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  • Bun's CommonJS wrapper already passes the module's real import.meta as a sixth argument when the wrapper declares one (JSCommonJSModule.cpp:228). LinkerContext::chunk_has_bun_cjs_wrapper decides once per chunk whether the chunk gets the @bun-cjs wrapper. The header and footer, the chunk renamer (which reserves the name $Bun_import_meta there) and a printer option for every file in the chunk use that answer.
  • Inside such a chunk the printer prints import.meta as $Bun_import_meta and reports that on its result. The header declares the argument when any part range reported it. Chunks without the wrapper, such as the browser chunk of an HTML import, print import.meta as before.
  • The parser inlines the source paths only for Bake and for cjs output of files whose target is not bun (inline_import_meta_paths, set in ParseTask).
  • Correct because the runtime builds the object the way the ESM loader does (ZigGlobalObject.cpp:3923), so cjs output gets the ESM values for every property. Output that does not use import.meta is unchanged.
  • Verified: test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts, 7 new tests, 6 fail on the released build. Other suites are listed in the notes.

Background

  • cjs output for bun is a (function(exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) {...}) script that the runtime calls, and that --bytecode compiles. import.meta is a syntax error in a script. A bun build with an HTML import also emits browser chunks, which are plain module scripts without the wrapper.
  • $Bun_import_meta is the name the runtime transpiler already uses for this argument when it wraps a CommonJS file that uses import.meta. Both sites read E::ImportMeta::CJS_WRAPPER_ARG.
  • Reserved names are names the renamer gives to no symbol in a chunk. exports and module are reserved in cjs output the same way, which is what lets the printer emit require.main == module by name.
  • PrintResultSuccess is what the printer returns per part range. bundler: build the ESM bytecode module record from what the printer emits #37677 derives the ESM bytecode module record from what the printer emitted instead of from the AST. The new uses_import_meta_arg flag on it follows that pattern.

Fixes #21097

Notes

Repro on main, and the binary built from this branch:

$ cat ident.ts
console.log(JSON.stringify({ path: import.meta.path, dir: import.meta.dir, url: import.meta.url, main: import.meta.main, bunMain: Bun.main }));
$ bun build --compile --bytecode ./ident.ts --outfile ./bc && ./bc
# main:  {"path":"/tmp/proj/ident.ts","dir":"/tmp/proj","url":"file:///tmp/proj/ident.ts","main":true,"bunMain":"/$bunfs/root/bc"}
# fixed: {"path":"/$bunfs/root/bc","dir":"/$bunfs/root","url":"file:///$bunfs/root/bc","main":true,"bunMain":"/$bunfs/root/bc"}
$ strings ./bc | grep -c /tmp/proj
# main: 4, fixed: 0. A file that also uses __dirname keeps the hits of the __dirname inlining, see below.

The sixth argument hook dates from #3104 (2023), so it predates @bun-cjs output (#14232). Bundles built this way load on every Bun that can load @bun-cjs output. #19250's closing note lists these inlined import.meta values as the remaining build paths in a --bytecode binary.

Output of a plain bun build --target=bun --format=cjs for a file that uses import.meta, plus a .cjs dependency that uses it too:

// @bun @bun-cjs
(function(exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname, $Bun_import_meta) {
// lib/dep.cjs
var require_dep = __commonJS(function(exports2) {
  exports2.pathOfDep = () => $Bun_import_meta.path;
});
// entry.ts
var $Bun_import_meta2 = "user variable";
console.log($Bun_import_meta.path === Bun.main);
})

A user variable with the reserved name is renamed, in nested scopes too. --minify output keeps the argument because the header is printed by the linker. Non-compile --target=bun --format=cjs bundles change as well: import.meta.dir is now the output directory at run time, which is what esm output of the same build already reported. cjs output for node and browser, esm output, iife output and Bake are unchanged. The embedded sqlite module, which the loader builds as import.meta.require(...) without the parser, now works in cjs output too, because the argument is declared from what the printer emitted, not from a parser flag.

Revision history. The first revision keyed the printer on the build's target and declared the argument from the per-file HAS_IMPORT_META flag. Review of that revision found two things. The sqlite module has no such flag, so it was patched with one (commit 767beef, now removed). And a bun build with an HTML import prints browser chunks with the same printer options, so import.meta.env in a client file became a bare $Bun_import_meta reference in a chunk that has no wrapper (main ships import.meta there). Reproduced with this branch's debug build before the rework. The current revision keys everything on chunk_has_bun_cjs_wrapper and is covered by bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsHtmlImport, which checks that the browser chunk still contains import.meta and that only the server chunk is wrapped. A --target=node --format=cjs build whose entry has a #!/usr/bin/env bun hashbang gets the wrapper today, because the entry's own target is bun. The entry file now uses the argument (its target is bun, so nothing is inlined) and the other files keep the inlined paths. Checked: such a bundle runs, and import.meta.env in it used to be a SyntaxError.

Related open PRs, and how this composes with them:

Found while testing and handed off separately: two bundled modules that both use __dirname collide (the last declaration wins), and new Worker(new URL("./w.ts", import.meta.url)) from the executables docs fails in every standalone executable with ModuleNotFound /$bunfs/root/w.ts (the .ts to .js remap only applies to relative specifiers). A --bytecode build of that docs example only appeared to work before because it loaded the worker from the source tree on the build machine.

Test placement: compile/HelloWorldWithProcessVersionsBun in bundler_compile.test.ts fails on every debug build independent of this change, so the new compile case lives in bundler_bun.test.ts, which is green on a debug build. The compile case also reads import.meta.env, which is the #21097 program. Three bake/dev/production tests timed out locally at the 5 s default and pass with a longer timeout. They do not involve import.meta.

Suites run with the debug build after the rework: bundler_bun (17 tests), bundler_banner, bundler_cjs, html-import-manifest, bundler_html_server, bundler_edgecase, bun-build-api, esbuild/default -t "ImportMeta|import.meta", bundler_compile -t "Bytecode|ImportMeta|pathToFileURLWorks|sqlite|html", bake/dev/import-meta-inline, js/bun/resolve/import-meta. cargo clippy and cargo fmt are clean for the four touched crates.


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fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 6 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (e0a2b82fd)

test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-cli [1122.23ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-api [487.06ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/import-bun-format-cjs [446.69ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/embedded-sqlite-file [411.87ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/sqlite-file [388.10ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunNoSourcemapMessage [448.36ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunSourcemapInline [454.11ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/unicode comment [340.15ms]
233 |       // --bytecode writes a second file, which the CLI only allows with --outdir.
234 |       ...(bytecode ? { outdir: "/out" } : {}),
235 |       files: importMetaFiles,
236 |       onAfterBundle(api) {
237 |         const out = api.readFile(bytecode ? "/out/entry.js" : "/out.js");
238 |         expect(out).toStartWith(bunCjsWrapper(bytecode ? "@bytecode " : "", ", $Bun_import_meta"));
                          ^
error: expect(received).toStartWith(expected)

Expected to start with: "// @bun @bun-cjs\n(function(exports, req
... (truncated)

release without fix: all passed
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (954f4cde7)

test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-cli [22.42ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-api [9.64ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/import-bun-format-cjs [7.16ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/embedded-sqlite-file [8.42ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/sqlite-file [6.86ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunNoSourcemapMessage [8.13ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunSourcemapInline [7.88ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/unicode comment [6.11ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs [8.01ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs+minify [7.42ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs+bytecode [10.47ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsUnused [7.23ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsEmbeddedSqlite [7.49ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsHtmlImport [6.44ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaCompileBytecode [148.66ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentAPI [8.41ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentInProductionAPI [7.06ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentCLI [8.33ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentInProductionCLI [8.02ms]

 19 pass
 0 fail
 44 expect() c
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (e0a2b82fd)

test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-cli [990.43ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/bytecode-depth-api [456.81ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/import-bun-format-cjs [439.49ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/embedded-sqlite-file [418.60ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/sqlite-file [406.53ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunNoSourcemapMessage [559.97ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/TargetBunSourcemapInline [456.70ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/unicode comment [345.19ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs [650.53ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs+minify [562.79ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjs+bytecode [783.74ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsUnused [434.43ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsEmbeddedSqlite [596.85ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsHtmlImport [378.73ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ImportMetaCompileBytecode [3453.59ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentAPI [353.04ms]
(pass) bundler > bun/ExportsConditionsDevelopmentInProduc
... (truncated)

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 616ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[0/5] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
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�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_errno v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/errno)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_ptr v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/ptr)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_boringssl_sys v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/boringssl_sys)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_safety v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/safety)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_base64 v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/base64)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_cares_sys v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/cares_sys)
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�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_picohttp v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/picohttp)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_brotli v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/brotli)
�[1m�[92m   Compiling�[0m bun_output v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/output)
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... (truncated)
diff hotspot
src/ast/e.rs                                       |   5 +
 src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs                       |   8 ++
 src/bundler/ParseTask.rs                           |   4 +
 src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs                           |   7 +-
 .../linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs |   8 +-
 .../generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs             |   2 +
 src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs   |  55 ++++---
 src/bundler/linker_context/renameSymbolsInChunk.rs |   5 +
 src/bundler/transpiler.rs                          |   1 +
 src/js_parser/fold.rs                              |   8 +-
 src/js_parser/p.rs                                 |   2 +-
 src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs                 |   6 +
 src/js_printer/lib.rs                              |  32 +++--
 test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts                   | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++
 14 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

gate history · 3 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 1

evidence per changed file
file                                                      reads  edits  tests
src/ast/e.rs                                                  3      4     21
src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs                                  4      3     21
src/bundler/ParseTask.rs                                     10      7     21
src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs                                      2      1     21
…/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs      3      4     21
…ndler/linker_context/generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs      1      2     21
src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs             11     10     21
src/bundler/linker_context/renameSymbolsInChunk.rs            3      2     21
src/bundler/transpiler.rs                                     2      1     21
src/js_parser/fold.rs                                         2      2     21
src/js_parser/p.rs                                            7      1     21
src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs                            6      6     21
src/js_printer/lib.rs                                        11     10     21
test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts                              5     11     21

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When the bundler lowers a Bun target to CommonJS (which --bytecode implies), the parser inlines import.meta.url, import.meta.path, import.meta.dir, and import.meta.file as string constants taken from the build machine's source path, so the standalone executable reports the build directory instead of the virtual /$bunfs/root/<name> location that the non-CJS compile uses. The fix makes inline_import_meta_paths an explicit opt-in that stays off for Bun CommonJS compile output and instead threads a wrapper argument through the linker and printer, so the Bun CJS module wrapper rece…

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❌ @robobun, your commit 2ab8303 has 1 failures in Build #110443 (All Failures):

  • 763 files in parallel (4×) - 1 unhandled error(s) between tests in the parallel batch on 🍎 any aarch64

🧪   To try this PR locally:

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CI: two runs (110437, 110443). Every bundler lane passed on both, including bundler_bun.test.ts on all platforms. The red lanes are unrelated to this change and are reported separately: bun-publish.test.ts (Verdaccio exited early on alpine x64), the napi test_object/do.test.ts worker stall on ubuntu (pre-existing on main), and serve-http2-lifecycle.test.ts timing out inside the darwin parallel batch (passes alone). The remaining annotations passed on retry.

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Bun CommonJS import.meta

Layer / File(s) Summary
Import-meta parser configuration
src/ast/e.rs, src/js_parser/..., src/bundler/ParseTask.rs, src/bundler/transpiler.rs
Adds the wrapper argument constant and makes inline_import_meta_paths explicit, defaulting to false outside selected bundler outputs.
Wrapper argument emission
src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_printer/lib.rs
The printer emits the centralized wrapper argument inside Bun CommonJS wrappers and records whether generated code uses it.
Wrapper context propagation
src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs, src/bundler/linker_context/generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs, src/bundler/linker_context/generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs
The linker detects Bun CommonJS wrapper context and passes it through chunk and file code generation to the printer.
Conditional wrapper generation
src/bundler/linker_context/postProcessJSChunk.rs, src/bundler/linker_context/renameSymbolsInChunk.rs, src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs
The linker conditionally adds the wrapper metadata argument, closes only Bun CommonJS wrappers, reserves the argument name, and uses default empty print results.
Bundler regression coverage
test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts
Tests standard, minified, bytecode, SQLite, HTML-import, filesystem, runtime metadata, and cache-hit behavior.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue [#21097]. Bun compiled CommonJS output now receives the runtime import.meta object, preventing the reported wrapper error and supporting import.meta.env in compile-bytecode p…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the import.meta handling objective. Parser, linker, printer, wrapper, symbol-renaming, and regression-test changes directly support Bun CommonJS output and related compile-by…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: passing runtime import.meta to Bun-targeted CommonJS output.
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I re-reviewed after 767beef and 8b4d92c — the sqlite-loader flag mismatch I flagged earlier is fixed (ast.has_import_meta = true on the lazy-export AST, plus the ImportMetaFormatCjsEmbeddedSqlite test), and this run found no further bugs. Given this coordinates an invariant across the parser, printer, renamer, and linker for @bun-cjs output, a maintainer look would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • The printer's CJS_WRAPPER_ARG branch vs. chunk_uses_import_meta — both key on c.options.target (LinkerContext.rs:2239 / postProcessJSChunk.rs:41), so the argument and its uses agree; the hashbang-forces-bun-entry case falls through to the old inlining as described.
  • compute_initial_reserved_names reserving $Bun_import_meta only for Format::Cjs, and the minify test exercising the rename of a colliding user variable.
  • The inline_import_meta_paths gate in fold.rs vs. its assignment in ParseTask.rs — Bake and non-bun cjs keep the source-path inlining, everything else defers to the runtime object.
  • The runtime-transpiler import_meta_ref branch is unchanged (transpiler.rs sets bundling: false, so the new printer arm is unreachable there).
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Overview

This PR stops bun build --target=bun --format=cjs (and by extension --bytecode / --compile --bytecode) from baking the build machine's absolute source paths into import.meta.path/.dir/.file/.url. Instead, the @bun-cjs wrapper now declares a sixth $Bun_import_meta parameter (which JSCommonJSModule.cpp already passes at runtime), the printer emits E::ImportMeta as that identifier for bun-target bundled cjs output, the renamer reserves the name, and the parser's path-inlining fold is gated behind a new inline_import_meta_paths option that ParseTask sets only for Bake and non-bun cjs targets. Ten files touched across ast, js_parser, js_printer, and bundler, plus five new itBundled tests.

Security risks

None identified. The change removes build-machine paths from shipped binaries (a minor info-leak improvement). No untrusted-input parsing, no auth/crypto/permissions surface.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. The bundler's cjs wrapper is on the --compile --bytecode production path, and the correctness argument depends on a cross-file invariant: the printer emits $Bun_import_meta exactly when the linker declares it on the wrapper. I traced both sides to c.options.target (printer options at LinkerContext.rs:2239 and chunk_uses_import_meta's guard) and to the per-file HAS_IMPORT_META flag (now also set for the sqlite loader's synthetic AST). The test matrix covers plain cjs, +minify, +bytecode, the sqlite-only-import.meta chunk, the no-import.meta chunk (five-arg wrapper), and --compile --bytecode end-to-end.

Other factors

My prior inline finding (the sqlite loader's synthetic import.meta not carrying HAS_IMPORT_META) was addressed in 767beef with both the flag assignment and a dedicated test that asserts the six-arg wrapper header and runs the output. All comment-cop and CodeRabbit threads are resolved. The PR description is unusually thorough about interactions with four related open PRs. Still, this is bundler output-shape work with a coordinated invariant across four crates — the kind of change where a maintainer familiar with the @bun-cjs wrapper and per-file vs. build target semantics should confirm the design before merge.

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The rework addresses my earlier concern — the wrapper header is now driven by PrintResultSuccess::uses_import_meta_arg (set exactly when the printer emits $Bun_import_meta), so the sqlite loader's synthesized E::ImportMeta and any other non-lexer path are covered by construction. I reviewed the reworked design and didn't find further issues.

Given the scope — new option threaded through parser → linker → printer → post-process, a per-chunk decision that changes --compile --bytecode output semantics, and interaction with four related open PRs — a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • Printer/header agreement: inside_bun_cjs_wrapper gates emission, chunk_uses_import_meta_arg reads the printer's own flag from populated compile results — no path can emit the identifier without the header declaring it.
  • HTML-import browser chunks: chunk_has_bun_cjs_wrapper keys on the chunk entry's target, so browser chunks get inside_bun_cjs_wrapper=false and keep import.meta (covered by the new test).
  • Renamer reservation applies to both MinifyRenamer and NumberRenamer (added before the minify branch).
  • Entry-point tail and cross-chunk prefix/suffix use inside_bun_cjs_wrapper: false (default) and never contain E::ImportMeta, so they can't desync the header.
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Overview

This PR fixes import.meta.* in bun build --format=cjs / --bytecode / --compile output for the bun target: instead of inlining build-machine source paths (leaking the build tree into shipped binaries and breaking import.meta.dir-relative asset lookups), the @bun-cjs wrapper now declares a sixth $Bun_import_meta parameter that the runtime already passes, and the printer emits that identifier for every import.meta inside such a chunk. It touches 14 files across the parser (fold.rs, parse_entry.rs, p.rs), bundler linker (LinkerContext.rs, generateCodeForFileInChunkJS.rs, generateCompileResultForJSChunk.rs, postProcessJSChunk.rs, renameSymbolsInChunk.rs, ParseTask.rs), printer (lib.rs), AST (e.rs), and adds 7 tests to bundler_bun.test.ts.

Prior review and rework

I flagged one bug on the first revision: the wrapper header was keyed on the per-file HAS_IMPORT_META lexer flag while the printer emitted $Bun_import_meta on a broader predicate, so the sqlite loader's synthesized import.meta.require(...) would print the identifier in a chunk whose header did not declare it → runtime ReferenceError. The author reworked the design (commits ecc7e54 and later): the decision is now centralized in LinkerContext::chunk_has_bun_cjs_wrapper, threaded to the printer as inside_bun_cjs_wrapper, and the printer reports uses_import_meta_arg on its result. post_process_js_chunk reads that flag across the chunk's already-populated compile results to decide whether to emit the sixth parameter. Emission and declaration are now the same predicate by construction, which resolves the sqlite case and the HTML-import browser-chunk case the description mentions. The bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsEmbeddedSqlite and bun/ImportMetaFormatCjsHtmlImport tests cover both.

Security risks

The change removes a path-leak (build-machine absolute paths in shipped binaries). No new untrusted-input parsing. The reserved name $Bun_import_meta is added to the chunk renamer's reserved set, so a user-declared $Bun_import_meta is renamed rather than shadowing the wrapper argument (tested in importMetaFiles, both top-level and nested-scope).

Level of scrutiny

High. This is core bundler linking/printing, affects the documented production command bun build --compile --bytecode, changes user-visible import.meta semantics for cjs output, and the PR description explicitly maps interactions with four other open PRs (#38173, #33859, #38200, #29066). The design has already been reworked once after review found a correctness issue. A maintainer should confirm the per-chunk-entry-target predicate for chunk_has_bun_cjs_wrapper is the intended long-term home (the description notes #33859 will narrow it further) and weigh the noted behavior change for non-compile --target=bun --format=cjs bundles (import.meta.dir now reports the output directory at runtime, matching esm).

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough — the 7 new itBundled cases cover cjs / cjs+minify / cjs+bytecode, the unused-argument case, embedded sqlite, HTML import (mixed-target chunks), and compile+bytecode with a /$bunfs path assertion and bytecode cache-hit check. The evidence block shows 6/7 fail on main and all 17 pass on the branch (debug+ASAN and release). All bot comment threads (comment-cop, coderabbit, my prior finding) are resolved.

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Closed #28692 in favor of this PR. On a build of this branch, the --compile --bytecode test from #28692 passes, and so does the repro from #21097 with the exact flags from the issue (bun build --compile --minify --sourcemap --bytecode). The other change in #28692, exit code 1 when bytecode generation fails, is covered by #36708.

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This also fixes #40903, the worker case: in a --compile --bytecode (or --compile --format=cjs) binary, new Worker(new URL("./worker.ts", import.meta.url)) resolved against the baked build-machine path, loaded the on-disk source, and failed with Cannot find module '@babel/parser' from '/private/tmp/repro/babel-worker.ts'.

I verified this branch merged with current main (1ab272b, which has #40619): the repro from #40903 now prints metaUrl: "file:///$bunfs/root/babel-worker.js" and the worker resolves its bundled imports, with and without --bytecode, and with the source directory removed. Consider adding "Fixes #40903" to the body.

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Verified a case from a fuzz matrix on top of current main (1ab272b833, merged cleanly, debug build): an entry point that calls import.meta.resolve(...) and import.meta.require(...) under --compile --bytecode (default cjs format).

echo 'export const b=2;' > b.ts; echo 'module.exports={x:1}' > c.cjs
printf 'console.log("start");\nconsole.log(import.meta.resolve("./b.ts"));\nconsole.log(JSON.stringify(import.meta.require("./c.cjs")));\n' > bc.ts
bun build --compile --bytecode ./bc.ts ./b.ts ./c.cjs --outfile app && ./app

On main this prints error: Failed to generate bytecode for ./bc.js, exits 0, and the executable dies with SyntaxError: import.meta is only valid inside modules (the debug build panics earlier in OutputFileList::take, see #36708). With this branch the build generates bytecode for the chunk and the executable prints start, file:///$bunfs/root/b.ts, {"x":1}. The same holds for --compile --format=cjs without bytecode, and --target=bun --bytecode --outdir writes the .jsc file.

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Any update? What is the expected timeline to get this merged/released?

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robobun force-pushed the farm/ea0c6c3e/cjs-import-meta-wrapper-arg branch from a48bb23 to 954f4cd Compare September 5, 2026 18:43
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Rebased onto current main (c01965ff72). The six commits are squashed into one. The only conflict was in postProcessJSChunk.rs, where main added module_preload_registration next to the new chunk_uses_import_meta_arg helper. Both are kept.

Verified on main before the rebase that this PR is still needed. With a debug build of c01965ff72:

Also run on the rebased build: bundler_cjs, bundler_banner, bundler_html_server, bundler_edgecase, js/bun/resolve/import-meta, bundler_compile -t "Bytecode|ImportMeta|pathToFileURLWorks|sqlite|html|Worker", esbuild/default -t "ImportMeta|import.meta". All pass.

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