TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'Symbol(Body internals)')

Reproduction

This works

const response = await fetch(`https://google.com/`);
await response.text();

while the syntatically equivalent

const {text} = await fetch(`https://google.com/`);
await text();

fails with TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'Symbol(Body internals)').

Expected behavior

Both code blocks should work as they are syntactically equivalent. It might be related to NodeJS primordials, see NodeJS Issue #36364.

Your Environment

software	version
node-fetch	3.2.10
node	v18.9.0
npm	8.19.1
Operating System	MacOS x64

[leehambley]

Thanks for the comprehensive response @jimmywarting - I learned a lot. Of course losing the binding context makes sense here, and the error as presented did’t immediately make sense, but after reading your notes, it’s perfectly understandable. Thanks also for the reading suggestions and thorough explanation through code snippets.

[jimmywarting]

Worth reading https://www.aleksandrhovhannisyan.com/blog/overzealous-destructuring/