Modifying `error.message` does not update `error.stack` if `stream.destroy(error)` has been called

Version

v21.1.0

Platform

Linux ether-laptop 6.5.0-15-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan 9 17:03:36 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

import {Writable} from 'node:stream'

const error = new Error('This failed')
const stream = new Writable()
stream.destroy(error)
stream.on('error', () => {})
error.message = `Additional info: ${error.message}`
// This does not print 'Additional info', but should
console.log(error)
// Error: This failed
//  at file:///...
//  ...

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

No.

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

Printed error should show "Additional info".

What do you see instead?

Printed error does not show "Additional info".

Additional information

This is due to #34103, specifically this:

Always stringify error.stack, because the small performance penalty that comes with it is worth the reduced risk of memory leaks. (I’ve confirmed that this also fixes the test with the patch below.)

As implemented in:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/8a41d9b636be86350cd32847c3f89d327c4f6ff7/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js#L35

If error.message is modified later on (e.g. due to prepending some additional information), the change won't be reflected with error.stack. This is unfortunate because error.stack is used by util.inspect(), which is itself used by console.log().

Start with lib/internal/streams/destroy.js at the implementation linked in the issue, then reproduce the provided node:stream example involving stream.destroy(error), error.message, error.stack, util.inspect(), and console.log(). Done means changing error.message after destruction is reflected when the error is printed.