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Problem

• A bundled module behind import() or require() breaks if a top-level var is in a brace-less if, else, while or do body: ReferenceError: root is not defined, or a wrong value. bun repl loses the var.
• maybe_relocate_vars_to_top_level (src/js_parser/fold.rs:59) returns when current_scope == module_scope. Such a body opens no scope, so its var stays inside __esm(() => {...}).

Fix

• The gate reads is_inside_single_stmt_body (bundler: don't emit export {} inside unbraced if/while/do bodies #35458): the var becomes an assignment and the top level declares the name.
• Also: a for (var i; ...) head without initializer, and a TypeScript enum in such a body. bun run and dev server output is byte-identical.
• The parser marks the symbol of such a var, and the linker lifts no store of it: if (c) var x = "body"; var x = 2; gives 2.
• Verified: test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts and 4 more files (29 new tests, 24 fail on main), all of test/bundler/. Self-reviewed: 23 concerns raised, 16 addressed.

Background

• var init_x = __esm(() => {...}) holds a lazily loaded module. The linker, like the REPL transform, moves top-level declarations out of it. It lifts a side-effect-free var x = 2 with its value.
• The parser relocates a nested var: { var x = 1 } becomes { x = 1 } plus a top-level var x;.
• Considered a nested-var walk in the linker and the REPL transform: two walkers beside a wrong parser.

Downsides

• A static import through an export * file of a sideEffects: false package runs no wrapper on main (bundler: keep the export * statement of a lazily loaded module when a name is read through it #46786): a marked var x = 2 reads undefined (main: 2).
• Three more forms are right on main and wrong here: var exports, var React = require("react"), a value that reads a later var (Notes). Not fixed: a bundled file with a top-level function f and var f (js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001).
• Per top-level var: 393 to 398 instructions. .text: +1,280 B.

Notes

No GitHub issue reports this. It came from a fuzz ledger. esbuild had the same bug until 0.27.1, and the gate is a port of its repair (evanw/esbuild#4348).

Repro (main 5900354 and 1.4.3. The report lists 1.3.14 to 1.4.2 too.)

echo 'if (typeof window !== "undefined") var root = window; else var root = globalThis;' > lib.mjs
echo 'export function hasRoot() { return typeof root.Object; }' >> lib.mjs
echo 'const lib = await import("./lib.mjs"); console.log("root.Object is a " + lib.hasRoot());' > app.mjs
bun build ./app.mjs --target=node --outdir out && bun out/app.js

	output
node and bun app.mjs	root.Object is a function
bundle from main	ReferenceError: root is not defined
bundle from this branch	root.Object is a function

Main prints function hasRoot() outside of the wrapper and if (...) var root = window; else var root = globalThis; inside of it. This branch prints var root; outside and root = window / root = globalThis inside, as esbuild 0.28.1 does.

What is relocated, and when

• relocates_single_stmt_body_decls() is true in a body without braces if the output has a reader of top-level declarations: a bundle that is not for the dev server, or the REPL. The gate and the enum emitter call it.
• lifts_top_level_decls() is the mode part. s_for calls it to clear a head that has no initializer (for (var i; ...) becomes for (; ...), as in esbuild). Without that, the head declares a second i inside the wrapper.
• Bodies with braces, for heads with an initializer, labels, try and switch relocate in every mode on main. That does not change.
• The dev server runs each module as a function and lifts nothing, so it keeps main's output.

The mark on the symbol

On main, the var of such a body is a second variable inside the wrapper. After the relocation the wrapper reads and stores the top-level variable. A later var x = 2 that the linker lifts above the wrapper would then run before the wrapper's stores, and a reader outside would get the value of the body. The first push of this PR had that regression.

• keep_var_stores_in_wrapper sets SymbolFlags::VAR_STORES_STAY_IN_WRAPPER on the root symbol of each var that the two new arms relocate (the body without braces, the cleared for head). Dead branches count too: their var is relocated as well.
• The linker's hoist loop (generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs) declares a marked name outside and keeps its store inside the wrapper, in source order. needs_wrapper_ref counts such a store, so the file gets its wrapper symbol.
• A var that main already relocates (a block, a for head with an initializer) gets no mark, so main's output for those forms does not change. bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 removes the lift for every var.
• SymbolFlags grows from u8 to u16. Symbol stays 48 bytes. Bit 0 was free, but js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001 adds a flag there, and two flags on one bit merge without a conflict.

module, read through an export after import()	node	main	this branch
if (c) var x = "body"; var x = 2; (also else, while, do)	2	2	2
if (c) var x = "body"; var x = function () {}; (also an arrow, a class; typeof x)	function	function	function
if (c) var x = "body"; export var x = null;	null	null	null
for (var x; !x; ) x = "body"; var x = 0;	0	0	0
if (false) var x; x = "store"; var x = 2;	2	2	2
seen = typeof x; var x = 2; if (c) var x = "body"; (seen, x)	undefined, body	undefined, 2	undefined, body
var x = 2; if (c) var x = "body";	body	2	body
var x = 10; if (c) var x = x + 1;	11	10	11
if (false) var a = 1; read as a	undefined	ReferenceError	undefined
two entry points that require() the module, --splitting	1	ReferenceError	1
if (c) { var x = "body"; } var x = 2; (braces, not changed)	2	body	body
if (c) var x = y; var y = 2; (typeof x)	undefined	undefined	number

Two generated sets (6,480 and 6,273 modules: each body form, 18 kinds of later value, both orders, reads before, between and after, import() and require(), plain, --minify-syntax and --minify) give 153,036 results. 123,636 are wrong on main and right here. None is right on main and wrong here. 1,788 are wrong on both, for forms that this PR does not change (for example a label, a block, or a for head with an initializer).

Known cases that are right on main and wrong here

• The sideEffects: false case of Downsides. Files: package.json with "sideEffects": false, lib.mjs as above with export function get() { return x; }, barrel.mjs = export * from './lib.mjs', and an entry that does import { get } from './barrel.mjs' and also import('./lib.mjs'). Main never calls init_lib() for that importer. With var x = [2][0] in lib.mjs, main prints undefined too. A lifted constant hides that defect, and a marked name loses the cover. bundler: keep the export * statement of a lazily loaded module when a name is read through it #46786 makes such an importer run the wrapper.
• var React = require("react"); if (c) var React = "body"; var React = 2; gives body. The linker merges that var into the namespace symbol of react, which has no mark. if (c) var React = "body"; var React = require("react"); also writes the string into that namespace. Only the packages that the parser turns into an import behave so (react, react-dom, scheduler and four more).
• if (c) var x = y; var y = 2; with typeof x in an exported function gives number (main and node: undefined). The linker lifts var y = 2 above the wrapper, so the store x = y reads 2. That lift is a fault of main: a plain var x = y; var y = 2;, the braced form, and a read inside the wrapper give number on main too. Main gives undefined for this form only because the function cannot see the var of the body: a read of x throws ReferenceError there (here: 2, node: undefined). The generated sets do not have this form: their values are literals. bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 removes the lift.
• A var exports or var module in such a body, in a file that has no import or export and is not CommonJS already. If the file has import or export, the two names are ordinary variables, and this PR fixes them as it fixes any other name. The three results below are older faults, and main reaches each of them through the braced form. They were run on main 449877f with this branch merged in, and node v26.3.0 ran the bundles.
  • if (c) var exports = "body"; (also var module, with or without an initializer) makes the file CommonJS, because the relocation counts as a use of the CommonJS exports or module. Behind import() the namespace is {"default":{}} (main: {}). The braced form gives that on main.
  • With --format=iife, the bundle of such an entry point prints nothing and exits 0 (main: it runs). An iife bundle does not call a CommonJS entry point. On main, the braced form and an entry with module.exports = 1 print nothing too. bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843 adds the call: with bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843 and bundler: keep the CommonJS wrapper when a file gives module or exports its own value #41635 also merged in, all of these forms run.
  • if (0) var exports; { var exports = [40]; } gives [40] as the namespace behind import(), and {"0":40} behind require() (main: {}). The file stays an ES module: a var in dead code is no use, and the store of the block goes through the block's own symbol. With a test that is not constant, the file is CommonJS as above. The linker uses the top-level exports of such a file as its namespace object. On main, the var of the if is a second variable inside the wrapper, and it takes the store. Main gives [40] for if (0) { var exports; } { var exports = [40]; }, and "body" for a plain var exports = "body";. bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843 and bundler: keep the CommonJS wrapper when a file gives module or exports its own value #41635 do not change that.

Size only

• --minify-syntax with if (true) var d = 1;: main folds the if and lifts var d = 1 with no wrapper, 138 B. Here the store stays in a wrapper, 356 B. Statically imported: 90 to 93 B. The braced form has that wrapper on main (360 B).
• A marked name that nothing reads can leave an empty wrapper under --minify-syntax (124 to 329 B), and keeps an earlier var unused = function () {...} that main drops (112 to 246 B).

Measurements (release builds of the merge base 5900354 and of 76f5a6d, x64 Linux. The commits after it merge main and replace the link walk in needs_wrapper_ref and keep_var_stores_in_wrapper with symbol::follow_symbols of main. That walk is not on the path of a top-level var.)

• s_local, per top-level var statement: 393 to 398 instructions without a bundle, 481 to 486 in a bundle, 0 added calls (gdb single-step, 40-statement fixture). The gate's early return: 27 to 32.
• needs_wrapper_ref, per declaration that can leave the wrapper: 58 to 78 instructions, 0 added calls. It runs once per bundled file and stops at the first statement that must stay.
• Linker, per lifted declaration: about 1,600 instructions and 30 calls on both builds. The added symbol read is below the run-to-run variation of that count (3%).
• Enum emitter, per top-level enum: 749 to 754 and 884 to 889 instructions, 0 added calls.
• .text: 81,372,501 to 81,373,781 B (+1,280, llvm-size -A). .rodata and the file size do not change. size_of::<P>() stays 4032 B and Symbol stays 48 B.
• bun build --no-bundle: 0 of 46,400 files under test/node_modules differ (.js, .mjs, .cjs, .ts, .tsx; 231 fail on both builds). RuntimeTranspilerCache stays at version 35.
• Bundles of 1,257 packages of test/node_modules, each behind import() and require(), plain and minified: 4,936 pairs are byte-identical (2.87 GB), 92 fail on both builds, none differs.
• The repro bundle: 482 to 484 B, minified 275 to 273 B.

Tests

29 new tests in 5 files. On a release build of main, 24 fail. The other 5 pin output that must not change and pass on main by design: the file with function f and var f, the minified program without a wrapper, the dev server format, the Fast Refresh registration, and the transpile-only output.

• test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts: 22 (18 fail on main). EsmWrapperVarInBracelessBodyStoreOrder holds the table above, plain and with --minify-syntax.
• test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts: esbuild's end-to-end test for its issue 4348, plain and minified (2 fail).
• test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts, test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts: 4 (4 fail).
• test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js: 1 pin.

Suites run with the debug build: bundler_edgecase, bundler_cjs2esm, bundler_cjs, bundler_jsx, bundler_minify, bundler_splitting, bundler_merged_enum, esbuild/{extra,ts,dce,splitting}, transpiler/transpiler.test.js, repl.test.ts, repl-transform.test.ts, test/bake/dev/{bundle,esm,hot}.test.ts, test/bake/dev-and-prod.test.ts, test/regression/issue/31002.test.ts. Two tests of those files time out in the debug build on my machine and pass in the release build: edgecase/DeepImportDiamondDAG and one node:repl test.

Suites run with the release build: all 133 files of test/bundler/, test/js/bun/transpiler/, test/js/bun/repl/, test/bake/dev/ and test/bake/. One fails, and it fails the same way on the merge base: bundler_bytecode_portable.test.ts (a pinned hash).

Self-review

Two rounds, 23 concerns raised, 16 addressed. What came from them:

• A first version kept a later var in place from the parser. It failed under --minify-syntax (the minifier merges var x; x = 2 back) and could not see a read before an earlier var. The mark on the symbol replaces it.
• The dev server keeps main's output.
• A var in a dead branch gets the mark too. Without it 264 of 75,276 generated results went from right to wrong.
• With --react-fast-refresh, a component that such a var declares is registered again. register_react_refresh_decls is the same extraction as in js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001.
• Tests for dead branches, for the program without a wrapper, for --splitting, and pins for the output that must not change.
• The walk over symbol links is symbol::follow_symbols, which main has since Hardening: fix crashes across the runtime, bundler, dev server, shell and CLI #46021.

Not addressed: the cases and the two size items above, and two remarks on code shape (an unused declaration list on the enum arm, the u16).

Open PRs on the same lines

• bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 (on bundler: keep source order in a wrapper prefix that has no async dependency #41601) removes the lift for every var. With it, the mark has no reader and can go. bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 needs the relocation of this PR too: without it, the var of the body is still a second variable inside the wrapper, and a store kept in the wrapper would go to that one.
• js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001 owns function f beside var f. With it, the opt-out in relocates_single_stmt_body_decls is not necessary. If js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001 lands first, this PR removes the opt-out. If this PR lands first, js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001 has to remove it. bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 needs that: in a file with the opt-out, a store that stays in the wrapper goes to the second variable.
• js_parser: relocate the module-level declarations of a lowered top-level using out of its try #38284 owns a lowered top-level using, which keeps a plain top-level var inside its try. Beside such a using, only the var of the body without braces is fixed here.
• js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001, minify: port esbuild's statement-level syntax passes #41159 and bundler: let DCE drop unreachable top-level await before rejecting CJS #29246 carry an s_for repair that clears the head in every mode (if relocate.ok { data.init = relocate.stmt; }). That changes bun run output. The arm here is for a bundle and the REPL only.
• js_parser: resolve a module-level var that a nested block declares again to one symbol #46284 resolves a module-level var that a nested block declares again to one symbol. The two PRs fix different programs. var x = { v: 1 }; if (c) { var x; console.log(x.v); } needs js_parser: resolve a module-level var that a nested block declares again to one symbol #46284, and the repro above needs this PR. With both merged on main 449877f, the 12 test files that the two PRs change pass (debug build). dce/VarRedeclaredInLoopHeadOfWrappedFile, a todo case of js_parser: resolve a module-level var that a nested block declares again to one symbol #46284, passes there, so the PR that lands second removes that todo. The merge has one conflict, in src/ast/symbol.rs: each PR adds a flag after bit 7 (bit 8 here, bit 9 there).
• bundler: call the wrapped entry point in iife output #37843 calls a wrapped entry point in iife output. It removes the iife result of the var exports / var module case above.
• Two conflicts in text at this head. js_parser: relocate the module-level declarations of a lowered top-level using out of its try #38284 moves the loop of maybe_relocate_vars_to_top_level (src/js_parser/fold.rs) into a new function, and the lines that this PR adds before and after that loop go around the call. js_printer: print a valid expression for an unused require() operand #42448 adds tests at the same place in test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts.

This branch does not depend on any of them.

Not changed here

• var n = 2; for (var n; n < 4; n++) ... does not run its loop in a bundle, on main and here: tree shaking drops var n = 2 (js_parser: record the merged symbol for an export that is re-declared later #42409).
• bun repl wraps each line in an arrow function, which is why it needs the relocation. Lines with await, import or using need that wrapper.
• An enum in such a body inside a function or namespace is block-scoped in every mode.

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no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts

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Walkthrough

The parser relocates declarations from brace-less statement bodies in supported modes and tracks stores that must remain inside wrappers. Bundler hoisting checks this tracking. Tests cover bundling, transpilation, and REPL behavior.

Changes

Brace-less var declaration handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parser relocation and wrapper-store tracking src/ast/symbol.rs, src/js_parser/fold.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs, test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts, test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts	The parser relocates declarations from brace-less statement bodies, marks symbols whose stores must remain in wrappers, handles relevant TypeScript declarations, and registers relocated declarations for React Fast Refresh. Transpiler and REPL tests cover persistence, skipped declarations, loops, and enums.
Bundler hoisting and regression coverage src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts, test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts	Export hoisting skips identifier declarations marked to keep stores inside wrappers. Bundler tests cover wrappers, output formats, minification, code splitting, declaration ordering, and React Fast Refresh.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Low · up to 4d1ee

Bundled ESM dependencies can return an incorrect value when a brace-less declaration reads a variable initialized later. This narrow ordering regression warrants correction or explicit acceptance; the other identified runtime defects are pre-existing.

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^{Updated 11:16 AM PT - Oct 29th, 2026}

✅ @robobun, your commit 117deac93dddc887d1acc6b0b14eaf6c6639ceca passed in Build #135217! 🎉

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bun-45705 --bun

[robobun]

Status: reproduced on main 5900354.

echo 'if (typeof window !== "undefined") var root = window; else var root = globalThis;' > lib.mjs
echo 'export function hasRoot() { return typeof root.Object; }' >> lib.mjs
echo 'const lib = await import("./lib.mjs"); console.log("root.Object is a " + lib.hasRoot());' > app.mjs
bun build ./app.mjs --target=node --outdir out && bun out/app.js

Main prints ReferenceError: root is not defined. This branch prints root.Object is a function, as node does for the source.

[claude]

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked a few adjacent paths and they hold up: the new for (var i; ...) head-clearing in src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs only fires after a successful relocation, and a for head always sits in a pushed block scope, so the name is already in relocated_top_level_vars and dropping the var keeps exactly one declaration; labelled and with bodies push their own scope, so the new gate in src/js_parser/fold.rs does not change them; and lifts_top_level_decls() is false for plain bun run and for HMR/dev-server bundles, so neither the gate nor the for head change reaches those outputs.

Extended reasoning...

The change is a ~30-line parser edit (one gate in fold.rs, two predicates and an enum-lowering branch in p.rs, a for-head tweak in visit_stmt.rs) plus ~450 lines of bundler/REPL tests; it touches no security-sensitive surface. The inline findings include an acknowledged ordering regression for if (c) var x = 1; var x = 2; in lazily loaded bundled modules, which is a design trade-off a human should weigh, so this is not an approve.

Findings marked 🟡 are optional suggestions and need no follow-up push.

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

• 🟡 src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs — Users of Bun.build({ reactFastRefresh: true }) or bun build --react-fast-refresh lose the $RefreshReg$ registration for a component declared by a brace-less if (c) var Comp = () => <x/>; main registered it. src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:1204 now relocates that var in a non-HMR bundle and returns at visit_stmt.rs:1210 before the register loop at visit_stmt.rs:1218 runs. Fix: run the fast-refresh registration (or emit it for the relocated name) when relocation succeeds at module scope, so every relocated top-level component, brace-less or braced, is still registered.

  Why this was flagged

  A JSX file with if (cond) var Comp = () => <div/>; at module level, bundled with react_fast_refresh on and hot_module_reloading off (src/runtime/api/JSBundler.rs:707 reactFastRefresh, src/runtime/cli/Arguments.rs:2711 --react-fast-refresh, applied per file at src/bundler/ParseTask.rs:2556). On main, src/js_parser/fold.rs:60 returned ok:false for that var because current_scope == module_scope, so s_local fell through to visit_stmt.rs:1218 and called handle_react_refresh_register for Comp. Now relocates_single_stmt_body_decls (src/js_parser/p.rs:8044) is true in that mode, the var becomes an assignment and s_local returns at visit_stmt.rs:1210, skipping the registration. The user's fast-refresh runtime never sees Comp, so edits to it fall back to a full reload instead of a hot update. The dismissal weighed only rarity; the mechanism is a verified behavioral regression against base for every file hitting this shape, and the braced form skipping registration on main is a sibling defect, not a defense.

  Verification: Triggered when a JSX file bundled with bun build --react-fast-refresh declares a brace-less if (c) var Comp = () => <div/>; at module level. src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:1205-1210 pushes the assignment and return Ok(()), so the register loop at visit_stmt.rs:1218 never runs. On base fold.rs:60 returned ok:false, so Comp was registered. Not covered by any test added in the PR.

• 🟡 src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs — Bundles built with --minify-syntax (or a define that makes an if test constant) now keep a dead store and an __esm wrapper for if (true) var d = 1; that main tree-shook away; the PR's own measurement is 138 B to 356 B per such module. src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:1204 turns the brace-less var into d = 1 before s_if folds the branch at visit_stmt.rs:1811, so the assignment is a side effect the linker cannot drop or lift. Fix: when the enclosing if test is a known constant, fold first (or relocate the declaration with its initializer as a top-level var d = 1) so unused brace-less vars stay removable in every constant-branch form, if, else, while and do.

  Why this was flagged

  Library code such as if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") var warn = makeWarn(); with --define process.env.NODE_ENV=development and --minify-syntax, or any if (true) var x = v;, bundled without HMR. s_local at visit_stmt.rs:1204 runs before s_if sees the constant test, so with relocates_single_stmt_body_decls true (src/js_parser/p.rs:8044) the statement becomes the SExpr x = v plus a top-level var x; from append_part at src/js_parser/p.rs:5551. append_if_body_preserving_scope at visit_stmt.rs:1811 then emits the bare assignment at top level. On main the same input became var x = v at top level, which the linker could lift out of the wrapper or drop as unused. Now the store is not a declaration, so an unused x is kept and a lazily loaded module needs an __esm wrapper it did not need before (PR measurement 138 B to 356 B). This hits every production-mode bundle that relies on NODE_ENV folding of brace-less var guards, a common pattern in older React-ecosystem packages; the dismissal called it size-only but the wrapper also changes evaluation timing for the module.

  Verification: Acknowledged in diff: the PR description records 138 B on main, 356 B here. Trigger: a non-HMR bundle with minifySyntax where a lazily-loaded module has a brace-less if (true) var d = 1;. visit_stmt.rs:1754 visits the body before the fold at :1789-1811, so :1203-1210 turns var d = 1 into d = 1, which generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs:829 keeps in inner_stmts, emitting the __esm wrapper.

[robobun]

Answers to the two optional findings of the review of 0e5df92:

• Fast Refresh registration: fixed in 76f5a6d. s_local now registers the declarations of a var that it relocates at module scope. register_react_refresh_decls is the same extraction as in js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001. edgecase/VarInBracelessBodyIsRegisteredForFastRefresh pins the $RefreshReg$ call.
• --minify-syntax with a constant test (if (true) var d = 1;, 138 B to 356 B): not changed. The store stays in the wrapper and runs when the module runs, as in node. Main lifts it above the wrapper. The size grows only if the value can be lifted and nothing else keeps the wrapper. Bundles of 1,257 packages of test/node_modules (plain and minified, behind import() and require()) are byte-identical to main, so the form is rare in published code. The numbers are in the Notes of the PR body.

[claude]

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

The new VAR_STORES_STAY_IN_WRAPPER flag closes the brace-less store-order path raised on the previous push. Beyond the inline finding, I also checked: the SymbolFlags u8 to u16 widening keeps the size_of::<Symbol>() <= 48 assert and the flags are not serialized anywhere; has_top_level_function_merged_with_var is fully set during parsing before the visit-time relocates_single_stmt_body_decls gate reads it; the extracted register_react_refresh_decls body is byte-identical to the old loop, and the new call on the early-return path is reachable via bun build --react-fast-refresh.

Extended reasoning...

The change touches the JS parser's var relocation, the TS enum emitter, the linker's __esm hoisting path and a new symbol flag, affecting bundler and REPL output only; it touches no security-sensitive surface. One pre-existing-class finding is posted inline, and the earlier store-order concern has been addressed by the new flag, so this note only records what else was ruled out.

[robobun]

Two notes from #45529. That PR keeps the store of every top-level var of a wrapped module inside the wrapper. Nothing in this PR has to change for it.

1. The exception for a file with a top-level function f and var f

In such a file relocates_single_stmt_body_decls() is false, so a var in a body without braces is still a second variable inside the wrapper. With #45529 on top, a store of that name that stays in the wrapper writes the inner variable, and a reader outside gets undefined:

// s.js, loaded with require("./s.js"), bun build --format=cjs
function f() { return 1; }
var f = 2;
if (globalThis) var x = 1;
var x = 2;
function read() { return x; }
globalThis.out = { inBody: x, read };

build	inBody	read()
node on the source	2	2
main	1	2
#45529 alone	2	undefined
#45529 with 0e5df92 of this PR	2	undefined

So #45529 is a draft until its base has this PR, and #44001 together with the end of that exception. Can the exception go in the PR that makes it unnecessary (#44001, or this one after it)?

2. The symbol mark

#45529 decides with one predicate (Local::value_can_leave_esm_wrapper), for the hoist loop and for needs_wrapper_ref, and it keeps every var store inside. After a merge on top of this PR the mark has nothing left to decide. #45529 will then delete VAR_STORES_STAY_IN_WRAPPER, its accessor, keep_var_stores_in_wrapper, follow_symbol_links, ExportHoist::var_stores_stay_in_wrapper and the setters. Both PRs change the same two places (the hoist loop and needs_wrapper_ref), so the second one to land has a conflict there.

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- Around line 97-99: Update the condition in maybe_relocate_vars_to_top_level to
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[robobun]

#46336 carries the REPL part of this parser change under repl_mode: the gate in fold.rs, the for head in visit_stmt.rs and the enum arm in p.rs. It prints a top-level function in front of the REPL wrapper, and that function must be able to read those vars.

• The helper there has the same name, relocates_single_stmt_body_decls, with the condition is_inside_single_stmt_body && repl_mode. The PR that lands second widens or drops it in its rebase.
• The four REPL tests of this PR pass with repl: declare top-level functions in front of the wrapper and accept export statements #46336 alone. The bundler tests need this PR.

[claude]

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

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

[robobun]

Merged main (bf80135) into this branch.

• There was no text conflict, but the merge did not compile. Remove 70 unsafe blocks by borrowing instead of holding raw pointers #47273 made ExportHoist::symbols a plain &symbol::Map where it was a BackRef, so self.symbols.get() in var_stores_stay_in_wrapper became the map's own get. The merge commit changes that line to let symbols = self.symbols;, as main did for its own call.
• On a debug build of bf80135 with this branch and eight other open PRs merged in: test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts (227 pass), test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js (259 pass), test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts (130 pass) and test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts (39 pass).
• test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts gives 218 pass and 1 fail on that build. The fail is edgecase/DeepImportDiamondDAG, a test of main: its build of 20000 modules did not end within its 60 s limit on that debug build. A release build of 1.4.3 takes 0.8 s for the same files on the same machine.

[robobun]

Merged main (da867c6) into this branch so that CI runs on a green main. There was no conflict.

• CI run 134903 was red for reasons outside this PR: test/aot/* tests on the lane test-aot-drawn, whose families also failed on main (builds 134576 and 134732), and agents that EC2 did not create (CapacityLimitExceeded).
• This PR changes the parser, so a run on this base is the first that can show an effect of its own on test/aot.
• On a debug build of da867c6 with this branch and eight other open PRs merged in: test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts (224 pass), test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js (259 pass), test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts (130 pass) and test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts (39 pass).

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Minor · Keep relocated brace-less var stores ordered before later literal var… · p.rs:8031-8035

src/js_parser/p.rs:8031-8035
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Keep relocated brace-less var stores ordered before later literal var hoists.

In a wrapped module, if (c) var x = y; var y = 2; can make typeof x return "number". Source order gives "undefined". The linker hoists var y = 2 above the __esm closure, while the relocated x = y store stays inside it, so x reads 2.

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Review comment at @src/js_parser/p.rs around lines 8031 - 8035:
Update the handling of relocated top-level vars around
`relocated_top_level_vars` and `set_var_stores_stay_in_wrapper` so a brace-less
`var` assignment remains ordered before later literal `var` initializers after
linking. Preserve source-order behavior so the relocated assignment reads
`undefined` in this case.

Minor · The file-wide flag blocks relocation of unrelated brace-less var declarations. · p.rs:8024-8025

src/js_parser/p.rs:8024-8025
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The file-wide flag blocks relocation of unrelated brace-less var declarations.

has_top_level_function_merged_with_var is a file-level boolean with no name. Once it is set, no brace-less module-level var in the file is relocated, not only the merged name. For a module that is require()d and has ES module syntax, the wrapper selection is WrapKind::Esm. The unrelated var then stays inside the __esm closure, and the exported function is emitted outside it. The exported function can then throw a ReferenceError instead of returning the value:

function f() {}
if (globalThis) var f = 2;
if (globalThis) var g = 1;
export function getG() { return g; }

Here var f sets the flag. var g is not relocated, and getG() throws a ReferenceError instead of returning 1.

Note: this behaviour predates this PR (already present at merge base da867c60bf0b); the change keeps it reachable.

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Review comment at @src/js_parser/p.rs around lines 8024 - 8025:
Update the brace-less module-level var relocation guard that uses
has_top_level_function_merged_with_var so it blocks relocation only for a var
merged with a top-level function of the same name, not every var in the file.
Preserve the non-relocation behavior for the merged name while allowing
unrelated declarations such as g to be relocated.

Nitpick comments: 1

test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts: 1

2503-2503: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Make the dead-branch assertions distinguish undefined from null.

JSON.stringify writes an undefined array element as null. The fixture at test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts:2490 returns [a, b, c, d, e, f, g], and the expected stdout at lines 2503 and 2516 is [null,null,null,null,null,null,"assigned"]. A build that initializes an untaken var to null prints the same string and still passes. The block comment at line 2481 says a read of these declarations gives undefined, and these assertions do not enforce that.

The ESM and require tests pass the same varsInDeadBracelessBodies string as /lib.js (lines 2499 and 2511). One change to get() in that string covers both variants. No new export is needed.

🐛 Suggested fix

Fixture, line 2490:

-    export function get() { return [a, b, c, d, e, f, g]; }
+    export function get() { return [a, b, c, d, e, f, g].map(v => v === undefined ? "undefined" : v); }

Expectations, lines 2503 and 2516 (both run entries use the same string):

-      run: { stdout: '[null,null,null,null,null,null,"assigned"]' },
+      run: { stdout: '["undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","assigned"]' },

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Review comment at @test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts at line 2503:
Update get() in the varsInDeadBracelessBodies fixture to convert undefined
values to a distinct string before serialization, and change the expected stdout
in both ESM and require tests to match. Preserve the assigned value as-is.

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Review comments at @src/js_parser/p.rs:
- Around line 8031-8035: Update the handling of relocated top-level vars around
`relocated_top_level_vars` and `set_var_stores_stay_in_wrapper` so a brace-less
`var` assignment remains ordered before later literal `var` initializers after
linking. Preserve source-order behavior so the relocated assignment reads
`undefined` in this case.
- Around line 8024-8025: Update the brace-less module-level var relocation guard
that uses has_top_level_function_merged_with_var so it blocks relocation only
for a var merged with a top-level function of the same name, not every var in
the file. Preserve the non-relocation behavior for the merged name while
allowing unrelated declarations such as g to be relocated.

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Review comments at @test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts:
- Line 2503: Update get() in the varsInDeadBracelessBodies fixture to convert
undefined values to a distinct string before serialization, and change the
expected stdout in both ESM and require tests to match. Preserve the assigned
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[robobun]

Answers to the three findings of the review of 4d1eef4:

• if (c) var x = y; var y = 2;: confirmed, and accepted. typeof x in an exported function gives number here (main and node: undefined). The cause is the lift of var y = 2 above the wrapper, which is a fault of main: a plain var x = y; var y = 2;, the braced form, and a read inside the wrapper give number on main too. Main gives undefined for this form only because the function cannot see the var of the body. A read of x throws ReferenceError there (here: 2, node: undefined). A mark on each name that such a value reads does not close it, because a value can read a name through a call. bundler: keep a top-level var store of a lazily loaded ES module at its statement #45529 removes the lift. The PR body now has the case in Downsides, in the table and in the list of known cases.
• The file-wide test for function f beside var f: not changed, as in the earlier thread. For function f() {} if (c) var f = 2; the function symbol links to the var symbol, so the kind of the root does not tell the pair. A test per declaration needs the flag on the merged symbol that js_parser: print a var merged with a top-level function declaration as an assignment #44001 adds. The example keeps the ReferenceError of main, and Downsides lists it.
• undefined or null in the dead-branch tests: done in 117deac. get() now returns [a, b, c, d, e, f, g].map(String), and both tests expect "undefined" six times.

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.