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… as an ES module A .mjs file, or a .js file under "type": "module", loaded as CommonJS as soon as its source mentioned module or exports. With an import statement the parser rejected the file with "Cannot use import statement with CommonJS-only features". Without one, typeof module was "object". The parser now declares exports and module as scope members only when the file is not already an ES module (no export, no top-level await, module type not ESM), as esbuild does. A source reference in an ES module is an unbound global, so typeof module is "undefined" and module.exports = 1 throws a ReferenceError, as in Node. The module type hint now reaches the parser on the concurrent transpiler path too, and it comes from the nearest package.json, named or not. The runtime transpiler cache hashes the hint when it is not Unknown.
…le paths The react-refresh fallback the dev server embeds is a CommonJS bundle, so embedded framework code gets no module type hint. A plugin that serves a real file gets the same hint as a read from disk. bun build --no-bundle passes the resolver's verdict to the parser.
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| let module_type = { | ||
| let ext = path.name().ext; | ||
| let dir = path.name().dir; | ||
| let package_json = if loader.is_java_script_like() | ||
| && (ext == b".js" || ext == b".ts") | ||
| && bun_paths::is_absolute(dir) | ||
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| // SAFETY: `jsc_vm` is the live per-thread VM; `read_dir_info` is | ||
| // re-entrant on the JS thread. | ||
| match unsafe { (*jsc_vm).transpiler.resolver.read_dir_info(dir) } { | ||
| Ok(Some(dir_info)) => dir_info.package_json_for_module_type, | ||
| _ => None, | ||
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| None | ||
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| module_type_hint(ext, package_json) |
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🔴 Bun.plugin onLoad hooks that return CommonJS code for a .js/.ts path under "type": "module", or for any .mjs/.mts path, now throw ReferenceError: exports is not defined; the base branch sniffed the returned contents. src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:4576 takes the hint from the specifier's extension and nearest package.json, not from what the hook returned, so the parser leaves module/exports unbound. Fix: keep ModuleType::Unknown for every plugin-returned source, or let onLoad declare a format as Node's load hook does; the PR note says a plugin can serve a real file, but babel/tsc-style hooks emit transformed CommonJS.
Why this was flagged
A project has package.json "type": "module" and a preload plugin whose onLoad for /\.ts$/ returns the file transformed to CommonJS (exports.x = ..., loader: "js"). The import reaches Bun__transpileVirtualModule from src/jsc/bindings/ModuleLoader.cpp:394. src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:4560-4577 computes module_type_hint(ext, package_json_for_module_type) from the .ts path and the project's package.json and gets ModuleType::Esm; any .mjs/.mts path gets Esm regardless of package.json. With that hint is_file_considered_to_have_esm_exports is true (src/js_parser/p.rs:3247), src/js_parser/p.rs:3347-3356 does not declare exports/module, and src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:1900 picks ExportsKind::Esm. The module runs as ESM and throws ReferenceError: exports is not defined. On the base branch this call site hard-coded module_type: ModuleType::Unknown, exports was bound, uses_exports_ref made the file CommonJS and it ran. The onLoad result has no format field, so the plugin cannot override the hint.
Verification: Acknowledged in diff only as "the plugin path now carries the hint" (comment at src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:4558-4559 "A plugin can serve a real file, so its path gets the same hint as a file read from disk"); the concrete cost — plugin-emitted CommonJS for a .js/.ts specifier under "type": "module" now throws at runtime — is not named anywhere, and no test covers it.
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| // reference to either name is an unbound global, as in Node. The | ||
| // symbols still back generated code (the ESM namespace object, | ||
| // `export =`, the HMR wrapper), so they live on `generated` only. | ||
| self.exports_ref = self.new_symbol(js_ast::symbol::Kind::Hoisted, b"exports"); | ||
| self.module_ref = self.new_symbol(js_ast::symbol::Kind::Hoisted, b"module"); | ||
| let (exports_ref, module_ref) = (self.exports_ref, self.module_ref); | ||
| VecExt::append(&mut self.module_scope_mut().generated, exports_ref); | ||
| VecExt::append(&mut self.module_scope_mut().generated, module_ref); |
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🟡 (optional) Users running a .js/.ts file under "type": "module" that uses module.exports now get a bare ReferenceError: module is not defined; the base ran the file as CommonJS. src/js_parser/p.rs:3347 leaves module/exports unbound when the hint is ESM but logs nothing, so nothing says which package.json or extension made the file ESM. Node appends "in ES module scope" plus a note naming the package.json and suggesting .cjs; esbuild warns at build time. Fix: when options.module_type == Esm and the module scope resolves module or exports as Unbound, emit a note with the reason and the .cjs remedy on every path (runtime, bun build, plugin), or decorate the runtime ReferenceError as Node does.
Why this was flagged
A project created by bun init gets "type": "module" (src/runtime/cli/init_command.rs:664). It has util.js containing module.exports = { f } and an entry that requires it. On the base branch module was declared by declare_common_js_symbol, uses_module_ref at src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:1875 made exports_kind Cjs and the file ran under the CommonJS wrapper. After the change module_type_hint returns Esm for .js under that package.json (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:3928-3934), src/js_parser/p.rs:3347-3356 creates module only as a generated symbol, the source reference becomes Unbound, parse_entry.rs:1900 picks Esm, and evaluation throws ReferenceError: module is not defined with no note. Node for the same file prints ReferenceError: module is not defined in ES module scope followed by a line saying the file is treated as an ES module because of the .js extension and the package.json "type": "module", and to rename it to .cjs. Bun emits nothing on any path: no parser note is added where the symbol is left unbound, and no runtime decoration exists.
Verification: Triggered whenever a .js/.ts file under a package.json with "type": "module" assigns module.exports. src/js_parser/p.rs:3347-3356 creates module_ref via new_symbol and appends it to generated only, so a source module resolves to an unbound global and JSC throws its generic ReferenceError. On the base, parse_entry.rs:1864-1877 ran the file as CommonJS. No Bun-side augmentation exists.
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| if self.has_es_module_syntax && self.commonjs_named_exports.count() == 0 { | ||
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🟡 (optional) A .ts/.mts file under "type": "module" that uses TypeScript export = is still CommonJS-wrapped, but its top-level this is now rewritten to undefined; on the base it stayed module.exports. src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:166 records a module_ref use so src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:1875 picks Cjs, yet src/js_parser/p.rs:5991 now substitutes this whenever is_file_considered_to_have_esm_exports is set, regardless of the final verdict. Fix: only substitute this when the file's final exports kind is ESM (or when uses_module_ref is false), and add an export = plus top-level this case to the module-type tests.
Why this was flagged
Trigger: a .ts file in a "type": "module" package (or any .mts) containing export = {...} and a top-level this.foo = ... or this read, run with bun run or statically imported. src/js_parser/p.rs:3245-3247 sets is_file_considered_to_have_esm_exports from options.module_type == Esm. src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:163-166 emits module.exports = value and records a module_ref use, so src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:1875-1879 chooses Cjs with the BunCommonjs wrapper (src/js_parser/p.rs:9097), whose first argument is exports. Base: value_for_this only substituted when has_es_module_syntax was set, so this in this CJS-wrapped file was exports. Now src/js_parser/p.rs:5991 substitutes it with undefined because the hint alone flips the condition, so this.foo = 1 throws TypeError and reads give undefined. The dismissal called the population unrealistic; Bun users do not run tsc's module check, and export = is the documented TS form for CommonJS-shaped config modules. Remedy: gate the substitution on the final ESM verdict.
Verification: Triggered when a .mts file, or a .ts file under package.json "type": "module", contains TypeScript export = ... and a top-level this. src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs:1875 picks ExportsKind::Cjs, but src/js_parser/p.rs:5991-6000 turns top-level this into null; on the base it became the exports identifier. No test in the PR covers export = in an ESM-typed file.
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WalkthroughModule type inference now uses file extensions and package metadata across runtime and bundler transpilation. Parser handling of ESM files and CommonJS globals changed. Tests cover module detection, bundling, caching, and related fixtures. ChangesModule type and ESM handling
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Issue #45729 requires .mjs and package-typed ES modules to remain ESM when they reference module or exports. src/js_parser/p.rs creates generated-only symbols for these names when the file has… |
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The changes remain within issue #45729. Parser binding changes implement ESM behavior. Module-type propagation, package-scope handling, cache-key changes, resolver handling, and regression tests suppo… |
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#45729requires.mjsand package-typed ES modules to remain ESM when they referencemoduleorexports.src/js_parser/p.rscreates generated-only symbols for these names when the file has ESM exports, so source references remain unbound.src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rssupplies extension and package metadata hints.run-detect-module-type.test.tscovers the reported static-import case,typeofguards, ReferenceErrors, package"type": "module", and related runtime paths.
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| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); | ||
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.cjs"), env)).toSpawn("object"); | ||
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); |
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Assert the .mjs cache entry, but do not treat the rerun count as proof of cache hits.
newCacheCount() measures only the change in readdirSync(cache_dir).length. Therefore, toBe(0) after the reruns proves only that no new cache entries appeared. It can also pass when cache reads are bypassed and recomputation writes no new entry. Add the first assertion to verify that the .mjs run creates its own entry. Keep the final assertion only as a no-new-entry check.
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| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); | |
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.cjs"), env)).toSpawn("object"); | |
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); | |
| writeFileSync(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), source); | |
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); | |
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| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.cjs"), env)).toSpawn("object"); | |
| expect(await bunRun(join(temp_dir, "a.mjs"), env)).toSpawn("undefined"); | |
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…r cache version A dependency with no package.json of its own does not take the "type" of the project above it, as in Node. The cache version moves to 36 so entries written with the old .jsx/.tsx hint on the static import path are not replayed.
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Fixes #45729
Problem
.mjsfile (or"type": "module".js) that mentionsmodulenext to animportfails:error: Cannot use import statement with CommonJS-only features,note: This file is CommonJS because 'module' was used. Without animportit runs as CommonJS. Node givesundefinedfortypeof module.prepare_for_visit_pass(src/js_parser/p.rs:3347) bindsexportsandmodulein every file. Theexports_kindchain (parse_entry.rs:1869) tests their use counts beforeoptions.module_type.Fix
exportsandmoduleonly when the file is not already an ES module (is_file_considered_to_have_esm_exports), esbuild's gate. In an ES module a reference is an unbound global, as in Node.import,Bun.pluginonLoad,bun build --no-bundle), comes from the nearest package.json, named or not, and is in the transpiler cache key.test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.test.ts(16 of 38 fail before), new cases inbundler_cjs,transpiler-cache,bake/dev/react-spa.Background
ModuleTypeis the resolver's hint (extension, package.json"type").exports_kindis the parser's verdict. Before, the hint lost to any mention ofmodule.dist/cjs/package.jsonwith{"type": "commonjs"}. The runtime now readsDirInfo::package_json_for_module_type, the bundler's field.exports_kindchain (parser: .mjs/"type":"module" is authoritative over module/exports identifier refs #33807) keeps the binding, sobun build x.mjsstill rewritesexports.x = 1into the namespace object. Supersedes Decide a file's module type with one rule on every runtime load path #40940 and js_parser: make the ESM/CJS classification and the module/exports bindings agree #40840, which keep.mjs+module.exportsas CommonJS.Downsides
module.exports,exports.xor top-levelthisin a.mjsor"type": "module".jsfile now throws or givesundefined, as in Node."type": "module"app inherits"module"at runtime. Node stops atnode_modules.size, main 5900354 vs PR). 200 static.mjsimports: median 85.8 ms vs 88.1 ms, IQR 24 ms (30 interleaved runs, within noise). Typed cache entries are rewritten once (3 of 4 in the probe).Notes
Behaviour table (bun 1.4.3 vs this PR vs Node 26):
.mjs:import {sep} from "node:path"; console.log(typeof module)undefinedundefined.mjs:console.log(typeof module, typeof exports)object objectundefined undefinedundefined undefined.mjs:if (typeof module < "u" && module.exports) ...(UMD guard).mjs:module.exports = 1ReferenceErrorReferenceError.mjs:console.log(require.main === module)truetrueReferenceError.mjs:console.log(this){}nullundefined"type":"module".jswithimport+typeof moduleundefinedundefined.js, no"type",import+module.exports =ReferenceErrorTop-level
thisprintsnullbecause that is bun's existing substitution for every ES module (value_for_this). #32173 changes it toundefinedseparately.A
.jsor.tsfile with no"type"keeps content sniffing.is_file_considered_to_have_esm_exportsdoes not include theimportkeyword, becausebun buildrelies on that to wrap a hybridimport+module.exportsfile as CommonJS (esbuild'sExportsAndModuleFormatCommonJS). Soimportnext to a read oftypeof modulein an untyped file still errors, unlike Node.Load paths that now carry the hint: entry point and
require()(Bun__transpileFile, unchanged rule, nearest package.json), staticimport(RuntimeTranspilerStore, was tag-derived: a bare.mjsarrived asUnknown, a.cjsunder"type":"module"asEsm),Bun.pluginonLoad (Bun__transpileVirtualModule, wasUnknown),bun build --no-bundle(build_with_resolve_result_eager, wasUnknown)..jsx/.tsxkeepUnknownon every runtime path (the entry point already did that: a JSX runtime import inside the CommonJS wrapper is a SyntaxError, #18562). For a statically imported.tsxunder"type":"commonjs"that means ESM where it was CommonJS before, which is also what the entry point does.Embedded framework code.
resolve_with_frameworkreturnedModuleType::EsmforBuiltInModule::Code. The react-refresh fallback the dev server embeds whenreact-refreshis not installed is a CommonJS bundle, so the gate madeexportsan unbound global in the HMR client. It now returnsUnknownand the content decides.test/bake/dev/react-spa.test.tscovers the fallback.Transpiler cache.
hash_for_runtime_transpileraddsmt=esmormt=cjsto the features hash and nothing forUnknown, so entries written by an older bun for untyped files stay valid. The.pilefile name is the content hash alone, so identical content undera.cjsanda.mjsalternates one entry instead of keeping two. The wrong replay (ana.cjsentry served fora.mjs) is what this fixes.Fixtures changed.
test/js/third_party/es-module-lexer/index.tsis a.tsunder"type":"module"and assignedexports.forceCommonJS = true(a 2023 workaround for the then-missingrequire.main === modulefold). The line is removed.test/js/bun/resolve/resolve.test.ts's wildcard package gets adist/cjs/package.jsonwith{"type":"commonjs"}: Node throws on the old fixture too.test/cli/run/run-detect-module-type.tswas a test with no.testsuffix (never ran) and an expectation table from #18686. It is nowrun-detect-module-type.test.ts, and theimport.cjsfixture's+fs(a TypeError on a namespace object) isvoid fs.Bundler output for
.mjswithtypeof module,typeof exports,exports.x = 1: 0__commonJSwrappers, 0 namespace rewrites, same text asesbuild --bundle --format=esmon the 3 fixtures.Suites run: test/js/bun/resolve/ (all), test/cli/run/transpiler-cache, run-importmetamain, as-node, require-cache, test/bundler/bundler_cjs, bundler_cjs2esm, bundler_edgecase, bundler_minify, cli, esbuild/default, esbuild/dce, transpiler/transpiler, transpiler/runtime-transpiler, test/bake/dev/esm, bundle, react-spa, test/js/bun/plugin/, test/js/third_party/es-module-lexer. Failures seen only in this container and also on main:
--compiletests andsyntax.test.tstime out (debug build),require-cacheleak thresholds.Self-reviewed: 17 concerns raised, 15 addressed. Rejected: splitting the change across #40940 and #40840 (they keep the opposite policy and neither fixes this issue, so the one coherent change is this PR), and a
node_modulesstop in the package.json walk (a separate decision that would also change the bundler rule from #41232).Prior attempts: #33807 (runtime-only reorder, closed with no review), #40840, #40940.
no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/resolve/resolve.test.ts, test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts