diff --git a/src/sourcemap/Mapping.rs b/src/sourcemap/Mapping.rs
index 89653cc5dd64..e9582071940e 100644
--- a/src/sourcemap/Mapping.rs
+++ b/src/sourcemap/Mapping.rs
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ impl Lookup {
             }
 
             let name: &[u8] = &source_map.external_source_names[index];
+            // A source with no name is not a file. Joined to a module URL that has no directory, it is an empty path.
+            if name.is_empty() {
+                return None;
+            }
 
             let mut buf = bun_paths::path_buffer_pool::get();
             // `platform::Auto` is
diff --git a/src/sourcemap/lib.rs b/src/sourcemap/lib.rs
index e4ba62b09d68..e7d0533ee641 100644
--- a/src/sourcemap/lib.rs
+++ b/src/sourcemap/lib.rs
@@ -906,15 +906,12 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_json(source: &[u8], hint: ParseUrlResultHint) -> crate::Resu
         return Err(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap);
     };
 
-    let sources_content = match json
-        .get(b"sourcesContent")
-        .ok_or(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap)?
-        .data
-    {
-        bun_ast::ExprData::EArrayJSON(arr) => arr,
-        _ => return Err(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap),
+    let sources_content = match json.get(b"sourcesContent").map(|contents| contents.data) {
+        Some(bun_ast::ExprData::EArrayJSON(arr)) => Some(arr),
+        Some(bun_ast::ExprData::ENull(_)) | None => None,
+        Some(_) => return Err(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap),
     };
-    let sources_content = sources_content.get();
+    let sources_content = sources_content.as_ref().map(|arr| arr.get().items());
 
     let sources_paths = match json
         .get(b"sources")
@@ -926,15 +923,16 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_json(source: &[u8], hint: ParseUrlResultHint) -> crate::Resu
     };
     let sources_paths = sources_paths.get();
 
-    if sources_content.items().len() != sources_paths.items().len() {
+    if sources_content.is_some_and(|contents| contents.len() != sources_paths.items().len()) {
         return Err(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap);
     }
+    let sources_content = sources_content.unwrap_or_default();
 
     let source_only = matches!(hint, ParseUrlResultHint::SourceOnly(_));
 
     // `Vec<Box<[u8]>>` drops automatically on error.
     let source_paths_slice: Option<Vec<Box<[u8]>>> = if !source_only {
-        let mut v: Vec<Box<[u8]>> = Vec::with_capacity(sources_content.items().len());
+        let mut v: Vec<Box<[u8]>> = Vec::with_capacity(sources_paths.items().len());
         for item in sources_paths.items() {
             let Some(s) = item.as_str() else {
                 return Err(crate::Error::InvalidSourceMap);
@@ -1027,9 +1025,9 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_json(source: &[u8], hint: ParseUrlResultHint) -> crate::Resu
     let content_slice: Option<Box<[u8]>> = match source_index {
         Some(idx)
             if !matches!(hint, ParseUrlResultHint::MappingsOnly)
-                && (idx as usize) < sources_content.items().len() =>
+                && (idx as usize) < sources_content.len() =>
         'content: {
-            let item = &sources_content.items()[idx as usize];
+            let item = &sources_content[idx as usize];
             let Some(str) = item.as_str() else {
                 break 'content None;
             };
diff --git a/test/aot/runner-suites.programs.txt b/test/aot/runner-suites.programs.txt
index 538ec862c9a2..85b5d06cc261 100644
--- a/test/aot/runner-suites.programs.txt
+++ b/test/aot/runner-suites.programs.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ test/bundler/transpiler/es-decorators.test.ts: ES decorators lowering matrix > .
 test/bundler/transpiler/es-decorators.test.ts: ES decorators lowering matrix > .ts > twoClasses
 test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: AggregateError whose errors cannot be walked > the error a second load of a module that failed to build rejects with
 test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > a `cause` getter that loads the throwing file again
+test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > call sites of an external map that has no sourcesContent
+test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > code frame of an external map that has no sourcesContent
+test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > external map that has no sourcesContent
 test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > external map whose original source is unavailable
+test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > inline map with an empty source name in a blob module: sourcesContent [null]
+test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js: source map remapping of the printed stack > inline map with an empty source name in a blob module: sourcesContent absent
 test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js: CallFrame.p.getFunction does not expose the module loader reaction
 test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js: CallFrame.p.getFunction hides internal callees from sloppy code
 test/js/node/v8/capture-stack-trace.test.js: a stack that a collection materializes reads the same in a Worker
diff --git a/test/js/bun/sourcemap/negative-vlq-mapping.test.ts b/test/js/bun/sourcemap/negative-vlq-mapping.test.ts
index 746ff863712c..bc6503edbcba 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/sourcemap/negative-vlq-mapping.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/sourcemap/negative-vlq-mapping.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { bunEnv, bunExe, tempDir } from "harness";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { join, sep } from "node:path";
 
 // A `// @bun`-pragma'd file is not re-transpiled, so the sidecar / inline
 // source map is parsed as-is when error.stack is formatted. A negative
@@ -169,3 +169,49 @@ describe.concurrent("sourcemap: negative VLQ delta in mappings is rejected, not
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
 });
+
+// `sourcesContent` is only the text of a code frame. A map that has none, or `null`, still remaps a frame.
+describe.concurrent("sourcemap: sourcesContent is optional", () => {
+  // Generated line 3, column 2 -> sources[0], line 5, column 3.
+  const base = { version: 3, sources: ["orig.ts"], names: [], mappings: ";;EAIE;" };
+  const mapped = { stdout: "at t (orig.ts:5:3)\n", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 };
+
+  async function run(files: Record<string, string>) {
+    using dir = tempDir("sourcemap-no-content", files);
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "entry.js"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      cwd: String(dir),
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    return { stdout: stdout.replaceAll(String(dir) + sep, ""), stderr, exitCode };
+  }
+
+  test.each([
+    ["absent", base],
+    ["null", { ...base, sourcesContent: null }],
+  ])("external .map: sourcesContent %s", async (_, map) => {
+    const files = { "entry.js": body + `//# sourceMappingURL=entry.js.map\n`, "entry.js.map": JSON.stringify(map) };
+    expect(await run(files)).toEqual(mapped);
+  });
+
+  // What `bun build --sourcemap=external` writes: a `debugId` comment and no `sourceMappingURL` comment.
+  test("external .map of a file that has a debugId comment only: sourcesContent absent", async () => {
+    const files = {
+      "entry.js": body + `//# debugId=0123456789ABCDEF64756E2164756E21\n`,
+      "entry.js.map": JSON.stringify({ ...base, debugId: "0123456789ABCDEF64756E2164756E21" }),
+    };
+    expect(await run(files)).toEqual(mapped);
+  });
+
+  // The inline map is the one that is used, also beside a `.map` that decodes.
+  test("inline data-URL map: sourcesContent absent", async () => {
+    const files = {
+      "entry.js": body + `//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,${btoa(JSON.stringify(base))}\n`,
+      "entry.js.map": JSON.stringify({ ...base, sources: ["sidecar.ts"], sourcesContent: [""] }),
+    };
+    expect(await run(files)).toEqual(mapped);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js b/test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js
index 5020cdb87ca6..b6b67d0f2ae2 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js
+++ b/test/js/bun/util/inspect-error.test.js
@@ -359,6 +359,107 @@ describe("source map remapping of the printed stack", () => {
     expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  // The same artifact when `sourcesContent` is left out. There is still nothing
+  // to show and the frames are still remapped. The second decode of the map,
+  // for the code frame, reports nothing either.
+  test.concurrent("external map that has no sourcesContent", async () => {
+    const main = [
+      "// @bun",
+      'function thrower() { throw new Error("NOCONTENT"); }',
+      "const out = {};",
+      "try { thrower(); } catch (e) { out.inspect = Bun.inspect(e); }",
+      "try { thrower(); } catch (e) { out.stack = e.stack; }",
+      "console.log(JSON.stringify(out));",
+      "thrower();",
+    ];
+    // The mappings of the test above.
+    const map = { version: 3, sources: ["orig.ts"], names: [], mappings: ";AAUI;;AAUA;AAUA;;AAUA" };
+    const { dir, out, stderr, exitCode } = await run({
+      "main.js": main.join("\n") + "\n//# sourceMappingURL=main.js.map\n",
+      "main.js.map": JSON.stringify(map),
+    });
+
+    const files = ["orig.ts", "main.js"];
+    expect({
+      stack: frames(out.stack, dir, files),
+      inspect: frames(out.inspect, dir, files),
+      uncaught: frames(stderr, dir, files),
+      warnings: stderr.split("\n").filter(line => line.startsWith("warn:")),
+    }).toEqual({
+      stack: ["at thrower (orig.ts:11:5)", "at orig.ts:31:5"],
+      inspect: ["at thrower (orig.ts:11:5)", "at orig.ts:21:5"],
+      uncaught: ["at thrower (orig.ts:11:5)", "at orig.ts:41:5"],
+      warnings: [],
+    });
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  // With no `sourcesContent` the code frame is read from the source on disk.
+  test.concurrent("code frame of an external map that has no sourcesContent", async () => {
+    const { dir, out, stderr, exitCode } = await run({
+      "main.js": [
+        "// @bun",
+        'try { throw new Error("FRAME"); } catch (e) { console.log(JSON.stringify(Bun.inspect(e))); }',
+        "//# sourceMappingURL=main.js.map",
+      ].join("\n"),
+      // Line 2 -> orig.ts:1:5.
+      "main.js.map": JSON.stringify({ version: 3, sources: ["orig.ts"], names: [], mappings: ";AAAI" }),
+      "orig.ts": "const fromDisk = 1;\n",
+    });
+    expect({
+      firstLine: out.split("\n")[0],
+      frames: frames(out, dir, ["orig.ts", "main.js"]),
+      stderr,
+    }).toEqual({ firstLine: "1 | const fromDisk = 1;", frames: ["at orig.ts:1:5"], stderr: "" });
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  // A source with no name is not a file to read. A module imported from a `blob:` URL has no directory either.
+  test.concurrent.each([
+    ["absent", {}],
+    ["[null]", { sourcesContent: [null] }],
+  ])("inline map with an empty source name in a blob module: sourcesContent %s", async (_, content) => {
+    const map = { version: 3, sources: [""], ...content, names: [], mappings: ";;AACI" };
+    const { out, stderr, exitCode } = await run({
+      "module.txt": [
+        "// @bun",
+        "export function thrower() {",
+        '  throw new Error("BLOB");',
+        "}",
+        "//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64," + btoa(JSON.stringify(map)),
+      ].join("\n"),
+      "main.js": [
+        'const code = await Bun.file(import.meta.dir + "/module.txt").text();',
+        'const { thrower } = await import(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([code], { type: "text/javascript" })));',
+        "try { thrower(); } catch (e) { console.log(JSON.stringify(Bun.inspect(e))); }",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    });
+    expect({ error: out.split("\n").filter(line => line.startsWith("error:")), stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({
+      error: ["error: BLOB"],
+      stderr: "",
+      exitCode: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Error.prepareStackTrace reads the same map through the call sites.
+  test.concurrent("call sites of an external map that has no sourcesContent", async () => {
+    const { dir, out, stderr, exitCode } = await run({
+      "main.js": [
+        "// @bun",
+        "Error.prepareStackTrace = (_, sites) => sites.map(s => [s.getFileName(), s.getLineNumber(), s.getColumnNumber()]);",
+        'console.log(JSON.stringify(new Error("SITES").stack[0]));',
+        "//# sourceMappingURL=main.js.map",
+      ].join("\n"),
+      // Line 2 -> orig.ts:11:5.
+      "main.js.map": JSON.stringify({ version: 3, sources: ["orig.ts"], names: [], mappings: ";;AAUI" }),
+    });
+    expect({ site: [out[0].replaceAll("\\", "/"), out[1], out[2]], stderr }).toEqual({
+      site: [dir.replaceAll("\\", "/") + "/orig.ts", 11, 5],
+      stderr: "",
+    });
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   // Modules bun transpiled itself. `present.ts` stays on disk; `deleted.ts` is
   // removed after it was loaded, so the code frame can no longer be read back.
   // Reading error.stack first makes the printer start from the already