{name,length}.js
built-ins/DataView/{name,length}.js
Repro
// All of these should print the spec values; today the own-property lookup fails.
console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Array.from, 'name')); // {value:'from', writable:false, enumerable:false, configurable:true}
console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(BigInt.asIntN, 'length')); // length 2
console.log(Reflect.apply.name, Reflect.apply.length);
Why it's high-leverage
This is a single semantic (own name/length descriptors on builtins) that, once
generalized, clears ~131 failures at once. It also unblocks verifyProperty-based
assertions in many other categories that currently abort early on this check.
Suggested scope
Audit how .name/.length are installed on builtin function/constructor objects
(the mechanism #3143 introduced) and extend it to cover every builtin
function/constructor uniformly, with the correct descriptor attributes.
Filed from the parity-gap radar (scripts/parity_gap_report.py). Cluster: 131
failures, "name/length should be an own property".
Summary
Built-in functions and constructors are still missing own
name/lengthdataproperties across a wide swath of the standard library. Test262
verifyPropertychecks fail with "name should be an own property" / "length should be an own
property" on ~131 cases spanning ~25 categories.
This is a follow-on to the now-closed #3143 ("Built-in property descriptors &
.name/.length conformance"). That issue landed partial coverage, but a full
parity sweep shows the conformance is far from complete — many builtins still
lack the own
name/lengthproperties (with the spec-required{writable:false, enumerable:false, configurable:true}descriptor shape).Evidence
From a test262 + node-core parity sweep (2026-05-31): 131 failures with this
exact signature. Affected categories (top): Function (9), RegExp (6), Math (6),
Reflect (6), TypedArrayConstructors (6), NativeErrors (5), Date (5), Object (5),
plus single/double-digit hits across ArrayBuffer, AsyncFunction, BigInt,
DataView, Array, Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet, Promise, and more.
Representative cases:
built-ins/Array/from/Array.from-name.js— "name should be an own property"built-ins/Array/from/Array.from_arity.js— "length should be an own property"built-ins/ArrayBuffer/isView/{name,length}.jsbuilt-ins/AsyncFunction/{instance-has-name,instance-length}.jsbuilt-ins/BigInt/asIntN/{name,length}.js,asUintN/{name,length}.jsbuilt-ins/Reflect/apply/{name,length}.js,defineProperty/{name,length}.jsbuilt-ins/DataView/{name,length}.jsRepro
Why it's high-leverage
This is a single semantic (own
name/lengthdescriptors on builtins) that, oncegeneralized, clears ~131 failures at once. It also unblocks
verifyProperty-basedassertions in many other categories that currently abort early on this check.
Suggested scope
Audit how
.name/.lengthare installed on builtin function/constructor objects(the mechanism #3143 introduced) and extend it to cover every builtin
function/constructor uniformly, with the correct descriptor attributes.
Filed from the parity-gap radar (
scripts/parity_gap_report.py). Cluster: 131failures, "name/length should be an own property".