setTimeout is not working

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

No repository file or test is named. Start by reproducing the provided setTimeout and setInterval examples in a vm context, then trace how exposed timer functions are invoked. Done means timers execute without requiring .bind(this) or producing the reported error.

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Description

setTimeout, setInterval and other interval built in methods do not work, even if I expose them in context.

console.log('start');
setTimeout(()=> {
     console.log('hello timeout');
 }, 2000);
 
 console.log('end');

output:

start
end

It is to be noted that when I add .bind(this) , then timeout works and breaks at that line saying .bind is not a function.

console.log('start');
setTimeout(()=> {
     console.log('hello timeout');
 }, 2000).bind(this);
 
 console.log('end');

output:

start
hello timeout
// and an error in console saying setTimeout(...).bind is not a function
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