[robobun]

Related to #7499

Problem

• new Bun.Transpiler({ loader: "tsx" }) turns <div/> into jsxDEV_7x81h0kn("div", ...) and never declares it: ReferenceError: jsxDEV_7x81h0kn is not defined.
• The cause is the default auto_import_jsx: false in src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs:88. bun build uses true. The Jan 2022 README documented the import as the default output (2666b45). 149bbc1 lost it.

Fix

• autoImportJSX defaults to true for the automatic runtime. autoImportJSX: false gives the old output.
• .scan() and .scanImports() list the modules the output imports, including the package for the createElement fallback. Both now use the transpiler's logLevel.
• merge_jsx (src/resolver/tsconfig_json.rs:242) copies package_name with import_source, so a tsconfig jsxImportSource also governs the fallback. Before, it came from react.
• Verified: test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js. Also seven JSX and tsconfig suites, listed in Notes.

Background

• The automatic runtime compiles <div/> to jsxDEV from <jsxImportSource>/jsx-dev-runtime. A key after a spread cannot use jsxDEV, so the parser calls createElement from the package. The scan pass has no symbol use counts, so it records which import each element needs as it parses the props.
• Considered a flip of the parser default Features::default (src/js_parser/parser.rs:289). bun pm diff, the AOT lowering and bun repl inherit it, and repl: import the JSX runtime for JSX input #46105 owns the REPL. The flip stays in Config::default.
• A directive ("use client") must be the first statement. A review weighed a hoist here and chose none: js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 prints directives first everywhere.

Downsides

• A file whose JSX never runs now fails at load when no JSX runtime resolves. Code that declares jsxDEV_7x81h0kn by hand (Brisa) fails: "jsxDEV_7x81h0kn" has already been declared.
• A CommonJS module with JSX gets an ESM import, as bun build --no-bundle emits. A replMode JSX line becomes an async IIFE. autoImportJSX: false restores the old output.
• Until js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 merges, a leading "use client" prints behind the import. A maintainer decides the merge order and the default itself (Notes).

Notes

Two questions for a maintainer

1. The default. The opt-in autoImportJSX: true produces this output on 1.4.3 today. This PR makes it the default, which changes the output of every Bun.Transpiler that transforms JSX under the automatic runtime. Evidence that false was not a decision: the README of Jan 2022 (2666b45) shows the import in the output of transformSync and says "Note that it automatically imports the modern JSX runtime". 149bbc1 (Mar 2022) added the flag with runtime: Runtime.Features{ .top_level_await = true }, which took the false of Runtime.Features over the true the bundler options had. The close of Auto import jsx-runtime to fix: Can't find variable: jsxDEV #7499 points at the opt-in and describes it as opt-in. It does not rule on the default. Say yes or no to the default. With a yes, the release note names autoImportJSX: false as the way back.

2. The merge order with js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730. With this PR alone, "use client"; or "use server"; at the top of a JSX file prints on line 2, behind the injected import. A string statement that follows an import is not a directive. This is the old output of autoImportJSX: true and of bun build --no-bundle (bun build doesn't hoist "use strict", "use client", "use server", etc. directives #6854). esbuild 0.21.5 and tsc 6.0.2 print the directive first. js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 moves the directive prologue of a file to Ast.directives, and print_ast, the CommonJS wrapper, the REPL and the linker print it first. It merges with this branch without a conflict. Order A: js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 first, then this PR needs no directive code, and eight rows in transpiler.test.js pin the order (8 of 8 pass on a local merge of the two branches, 7 of 8 fail on main). Order B: this PR first, with a split of the directive prologue in Parser::_parse (about 23 lines) that js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 deletes later. The review chose order A. Say which order you want.

Review findings answered in the latest push

• .scan() and .scanImports() reported react/jsx-dev-runtime for a file whose only JSX element has a key after a {...spread}. The output of that file imports createElement from react. The scan pass now sets one of two flags per element while it parses the props (parse_jsx.rs), and scan_imports_with adds one record per flag, in the order the visit pass emits the imports. Every row of the .scanImports() table also compares the records with the import lines of transformSync.
• The scan pass had a trimmed copy of the pragma code. It skipped the warning for an unsupported runtime, so scanImports accepted // @jsxRuntime preserve while transformSync and scan rejected it. apply_jsx_pragmas on P is now the one place, called by both passes.
• merge_jsx copied import_source from a tsconfig but not package_name. On the released 1.4.3, Bun.Transpiler({ tsconfig: { compilerOptions: { jsxImportSource: "preact" } } }) and bun build --no-bundle of a file under a nested tsconfig with the same option both printed import { createElement } from "react" for the fallback. The root tsconfig in bun build was not affected, because configure_linker_with_auto_jsx clones the whole pragma.
• Pragma::classic_import_source always held the value of package_name. The scan pass was its last reader. It is removed, with its five writers and its hash line.
• .scan() and .scanImports() built a fresh Log at the default level, so logLevel: "error" did not stop the "key" prop after a {...spread} warning from throwing a BuildMessage. transform() already copied the configured level into its log. Both methods and cache::JavaScript::scan now do the same. The tests assert only that logLevel: "error" yields the records, not that the default level throws.
• Considered and not done: a flip of Features::default().auto_import_jsx in src/js_parser/parser.rs:289. That default also reaches bun pm diff (src/runtime/cli/pm_diff_normalize.rs:306, which parses JSX in .js files of packages), the AOT lowering (src/aot/lower/transpiled.rs:125), the snapshot editor, code coverage and bun repl (src/runtime/cli/repl.rs:2145). None of them set the flag. A flip there changes bun pm diff output for a package that ships JSX, and repl: import the JSX runtime for JSX input #46105 already gives bun repl its JSX import. The flip stays in Config::default of Bun.Transpiler, and scan_imports forwards the option (JSTranspiler.rs:1568) so autoImportJSX: false also governs the scan.

Overlap with other open PRs

• Honor logLevel in Bun.Transpiler scan() and scanImports() #42430 has the same three log.level lines. Do not fail on a warning: gate Bun.Transpiler, FileSystemRouter and Worker on LogJsc::errors_to_js #45063 replaces the throw gate of scan, scanImports, FileSystemRouter and Worker with an errors-only gate, which makes the level copies redundant. The tests here pass with either.
• jsx: make the key-after-spread warning follow the @jsxRuntime pragma #42429 moves the key-after-spread warning to the visit pass. It touches the same hunk of parse_jsx.rs. The conflict is textual.
• bun build: keep NODE_ENV=production when tsconfig.json does not set "jsx" #38050 has the same merge_jsx line, plus a configure_linker_with_auto_jsx change and bun build tests. It is stale and conflicting since Aug 14.
• repl: import the JSX runtime for JSX input #46105 has the same change of _parse (copy the import paths only when an import is emitted). One of the two becomes a no-op hunk.

Measured (release build of main 1.4.3-canary for the two main columns, debug builds for the rest)

	main, default	main, autoImportJSX: true	this PR merged with #46730 (77dcd6a)
the output declares the function that it calls	no	yes	yes
directive on line 1 and import on line 2, in 12 outputs (2 directives, development and production, transformSync, transform, bun build --no-bundle)		0 of 12	12 of 12
the pipeline of #7499 (a Bun.build plugin whose onLoad returns Bun.Transpiler output), 8 configurations: the bundle runs	0 of 8	8 of 8	8 of 8
the same pipeline: "use client" is the first statement of the bundle	4 of 8	0 of 8	7 of 8

The column main, autoImportJSX: true is the output that this PR makes the default. The eighth configuration in the last row is format: "cjs" with target: "bun", where the first line is the CommonJS wrapper.

The costs of the default, as probes print them

main, default   | 1 directive: first  | 2 lazy JSX: loads | 3 by hand: loads
this PR         | 1 directive: BEHIND | 2 lazy JSX: FAILS: error: Cannot find module 'react/jsx-dev-runtime' | 3 by hand: FAILS: error: "jsxDEV_7x81h0kn" has already been declared
autoImportJSX: false (both builds) | 1 directive: first | 2 lazy JSX: loads | 3 by hand: loads

• Lazy JSX: function never() { return <div/>; } console.log("loaded");, run with bun --no-install in a directory without react. esbuild 0.21.5 and tsc 6.0.2 emit the import for the same input.
• By hand: const jsxDEV_7x81h0kn = () => "stub"; in front of the transpiler output. The import form fails with the same message.
• Who declares the name by hand: Brisa has import { jsx as jsx_w77yafs4, jsxs as jsxs_eh6c78nj, jsxDEV as jsxDEV_7x81h0kn, Fragment as Fragment_8vg9x3sq } from 'brisa/jsx-runtime' as workaroundText in packages/brisa/src/utils/server-component-plugin/index.ts, with a note to remove it when Auto import jsx-runtime to fix: Can't find variable: jsxDEV #7499 is fixed. A code search for jsxDEV_7x81h0kn outside this repository returns 67 files. Most are copies of the Bun docs. shpaw415/bunext and Triex/0x1 also handle the name. I did not run these projects.
• The generated binding has a fixed name and the parser does not check it against the names that the file declares (jsx_import in src/js_parser/p.rs). That is a separate defect. This PR does not change it.
• CommonJS: module.exports = () => <div/>; now transpiles to an import statement followed by module.exports. bun build --no-bundle and esbuild (--jsx=automatic) emit the same shape. When Bun loads that output as a file it reports Cannot use import statement with CommonJS-only features. On main 1.4.3 the runtime cannot load a CommonJS .jsx file with JSX directly either (SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'. import call expects one or two arguments). That is a separate defect. This PR does not change it.
• replMode: true: a line with JSX now prints var jsx_dev_runtime; var jsxDEV_7x81h0kn; (async () => { jsx_dev_runtime = await import("react/jsx-dev-runtime"); ... })() instead of a synchronous IIFE that calls the undeclared jsxDEV_7x81h0kn. bun repl itself does not use Bun.Transpiler.

Cost for input that has no JSX

• Output: the same bytes.
• Allocations: 0 added. Without the change to _parse, each transform with a jsx or tsx loader copied the two import paths into the arena (2 allocations, 21 and 5 bytes for react), whether or not the file had JSX. bun build and the runtime paid the same two, and no longer do.
• The scan pass sets one bool per JSX element instead of one per parse_jsx_element call. scan_imports_with reads two flags instead of one.
• Instructions: not measured. perf and valgrind are not installed in the build container.
• Binary size: not measured. There is no release build of this PR in the build container. The diff sets one field, removes one, moves the pragma block into a method, and moves two statements.
• Input with JSX gets one more line of output: 67 bytes for the jsxDEV import, 57 bytes for jsx.

Other behaviour changes

• .scanImports() on JSX input reported two require-call records (<source>/jsx-dev-runtime and the classic source) for any JSX. It now reports one import-statement record per import the output has, only for the automatic runtime with the import enabled. It applies the @jsx* pragmas. A consumer that filters on kind === "require-call" no longer sees these records.
• .scan() on JSX input now lists the runtime module, because the output imports it.
• .scan() and .scanImports() no longer throw on a warning when logLevel is "error".
• hash_for_runtime_transpiler no longer hashes classic_import_source. It hashed the same bytes as package_name, which it still hashes.

Repro

new Bun.Transpiler({ loader: "tsx" }).transformSync(
  "export default function App() { return <div>hello</div>; }"
);

Before:

export default function App() {
  return jsxDEV_7x81h0kn("div", { children: "hello" }, undefined, false, undefined, this);
}

After:

import { jsxDEV as jsxDEV_7x81h0kn } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime";
export default function App() {
  return jsxDEV_7x81h0kn("div", { children: "hello" }, undefined, false, undefined, this);
}

Tests

• New rows in test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js: the constructor without arguments, .transformSync() in development and production, .transform(), a custom jsxImportSource, the createElement fallback (default source and tsconfig jsxImportSource), the classic runtime (no import), autoImportJSX: false, logLevel for .scan() and .scanImports(), and a table of 18 .scanImports() rows (pragmas, a pragma over a tsconfig, preserve, the fallback alone, with a child, with a tsconfig or pragma import source, under the classic runtime) that also checks the import lines of transformSync.
• Four older tests assert the output without the import. They now pass autoImportJSX: false.
• On the debug build of this branch (main 11c3671): transpiler.test.js (287 pass), bundler_jsx.test.ts, jsx-tsconfig-react-jsx.test.ts, esbuild/tsconfig.test.ts, aot/loader/jsx-imports.test.ts, repl-transform.test.ts, transpiler-tsconfig-uaf.test.ts, macro-test.test.ts (186 pass together). aot/tsconfig-governs-each-file.test.ts: 18 of 19 pass, the nineteenth runs four bun build --compile at about 90 s each on the debug build and hits its 120 s limit after its nested tsconfig build and run passed. aot/aot-package-emit-options.test.ts hits the 5 s limit per test in a batch and passes alone.
• Self-reviewed: 3 concerns raised, 3 addressed (one shared pragma function, the toThrow assertions removed, transformSync checked in the scan table). The review also proposed the flip of the parser default, declined for the reasons above.

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[review] gate passed · iteration 8 · 5 files touched

fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 17 failed, 22 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
bun test v1.4.0 (2f2125e73)

test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > handles errors when parsing macros [4.47ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > normalizes \r\n [5.66ms]
1
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > doesn't hang indefinitely #2746 [3.73ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with spread [6.76ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with multiple items [2.49ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works [2.09ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works nested [2.52ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out when the array item is an optional chain [42.93ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out or strips `this` when the index is a call/assignment target [20.19ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > preserves runtime semantics when inlining from a literal index [300.66ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out on optional
... (truncated)

release without fix: 18 failed, 22 skipped
bun test v1.4.0-canary.1 (0ffabf64d)

test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > handles errors when parsing macros [0.09ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > normalizes \r\n [0.11ms]
1
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > doesn't hang indefinitely #2746 [0.08ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with spread [0.13ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with multiple items [0.04ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works [0.03ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works nested [0.03ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out when the array item is an optional chain [0.66ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out or strips `this` when the index is a call/assignment target [0.31ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > preserves runtime semantics when inlining from a literal index [7.54ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out on optional-chain index into enum [0.33ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > TypeScript > import Foo = Baz.Bar [0.05ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > TypeScript > ternary should parse correctly when
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: 22 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
bun test v1.4.0 (2f2125e73)

test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > handles errors when parsing macros [4.52ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > normalizes \r\n [5.80ms]
1
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > doesn't hang indefinitely #2746 [3.75ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with spread [6.94ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out with multiple items [2.51ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works [2.23ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > works nested [2.52ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out when the array item is an optional chain [43.88ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out or strips `this` when the index is a call/assignment target [20.51ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > preserves runtime semantics when inlining from a literal index [302.88ms]
(pass) Bun.Transpiler > property access inlining > bails out on optional
... (truncated)

release with fix: 22 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     2f2125e73a
  features     baseline

22 deps, 105 codegen, 1175 objects in 738ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/1237] install /workspace/bun
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (0ffabf64d)

Checked 107 installs across 153 packages (no changes) [9.00ms]
[2/1237] gen ErrorCode+*.h
[3/1237] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (0ffabf64d)

Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [1.00ms]
[4/1237] gen bindgenv2
[5/1237] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (0ffabf64d)

Checked 129 installs across 147 packages (no changes) [6.00ms]
[6/1237] fetch picohttpparser
[picohttpparser] up to date
[7/1237] fetch tinycc
[tinycc] up to date
[8/1236] fetch libjpeg-turbo
[libjpeg-turbo] up to date
[9/1236] fetch zlib
[zlib] up to date
[10/1236] gen ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h
Generating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/bindings/ProcessBindingConst
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

docs/runtime/transpiler.mdx                |   8 ++
 packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts                |   9 ++
 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs         |  35 +++++---
 src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs            |   2 +
 test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

gate history · 5 passed · 2 rejected · iteration 8

evidence per changed file

file                                        reads  edits  tests
docs/runtime/transpiler.mdx                     3      2      0
packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts                     2      3      0
src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs              7      9      0
src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs                 3      2      0
test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js      9     15      0

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Bun.Transpiler now enables automatic JSX runtime imports by default. JSX pragmas determine the runtime settings used during import scanning. The documentation and tests describe and cover the autoImportJSX option.

Changes

Automatic JSX Runtime Imports

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Option documentation and default wiring docs/runtime/transpiler.mdx, packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts, src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs	Documents autoImportJSX, updates the example output, and enables the option by default.
JSX runtime import resolution src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs, src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs	Applies JSX pragmas before deciding whether to add an automatic runtime statement import. Import scanning uses the transpiler’s current autoImportJSX setting.
Automatic runtime import coverage test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js	Tests runtime variants, custom sources, asynchronous transforms, scan results, disabling imports, classic runtime behavior, and existing JSX assertions configured to suppress injected imports.

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to c22b0

Resolve directive ordering before merging: JSX modules marked “use client” or “use server” can lose their directive prologue. Also correct dependency scanning for the JSX spread fallback.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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[robobun]

Reproduced with new Bun.Transpiler({ loader: "tsx" }).transformSync("export default <div/>"): the output calls jsxDEV_7x81h0kn(...) and has no import for it (release 1.4.3-canary and main).

State of this PR (#35557), at 28b0e30:

• The review findings are answered: .scan() and .scanImports() list the imports the output has, including the createElement fallback, and use logLevel. A tsconfig jsxImportSource now governs the fallback import. One apply_jsx_pragmas serves both parser passes.
• Two decisions for a maintainer, in the Notes of the PR body: (1) yes or no to the new default, with the 2022 history as evidence, and (2) which of this PR and js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 merges first, because a leading "use client" prints behind the injected import until js_parser: keep directives as statements and carry the file's prologue on the AST #46730 merges.

[github-actions]

Found 2 issues this PR may fix:

1. Bun.transpiler JSX empty result #14789 - Bun.Transpiler returns empty output for JSX because autoImportJSX defaults to false, so the jsxDEV call is emitted without its import and the expression is eliminated
2. Bun.Transpiler using { jsxImportSource: "solid-js" } outputs React code #3528 - Bun.Transpiler ignores jsxImportSource: "solid-js" and falls back to React.createElement because autoImportJSX is false, preventing the automatic runtime path

If this is helpful, copy the block below into the PR description to auto-close these issues on merge.

Fixes #14789
Fixes #3528

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[claude]

Beyond the inline findings, I checked the other Bun.Transpiler JSX assertions in transpiler.test.js for breakage from the new import prefix — the remaining ones either use .toContain (lines 2168-2177, 2295-2297), have no JSX elements in the input (2291-2294), or are under it.todo (2300-2402), so the three autoImportJSX: false additions are sufficient. react-compiler.test.ts uses loader: "js" and is unaffected.

Extended reasoning...

Checked whether the three existing tests that gained autoImportJSX: false were the complete set of exact-output JSX assertions that would break under the new default. Grepped test/ for jsxDEV_7x81h0kn and new Bun.Transpiler with JSX loaders; the remaining hits in transpiler.test.js either assert via .toContain (import prefix doesn't matter), transpile inputs without JSX elements (no auto-import emitted), or sit under it.todo. react-compiler.test.ts re-parses bundler output with loader: "js", so JSX auto-import doesn't apply. No missed test-suite breakage found.

[robobun]

^{Updated 4:38 PM PT - Oct 28th, 2026}

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That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-35557 executable, so you can run:

bun-35557 --bun

[claude]

All four items from my earlier passes are addressed — the .transform()/.scan() coverage, the mdx output block, the regression-test comment, and the multi-line comment on auto_import_jsx: true are all fixed in dbfb1e8. I'm not auto-approving only because this flips a documented public-API default (and deliberately changes .scan() output on JSX to include the synthetic runtime import), which is the kind of user-visible behavior shift a maintainer should sign off on.

What was reviewed:

• The one-line Config::default() change and its flow into transpiler.options.auto_import_jsx via the constructor — no other codepath reads config.runtime.auto_import_jsx.
• Test coverage now spans no-arg/dev/prod/jsxImportSource/key-after-spread createElement/classic-runtime/opt-out/.scan()/async .transform(); the three pre-existing tests that asserted the raw output correctly opt out with autoImportJSX: false rather than being weakened.
• .scanImports() goes through the lexer-only ScanPassResult path (not Transpiler::parse), so it does not pick up the synthetic import — checked and that's unchanged.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

One-line runtime change in src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs (Config::default() now sets runtime.auto_import_jsx = true), plus a JSDoc addition in bun.d.ts, an mdx doc update, and ~85 lines of new tests in transpiler.test.js. Fixes #7499 where Bun.Transpiler under the automatic JSX runtime emitted jsxDEV_7x81h0kn(...) with no import for it, yielding unrunnable output.

Security risks

None. No untrusted input handling, no auth/crypto, no memory-safety changes. The Rust diff is a single boolean field initializer inside a Default impl.

Level of scrutiny

Medium. The mechanical change is trivial and clearly correct — the previous default produced code that referenced an undeclared identifier, and Bun.build, esbuild, tsc, swc, and Babel all default this on for the automatic runtime. But it is a public API default flip: three existing tests had to add autoImportJSX: false to keep passing, and .scan() on JSX now returns [{path:"react/jsx-dev-runtime", kind:"import-statement"}] where it used to return []. That .scan() change was made deliberate and tested per my earlier feedback, but whether the synthetic import should surface there (vs. being filtered like IS_INTERNAL records) is a product call a maintainer should confirm.

Other factors

All four points from my prior reviews (2026-07-25T05:18 and 07:01) are addressed as of dbfb1e8: async .transform() and .scan() coverage added, mdx example output now shows the import line, the regression-test comment is trimmed to just the issue URL, and the multi-line comment above auto_import_jsx: true is dropped (comment-cop is satisfied). I also verified .scanImports() is unaffected — it uses the lexer-only bun_bundler::cache::JavaScript::scan() path against scan_pass_result, not Transpiler::parse(), so auto_import_jsx never reaches it. The no-arg-constructor test added in dbfb1e8 closes the last gap I'd have asked about.

[claude]

Additional findings (outside current diff — PR may have been updated during review):

• 🔴 test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:2594 — The merge from main (57c7ff1) pulled in a fourth exact-match JSX test — "JSX tag names containing '-' or ':' are string tags regardless of case" at transpiler.test.js:2614-2635 — that constructs new Bun.Transpiler({ loader: "jsx", define: {...} }) without autoImportJSX: false and does six .toBe() assertions expecting un-prefixed export var foo = jsxDEV_7x81h0kn(...). With this PR's default flip, each output is now prefixed with import { jsxDEV as ... } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime";\n and every assertion fails. Add autoImportJSX: false to the options at line 2621, matching the three sibling fixes already in this diff.

  Extended reasoning...

  What the issue is

  This PR flips Bun.Transpiler's autoImportJSX default from false to true (src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs:99). To keep the existing suite passing, the diff adds autoImportJSX: false to the three pre-existing tests that assert exact un-prefixed JSX output via .toBe() — at lines 2207, 2452, and 2594 of test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js. But a fourth such test now exists at lines 2614–2635, and it does not have autoImportJSX: false.

  How it got here

  The test "JSX tag names containing '-' or ':' are string tags regardless of case" was added on main in commit 2c5c312 (PR #37052, 2026-08-06) and pulled into this branch by merge commit 57c7ff1 — the most recent commit on the branch. This PR's evidence block shows the last gate run (iteration 6) was against a1f37750e, which predates the merge. So the gate never exercised this test with the flipped default, and the three-site sweep in this diff was complete against the pre-merge tree but is now one short.

  The code path

  The test (transpiler.test.js:2617-2622) constructs:

  const bun = new Bun.Transpiler({
    loader: "jsx",
    define: {
      "process.env.NODE_ENV": JSON.stringify("development"),
    },
  });

  With no explicit autoImportJSX, Config::default() now sets auto_import_jsx: true (JSTranspiler.rs:99), which propagates to transpiler.options.auto_import_jsx and then into the parser's options.features.auto_import_jsx. The full-parse auto-import gate in parse_entry.rs (p.options.jsx.parse && p.options.features.auto_import_jsx && p.options.jsx.runtime == Automatic) passes, so generate_import_stmt("react/jsx-dev-runtime", ["jsxDEV"], ...) prepends the import to the output.

  Step-by-step proof

  Take the first loop iteration, tag = "Foo-Bar", expected = '"Foo-Bar"':

  1. Input: export var foo = <Foo-Bar />.
  2. transformSync runs the automatic JSX transform in dev mode → the JSX becomes jsxDEV_7x81h0kn("Foo-Bar", {}, undefined, false, undefined, this), and jsxDEV is recorded as used.
  3. With auto_import_jsx = true (the new default), the post-visit pass emits import { jsxDEV as jsxDEV_7x81h0kn } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime"; as the first statement.
  4. Actual output:

     import { jsxDEV as jsxDEV_7x81h0kn } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime";
     export var foo = jsxDEV_7x81h0kn("Foo-Bar", {}, undefined, false, undefined, this);
     

  5. The assertion at line 2631 is:

     expect(bun.transformSync(`export var foo = <${tag} />`)).toBe(
       `export var foo = jsxDEV_7x81h0kn(${expected}, {}, undefined, false, undefined, this);\n`,
     );

     The expected string has no import prefix, so .toBe() fails. The same happens for all six [tag, expected] pairs.

  Why existing code doesn't prevent it

  The three autoImportJSX: false additions in this diff (2207, 2452, 2594) each patch a specific transpiler-instance construction site; there is no shared helper. The new test at 2617 constructs its own Bun.Transpiler locally, so nothing in this PR's diff touches it. Per REVIEW.md: "When changing output/defaults/messages, grep the suite for assertions on the old behavior and update them in the same PR" — the merge introduced a new site matching the old-behavior assertion pattern after that grep was done.

  Impact

  Concrete CI failure: bun bd test test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js will report 6 failed assertions in this test, blocking merge.

  Fix

  Add autoImportJSX: false to the transpiler options at line 2621, exactly matching the three sibling fixes already in this diff:

  const bun = new Bun.Transpiler({
    loader: "jsx",
    define: {
      "process.env.NODE_ENV": JSON.stringify("development"),
    },
    autoImportJSX: false,
  });

[claude]

No new issues found — all eight rounds of prior feedback are addressed and resolved. Deferring to a maintainer because this flips a documented Bun.Transpiler default (autoImportJSX false→true) and reshapes .scan()/.scanImports() output for JSX input, which is a user-visible API behavior change worth a human sign-off even though the old default produced unrunnable output.

What was reviewed

• _scan_imports pragma handling (2f2125e) mirrors prepare_for_visit_pass at p.rs:2781-2795 field-for-field, including development and package_name.
• Confirmed _scan_imports is only reachable via Bun.Transpiler.scanImports() (bundler proper uses the full-parse path), so the import-record shape change is scoped to that one API.
• New test matrix pins NODE_ENV via define/tsconfig on every row that asserts a specific dev/prod runtime path — the ambient-env fragility from earlier rounds is not reintroduced.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Flips the Bun.Transpiler default for autoImportJSX from false to true, so the automatic JSX runtime emits the import { jsx… } from '<src>/jsx-runtime' statement alongside the transformed calls (fixes #7499 — the previous default produced output referencing an undeclared hashed identifier). Also rewrites the JSX-import block in _scan_imports (parse_entry.rs) to mirror prepare_for_visit_pass: it now applies @jsxImportSource and @jsxRuntime pragmas, gates on auto_import_jsx && runtime == Automatic, and emits a single ImportKind::Stmt record instead of two Require records. JSTranspiler.rs wires the config default and threads auto_import_jsx into the scanImports parser opts. Docs (transpiler.mdx) and bun.d.ts JSDoc updated; ~140 lines of tests added.

Security risks

None. No untrusted-input parsing changes, no allocation-size arithmetic, no FFI/lifetime changes. The arena-copy of import_source in _scan_imports was already there; only the gate and record kind changed.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The core fix (default flip in Config::default() + one line in scan_imports) is trivial, and the _scan_imports rewrite is a faithful subset of the reference in prepare_for_visit_pass. But this is a user-visible behavioral change to three documented APIs (transformSync/transform output now prepends an import; .scan().imports and .scanImports() now report the synthetic JSX runtime import where they previously did not / reported different records). The rationale is strong — Bun.build, esbuild, tsc, swc, and Babel all default this on, and the old output was dead-on-arrival — but flipping a documented default is a product decision a maintainer should confirm.

Other factors

• This PR has been through eight review iterations; every prior inline finding from me (variant-matrix coverage, .scan() behavior, @jsxRuntime pragma in scan mode, RUNTIME_MAP.development field, ambient-NODE_ENV test fragility, comment placement) and from CodeRabbit (@jsxImportSource pragma in scan mode, doc wording) is marked resolved and verified against the current diff.
• Test coverage is thorough: zero-arg constructor, dev/prod, sync/async, custom jsxImportSource, key-after-spread createElement fallback, classic-runtime no-op, explicit opt-out, and a 10-row .scanImports()↔.scan() agreement matrix including three pragma-override cases and the @jsxImportSource pragma.
• Three pre-existing tests that asserted exact un-prefixed output were updated to pass autoImportJSX: false rather than having their assertions weakened.
• Blast radius of the _scan_imports rewrite is limited: the only caller of Parser::scan_imports is bun_bundler::cache::JavaScript::scan, and that is only invoked from JSTranspiler::scan_imports — the bundler's own parse path is unaffected.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:
- Around line 667-670: Update scan_imports_with to use the parsing result’s
createElement fallback decision: when that fallback is the only generated JSX
import, report the configured package_name instead of the JSX runtime module.
Add .scanImports() coverage for this case and ensure .scan() and .scanImports()
report the module actually imported.
- Around line 2338-2345: Update the generated JSX import insertion in
parse_entry.rs so automatic runtime imports appear after leading SDirective
statements, preserving the directive prologue; keep the existing order for all
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Still open from earlier reviews (4):

• 🔴 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:2343 — CommonJS JSX modules transpiled with a default Bun.Transpiler now produce output that Bun's own runtime refuses to load…
• 🔴 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:2345 — Users of a default Bun.Transpiler lose the "use client" / "use server" directive on every JSX file: it now prints on li…
• 🔴 src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs:100 — Users who prepend their own jsxDEV_7x81h0kn/jsx_w77yafs4 declaration to Bun.Transpiler output (the documented workaroun…
• Also unresolved: 1 minor or pre-existing.

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