Prevent runtime changes to top-level properties.
JavaScript: Object.freeze prevents ordinary top-level mutations; Reflect.set reports the rejected update without throwing.
const settings = Object.freeze({port: 8080});
console.log(Object.isFrozen(settings));
console.log(Reflect.set(settings, "port", 9000));
console.log(settings.port);Expected output EXAMPLE
true false 8080
Details
Save as snippet.js and run node snippet.js. Uses built-in Node.js and JavaScript APIs. Object.freeze prevents ordinary top-level mutations; Reflect.set reports the rejected update without throwing.
Freezing is shallow; nested objects require separate treatment.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · v18.19.1 · nodejs 18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Unprivileged snippet process, external networking disabled, read-only root filesystem, and a fresh temporary working directory. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
node snippet.js- Container image ID
sha256:32dc2d998158b6554c99b73b533f423696a0f3e31e8cbea9db10b5eee9a2fadd- Code SHA-256
891f161ba9e994f463d8ed6197e02c2b2de6d76a7e9218d94aae34a802af17a4- Dependencies
- nodejs 18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
# No input files required.
Observed standard output
true false 8080
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.