MongooseError thrown in process.nextTick crashes process

[lkho]

I want to report a bug

What is the current behavior?

let A = mongoose.model('a', new Schema({}));
await A.find().populate('id'); // `id` is virtual getter of `_id`
// throws MongooseError: If you are populating a virtual, you must....

The error is expected. However, the error is thrown in nextTick instead of rejecting the promise, and the process crashed.

C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\utils.js:226
        throw error;
        ^
MongooseError: If you are populating a virtual, you must set the localField and foreignField options
    at new MongooseError (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\error\mongooseError.js:11:11)
    at getModelsMapForPopulate (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3947:13)
    at populate (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3486:21)
    at _populate (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3456:5)
    at utils.promiseOrCallback.cb (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3429:5)
    at Object.promiseOrCallback (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\utils.js:223:14)
    at Function.Model.populate (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3428:16)
    at cb (C:\...\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1606:17)
    at result (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:414:17)
    at executeCallback (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:406:9)
    at handleCallback (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:128:55)
    at cursor.close (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\cursor_ops.js:218:62)
    at handleCallback (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:128:55)
    at completeClose (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cursor.js:887:14)
    at _endSession (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cursor.js:898:37)
    at Cursor._endSession (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb-core\lib\cursor.js:193:5)
    at Cursor._endSession (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cursor.js:226:59)
    at Cursor.close (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cursor.js:898:19)
    at cursor._next (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\cursor_ops.js:218:23)
    at handleCallback (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb-core\lib\cursor.js:202:5)
    at _setCursorNotifiedImpl (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb-core\lib\cursor.js:560:38)
    at self._endSession (C:\...\node_modules\mongodb-core\lib\cursor.js:568:46)

Process finished with exit code 1

mongoose/lib/utils.js

Lines 220 to 229 in 27cc9e7

	exports.promiseOrCallback = function promiseOrCallback(callback, fn) {
	if (typeof callback === 'function') {
	try {
	return fn(callback);
	} catch (error) {
	return process.nextTick(() => {
	throw error;
	});
	}
	}

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

Just populate any virtual field without the localField and foreignField options will throw.

What is the expected behavior?
The error should either returned in the callback, or reject the promise, but not crashing the process.

Please mention your node.js, mongoose and MongoDB version.
node 8.10.0
mongoose 5.2.5
MongoDB 3.6.1 Community

[vkarpov15]

Thanks for reporting, will fix ASAP