fix(repl): do not panic when Deno.inspect throws (#11292)

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/repl_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/repl_tests.rs
index 00be42ac3..43ab32232 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/repl_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/repl_tests.rs
@@ -611,3 +611,24 @@ fn assign_underscore_error() {
   ));
   assert!(err.is_empty());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn custom_inspect() {
+  let (out, err) = util::run_and_collect_output(
+    true,
+    "repl",
+    Some(vec![
+      r#"const o = {
+        [Symbol.for("Deno.customInspect")]() {
+          throw new Error('Oops custom inspect error');
+        },
+      };"#,
+      "o",
+    ]),
+    Some(vec![("NO_COLOR".to_owned(), "1".to_owned())]),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert!(out.contains("Oops custom inspect error"));
+  assert!(err.is_empty());
+}
diff --git a/cli/tools/repl.rs b/cli/tools/repl.rs
index 6c6d26240..662e1a8d7 100644
--- a/cli/tools/repl.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/repl.rs
@@ -564,7 +564,13 @@ impl ReplSession {
       "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
       Some(json!({
         "executionContextId": self.context_id,
-        "functionDeclaration": "function (object) { return Deno[Deno.internal].inspectArgs(['%o', object], { colors: !Deno.noColor }); }",
+        "functionDeclaration": r#"function (object) {
+          try {
+            return Deno[Deno.internal].inspectArgs(["%o", object], { colors: !Deno.noColor });
+          } catch (err) {
+            return Deno[Deno.internal].inspectArgs(["%o", err]);
+          }
+        }"#,
         "arguments": [
           evaluate_result,
         ],