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Fixes #47457

Problem

• require.resolve("./inference.cjs", { paths: [root] }) stays MODULE_NOT_FOUND after the file is created, for the life of the process. Same for a package installed later under <entry>/node_modules. Node finds both on the next call.
• The first miss caches the listing of each paths entry. The retry in VirtualMachine::_resolve (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:5477) busts the caller's directory, which the lookup never read.

Fix

• After every paths entry missed, the custom_dir_paths arms (src/resolver/resolver.rs:2095, :2248) check disk for what the lookup read: the file candidates, package.json and index.<ext> the listing lacks, and <dir>/node_modules/<name> for the entry and each ancestor. If one exists, they evict its directories and run the loop once more. An unchanged miss evicts nothing.
• The VM retry no longer busts the caller's directory for a relative or bare specifier with paths.
• Correct because the redo runs in the only code that knows what the lookup read. It also covers Module._resolveFilename(id, null, false, { paths }).
• Verified: test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js (23 new tests, 21 fail on main, all pass on Node 26). Also test/js/node/module/ and test/js/bun/resolve/.
• Self-reviewed: 25 concerns raised, 4 addressed, plus 15 from the bot reviews. Rejected: close in favour of Resolver: run a missed lookup once more at a fresh Generation, with DirInfo and not-found marks under Generation #40279 (see Background).

Background

• The resolver caches one listing and one DirInfo per directory for the life of the process. A miss stays cached until Resolver::bust_dir_cache evicts the key.
• custom_dir_paths is set only for the paths option. The resolver then searches each entry instead of the importing directory.
• Considered a bust of the paths entries from the VM retry: it guesses what the resolver read and busts on every unchanged miss. Resolver: run a missed lookup once more at a fresh Generation, with DirInfo and not-found marks under Generation #40279 is the general form (replay the lookup, 17 files, no review in two months, conflicts). This PR is the bounded form for the paths arms.

Downsides

• An unchanged relative miss with paths costs about 21 stat(2) calls per entry: 1.7 us to 6.9 us per call (Node: 10 to 12 us). A bare miss costs one access(2) per ancestor: 1.9 us to 2.8 us. Hits and no-paths misses are unchanged within noise.
• Release binary: +8,192 bytes of text.
• A subpath or main target created inside a package the cache already knows, a package that is a bare file in node_modules, and a NODE_PATH directory that gains a package, are still not found after a miss. Main has the same gap.

Notes

Measurements (release builds of the merge base and this branch, same machine, perf and valgrind not installed so no instruction counts):

• Cache evictions per 1000 unchanged paths misses (debug build, BUN_DEBUG_Resolver=1, Bust lines): main 1001 relative, 1001 bare; PR 0 and 0. Hits: 0 on both. A directory without an index, a directory with a package.json whose main is missing, a missing package and a missing subpath of an installed package: 0 on three repeated calls.
• Wall clock per call (us, 5 interleaved runs each): no-paths hit base 0.49 to 0.60, PR 0.49 to 0.51; paths hit base 0.67 to 0.70, PR 0.68 to 0.72; no-paths miss base 5.45 to 5.70, PR 5.27 to 5.60; relative paths miss base 1.62 to 1.69, PR 6.77 to 6.91; bare paths miss (entry three levels deep) base 1.79 to 2.17, PR 2.61 to 2.86. Node 26 on the same loops: paths hit 0.71, relative miss 9.7 to 12.7, bare miss 9.7 to 10.6.
• RSS after 5000 unchanged relative paths misses beside a 500-file directory, release, 3 interleaved runs: base +9.6 to +9.9 MB, PR +10.1 to +10.3 MB. The growth is the error path of a miss, the same without paths (+13.3 MB), and not the cache.
• The hit paths gain no instructions in the resolver: the added code runs after every entry returned NotFound. The no-paths miss arm gains one load and one compare in VirtualMachine::_resolve.

Shapes that fail on main and pass with this change: relative file created later, index.js created later (new directory, known directory, and a directory named three.js), paths entry directory created later with the file, late.ts created after a miss of ./late.js, a require.extensions file created later, bare and scoped package installed later, package added to an existing node_modules, package installed into an ancestor of a missing entry and of an existing entry, package whose directory another lookup cached first, scoped package that requires a hoisted dependency, a paths entry spelled with .., Module._resolveFilename with a null parent (relative and bare). An absolute specifier with paths already recovered on main and still does. A subpath the nearest copy of a package does not export evicts nothing on repeated calls.

Self-review: the probe first missed require.extensions and the .js to .ts rewrite that load_as_file consults, counted a directory as a hit (so ./dir-without-index evicted the entry on every call), and the still-missing test had no existing candidate. All four are fixed in the second commit. The bot review then found five more: a package.json whose main is missing evicted on every call, the package probe checked only the entry and not its ancestors, it skipped a package directory another lookup had cached while the entry's HasNodeModules flag was stale, it left node_modules/@scope cached as missing (so the package resolved with no parent chain and its hoisted dependencies did not), and the rewrite probe clobbered the candidate bytes. The fourth commit fixes all five: a directory candidate counts only when the cached listing lacks it, the package probe walks the ancestors and checks the flag, and it evicts every level below node_modules. A second bot round found four more, fixed in the sixth commit: the walk now stops at a cached copy with an exports map (where load_node_modules stops), a stale ancestor also evicts the entry and the levels between so the redo rebuilds the parent chain, the root level is probed, and an absolute paths entry is normalized before the lookup so the lookup and the probe share one cache key. A third round, fixed in the eighth commit: a paths entry created two or more levels deep left its topmost missing ancestor cached as missing, so the redo built the entry's DirInfo with no parent and the module it resolved could not reach hoisted dependencies. Both probes now evict every ancestor the cache marks missing, up to the first one it holds. A fourth round: a bust of an ancestor puts its new record in another slot, but an entry's cached parent chain still names the old one, so load_node_modules walks stale flags. The package probe now compares the chain with the current records, starting at the directory the lookup started at, and evicts the entry levels below the first mismatch. The design review weighed #40279 (record and replay for every resolver caller) and picked the bounded form for cost and size.

Why a file candidate does not consult the listing: load_as_file answers from the negative entries slot of the candidate's directory, and load_as_directory re-reads that directory in the same lookup. After that lookup the listing has the file and the answer is still a miss. A regular file at a candidate path is always evidence.

Related open PRs that touch the same loops for other bugs: #47184 (treats paths entries as node_modules search starts), #47354 (Module._findPath), #47336 (keeps the key of a busted folder).

Left for later: NODE_PATH directories that gain a package after a miss, and a subpath created inside an already cached package.

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 20 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js:
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for package resolution [42.42ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for relative paths [5.00ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename with overridden function receives options.paths [6.58ms]
(pass) require.resolve respects options.paths for package resolution [4.99ms]
(pass) require.resolve with relative path and options.paths (Next.js use case) [4.46ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE if options.paths is not an array [5.71ms]
215 |   const { path: dir, cleanup } = createTempDir("paths-late-file", { "package.json": "{}" });
216 |   try {
217 |     const paths = [join(dir, ".nx/installation"), dir];
218 |     expect(resolveOrCode(() => require.resolve("./inference.cjs", { paths }))).toBe("MODULE_NOT_FOUND");
219 |     writeFileSync(join(dir, "inference.cjs"), "exports.x = 1;");
220 |     expect(require.
... (truncated)

release without fix: all passed
bun test v1.4.4-canary.1 (2b7a876bf)

test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js:
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for package resolution [1.43ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for relative paths [0.18ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename with overridden function receives options.paths [0.42ms]
(pass) require.resolve respects options.paths for package resolution [0.32ms]
(pass) require.resolve with relative path and options.paths (Next.js use case) [0.26ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE if options.paths is not an array [0.07ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a relative file created after a miss [0.46ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a directory index created after a miss [0.32ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a file in an entry directory created after a miss [0.30ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds late-pkg-47457 installed after a miss [0.32ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds @late-scope/pkg-47457 installed after a miss [0.23ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a package added to an 
... (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/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js:
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for package resolution [47.09ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename respects options.paths for relative paths [5.34ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename with overridden function receives options.paths [6.95ms]
(pass) require.resolve respects options.paths for package resolution [5.15ms]
(pass) require.resolve with relative path and options.paths (Next.js use case) [4.70ms]
(pass) Module._resolveFilename throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE if options.paths is not an array [5.97ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a relative file created after a miss [8.21ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a directory index created after a miss [6.29ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds a file in an entry directory created after a miss [6.10ms]
(pass) require.resolve with options.paths finds late-pkg-47457 installed after a miss
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 560ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/412] build.rs build_script_build
[2/412] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 111 exports (lazy=4, generic=107, rust=0); 260 extern-C blocks audited
[3/411] rustc bun_safety 
[4/411] rustc bun_zlib_sys 
[5/411] rustc bun_perf 
[6/411] rustc bun_output 
[7/411] rustc bun_zstd 
[8/411] rustc bun_picohttp 
[9/411] rustc bun_errno 
[10/411] rustc bun_base64 
[11/411] rustc bun_boringssl_sys 
[12/411] rustc bun_cares_sys 
[13/411] rustc bun_ptr 
[14/411] rustc bun_brotli 
[15/411] rustc bun_tcc_sys 
[16/411] rustc bun_lsquic_sys 
[17/411] rustc bun_clap 
[18/411] rustc bun_valkey 
[19/411] rustc bun_text_diff 
[20/411] rustc bun_zlib 
[21/411] rustc bun_paths 
[22/411] rustc bun_collections 
[23/411] rustc bun_url 
[24/411] rustc bun_shell_parser 
[25/411] rustc bun_semver 
[26/411] rustc bun_analytics 
[27/411] rustc bun_which 
[28/411] rustc bun_node_path 
[29/411] rustc bun_boringssl 
[30/411] rustc bun_http_types 
[31/411] rustc bun_tar 
[32/411] rustc bun_spawn_sys 
[33/411] rustc bu
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs                          |   6 +-
 src/resolver/resolver.rs                           | 428 +++++++++++++++++++--
 .../module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js   | 375 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 768 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

gate history · 5 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 2

evidence per changed file

file                                                      reads  edits  tests
src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs                                     1      2     37
src/resolver/resolver.rs                                      2      5     37
…st/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js      0      0     37

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Synchronize every custom-path cache eviction.

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Review comments at @src/resolver/resolver.rs:
- Around line 2984-2985: Update custom-path eviction calls in
bust_missing_ancestors, bust_levels_below, bust_stale_node_modules, and the
relative-candidate path through bust_dir_cache_and_parent to use a lock-taking
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Custom-path resolution now checks for candidates after an initial miss. When a candidate is found, the resolver evicts matching directory-cache entries and retries once. Regression tests cover files, indexes, packages, extensions, and repeated misses.

Changes

Custom-path resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect and evict stale candidates src/resolver/resolver.rs	The resolver probes relative-file and package candidates, including configured extensions and index files. When a disk candidate matches, it evicts related directory-cache entries.
Retry custom-path misses src/resolver/resolver.rs, src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs	Relative and package lookups retry once when cache eviction reports a change. The VM allows relative specifiers with custom paths to continue past an initial miss.
Test resolution after misses test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js	Regression tests cover created files, directory indexes, packages, custom extensions, repeated misses, and resolution through options.paths.

Possibly related issues

• oven-sh/bun#47457: Reports the same stale directory-listing failure after an initial require.resolve miss.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#47184: Changes the custom-path search structure used by the retry and candidate checks.
• oven-sh/bun#41491: Changes how relative require.resolve paths entries are anchored and searched.
• oven-sh/bun#47243: Changes the package scope and parent context used by Resolver.custom_dir_paths.

Suggested reviewers: alii

Priority: Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 2b7a8

Custom-path resolution recovery introduces unsynchronized cache eviction that can race with concurrent resolutions and cause incorrect lookups or crashes. Synchronize these evictions before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: retrying require.resolve lookups that use paths after a stale miss.
Linked Issues check		[#47457] The requirement: a later require.resolve('./inference.cjs', { paths }) call must find a relative file created after an earlier miss. At the reviewed head, resolve_without_symlinks (src/re…
Out of Scope Changes check		The resolver changes implement one mechanism: after all paths entries miss, probe what the lookup read, evict stale directory caches, and retry once. The relative-file probe (`bust_stale_relative_ca…
Description check		The description is complete and relevant. It clearly explains the problem, fix, scope, limitations, performance impact, and verification results. It does not use the exact template headings, but it pr…

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[#47457] The requirement: a later require.resolve('./inference.cjs', { paths }) call must find a relative file created after an earlier miss. At the reviewed head, resolve_without_symlinks (src/resolver/resolver.rs, relative arm) runs the custom_dir_paths loop. When every paths entry returns NotFound, it calls bust_stale_custom_dir_paths. For the root entry, bust_stale_relative_candidate builds root/inference.cjs, and file_in_dir finds a regular file there that the cached listing lacks. The function then evicts the directory cache for root and its missing ancestors. It returns true, so the loop runs once more and re-reads the listing. An unchanged miss returns false and evicts nothing. The VM retry no longer busts the caller directory for relative or bare specifiers with paths (per the PR summary; see the out-of-scope assessment). The 20 regression tests in module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js cover the reported shape. The gate evidence reports that they fail on main and pass with the fix. Package-level probes (bust_stale_package_candidate) also cover the related bare-specifier case in the PR objectives. The issue body does not require them, so they do not change this verdict.

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The resolver changes implement one mechanism: after all paths entries miss, probe what the lookup read, evict stale directory caches, and retry once. The relative-file probe (bust_stale_relative_candidate, file_in_dir, bust_missing_ancestors) serves [#47457] directly. The package probe (bust_stale_package_candidate, bust_stale_entry_chain, bust_levels_below, bust_stale_node_modules) applies the same eviction rule to bare packages and node_modules ancestors. The PR objectives state this scope, and the tests exercise it, so it is related work rather than unrelated work. The absolute-path normalization for paths entries keeps the lookup and the probe on one cache key, which the redo depends on. The VM change in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, which removes the caller-directory bust for relative and bare specifiers with paths, is described in the PR and summary as part of the same retry logic. The tool could not read the VM diff because the changed blob was missing from the checkout, so this verdict relies on the PR summary for that hunk. No change was shown to be unrelated to the issue.

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Follow-up Comments

The stale-miss probe can use a different extension set than the lookup it retries.

2796-2796: Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

The stale-miss probe can use a different extension set than the lookup it retries.

bust_stale_relative_candidate reads the caller's self.extension_order after check_relative_path has restored it. When the entry is inside node_modules, check_relative_path searches with the node_modules extension order, but the probe does not. The two orders differ only when the caller uses RequiredByPackage, which happens when packages_require_like_node() has been applied and the requesting source directory is inside node_modules. In that case the probe does not check extensions that the lookup accepts, such as .ts. A file with one of those extensions can be created after a miss, the probe then returns false, no cache is evicted, and the lookup can keep reporting MODULE_NOT_FOUND. Pass the same extension order the lookup used, or make the probe check the extension set that check_relative_path would apply to the same path.

Note: this behaviour predates this PR (already present at merge base f7607a3d350b); the change keeps it reachable.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs at line 2796:
Update bust_stale_relative_candidate to use the same effective extension order
as the check_relative_path lookup it retries, including the node_modules order
when applicable. Pass that order into the probe or derive it using the same
path-based selection so it checks extensions accepted by the original lookup.

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Still open from earlier reviews (5):

• 🔴 src/resolver/resolver.rs:2825 — Callers that repeatedly require.resolve a directory with a package.json but no resolvable main or index now pay a full…
• 🔴 src/resolver/resolver.rs:2865 — A bare specifier with a non-existent paths entry no longer recovers after the package is installed into the caller's ow…
• 🔴 src/resolver/resolver.rs:2867 — Pre-existing: a package installed into <entry>/node_modules after a miss is still never found if its directory got cach…
• 🔴 src/resolver/resolver.rs:2873 — Users who install a scoped package into an existing <entry>/node_modules after a miss get a package that resolves but w…
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Minor · Evict the stale node_modules listing for package files. · resolver.rs:2916-2917

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2916-2917
Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Evict the stale node_modules listing for package files.

After a bare-package miss in custom_dir_paths, creating node_modules/foo.js without a node_modules/foo directory leaves the cached node_modules listing stale. bust_stale_node_modules returns at line 2917 when node_modules/<name> is absent, so the retry never runs and the lookup keeps returning NotFound.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2916 - 2917:
Update bust_stale_node_modules so the missing package-directory case does not
return before evicting the cached node_modules listing; ensure a retry can
discover package files such as node_modules/foo.js even when node_modules/foo
does not exist.

Minor · Evict the main-field target's directory when a ./dir lookup misses. · resolver.rs:2863-2865

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2863-2865
Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Evict the main-field target's directory when a ./dir lookup misses.

After a ./widget miss, lib/ stays cached as missing when widget/package.json names lib/start.js. Creating that file later does not make the next lookup resolve in the same process. This predates the PR, and the PR does not change the outcome.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2863 - 2865:
Update the `./dir` miss handling around `file_in_dir` to evict the
cached-missing directory for any target named by the directory’s `package.json`
main field, such as `lib/` for `lib/start.js`. Preserve the existing lookup
behavior while ensuring a later lookup can discover files created at that target
in the same process.

Minor · Refresh the cached package listing before the early return. · resolver.rs:2919-2925

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2919-2925
Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Refresh the cached package listing before the early return.

bust_stale_node_modules returns false when the directory and the package directory are both cached. A file added later inside that package directory stays missing from the cached listing, so a custom-path lookup can keep reporting it as not found. The base code has the same early return, so this predates the change. A follow-up can recheck the package listing when the requested subpath misses.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2919 - 2925:
Update bust_stale_node_modules so a cached directory and package directory do
not cause an unconditional early return when the requested subpath is missing.
Refresh or recheck the package listing on that miss before deciding the path is
not found, while preserving the existing fast path when the requested subpath is
present.

Minor · Include NODE_PATH directories in the package retry or document the gap. · resolver.rs:2256-2260

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2256-2260
Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Include NODE_PATH directories in the package retry or document the gap.

The package retry evicts only node_modules directories under each custom path. A NODE_PATH directory cached before a package is added there keeps its stale listing. The lookup then returns MODULE_NOT_FOUND. This behavior exists at the merge base as well, so this PR does not introduce it.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2256 - 2260:
Update the package retry around `bust_stale_custom_dir_paths` to also evict
stale directory listings for `NODE_PATH` directories before retrying package
resolution, so packages added after caching can be found. If that retry cannot
cover `NODE_PATH` directories, document the limitation in the appropriate
existing documentation.

Minor · Visit every ancestor node_modules level before the single retry. · resolver.rs:2883-2884

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2883-2884
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Visit every ancestor node_modules level before the single retry.

bust_stale_package_candidate returns at the first evicted ancestor. If a nearer node_modules/<name> is empty and a higher one is installed after a miss, the single retry still sees the stale higher cache. The first require.resolve with options.paths then returns MODULE_NOT_FOUND. Visit every ancestor and combine the results.

Suggested fix

         let mut dir = strings::without_trailing_slash_windows_path(entry);
+        let mut busted = false;
         loop {
-            if self.bust_stale_node_modules(dir, name) {
-                return true;
-            }
+            busted |= self.bust_stale_node_modules(dir, name);
             let parent = strings::without_trailing_slash_windows_path(bun_paths::dirname_platform(
                 dir,
                 bun_paths::Platform::AUTO,
             ));
             if parent.len() >= dir.len() {
-                return false;
+                return busted;
             }
             dir = parent;
         }

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2883 - 2884:
Update bust_stale_package_candidate to visit every ancestor node_modules level
instead of returning after the first successful bust_stale_node_modules call.
Accumulate whether any ancestor was busted and return that result after reaching
the top, preserving the single retry behavior.

Minor · Skip the disk probe only for listed names whose cached kind is a file. · resolver.rs:2810-2813

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2810-2813
Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

Skip the disk probe only for listed names whose cached kind is a file.

file_in_dir skips every name in the cached directory listing, whatever its cached kind. If index.<ext> was cached as a directory and is later replaced by a regular file under the same name, the probe never runs. The custom-directory redo then finds nothing and returns NotFound, and the stale listing is not evicted.

This miss also occurs at the merge base, so the PR does not introduce it. The PR's redo is meant to evict stale caches, and this case is not covered.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2810 - 2813:
Update file_in_dir so the cached listing suppresses the disk probe only when the
matching name’s cached kind is a file; allow the probe to run for cached
directories so the custom-directory redo can detect and evict stale entries.

Minor · Skip extension probes when the request names a directory. · resolver.rs:2856-2865

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2856-2865
Minor · Performance & Scalability · Low value

Skip extension probes when the request names a directory.

For a request such as ./foo/, the stale-candidate probe strips the trailing separator, so (base, ext) matches dir/foo.js. The real lookup cannot accept that file through its extension candidates, so each such miss evicts dir for nothing and re-reads it on the redo. The plain (base, "") candidate and the rewrite candidates match what the real lookup accepts, so they stay.

Suggested fix

+        let names_directory = Self::import_path_names_directory(import_path);
         let files = core::iter::once((base, &b""[..]))
-            .chain(all_extensions().map(|ext| (base, ext)))
+            .chain(all_extensions().filter(|_| !names_directory).map(|ext| (base, ext)))

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2856 - 2865:
Update the stale-candidate probe’s files iterator so extension candidates from
all_extensions() are included only when the request does not name a directory;
preserve the plain base candidate and rewrite candidates. Use the existing
directory-name check available to the resolver, and leave directory_files
unchanged.

Minor · Compute the probe's extension order from the unstripped path. · resolver.rs:2837-2845

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2837-2845
Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

Compute the probe's extension order from the unstripped path.

bust_stale_relative_candidate strips the trailing separator before it tests path_contains_node_modules_folder. check_relative_path runs the same test on the unstripped path. For a request such as ./node_modules/, the lookup uses NodeModulesDefault, but the probe falls back to self.extension_order, which is DefaultDefault. With a user --extension-order that omits .jsx, the lookup can accept node_modules/index.jsx while the probe does not check it. Eviction and the retry then do not run, so the miss can persist when the directory is cached.

Suggested fix

-        let joined = strings::without_trailing_slash_windows_path(joined);
-        let dir = bun_paths::dirname_platform(joined, bun_paths::Platform::AUTO);
-        let base = bun_paths::basename(joined);
-        // The same extension order and `.js` to `.ts` rewrite as `load_as_file`.
-        let in_node_modules = strings::path_contains_node_modules_folder(joined);
+        // The same extension order and `.js` to `.ts` rewrite as `load_as_file`.
+        let in_node_modules = strings::path_contains_node_modules_folder(joined);
+        let joined = strings::without_trailing_slash_windows_path(joined);
+        let dir = bun_paths::dirname_platform(joined, bun_paths::Platform::AUTO);
+        let base = bun_paths::basename(joined);

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2837 - 2845:
In bust_stale_relative_candidate, determine in_node_modules from the original
joined path before without_trailing_slash_windows_path strips its trailing
separator. Use that result to select the extension order, keeping the existing
dirname and basename calculations on the normalized path.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/resolver/resolver.rs:
- Around line 2907-2912: Update the `node_modules_len` calculation and adjacent
`package_dir` slice check to account for a root `dir` that already ends with a
separator. Use the correct separator length and `node_modules` start offset so
`/node_modules/<name>` passes the validation and stale root-level packages are
evicted.

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Minor comments:
Review comments at @src/resolver/resolver.rs:
- Around line 2916-2917: Update bust_stale_node_modules so the missing
package-directory case does not return before evicting the cached node_modules
listing; ensure a retry can discover package files such as node_modules/foo.js
even when node_modules/foo does not exist.
- Around line 2863-2865: Update the `./dir` miss handling around `file_in_dir`
to evict the cached-missing directory for any target named by the directory’s
`package.json` main field, such as `lib/` for `lib/start.js`. Preserve the
existing lookup behavior while ensuring a later lookup can discover files
created at that target in the same process.
- Around line 2919-2925: Update bust_stale_node_modules so a cached directory
and package directory do not cause an unconditional early return when the
requested subpath is missing. Refresh or recheck the package listing on that
miss before deciding the path is not found, while preserving the existing fast
path when the requested subpath is present.
- Around line 2256-2260: Update the package retry around
`bust_stale_custom_dir_paths` to also evict stale directory listings for
`NODE_PATH` directories before retrying package resolution, so packages added
after caching can be found. If that retry cannot cover `NODE_PATH` directories,
document the limitation in the appropriate existing documentation.
- Around line 2883-2884: Update bust_stale_package_candidate to visit every
ancestor node_modules level instead of returning after the first successful
bust_stale_node_modules call. Accumulate whether any ancestor was busted and
return that result after reaching the top, preserving the single retry behavior.
- Around line 2810-2813: Update file_in_dir so the cached listing suppresses the
disk probe only when the matching name’s cached kind is a file; allow the probe
to run for cached directories so the custom-directory redo can detect and evict
stale entries.
- Around line 2856-2865: Update the stale-candidate probe’s files iterator so
extension candidates from all_extensions() are included only when the request
does not name a directory; preserve the plain base candidate and rewrite
candidates. Use the existing directory-name check available to the resolver, and
leave directory_files unchanged.
- Around line 2837-2845: In bust_stale_relative_candidate, determine
in_node_modules from the original joined path before
without_trailing_slash_windows_path strips its trailing separator. Use that
result to select the extension order, keeping the existing dirname and basename
calculations on the normalized path.

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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the repeated-miss cost for directory-naming specifiers (./foo/, .) with paths: bust_stale_relative_candidate only stats the bare candidate as a regular file and probes package.json/index.* against the cached listing, so an unchanged miss on a directory with no index evicts nothing.

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This run's three inline findings cover the hoisted-dependency gap after a multi-level missing entry and two test-strength nits; the earlier rounds' concerns (rewrite probe clobbering the candidate, scoped package parent chain, ancestor walk, root-level separator, exports stop, entry normalization) all appear addressed in the current diff. The ruled-out note records one variant checked beyond those findings.

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Follow-up Comments

Lock the shared dircache accesses on the custom-path miss path.

2946-2950: Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Lock the shared dir_cache accesses on the custom-path miss path.

A custom-path miss in resolve_without_symlinks calls bust_stale_custom_dir_paths (src/resolver/resolver.rs:2110, 2267). That path reads dir_cache in bust_stale_node_modules (lines 2946-2960) and removes entries in bust_dir_cache (lines 2708-2712) without holding self.mutex. Each worker has its own VM and its own custom_dir_paths, and all workers share one dir_cache. Two workers can therefore run this path at the same time. A worker that inserts into the cache under self.mutex in dir_info_cached_miss can overlap with these unlocked reads and removals. Concurrent access to the same HashMap can corrupt memory or crash the process.

Guard only the map accesses on this path:

• In bust_stale_node_modules, hold self.mutex while reading dir_cache for dir and package_dir and while using the returned record. Release the guard before calling bust_dir_cache.
• In bust_dir_cache, hold self.mutex only around the remove call.

Do not call dir_info_cached* or bust_dir_cache while the guard is held. Both paths take the same mutex, so nested locking can deadlock.

Open the source location

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2946 - 2950:
In bust_stale_node_modules, lock self.mutex while reading dir_cache entries for
dir and package_dir and using the returned records, then release the guard
before calling bust_dir_cache. In bust_dir_cache, lock self.mutex only around
the map removal; do not call either function that acquires the mutex while
holding the guard.

Memoize the package-directory exists probe across paths entries.

2899-2900: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Low value

Memoize the package-directory exists probe across paths entries.

On a package miss, bust_stale_package_candidate runs once for each paths entry. For each uncached ancestor level, bust_stale_node_modules calls bun_sys::exists(package_dir). A negative result returns without recording anything, so entries that share an ancestor repeat the same stat.

Within one miss pass, record the exists result per package directory and reuse it for later entries. Keep the per-entry busting of the cached parent chain in the Stale branch, because that chain depends on each entry.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2899 - 2900:
Memoize the package-directory `exists` result across `paths` entries during a
single miss pass in `bust_stale_package_candidate`, and have
`bust_stale_node_modules` reuse the recorded result for each package directory.
Keep per-entry cached-parent-chain busting in the `Stale` branch.

Use a literal .. in the test entry.

455-455: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Use a literal .. in the test entry.

join(dir, "src", "..", "lib") normalizes to dir/lib, so no .. segment reaches require.resolve. The test therefore does not exercise the resolver's normalization of absolute options.paths entries, and its title describes coverage it does not provide. Build the entry as a string so the .. stays in it. The fixture creates src/a.js, so src exists and the segment resolves on disk.

Suggested fix

-    const entry = join(dir, "src", "..", "lib");
+    const entry = `${dir}/src/../lib`;

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Review comment at @test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js at
line 455:
Update the test entry construction so the string passed to require.resolve
retains a literal `..` segment instead of being normalized by join; preserve the
existing test setup and coverage of absolute options.paths normalization.

Make the ancestor package export ./missing in the boundary test.

471-475: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Make the ancestor package export ./missing in the boundary test.

The nearer app package rejects ./missing, and the ancestor package also exports only ".". A lookup that continued past the nearer package would still miss, so the assertion would pass under that regression. Giving the ancestor package a ./missing export and file makes that regression resolve and fail the assertion. The expected outcome does not change, because the nearer package still rejects the subpath.

Suggested fix

     "node_modules/exported-47457/package.json": JSON.stringify({
       name: "exported-47457",
-      exports: { ".": "./index.js" },
+      exports: { ".": "./index.js", "./missing": "./missing.js" },
     }),
     "node_modules/exported-47457/index.js": "",
+    "node_modules/exported-47457/missing.js": "",

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Review comment at @test/js/node/module/module-resolve-filename-paths.test.js
around lines 471 - 475:
Update the exported-47457 fixture in the boundary test so its ancestor package
also exports the ./missing subpath and includes the corresponding missing.js
file. Keep the expected result unchanged; the nearer app package must still
reject that subpath.

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

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Minor (1)

Minor · 🎯 Functional Correctness · resolver.rs:2969-2971

src/resolver/resolver.rs:2969-2971
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Publication is withheld. The stale-child defect is real at head, but its trigger and consequence are unchanged from the merge base. Attribution therefore classifies it as pre-existing minor debt that this PR does not introduce or worsen.

No standalone review comment is published for this finding.

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Review comment at @src/resolver/resolver.rs around lines 2969 - 2971:
No code change is indicated: the comment says the stale-child behavior is
pre-existing and unchanged, and the shown else branch does not provide enough
context to identify a specific fix.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/resolver/resolver.rs:
- Around line 2984-2985: Update custom-path eviction calls in
bust_missing_ancestors, bust_levels_below, bust_stale_node_modules, and the
relative-candidate path through bust_dir_cache_and_parent to use a lock-taking
helper. Keep bust_dir_cache available for callers that already hold self.mutex,
and avoid holding the mutex across the resolution flow.

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Minor comments:
Review comments at @src/resolver/resolver.rs:
- Around line 2969-2971: No code change is indicated: the comment says the
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.