From a881d0ede37698a3a5fdb189d31f6f4b5c215c73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamid Reza Ghavami <hamidr.ghavami@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:09:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] util: allow single-line format when break length is infinite

Signed-off-by: Hamid Reza Ghavami <hamidr.ghavami@gmail.com>
---
 lib/internal/util/inspect.js       | 8 ++++++++
 test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index c959c056fece45..9eb8ea66e444cb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -2624,6 +2624,14 @@ function isBelowBreakLength(ctx, output, start, base) {
   // TODO(BridgeAR): Add unicode support. Use the readline getStringWidth
   // function. Check the performance overhead and make it an opt-in in case it's
   // significant.
+  // allow the single-line format if the length limit is infinite and no items have newlines
+  if (ctx.breakLength === Infinity) {
+    if (base !== '' && StringPrototypeIncludes(base, '\n')) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < output.length; i++) {
+      if (typeof output[i] === 'string' && StringPrototypeIncludes(output[i], '\n')) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
   let totalLength = output.length + start;
   if (totalLength + output.length > ctx.breakLength)
     return false;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 6a1da6d4129fbd..161090e30f2d6a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -4058,3 +4058,9 @@ ${error.stack.split('\n').slice(1).join('\n')}`,
   assert.match(inspect(DOMException.prototype), /^\[object DOMException\] \{/);
   delete Error[Symbol.hasInstance];
 }
+
+{
+  const obj = { a: 'short string', b: [1, 2], c: { d: true } };
+  const expected = "{ a: 'short string', b: [ 1, 2 ], c: { d: true } }";
+  assert.strictEqual(util.inspect(obj, { breakLength: Infinity }), expected);
+}