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Problem

• docs/test/mocks.mdx:520 says that a hoisted factory can't use the file's top-level variables. It does not say that the call's arguments run there too.
• On main, vi.mock("./math", makeFake) with an imported makeFake fails with ReferenceError: Cannot access 'import_fakes$1' before initialization. It passes on Bun 1.4.4, which hoists no call.
• With var makeFake, the call gets undefined, the same as no factory. Bun reports no error if the module loads.

Fix

• A new paragraph in "Hoisting & Preloading" says that a hoisted call takes its arguments with it. A list says what a factory passed by name gives.
• A second paragraph says which names a vi.hoisted() callback can read, and which declarations Bun hoists.
• The page now says that a top-level call that is not hoisted runs after the file's import statements.
• No runtime change. Verified: 98 probe files on a debug build and on the canary of main (2596ac5). Notes has the tables.

Background

• bun test moves top-level vi.mock() and jest.mock() calls above the file's imports (bun test: Vitest compatibility #44833, in no release). Most imports become await import() below the calls.
• Vitest 5.1.0 gives the same result for a const, a let, an import and a var. Its vi.mock JSDoc says that file-scope variables need vi.hoisted above the call.
• Considered a code change: a note on the error, or no hoist for such a call. Main matches Vitest 5.1.0, ts-jest 29.4.15 and @swc/jest 0.2.39 here, so only the page changes.

Notes

Probes. math.ts is export function add(a: number, b: number) { return a + b; }. fakes.ts is export const makeFake = () => ({ add: () => 42 });. Each file imports add from ./math and asserts on add(1, 2). Every row of the tables below gives the same result 3 of 3 on the canary (1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3), and once on a debug build of main. The Vitest column is the same file with the import from vitest, on node 26.3.0.

Top-level code	main	Vitest 5.1.0
const makeFake = () => ...; vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'makeFake' before initialization.	the same error
let makeFake = () => ...; vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	the same error	the same error
import { makeFake } from "./fakes"; vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'import_fakes$1' before initialization.	ReferenceError: Cannot access '__vi_import_0__' before initialization
the same, and export { makeFake } (on main the import stays static)	passes, add(1, 2) is 42	the __vi_import_0__ error
var makeFake = () => ...; vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	no error, add(1, 2) is undefined, add records the call	the same
function makeFake() { ... } vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	passes	passes
const makeFake = vi.hoisted(() => () => ...); vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	passes, also with jest.mock	passes
vi.mock(path.join(import.meta.dirname, "math.ts"), () => ...) with path from node:path	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'import_node_path$1' before initialization.	the __vi_import_0__ error
vi.doMock(path.join(...), makeFake), then await import("./math") in the test	passes	passes
jest.doMock(path.join(...), makeFake) below import { add } from "./math"	passes	not applicable
mock.module(path.join(...), makeFake) below the same import	passes	not applicable
vi.mock("./math", () => makeFake()), ./fakes imported above ./math	passes	passes
the same, ./fakes imported below ./math	ReferenceError with the note about hoisting	ReferenceError inside [vitest] There was an error when mocking a module
vi.mock("./math", async () => (await import("./fakes")).makeFake())	passes	passes
vi.mock((log("path"), "./math"), (log("factory"), () => ...)) beside an import and a statement that log	order: path, factory, the import's module, the statement	not run

Declarations that Bun hoists with the call. These rows back the first list item and the word "another" in the other two. The Vitest column was run only where it has a value.

Top-level code	main	Vitest 5.1.0
const path = "./math"; vi.mock(path, () => ...), also with let	passes	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'path' before initialization
vi.mock(path, () => ...); const path = "./math";	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'path' before initialization.
const makeFake = () => ..., marker = vi.hoisted(() => 0); vi.mock("./math", makeFake), also with var	passes, add(1, 2) is 42	refuses the file: vi.hoisted() "was defined outside of the module's top level scope"
let makeFake = vi.hoisted(...) or var makeFake = vi.hoisted(...) above the call	passes
vi.mock("./math", makeFake); const makeFake = vi.hoisted(...)	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'makeFake' before initialization.
vi.mock("./math", makeFake); var makeFake = vi.hoisted(...)	no error, add(1, 2) is undefined
let makeFake; vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	the same ReferenceError
async function makeFake() { ... } above the call, or function makeFake() { ... } below it	passes
const mathPath = vi.hoisted(() => require("node:path").join(import.meta.dirname, "math.ts")); vi.mock(mathPath, () => ...)	passes	passes
const { makeFake } = await vi.hoisted(() => import("./fakes")); vi.mock("./math", makeFake)	passes	passes
const makeFake = vi.hoisted(() => { const result = 6 * 7; return () => ({ add: () => result }); })	passes	passes

Calls that are not hoisted, and a module that computes at load. subject.ts is import { add } from "./math"; export const atLoad = add(1, 2); export const live = () => add(1, 2);. The test file imports atLoad and live with an import statement. The call has a path from path.join() and the imported makeFake.

Call	atLoad	live()
jest.doMock(...) or mock.module(...) below the imports	3	42
mock.module(...) written above the import of ./subject, with or without a hoisted call in the file	3	42
vi.doMock(...) below the imports	3	3
vi.doMock(...), then the first import("./subject") in the test	42	42
const mathPath = vi.hoisted(...); vi.mock(mathPath, () => ({ add: () => 42 }))	42	42

A var factory is the same as no factory. Each row gives one result for five forms: vi.mock(m, makeFake) with var makeFake, vi.mock(m), vi.mock(m, undefined), and the first two with jest.mock. With an inline factory, the three modules that fail here pass.

Module m	Result of all five forms
./math, which loads	no error, add(1, 2) is undefined
zz-virtual, a package that does not exist	error: ENOENT reading "zz-virtual"
./boom, which throws zz needs a database at load	error: zz needs a database
./no-file	error: ENOENT reading with the resolved path
./manual, with a __mocks__/manual.ts beside it	the manual mock

• var makeFake; vi.hoisted(() => { makeFake = () => ... }); vi.mock("./math", makeFake): add(1, 2) is 42. With the vi.hoisted() statement below the call it is undefined. With let makeFake the file fails with a ReferenceError.

What the callback of a hoisted vi.hoisted() call reads.

The callback reads	Result
a function declaration	its value
a const of a primitive literal above the vi.hoisted() statement	its value
the same const below the statement	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'literal' before initialization.
a const from an earlier vi.hoisted() declaration	its value
another const or let	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'other' before initialization.
path imported from node:path	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'import_node_path$1' before initialization.
another var	undefined
nothing of the file: require("node:path"), or import("node:path") in await vi.hoisted(async () => ...)	the path is computed, add(1, 2) is 42

Which declarations Bun hoists. Each is above vi.mock("./math", makeFake).

Declaration	Result
let or var makeFake = await vi.hoisted(async () => () => ...)	42
const { makeFake, mathPath } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ ... })), with vi.mock(mathPath, makeFake)	42
export const makeFake = vi.hoisted(...), and vi.hoisted(...) as T	42
const makeFake = vi.hoisted(() => ({ make: ... })).make	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'makeFake' before initialization.
const p = vi.hoisted(() => "./ma") + "th"; vi.mock(p, () => ...)	ReferenceError: Cannot access 'p' before initialization.

An import that stays static loads before the hoisted call. subject.ts imports add from ./math, records "load subject" and computes atLoad = add(1, 2) at load. The test file has vi.mock((record("mock call"), "./math"), () => ({ add: () => 42 })). jest.mock gives the second row too. This is why the first sentence says "the imports that become await import()".

The test file	Order	atLoad	live()
imports ./subject	mock call, load subject	42	42
imports ./subject and re-exports atLoad	load subject, mock call	3	42

Not in the page on purpose. A top-level class passed as Fakes.make passes when the class has no static block, and fails with ReferenceError: Cannot access 'Fakes' before initialization. when it has one. #46795 proposes to change where a top-level class runs, so the list does not name classes.

Jest 30.5.2, the same shapes with the global jest, require() and a greet() export, node 26.3.0.

• ts-jest 29.4.15 and @swc/jest 0.2.39: ReferenceError: Cannot access 'factory' before initialization for a const factory passed by name. For a var, greet() returns undefined and the file reports no error.
• babel-jest: TypeError: The second argument of jest.mock must be an inline function. at transform time for every factory passed by name, a function declaration included.

One shape where babel-jest passes and main does not. babel-jest does not hoist a one-argument jest.mock(x) or jest.unmock(x) whose argument is not a literal. const depPath = require.resolve("./dep"); jest.mock(depPath); passes there. Main, ts-jest and @swc/jest hoist the call and throw ReferenceError: Cannot access 'depPath' before initialization. jest.doMock(depPath) and jest.dontMock(depPath) pass on main and under all three transformers. This PR changes no code for it.

Merge order. #48045 edits the line at mocks.mdx:520, above the example. This PR adds its paragraph below the example. The two do not touch the same lines.

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Status: docs-only change, ready for review. 0796fe7 names the imports that a hoisted call runs above. 4eb897b corrects two sentences that a check of 87 forms on main found too wide.

How it was checked: 98 probe files under bun test, on a debug build and on the canary of main (2596ac5). Each one gives the same result 3 of 3 on the canary. The Notes section of the description has the tables, with Vitest 5.1.0 beside the first ones. prettier --check docs/test/mocks.mdx passes.

PR: #48396

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Walkthrough

The Hoisting & Preloading documentation explains when hoisted-call arguments are evaluated, how named factories behave for different bindings, and when top-level non-hoisted mock calls run.

Changes

Mock hoisting documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document hoisted-call behavior docs/test/mocks.mdx	The documentation describes argument evaluation timing, named-factory outcomes, and vi.hoisted() name-access rules. It clarifies that top-level non-hoisted mock calls run after imports.

Possibly related issues

• oven-sh/bun#40056 — This PR documents vi.hoisted() values and top-level mock hoisting behavior, which relates to the requested Vitest compatibility documentation.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#48163 — This PR changes when eager import.meta.glob entries become await import() calls in files with a mock-hoist plan. Both changes describe import ordering in files with hoisted mocks.
• oven-sh/bun#47997 — This PR documents missing-import behavior in files with hoisted mock calls. Both changes describe effects of import transformation on names used by hoisted factories.
• oven-sh/bun#48055 — This PR changes which imports become await import() calls and when they run. This PR documents name availability during hoisted factory evaluation.

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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 30a5e

The documentation clarifies mock hoisting without changing runtime behavior. No merge-blocking risk is identified.

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- Line 542: Update the advice about `mock.module()`, `vi.doMock()`, and
`jest.doMock()` in the computed-path or factory case: clarify that these calls
may be too late when a statically imported subject computes the value during
initialization. Recommend dynamically importing the subject after registering
the mock, or using `vi.hoisted()` with `vi.mock()` when the computation can run
before imports.
- Around line 538-539: Qualify the named-factory outcomes in the discussion of
`const`, `let`, and `var`: explain that when the declaration contains
`vi.hoisted()`, the declaration is hoisted as a whole, so a factory function
declared in that same statement can be passed to `vi.mock` without a
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`vi.hoisted()`.
- Around line 536-538: Update the hoisting guidance around `vi.mock` to clarify
that a path stored in a preceding `const` or `let` initialized with a primitive
literal can be used by the hoisted call. Keep the warning for other
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LGTM — docs-only, and each new claim matches what the hoisting code does.

What was reviewed:

• The three bullets against src/js_parser/lower/hoist_test_mocks.rs and BunPlugin.cpp: the whole vi.mock() statement moves above imports, lowered imports become const ns = await import() (so a hoisted read is a TDZ ReferenceError), non-literal const/let stay in place, and mockModule accepts an undefined factory for vi.mock/jest.mock, so a var falls through to the no-factory path.
• The const/let ReferenceError and var-is-undefined shapes are already asserted in test/js/bun/test/mock/mock-hoist.test.ts ("stays in its place" and "a var stays in its place"); the #mocking-without-a-factory anchor resolves and "(see below)" points at the existing await import() paragraph.
• Not run: the PR's probe files; verification here was by reading the parser, the runtime, and the existing tests.

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The change is a +7/-1 edit to one paragraph of docs/test/mocks.mdx in the "Hoisting & Preloading" section, with no code, type, or test changes and no security-sensitive surface. Every behavioral claim in the new text was checked against the hoisting pass, the mockModule runtime entry point, and the existing mock-hoist test cases, and all of them hold. The second commit rewrote the three lines coderabbit (a bot, COMMENTED state) had flagged, and there is no human objection or CODEOWNER on docs/. Small, self-contained, verified by reading, so a human look is not required.

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LGTM — docs-only change, and the new claims match the implementation on main.

What was reviewed:

• Hoisting rules against src/js_parser/lower/hoist_test_mocks.rs: is_hoisted_mock_stmt hoists a non-using const/let/var whose initializer is vi.hoisted() or an await of it, and append_hoisted_mocks places hoisted statements before the lowered await import() statements — so the TDZ ReferenceError for a plain const/let or a lowered import, and the undefined for a var, follow.
• "undefined factory is the same as no factory": mockModule in src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp accepts factory.isUndefined() for vi.mock/jest.mock; vi.hoisted calls its callback synchronously, so "runs in the same place" holds.
• The #mocking-without-a-factory anchor resolves to the existing "Mocking Without a Factory" heading in the same file.
• Not done: I did not execute the probe files; the "verify by execution" check rests on the PR's own notes plus the code reading above.

Extended reasoning...

The PR touches one file, docs/test/mocks.mdx, adding three prose paragraphs and a list to the "Hoisting & Preloading" section about how hoisted vi.mock()/jest.mock() calls evaluate their arguments; no code, types, or tests change. It touches no security-sensitive surface. The change is small, docs/ has no CODEOWNERS entry, and each behavioral statement was checked by reading the parser's hoisting plan and the runtime's mockModule factory handling, all of which agree with the text. The earlier CodeRabbit inline threads were resolved by a non-author and no CHANGES_REQUESTED review is outstanding. The only unverified-by-run item is the probe matrix in the PR notes, which the body flags.

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