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A worker thread can throw anything via the throw keyword, which gets passed directly to 'error' event listeners. The event listener should not assume it is an Error object.

Here is a Node.js script proofing this:

import { isMainThread, Worker } from "node:worker_threads";

if (isMainThread) {
	// Main thread.

	const worker = new Worker(new URL(import.meta.url));

	worker.on("error", (err /* Documented as `Error`, but should be seen as `any`. */) => {
		console.log(typeof err); // Prints 'boolean'.
	});
} else {
	// Worker thread.

	throw false; // You can literally throw anything.
}

A worker thread can throw anything via the `throw` keyword, which gets passed directly to 'error' event listeners. The event listener should not assume it is an `Error` object.
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A worker thread can throw anything via the `throw` keyword, which gets
passed directly to 'error' event listeners. The event listener should
not assume it is an `Error` object.

PR-URL: #60300
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
aduh95 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 31, 2025
A worker thread can throw anything via the `throw` keyword, which gets
passed directly to 'error' event listeners. The event listener should
not assume it is an `Error` object.

PR-URL: #60300
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
aduh95 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 31, 2025
A worker thread can throw anything via the `throw` keyword, which gets
passed directly to 'error' event listeners. The event listener should
not assume it is an `Error` object.

PR-URL: #60300
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
tmeijn pushed a commit to tmeijn/dotfiles that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2025
This MR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [node](https://nodejs.org) ([source](https://github.com/nodejs/node)) | minor | `25.0.0` -> `25.1.0` |

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### [`v25.1.0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v25.1.0): 2025-10-28, Version 25.1.0 (Current), @&#8203;aduh95

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