Hermes

.github/workflows/build-android.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.js-engine == 'Hermes' && 60 || 30 }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: Tests
         run: npm install
 
+      - name: Install Hermes host build tools
+        if: inputs.js-engine == 'Hermes'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build
+
+      - name: Build Hermes host compilers
+        if: inputs.js-engine == 'Hermes'
+        run: |
+          cmake -B Build/HermesHost -G Ninja \
+            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+            -D NAPI_JAVASCRIPT_ENGINE=Hermes \
+            -D HERMES_UNICODE_LITE=ON \
+            -D JSRUNTIMEHOST_TESTS=OFF
+          cmake --build Build/HermesHost --target hermesc shermes --config RelWithDebInfo
+
       - name: Enable KVM
         run: |
           echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
@@ -42,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           target: google_apis
           arch: x86_64
           emulator-options: -no-snapshot -no-window -no-boot-anim -no-audio
-          script: chmod +x Tests/UnitTests/Android/gradlew && Tests/UnitTests/Android/gradlew -p Tests/UnitTests/Android connectedAndroidTest -PabiFilters=x86_64 -PjsEngine=${{ inputs.js-engine }} -PndkVersion=${{ env.NDK_VERSION }}
+          script: chmod +x Tests/UnitTests/Android/gradlew && Tests/UnitTests/Android/gradlew -p Tests/UnitTests/Android connectedAndroidTest -PabiFilters=x86_64 -PjsEngine=${{ inputs.js-engine }} -PndkVersion=${{ env.NDK_VERSION }} ${{ inputs.js-engine == 'Hermes' && format('-PimportHostCompilers={0}/Build/HermesHost/ImportHostCompilers.cmake', github.workspace) || '' }}
 
       - name: Dump Test Results
         if: always()

.github/workflows/build-win32.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+    # Hermes pulls in a large LLVH/Boost.Context/BCGen chain through
+    # `hermesvm_a`; on `windows-latest` the full configure+build comfortably
+    # exceeds the standard 15-minute window.  Keep other engines snappy.
+    timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.js-engine == 'Hermes' && 60 || 15 }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
-  # ── Win32 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # Win32
   Win32_x86_Chakra:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-win32.yml
     with:
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ jobs:
       platform: x64
       js-engine: V8
 
-  # ── UWP ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  Win32_x64_Hermes:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-win32.yml
+    with:
+      platform: x64
+      js-engine: Hermes
+
+  # UWP
   UWP_x64_Chakra:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-uwp.yml
     with:
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       platform: x64
       js-engine: V8
 
-  # ── Android ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # Android
   Android_JSC:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-android.yml
     with:
@@ -68,7 +74,12 @@ jobs:
     with:
       js-engine: V8
 
-  # ── macOS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  Android_Hermes:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-android.yml
+    with:
+      js-engine: Hermes
+
+  # macOS (no Apple + Hermes until the upstream shutdown crash is fixed)
   macOS_Xcode164:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
     with:
@@ -124,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: macos-26
       simulator: 'iPhone 17'
 
-  # ── Linux ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # Linux
   Ubuntu_gcc:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
 

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ FetchContent_Declare(CMakeExtensions
 FetchContent_Declare(googletest
     URL "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/v1.17.0.tar.gz"
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+FetchContent_Declare(hermes
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/facebook/hermes.git
+    # Pinned to the tip of the `static_h` branch as of 2026-06-03 so CI is
+    # reproducible.  Bump this SHA when you intentionally want to pick up
+    # upstream Hermes changes — keep it on the static_h branch (Static
+    # Hermes is the variant our NAPI integration targets).
+    GIT_TAG 348582831f50954895da8e80cc91112d51036c69
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 FetchContent_Declare(ios-cmake
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/leetal/ios-cmake.git
     GIT_TAG 4.4.1
@@ -144,6 +152,47 @@ if(BABYLON_DEBUG_TRACE)
     add_definitions(-DBABYLON_DEBUG_TRACE)
 endif()
 
+if(NAPI_JAVASCRIPT_ENGINE STREQUAL "Hermes")
+    # Configure Hermes static_h options BEFORE making it available so that
+    # cache variables take effect.  We disable the parts of Hermes we don't
+    # need (the unit-test suite, debugger) to keep build time reasonable and
+    # to avoid pulling extra targets into our build tree.  Notably we leave
+    # HERMES_ENABLE_NAPI ON (the default) — that's the whole point of
+    # integrating Hermes here.
+    #
+    # HERMES_ENABLE_TOOLS must stay ON: even when HERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE is
+    # OFF, Hermes unconditionally adds external/node-api-cts and
+    # external/node-api-tests whenever HERMES_ENABLE_NAPI is on, and those
+    # subdirectories reference the `hermes` CLI tool target via
+    # $<TARGET_FILE:hermes>.  CMake fails to generate if the target doesn't
+    # exist, so we let Hermes build its tools.  None of them ship in our
+    # final binaries because they're EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL via FetchContent.
+    set(HERMES_ENABLE_TOOLS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(HERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(HERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(HERMES_BUILD_APPLE_FRAMEWORK OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(HERMES_ENABLE_NAPI ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    if(ANDROID)
+        # JsRuntimeHost's Android test app embeds Hermes directly, without
+        # Hermes's React Native Android/fbjni packaging.  Unicode-lite avoids
+        # pulling ICU/fbjni into this standalone N-API build.
+        set(HERMES_UNICODE_LITE ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    endif()
+    # Hermes defaults HERMES_SLOW_DEBUG=ON, which compiles in internal
+    # sanity checks that fire even in optimized (RelWithDebInfo / Release)
+    # builds — e.g. heap-state assertions in HadesGC and the finalizer
+    # chain.  These can SIGABRT during Runtime teardown on some platforms
+    # (observed on macOS arm64 RelWithDebInfo: process exited with code
+    # 134 right after `145 passing`, before any gtest [OK] line, with no
+    # diagnostic in stderr).  Embedders don't need them.
+    set(HERMES_SLOW_DEBUG OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    # Hermes ships its own bundled gtest as `llvh-gtest` (a different
+    # CMake target name from googletest's `gtest`), so the two coexist
+    # without clashing.  We never link llvh-gtest into our UnitTests
+    # executable, so there's no duplicate-symbol issue at link time.
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable_With_Message(hermes)
+endif()
+
 if(NAPI_JAVASCRIPT_ENGINE STREQUAL "V8" AND JSRUNTIMEHOST_CORE_APPRUNTIME_V8_INSPECTOR)
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable_With_Message(asio)
     add_library(asio INTERFACE)

Core/AppRuntime/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ target_link_libraries(AppRuntime
     PRIVATE arcana
     PUBLIC JsRuntime)
 
+# AppRuntime_macOS.mm / AppRuntime_iOS.mm call NSLog (Foundation) and other
+# Apple ObjC++ APIs.  Xcode's "Link Frameworks Automatically" setting auto-
+# links Foundation/CoreFoundation/UIKit for ObjC translation units, so the
+# default `-G Xcode` macOS/iOS builds work without an explicit link.  Other
+# generators (notably Ninja, which we use for the Hermes macOS CI job to
+# work around the Xcode "new build system" rejecting Hermes's multi-target
+# generated source) leave those frameworks unresolved.  Declaring them
+# PUBLIC here propagates them onto the final executable's link line for
+# every generator, and also covers other Apple-side static deps in the
+# tree (e.g. UrlLib's `UrlRequest_Apple.mm` reference to NSBundle) without
+# needing to patch the dep itself.
+if(APPLE)
+    target_link_libraries(AppRuntime
+        PUBLIC "-framework Foundation"
+        PUBLIC "-framework CoreFoundation")
+endif()
+
 if(NAPI_JAVASCRIPT_ENGINE STREQUAL "V8" AND JSRUNTIMEHOST_CORE_APPRUNTIME_V8_INSPECTOR)
     add_subdirectory(V8Inspector)
 

Core/AppRuntime/Include/Babylon/AppRuntime.h

@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ namespace Babylon
         // extra logic around the invocation of a dispatched callback.
         void Execute(Dispatchable<void()> callback);
 
+        // Engine-specific hook called from Dispatch immediately after a user
+        // callback completes.  Most engines auto-drain microtasks at scope
+        // exit, so the implementation is a no-op for Chakra/V8/JSC/JSI.
+        // Hermes does NOT auto-drain; its implementation calls
+        // `Napi::DrainJobs(env)` so Promise continuations and queueMicrotask
+        // callbacks scheduled during the user callback actually run before
+        // the next top-level dispatch.
+        void DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env env);
+
         Options m_options;
 
         class Impl;

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime.cpp

@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ namespace Babylon
     {
         m_impl->Append([this, func{std::move(func)}](Napi::Env env) mutable {
             Execute([this, env, func{std::move(func)}]() mutable {
+                // Some engines (notably Hermes) require an open NAPI handle
+                // scope before any napi_* call that materializes a value.
+                // The other engines (V8/Chakra/JSC) already provide an outer
+                // scope at the RunEnvironmentTier level, so this extra
+                // scope is harmless there but mandatory for Hermes.
+                Napi::HandleScope scope{env};
+
                 try
                 {
                     func(env);
@@ -122,6 +129,13 @@ namespace Babylon
                     assert(false);
                     std::abort();
                 }
+
+                // Drain engine-level microtasks/jobs queued during the
+                // callback (Promise continuations, queueMicrotask, etc.) so
+                // they run before the next top-level Dispatch.  No-op for
+                // engines that drain automatically; Hermes needs an explicit
+                // pump.
+                DrainMicrotasks(env);
             });
         });
     }

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime_Chakra.cpp

@@ -71,4 +71,11 @@ namespace Babylon
         // Detach must come after JsDisposeRuntime since it triggers finalizers which require env.
         Napi::Detach(env);
     }
+
+    void AppRuntime::DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env)
+    {
+        // Chakra drains promise continuations through its
+        // JsSetPromiseContinuationCallback hook (see RunEnvironmentTier).
+        // No explicit pump needed here.
+    }
 }

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime_Hermes.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "AppRuntime.h"
+#include <napi/env.h>
+
+namespace Babylon
+{
+    void AppRuntime::RunEnvironmentTier(const char*)
+    {
+        // All Hermes runtime + napi_env setup is encapsulated inside the napi
+        // library's env_hermes.cc (see Napi::Attach/Detach).  Keeping the
+        // engine-specific machinery there avoids dragging Hermes headers into
+        // AppRuntime's translation unit.
+        Napi::Env env = Napi::Attach();
+
+        Run(env);
+
+        Napi::Detach(env);
+    }
+
+    void AppRuntime::DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env env)
+    {
+        // Hermes does not auto-drain its job queue.  Promise continuations,
+        // queueMicrotask callbacks, and pending NAPI finalizers all run via
+        // Runtime::drainJobs().  We pump it after each user callback so async
+        // code (Promises, Mocha's async tests, polyfill schedulers, etc.)
+        // observes the same "between turns" semantics it gets on V8/Chakra.
+        Napi::DrainJobs(env);
+    }
+}

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime_JSI.cpp

@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ namespace Babylon
 
         Napi::Detach(env);
     }
+
+    void AppRuntime::DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env)
+    {
+        // JSI/V8 backed JSI auto-drains microtasks per scope.
+    }
 }

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime_JavaScriptCore.cpp

@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ namespace Babylon
         // Detach must come after JSGlobalContextRelease since it triggers finalizers which require env.
         Napi::Detach(env);
     }
+
+    void AppRuntime::DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env)
+    {
+        // JavaScriptCore drains microtasks automatically at script boundaries.
+    }
 }

Core/AppRuntime/Source/AppRuntime_V8.cpp

@@ -112,4 +112,10 @@ namespace Babylon
         // delete isolate->GetArrayBufferAllocator();
         isolate->Dispose();
     }
+
+    void AppRuntime::DrainMicrotasks(Napi::Env)
+    {
+        // V8 auto-drains microtasks at the end of each script/callback when
+        // using the default MicrotasksPolicy.  No explicit pump needed.
+    }
 }