Decide a file's module type with one rule on every runtime load path by robobun · Pull Request #40940 · oven-sh/bun

robobun · 2026-08-30T05:53:36Z

Draft. It waits for a maintainer decision on oven-sh/WebKit#891.

Problem

A file with neither format's syntax gets its format from the load path: import "./x.cjs" under "type": "module" runs as ESM, require() as CommonJS.
Imports transpile on the work pool, which reads only the package.json "type" (src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:808). require() and the entry point read the extension (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:4269). Both ignore a nameless package.json of a parent directory.

Fix

bun_resolver::module_type_for_file is the one rule: the extension, else for .js/.ts/.jsx/.tsx the "type" of DirInfo::package_json_for_module_type.
In the CommonJS wrapper the JSX runtime and decorator helpers are a require() (Bind parser-generated names with require() in CommonJS-wrapped modules, ahead of hoisted classes #38012 alone). The transpiler cache key includes the module type.
Verified: test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts (19 of 42 fail before).

Background

Bun runs an imported CommonJS file when its fetch settles, before every ES module (src/jsc/bindings/JSCommonJSModule.cpp:1652). Node runs it at its import.
Weighed: main's rule for imports (the file is ESM again), running only these files at their import (two CommonJS timings per graph). [JSC] Run a CommonJS module's generator where its importing graph evaluates it WebKit#891 moves every CommonJS import.

Downsides

Order: a file that this rule makes CommonJS runs before ES modules imported ahead of it. Under "type": "module", import "./env.js"; import "./setup.cjs" runs setup.cjs first in 50 of 50 runs, second on Bun 1.4.3 and Node. So it waits.
An imported .mjs with no module syntax under "type": "commonjs" is strict ESM now. Below a nameless {"type":"module"}, an __esModule CommonJS file's default import is the whole module.exports.
Size: +6,144 bytes of release binary text.

Notes

Why it waits (2026-10-25). The test file has seven rows under evaluation order of a file that an ES module imports. Each file prints its format and process.env.DSN, which the import ahead of it sets. 50 runs per cell. Node is v26.3.0. Bun 1.4.3 is 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9, a release build. This PR is a debug build of 74d6aca.

the entry imports, in this order	Node	Bun 1.4.3	this PR
`"type": "module"`: `env.js`, then `setup.cjs` that calls `require()`	commonjs, set	module, set	commonjs, undefined
the same, `setup.cjs` with `"use strict"`	commonjs, set	module, set	commonjs, undefined
the same, `setup.cjs` with neither	commonjs, set	module, set	commonjs, undefined
no `"type"`: `env.mjs`, then `setup.cjs` with neither	commonjs, set	module, set	commonjs, undefined
`env.js`, then a `.js` file below a nameless `{"type":"commonjs"}`	commonjs, set	module, set	commonjs, undefined
`"type": "commonjs"`: `env.mjs` with no module syntax, then `lib.cjs` with `module.exports`	commonjs, set	commonjs, set in 48 of 50	commonjs, undefined
`"type": "commonjs"`: `env.mjs` with `export`, then `setup.mjs` with no module syntax	module, set	commonjs, undefined	module, set

Every cell is 50 of 50 unless it says otherwise. The first six rows are test.failing: they state Node's output, and they turn red when Bun prints it. The last row is a regular test. In this table, Bun 1.4.3 has Node's order in six rows and Node's format in one. This PR has Node's format in seven rows and Node's order in one.

Two more shapes, measured and not in the tests:

"type": "module": env.cjs with no CommonJS syntax, then lib.cjs with module.exports. Node: set. Bun 1.4.3: undefined in 50 of 50. This PR: set in 44 of 50. Two CommonJS siblings run in the order in which their transpiles complete (Run CommonJS files imported from ES modules in import order #42109), so this row is not deterministic.
The order of a file that was CommonJS before is the same: env.js, then setup.cjs with module.exports prints undefined on Bun 1.4.3 and on this PR (50 of 50), and set on Node.

So the rule moves the order in both directions. Main has Node's order in the first five rows only because it loads those files as ES modules.

The file cannot keep its place while it loads as CommonJS. The format decides the record. An ES module is a JSModuleRecord, and its body runs in the evaluation pass, in import order. A CommonJS file is a SyntheticModuleRecord from SyntheticSourceProvider::create. Its generator runs the body and reads the export names from module.exports, and JavaScriptCore calls the generator when the fetch settles. SyntheticSourceProvider::createDeferred (oven-sh/WebKit#662) calls it right before the graph links, which is still before any ES module runs. SyntheticModuleRecord::evaluate does nothing. So on the pinned WebKit a CommonJS file runs before the ES modules of its graph.

What was weighed for this cost:

Keep main's rule for imports. The rows run in order again, but as strict ES modules, so the first Problem bullet is back. A file that is imported and required runs twice again: require("./x.cjs") then import("./x.cjs") runs an x.cjs with no CommonJS syntax twice on Bun 1.4.3 and once on this PR and on Node.
Run only the files that this rule changes at their import. One graph then has two CommonJS timings. A file with no module or exports (a polyfill) runs at its import, and the CommonJS file that needs it still runs when its fetch settles, ahead of the polyfill.
Run every imported CommonJS file at its import: [JSC] Run a CommonJS module's generator where its importing graph evaluates it WebKit#891 with its Bun branch. It changes a released order for every such file. The review on module loader: evaluate ESM-imported CommonJS at its post-order slot #35971 asks that such a change at least aligns with Node, and console.log incorrectly prints superclasses of Number #891 lists the inputs where it does not yet. It is a draft that waits for a direction.

Until that decision, this PR cannot have both its one rule and the order of main.

Transpiler cache. The cache file is named after the content hash alone. Two files of 4 KiB or more with the same bytes and different module types share that name, so each load of one replaces the entry of the other (MismatchedFeatureHash on every alternating run, measured on this branch). Before this PR the second file got the output of the first, in the wrong format.

Rebase. The branch is rebased on main 179664e (2026-10-25). When this PR was opened it also added DirInfo::package_json_for_module_type and used it in the resolver. #41232 has since landed that field for the bundler, so the PR now reuses main's field and does not touch finalize_result. What is left is the runtime, the JSX runtime in the CommonJS wrapper, the cache hash, and the tests.

Where the hint is computed. bun_resolver::module_type_for_file is called by get_loader_and_virtual_source (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs). It reads "type" for .js, .ts, .jsx and .tsx only. A script with no extension, bun -e and a script on stdin are left to the content sniff, as on main. transpile_file uses the result on the JS thread and hands it to RuntimeTranspilerStore::transpile for the work pool, which no longer derives a hint from the result tag. fetch_without_on_load_plugins (the error source preview) calls it too. The two fallback lookups that set the PackageJsonTypeModule/PackageJsonTypeCommonjs result tag now read package_json_for_module_type too. The name for ALWAYS_SYNC_MODULES (reflect-metadata) still comes from enclosing_package_json, the nearest named package.

What changes for users

Imported, import()ed or preloaded .cjs/.cts files are always CommonJS and .mjs/.mts always ESM, as the entry point and require() already did.
.jsx/.tsx as the entry point or via require() follow the package.json "type", as the import path and the bundler already did. fix: detection module type from extension #18562 left them to the content sniff at the entry point. A CommonJS .jsx file could not load at all then: the JSX runtime import lands inside the CommonJS wrapper, SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'. import call expects one or two arguments. The same fix makes a .jsx file with module.exports = () => <div/> load. On main it is a SyntaxError on every path.
A nameless package.json in a parent directory applies its "type" at runtime. The runtime already honored a nameless package.json in the file's own directory, then fell back to the nearest named one. The lookup is main's field, so it does not stop at a node_modules directory (esbuild's rule, resolver: read package.json "type" from the nearest package.json, named or not #41232). On main 179664e, bun t.js in a subdirectory of a nameless {"type":"commonjs"} package.json fails on a top-level return with SyntaxError: Return statements are only valid inside functions. On this branch the file runs.
A CommonJS file under such a scope gets the "type": "module" treatment of its __esModule marker (ignoreESModuleAnnotation): the default import is the whole module.exports. test/js/bun/resolve/esModule-annotation.test.js has the case.
A file that gets the CommonJS wrapper and has a decorated class now loads. Its helpers from bun:wrap were imported inside the wrapper function. They are required now, as the injected bun:test globals already were. The three injections (JSX runtime, bun:wrap helpers, bun:test globals) go through one helper, generate_require_stmt, and read one wrap_in_commonjs flag. On main this is a SyntaxError for a .cts file and for a .ts file under a named "type": "commonjs".
An empty .cjs or .cts file, and an empty .js file under "type": "commonjs", is CommonJS when it is imported too. The parser does not run for an empty file, and only the JS-thread path returned the synthetic CommonJS module. On main import x from "./empty.cjs" fails with Missing 'default' export while require() returns {}.
Transpiler cache entries written by older builds are re-created once: the features hash has a new component, so no entry written before this change matches.

Matrix. Measured in August against bun 1.4.1 and node v26.3.0: 13 content classes x 8 extensions x {"type":"module", "type":"commonjs", no type} x {entry, import, require, import(), Worker}. Before: 40 of 312 rows gave different formats on different runtime load paths. After: 0. Not measured again after the rebases. The two runtime code paths are unchanged on main: 19 of the 57 tests in the three test files fail on a debug build of main 179664e (17 of 35, 1 of 9, 1 of 13), and all 57 pass on this branch. With the seven order rows of 2026-10-25 the first file has 42 tests: 19 fail on Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9 (the 17, the regular order row, and the one failing row that is right there) and 42 pass on this branch.

Not changed. The content sniff still overrides "type" and the extension (module.exports in .mjs, export {} in .cjs). #33807 and #33899 were the earlier attempts at that, both closed without review. has_top_level_return is declared and checked but never set, so a file whose only CommonJS feature is a top-level return is still ESM (#40840). Top-level this is null in a file with ESM syntax (#32173), and in a .mjs without ESM syntax it is exports and makes the file CommonJS. bun build --no-bundle still prints the JSX import statement because it does not wrap. Source from an onLoad plugin gets no hint (Bun__transpileVirtualModule keeps Unknown): the loader evaluates that source as an ES module whatever the parser decides, so CommonJS source from a plugin does not run today, with or without this PR. The test file has a case that such source still runs. It also has a block for the first rule: import in a .cjs file (the case of the old import.cjs fixture) and in a .js file under "type": "commonjs" gives ESM, module.exports in a .mjs file and in a .js file under "type": "module" gives CommonJS, the same on every load path. Those five tests pass with and without this PR.

Suites run (debug, ASAN). On the current head, all pass: run-detect-module-type, esModule-annotation, build-error, test-auto-import-jest-globals, four CommonJS test files that get the injected bun:test globals (jest-extended, custom-inspect, node-fetch-cjs, crypto-rsa), run-cjs, transpiler-cache, both preload-test files, esm-defineProperty, require-and-import-trailing, jsx-namespaced-attributes, jsx-symbol-collision, plugins, the decorator suites (decorators, es-decorators, es-decorators-esbuild, decorator-metadata), test/js/bun/resolve (esModule, import-empty, bun-main-entry-point, import-meta, resolve, resolve-ts, import-custom-condition), node-module-module, require-extensions, regression 14515 and 14477, bundler_jsx, bundler_cjs, repl, repl-transform, third_party/vitest. On an earlier head (8c564ac, 2026-10-16) also: bundler_decorator_metadata, module-resolve-filename-paths, esbuild/packagejson, esbuild/default and the rest of test/bundler/transpiler.

Size. size build/release/bun on release builds of main f2405c3 and of this PR's diff on top of it, in one checkout: text 106,015,791 to 106,021,935 (+6,144), data and bss unchanged, file size +8,192 bytes. Not measured again after the rebase on 179664e. The diff under src/ is the same, plus one close_brace_loc field that main added to B::Object. Per transpiled file the change adds no allocation, syscall or file read. read_dir_info was already called once per file, the extension check was already there, and the cache features hash gets one more 4-byte update.

Related. #38012 is the require() of the JSX runtime and the decorator helpers alone. It is open since August and needs a rebase. This PR carries the same change and rebases on #38012 when it lands. #42109 runs CommonJS siblings in import order, still before every ES module. Closed as superseded by this PR: #38161 (the RuntimeTranspilerStore part) and #37182 (the old test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.ts never ran: its name did not match the test glob, so it is replaced here and its fixture directory removed). #33883 widened enclosing_package_json itself for the nameless case. It is closed: #41232 covers the bundler part and this PR the runtime part.

[human-review] gate passed · iteration 2 · 33 files touched

fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 21 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts test/js/bun/resolve/build-error.test.ts test/js/bun/resolve/esModule-annotation.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts:
(pass) module format as a Worker's main module [579.95ms]
117 |  * `cwd()` has the files and `loaders(files)`.
118 |  */
119 | function everyLoadPath(cwd: () => string, files: string[], expected: Record<string, Format>) {
120 |   test("as the entry point", async () => {
121 |     const results = await Promise.all(files.map(file => run(cwd(), file)));
122 |     expect(formats(results.map(r => r.stdout).join(""))).toEqual(expected);
                                                               ^
error: expect(received).toEqual(expected)

  {
    "hello.cjs": "commonjs",
    "hello.cts": "commonjs",
    "hello.js": "commonjs",
-   "hello.jsx": "commonjs",
+   "hello.jsx": "module",
    "hello.mjs": "module",
    "hello.mts": "module",
    "hello.ts": "commonjs",
-   "hello.tsx": "commonjs",
+   "hello.tsx": "module",
  }

- Expected  - 
... (truncated)

release without fix: 22 FAILED
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts:
(pass) module format as a Worker's main module [47.70ms]
131 |     ["via import()", ["dynamic-import.mjs"]],
132 |     ["via --require", [...preloads, "empty.mjs"]],
133 |   ] as const) {
134 |     test(name, async () => {
135 |       const { stdout, stderr, exitCode } = await run(cwd(), ...args);
136 |       expect(formats(stdout)).toEqual(expected);
                                    ^
error: expect(received).toEqual(expected)

  {
    "hello.cjs": "commonjs",
    "hello.cts": "commonjs",
    "hello.js": "commonjs",
-   "hello.jsx": "commonjs",
+   "hello.jsx": "module",
    "hello.mjs": "module",
    "hello.mts": "module",
    "hello.ts": "commonjs",
-   "hello.tsx": "commonjs",
+   "hello.tsx": "module",
  }

- Expected  - 2
+ Received  + 2

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts:136:31)
(fail) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > via require() [23.20ms]
117 |  * `cwd()` has the files and `loaders(files)`.
118 |  */
119 | function everyLoadPath(cwd: () => string, files:
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts test/js/bun/resolve/build-error.test.ts test/js/bun/resolve/esModule-annotation.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts:
(pass) module format as a Worker's main module [715.59ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > via require() [780.80ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > as the entry point [842.47ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > via import() [813.79ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > via an import statement [869.96ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > package.json { "type": "commonjs" } > via --require [865.74ms]
(pass) module format follows the extension, then the nearest package.json > pac
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     a82c5c522a
  features     lto, baseline

23 deps, 394 codegen, 1302 objects in 1310ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/4] fetch lolhtml
[lolhtml] up to date
[2/4] fetch rust-argon2
[rust-argon2] up to date
[2/4] cargo plan → /workspace/bun/build/release/rust-target/plan.json
282 units: 194 lib, 16 proc-macro (host), 27 custom-build (host), 23 run custom-build, 17 lib (host), 4 run custom-build (host), 1 rlib
[3/4] reconfigure
[1/1671] mkdir stamps
[2/1671] mkdir codegen
[3/1671] install /workspace/bun
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 22 installs across 44 packages (no changes) [25.00ms]
[4/1671] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [2.00ms]
[5/1671] rustc unicode_ident 
[6/1671] rustc unicode_xid 
[7/1671] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

Checked 111 installs across 104 packages (no changes) [92.00m
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

oxlint.json                                       |   1 -
 src/js_parser/p.rs                                |  86 ++++
 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs                | 210 ++++-----
 src/js_parser/parser.rs                           |  16 +
 src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs                 |  25 +-
 src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs                         |   5 +-
 src/resolver/lib.rs                               |   3 +-
 src/resolver/resolver.rs                          |  14 +
 src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs                          | 105 ++---
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.cjs    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.cts    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.js     |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.jsx    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.mjs    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.mts    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.ts     |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.tsx    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/import.cjs   |   3 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/package.json |   3 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.cjs    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.cts    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.js     |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.jsx    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.mjs    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.mts    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.ts     |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/hello.tsx    |   1 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/import.cjs   |   3 -
 test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/esm/package.json |   3 -
 test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts       | 537 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.ts            |  54 ---
 test/js/bun/resolve/build-error.test.ts           |  20 +-
 test/js/bun/resolve/esModule-annotation.test.js   |  1
... (truncated)

gate history · 4 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 2

evidence per changed file

file                                            reads  edits  tests
oxlint.json                                         1      1     88
src/js_parser/p.rs                                  8      7     87
src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs                 13      7     89
src/js_parser/parser.rs                             0      0     88
src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs                   6      8     88
src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs                           1      2     87
src/resolver/lib.rs                                 1      2     87
src/resolver/resolver.rs                           12     12     87
src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs                           14     15     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.cjs      0      0     88
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.cts      0      0     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.js       0      0     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.jsx      0      0     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.mjs      0      0     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.mts      0      0     87
test/cli/run/module-type-fixture/cjs/hello.ts       0      0     87
(+ 17 more files)

robobun · 2026-08-30T06:06:45Z

^{Updated 5:13 PM PT - Oct 25th, 2026}

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Walkthrough

The resolver selects module types from file extensions and package metadata. Runtime loading passes the computed type into transpilation, and the parser generates require() imports under the Bun CommonJS wrapper. Tests cover module-format selection, cache behavior, and CommonJS JSX rendering.

Changes

Module type detection and transpilation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Centralized module type resolution `src/resolver/resolver.rs`, `src/resolver/lib.rs`, `src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs`, `src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs`, `test/js/bun/resolve/esModule-annotation.test.js`	The resolver selects module types from recognized extensions and package metadata. Runtime loading uses module-type package metadata, and the VM calls the shared resolver function. A test covers ES module annotations in a nameless package declaring `"type": "module"`.
Runtime module type propagation `src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs`, `src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs`, `src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs`, `test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts`, `oxlint.json`	Loader results carry the computed module type and package name into transpiler jobs and parser options. The cache hash includes module type. Tests cover extensions, package scopes, entry points, empty files, and cache behavior. The ignore entry for the module-type fixture was removed.
Parser-generated CommonJS imports `src/js_parser/p.rs`, `src/js_parser/parser.rs`, `src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs`, `test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts`, `test/js/bun/resolve/build-error.test.ts`	The parser generates `require()` statements for Jest, runtime, and JSX imports under the Bun CommonJS wrapper. Tests cover CommonJS JSX imports and successful rendering.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 74d6a

The module-type changes are mergeable after normal checks; no actionable issue remains established.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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In `@src/js_parser/p.rs`:
- Around line 2008-2014: Update the Part construction in the surrounding parser
method so can_be_removed_if_unused and force_tree_shaking are true when tag
equals bun_ast::PartTag::JsxImport, while preserving their default values for
other tags.

In `@src/resolver/resolver.rs`:
- Around line 6391-6396: In the package_json_for_module_type assignment within
the !info.is_node_modules() branch, replace the eager or call with lazy or_else
so parent.and_then(...) is evaluated only when info.package_json() returns None.
Preserve the existing fallback behavior.

In `@src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs`:
- Around line 4068-4078: Update the package lookup used to derive pkg_name
before module_type resolution to use enclosing_package_json or an equivalent
named-package lookup, rather than package_json_for_module_type. Ensure nameless
package.json files do not populate lr.package_json and allow ALWAYS_SYNC_MODULES
handling, such as reflect-metadata, to remain effective.
- Line 4257: Recompute module metadata after loader overrides are applied,
rather than using the stale value assigned from lr.module_type. Update the final
loader path around module_type so the selected loader’s type is passed to the
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src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs (1)
4263-4264: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

module_type is not recomputed after lr.loader is overridden.

module_type is read from lr.module_type, which get_loader_and_virtual_source computed from the original extension/loader. The override block right above this (force_loader_type, and the require.extensions custom-loader lookup for is_commonjs_require) can replace lr.loader with a different loader family, for example when require.extensions['.json'] = require.extensions['.js'] causes a .json specifier to resolve to Loader::Js. In that case is_js_like was false when get_loader_and_virtual_source ran, so module_type was set to Unknown and no package.json lookup happened. The reassigned Js loader then transpiles with a stale Unknown module-type hint at line 4411 (module_type in TranspileExtra) and at line 4317 (concurrent transpile), so module_type_only_for_wrappables in transpile_source_code_inner cannot pick the correct CJS/ESM wrapper for a file inside a "type": "module" package.

This mirrors a previously raised concern ("Recompute module_type after loader overrides") that appears to remain unresolved in the code shown here. Recompute module_type (and, if needed, package_json/package_name) from the final lr.loader and lr.path after the override block, not before it.
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In `@src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs` around lines 4263 - 4264, Recompute module_type
after the loader override logic, using the final lr.loader and lr.path rather
than the stale value produced by get_loader_and_virtual_source. Refresh
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In `@src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs`:
- Around line 4263-4264: Recompute module_type after the loader override logic,
using the final lr.loader and lr.path rather than the stale value produced by
get_loader_and_virtual_source. Refresh package_json and package_name as needed
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robobun · 2026-08-30T14:47:02Z

Independent check of the transpiler cache part of this change, against the build of d81d02b.

Repro on the released 1.4.1: a file of 4 KiB or more whose only format signal is the path (legacyCounter = 1; console.log("ran OK", legacyCounter) plus comment padding), copied byte for byte to two paths, with BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH pointed at an empty directory. The first run decides the format for the second:

g.mjs then g.cjs: both ReferenceError (the .cjs run should print ran OK 1). g.cjs then g.mjs: both ran OK 1.
The same for g.mts / g.cts.
The same for one g.js under "type": "module" and then "type": "commonjs" in the top-level package.json, in both orders.
A dual package whose cjs/index.js and esm/index.js are identical under {"type":"commonjs"} / {"type":"module"} sub-package.json files: require("dual") then import "dual" runs the import sloppy, and the other order runs the require strict.

With this branch (debug build, BUN_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESTORE_FROM_TRANSPILER_CACHE=1) every one of those eight sequences prints the right result. The [cache] log shows the second run hits MismatchedFeatureHash, rewrites the entry, and a third run of the same path restores it. import "./g.cjs" from an ES module also prints ran OK 1 now (1.4.1 runs it strict because the off-thread path ignored the extension).

…ed or not (#41232) ### Problem - Regression on main from #41150. No release has it. `bun build` reads `"type"` from the wrong package.json, so it misses a `{ "type": "module" }` that has no `"name"`. Two common places: a project root, and a dual package's `dist/esm/package.json`. - A `.js` or `.ts` file there gets `exports.default` for the default import of a CommonJS module with `__esModule`. Node, esbuild and bun 1.4.0 give the whole `module.exports`. The bundle has `__toESM(require_tsdep())`, without `, 1`. - Cause: `finalize_result` (`src/resolver/resolver.rs:1669`) read `"type"` from the package root, or else from `enclosing_package_json`. `dir_info_uncached` (`src/resolver/resolver.rs:6357`) sets that field only for a named package.json (#229). ### Fix - `DirInfo` gets `package_json_for_module_type`: the nearest package.json in the directory or above it, named or not. `finalize_result` reads `"type"` from it for the primary path. The extension still wins. - Correct because esbuild uses this rule, and Node ignores `"name"` too. - Only the bundler reads `Result.module_type`. `enclosing_package_json` does not change. The four runtime lookups in `src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs` are out of scope. - Verified: `test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts`, 10 new cases, 9 fail on main. Self-reviewed: 3 concerns raised, 3 addressed. Other suites in Notes. ### Background - `__toESM(mod, isNodeMode)` builds the ESM view of a CommonJS module. With `, 1` (Node mode), `default` is the whole `module.exports`. Without it, `default` is `mod.default` when `__esModule` is set. - `DirInfo` is the resolver's cached record for one directory. Its "enclosing" fields come from the parent. - Open PRs in this area: #33883, #33807, #33890, #40940. This PR supersedes none. Notes cover #40940. <details><summary>Notes</summary> Found by comparing `bun build` on main with bun 1.4.0, Node 26 and esbuild 0.25. No issue is open for it. Repro for the dual-package face: ```sh D=$(mktemp -d); cd $D; mkdir -p node_modules/pkg/dist/esm node_modules/tsdep echo '{"name":"tsdep","version":"1.0.0","main":"index.js"}' > node_modules/tsdep/package.json echo 'Object.defineProperty(exports,"__esModule",{value:true}); exports.default=function styled(){}; exports.css="css";' > node_modules/tsdep/index.js echo '{"name":"pkg","version":"1.0.0","main":"./dist/esm/index.js"}' > node_modules/pkg/package.json echo '{"type":"module"}' > node_modules/pkg/dist/esm/package.json echo 'import styled from "tsdep"; export const seen = typeof styled + "/" + typeof styled.default;' > node_modules/pkg/dist/esm/index.js echo 'import { seen } from "pkg"; console.log(seen);' > app.mjs node app.mjs # object/function bun build ./app.mjs --target=node --outfile=out.mjs && node out.mjs # main: function/undefined, this PR: object/function ``` For the project-root face, put `{ "type": "module" }` (no `"name"`) in the project's package.json and bundle a `.js` file that imports `tsdep`. Faces of the bug on main. Each has a test: - A project package.json with `"type"` and no `"name"` (case 58). - The nested marker reached through `"main"`, `"module"` or a relative path (cases 53, 55, 56). Through an exports map it worked, because `handle_esm_resolution` reads the file's own directory. - A nested package.json with a `"name"`, reached through `"main"` (case 54). `result.package_json` was the package root, so the nested file was not read at all. - A file in a subdirectory of the marker (case 57). Why a new field instead of widening `enclosing_package_json`: that field also names the package for `sideEffects`, the auto-install version gate and `bun run` script discovery. #33883 widens it for every consumer and had to rework the `sideEffects` loop in `finalize_result` to keep the DCE tests passing. Four cases pin the lookup rule. Each result matches esbuild 0.25.1: - Case 59: a nameless `{ "type": "commonjs" }` below a `"type": "module"` package wins, because it is the nearest. - Case 60: a nearest package.json without `"type"` is the scope. The lookup does not continue to a typed package root, so the importer is not ESM by type. Main read the root's `"type"` here. Node prints `object/function` for this shape, but only because it detects ESM syntax in a file with no `"type"`. #41150 chose the esbuild rule for such files. - Case 61: the lookup does not stop at a `node_modules` directory. A package without a package.json of its own takes the `"type"` above it. Node prints the same result. - Case 62: only the primary path decides. With the default target, `"module"` is the primary path and `"main"` is the fallback for `require()`. The fallback's package.json does not count. esbuild has the same check. The case fails when the check is removed. Overlap with #40940: it adds a field with the same name, but its lookup stops at `node_modules`, and the runtime reads it too. If #40940 lands after this PR, it must choose one rule for the field. Case 61 pins the crossing for the bundler. Node's stop can still apply at the runtime read sites. #40940 also calls the lookup for the fallback path, which case 62 rejects. Out of scope: the runtime's four lookups (`src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs` lines 1474, 2972, 3220 and 4071) keep `package_json().or(enclosing_package_json)`. So `bun run` still skips a nameless package.json above the file's own directory. That gap predates #41150. For this import, `bun run` 1.4.1 gives `exports.default` for every importer, even `.mjs`. Self-review, the three concerns and what changed: - Document the `node_modules` rule on the field. Done in `src/resolver/dir_info.rs`. - Add a default-target case with both `"main"` and `"module"`. That is case 62. - Say in this body that no release has the bug, lead with the project-root face, and name the runtime lookups that stay. Suites run with the fix on a debug ASAN build, after a rebase on main: `bundler_cjs` (62), `esbuild/packagejson`, `esbuild/dce`, `esbuild/default`, `bundler_cjs2esm`, `bundler_npm`, `bundler_edgecase`, `bundler_regressions`, `bundler_splitting`, `bundler_barrel`, `cli/run/run-cjs`, `test/js/bun/resolve`. All pass except the second case of `test/js/bun/resolve/load-same-js-file-a-lot.test.ts`. It times out at 5 s on this build with and without this change (back-to-back runs on the same machine). </details>  --- **[human-review]** gate passed · iteration 0 · 4 files touched <details><summary>fails on main (without fix)</summary> ```console ASAN without fix: 9 FAILED $ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts bun test v1.4.1 (a6c4cc2) test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts: (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_with_esModule [945.38ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_without_esModule [445.45ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_function [371.94ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_primitive [387.72ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_named_and_default [361.78ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_namespace [367.76ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_node [455.64ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_browser [413.38ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_bun [455.22ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_format_esm [462.40ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_format_cjs_with_import [377.93ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_mjs_reexport [431.60ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_mjs_reexport_with_esModule [432.63ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_deep_reexport_chain [368.70ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_reexport_with_rename [443.84ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_default_prop ... (truncated) release without fix: 20 FAILED bun test v1.4.1-canary.1 (a6c4cc2) test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts: runtime failed file: /tmp/bun-build-tests/bun-4t1lr0/cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_with_esModule/out.js stdout output: {"__esModule":true,"default":{"value":"default export"},"named":"named export"} --- expected stdout: {"value":"default export"} --- 1913 | console.log(`---`); 1914 | console.log(`expected ${name}:`); 1915 | console.log(expected); 1916 | console.log(`---`); 1917 | } 1918 | expect(result).toBe(expected); ^ error: expect(received).toBe(expected) Expected: "{"value":"default export"}" Received: "{"__esModule":true,"default":{"value":"default export"},"named":"named export"}" at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/bundler/expectBundled.ts:1918:28) (fail) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_with_esModule [29.17ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_without_esModule [11.71ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_function [9.90ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_primitive [9.43ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_named_and_default [9.97ms] ... (truncated) ``` </details> <details><summary>passes on PR (with fix)</summary> ```console ASAN with fix: all passed $ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts bun test v1.4.1 (a6c4cc2) test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts: (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_with_esModule [1024.06ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_without_esModule [473.45ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_function [489.71ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_primitive [494.25ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_named_and_default [388.89ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_import_syntax_namespace [381.97ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_node [389.92ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_browser [453.17ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_target_bun [481.14ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_format_esm [415.53ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_format_cjs_with_import [376.77ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_mjs_reexport [451.67ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_mjs_reexport_with_esModule [380.06ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_deep_reexport_chain [453.02ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_reexport_with_rename [430.08ms] (pass) bundler > cjs/__toESM_default_pro ... (truncated) release with fix: all passed $ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release [configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) target linux-x64-gnu build type Release build dir ./build/release revision 822e3b2 features baseline 23 deps, 131 codegen, 1172 objects in 647ms ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release' [1/1244] install /workspace/bun bun install v1.4.1-canary.1 (a6c4cc2) Checked 25 installs across 62 packages (no changes) [10.00ms] [2/1244] gen bindgenv2 [3/1244] gen ErrorCode+*.h [4/1244] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error bun install v1.4.1-canary.1 (a6c4cc2) Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [3.00ms] [5/1244] fetch libjpeg-turbo [libjpeg-turbo] up to date [6/1217] gen ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h Generating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/bindings/ProcessBindingConstants.cpp [7/1217] gen bake.{client,server,error}.js -> bake.client.js, bake.server.js, bake.error.js [8/1217] fetch tinycc [tinycc] up to date [9/1216] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks bun install v1.4.1-canary.1 (a6c4cc2) Checked 111 installs across 104 packages (no changes) [15.00 ... (truncated) ``` </details> <details><summary>diff hotspot</summary> ``` src/resolver/dir_info.rs | 9 ++ src/resolver/resolver.rs | 20 +++-- src/resolver/result.rs | 15 +--- test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts | 182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) ``` </details> **gate history** · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0 <details><summary>evidence per changed file</summary> ``` file reads edits tests src/resolver/dir_info.rs 3 4 33 src/resolver/resolver.rs 8 5 34 src/resolver/result.rs 1 1 33 test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts 3 11 33 ``` </details>

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

The two points from my previous pass are addressed in ccb50f2: module_type_for_file now leaves extension-less, [eval] and [stdin] sources to the content sniff, and the cache test sets the debug-build restore flag so it can observe the new hash component. Beyond the inline findings, I also checked that RuntimeTranspilerStore::transpile has exactly one caller (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs) and it passes the new module_type, that every read_dir_info + package_json().or(enclosing_package_json) site in src/ was switched to package_json_for_module_type (the remaining enclosing_package_json read only feeds the package name), and that the __esModule default-import change under a nameless "type" scope is the documented consequence of the result tag now following the same package.json rather than a separate bug.

Extended reasoning...

The change unifies module-type detection across the JS-thread and work-pool transpile paths, adds a require() form of the generated runtime and JSX imports for the CommonJS wrapper in the parser, and extends the transpiler cache hash; it touches no security-sensitive surface. Both inline comments from the prior push are resolved by the latest commit, and the single caller of the changed transpile signature and every sibling read_dir_info site were verified as updated. The two surviving findings are pre-existing format-detection gaps rather than regressions from this diff, but the change spans parser, resolver and module loader with user-visible semantic shifts, so a human look remains worthwhile.

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

🟣 src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs — pre-existing: an empty or whitespace-only .cjs/.cts file is CommonJS when required or run directly but an ES module when imported; import cfg from "./empty.cjs" throws a missing-default-export SyntaxError where require returns {}. The parser is bypassed for empty sources (transpiler.rs:1418-1427 returns empty_with, exports_kind: None), so the new module_type hint never applies; the JS-thread path papers over .cjs/.cts at jsc_hooks.rs:2833-2843 but the work-pool path at RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1070 has no such case. Fix: when parse_result.empty and the rule says CommonJS (.cjs/.cts, or module_type == Cjs), emit the synthetic CommonJS source on both the JS-thread and work-pool paths.

Why this was flagged

A project has an empty config.cjs (or one containing only a newline) and an ESM file does import cfg from "./config.cjs" or await import("./config.cjs"). In TranspilerJob::run, parse_maybe_return_file_only_allow_shared_buffer returns ParseResult::empty_with for empty input because Loader::Js.handles_empty_file() is false (transpiler.rs:1418-1427); the AST is Ast::empty_in with exports_kind: ExportsKind::None. At RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1070-1071 is_commonjs_module is therefore false and the file is served as an empty ES module, so the default import fails with a SyntaxError. The same file loaded with require() or as the entry point takes the JS-thread path, which special-cases empty .cjs/.cts at jsc_hooks.rs:2833-2843 and returns (function(){}) with is_commonjs_module: true, giving {}. The new module_type hint cannot help because the parser that would consume it never runs for empty input. The base branch behaves the same way, and test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts only uses non-empty fixtures.

Verification: src/bundler/transpiler.rs:1418-1428 returns ParseResult::empty_with(...) for empty/whitespace sources, so the parser never runs. The work-pool path then computes is_commonjs_module at src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1070-1071, i.e. false, so the empty .cjs is evaluated as an ES module. The JS-thread path has a special case the work-pool path lacks: src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:2832-2843.

robobun · 2026-10-16T04:35:30Z

On the empty .cjs/.cts finding: confirmed on main, and fixed in 8c564ac.

import cfg from "./empty.cjs" failed with Missing 'default' export while require() returned {}, because only the JS-thread path returned the synthetic CommonJS module for an empty file. Both paths now return it when the module type hint is CommonJS. That also covers an empty .js file under "type": "commonjs", which Node loads as {} too. The test an empty file follows the same rule loads the files with import, import() and require().

claude

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline nit, I also checked three things in this push and ruled them out: the empty-file (function(){}) synthetic is now gated on the same Cjs hint on both the JS-thread path (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:2833) and the work-pool path (src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1018), so the sync/async twins agree; package_name moving from package_json().or(enclosing) to enclosing_package_json is equivalent for a named own-directory package.json because read_dir_info sets enclosing_package_json to it (src/resolver/resolver.rs:6416-6418); and module_type_for_file returns Unknown for an empty or non-JS extension, so bun -e, stdin and extension-less scripts stay on the content sniff.

Extended reasoning...

The change spans the parser (a new require-based helper emitter under the CommonJS wrapper), the resolver (one shared module-type rule), the runtime loader on both the JS thread and the work pool, and the transpiler cache hash; it touches no auth, crypto or injection surface. It is a behavior change for module-format detection across every load path with user-visible downsides the author lists, so a human should weigh the semantics even though no correctness bug was found this run.

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

🟡 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs — nit: maintainers get two hand-rolled copies of the same const { name: ref } = require(path) emitter after this merge. The new generate_require_stmt (src/js_parser/p.rs:2639) duplicates the jest-globals block at src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:2094-2168, and the two sites gate on different conditions (exports_kind == ExportsKind::Cjs here, wrap_mode == WrapMode::BunCommonjs at parse_entry.rs:2238). Fix: route the bun:test injection through generate_require_stmt (a GenerateImportSymbols impl over Jest::FIELDS) and gate every require-vs-import choice on the one wrap_in_commonjs flag, so the three injected-require sites cannot drift.

Why this was flagged

The diff adds generate_require_stmt in src/js_parser/p.rs:2639-2718 and calls it for the runtime helpers (parse_entry.rs:2264-2272) and the JSX runtime (parse_entry.rs:2315-2323) when wrap_in_commonjs is set at parse_entry.rs:2238. The pre-existing jest-globals injection at parse_entry.rs:2094-2168 builds the identical shape by hand (B::Object of E::String keys, E::RequireString, S::Local KConst, Part with declared_symbols) but decides require-vs-import with exports_kind == js_ast::ExportsKind::Cjs at parse_entry.rs:2095. Today the two predicates coincide at runtime because commonjs_at_runtime is only true on the runtime paths (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:2610, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:829), so no user-visible failure exists; this is a maintenance hazard, not a behavior change over the base. REVIEW.md asks that a block appearing twice in the diff be extracted and used at every parallel site, and that one predicate drive sibling decisions; the diff introduces the helper but leaves the sibling site and its differing condition in place.

Verification: nit. Triggering condition: any future edit to the const { name: ref } = require(path) shape must now be made in two places. The new generate_require_stmt at /home/claude/bun/src/js_parser/p.rs:2639-2718 builds exactly the AST the pre-existing jest-globals CJS branch hand-rolls at /home/claude/bun/src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:2095-2168. Nothing observably breaks today.

robobun · 2026-10-16T06:14:01Z

On the nit about the second copy of the require() emitter: done in 8e8a34a.

The bun:test injection calls generate_require_stmt through a GenerateImportSymbols impl over Jest::FIELDS.
The three injected-require sites (JSX runtime, bun:wrap helpers, bun:test globals) read one wrap_in_commonjs flag.
The emitted statement is the same, except that the printer puts the binding pattern on one line.
The helper gets a third instantiation, which adds 768 bytes of text to the release binary. The PR body has the new total.

c64b9e4 changes the test file only. On a debug build the file started up to 39 child processes at once, and some tests came close to the 5 s default timeout. The assertions are the same.

claude

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

The points raised on the previous push are now covered in the code: module_type_for_file only consults package.json for .js/.ts/.jsx/.tsx (so [eval], [stdin] and extension-less scripts stay Unknown), and the cache test sets BUN_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESTORE_FROM_TRANSPILER_CACHE so it can fail on debug builds. Beyond the inline nit, I also checked that RuntimeTranspilerStore::transpile has a single caller (updated with the new module_type argument) and that the work-pool empty-file path mirrors the JS-thread one, both gated on module_type == Cjs.

Extended reasoning...

The push adds bun_resolver::module_type_for_file, routes the JS-thread, work-pool and VirtualMachine module-type derivations through it, switches the parser to emit require() instead of import for jest globals, runtime helpers and the JSX runtime inside the CommonJS wrapper, and adds the hint to the transpiler cache hash. No security-sensitive surface is touched. The change alters module-format semantics on every runtime load path and the parser's injected-import shape, which is a behavior change broad enough that a maintainer should still weigh the documented downsides (strict ESM for sloppy .mjs under "type":"commonjs", nameless parent package.json scoping), so this is a defer rather than an approve.

The parser's module type hint (.cjs/.cts -> CommonJS, .mjs/.mts -> ESM, otherwise the nearest package.json "type") was computed differently by each runtime path that parses a file: - The entry point, require() and a Worker's main module used the extension first. Files loaded by import, import() or a --require preload go through RuntimeTranspilerStore, which derived the hint from the package.json tag alone, so an ambiguous .cjs under "type": "module" ran as ESM when imported and as CommonJS when required. - The runtime looked for package.json in the file's own directory, then fell back to the nearest one with a "name". A nameless {"type": "commonjs"} in a parent directory did not apply. bun_resolver::module_type_for_file is now the one runtime rule: the extension, else the "type" of DirInfo::package_json_for_module_type (the nearest package.json, named or not, which the bundler already uses). The on-thread transpile, the off-thread transpile and the error source preview all use it. .jsx/.tsx files now follow the package.json "type" at the entry point and via require(), as they already did when imported. The runtime CommonJS wrapper copied the JSX runtime import statement into the wrapper function, a syntax error. The wrapper now requires the JSX runtime instead, which also fixes .jsx/.tsx files that assign module.exports. The runtime transpiler cache is keyed by the content hash, and its features hash did not include the hint, so identical bytes under "type": "module" and "type": "commonjs" shared one entry. The hint is now part of the features hash.

… as it is on main

… .js-like extensions A file that gets the runtime CommonJS wrapper and has a decorated class imported its helpers from "bun:wrap" with an import statement inside the wrapper function, a syntax error. The helpers are now required there, like the JSX runtime. module_type_for_file reads the package.json "type" only for .js, .ts, .jsx and .tsx. A script with no extension, bun -e and a script on stdin are left to the content sniff, as before. Source from an onLoad plugin keeps no hint: the loader evaluates it as an ES module whatever the parser decides. The cache test sets BUN_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESTORE_FROM_TRANSPILER_CACHE so a debug build serves the cached entry. The Worker test runs on its own.

The parser does not run for an empty file. The JS-thread path returned the synthetic CommonJS module for an empty .cjs or .cts file, the work pool path returned an empty ES module, so `import x from "./empty.cjs"` failed with a missing default export while require() returned {}. Both paths now return the synthetic CommonJS module when the module type hint is CommonJS, which also covers an empty .js file under "type": "commonjs".

A CommonJS test file got its Jest globals from a second, hand-written copy of the `const { name: ref } = require(path)` emitter, chosen by `exports_kind == Cjs`. The runtime helpers and the JSX runtime use `generate_require_stmt`, chosen by `wrap_mode == BunCommonjs`. All three sites now call the helper and read one `wrap_in_commonjs` flag. The injection only runs with `commonjs_at_runtime`, where the two conditions agree, so the emitted statement is the same. The printer now puts its binding pattern on one line.

On a debug build the file started up to 39 child processes at once, and one test ran six spawns one after the other. Tests took 4 to 5 s there, which is the default timeout. - The Worker test uses the global Worker. The node:worker_threads wrapper costs about 1.7 s for each worker on a debug build. - The six tests of a package.json scope share one fixture directory. They only read it. - A test that needs several child processes starts them together. - The transpiler cache test, which is not concurrent, sits before the last concurrent block. The file now takes 8 to 11 s on a debug build, with the slowest test under 2 s. The assertions are the same.

The old `module-type-fixture/*/import.cjs` fixtures said that a `.cjs` file with an `import` statement is ESM. They went away with the old test file, which never ran. Add a block that loads four files on every load path: `import` in a `.cjs` file and in a `.js` file under "type": "commonjs", and `module.exports` in a `.mjs` file and in a `.js` file under "type": "module". The contents decide for all four. These tests pass with and without the new hint. The load-path tests of the scope matrix and of this block come from one function.

claude

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

… rule changes Seven rows with Node's output. Six are test.failing: Bun runs an imported CommonJS file when its fetch settles, ahead of every ES module of the graph.

robobun assigned Jarred-Sumner Aug 30, 2026

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Honor .cjs/.mjs extensions when transpiling imports and preloads off-thread #38161

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Enable run-detect-module-type test and fix its import.cjs fixtures #37182

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