[robobun]

Problem

• bun build --minify-identifiers can print code that throws. class A { #n; m() { eval(""); return class { #x; g(o) { return o.#n } } } } is printed with #n for #x, so o.#n reads the inner field: TypeError: Cannot access invalid private field (evaluating 'n.#n').
• If the inner class extends A, nothing throws. this.#n gives the value of the inner field.
• MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency (src/js_printer/renamer.rs:486) names a #private slot with no look at the names that a direct eval keeps.

Fix

• The PrivateName arm skips a name that is in reserved_names, as the Default arm does since minify: never give a slot the name of a pinned symbol #41174.
• Correct because compute_reserved_names_for_scope already collects the kept private names of the chunk, # included.
• Verified: test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts (5 new tests fail on main: bundled, --no-bundle, a subclass, two files, --splitting). Also esbuild/default, transpiler.test.js.

Background

• --minify-identifiers puts symbols that are never in scope together in one slot. Each slot gets a short name by character frequency.
• A direct eval can read any name in scope, so those names keep their spelling: they are reserved.
• esbuild 0.21.5 prints the same colliding name: a deliberate difference from it.
• Considered a pin in the lowering of js_parser, aot: an undecorated accessor #x is a getter and setter from the first initializer on #42643: this input and a chunk of two files still fail.

Downsides

• One hash lookup per #private slot of a minified chunk: 2 for 10,000 classes with two private names each, 0 with no private name.
• Binary: +256 bytes of .text.
• Output changes only where main reuses a kept spelling: 0 of 11,110 files of test/ and src/js.

Notes

The input, before and after (bun build --minify-identifiers)

function f() {
  class A {
    #n = 1;
    m() { eval("1"); return class B { #x = 2; g(o) { return [o.#n, this.#x]; } }; }
  }
  const a = new A(); const B = a.m(); return new B().g(a);
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(f()));

// main: the inner class declares `#n`
return class s { #n = 2; g(n) { return [n.#n, this.#n]; } };
// this PR
return class s { #s = 2; g(n) { return [n.#n, this.#s]; } };

The subclass, with no error

class A {
  #n = "outer";
  static make() {
    eval("");
    return class B extends A {
      #x = "inner";
      read() { return [this.#n, this.#x, #n in this]; }
      static has(v) { return #n in v; }
    };
  }
}
const B = A.make();
console.log(JSON.stringify(new B().read()), B.has(new A()));

The source prints ["outer","inner",true] true. The output of bun build --minify-identifiers on main declares #n = "inner" in B and prints ["inner","inner",true] false, with exit code 0. With this PR the field of B is #e, and the output prints what the source prints.

• Which letter collides depends on the character frequency of the file. The tests keep all 54 one-character names in the outer class and read each of them from the inner class, so the name of the inner field collides with one of them on main whatever the frequency is.
• esbuild --minify-identifiers 0.21.5 on the input above prints #n = 2 in the inner class too, and that output throws the same TypeError.
• The reserved set is per chunk. rename_symbols_in_chunk (src/bundler/linker_context/renameSymbolsInChunk.rs) and the --no-bundle path (src/js_printer/lib.rs) both call compute_reserved_names_for_scope before they name the slots. It walks the scopes that have a direct eval or a with and collects the members that keep their name. It has no filter on the kind of name.
• A chunk of two files shows why a pin in one lowering is not enough. Any change to how many private names a chunk has moves which name each slot gets. With export class C { accessor #c = 1 } in one file and, in the other, a class with #z and an eval around a class with two private names that reads o.#z: main runs it and js_parser, aot: an undecorated accessor #x is a getter and setter from the first initializer on #42643 throws. With #j for #z, main throws and js_parser, aot: an undecorated accessor #x is a getter and setter from the first initializer on #42643 runs. Both spellings run with this change.

Measurements. Release builds of main c643ea8 and of 62667f2, Linux x64.

	main	this PR
size of bun, .text	108,961,085	108,961,341
hits of the new loop test, 10,000 classes with two private names each, no eval		2
hits of the new loop body, same file		0
hits of the new loop test, 10,000 functions and no private name		0
hits of the loop body, one renamed private name next to 54 kept ones		54
Bun.Transpiler with minify: { identifiers: true } over 10,887 files of test/ and 223 of src/js: outputs that differ		0

The hit counts are gdb breakpoint counts on the debug build, for bun build --no-bundle --minify-identifiers. Instruction counts of assign_names_by_frequency on release builds are in this comment. perf and valgrind are not installed where I measured. 10,000 sibling classes share their slots, so the file has two private-name slots.

• js_parser, aot: an undecorated accessor #x is a getter and setter from the first initializer on #42643 keeps the private field that it makes from being renamed in a file with a direct eval. That is a stopgap for this bug. When this change is in main, js_parser, aot: an undecorated accessor #x is a getter and setter from the first initializer on #42643 can drop it.
• test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts: edgecase/DeepImportDiamondDAG (a build of 20,000 modules with a 60 s limit, no minification) ran out of time on my debug build. esbuild/default: TopLevelAwaitForbiddenRequireSourceMapCLI needs 9 s there and passes with a longer timeout. Neither reaches this code.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Private-name minification now checks generated names against reserved names and advances past collisions. New tests cover nested classes in bundled and unbundled output, cross-file bundles, and split chunks.

Changes

Private Name Minification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reserved-name checks src/js_printer/renamer.rs	Private-name generation checks each prefixed candidate against reserved names and advances to another candidate after a collision. The comment identifies reserved identifiers, private names, and label keywords as names that must retain their spelling.
Minification regression coverage test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts	Tests cover nested private names in bundled and unbundled output, a cross-file bundle, and split chunks.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#46890: Both PRs address direct eval and name preservation during minification, with fixes for different symptoms.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Low · up to bc4cb

The change is mergeable with a bounded test improvement: verify that the emitted private field actually changes spelling. Existing runtime assertions still detect the collision regression.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "minify: do not give a renamed #private name a spelling that a direct eval keeps" names the main change: the minifier now skips names kept by a direct eval when it renames #private fie…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The description follows the repository template with both required sections, "What does this PR do?" and "How did you verify your code works?". It states the problem, the fix, and the reason the fix i…

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Explanation

The title "minify: do not give a renamed #private name a spelling that a direct eval keeps" names the main change: the minifier now skips names kept by a direct eval when it renames #private fields. The raw summary and objectives describe the same change in MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency. The title is 83 characters and 15 words, which is longer than ideal, but it is specific and accurate.

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Explanation

The description follows the repository template with both required sections, "What does this PR do?" and "How did you verify your code works?". It states the problem, the fix, and the reason the fix is correct. It names the affected code path (MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency, compute_reserved_names_for_scope) and gives a reproduction and verification plan. It lists the five new tests that fail on main and that pass with the change, the test suites run (esbuild/default, transpiler.test.js), and the measured performance and binary-size impact. It also notes two unrelated test timeouts. The description is long, but the required information is present and specific.

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[robobun]

^{Updated 8:03 PM PT - Oct 29th, 2026}

✅ @robobun, your commit 785a57c9e35d9065995f40530453bf9c75df075e passed in Build #135489! 🎉

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[robobun]

Status

How I reproduced it, on a release build of main c643ea8:

// eval3.js
function f() {
  class A {
    #n = 1;
    m() { eval("1"); return class B { #x = 2; g(o) { return [o.#n, this.#x]; } }; }
  }
  const a = new A(); const B = a.m(); return new B().g(a);
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(f()));

bun eval3.js prints [1,2]. bun build --minify-identifiers eval3.js --outfile=out.js && bun out.js throws TypeError: Cannot access invalid private field (evaluating 'n.#n') on main and prints [1,2] with this branch.

If B extends A, the output of main throws nothing and reads the wrong field. It prints ["inner","inner",true] false where the source prints ["outer","inner",true] true. The input is in the PR body, under Notes.

test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts: the 5 new tests fail on a release build of main and all 72 pass with this branch.

CI is green on the head 785a57c (build 135489).

Fix: #47053

[claude]

LGTM — a five-line fix that makes the PrivateName arm mirror the existing Default arm's reserved-name loop, with tests that fail without it.

What was reviewed:

• Traced liveness: pop_scope pins every member of a direct-eval scope (including class-body private fields), compute_reserved_names_for_scope inserts original_name which carries the leading #, and both the chunk renamer and the --no-bundle printer path populate the same reserved_names the new loop reads.
• Checked the regenerate loop: number_to_minified_name clears the buffer before writing, so re-inserting # each iteration is correct and cannot accumulate.
• Checked the Label arm for the same hole: labels are not reachable through eval or with, so the keyword-only check there is sufficient.
• Tests assert exact stdout across bundled, bundling: false, cross-file, and splitting; the 54-field fixture guarantees the inner slot's first single-char candidate collides on main regardless of char frequency.

Extended reasoning...

The change touches only MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency in src/js_printer/renamer.rs (adding a reserved-name skip loop to the #private arm, identical in shape to the Default arm) and adds four itBundled tests in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts. It touches no security-sensitive surface; the effect is limited to which short name a renamed private field receives under --minify-identifiers when a direct eval pins sibling private names. The fix is a documented, deliberate divergence from esbuild (which emits the same throwing output), and the author's claim that the tests fail on main holds up by construction of the fixture. Small size, an established in-file pattern, no CODEOWNERS coverage, and exact-output tests across the variant matrix decided approve.

[robobun]

I had the same fix on a local branch: the same lookup in the same arm, with more test shapes. This PR covers it, so I did not open a second PR. Three findings from that work apply here.

1. The bug can also give a wrong value with no error

If the nested class extends the outer one, the instance has both fields and nothing throws.

class A {
  #n = "outer";
  static make() {
    eval("");
    return class B extends A {
      #x = "inner";
      read() { return [this.#n, this.#x, #n in this]; }
      static has(v) { return #n in v; }
    };
  }
}
const B = A.make();
console.log(JSON.stringify(new B().read()), B.has(new A()));

The source prints ["outer","inner",true] true. The output of bun build --minify-identifiers on main prints ["inner","inner",true] false, with exit code 0. The output of esbuild 0.28.2 prints the same wrong values.

2. The four tests pass if a retried name loses its #

I built this PR's loop without the second name_buf.insert(0, b'#'). The inner field of the fixture then prints as a public field (r = "own" in place of #ee = "own"). The run prints the same string, and the four tests pass.

The patch below adds a check on the printed name to the two single-file cases. It also adds a subclass case, which fails on main by value and not by a throw.

• main: all five cases fail.
• This PR's arm: all five pass.
• This PR's arm without the second insert: the two cases with the check fail.

Patch for test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts

--- a/test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
       "/entry.js": evalPinnedPrivateNamesSource + "\nconsole.log(f());",
     },
     minifyIdentifiers: true,
+    onAfterBundle(api) {
+      // A name that is tried again keeps its "#". As a public field the run
+      // still prints the same string.
+      api.expectFile("/out.js").toMatch(/#[\w$]{2} = "own"/);
+    },
     run: { stdout: evalPinnedPrivateNamesOutput },
   });
   itBundled("minify/DirectEvalPinnedPrivateNameNotReusedByNestedClassNoBundle", {
@@ -98,6 +103,30 @@
     },
     bundling: false,
     minifyIdentifiers: true,
+    onAfterBundle(api) {
+      api.expectFile("/out.js").toMatch(/#[\w$]{2} = "own"/);
+    },
+    run: { stdout: evalPinnedPrivateNamesOutput },
+  });
+  // `Inner extends Outer` has the fields of both classes, so the wrong read
+  // does not throw: `this.#n` gives the value of the inner field.
+  itBundled("minify/DirectEvalPinnedPrivateNameNotReusedBySubclass", {
+    files: {
+      "/entry.js": [
+        "class Outer {",
+        ...singleCharNames.map(n => `  #${n} = "${n}";`),
+        "  static make() {",
+        '    eval("1");',
+        "    return class Inner extends Outer {",
+        '      #own = "own";',
+        `      read() { return [${singleCharNames.map(n => `this.#${n}`).join(", ")}].join("") + this.#own; }`,
+        "    };",
+        "  }",
+        "}",
+        "console.log(new (Outer.make())().read());",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    },
+    minifyIdentifiers: true,
     run: { stdout: evalPinnedPrivateNamesOutput },
   });
   // The names of a chunk come from one table: a class of another file takes

3. Cost for a build with no private name

The Downsides section counts lookups. I counted the instructions of assign_names_by_frequency with this PR's arm on top of main 1341090. Both builds are release builds. The count is a gdb single-step from entry to return, with the same result in two runs.

transformSync input	main	this PR's arm
console.log(1)	221	229
one function with 500 locals	136,318	138,878
one class with 500 private fields	112,292	153,811

• Each identifier slot costs 5 more instructions (2 mov, 1 lea, 2 alignment nop), with no new lookup, branch or call. The arm inlines the lookup a second time, and the loop gets a different register layout. For the whole transformSync of the 500-local input that is +0.10% user instructions (perf_event_open counter, 2,000 calls, 6 interleaved runs for each build).
• Each private name slot costs 83 more instructions. For the 500-field input that is +1.36%.
• The function grows from 2,646 to 3,003 bytes. .text grows by 256 bytes, as the body says.

Other results

I ran these with this PR's arm on top of main 1341090.

• More shapes fail on main and print the right values with the arm: a direct eval in a static block after the nested class, a class three levels deep, a private method, getter and static field in the nested class, --minify, format: "cjs", and transformSync and transform of Bun.Transpiler.
• transformSync with minify.identifiers gives the same result as main for the 35,123 .js, .mjs, .cjs, .ts, .tsx and .jsx files under test/node_modules, node_modules, packages, src/js and bench: 35,106 outputs have the same bytes, and 17 files give a transform error on both builds.

[coderabbitai]

Follow-up Comments

Add an assertion that the retried private field keeps its # prefix.

88-94: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add an assertion that the retried private field keeps its # prefix.

The four new DirectEvalPinnedPrivateName* tests check only run.stdout. If the second name_buf.insert(0, b'#') at src/js_printer/renamer.rs:487 were removed, a retried private slot would store an unprefixed name. The printer emits that stored name for the field declaration and for the this.#own access. The declaration would then be public and the access would match it, so stdout would not change. No assertion in these fixtures checks the printed output. A hook that reads /out.js and checks that the own field declaration keeps its # prefix would catch this regression.

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Review comment at @test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts around lines 88 - 94:
Update the `DirectEvalPinnedPrivateNameNotReusedByNestedClass` test to inspect
the printed output and assert that the `own` field declaration retains its `#`
prefix, in addition to preserving the existing stdout assertion.

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[robobun]

Reply to the follow-up about the # prefix: added in bc4cb17. The bundled and the --no-bundle test now also check the printed code for #<name> = "own".

I checked the claim first. With the second name_buf.insert(0, b'#') removed, both tests still printed the right output, and the new assertion failed in both (expect(received).toMatch(/#[\w$]+ = "own"/)). With the line back, all 71 tests of the file pass.

[claude]

LGTM — a small, self-contained fix that makes the PrivateName arm skip reserved spellings the same way the Default arm already does.

What was reviewed:

• Traced the retry loop in assign_names_by_frequency: number_to_minified_name clears the buffer before writing, so re-inserting # after each regeneration produces the right spelling, and the # is part of a private symbol's original_name, so the lookup against reserved_names compares like with like.
• Confirmed pop_scope marks class-body members (including # fields) must-not-rename when a direct eval is in scope, and that both the chunk path and the --no-bundle printer path build the reserved set before naming, so all four test variants exercise the fixed arm.
• Checked for sibling sites that synthesize # names — this is the only one in the printer, so the class is fully covered; the follow-up onAfterBundle regex assertions make the inner insert(0, b'#') load-bearing in tests.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a five-line reserved-name retry loop to the PrivateName arm of MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency in src/js_printer/renamer.rs and four itBundled cases in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts covering bundled, no-bundle, multi-file, and code-splitting variants. It touches the JS minifier's identifier renaming only, with no security-sensitive surface. Since the earlier review the branch merged main and tightened the tests so that dropping the re-inserted # would now fail an assertion. The fix mirrors the existing Default-arm pattern, the mechanism it relies on (reserved names built from direct-eval scopes with #-prefixed original names) checks out in the parser and both printer entry points, no CODEOWNERS entry covers the files, and there is no outstanding CHANGES_REQUESTED review.

[coderabbitai]

Follow-up Comments

Check the printed spelling of the renamed private field.

90-90: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Check the printed spelling of the renamed private field.

renamedOwnField (/#[\w$]+ = "own"/) also matches an unrenamed #own = "own". The stdout is the same in both cases, so both tests still pass if the minifier keeps #own. The comment at line 90 says the test checks the name assigned after the reserved names, but the pattern does not check that. Capture the printed name and check it against own and singleCharNames. Apply the same check in the ...NoBundle test.

Suggested fix

       api.expectFile("/out.js").toMatch(renamedOwnField);
+      const printedName = /#([\w$]+) = "own"/.exec(api.readFile("/out.js"))?.[1];
+      expect(printedName).not.toBe("own");
+      expect(singleCharNames).not.toContain(printedName);

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Review comment at @test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts at line 90:
Update the `renamedOwnField` assertions in both the bundled and `...NoBundle`
tests to capture the printed private-field name and verify it is neither `own`
nor any name in `singleCharNames`, so an unchanged `#own` cannot pass.

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[robobun]

Reply to the follow-up about the printed spelling: done in 785a57c, with a tighter pattern in place of the capture.

Outer keeps every name of one character, so the new name of the inner field has two. The check is now /#[\w$]{2} = "own"/. It does not match #own = "own" (not renamed), #e = "own" (a kept name) or r = "own" (a public field). On a release build of main both tests now fail at this check, with #e = "own" in the output.

The same commit adds minify/DirectEvalPinnedPrivateNameNotReusedBySubclass. With Inner extends Outer the instance has the fields of both classes, so main reads the inner field with no error and exit code 0. The 5 new tests fail on main, and all 72 tests of the file pass with this branch.

[claude]

LGTM — the PrivateName arm now mirrors the Default arm's reserved-name skip, and the mechanism checks out.

What was reviewed:

• Traced the reserved set: private symbols are declared with the # in original_name (parse_property.rs:729), so compute_reserved_names_for_scope stores the same spelling the new loop compares against.
• Confirmed number_to_minified_name clears the buffer on every call, so re-inserting # after each retry cannot double the prefix or leak the previous candidate.
• Both consumers (renameSymbolsInChunk.rs and the --no-bundle path in js_printer/lib.rs) build the reserved set the same way before MinifyRenamer::init, so the single fix in the shared arm covers bundled, unbundled, multi-file and splitting; the tests exercise each.
• Checked the Label arm for the same gap: labels live in their own namespace and can only collide with keywords, so it is not affected.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a five-line reserved-name loop to the PrivateName arm of MinifyRenamer::assign_names_by_frequency in src/js_printer/renamer.rs and replaces the stale comment that claimed private names needed no check; the rest of the diff is ~108 lines of tests in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts covering bundled, no-bundle, subclass, cross-file and code-splitting variants, each asserting exact stdout. It touches no security-sensitive surface. The fix is a direct parallel of the existing Default arm, sits in the one helper both the chunk renamer and the no-bundle printer use, and the test fixture pins all 54 single-character names so the failure is deterministic regardless of character frequency. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files, the hunt ran dry with no findings, and the only commit since the prior review strengthened the tests.