[robobun]

Fixes #24540

Problem

• bun build --format=iife prints the runtime helper __require but never defines it: ReferenceError: __require is not defined when the bundle reaches it.
• The linker printed it for each format but cjs. The parser imported its definition for esm only (src/bundler/ParseTask.rs:2508).
• For node, or when a dependency has its own __require: TypeError: __require is not a function.

Fix

• should_call_runtime_require(format) (src/bundler/options.rs) is the one rule for parser and linker.
• Format::keeps_import_meta_main(target) decides keep or lower from the entry point's own target (bundler: keep import.meta.main in iife output for bun #38139).
• A node iife reads the host's require. An iife lowers import.meta.main to (typeof module != "undefined" && __require.main === module).
• Verified: 36 new tests in test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts and bundler_edgecase.test.ts, 34 fail on main. Self-reviewed: 12 concerns raised, 11 addressed.

Background

• Each bundle gets a runtime module. Tree shaking keeps a helper only if a file records a use.
• Bun loads a // @bun file as an ES module: import.meta.main works, require does not exist.
• Weighed: a rebase as written, a parser-only gate, a print-time check. Each left an undefined __require somewhere.

Downsides

• An iife require(expr) now reaches the host's require. Before, a try around it caught a ReferenceError. 0 of 3,169 corpus builds newly fail.
• The helper adds 384 B per iife entry chunk (bun: 40 B). The release binary grows by 3,072 B.
• A lowered import.meta.main is false where the host has no module. A maintainer must confirm this (Notes).

Notes

Repro

printf 'import x from "./dyn.cjs"; console.log(x);\n' > entry.js
printf 'var name = "fs";\nmodule.exports = typeof require(name).readFileSync;\n' > dyn.cjs
bun build entry.js --format=iife --target=browser --outfile=out.js && node out.js

1.4.3 and main: ReferenceError: __require is not defined, also for --target=node and --target=bun. With this PR each prints function. The same input works with --format=esm.

printf 'console.log(import.meta.main)\n' > m.js && bun build m.js --format=iife --outfile=o.js && bun o.js has the same error on main. With this PR it prints true.

Evidence, by part

• The __require definition. __require is not created when using 'iife' as output format #24540 reports it. For --target=browser it is a regression: 1.1.29 prints var __require = ... and the repro prints function, 1.1.30 throws. Introduce bytecode caching, polish "cjs" bundler output format #14232 (commit 2f7ff95, first in 1.1.30) wrote the parser rule as == esm and the linker rule as != cjs. For node and bun the repro failed on 1.1.29 too. A public project defines globalThis.__require itself to load its iife bundles (simstudioai/sim, apps/sim/lib/execution/sandbox/bundles/isolate-polyfills.ts).
• The node iife definition. In a review of bundler: declare require inside a CommonJS wrapper whose body contains direct eval #35581 a maintainer reproduced it on main (bundler: declare require inside a CommonJS wrapper whose body contains direct eval #35581 (comment)): "target=node's __require part (createRequire behind a node:module import, ParseTask.rs:386) does not work inside an iife on main: bundling a dep that does require("fs") with --target=node --format=iife emits var import_node_module = __require("node:module") on line 2 and node fails at load with __require is not a function." The review names two routes: skip node iife at the record site and the print site together, "or fix the node iife runtime part first". This PR is the second route.
• import.meta.main in an iife. No report asks for it. It is here because a lowered check prints __require, and because an entry point whose only use of require is require.main === module is an ES module once the parser flag is on. Without this part that entry point would go from no output to a ReferenceError.
• The entry point's own target for the printer. A #!/usr/bin/env bun entry point in a build with no target is parsed for bun, and the bundle target is browser. The two rules disagreed there.

Output

iife for	__require	entry point import.meta.main
bun	var __require = import.meta.require;	kept as written
browser	the esbuild shim (host require, or Dynamic require of "x" is not supported)	(typeof module != "undefined" && __require.main === module)
node	the same shim, was createRequire(import.meta.url)	the same

The inverted form is (typeof module == "undefined" || __require.main !== module). Both forms are always in parentheses: a ?? b && c is a SyntaxError, and the printer gives an operand of ?? a lower level than &&. The comparison is strict, so a host whose module is null reads false. esm and cjs output do not change.

Measurements

Release builds of main 129f3c7 and of this PR, Linux x64.

• undeclared __require outputs: main 40, PR 0, of 130 cells. Outputs that define it through __require("node:module"): main 2, PR 0. A cell is one single-target build: 7 source forms x 3 targets x 3 formats x CLI and Bun.build, and a #!/usr/bin/env bun entry for --target=node in esm and iife. An acorn walk counts a reference with no declaration in the file.
• esm/cjs outputs changed: 0 of 6,533 (sha256, main 129f3c7 vs PR). The inputs are the 1,381 entry files that the tests of test/bundler write, built as esm and cjs for 3 targets. 1,753 more builds fail with both binaries.
• non-bundling outputs changed: 3 of 12,375 bun build --no-bundle outputs, each --format=iife --target=bun (require.main == module is now import.meta.main). Bun.Transpiler: 0 of 12 cells. Cache version 51 kept: yes, the runtime transpiler output is the same.
• sizeof(P): 4432 -> 4432 bytes (gdb, debug builds). The parser gets no new field.
• release binary: text +3,072 B (140,286,076 to 140,289,148), data +0, bss +0 (size, main 129f3c7 vs PR). The file grows by 4,096 B.
• instructions:u: esm bundle of 10,000 modules +0.056% (noise 0.29%), bun run of a 1 MB file +0.012% (noise 0.10%), 10 interleaved runs on one core. Both are below the noise. perf and valgrind are not on the machine and it cannot install them. A 40 line perf_event_open program made the counts.
• iife helper bytes (browser/bun/node): plain +384/+40/+384, minified +243/+18/+243. Each entry chunk of the build that has runtime helpers gets it, as in esm output. Runtime text parsed for a node iife build: +1,387 B, of which 1,125 B are the browser preload helper that tree shaking removes.
• import.meta.main host table: 34 of 34 cells as expected, 0 throws. On main: 0 of 34, 17 throw and 17 print nothing. The hosts are a CommonJS main and a require() under node and bun, .mjs under node, and vm.runInNewContext.
• iife corpus: 0 of 3,169 builds newly fail, 6 outputs have a file that changes wrap kind, 2 outputs have a renamed binding (module2). The corpus is the 1,381 entry files and 102 packages of test/node_modules, for 3 targets. 171 outputs change. Loaded in node or bun, 111 go from a throw to a load. 6 go from no output to a throw: 2 test inputs whose entry point did not run before, and that call a global the test does not define.
• __require format tests: 6 sites with 2 answers -> 1 definition + 4 readers.

Behaviour changes outside the report

• A require(expr) that loaded on main changes. In a try block it threw a ReferenceError that the block caught. Now it calls the host's require under node and bun, as in esm output. cjs/__require_iife_dynamic_require_in_try pins this.
• A file whose only use of require folds away is an ES module in iife output now. typeof require and require.main === module fold. Before, the file was CommonJS. As an entry point it was wrapped and did not run, so console.log(typeof require) printed nothing.
• import { x } from "./b.js", where b.js has only typeof require and no export, is the build error No matching export in iife output now, as it is in esm output on main. esbuild warns and builds.
• An iife for node that has __require reserves the names Proxy and globalThis, as an iife for the browser does. A top-level class Proxy prints as Proxy2.
• An iife that lowers import.meta.main reserves the name module. A CommonJS wrapper in it prints function(exports, module2).
• An iife for bun that has __require contains import.meta.require. Bun loads the // @bun file as a module. Node loads a .js or .mjs file of it as an ES module, where import.meta.require is undefined: TypeError: __require is not a function at the call. A loader that takes the file as a script (.cjs, new Function) reports a SyntaxError. On main each threw the ReferenceError at the call.
• bun build --no-bundle --format=iife --target=bun prints import.meta.main. Bun runs both spellings.
• The dev server format no longer records a __require import for a .node file. Its printer prints hmr.require there and never printed __require.

Questions for a maintainer

1. The value of the check in an iife. This PR detects the host: true as a CommonJS main, false when required, false with no module. esbuild gives a falsy value in each host. The review of bundler: keep an entry point's own module in its output file when another entry point imports it #40601 asks "isn't the simpler fix to inline import.meta.main?" (bundler: keep an entry point's own module in its output file when another entry point imports it #40601 (review)). A constant false would stop a main block that runs on main today: import ext from "ext"; if (import.meta.main) ... built with --format=iife --external ext.
2. The check in a CommonJS-wrapped entry point compares with the host's module, not with the wrapper's. The consumer is a CommonJS entry point with if (require.main === module), which runs only with bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843. The test pins the printed text and not the value: bundler: print import.meta.main per chunk when a build has several entry points #41235 decides the value of an entry point that is copied into the bundle of another.
3. Format::keeps_import_meta_main(target) is a new pub fn on bun_options_types::Format, next to keep_es6_import_export_syntax. The printer and the bundler both read it. If that is not wanted, the bundler can decide and pass the answer to the printer as a print option.

Not in this PR

Left as is	With this PR	Owner
A CommonJS entry point in iife output	wrapped, never called	#37843
User import.meta.url and other import.meta reads in an iife	printed as written. Node then loads the file as an ES module, and a require(expr) throws Dynamic require of "x" is not supported. A lowered import.meta.main in the same file reads false.	#38200
A bun hashbang entry point built with --target=node	keeps import.meta.main. A Node.js version with no import.meta.main skips the main block. main threw.	#38598
An entry point copied into the bundle of another entry point	the check is true when the importing bundle is the main module	#41235
The browser chunk of a server build	gets the __require of the server	#46272
(require.main !== module) ** 2 where import.meta.main is kept	prints !import.meta.main ** 2, a SyntaxError, as on main	a printer change of its own
esm output for node	still prints __require.main == __require.module	#43687
A file with export * from an external package and a __require use	prints a dead exports_runtime object, as esm output does on main	a linker change of its own

The bundle target picks the __require definition before the entry point is read. So a #!/usr/bin/env bun entry built with --target=node --format=iife gets the shim, and a require(expr) in it throws Dynamic require.

Merge order

• This PR before bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843. On main a CommonJS entry point in iife output is not called. Its body can hold a __require with no definition. bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843 adds the call. This branch merges with it with no conflict, and with both the require(name), require("node:path") and import.meta.main entries print what node prints, for 3 targets.
• bundler: use the native import.meta.main in ESM output for Node.js #43687 conflicts with this PR in src/js_parser/p.rs and src/js_printer/lib.rs. Each of the two merges with main alone. Both edit value_for_import_meta_main and the EImportMetaMain arm of the printer. They change different outputs: bundler: use the native import.meta.main in ESM output for Node.js #43687 changes esm output for node, and this PR changes iife output and the target that the rule reads. The second of the two to land needs a rebase of those hunks.
• test(bundler): fail an itBundled output that does not parse or uses an undeclared generated name #47136 has an opt-out for the undeclared __require of default/ArgumentsSpecialCaseNoBundle. With this PR the name is declared. The second of the two to land removes the opt-out.
• bundler: declare require inside a CommonJS wrapper whose body contains direct eval #35581, bundler: spell import.meta.require as the require of node, CommonJS and dev-server output #46299 and bundler: give a file that assigns require its own require variable #46640 each skip iife for this defect. After this PR they can call should_call_runtime_require.

Suites

• Release build of this PR, all of test/bundler/ (163 files): 8,042 pass, 1 fails. It is bundler_bytecode_portable.test.ts, which fails on the release build of main too.
• Release build of main with the tests of this PR: the same, and 34 of the 36 new tests fail. The other 2 pin output that must not change: cjs/__require_esm_dynamic_require_target_node and edgecase/ImportMetaMainCJSTargetBun.
• Debug build of this PR: bundler_cjs, bundler_edgecase, bundler_minify, bundler_loader, bundler_splitting, bundler_bun, bundler_browser, bundler_cjs2esm, esbuild/dce, esbuild/default, esbuild/importstar, all of test/bake/ and test/bundler/transpiler/. The failures are tests that reach their timeout on this machine. Each passes with a longer timeout, and does the same on a debug build of main.

Self-review

12 concerns raised, 11 addressed. Not taken: a second predicate Format::loads_as_esm(target) under keeps_import_meta_main. It adds a public function that one function reads. The choice of the runtime text cannot use it: it would move node cjs builds to the shim.

History

• The first version of this PR changed the same outputs with two mirrored match blocks, "must agree" comments and a new parser field. The printer read the bundle target and the parser read the file target, so a #!/usr/bin/env bun entry still printed an undefined __require.
• The first commit is the change of bundler: keep import.meta.main in iife output for bun #38139: one predicate, and the file's own target for the printer. The second commit defines __require. The second alone would make a require.main === module entry throw, so the order matters.

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no test proof · iteration 0 · Platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine. Deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts

[robobun]

Reproduced on bun 1.4.3 and on main: bun build entry.js --format=iife of a file that reaches require(expr) prints __require with no definition, and the bundle throws ReferenceError: __require is not defined. The repro is in the description.

With the source of main, bun bd test test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts -t __require_ fails 21 of 22 tests, and bun bd test test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts -t ImportMetaMain fails 13 of the 14 new tests. Both pass with this branch.

The fix is this PR, #38077. The branch is rebuilt on main. It now contains the change of #38139 as its first commit.

CI build 137008 is red on 28 test files. None is a test or a file of this PR: 27 are in test/aot/ and one is test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. The same 28 are red on build 137005 of main.

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Files selected for processing: 15

• src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs
• src/bundler/ParseTask.rs
• src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs
• src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForLazyExport.rs
• src/bundler/linker_context/generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs
• src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs
• src/bundler/linker_context/scanImportsAndExports.rs
• src/bundler/options.rs
• src/bundler/transpiler.rs
• src/js_parser/p.rs
• src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs
• src/js_printer/lib.rs
• src/options_types/bundle_enums.rs
• test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts
• test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts

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Walkthrough

Runtime source generation and runtime __require handling now depend on output format. import.meta.main lowering now depends on output format and target. Parser, printer, and bundler tests cover IIFE and other output modes.

Changes

Runtime and entrypoint lowering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Format-aware runtime require generation src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs, src/bundler/options.rs, src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs, src/bundler/linker_context/*, test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts	Runtime source selection now receives the output format. A shared format check selects runtime __require references for ESM and IIFE output. Tests cover dynamic and external require cases, including Node IIFE and Node ESM output.
Target-aware import.meta.main lowering src/options_types/bundle_enums.rs, src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/transpiler.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs, src/js_printer/lib.rs, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts	The parser and printer select native or lowered import.meta.main by target and format. IIFE fallback comparisons guard access to the host module reference. Tests cover direct execution, requiring bundles, shadowed bindings, inversions, and expression precedence.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii, dylan-conway

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to b617b

No actionable merge-blocking issue remains. The format-aware require and main-module changes are mergeable subject to normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: defining __require for IIFE output.
Linked Issues check		Objective [#24540]: an iife bundle that uses the runtime __require must define it. At the reviewed head, should_call_runtime_require (src/bundler/options.rs) returns true for Format::Iife. `pars…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes fall into two groups. The first group defines __require for iife output. It covers options.rs, the ParseTask.rs auto_polyfill_require and runtime-variant changes, and the linker and pr…
Description check		The description is detailed and covers the change, rationale, scope, risks, and verification results. It does not use the required headings "### What does this PR do?" and "### How did you verify your…

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Explanation

Objective [#24540]: an iife bundle that uses the runtime __require must define it. At the reviewed head, should_call_runtime_require (src/bundler/options.rs) returns true for Format::Iife. parse_worker sets opts.features.auto_polyfill_require from this predicate, so an iife file records the __require use. get_runtime_source now takes output_format and selects a runtime variant for iife output. For --target=node with iife, it selects the generic Variant::Other, which reads the host require. The PR description reports that the Linker passes runtime_require_ref for all formats, and that post_process_js_chunk no longer drops it. I did not inspect the linker diff, so that part rests on the summary and the PR's measurements. The PR adds 36 tests in test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts and bundler_edgecase.test.ts. The PR reports 34 of them fail on main, which supports that the tests cover the defect. The issue asks for no other behavior. The ESM and CJS paths keep their existing gating, because should_call_runtime_require returns true for Esm and false for Cjs. The HMR gating is kept, because InternalBakeDev returns false.

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Explanation

The changes fall into two groups. The first group defines __require for iife output. It covers options.rs, the ParseTask.rs auto_polyfill_require and runtime-variant changes, and the linker and printer require_ref changes. These implement #24540 directly. The second group covers import.meta.main handling. It covers Format::keeps_import_meta_main in bundle_enums.rs, the lower_import_meta_main rename in parse_entry.rs and transpiler.rs, the P::value_for_import_meta_main change in p.rs, the printer change in js_printer/lib.rs, and the generateCodeForLazyExport change. The PR description states that a lowered import.meta.main check in iife output prints __require, so this group depends on the first group. The PR objectives also list import.meta.main as part of the intended change. The first commit is a change from #38139 that is included in this diff. It supplies the predicate used by the second group. The Bun.Transpiler and cache behavior changes are reported as unchanged. I found no demonstrated unrelated change. Some behavior changes, such as import.meta.main kept for bun iife output and new reserved names in iife output, are documented in the PR as deliberate side effects. They are connected to the same mechanism.

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Explanation

The description is detailed and covers the change, rationale, scope, risks, and verification results. It does not use the required headings "### What does this PR do?" and "### How did you verify your code works?", but it provides the required information under equivalent sections.

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[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The fix is surgically scoped and well-tested, but since it changes the bundler's runtime-source selection for --target=node --format=iife (swapping the createRequire flavor for the ambient-require shim) and adjusts what the printer emits for import.meta.main, a maintainer sign-off on those semantics would be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Traced runtime_require_ref in the linker (format != Cjs) against the new auto_polyfill_require gate (Esm | Iife) — now aligned.
• Checked the sole get_runtime_source caller was updated; node+cjs/node+esm still get RUNTIME_REQUIRE_NODE.
• Confirmed the parser's new !output_format.is_esm() branch is a no-op for Cjs and InternalBakeDev (both have auto_polyfill_require off, so record_usage_of_runtime_require does nothing).
• Verified the printer change leaves edgecase/ImportMetaMainTargetNode (esm) and edgecase/build-cjs-module#20308 (cjs, require_ref is None) byte-identical.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes #24540: --format=iife bundles referencing __require (dynamic require(), require.resolve(), uncalled require, require.main, or the import.meta.main lowering) threw ReferenceError: __require is not defined because the parser only wired up the runtime-part dependency for esm output, while the linker/printer emit __require for every non-cjs format. Four source files change:

• src/bundler/ParseTask.rs: auto_polyfill_require now matches Esm | Iife; get_runtime_source gains an output_format parameter so Target::Node with Format::Iife falls through to the ambient-require shim (RUNTIME_REQUIRE_OTHER) instead of the createRequire(import.meta.url) flavor, which cannot exist in a script.
• src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs: sole caller of get_runtime_source updated to pass the new argument.
• src/js_parser/p.rs: value_for_import_meta_main records the __require usage for any non-esm format, so the runtime part isn't tree-shaken in iife output.
• src/js_printer/lib.rs: for target=node, the __require.module right operand of the import.meta.main lowering is restricted to Format::Esm; iife (loaded as a CommonJS script) prints the host's module like cjs already did.

Ten new itBundled tests cover node/bun/browser × dynamic require, minified, the no-host-require error message, require.resolve/uncalled/require.main, external require for node, an esm guard, and two import.meta.main iife tests run under both bun and node.

Security risks

None. This is bundler output-shape logic — no auth, crypto, untrusted-input parsing, or FFI/memory safety involved.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The individual edits are small and each is directly justified against the linker's existing format != Cjs rule and esbuild's iife behavior, but they change the runtime shim that ships in every --target=node --format=iife bundle and what the printer emits for import.meta.main. I verified esm and cjs paths are unaffected: node+esm still hits the Target::Node if output_format != Iife arm and keeps createRequire; cjs still has require_ref = None so the printer's new match takes the _ => arm and prints module as before; and the parser's added !is_esm() branch is a no-op for cjs and InternalBakeDev because record_usage_of_runtime_require is gated on auto_polyfill_require, which is off for both.

Other factors

• The tests are strong: they execute the bundle under both bun and node (not just snapshotting output), assert on the presence/absence of createRequire/import.meta/__require("node:module"), and include a minified variant and a no-host-require negative test. The description reports 9/10 fail on the unfixed build (the esm guard passes on both), confirmed by robobun's USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 run.
• The PR description is unusually thorough — it traces the mechanism to specific source lines, explains why each __require flavor can/cannot appear in an iife, and explicitly scopes out the remaining --target=bun --format=iife import.meta.main gap as a separate issue.
• I'm deferring rather than approving because the choice of shim for node iife (ambient require vs. createRequire) and the __require.module → module change for the import.meta.main lowering are semantic decisions about emitted code that a bundler maintainer should confirm, even though the reasoning (an iife is a script, so import/import.meta.url are unavailable and the host require/module are the correct bindings; matches esbuild) looks sound.

[robobun]

^{Updated 4:33 PM PT - Nov 2nd, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit b617bbb has 40 failures in Build #137008 (All Failures):

• test/aot/mock-module-of-compiled-modules.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 aarch64
• test/aot/mock-module-of-compiled-modules.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64
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• test/aot/the-main-module-of-a-test-run.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 aarch64
• test/aot/the-main-module-of-a-test-run.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64
• test/aot/the-main-module-of-a-test-run.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64-asan
• test/aot/the-library-that-bun-holds-compiled-is-the-lowest-layer.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 aarch64
• test/aot/the-library-that-bun-holds-compiled-is-the-lowest-layer.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64
• test/aot/the-library-that-bun-holds-compiled-is-the-lowest-layer.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64-asan
• test/aot/bun-test-isolate-compiled.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 x64
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• test/aot/modules-in-a-test-run-twice.test.ts - code 1 on 🐧 13 aarch64
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In `@src/js_printer/lib.rs`:
- Around line 3062-3070: Reorder the match arms in the module-printing logic so
the valid commonjs_module_ref case is checked before the Iife or Target::Node
fallback. Preserve the existing literal module output when no valid
commonjs_module_ref exists.

In `@test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts`:
- Around line 2264-2289: Add a third itBundled case for
ImportMetaMainInvertedMemberTarget that reuses importMetaMainInvertedMemberFiles
and importMetaMainInvertedMemberCapture with target: "node", asserting the
lowered ==/!= printer path for both the member-expression and exponentiation
cases.

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• src/bundler/ParseTask.rs
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• src/bundler/transpiler.rs
• src/js_parser/p.rs
• src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs
• src/js_printer/lib.rs
• test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts
• test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and found no bugs on the current revision — the two precedence issues flagged earlier were fixed in ad9070f and 80ffd46, and the coderabbit test-coverage suggestion landed in a9b0f8a. Because the change spans the parser, printer, and runtime-source selection (notably swapping node+iife to the browser __require shim and the unbound-module-symbol reservation), a human look at the design would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• auto_polyfill_require now matches the linker's format != cjs rule; get_runtime_source callers all updated.
• Printer's module-operand match preserves pre-PR cjs+node behavior (literal module, not commonjs_module_ref) and only emits __require.module for esm.
• Both EImportMetaMain printer arms now wrap at the right precedence and the inverted form is enumerated in the BinPow left-operand list alongside EUndefined/minified EBoolean.
• compute_initial_reserved_names reserves module only for cjs, so the per-file unbound symbol is what makes the chunk-wide renamer avoid the name for iife — verified by the ShadowedModuleBinding test.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes #24540 (ReferenceError: __require is not defined in --format=iife output) by bringing the parser's auto_polyfill_require gate in line with the linker's runtime_require_ref rule (both now cover esm and iife), and by threading output_format into get_runtime_source so node+iife uses the browser-style shim (an iife cannot contain import { createRequire } or import.meta.url). It also extends import.meta.main lowering to iife: renames lower_import_meta_main_for_node_js → lower_import_meta_main, records a __require use so the runtime part survives tree-shaking, declares an unbound module symbol so the renamer keeps user bindings of that name away from the host's module, and reworks the printer's EImportMetaMain arm to (a) keep import.meta.main for iife+bun, (b) parenthesize both the kept !import.meta.main and the lowered ==/!= forms at the right precedence, and (c) print the literal module operand for iife/cjs vs __require.module for esm. Eight files touched; ~350 diff lines, roughly half tests.

Security risks

None identified. This is bundler codegen; no untrusted input parsing beyond what the parser already handles, no auth/crypto/permissions.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The parser/printer/linker are core bundler paths where a subtle mistake miscompiles user code silently. The two precedence bugs my earlier review caught (unwrapped !import.meta.main under a member target, and left of **) illustrate that; both were fixed with regression tests. On the current revision the bug hunter found nothing, and I traced the printer's new match arms against the pre-PR behavior for every format×target combination that reaches the lowering branch — cjs+node still prints the literal host module (the coderabbit thread confirms that ordering is deliberate), esm+node still prints __require.module, and iife now prints the host module with the name reserved via the new unbound symbol.

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough: 8 new bundler_cjs cases (dynamic require × three targets, minified, no-host-require error, require.resolve/uncalled/.main, external require, esm guard) and 8 new bundler_edgecase cases (iife × three targets run under both bun and node, required-as-non-main, inverted forms, shadowed module, member/** precedence for both keep and lower branches). All comment-cop and reviewer threads are resolved. What tips this to defer rather than approve is the scope: it changes which runtime shim is compiled into node+iife bundles and introduces a per-file unbound-symbol pattern to reserve a name chunk-wide — both are reasonable, but they're design calls a bundler maintainer should sign off on rather than land purely on automated review.

[claude]

I re-reviewed after the fixes for the two precedence issues I raised earlier (both addressed in ad9070f / 80ffd46) and CodeRabbit's test-coverage note (addressed in a9b0f8a); this pass found no further bugs. Given the scope — runtime-source selection now varies by output format, the EImportMetaMain printer arm is restructured with new precedence wrapping, and the parser declares an unbound module symbol to steer the iife renamer — a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• auto_polyfill_require / runtime_require_ref now agree for iife; esm and cjs paths unchanged (guarded by the new __require_esm_dynamic_require_target_node test).
• The node-iife → RUNTIME_REQUIRE_OTHER shim swap: verified it can't leak into esm/cjs (the Format::Iife guard is the only new arm) and that bun-iife keeps import.meta.require.
• The module name-reservation via declare_generated_symbol(Unbound, "module"): only declared once per file, and the ImportMetaMainIIFEShadowedModuleBinding test confirms sibling files' module bindings are renamed too.
• Both new precedence wraps (gte(Prefix) for the kept inverted form, gte(Equals) for the lowered form) plus the BinPow left-operand list entry, with tests covering member-target and ** for keep and lowered paths.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes #24540: --format=iife bundles that print the runtime's __require (dynamic require(), require.resolve, uncalled require, require.main, or a lowered import.meta.main) previously threw ReferenceError: __require is not defined because the parser's auto_polyfill_require feature was only enabled for esm output while the linker's runtime_require_ref prints __require for both esm and iife. The fix has four coordinated pieces across five source files: (1) ParseTask.rs enables auto_polyfill_require for iife and threads output_format into get_runtime_source so node-iife uses the ambient-require shim instead of the createRequire(import.meta.url) flavor that can't exist in a script; (2) p.rs records the __require runtime use whenever import.meta.main will be lowered and, for iife, declares an unbound module symbol so the renamer keeps bundled module bindings away from the host's; (3) lib.rs restructures the EImportMetaMain printer arm to keep import.meta.main for bun-iife (loaded as ESM), lower it elsewhere with the correct right-hand operand per format, and parenthesize both the kept-inverted and lowered forms at their precedence levels (including the BinPow left-operand special case); (4) bundle_v2.rs and transpiler.rs are mechanical signature updates. Test coverage is thorough: 8 new bundler_cjs cases and 8 new bundler_edgecase cases exercising all three targets, minified output, the no-host-require error path, all four require reference forms, external requires, an esm regression guard, and every precedence position touched.

Security risks

None. This is bundler output-generation logic with no auth, crypto, filesystem, or network surface. The change affects what JavaScript text the bundler emits, not how it processes untrusted input.

Level of scrutiny

High. The bundler's parser/printer/linker coordination is one of Bun's most correctness-sensitive subsystems — a mis-emitted token is a miscompile that silently breaks user code at runtime. This PR crosses four of those layers with invariants that must agree by construction ("must match runtime_require_ref", "must agree with EImportMetaMain in the printer"), and the review history shows the precedence handling needed two follow-up fixes to close the class. The design decision to route node-iife through the browser shim (rather than, say, erroring or emitting a top-level createRequire outside the iife) is defensible and matches esbuild, but is the kind of behavioral choice a maintainer should sign off on.

Other factors

All prior review threads are resolved: my two precedence findings (member-expression target and ** left operand for the kept-inverted form) were fixed with tests; CodeRabbit's request for a lowered-form variant of those tests was addressed; CodeRabbit's commonjs_module_ref ordering concern was withdrawn after the author explained the host-module semantics. The bug-hunting system found nothing this run. The declare_generated_symbol(Unbound, "module") mechanism is a new pattern in the parser (mirroring what compute_initial_reserved_names does for cjs) and is worth a maintainer's eye to confirm it's the right layer for name reservation, though the ImportMetaMainIIFEShadowedModuleBinding test proves it works end-to-end including for sibling files.