AssetResolver::getJsAssets() is incompatible with core 11.x since #3565258 added $with_dependencies
## Problem/Motivation
`Drupal\canvas\Asset\AssetResolver` extends core's `AssetResolver` and is
registered as a decorator of `asset.resolver` in `canvas.services.yml`. Core
changed the signature of the method Canvas overrides, so on current `11.x` the
class can no longer be declared and PHP fatals:
```
PHP Fatal error: Declaration of Drupal\canvas\Asset\AssetResolver::getJsAssets(
Drupal\Core\Asset\AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize,
?Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface $language = null): array
must be compatible with Drupal\Core\Asset\AssetResolver::getJsAssets(
Drupal\Core\Asset\AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize,
?Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface $language = null,
bool $with_dependencies = true)
in .../modules/contrib/canvas/src/Asset/AssetResolver.php on line 88
```
The failure is at class-load time and does not depend on any Canvas feature
being used, so it takes down every request that resolves assets and every test
that loads the class.
### Root cause
Core commit [`d9cc5091`][commit] (2026-08-04), from
[#3565258 Support library-specific aggregates][core-issue], added a fourth
parameter to **both** methods on `AssetResolverInterface` and its
implementation:
```diff
- public function getJsAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL);
+ public function getJsAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL, bool $with_dependencies = TRUE);
- public function getCssAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL);
+ public function getCssAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL, bool $with_dependencies = TRUE);
```
Canvas overrides only `getJsAssets()`, so only that one fatals. `getCssAssets()`
is inherited and unaffected. The commit exists on `11.x` only, so released
cores are not affected.
[commit]: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/drupal/-/commit/d9cc5091
[core-issue]: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3565258
## Steps to reproduce
1. Install Canvas 1.9.0 against `drupal/core:11.x-dev`.
2. Run any test, or load any page that resolves assets.
Reproduced in GitLab CI on an unrelated contrib module that depends on Canvas.
Its `phpunit (next minor)` job installs `drupal/core 11.x-dev` and
`drupal/canvas 1.9.0`, and reports **105 tests, 431 assertions, 23 errors** —
every error the fatal above, in the tests that load the class. The same suite
is green on 11.3 and 11.4.
## Proposed resolution
Left to the maintainers. The constraints below interact in ways that
are a judgement call about this codebase.
Anything that fixes it has to hold across `core_version_requirement: ^11.3`,
i.e. work against a three-parameter parent on 11.3/11.4 and a four-parameter
parent on 11.x. Two things make that less trivial than it first looks:
1. **Runtime compatibility and static analysis pull in different directions.**
PHP permits a child to declare optional parameters the parent lacks, and
permits extra *positional* arguments to a userland method, so a single
widened signature can satisfy all three core versions at runtime. But a
`parent::getJsAssets()` call carrying four arguments is a *too many
arguments* finding for any analyser resolving the parent against 11.3/11.4 —
an IDE flagged it immediately when I tried it locally. Canvas's own PHPStan
job may therefore go red on code that runs correctly, which may or may not
be acceptable to you.
2. **`getCanvasJsAssets()` currently has nowhere to put the flag.** On the
Canvas branch the method returns early, so whatever a caller asked for is
not carried through.
Core 11.x already calls the decorated service with `FALSE`:
`JsAssetController::deliver()` does so when the aggregate URL carries a
`?libraries=` query
(`core/modules/system/src/Controller/JsAssetController.php` line 54), and
`CssAssetController` does the same at line 64.
That path looks unreachable for Canvas today, because it is only entered for
a library-specific aggregate and no Canvas library declares the new
`aggregate_target` key, which core defaults to
`['js' => FALSE, 'css' => FALSE]` (`AssetResolver.php` lines 285 and 425).
Whether that is a reason to ignore the flag, honor it, or document the gap
is your call.
### One data point
To check whether merely widening the signature is *runtime*-safe on the lower
bound, I applied this locally and tested it — it is the smallest change that
compiles against both parents:
```diff
- public function getJsAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL): array {
+ public function getJsAssets(AttachedAssetsInterface $assets, $optimize, ?LanguageInterface $language = NULL, bool $with_dependencies = TRUE): array {
...
- return parent::getJsAssets($assets, $optimize, $language);
+ return parent::getJsAssets($assets, $optimize, $language, $with_dependencies);
```
On **core 11.4.4 / PHP 8.4**, a contrib test suite exercising this decorator
stayed green (105 tests, 606 assertions) and a page rendering 15 embedded
components still returned HTTP 200 with its JS aggregate intact.
Caveats, which is why this is not offered as the fix: not tested on 11.3, not
tested on 11.x with the patch applied, does nothing about point 2, and trips
the static analysis described in point 1.
## Remaining tasks
- [ ] Decide the shape of the fix against the constraints above.
- [ ] Decide whether `getCanvasJsAssets()` should honour `$with_dependencies`.
- [ ] Add a test, or confirm the existing next-minor CI job covers it.
issue
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