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structuredClone coerces rejected values while creating DataCloneError

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript, react-native
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start by locating the React Native structuredClone polyfill and the path that creates DataCloneError, then reproduce the issue with a rejected value whose Symbol.toPrimitive throws. Done means unsupported values consistently produce DOMException/DataCloneError without invoking user-defined coercion.

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Description

The React Native structuredClone polyfill interpolates rejected values into its error message. That invokes user-defined coercion such as Symbol.toPrimitive; a non-cloneable function or WeakMap can therefore replace the required DataCloneError with an arbitrary user-thrown error.

Expected behavior

Rejecting an unsupported value should produce DOMException / DataCloneError without executing user coercion hooks. The non-standard message does not need to include the rejected value.

React Native Version

0.87.1 and current main

Affected Platforms

JavaScript runtime - All

Dominant language
C++
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