bundler: hoist "use client"/"use server" directives to the top of output

[robobun]

Fixes #6854.

Repro

// entry.jsx
"use client";
export function Button() { return <div/>; }

$ bun build --no-bundle entry.jsx
import { jsxDEV } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime";   // <- injected import first
"use client";                                     // <- directive no longer a prologue
...

The same thing happens when bundling: the var __commonJS = ... runtime helpers and hoisted imports from every module in the chunk land before the directive, so Next.js / the React compiler reject the output with The "use client" directive must be placed before other expressions.

Under --minify, the directive was dropped entirely by the minify-syntax pass.

Cause

The parser converts prologue strings other than "use strict" into SDirective statements and leaves them in the top-level statement list. Auto-injected parts (JSX runtime import, runtime-helper import, before-hoisted user imports, var {require}=import.meta) are then prepended ahead of them, and the bundler's chunk writer only special-cases "use strict". The minify-syntax merge pass additionally had StmtData::SDirective(_) => continue.

Fix

• Ast.directive: Option<StoreStr> is now Ast.directives: StoreSlice<StoreStr> (arena-owned, source order, deduplicated). BundledAst round-trips it; the old HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE bitflag is removed.
• parse_stmts_up_to now leaves a module-scope "use strict" in the statement list as an SDirective alongside other directives so source order is preserved. The strict-mode flag on the scope is unchanged.
• _parse strips the leading SDirective prologue from stmts before the parts loop and passes it to to_ast, so the visit/append-part pipeline never sees module-level directives and auto-injected parts can be prepended freely.
• print_ast / print_common_js emit tree.directives before any other output.
• post_process_js_chunk emits the entry point's directives at the top of each chunk (after hashbang / // @bun / banner), skipping "use strict" for output formats that are already strict. generate_code_for_file_in_chunk_js emits a wrapped non-entry file's directives inside its wrapper (and now gates on the file's entry-point kind rather than the chunk's, matching esbuild).
• The minify-syntax merge pass keeps SDirective statements. Module-level ones are gone before visiting, so this only affects function-body directives ("use server" inside an action), which are now preserved under --minify.

This matches esbuild: entry-point directives hoist to the top of the chunk, non-entry directives are dropped from flat ESM output and kept inside wrapped closures, "use strict" is omitted for ESM output.

After

$ bun build --no-bundle entry.jsx
"use client";
import { jsxDEV } from "react/jsx-dev-runtime";
...
$ bun build entry.tsx --external react ...
"use client";
var __commonJS = ...
...

Verification

New bundler tests in test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts cover JSX-import hoist, runtime-helper hoist, entry-vs-dep directive selection, minify (both top-level and function-body), dedup, hashbang+banner ordering, CJS "use strict" ordering, CJS-wrapped entry hoisting and wrapped-dep "use strict". test/regression/issue/06854.test.ts covers the --no-bundle CLI paths. The previously todo default/UseStrictDirectiveMinifyNoBundle now passes and is enabled. All existing bundler / transpiler suites pass unchanged.

Rebase notes

Rebased onto main after the dead-code sweep (#39732) and the module-loader cache changes landed. Resolutions:

• print_common_js was deleted on main as dead code. The directive emit it carried is gone with it. The live paths (print_ast, the linker chunk paths) keep theirs.
• RuntimeTranspilerCache EXPECTED_VERSION moved to 28 (main took 24 through 27).
• BundledAst fields are pub(crate) on main now. directives follows.

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no test proof · iteration 12 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_bytecode_portable.test.ts

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Walkthrough

The change replaces single-directive AST metadata with directive slices, preserves directives through parsing and bundling, emits them across wrappers and output formats, and adds coverage for ordering, minification, CommonJS behavior, and strict mode.

Changes

Directive prologue preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse and store directive prologues src/ast/ast_result.rs, src/js_parser/parse/*, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/react_compiler/program.rs	ASTs now store directive slices. Parsing collects unique leading directives, preserves module-scope strict directives, and retains leading comments.
Carry directives through bundled ASTs src/bundler/bundled_ast.rs, src/bundler/AstBuilder.rs	Bundled ASTs transport directive slices and no longer synthesize "use strict" from a flag.
Place directives in wrappers and output src/bundler/linker_context/*, src/js_printer/lib.rs	HMR output, wrappers, entry chunks, dependencies, and printers emit stored directives with output-format-specific strict-mode handling.
Validate directive behavior and cache format test/bundler/*, test/cli/run/run-cjs.test.ts, test/regression/issue/06854.test.ts, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs	Tests cover directive ordering, deduplication, minification, wrapping, and strict-mode behavior. The runtime cache version changes from 27 to 28.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 76a16

The change can still place executable banner code before hoisted "use client" or "use strict" directives, making those directives invalid and causing generated bundles to be rejected by consumers such as Next.js or the React compiler. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed before merging.

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary bundler change: hoisting client and server directives to the top of generated output. It is concise and directly related to the changes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, cause, fix, expected output, verification coverage, and rebase notes. Although it does not use the exact template headings, it provides the required information i…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation addresses issue #6854 by preserving leading directives, emitting them before generated code, and preventing their removal during non-minified builds. The added tests cover the repor…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code and test changes support the directive-preservation objective. The cache version update and portable bytecode snapshot changes are appropriate consequences of the output and format changes.

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Explanation

The description explains the problem, cause, fix, expected output, verification coverage, and rebase notes. Although it does not use the exact template headings, it provides the required information in equivalent sections.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The implementation addresses issue #6854 by preserving leading directives, emitting them before generated code, and preventing their removal during non-minified builds. The added tests cover the reported bundler and no-bundle scenarios.

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[robobun]

Reproduced on main with:

printf "\"use client\";\nexport function Button() { return <div/>; }\n" > /tmp/entry.jsx
bun build --no-bundle /tmp/entry.jsx   # JSX import lands before the directive

Review addressed in 5fe042e / 050af82 / 6cb7937: legal-comment-before-directive case, BunCommonjs wrapper prologue, sync_dependencies_end for wrapped deps, REPL-mode skip, bun-target ASCII escaping, dead-flag removal, transpiler-cache version bump. See the description for the full set of covered paths. Waiting on CI.

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^{Updated 8:11 AM PT - Aug 28th, 2026}

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• test/js/web/url/url.test.ts - code 1: TypeError: Invalid URL on 🍎 any x64

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No new issues found; all four earlier findings (legal-comment prologue scan, dead HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE flag, BunCommonjs double-emit, sync_dependencies_end ordering) are addressed in 5fe042e / 050af82 / 6cb7937. This is a data-structure change across parser, printer, and linker, so it's worth a human look.

What was checked this run:

• The prologue-compaction loop in parse_entry.rs preserves interleaved SComment order and slices at directive_count correctly.
• post_process_js_chunk now escapes directives via quote_for_json(.., is_bun), so import_target.ts's "use𐃘unicode" stays ASCII for --target=bun (the 14976 CI failure at d4e2faa was pre-5fe042e).
• HAS_IMPORT_META renumbering to 1<<7 is in-memory only (BundledAst is not serialized).

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Replaces Ast.directive: Option<StoreStr> with Ast.directives: StoreSlice<StoreStr> and threads the full top-level directive prologue through parser → BundledAst → printer/linker so "use client"/"use server" land ahead of auto-injected imports and runtime helpers. Touches parse_stmts_up_to (module-scope "use strict" now stays as SDirective), _parse (strips prologue into the AST field, skipping SComment and REPL mode), to_ast (BunCommonjs consumes directives into the wrapper body), print_ast/print_common_js, generate_code_for_file_in_chunk_js (per-file entry-point gate + sync_dependencies_end bump), post_process_js_chunk (JSON-quoted directives), the minify merge pass (keeps SDirective), and bumps the transpiler cache version. ~200 lines of new tests across bundler/CLI/runtime.

Security risks

None identified — no untrusted-input parsing surface changes; directive strings are re-quoted through the existing quote_for_json helper.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is a cross-cutting change to core parser/printer/bundler data flow with subtle prologue-ordering semantics (ES spec directive rules, wrapper insertion points, minify interaction). Four real issues were found and fixed across earlier review rounds, which is itself a signal that the change is non-trivial. It also renumbers a bitflag and introduces a user-visible behavior change (Bun.Transpiler now preserves "use strict").

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough (JSX import hoist, runtime helpers, entry-vs-dep, minify top-level and function-body, dedup, hashbang+banner, CJS ordering, wrapped-entry, wrapped-dep with init calls, legal-comment, plus a runtime strict-mode check and the un-todo'd esbuild test). The one CI failure noted in the thread (14976 non-ASCII directive under --target=bun) predates the quote_for_json fix in 5fe042e and was verified as ruled out this run. Given the breadth, a maintainer sign-off on the overall approach (particularly the per-file entry_point_kind gate replacing the chunk-level check in generateCodeForFileInChunkJS) is warranted.

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src/js_parser/p.rs (1)

8181-8199: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Minor: module_scope_directive_loc is reused for all directives, not just "use strict".

module_scope_directive_loc is only set when a module-scope "use strict" directive is seen (in parse/mod.rs). When wrapping into S::Directive { value: *directive } here, every directive in the prologue (e.g. "use client") is stamped with that same Loc, which stays at its default/unset value if there was no "use strict" among them. This only affects source-map fidelity for directive lines inside CJS wrappers, not correctness of the emitted code.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/js_parser/p.rs` around lines 8181 - 8199, When re-inserting the directive
prologue in the wrapper-body construction, preserve each directive’s original
source location instead of passing module_scope_directive_loc to every
S::Directive. Update the directive loop around prologue and self.s so each
directive retains its own location, including directives without "use strict",
while preserving the existing statement ordering and count handling.

src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs (1)

71-275: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve directive prologues in InternalBakeDev
The InternalBakeDev early return bypasses the ast.directives reinsertion path, so wrapped user modules lose top-level directives in HMR output. Carry the prologue through this branch too, or use strict/other directives change semantics.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs` around lines 71 -
275, Preserve top-level directive prologues in the InternalBakeDev branch before
it returns through print_code_for_file_in_chunk_js. Reinsert ast.directives into
the generated wrapper statements using the same ordering and strict-mode
filtering as the later directive-handling path, ensuring directives precede all
wrapper code and retain existing semantics.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts`:
- Around line 642-659: Strengthen the onAfterBundle assertion in
DirectiveHoistedAboveRuntimeHelpers to verify the output contains the
"__commonJS" runtime helper before asserting the "use client" directive starts
the bundle. Preserve the existing ordering check while ensuring the test
exercises the intended helper-hoisting behavior.

In `@test/regression/issue/06854.test.ts`:
- Around line 4-6: Trim the header comment in the regression test so it contains
only the issue URL, removing the two explanatory lines while leaving the
existing test names and test behavior unchanged.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs`:
- Around line 71-275: Preserve top-level directive prologues in the
InternalBakeDev branch before it returns through
print_code_for_file_in_chunk_js. Reinsert ast.directives into the generated
wrapper statements using the same ordering and strict-mode filtering as the
later directive-handling path, ensuring directives precede all wrapper code and
retain existing semantics.

In `@src/js_parser/p.rs`:
- Around line 8181-8199: When re-inserting the directive prologue in the
wrapper-body construction, preserve each directive’s original source location
instead of passing module_scope_directive_loc to every S::Directive. Update the
directive loop around prologue and self.s so each directive retains its own
location, including directives without "use strict", while preserving the
existing statement ordering and count handling.

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[claude]

No new issues found — all four earlier findings (dead HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE flag, BunCommonjs double-emit, wrapped-dep sync_dependencies_end, React Compiler SComment prologue skip) are addressed and the comment-cop threads are resolved. Deferring to a maintainer given the scope: this reworks the Ast.directive → directives data model, renumbers HAS_IMPORT_META, and changes how module-scope "use strict" flows through the parser/parts pipeline across parser, printer, and both linker chunk paths.

What was reviewed:

• Prologue-strip compaction in parse_entry.rs — traced the reverse-copy loop for interleaved SComment/SDirective; comments keep relative order and land at stmts[directive_count..].
• postProcessJSChunk directive quoting — uses quote_for_json with is_bun for ASCII-only, matching the chunk printer; InternalBakeDev excluded and covered by the per-module-closure test.
• BundledAst flag renumber — confirmed HAS_IMPORT_META has no on-disk serialization; RuntimeTranspilerCache stores its own Metadata, not Flags, and the version was bumped anyway.
• BunCommonjs wrapper now consumes directives and returns EMPTY, so print_ast emits nothing outside the wrapper; run-cjs.test.ts covers strict-mode still applying.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes #6854 by changing how top-level directive prologues ("use client", "use server", "use strict") flow through the parser → AST → printer → bundler pipeline so they land ahead of auto-injected imports and runtime helpers. It touches 17 files: the AST result struct (directive: Option<StoreStr> → directives: StoreSlice<StoreStr>), BundledAst and its SoA columns, the parser's parse_stmts_up_to / _parse / to_ast, the minify-syntax merge pass, both printer entry points, both linker chunk-generation paths, the React Compiler prologue scanner, and the runtime transpiler cache version. Test coverage adds ~13 new itBundled cases plus regression and runtime-CJS tests, and un-todos an existing esbuild snapshot.

Security risks

None identified. The change is entirely in build-time code generation (parser/bundler/printer). Directive strings are quoted via quote_for_json before being written into chunk output, and no user-controlled data reaches a new sink.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is core parser/bundler infrastructure with a data-model change that fans out to every consumer of Ast/BundledAst. Module-scope "use strict" now stays in stmts as an SDirective (instead of being skipped) until the new prologue-strip step removes it — a subtle behavioral shift whose correctness depends on every downstream consumer of stmts/parts no longer seeing directives, and on the repl_mode guard being the only path that intentionally leaves them in. The HAS_IMPORT_META bit renumber is safe (no serialized use), but that's the kind of thing a human should confirm.

Other factors

The PR has already been through four review cycles here: my earlier inline comments on the dead bitflag, the BunCommonjs double-emit, the sync_dependencies_end ordering bug, and the React Compiler collect_body_directives sibling site were each fixed in follow-up commits (5fe042e, 050af82, 1af15d3, 9243616), CodeRabbit's two nits were taken, and the comment-cop threads are resolved. Test coverage is broad and specifically targets the shapes each fix addressed. Nothing outstanding blocks; I'm deferring solely on breadth, not on any open concern.

[robobun]

All review feedback is addressed and every test lane that ran is green apart from known-flaky retries. The remaining red in build 80157 is a pre-existing build-cpp failure on several platforms (darwin aarch64, aarch64-musl, android, freebsd, windows aarch64) that also fails on main; this PR contains no C++ changes. Holding off on further pushes so CI is not re-triggered on broken lanes. Ready for maintainer review.

[robobun]

Cross-reference: #39943 makes the runtime emit a module-level "use strict" for the -e, -p and stdin entry point, and in front of other directives in the CommonJS wrapper and the REPL (use_strict_directive() in src/js_parser/p.rs, the else if preserve_strict_mode branch in to_ast, and repl_transforms.rs). When this PR keeps directives out of the statement list and prints them first, those three sites become redundant and can be deleted. The tests added in #39943 (test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts, test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts) do not depend on the implementation and pin the behavior this PR has to keep. #39943 also bumps the transpiler cache version to 26.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/js_printer/lib.rs`:
- Around line 7507-7512: After the directive-printing loop in the relevant
printer method, call printer.writer.get_error()? so write failures are
propagated even for directive-only modules. Add a failing-writer test covering a
directive-only AST and verify printing returns the write error.

In `@test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts`:
- Around line 775-789: The DirectiveHoistedCJSWrappedEntry test should also
verify that the wrapped entry’s __commonJS closure preserves strict mode. Update
the onAfterBundle assertion to locate the generated entry closure and assert
that its first statement is "use strict"; retain the existing assertion that
"use client" is hoisted before the runtime helper.
- Around line 719-731: Strengthen the assertion in the onAfterBundle callback
for DirectiveFunctionBodyPreservedUnderMinify so it verifies that "use server"
appears immediately after the action function body begins, rather than merely
existing somewhere in the output. Preserve the existing minified bundle setup
and assert the directive’s function-local scope.

In `@test/cli/run/run-cjs.test.ts`:
- Around line 48-68: Update the test around the CJS module wrapper to use the
existing tempDir fixture instead of tmpdirSync, and await stdout, stderr, and
proc.exited concurrently. Assert the complete process result, including the
expected ReferenceError stdout, empty stderr, and successful exit status.

In `@test/regression/issue/06854.test.ts`:
- Around line 23-36: Strengthen the minified no-bundle regression test by
asserting that the JSX runtime import is present and appears after the leading
"use client" directive, matching the ordering assertion in the non-minified
case. Keep the existing stdout prefix, stderr, and exit-code checks.

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[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it reworks the directive data model across the parser, printer, and linker (and renumbers BundledAst::Flags), a human look would still be worthwhile.

Checked: the parse_entry.rs prologue-compaction loop (verified j >= i invariant so comments are shifted right without clobbering unread slots); the WrapMode::BunCommonjs path clears directives after writing them into the wrapper body so print_ast doesn't double-emit; the InternalBakeDev linker path reads ast.directives (populated, since that wrap mode doesn't hit the p.rs clear) and postProcessJSChunk gates top-level emit off for that format; the file-vs-chunk is_entry_point() gate change plus sync_dependencies_end += 1 are covered by DirectiveInsideWrappedDep/DirectiveBeforeInitCallsInWrappedDep.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR changes how top-level directive prologues ("use client", "use server", "use strict") flow through the pipeline so they land at the very top of transpiled/bundled output instead of after auto-injected imports and runtime helpers. It replaces Ast.directive: Option<StoreStr> with Ast.directives: StoreSlice<StoreStr>, threads that through BundledAst (adding a SoA column, dropping the HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE bitflag and renumbering HAS_IMPORT_META), and updates every producer/consumer: parse_stmts_up_to (module-scope use strict now stays as an SDirective), _parse in parse_entry.rs (strips + dedups the prologue before the parts loop, compacting interleaved legal comments), to_ast (bake CJS wrapper writes the prologue into the closure and clears the field), print_ast (emits directives first), post_process_js_chunk / generate_code_for_file_in_chunk_js (chunk-top emit for entry points, inside-wrapper emit for wrapped non-entry files, gated on the file's entry-point kind rather than the chunk's), the minify-syntax merge pass (keeps SDirective), collect_body_directives in the React compiler (skips SComment), and a RuntimeTranspilerCache version bump. 12 new bundler tests, a CLI regression test file, a run-cjs test, and un-todo'ing an esbuild-suite test cover the matrix.

Security risks

None. This is output-ordering / code-generation shape work with no auth, network, filesystem-path, or untrusted-input parsing surface. The quote_for_json call in postProcessJSChunk handles directive text that came from the user's own source.

Level of scrutiny

High. The parser, printer, and linker are load-bearing for every bun run / bun build. The change is not mechanical: it renumbers a bitflag, changes when use strict is left in vs. stripped from the module-scope stmt list, adds an in-place compaction over the stmt slice, and changes a linker gate from chunk-level to file-level entry-point kind. Each of these has cross-format interactions (ESM vs CJS vs IIFE vs InternalBakeDev, wrapped vs flat, minify on/off). The test coverage is thorough and my earlier findings (legal-comment prologue break, dead bitflag, double use strict in the CJS wrapper, sync_dependencies_end displacement, React-compiler SComment break, tmpdirSync in the new test) have all been addressed in-tree, but the surface area is large enough that a maintainer familiar with the linker's part-range/wrap machinery should sanity-check the entry-point-kind gate change and the BundledAst column addition.

Other factors

All prior review threads (mine and CodeRabbit's) are resolved as of 46c1565. The Bun.Transpiler behavior change (use strict now preserved in transformSync output) is a user-visible change acknowledged by updating the transpiler test. CI will exercise the full bundler/transpiler suites across platforms.

[robobun]

CI on the current head (da3da70) finished with 180 of 181 lanes green. The only failure is test/js/web/url/url.test.ts on darwin x64, which also fails on main and is unrelated to this change (reported to triage separately). All review threads are resolved. Ready for maintainer review.

[claude]

Re-reviewed after the latest push — all six earlier inline concerns are addressed (SComment-tolerant prologue scan in both parse_entry.rs and react_compiler, HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE fully removed, BunCommonjs now moves directives into the wrapper and clears them on the Ast, sync_dependencies_end bumped after each wrapped-dep directive, and run-cjs.test.ts switched to tempDir). This pass found nothing new. Given the breadth — parser prologue extraction, chunk-level directive emission across four output formats, and updated bytecode-portability snapshots — a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed

• Prologue strip/compact in parse_entry.rs: SComment-skip, dedup, and the reverse in-place compaction that shifts comments into stmts[directive_count..] — indices line up.
• to_ast BunCommonjs path: directives consumed into the wrapper body then set EMPTY, so print_ast no longer double-emits; the old preserve_strict_mode guard is gone.
• generateCodeForFileInChunkJS: entry-vs-dep gate now keyed on the file's entry_point_kind, sync_dependencies_end advanced per directive so init_*() inserts land after the prologue; bake-dev closure path prepends directives to all_stmts before the wrapper prefix.
• postProcessJSChunk: JSON-quoted emit, is_always_strict_mode() skip for "use strict", InternalBakeDev opt-out, minify-aware newline; bundled_ast flag renumber leaves no stale HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE readers.

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Overview

This PR replaces the single-directive Ast.directive: Option<StoreStr> with a full directives: StoreSlice<StoreStr> prologue list and threads it through the parser (parse_entry.rs, p.rs::to_ast, parse/mod.rs), the bundler (BundledAst, postProcessJSChunk, generateCodeForFileInChunkJS, bake-dev module closures), the printer (print_ast), and the react-compiler prologue scanner. The HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE bitflag is deleted and HAS_IMPORT_META renumbered. RuntimeTranspilerCache version bumped 26→27. Tests: ~13 new itBundled cases, a 4-case regression file for #6854, an un-todo'd esbuild default test, an updated transpiler assertion, a new run-cjs strict-mode test, and updated bytecode-portability snapshots (6 fixture entries).

Security risks

None identified. The change is confined to build-time AST/output shaping; no network, filesystem, credential, or user-input validation surfaces are touched. Directive values are re-emitted through the existing print_string_literal_utf8 / quote_for_json helpers rather than raw concatenation, so no injection surface is introduced.

Level of scrutiny

High. The change touches the core parse→print pipeline that every transpiled and bundled file flows through, alters output byte-for-byte (as evidenced by the six updated bytecode-portability hashes), and interacts with several mode axes (bundle/no-bundle, minify, CJS/ESM/bake-dev, wrapped/flat, entry/dep). This is well outside the "simple, mechanical" approval bar.

Other factors

All six concerns raised in earlier passes have been addressed by the latest commits, and grep confirms no residual readers of the removed flag. Test coverage is broad across the variant matrix (minify on/off, CJS/ESM/bake-dev, wrapped entry vs. wrapped dep, legal-comment interleaving, hashbang+banner, dedup, function-body directives), the cache version was bumped per REVIEW.md, and the previously-todo default/UseStrictDirectiveMinifyNoBundle is now enabled. The bytecode snapshot deltas and the Bun.Transpiler behavior change ("use strict" now preserved) are user-visible output changes a maintainer should sign off on.

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In `@src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs`:
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• src/ast/ast_result.rs
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• src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs
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• src/js_parser/parse/mod.rs
• src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs
• src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs
• src/js_printer/lib.rs
• src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs
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Superseded by #40838, which keeps every directive prologue string in the output and covers this case (tests directive/DirectivesBeforeInjectedImportsNoBundle, directive/DirectivesAtEntryChunkTop, directive/UseClientMinify, directive/MultipleDirectivesNoBundle and directive/DevServerModuleClosures in bundler_directive.test.ts). #40838 uses the same design: Ast.directives replaces HAS_EXPLICIT_USE_STRICT_DIRECTIVE, the module-level prologue is stripped before the parts are built and printed first in print_ast, at the chunk top and inside wrappers.

This PR's tests were run against that branch: all 14 Directive* cases of bundler_edgecase.test.ts and the 4 cases of 06854.test.ts pass. Two parts of this PR were not in #40838 and are folded in now: no chunk-level copy of the entry's directives for internal_bake_dev output, and the React Compiler prologue scan skipping a preserved legal comment ahead of "use no memo" (react-compiler/OptOutDirectiveAfterLegalComment). #40838 fixes #6854. Closing in favor of that PR.