bundler: lower import.meta to a per-file object in cjs and iife output

[robobun]

Problem

• bun build --format=cjs prints every import.meta reference that is not one of the inlined path properties verbatim (import.meta.env, import.meta.resolve(...), import.meta.require, a bare import.meta, any unknown property). cjs output is never a module, so node rejects the whole file with SyntaxError: Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module, and for --target=bun the // @bun @bun-cjs function wrapper fails with SyntaxError: import.meta is only valid inside modules.
• --bytecode (and --compile --bytecode) defaults to cjs output and compiles that wrapper, so the same references make the build print error: Failed to generate bytecode for ./entry.js (exit code still 0) and the executable throws the SyntaxError at startup. This is what is left of Using import.meta.dir when compiling with --bytecode flag throws error #14954 (closed) after import.meta.dir was inlined. import.meta.env causes a cryptic TypeError in bun build --compile #21097 is the import.meta.env instance: with this change that build gets the new warning pointing at the reference and the executable fails with TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'import_meta.env.DATABASE_URL') instead of the bytecode error, so the issue is related but not closed by this PR (Lower import.meta.env to process.env when bundling #28692 is the open PR that gives import.meta.env a value).
• --format=iife for the browser and node targets has the same gap for every property, including the paths (same finding as bundler: inline import.meta paths in iife output for browser and node targets #38132).
• The inlining itself did not check whether the access is being written to: import.meta.url = "x" / import.meta.file++ bundled to "file:///.../a.js" = "x" / "a.js"++, invalid output with exit code 0.
• Cause: the only handling of import.meta was the EImportMeta arm of the property-access folding in src/js_parser/fold.rs, which inlined five properties for cjs and fell through to printing the E::Dot otherwise; e_import_meta in src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs only applied --define, and the printer prints the node as import.meta in every format.

$ printf 'console.log(import.meta.env?.MODE, typeof import.meta.resolve, import.meta);\n' > env.js
$ bun build env.js --format=cjs --target=node --outfile=out.cjs && node out.cjs
SyntaxError: Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module
$ bun build env.js --compile --bytecode --outfile=app
error: Failed to generate bytecode for ./env.js

Fix

• New bundler-only parser option lower_import_meta (src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs), set in src/bundler/ParseTask.rs for cjs output, and for iife output of files that do not target bun. esm, the dev server format and bun-target iife (loaded as a module, where import.meta is real) are untouched, and so is the runtime source (its import.meta is the __require definition, which an empty object could not replace).
• With the option set, e_import_meta rewrites every import.meta that no --define replaced to a generated import_meta symbol (P::value_for_import_meta, src/js_parser/p.rs). The folding in fold.rs recognizes that symbol as well as the raw node (maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property, shared by both arms) and keeps inlining dir/dirname/file/path/url, now also filename (same value as path, like bundler: fold import.meta.filename for cjs output; emit direct-eval build note #35961), plus the existing main and hot handling; an inlined access gives the use back (ignore_usage_of_import_meta). After the visit pass, a file whose symbol still has uses gets a var import_meta = {}; part (parse_entry.rs, next to the __dirname/__filename one) marked removable, so tree shaking drops it again when every remaining reference was in removed code.
• Each reference that ends up pointing at the empty object is reported as "import.meta" is not available with the "cjs" output format and will be empty (esbuild's wording for the same situation); references inside a try body and in node_modules are not reported, mirroring how unresolvable dynamic imports and esbuild's version of this warning are treated.
• Assignment and delete targets return before any inlining, for every format: the write stays a property access (import_meta.url = "x" in lowered output, import.meta.url = "x" in esm). The printer already emits a bare delete import.meta as delete (0, import_meta).
• Why this is the right shape: it is what esbuild does for import.meta in cjs and iife output (an empty import_meta object per file plus a warning), it keeps the build-time path inlining that cjs output and Bake already rely on (the closing note on bundler: resolve __dirname/__filename at runtime for --target=bun/node #35470 records that as intentional), and a bundle that used to be rejected at load time now loads, with the affected expressions evaluating to undefined exactly where a real module would have had values. The symbol is generated, so the renamer keeps it apart from a user variable called import_meta, and files wrapped in __commonJS get the declaration inside their closure.
• The runtime transpiler cache version is not bumped: outside the bundler the only output change is for writes to import.meta.main / import.meta.hot, which previously produced invalid code.
• Overlap: bundler: inline import.meta paths in iife output for browser and node targets #38132 moved the same inlining gate to iife (paths only); it was closed in favor of this PR, and its test cases are carried over here (edgecase/ImportMeta{Cjs,Iife}PathsAreInlinedPerFile* and the bun-target iife control), so this PR is the only open one for cjs/iife import.meta output. Lower import.meta.env to process.env when bundling #28692 (import.meta.env to process.env for the bun and node targets, every format) edits the same fold arm and composes with this change: whichever lands second moves the env rule into maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property and updates the .env expectations in the tests here. bundler: define __require in iife output #38077 (runtime __require in iife output) and js_parser: set p.delete_target before visiting the delete operand #36734 (delete_target, which is what makes the delete check here observable) compose with it as well.
• Verified with test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts (edgecase/ImportMeta{Cjs,Iife,Esm}*): 13 new tests pass with the debug build, 10 of them fail on the released binary (the other three guard esm, bun-target iife and the no-object case, which already held). They cover cjs under node and bun, minified output, --bytecode (.jsc written and the output runs), a __commonJS-wrapped file, a user import_meta variable, optional chain / index / typeof / delete / comma forms, the assignment targets, the warning set (inlined accesses, try and node_modules excluded), tree shaking of the declaration, iife for browser and node, the unchanged esm output, and (the carried-over cases) the exact inlined value of every path property for an entry plus a file in a subdirectory in cjs and in browser- and node-target iife output run under node, with bun-target iife output still reporting the bundle's own import.meta.url at run time.
• Also run with the debug build: bundler_edgecase, bundler_cjs, bundler_bun, bundler_banner, bundler_minify, esbuild/default, esbuild/dce, bundler_compile -t "bytecode|import.meta|main", transpiler/transpiler.test.js, transpiler/runtime-transpiler, js/bun/resolve/import-meta, bake/dev-and-prod, bake/dev/hot, all passing; cargo fmt --check clean.

Background

• import.meta is a meta property that only parses inside an ES module. esm output is a module; cjs output is a CommonJS script (for --target=bun the linker wraps the chunk in // @bun @bun-cjs\n(function(exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) {...}), which the runtime evaluates as a script and --bytecode compiles as such); iife output is a script for browser and node, while for bun it carries a // @bun pragma and is loaded as a module.
• Visit pass: the parser's second pass over the AST, where --define substitution, symbol binding and the property folding happen. A property access visits its target first and then calls maybe_rewrite_property_access with the visited target, which is why the folding has to recognize the replacement identifier rather than the original node.
• Generated symbols: declare_generated_symbol creates a symbol that is not a scope member, so user code cannot reference it by name and the renamer assigns it a unique name in the output (import_meta, import_meta2, ...). record_usage / ignore_usage maintain the per-part use counts that tree shaking and the renamer work from.
• Parts: the bundler splits each file into top-level statements ("parts") and only keeps the ones that are reached. A part with can_be_removed_if_unused is kept only when a live part uses a symbol it declares, which is how var import_meta = {}; follows the references to it.
• The parser does not know the bundle target, so target-dependent behavior is expressed as options computed per file in ParseTask.rs (import_meta_main_value and lower_import_meta_main_for_node_js are the existing examples).

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Walkthrough

Changes

The parser now lowers import.meta only for selected output formats. The property rewriter handles native and lowered forms, including path and URL properties. Bundler tests cover CJS, IIFE, ESM, warnings, tree shaking, and bytecode output.

import.meta lowering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parser lowering configuration src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs, src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs	Parser options control lowering. The parser creates a removable import_meta binding and tracks warnings.
import.meta property rewriting src/js_parser/fold.rs	Property rewriting supports native and lowered import.meta, including path values, URLs, HMR state, assignments, deletes, and fallback access.
Format wiring and output validation src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/transpiler.rs, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts	Bundler formats select lowering behavior. Tests validate CJS, IIFE, ESM, warnings, tree shaking, and bytecode output.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, alii, dylan-conway

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[robobun]

Status: ready for review. This is now the single open PR for import.meta in cjs and iife output: #38132 (path inlining for iife only) was closed in favor of it, after checking that its four test cases pass on this branch; they are carried over in d77c28e as edgecase/ImportMeta{Cjs,Iife}PathsAreInlinedPerFile* plus the bun-target iife control.

Reproduced on the released binary (1.4.0) and on main at b7a0431: bun build env.js --format=cjs --target=node --outfile=out.cjs && node out.cjs fails with SyntaxError: Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module, bun build env.js --compile --bytecode prints error: Failed to generate bytecode for ./env.js, and import.meta.url = "x" bundles to "file:///.../a.js" = "x", where env.js is console.log(import.meta.env?.MODE, typeof import.meta.resolve, import.meta);.

Verification: test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts -t ImportMeta: 17 pass with this branch (13 new), 10 of the new tests fail on the released binary (USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1); the whole bundler_edgecase.test.ts file passes with the debug build. The other suites listed in the description were run on the previous commit, which this one only adds tests to.

Related: #28692 (import.meta.env to process.env, composes; see the description), #35961 (import.meta.filename, included here), #38077 (__require in iife output), #36734 (delete_target), #21097 (import.meta.env with --compile --bytecode: the bytecode error is gone and the build warns, but import.meta.env itself stays undefined in cjs output, so this PR does not close it).

[github-actions]

This PR may be a duplicate of:

1. bundler: inline import.meta paths in iife output for browser and node targets #38132 - Same fix with smaller scope: adds inline_import_meta_paths for cjs + non-bun iife and swaps the identical fold.rs gate, which this PR subsumes.
2. bundler: fold import.meta.filename for cjs output; emit direct-eval build note #35961 - Contains the same fold.rs change inlining import.meta.filename for cjs output, plus an overlapping bundler_edgecase.test.ts case.
3. Lower import.meta.env to process.env when bundling #28692 - Competing fix for the same issue import.meta.env causes a cryptic TypeError in bun build --compile #21097 and the same --compile --bytecode failure in the same EImportMeta fold arm, lowering import.meta.env to process.env instead.

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[robobun]

Checked the three candidates:

• bundler: inline import.meta paths in iife output for browser and node targets #38132 moves the existing path inlining to iife output for the browser and node targets. This PR sets up the same gate (cjs, and iife unless the file targets bun) and additionally handles every reference that is not inlined, so it subsumes bundler: inline import.meta paths in iife output for browser and node targets #38132; the two touch the same block in fold.rs and ParseTask.rs, so whichever lands second needs a small rebase.
• bundler: fold import.meta.filename for cjs output; emit direct-eval build note #35961 adds import.meta.filename to the inlined set for cjs output. That one property is included here as well (path and filename share an arm); the direct-eval note in bundler: fold import.meta.filename for cjs output; emit direct-eval build note #35961 is unrelated to this PR.
• Lower import.meta.env to process.env when bundling #28692 is not the same fix: it lowers import.meta.env specifically to process.env for the bun and node targets in every format, so that property keeps its value. This PR is about the output being loadable at all: with it, import.meta.env in cjs and iife output is undefined with a build warning, like every other property that has no bundle-time value. The two compose (the env lowering would slot into the shared fold helper ahead of the fallback); if Lower import.meta.env to process.env when bundling #28692 lands first, the .env expectations in the new tests need updating along with the rebase.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Since it changes bundler output semantics for import.meta across cjs/iife, adds a new parser option and user-visible warnings, and overlaps with #38132, a human look at the design and landing order would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The two import_meta_ref producers (value_for_import_meta during visit vs. the $Bun_import_meta wrapper param in to_ast) are mutually exclusive — the wrapper path is runtime-only and runs after the visit pass, so is_import_meta_stand_in cannot mis-match it.
• The old cjs inlining gate (bundle && output_format == Cjs) is preserved: the bundler always sets lower_import_meta = true for cjs, and the transpiler sets it to false.
• Assignment/delete targets return early before inlining, so import.meta.url = x no longer prints "file:///..." = x; ignore_usage_of_import_meta only fires on the identifier arm, keeping the use-count balanced.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR lowers import.meta to a per-file var import_meta = {} when the bundle output is not an ES module (cjs, and iife for non-bun targets), matching esbuild's behavior. It threads a new lower_import_meta option through ParseTask.rs → parse_entry.rs → the visit pass (visit_expr.rs) → property folding (fold.rs), adds symbol/loc bookkeeping in p.rs, emits the declaration part and warnings after the visit pass, and adds a Format::name() helper for the diagnostic. Fourteen new itBundled tests exercise cjs (node + bun + bytecode + minified), iife (browser/node/bun), esm guards, tree-shaking of the declaration, user-declared import_meta collision, assignment/delete targets, and the warning suppression rules.

Security risks

None. This is compile-time AST rewriting of import.meta in the bundler; no untrusted-input parsing, no auth/crypto/permission surface. The only external data touched is p.source.path for the inlined url/dir/etc. strings, which was already used identically in the code being refactored.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. The parser and bundler are hot, correctness-critical paths; a mistake here silently corrupts every cjs/iife bundle. The change also introduces user-visible behavior: new warnings, a new inlined property (filename), and different runtime semantics for import.meta.env etc. in cjs output (now undefined on an empty object rather than a load-time SyntaxError). That is the right direction and matches esbuild, but it is a design decision, not a mechanical fix.

Other factors

• The implementation reuses the existing import_meta_ref field. I verified the two writers are disjoint: the runtime CJS wrapper ($Bun_import_meta) writes it in to_ast after the visit pass and only under commonjs_at_runtime, whereas lower_import_meta is bundler-only and writes it during the visit pass. The printer's EImportMeta arm (which reads options.import_meta_ref) is unreachable in the lowered path because every EImportMeta has already been rewritten to an EIdentifier.
• The ignore_usage_of_import_meta linear rposition over empty_import_meta_locs is O(n) per inlined access but bounded by the number of import.meta occurrences in one file and searches from the end (the just-pushed entry), so it is effectively O(1) in practice.
• The PR description explicitly notes overlap with #38132 (subsumed) and composition with #38077 / #36734 — a human should coordinate landing order.
• The runtime transpiler cache version is intentionally not bumped (justified in the description); a maintainer should confirm they agree with that reasoning.

Given the scope, the new user-facing surface, and the cross-PR coordination, this exceeds the bar for auto-approval even though no defects were found.

[robobun]

On landing order: this PR contains everything #38132 does (same gate, same inlined values, plus the fallback object), so the simplest sequence is to land this one and close #38132; if #38132 goes in first instead, this PR needs a rebase of the same fold.rs / ParseTask.rs block and I will do that as soon as it happens. The design points raised (cjs/iife import.meta becoming an empty object plus a warning, the new option, not bumping the transpiler cache version) are the ones laid out in the description; nothing further to add beyond what is there, and the status comment above will be kept current.

[robobun]

#38132 has been closed in favor of this PR. Its four test cases passed unchanged on this branch (checked with a debug build before closing it) and are carried over in d77c28e: edgecase/ImportMetaCjsPathsAreInlinedPerFile, edgecase/ImportMetaIifePathsAreInlinedPerFile, edgecase/ImportMetaIifePathsAreInlinedPerFileTargetNode (exact inlined values for an entry plus a file in a subdirectory, import.meta.filename included, output run under node), and edgecase/ImportMetaIifeTargetBunKeepsImportMeta now also checks that bun-target iife output reports the bundle's own import.meta.url at run time. With that commit, bundler_edgecase.test.ts -t ImportMeta is 17 passing with the debug build and 10 of the 13 new tests fail on the released binary; the whole file passes. The description was updated accordingly.

[robobun]

Shortened the comments the lint flagged in f83d142 (no code changes) and resolved the review threads. The remaining two to four line comments document contracts the code cannot express, so I kept those rather than deleting them.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes core parser visit-pass and property-folding behavior across the format×target matrix and introduces the empty-object import.meta semantics with warning suppression rules, a human look at the design would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The is_import_meta_stand_in guard in fold.rs runs before the general EIdentifier arm and only matches after value_for_import_meta sets the ref, so it does not intercept ordinary identifiers or the runtime $Bun_import_meta wrapper (set post-visit at p.rs:8255).
• ignore_usage_of_import_meta's rposition+rotate keeps warning locs in source order and correctly no-ops when the entry was suppressed (try/node_modules); the use-count check in parse_entry.rs gates the var import_meta = {} part so all-inlined files emit nothing.
• The assign/delete-target early return in maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property is new for all formats but only changes output for writes to .main/.hot, which previously produced invalid code, so the transpiler cache version staying unbumped checks out.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR adds a new bundler-only parser option lower_import_meta that rewrites import.meta to a per-file var import_meta = {} stand-in in cjs output and in iife output for non-bun targets, matching esbuild's behavior. It touches 7 source files: the parser option struct (parse_entry.rs), option wiring (ParseTask.rs, transpiler.rs), the visit-pass EImportMeta handler (visit_expr.rs), the property-access folder (fold.rs, refactored into a shared maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property helper), stand-in symbol management on P (p.rs), and a Format::name() helper for diagnostics (parser.rs). It adds ~320 lines of tests across 13 new itBundled cases.

Security risks

None. The change is a pure AST transform in the bundler; no user input reaches syscalls, allocations sized by external data, or any privilege boundary. The only new user-facing surface is a build-time warning string.

Level of scrutiny

High. The property-access folder (maybe_rewrite_property_access) runs on every dot/index access in every parsed file, and the new match arm on EIdentifier with the is_import_meta_stand_in guard is evaluated for every identifier-targeted property access. The change also introduces a design decision — that non-inlined import.meta in cjs/iife output becomes an empty object with a warning — which is user-visible behavior a maintainer should sign off on, along with the warning-suppression rules (try body, node_modules), the bun-target-iife exclusion, and the choice not to bump the runtime transpiler cache version.

Other factors

The test coverage is thorough (cjs under node/bun, minified, bytecode, __commonJS-wrapped file, user import_meta collision, optional chain/index/typeof/delete/comma forms, assignment targets, warning set, tree-shaking of the declaration, iife for browser/node, esm and bun-iife controls, per-file inlined path values). The PR reuses the existing import_meta_ref field on P for a second purpose, which is documented in the field comment and appears mutually exclusive with the runtime $Bun_import_meta use (that ref is assigned post-visit in the wrapper generator, so the fold-pass guard never sees it). There are three overlapping open/recently-closed PRs (#38132 closed in favor of this, #35961 for filename, #28692 for .env) that a maintainer will want to coordinate. All comment-cop threads on this PR are resolved.

[robobun]

The automated review above found no bugs and no action items, so there are no code changes from it. Lint checks and the review threads are all resolved, CI is green except one Windows lane still running. Ready for a maintainer to look at the design points it lists (empty-object import.meta semantics, warning suppression in try/node_modules, and the bun-target iife exclusion).

[robobun]

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[robobun]

Heads-up from #39715: that PR leaves import.meta as written in cjs output for files whose target is bun, where the @bun-cjs wrapper now receives the real object as a sixth argument, and it adds the parser option inline_import_meta_paths, set in ParseTask.rs as framework.is_some() || (cjs && !target.is_bun()). Whichever of the two lands second: the cjs half of lower_import_meta should use that same predicate so bun-target files keep the real object, and the expectations here for --bytecode output (which is bun-target cjs) would change accordingly. The iife half is unaffected.

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[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes user-visible bundler output semantics for import.meta in cjs/iife (empty-object stand-in, warning suppression in try/node_modules, bun-target iife exclusion) and there's an open coordination point with #39715 on the cjs-for-bun predicate, a maintainer look at those design choices would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The lower_import_meta gate in ParseTask.rs and its exclusion of the runtime source and bun-target iife.
• Symbol usage bookkeeping: record_usage/ignore_usage balance when a property access is inlined, and that the var import_meta = {} part is only emitted when use_count_estimate > 0 and marked can_be_removed_if_unused.
• Assign/delete-target guard preventing "file:///..." = x output; the EIdentifier guard-arm ordering so the stand-in is recognised before the generic identifier arm.
• Test coverage across cjs/iife/esm × node/bun/browser, minify, bytecode, tree shaking, user-declared import_meta collision, and the warning set.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR adds a bundler-only parser option lower_import_meta, set for cjs output and for non-bun-target iife output, that rewrites every import.meta reference (after --define) to a per-file generated import_meta symbol. Known path properties (dir/dirname/file/path/filename/url) plus main/hot are then inlined off that symbol via a new shared maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property helper (which now also guards against inlining assignment/delete targets in every format). References that survive inlining get a var import_meta = {} part (tree-shakable) and a per-reference build warning. Eight files touched: parser state (p.rs), the visit pass (visit_expr.rs), property folding (fold.rs), part emission (parse_entry.rs), the option plumbing (ParseTask.rs, transpiler.rs, parser.rs), and 13 new itBundled tests.

Security risks

None identified. The change is confined to AST transformation of import.meta in bundled output; no untrusted-input parsing, no filesystem/network side effects beyond what the bundler already does.

Level of scrutiny

High. This changes the shape of bundled cjs/iife output for every file that references import.meta, introduces new parser state (import_meta_ref reuse, empty_import_meta_locs), and threads usage counting through the visit pass so tree shaking and the renamer stay correct. The behavior itself is a design choice (matching esbuild's empty-object-plus-warning approach) that the author explicitly flagged for maintainer sign-off.

Other factors

• The author's own status comment asks a maintainer to look at three design points: empty-object semantics, warning suppression in try/node_modules, and the bun-target iife exclusion.
• The most recent thread comment (2026-08-20) notes that #39715 introduces a competing predicate for bun-target cjs (passing the real import.meta through the @bun-cjs wrapper), which would change the lower_import_meta gate and the --bytecode test expectations here — landing order and predicate reconciliation need a human call.
• Test coverage is thorough (13 new cases, run under both node and bun, verified to fail on the released binary), and all comment-cop threads are resolved. No bugs were found by the automated review.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it makes a semantics decision for import.meta in cjs/iife output (empty object + warning, esbuild-style), refactors the parser's property-folding path, and has a known pending interaction with #39715 for bun-target cjs, a maintainer should sign off on the design.

Checked: the lower_import_meta gate in ParseTask.rs (runtime source excluded, esm/bake untouched); the fold.rs refactor preserves the pre-existing main/hot/path inlining and can_be_removed_if_unused behavior; assign/delete targets now correctly bail before inlining; ignore_usage_of_import_meta balances record_usage and removes the pending warning entry in source order; the var import_meta = {} part is only emitted when use_count_estimate > 0 and is marked removable for tree-shaking.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR adds bundler-only lowering of import.meta to a per-file var import_meta = {} in cjs and non-bun iife output, so those bundles no longer contain the import.meta meta-property (a syntax error outside ES modules). It touches 8 files: a new lower_import_meta parser option wired through ParseTask.rs/transpiler.rs/parse_entry.rs; visit_expr.rs rewrites the node to a generated import_meta symbol; fold.rs moves the existing EImportMeta folding into a shared maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property helper that also recognizes the stand-in identifier and now guards against assignment/delete targets; p.rs adds the symbol/usage bookkeeping and warning-location tracking; parse_entry.rs emits the removable declaration part and the per-reference warnings; parser.rs adds Format::name(). 13 new itBundled tests in bundler_edgecase.test.ts cover cjs (node+bun), bytecode, minified, iife (browser+node+bun), esm control, expression shapes, tree-shaking, and the warning set.

Security risks

None. This is a build-time AST transform of import.meta references; no untrusted input parsing beyond what the parser already handles, no filesystem/network/credential paths touched.

Level of scrutiny

High. The change edits the parser's visit pass and property-access folding — a hot, correctness-critical path where a wrong rewrite silently produces broken output. It also encodes a user-visible semantics decision (unknown import.meta.* becomes undefined with a warning rather than the old syntax error) and adds filename to the inlined set. The refactor of the existing EImportMeta arm needs to be behavior-preserving for esm/Bake, which the tests appear to cover but a maintainer should confirm.

Other factors

• The author's own status comment explicitly asks for a maintainer to look at the design points (empty-object semantics, warning suppression in try/node_modules, bun-target iife exclusion).
• A later robobun heads-up (Aug 20) flags that #39715 changes the bun-target cjs story (real import.meta passed to the @bun-cjs wrapper), so whichever lands second needs to adjust the cjs half of the lower_import_meta predicate and the --bytecode test expectations here.
• The comment-cop lint threads are all resolved; test coverage is thorough (10/13 new tests fail on the released binary per the description); CI is reported green.
• No prior review from me on this PR.

[robobun]

CI status: the only test that stays red is test/js/bun/http/bun-server.test.ts on the windows 2019 x64 lane, in both build 102210 and build 102233. It is a websocket GC wrapper-count test with the same failure on both runs, it does not involve import.meta or the bundler, and it is reported to main-break triage. Every other failure in those builds passed on retry. The diff itself is green: all 17 ImportMeta bundler tests pass, review threads are resolved, and the branch is rebased on main. Ready for a maintainer.

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[claude]

Automated review ran and found no bugs. Given the scope — new parser option threaded through the visit pass, symbol usage bookkeeping, a new tree-shakeable part, and the user-visible semantics change for import.meta in cjs/iife output — a maintainer look at the design points already flagged in the thread is still warranted.

Checked: the guarded EIdentifier arm in fold.rs precedes the general namespace-import arm so the stand-in is not misrouted; record_usage/ignore_usage stay balanced when the loc was suppressed (try body / node_modules / dead code) because ignore_usage_of_import_meta tolerates a missing entry; assign/delete targets return None before any ignore_usage, so the stand-in's use count is not under-counted for writes; the var import_meta = {} part is gated on use_count_estimate > 0 and marked can_be_removed_if_unused, matching the neighboring __dirname/__filename pattern.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR adds a bundler-only lower_import_meta parser option that rewrites import.meta to a per-file generated import_meta symbol in cjs output and non-bun iife output, declares var import_meta = {} as a removable part when any reference survives, keeps the existing path-property inlining (now also filename) via a shared maybe_rewrite_import_meta_property helper, and emits an esbuild-worded warning per surviving reference (suppressed in try bodies and node_modules). It also fixes assignment/delete targets so import.meta.url = x no longer inlines to an invalid LHS. Eight files changed with ~500 lines including 13 new itBundled tests.

Security risks

None identified. This is AST-rewriting logic with no I/O, auth, or untrusted-length arithmetic; the only string handling is arena-copied source paths already used by the existing inlining.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is core parser/bundler code on the hot visit path, changes user-visible output semantics (previously-rejected bundles now load with import.meta as {}), adds a new warning, and interacts with symbol use-count bookkeeping that tree shaking and the renamer depend on. The author has explicitly asked for maintainer sign-off on the empty-object semantics, the try/node_modules warning suppression, and the bun-target iife exclusion. There is also a flagged interaction with #39715 that would change the cjs predicate for bun-target files.

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough (cjs under node and bun, minified, bytecode, __commonJS-wrapped, user import_meta collision, optional chain / index / typeof / delete, assignment targets, warning set, tree shaking of the declaration, iife per target, and unchanged esm/bun-iife controls). All comment-cop threads are resolved. No prior claude[bot] review on this PR. The change is well-reasoned and matches esbuild's approach, but the combination of design decisions and the pending #39715 interaction make this one a maintainer should confirm rather than an auto-approve.