Bug 241414 - [JSC] Add support for Atomics.waitAsync
Summary: [JSC] Add support for Atomics.waitAsync
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: JavaScriptCore (show other bugs)
Version: Safari Technology Preview
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Yijia Huang
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
: 245676 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2022-06-08 06:05 PDT by Florens Verschelde
Modified: 2022-09-26 10:05 PDT (History)
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Description Florens Verschelde 2022-06-08 06:05:58 PDT 
We at StackBlitz are using Atomics.waitAsync (https://github.com/tc39/proposal-atomics-wait-async, apparently stage 3 and shipped in Chromium) on stackblitz.com to power our Node.js-in-the-browser port (called WebContainers).

Firefox doesn't implement Atomics.waitAsync either, but we were able to implement a polyfill using workers-in-workers, something that is not possible in Safari at this time.

The lack of Atomics.waitAsync in WebKit is one of the things stopping us from offering WebContainers to users of Safari and other WebKit-based browsers at this time. (Others include bug 174931, bug 238442, and possibly more we haven't identified yet.)
Comment 1 Florens Verschelde 2022-06-08 11:03:47 PDT 
Firefox is currently prototyping:
https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/Z5TPivxh1Xs
Comment 2 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-06-08 12:10:35 PDT 
<rdar://problem/94655073>
Comment 3 Simon Chang 2022-09-01 15:53:51 PDT 
Given that this bug is also relevant to the implementation of RegExp lookbehind, please also take time to look at https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174931 which is also needed for a higher priority. It's also noted that Atomics.waitAsync has been shipped in both Chromium and Firefox now.
Comment 4 Yijia Huang 2022-09-26 10:05:37 PDT 
*** Bug 245676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***