diff --git a/crates/js/src/bytecode.rs b/crates/js/src/bytecode.rs
index 4ecb582d0..b23d9a525 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/bytecode.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/bytecode.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ pub(crate) enum Op {
     ForInNext(u32),
     /// Pops the value of an expression statement into the completion value.
     SetCompletion,
+    /// Pushes the completion value, which a `finally` block in script and eval code keeps and
+    /// sets back with `SetCompletion` when it ends normally.
+    GetCompletion,
 }
 
 /// What code is: a function body, a script, or eval code.
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ fn effect(op: Op, finally_tables: &[Vec<u32>]) -> Result<Effect, String> {
         Op::GetVar(_) | Op::TypeofVar(_) | Op::DeleteVar(_) | Op::IncVar { .. } | Op::RefVar(_) => e(0, 1),
         Op::GetRef(_) => e(1, 1),
         Op::PutRef(_) => e(2, 1),
-        Op::NewObject | Op::NewArray | Op::Closure(_) | Op::RegExp(_) => e(0, 1),
+        Op::NewObject | Op::NewArray | Op::Closure(_) | Op::RegExp(_) | Op::GetCompletion => e(0, 1),
         Op::Pop | Op::PushWith | Op::PushCatch(_) | Op::SetCompletion => e(1, 0),
         Op::PopUnder(n) => e(n.checked_add(1).ok_or("operand too large")?, 1),
         Op::Dup => e(1, 2),
diff --git a/crates/js/src/compiler.rs b/crates/js/src/compiler.rs
index 6e16437a5..ae470be44 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/compiler.rs
@@ -708,7 +708,16 @@ impl<'a> FnCompiler<'a> {
         self.emit(Op::Undefined);
         self.push_number(0.0);
         self.bind(fin_entry);
+        // In script and eval code the finally block keeps the completion value of the try or
+        // catch block when it ends normally (ECMA-262 5.1 section 12.14).
+        let keeps_completion = self.kind != CodeKind::Function;
+        if keeps_completion {
+            self.emit(Op::GetCompletion);
+        }
         self.stmts(fin)?;
+        if keeps_completion {
+            self.emit(Op::SetCompletion);
+        }
         let dispatch: Vec<Label> = exits.iter().map(|_| self.new_label()).collect();
         let table = u32::try_from(self.finally_tables.len()).unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
         self.finally_tables.push(dispatch.clone());
diff --git a/crates/js/src/interp.rs b/crates/js/src/interp.rs
index 581eae290..67e6da2a7 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/interp.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/interp.rs
@@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ impl Interp {
                 self.frame_mut()?.completion = v;
                 Ok(())
             }
+            Op::GetCompletion => {
+                let v = self.frame()?.completion.clone();
+                self.push(v)
+            }
             Op::Return | Op::ReturnCompletion => internal("return reached the dispatcher"),
         }
     }
@@ -1452,7 +1456,7 @@ impl Interp {
                 Func::Host { f: host, .. } => {
                     let js_args: Vec<crate::JsValue> = args.iter().map(|v| self.to_js_value(v)).collect();
                     return match host(&js_args) {
-                        Ok(v) => Ok(Prepared::Done(self.from_js_value(v))),
+                        Ok(v) => Ok(Prepared::Done(self.from_js_value(v)?)),
                         Err(message) => Err(self.throw(ErrorType::Error, &message)),
                     };
                 }
@@ -2087,16 +2091,24 @@ impl Interp {
         }
     }
 
+    /// A host value as a JavaScript value. A string is charged to the heap, and one that does not
+    /// fit in it ends the run with the heap limit. Everything the caller still needs must be
+    /// reachable from the roots.
     #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
-    pub(crate) fn from_js_value(&mut self, v: crate::JsValue) -> Value {
-        match v {
+    pub(crate) fn from_js_value(&mut self, v: crate::JsValue) -> JsResult<Value> {
+        Ok(match v {
             crate::JsValue::Undefined => Value::Undefined,
             crate::JsValue::Null => Value::Null,
             crate::JsValue::Bool(b) => Value::Bool(b),
             crate::JsValue::Number(n) => Value::Number(n),
-            crate::JsValue::String(s) => Value::str(&s),
+            crate::JsValue::String(s) => {
+                let bytes = string_bytes(s.encode_utf16().count());
+                self.reserve_heap(bytes)?;
+                self.heap.bytes += bytes;
+                Value::str(&s)
+            }
             crate::JsValue::Object(_) => Value::Object(self.new_object()),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// A description of a thrown value that runs no JavaScript: `Name: message` for an error,
diff --git a/crates/js/src/interp_tests.rs b/crates/js/src/interp_tests.rs
index 37c654701..9845d8eea 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/interp_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/interp_tests.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ fn control_flow_with_labels_switch_and_finally() {
     assert_eq!(num("function f() { var r = 0; with ({a: 1}) { try { return a; } finally { r = 1; } } } f()"), 1.0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_finally_block_keeps_the_completion_value_unless_it_ends_abruptly() {
+    // Section 12.14: a finally block that ends normally leaves the try or catch block's value.
+    let cases = [
+        ("try { 1; } finally { 2; }", 1.0),
+        ("try { throw 0; } catch (e) { 1; } finally { 2; }", 1.0),
+        ("eval('try { 1; } finally { 2; }')", 1.0),
+        ("try { try { 1; } finally { 2; } } finally { 3; }", 1.0),
+        ("do { try { 1; } finally { 2; break; } } while (false)", 2.0),
+        ("do { try { 1; } finally { 2; continue; } } while (false)", 2.0),
+    ];
+    let wrong: Vec<(&str, f64, f64)> = cases.iter().map(|&(src, want)| (src, want, num(src))).filter(|&(_, want, got)| want != got).collect();
+    assert!(wrong.is_empty(), "{wrong:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn with_eval_and_new_function() {
     assert_eq!(num("var o = {a: 2}; with (o) { a = 3; } o.a"), 3.0);
@@ -243,6 +258,25 @@ fn limit(realm: &mut Realm, src: &str) -> LimitKind {
     }
 }
 
+fn with_big(limits: Limits) -> Realm {
+    let mut realm = small(limits);
+    realm.define_function("big", |args| match args {
+        [JsValue::Number(n)] => Ok(JsValue::String("x".repeat(*n as usize))),
+        _ => Err("big takes a length".into()),
+    });
+    realm
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn strings_from_host_functions_count_toward_the_heap() {
+    let limits = Limits { heap_bytes: 1 << 20, fuel: 100_000, ..Limits::default() };
+    let mut realm = with_big(limits.clone());
+    assert_eq!(realm.run("big(1000).length"), Ok(JsValue::Number(1000.0)));
+    assert_eq!(realm.run("var a = []; for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) a[i] = big(50000); a[3].length"), Ok(JsValue::Number(50000.0)));
+    assert_eq!(limit(&mut with_big(limits.clone()), "var a = []; for (var i = 0; ; i++) a[i] = big(100000);"), LimitKind::Heap);
+    assert_eq!(limit(&mut with_big(limits), "big(1000000).length"), LimitKind::Heap);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn an_infinite_loop_ends_with_the_fuel_limit() {
     let mut realm = small(Limits { fuel: 100_000, ..Limits::default() });