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Fixes #24540

Problem

  • Any --format=iife bundle whose code contains a require() with a non-literal argument (also require.resolve(expr), an uncalled require reference, or require.main) throws on load: ReferenceError: __require is not defined. Same for every target (browser, node, bun); the same input works with --format=esm.
  • The printer rewrites those expressions to the runtime's __require for every output format except cjs (runtime_require_ref in src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs:86 and generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs:115), but the parser only imports the runtime part that defines __require for esm (auto_polyfill_require, src/bundler/ParseTask.rs). In iife output nothing references the part, so it is tree-shaken away.
  • --target=node --format=iife is broken even for a plain external require("pkg"), which does pull the part in through the linker: the node flavor of the part is import { createRequire } from "node:module"; ... createRequire(import.meta.url), and in an iife that import is itself printed as var import_node_module = __require("node:module"), so the output fails with TypeError: __require is not a function.
  • import.meta.main / require.main === module in an iife entry point hit the same missing binding: the lowering prints __require.main == module (__require.main == __require.module for node) without recording a use of __require.

Fix

  • src/bundler/ParseTask.rs: auto_polyfill_require is enabled for iife as well as esm, so a file using any of the rewritten forms imports the runtime __require part, the same way it already does in esm output. This is the parser-side counterpart of the linker's existing format != cjs rule; the two were out of sync.
  • src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs: the runtime source is chosen by output format too. --target=node --format=iife uses the same shim as the browser flavor (the one esbuild emits for iife on every platform): an iife can contain neither an import nor import.meta.url, and node loads it as a CommonJS script, where the shim finds the host require and forwards to it (require.resolve, require.main and relative paths all resolve against the bundle file). Without a host require it throws esbuild's Dynamic require of "x" is not supported. esm and cjs output for node are unchanged; --target=bun keeps import.meta.require for iife, since Bun loads the // @bun output as an ES module where that is the only require available.
  • src/js_printer/lib.rs: the printer keeps import.meta.main as is for --target=bun iife output (Bun loads it as an ES module, where it works and no module binding exists) and lowers it everywhere else, matching the parser (lower_import_meta_main in ParseTask.rs). The __require.module operand is only printed for esm output, where there is no module binding and createRequire()'s .module is undefined on both sides of the ==; an iife runs as CommonJS, so there the host's module is the right operand, the same as cjs output prints. Both the lowered comparison and the kept inverted form (!import.meta.main) are parenthesized where precedence requires it: as a member-expression target ((!import.meta.main).toString()) and as the left operand of ** (where an unparenthesized ! prefix is a SyntaxError). esm and cjs output are byte for byte unchanged.
  • src/js_parser/p.rs: value_for_import_meta_main records the __require use whenever the printer will lower, and for iife output declares an unbound module symbol so the renamer keeps bundled bindings of that name away from the host's module the lowering compares against (cjs output already reserves the name the same way).
  • Verified with test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts (cjs/__require_iife_*: dynamic require for node, bun and browser targets, minified, the no-host-require error, require.resolve/uncalled require/require.main, external require for node, plus an esm guard) and test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts (the ImportMetaMain* cases: iife for all three targets run under both bun and node, also when required as a non-main module, the inverted forms, a shadowed module binding, and the inverted form as a member-expression target). All but the esm guard fail on the unfixed build.
  • test/bundler/esbuild/{default,dce,loader,importstar,splitting,extra}.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts, test/bundler/bun-build-api.test.ts and the two modified files pass on a debug build; esm and cjs output for the repro are identical before and after.
  • Not covered here: user code's own import.meta.* (other than main) is printed verbatim in iife output; that is separate from the missing __require binding. bundler: declare require inside a CommonJS wrapper whose body contains direct eval #35581 restricts itself to esm because of this bug and can be extended to iife once this lands.

Background

  • The bundler prepends a runtime module (src/runtime.js plus a per-target __require definition in ParseTask.rs) to every bundle. Each helper is its own part and is only kept in the output when some file's part depends on it; otherwise tree shaking removes it.
  • auto_polyfill_require is a parser feature: when set, a require that cannot be bundled makes the file import __require from the runtime, creating that dependency. The printer, independently, decides what name to print for such a require (require_ref): the runtime's __require in esm/iife, plain require in cjs.
  • The runtime has three __require flavors: import.meta.require for bun, createRequire(import.meta.url) for node, and esbuild's shim (use the ambient require if there is one, otherwise throw Dynamic require of ... is not supported) for everything else. The first two need module syntax, which is why they cannot appear in an iife for node.
  • import.meta.main has no equivalent outside esm, so the bundler lowers it to a require.main == module comparison; entry points are the only files where it is not folded to a constant.
Repro (released bun)
// dyn.cjs
var name = "fs";
module.exports = typeof require(name).readFileSync;
// entry.js
import x from "./dyn.cjs"; console.log(x);
$ bun build entry.js --target=node --format=iife --outfile=d.js && node d.js
ReferenceError: __require is not defined
$ bun build entry.js --target=bun --format=iife --outfile=d.js && bun d.js
ReferenceError: __require is not defined
$ bun build entry.js --target=browser --format=iife --outfile=d.js && node d.js
ReferenceError: __require is not defined

External require on node, before this change (the runtime part is present but defines itself through itself):

(() => {
  var import_node_module = __require("node:module");
  ...
  var __require = /* @__PURE__ */ import_node_module.createRequire(import.meta.url);

After: all three targets print function; esm and cjs output is unchanged.


no test proof · iteration 0 · Platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine. Deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts

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Reproduced on the released binary (USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 bun test test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts -t __require_ fails 7 of 8, -t ImportMetaMain in bundler_edgecase.test.ts fails the 2 new iife cases) and passing with this branch's debug build. Fix is in #38077 (this PR); see the description for what changed and why.

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Runtime generation now receives the output format. IIFE output uses runtime __require handling, including Node IIFE output. import.meta.main lowering now varies by target and format. Parser, printer, and bundler tests cover these cases.

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Runtime and entrypoint lowering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Format-aware runtime require generation
src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs, test/bundler/bundler_cjs.test.ts
Runtime source selection now receives the output format. IIFE output uses runtime __require handling, while Node ESM output retains createRequire(import.meta.url). Tests cover dynamic, external, indirect, and missing-host require cases.
Target-aware import.meta.main lowering
src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/transpiler.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs, src/js_printer/lib.rs, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts
The parser and printer select native or lowered import.meta.main by target and format. IIFE lowering uses the host module reference and preserves required parentheses. Tests cover direct execution, requiring bundles, shadowed bindings, inversions, and expression precedence.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: defining __require in IIFE output.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the problem, implementation, verification, affected scenarios, and test coverage in sufficient detail.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address #24540 by defining __require for IIFE bundles and support the relevant Node.js output behavior from #39.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The runtime, import.meta.main, symbol handling, and tests are directly related to fixing IIFE require behavior.

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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The fix is surgically scoped and well-tested, but since it changes the bundler's runtime-source selection for --target=node --format=iife (swapping the createRequire flavor for the ambient-require shim) and adjusts what the printer emits for import.meta.main, a maintainer sign-off on those semantics would be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • Traced runtime_require_ref in the linker (format != Cjs) against the new auto_polyfill_require gate (Esm | Iife) — now aligned.
  • Checked the sole get_runtime_source caller was updated; node+cjs/node+esm still get RUNTIME_REQUIRE_NODE.
  • Confirmed the parser's new !output_format.is_esm() branch is a no-op for Cjs and InternalBakeDev (both have auto_polyfill_require off, so record_usage_of_runtime_require does nothing).
  • Verified the printer change leaves edgecase/ImportMetaMainTargetNode (esm) and edgecase/build-cjs-module#20308 (cjs, require_ref is None) byte-identical.
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Overview

This PR fixes #24540: --format=iife bundles referencing __require (dynamic require(), require.resolve(), uncalled require, require.main, or the import.meta.main lowering) threw ReferenceError: __require is not defined because the parser only wired up the runtime-part dependency for esm output, while the linker/printer emit __require for every non-cjs format. Four source files change:

  • src/bundler/ParseTask.rs: auto_polyfill_require now matches Esm | Iife; get_runtime_source gains an output_format parameter so Target::Node with Format::Iife falls through to the ambient-require shim (RUNTIME_REQUIRE_OTHER) instead of the createRequire(import.meta.url) flavor, which cannot exist in a script.
  • src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs: sole caller of get_runtime_source updated to pass the new argument.
  • src/js_parser/p.rs: value_for_import_meta_main records the __require usage for any non-esm format, so the runtime part isn't tree-shaken in iife output.
  • src/js_printer/lib.rs: for target=node, the __require.module right operand of the import.meta.main lowering is restricted to Format::Esm; iife (loaded as a CommonJS script) prints the host's module like cjs already did.

Ten new itBundled tests cover node/bun/browser × dynamic require, minified, the no-host-require error message, require.resolve/uncalled/require.main, external require for node, an esm guard, and two import.meta.main iife tests run under both bun and node.

Security risks

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Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The individual edits are small and each is directly justified against the linker's existing format != Cjs rule and esbuild's iife behavior, but they change the runtime shim that ships in every --target=node --format=iife bundle and what the printer emits for import.meta.main. I verified esm and cjs paths are unaffected: node+esm still hits the Target::Node if output_format != Iife arm and keeps createRequire; cjs still has require_ref = None so the printer's new match takes the _ => arm and prints module as before; and the parser's added !is_esm() branch is a no-op for cjs and InternalBakeDev because record_usage_of_runtime_require is gated on auto_polyfill_require, which is off for both.

Other factors

  • The tests are strong: they execute the bundle under both bun and node (not just snapshotting output), assert on the presence/absence of createRequire/import.meta/__require("node:module"), and include a minified variant and a no-host-require negative test. The description reports 9/10 fail on the unfixed build (the esm guard passes on both), confirmed by robobun's USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 run.
  • The PR description is unusually thorough — it traces the mechanism to specific source lines, explains why each __require flavor can/cannot appear in an iife, and explicitly scopes out the remaining --target=bun --format=iife import.meta.main gap as a separate issue.
  • I'm deferring rather than approving because the choice of shim for node iife (ambient require vs. createRequire) and the __require.module → module change for the import.meta.main lowering are semantic decisions about emitted code that a bundler maintainer should confirm, even though the reasoning (an iife is a script, so import/import.meta.url are unavailable and the host require/module are the correct bindings; matches esbuild) looks sound.

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I reviewed this PR and found no bugs on the current revision — the two precedence issues flagged earlier were fixed in ad9070f and 80ffd46, and the coderabbit test-coverage suggestion landed in a9b0f8a. Because the change spans the parser, printer, and runtime-source selection (notably swapping node+iife to the browser __require shim and the unbound-module-symbol reservation), a human look at the design would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • auto_polyfill_require now matches the linker's format != cjs rule; get_runtime_source callers all updated.
  • Printer's module-operand match preserves pre-PR cjs+node behavior (literal module, not commonjs_module_ref) and only emits __require.module for esm.
  • Both EImportMetaMain printer arms now wrap at the right precedence and the inverted form is enumerated in the BinPow left-operand list alongside EUndefined/minified EBoolean.
  • compute_initial_reserved_names reserves module only for cjs, so the per-file unbound symbol is what makes the chunk-wide renamer avoid the name for iife — verified by the ShadowedModuleBinding test.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes #24540 (ReferenceError: __require is not defined in --format=iife output) by bringing the parser's auto_polyfill_require gate in line with the linker's runtime_require_ref rule (both now cover esm and iife), and by threading output_format into get_runtime_source so node+iife uses the browser-style shim (an iife cannot contain import { createRequire } or import.meta.url). It also extends import.meta.main lowering to iife: renames lower_import_meta_main_for_node_js → lower_import_meta_main, records a __require use so the runtime part survives tree-shaking, declares an unbound module symbol so the renamer keeps user bindings of that name away from the host's module, and reworks the printer's EImportMetaMain arm to (a) keep import.meta.main for iife+bun, (b) parenthesize both the kept !import.meta.main and the lowered ==/!= forms at the right precedence, and (c) print the literal module operand for iife/cjs vs __require.module for esm. Eight files touched; ~350 diff lines, roughly half tests.

Security risks

None identified. This is bundler codegen; no untrusted input parsing beyond what the parser already handles, no auth/crypto/permissions.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The parser/printer/linker are core bundler paths where a subtle mistake miscompiles user code silently. The two precedence bugs my earlier review caught (unwrapped !import.meta.main under a member target, and left of **) illustrate that; both were fixed with regression tests. On the current revision the bug hunter found nothing, and I traced the printer's new match arms against the pre-PR behavior for every format×target combination that reaches the lowering branch — cjs+node still prints the literal host module (the coderabbit thread confirms that ordering is deliberate), esm+node still prints __require.module, and iife now prints the host module with the name reserved via the new unbound symbol.

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough: 8 new bundler_cjs cases (dynamic require × three targets, minified, no-host-require error, require.resolve/uncalled/.main, external require, esm guard) and 8 new bundler_edgecase cases (iife × three targets run under both bun and node, required-as-non-main, inverted forms, shadowed module, member/** precedence for both keep and lower branches). All comment-cop and reviewer threads are resolved. What tips this to defer rather than approve is the scope: it changes which runtime shim is compiled into node+iife bundles and introduces a per-file unbound-symbol pattern to reserve a name chunk-wide — both are reasonable, but they're design calls a bundler maintainer should sign off on rather than land purely on automated review.

robobun and others added 8 commits August 21, 2026 00:50
The printer rewrites require(expr), require.resolve(expr), uncalled
require references and the import.meta.main lowering to the runtime's
__require in every output format except cjs, but the parser only
imported the runtime part defining it for esm. In iife output the part
was tree-shaken and the bundle threw "__require is not defined".

Enable the runtime require import for iife as well. For target node the
iife runtime uses the same require shim as the browser, since an iife
can neither import node:module nor read import.meta.url; this also
fixes external require() calls in node iife output, whose runtime part
was printed as a reference to itself. import.meta.main records the
__require use in iife output and, for node, compares against the host
module binding instead of __require.module, which only exists as the
esm lowering.

Fixes #24540
Decide in one place (ParseTask) which entry points get import.meta.main
lowered: esm output for node and iife output for every target but bun,
whose `// @bun` iife is loaded as an ES module where import.meta.main
works and no `module` binding exists. The printer keeps it verbatim for
that combination instead of emitting a comparison that throws.

When the iife lowering prints the host's `module`, the parser declares
an unbound `module` in the entry point's scope so the renamer keeps
bundled bindings off that name, as cjs output already does through its
reserved names; otherwise a top-level `module` binding anywhere in the
bundle silently made import.meta.main false.

The lowering prints as an == expression, so parenthesize it like one:
`!import.meta.main` was printed as `!x.main == module` (also in the
existing esm lowering for node).

Tests cover all three iife targets as main and when required from
another module, the inverted forms, a shadowing `module` binding and
the esm/node parenthesization.
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I re-reviewed after the fixes for the two precedence issues I raised earlier (both addressed in ad9070f / 80ffd46) and CodeRabbit's test-coverage note (addressed in a9b0f8a); this pass found no further bugs. Given the scope — runtime-source selection now varies by output format, the EImportMetaMain printer arm is restructured with new precedence wrapping, and the parser declares an unbound module symbol to steer the iife renamer — a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • auto_polyfill_require / runtime_require_ref now agree for iife; esm and cjs paths unchanged (guarded by the new __require_esm_dynamic_require_target_node test).
  • The node-iife → RUNTIME_REQUIRE_OTHER shim swap: verified it can't leak into esm/cjs (the Format::Iife guard is the only new arm) and that bun-iife keeps import.meta.require.
  • The module name-reservation via declare_generated_symbol(Unbound, "module"): only declared once per file, and the ImportMetaMainIIFEShadowedModuleBinding test confirms sibling files' module bindings are renamed too.
  • Both new precedence wraps (gte(Prefix) for the kept inverted form, gte(Equals) for the lowered form) plus the BinPow left-operand list entry, with tests covering member-target and ** for keep and lowered paths.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes #24540: --format=iife bundles that print the runtime's __require (dynamic require(), require.resolve, uncalled require, require.main, or a lowered import.meta.main) previously threw ReferenceError: __require is not defined because the parser's auto_polyfill_require feature was only enabled for esm output while the linker's runtime_require_ref prints __require for both esm and iife. The fix has four coordinated pieces across five source files: (1) ParseTask.rs enables auto_polyfill_require for iife and threads output_format into get_runtime_source so node-iife uses the ambient-require shim instead of the createRequire(import.meta.url) flavor that can't exist in a script; (2) p.rs records the __require runtime use whenever import.meta.main will be lowered and, for iife, declares an unbound module symbol so the renamer keeps bundled module bindings away from the host's; (3) lib.rs restructures the EImportMetaMain printer arm to keep import.meta.main for bun-iife (loaded as ESM), lower it elsewhere with the correct right-hand operand per format, and parenthesize both the kept-inverted and lowered forms at their precedence levels (including the BinPow left-operand special case); (4) bundle_v2.rs and transpiler.rs are mechanical signature updates. Test coverage is thorough: 8 new bundler_cjs cases and 8 new bundler_edgecase cases exercising all three targets, minified output, the no-host-require error path, all four require reference forms, external requires, an esm regression guard, and every precedence position touched.

Security risks

None. This is bundler output-generation logic with no auth, crypto, filesystem, or network surface. The change affects what JavaScript text the bundler emits, not how it processes untrusted input.

Level of scrutiny

High. The bundler's parser/printer/linker coordination is one of Bun's most correctness-sensitive subsystems — a mis-emitted token is a miscompile that silently breaks user code at runtime. This PR crosses four of those layers with invariants that must agree by construction ("must match runtime_require_ref", "must agree with EImportMetaMain in the printer"), and the review history shows the precedence handling needed two follow-up fixes to close the class. The design decision to route node-iife through the browser shim (rather than, say, erroring or emitting a top-level createRequire outside the iife) is defensible and matches esbuild, but is the kind of behavioral choice a maintainer should sign off on.

Other factors

All prior review threads are resolved: my two precedence findings (member-expression target and ** left operand for the kept-inverted form) were fixed with tests; CodeRabbit's request for a lowered-form variant of those tests was addressed; CodeRabbit's commonjs_module_ref ordering concern was withdrawn after the author explained the host-module semantics. The bug-hunting system found nothing this run. The declare_generated_symbol(Unbound, "module") mechanism is a new pattern in the parser (mirroring what compute_initial_reserved_names does for cjs) and is worth a maintainer's eye to confirm it's the right layer for name reservation, though the ImportMetaMainIIFEShadowedModuleBinding test proves it works end-to-end including for sibling files.

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__require is not created when using 'iife' as output format

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