ERR_DOMAIN_CANNOT_SET_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE after require('repl') or require('domain')

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Version

16.20.0, 17.9.1, 18.16.0, 19.9.0, 20.2.0

Platform

Windows

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Do either of the following:

node -e 'require("domain"); process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback(function() {})'

Or, if you believe the user should not be using the domain module, then it also happens when they import (not use!) "repl"

node -e 'require("repl"); process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback(function() {})'

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Always

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

Merely requiring repl does not trigger this side-effect, because it is expected that merely requiring -- not using -- the repl module would not break process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback

What do you see instead?

Error [ERR_DOMAIN_CANNOT_SET_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE]: The `domain` module is in use, which is mutually exclusive with calling process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:372:5)
    at process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback (node:domain:125:15)
    at [eval]:1:26
    at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:129:12)
    at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:305:38)
    at node:internal/process/execution:76:19
    at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
    at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:75:60)
    at node:internal/main/eval_string:27:3
----------------------------------------
Error: require(`domain`) at this point
    at node:domain:121:28
    at NativeModule.compileForInternalLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/loaders:312:7)
    at nativeModuleRequire (node:internal/bootstrap/loaders:341:14)
    at node:repl:132:16
    at NativeModule.compileForInternalLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/loaders:312:7)
    at NativeModule.compileForPublicLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/loaders:252:10)
    at loadNativeModule (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:49:9)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:804:15)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:999:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18) {
  code: 'ERR_DOMAIN_CANNOT_SET_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE'
}

Additional information

Related to TypeStrong/ts-node#2024

[isaacs]

There are """reasons""" (not good ones, but old ones) as to why require('domain') has side effects. And somewhat more justifiable reasons as to why using a repl triggers them as well. But at the very least, I think repl should load domain lazily.

(Istr that there's a plan to get domain out of repl, and that's one of the last few things keeping domain from being fully removed? Maybe along with the lack of an alternative, though at this point, they've been broken enough for long enough that it's probably safe to say no one is using them in a real way.)