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  • The two default import samples (import-xml.mdx, xml.mdx) assert the shape of the file with a type literal. The text before each says why.
  • The Bun.XML.parse sample uses the text of docs: fix examples that do not run or type-check as written #41734, byte for byte, so both merge in either order.
  • The loader samples (file-types.mdx, loaders.mdx) print the document, as the yaml entries there do.
  • Verified: each sample in a bun init project. Errors: 28 to 2 on tsc 5.9.3, 6.0.2, 7.0.2 and bun check, 26 to 0 on tsc 7.1. All 10 commented values match at run time.

Background

  • XML.Document describes any XML document: an element is a string, an object, or an array. TypeScript does not read the XML file, so the type cannot name config.
  • TypeScript does not check an assertion against the file. With one <feature>, the asserted samples compile and throw, as the text on main does.
  • The 2 remaining errors are TS2307 on ./export.rss below TypeScript 7.1, a line this PR does not change.
  • Considered *.xml as any: it reverts XML: settle the Bun.XML contract — exact text, arrays, comments/PIs #38724 and 10 errors remain. Considered typeof narrowing: six checks in sample 1. Considered a config.xml.d.ts file: nothing checks it.
Notes

Method: a script cuts each of the five samples out of its page, at main (2596ac5) and at this branch. It puts each one beside the XML file of its page in a project with src/runtime/cli/init/tsconfig.default.json and bun-types from the checkout.

checker main this branch
tsc 5.9.3, 6.0.2, 7.0.2, bun check (1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3) 28 (9 / 6 / 7 / 3 / 3) 2 (0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1)
tsc 7.1.0-dev.20261108.1 26 (9 / 6 / 7 / 2 / 2) 0
the same with noUncheckedIndexedAccess off 16 and 14 2 and 0
  • The first sample on main also gives error TS18048: 'doc.config' is possibly 'undefined'. (4 times), TS7053 and TS7006.
  • The 2 errors are error TS2307: Cannot find module './export.rss' or its corresponding type declarations. in the two loader samples. Below TypeScript 7.1 an import is typed from its extension alone, and no declaration matches *.rss. bun-types: type with { type } imports on TypeScript 7.1 #41076 added the declarations for TypeScript 7.1, and the note at the top of both loader pages describes the difference. ./my_file and ./my.db on the same pages give the same error. An earlier draft changed the line to ./data.txt, as the yaml entries have it. That gives 0 errors, but types the import as string below TypeScript 7.1.
  • Run time: 0 of 10 commented values differ (bun 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3 and 1.4.3). The two loader samples exit 0 and print the document.
  • One <feature> in config.xml: tsc reports 0 errors and bun throws TypeError: config.feature.map is not a function in 2 of 2 asserted samples. The text on main throws in 2 of 2. The new text before both samples says that a child element that occurs once is a single value, and links to "One or many".
  • *.xml and with { type: "xml" } declared any, samples as on main: 10 errors remain (1 / 6 / 1 / 1 / 1), 8 on tsc 7.1. .map(f => f["@name"]) is TS7006 on an any receiver, and Bun.XML.parse still returns XML.Document.
  • The typed import checks the assertion: doc as { config: { port: number } } is TS2352. xml.mdx states the rules after its sample: every object type in the shape is a type literal or a type alias that names one, arrays are T[], and values are string. On all five checkers, 22 shapes that follow the rules give 0 errors. 12 shapes that each break one rule give TS2352: an interface at any level, a type alias that names an interface or a class, a class, a readonly array, and a number or boolean value.
  • typeof narrowing of sample 1 needs four typeof and two Array.isArray checks. After them, const host: string = database["@host"] is TS2322, because the value is Value | Value[] | undefined.
  • A config.xml.d.ts with "@port": number gives 0 errors. The same claim in an assertion is TS2352.
  • Size: +1242 bytes over the four pages. Sample lines: 6 to 15, 11 to 11, 5 to 9, 5 to 5, 5 to 5. Three samples now use TypeScript-only syntax (0 on main). All three are ts fences with a .ts title.
  • Tools that are off by default: bun check --aot --explain=guards lists 2 fallible guards in each of the two import samples. @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion reports 1 problem in each of the three asserted samples. Default bun lint reports the same warnings as on main.
  • bun build --minify of sample 1 with console.log around each read: 348 to 336 bytes.
  • bun fmt --check and prettier --check pass on the four pages. Nothing outside docs/ changes.
  • docs: fix examples that do not run or type-check as written #41734 (cfe059c): 0 differing lines in the Bun.XML.parse sample. git merge-file of import-xml.mdx gives 0 conflicts.

Not changed here:

  • The named import samples (import-xml.mdx:36, xml.mdx:211 and :238 on main). import { config } from "./config.xml" is TS2305. TOML, YAML, JSON5 and JSONC named imports give the same error. An assertion cannot reach a named import. A config.xml.d.ts file can, as the YAML guide shows for config.yaml.d.ts.
  • On main: xml.mdx:93 (a fragment with undeclared names), xml.mdx:114 (error.message in a catch), and xml.mdx:229 (./export.rss).
  • The declarations in packages/bun-types.

no test proof · iteration 0 · docs-only change; test-proof not applicable

bun-types declares an `.xml` import and the result of `Bun.XML.parse`
as `XML.Document`. That type describes any XML document, so a read of
`doc.config.database` is a type error until the code narrows or asserts
the shape. Five samples read inside the document directly.

- import-xml.mdx and xml.mdx: the default import samples assert the
  shape of the file with a type literal. The text before each sample
  says why, and says that a child element that occurs once is a single
  value. xml.mdx also says that an `interface` in the assertion is
  TS2352.
- import-xml.mdx: the `Bun.XML.parse` sample uses the text of #41734.
- file-types.mdx and loaders.mdx: the sample prints the document.

Not changed: the named import samples (TS2305, as for TOML, YAML, JSON5
and JSONC), and the `./export.rss` lines (TS2307 below TypeScript 7.1).
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Status: ready for review. This is a docs-only change.

How the problem reproduces on main (2596ac5):

  1. Run bun init -y in an empty directory.
  2. Copy config.xml and the first TypeScript sample from docs/guides/runtime/import-xml.mdx into it.
  3. Run the sample. It prints the documented values.
  4. Run bun check or tsc. It reports 9 errors, such as error TS2339: Property 'database' does not exist on type 'Value'.

With this branch, step 4 reports 0 errors for that sample. Pull request: #48290

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Updated 4:58 PM PT - Nov 8th, 2026

✅ @robobun, your commit 25072577532fb0b308cfff739fcb30ef0c5f5654 passed in Build #139055! 🎉


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 48290

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-48290 executable, so you can run:

bun-48290 --bun

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The XML documentation now describes imported documents as typed values and shows casts before accessing expected fields. Two loader examples now log the full imported document.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
XML document types and casts
docs/guides/runtime/import-xml.mdx, docs/runtime/xml.mdx
Import and parsing examples show document types and casts to expected shapes. The docs describe single-occurrence children, repeated children, and the TS2352 interface example.
Loader logging examples
docs/bundler/loaders.mdx, docs/runtime/file-types.mdx
The examples log the imported XML document instead of its nested version property.

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The title "docs: make the XML default import and Bun.XML.parse samples type check" names the main change: the XML docs samples now pass type checking. The changeset edits the XML default-import samples in import-xml.mdx and xml.mdx, the Bun.XML.parse sample, and the loader samples in file-types.mdx and loaders.mdx, all of which the title covers at a general level. It does not mention the loader print changes, but that is a minor part of the change, so the title is related and specific.

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An `interface` anywhere inside the asserted shape is TS2352, also when
the shape itself is a `type` alias. A `readonly` array is TS2352 too.
The sentence in xml.mdx said only to write the shape as a type literal
or a `type` alias, which is not enough.

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A `type` alias that names an interface or a class is TS2352, so "a type
literal or a `type` alias" was not enough. The paragraph now says: write
every object type as a type literal, a `type` alias works only if it
names a type literal, write arrays as `T[]`, and type every value as
`string`. It follows the sample, and the text before the sample is the
same as in the guide.

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