Keep a module-level "use strict" in bun -e, -p and stdin scripts

[robobun]

Problem

• bun -e '"use strict"; ...', bun -p and bun run - run the code in sloppy mode. The same code in a .cjs file is strict. node -e is strict.
• The parser turns a module-level "use strict" into module_scope.strict_mode (parse/mod.rs:1483). Only the CommonJS wrapper emits it again (to_ast in p.rs). The eval entry point has no wrapper.
• The transpiler cache did not hash remove_cjs_module_wrapper. Stdin could get the cached wrapper function of a file with the same bytes and ran nothing.

Fix

• to_ast: with the wrapper removed, insert a part with the directive in front of the other parts. It is the statement the wrapper puts at the top of its body.
• The wrapper and the REPL skipped the directive when another directive ("use client") came first. That needs minify-syntax off, so on 1.4.0 such a file is strict under bun run and sloppy under bun --inspect, bun test --coverage or -p. Both sites now always emit it. Prologue order does not matter.
• Hash remove_cjs_module_wrapper, and bump the cache version to 28 as parser.rs asks for parser changes that affect runtime behavior.
• Verified: run-eval.test.ts (11 new cases, 9 fail on 1.4.0, 2 pin behavior that was already right), preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts (3, the inspector and coverage ones fail), transpiler-cache.test.ts (1, fails), repl.test.ts (1, fails). More suites in the notes.

Background

• A directive prologue is the run of string literal statements at the start of a script or function body. A "use strict" anywhere in it makes the body strict.
• The runtime prints a CommonJS module as (function(exports, require, module, ...) { ... }) and evaluateCommonJSModuleOnce (JSCommonJSModule.cpp) calls it. For -e, -p and stdin it gets bare statements and runs them as a classic script, so -p can read the completion value.
• At runtime the transpiler minifies syntax, and visit/mod.rs then drops every directive except "use strict". The inspector (configure_debugger), bun test --coverage (test_command.rs) and -p turn that off.
• The cache (RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs) stores printed output by content hash plus a hash of the parser features.

Notes

• Repro: bun -e '"use strict"; console.log((function(){ return this === undefined })())' prints false on 1.4.0 and true with this change. node -e prints true.
• A "use strict" with no imports makes the eval source CommonJS (parse_entry.rs, the ModuleType::Unknown arm), so every strict -e script took this path. An eval source with import or top-level await is an ES module and was already strict. The test file covers that case too.
• Cache repro: run a .tsx file of 4 KiB or more that prints something, then pipe the same bytes to bun -. On 1.4.0 the second run prints nothing. Stdin uses the tsx loader, so a .tsx file is the one whose features hash matched. The debug build only restores entries with BUN_DEBUG_ENABLE_RESTORE_FROM_TRANSPILER_CACHE=1, which the existing env in transpiler-cache.test.ts sets.
• Wrapper path repro: a .cjs file that starts with "use client"; "use strict"; prints true for the probe above under bun file.cjs and false under BUN_INSPECT=... bun file.cjs on 1.4.0. A test that requires it passes under bun test and fails under bun test --coverage. The new fixture strict-mode-after-directive-fixture.cjs covers all three runs.
• The longer features hash array alone would already invalidate every old entry. The version bump (27 to 28, after main took 26 and 27 for the ModuleInfo wire format in module_info: fixed-width tagged wire format with one string table per executable #40509 and compile: resolve module record names through the bytecode string table #40677) follows the rule in the parser.rs header and keeps the version log complete.
• bun -p '"use strict"' now prints use strict, as node does. It printed undefined before, because the program was empty.
• The directive is inserted in front, so bun -p '"use client"; "use strict"' still prints use client as before. Node prints use strict. Keeping the exact position would mean keeping the directive as a statement at parse time, which changes all transpiler output.
• The REPL and the wrapper cannot both emit the directive: the REPL parses with commonjs_at_runtime off, so its wrap_mode is never BunCommonjs. Bun.Transpiler and bun build also have it off, so their output does not change.
• bun build --no-bundle and Bun.Transpiler still drop a module-level "use strict". That path has no wrapper, and transpiler.test.js pins the current output ("does not preserve use strict (for now)"). Not changed here.
• Related open PRs. bundler: hoist "use client"/"use server" directives to the top of output #35473 keeps all module-level directives out of the statement list and has the printer emit them first. It would replace use_strict_directive(), the eval branch in to_ast and the REPL re-emit. It is a month old and conflicts with main. The tests here are independent of the implementation and stay valid under it. Key the runtime transpiler cache on macro mode #38683 and Key the runtime transpiler cache on the define table, the module type and --jsx-side-effects #38590 add other inputs to the same features hash and also bump the cache version. Whichever lands after this one needs to renumber to 29. transpiler: preserve function-body "use strict" in CommonJS #31807 is about a "use strict" inside a function body and does not touch this code.
• Possible follow-up, not done here: hash_for_runtime_transpiler lists the hashed fields by hand. Building it from an exhaustive destructure of Features would turn a missing field into a compile error. Key the runtime transpiler cache on macro mode #38683 and Key the runtime transpiler cache on the define table, the module type and --jsx-side-effects #38590 are each adding one more missing field.
• Other suites run with the debug build: transpiler.test.js, runtime-transpiler.test.ts, bundler_cjs2esm.test.ts, bundler_edgecase.test.ts, as-node.test.ts, run-cjs.test.ts, commonjs-*.test.ts, the full repl.test.ts and the full transpiler-cache.test.ts. cargo fmt and cargo clippy -p bun_js_parser are clean.

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Changes

The parser preserves explicit "use strict" directives for Bun CommonJS and eval-style output, including after another directive. REPL reinjection uses the shared helper. Runtime transpiler cache identity and format version reflect the changed output. Regression tests cover CLI, CommonJS, inspector, coverage, cache, and REPL execution.

Strict mode preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Strict directive preservation src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs	P::to_ast preserves explicit strict mode in wrapped and unwrapped output. REPL reinjection uses use_strict_directive().
Transpiler cache identity src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs	Cache hashing includes remove_cjs_module_wrapper. The cache format version increases to record the strict-mode output change.
Strict mode regression coverage test/bundler/transpiler/*, test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts, test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts, test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts	Tests verify strict mode after preceding directives across CommonJS, eval, print, stdin, inspector, coverage, cache, and REPL execution.

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The PR changes strict-mode handling for eval, stdin, and REPL scripts and updates transpiler-cache invalidation. It is mergeable with owner awareness that the coverage regression test bypasses the required debug-build path and may not reliably validate the covered behavior.

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[robobun]

Status: ready for review. Head: 6e6d367 (rebased on main three times; each time the only conflict was the cache version log, which main advanced for the ModuleInfo format in #40509 and #40677, and once an adjacent block from #40518 in to_ast. This change now uses cache version 28).

CI for this head (https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/107621): 180 of 181 jobs pass. The one red job is test/js/web/url/url.test.ts on macOS x64, an IDNA table test that also fails on main and does not touch this change. It is reported for triage separately. The other listed failures passed on retry and are in unrelated files. The two previous heads were green (https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/102737, https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/106222).

Reproduced on bun 1.4.0 with bun -e '"use strict"; console.log((function(){ return this === undefined })())'. It prints false. The same line in a .cjs file, and node -e, print true. bun -p and bun run - behave the same way as -e.

New tests and their result on 1.4.0: test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts (11 cases, 9 fail, 2 pin behavior that was already right), test/bundler/transpiler/preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts (3, the inspector and coverage runs fail), test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts (1, fails), test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts (1, fails). All pass with this branch, also after each rebase.

Self-review outcome: no blocking concerns. It found that bun test --coverage also hits the wrapper path case (test added), and that #35473, #38683 and #38590 overlap with this change. The PR body notes describe those. All bot review threads are resolved, both CodeRabbit findings were withdrawn.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The reasoning and test coverage are excellent, but since it changes to_ast on the CommonJS wrapper path (not just the eval path — every strict-mode CJS file with a surviving non-"use strict" directive now emits the directive), a human look would still be worthwhile.

Checked: parse_stmts_up_to always drops the module-level "use strict" statement (sets skip = true), so re-emitting it unconditionally cannot produce a duplicate. Verified the new else if preserve_strict_mode arm is only reachable when remove_cjs_module_wrapper is set, and that REPL mode never has wrap_mode == BunCommonjs, so the REPL and this arm cannot both emit the directive. BabyVec::insert exists for the parts.insert(0, ...) call.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes bun -e/-p/stdin dropping a module-level "use strict" and running sloppy. Three source changes: (1) p.rs — hoist preserve_strict_mode above the wrapper branch, drop the "first stmt is a directive" guard, add an else if that inserts a one-statement part when the wrapper is removed, and extract a use_strict_directive() helper; (2) repl_transforms.rs — drop the same guard; (3) parser.rs — add remove_cjs_module_wrapper to the runtime-transpiler features hash. Eleven new tests across three files.

Security risks

None. No untrusted input handling, no auth/crypto/permissions.

Level of scrutiny

High. to_ast in p.rs runs for every module Bun transpiles, and the removed guard changes behavior on the CommonJS wrapper path, not only on the new eval path. A CJS file that has both "use strict" and another surviving directive (e.g. "use client" with DCE off) previously ran sloppy inside the wrapper and now runs strict. That is the correct behavior (directive prologue order does not matter, and the test at run-eval.test.ts "a required CommonJS file is strict when another directive comes first" confirms it), but it is a runtime semantics change for real modules, not just for the eval entry point.

Other factors

I verified parse_stmts_up_to (parse/mod.rs:1483) always sets skip = true for "use strict" and never pushes it as a statement, so removing the SDirective guard cannot double-emit "use strict" — the only SDirective that can be first is a different directive. The else if preserve_strict_mode arm requires wrap_mode == BunCommonjs, and the enclosing if requires !remove_cjs_module_wrapper, so the arm is reachable exactly when the wrapper is removed. apply_repl_transforms runs after this arm, but the PR notes REPL parses with commonjs_at_runtime off so wrap_mode is never BunCommonjs there — no double-emit between the two. parts is a BabyVec, which has insert. Growing the features-hash bool array by one byte invalidates every existing cache entry, which is the intended effect. Test coverage is thorough (both strict-mode probes, negative case, prologue-after-comment, other-directive-first for -e/-p/wrapper/REPL, ESM path, lone-directive -p, and the cache-collision test).

Deferring because the wrapper-path change affects all CommonJS modules, which is broader than the PR title suggests, and to_ast is critical enough that a maintainer should confirm the removed guard has no other purpose.

[robobun]

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[robobun]

On the scope of the wrapper path change: the removed check only changes output when another directive survives as the first statement. At runtime that needs minify-syntax off, which happens with the inspector enabled or under -p. On 1.4.0 a .cjs file that starts with "use client"; "use strict"; is strict under bun file.cjs and sloppy under BUN_INSPECT=... bun file.cjs, so the module changed behavior while it was being debugged. 6c155eb adds strict-mode-after-directive-fixture.cjs to test/bundler/transpiler/preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts and runs it both ways. The inspector run fails on 1.4.0.

The old check could not have guarded against a duplicate: parse_stmts_up_to never keeps "use strict" as a statement, so the only directive it could see was a different one.

1338a04 shortens the new comments to one line each. The PR body now describes the wrapper path change as well.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The fix looks correct and is thoroughly tested, but it changes control flow in to_ast (runs for every module at runtime), removes a directive-duplicate guard in two places, and opts out of the documented EXPECTED_VERSION bump in RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs in favor of relying on the 17→18 hash-array growth — a maintainer should confirm those calls.

Checked: the new else if preserve_strict_mode branch is reachable only when wrap_mode == BunCommonjs && remove_cjs_module_wrapper, which is set only for the eval/stdin entry (jsc_hooks.rs:2735, RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:867) — Bun.Transpiler and bun build are unaffected.
Checked: REPL mode parses with commonjs_at_runtime off, so the REPL and the wrapper cannot both emit the directive.
Checked: the removed "first stmt is a directive" guard could only ever match a different directive (parse_stmts_up_to never keeps "use strict" as a statement), and prologue order is spec-irrelevant.
Checked: on features-hash mismatch the cache deletes and rewrites the entry (RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs:820), so growing the bool array does invalidate old entries as claimed.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Fixes bun -e '"use strict"; ...' (and -p, stdin) running in sloppy mode by re-emitting the module-level directive when the CJS wrapper is stripped, plus two adjacent bugs found while tracing the path: the wrapper/REPL skipped re-emitting when a different directive survived first, and the transpiler cache did not key on remove_cjs_module_wrapper. Changes span src/js_parser/{p.rs, parser.rs, repl_transforms.rs} with 13 new tests across four test files.

Security risks

None. This is a strict-vs-sloppy-mode Node compatibility fix in the transpiler; no auth, crypto, network, or filesystem-trust surface is touched.

Level of scrutiny

High. to_ast in p.rs runs for every transpiled module at runtime, and the parser file's own header ("When making changes to the JavaScript Parser that impact runtime behavior … you must also increment the expected_version in RuntimeTranspilerCache") is explicitly not followed here — the PR relies on the 17→18 bool-array growth to change every features hash instead. That reasoning is sound (verified: RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs:820 deletes on features-hash mismatch), but it is a maintainer-level judgment call. The removal of the "first stmt is a directive" guard in two places is also a semantic change worth a second pair of eyes, even though the PR's argument (the guard could only ever see a different directive, and prologue order is spec-irrelevant) checks out against parse_stmts_up_to.

Other factors

Test coverage is unusually thorough — 9 tests in run-eval.test.ts covering -e/-p/stdin/leading-comment/other-directive-first/ESM-already-strict/lone-directive, an inspector-enabled fixture in preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts, a stdin/file cache-collision test, and a REPL test. All are stated to fail on 1.4.0. The comment-cop bot's four "paragraph-long comment" flags were addressed in 1338a04 and are resolved. The PR body walks through the mechanism carefully and enumerates which paths (Bun.Transpiler, bun build --no-bundle) are intentionally left unchanged. I traced remove_cjs_module_wrapper to its two setters and confirmed the new else if is unreachable outside the eval entry point.

[robobun]

On the cache version: 9d1d1be bumps EXPECTED_VERSION to 26. The longer features hash array already invalidates every old entry, but the header of src/js_parser/parser.rs asks for a bump on every parser change that affects runtime behavior, and the version log in RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs is where earlier "use strict" changes (versions 6 and 12) are recorded. The PR body is updated. The CodeRabbit comments are rate limit notices with no findings.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes to_ast output for the CJS wrapper path (removing the first-statement-is-directive guard), adds a new part-insertion branch for the eval entry point, and bumps the transpiler cache format, a human look would still be worthwhile before merging.

What was reviewed:

• Confirmed parse_stmts_up_to never keeps "use strict" as an SDirective, so the removed guard could only ever have skipped the directive when a different directive was first — the removal is a fix, not a behavior loss.
• Confirmed wrap_mode == BunCommonjs requires commonjs_at_runtime, which the REPL and Bun.Transpiler do not set, so the new else if preserve_strict_mode branch and apply_repl_transforms cannot both fire on the same parse.
• Checked that the features-hash growth plus the version bump to 26 covers both the new remove_cjs_module_wrapper bool and the changed wrapper output.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Production code touched: src/js_parser/p.rs (extracts use_strict_directive() helper, hoists preserve_strict_mode above the wrapper branch, drops the "skip if first stmt is a directive" guard, adds an else if preserve_strict_mode branch that inserts a leading part when the CJS wrapper is removed), src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs (drops the same guard, uses the helper), src/js_parser/parser.rs (adds remove_cjs_module_wrapper to the 17→18 bool features-hash array), and src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs (EXPECTED_VERSION 25→26). Tests: 9 new cases in run-eval.test.ts (plus one added to the shared group for both stdin variants), 2 in preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts with a new .cjs fixture, 1 in transpiler-cache.test.ts, 1 in repl.test.ts.

Security risks

None identified. No untrusted-input parsing changes; the transpiler cache remains keyed on content hash + features hash + version, and the version bump ensures old entries are not misread under the new output.

Level of scrutiny

High. to_ast in p.rs runs for every CommonJS module loaded at runtime, and the removed guard changes wrapper output whenever a non-use strict directive survives as the first statement (inspector on, -p, or any future path with minify-syntax off). The PR body traces exactly when that happens and adds an inspector-enabled fixture run, and I verified against parse/mod.rs:1483-1505 that "use strict" is always dropped from the statement list (so the guard could never have prevented a duplicate). The new eval-entry branch is gated on wrap_mode == BunCommonjs, which parse_entry.rs only sets under commonjs_at_runtime; JSTranspiler.rs and repl.rs never set that, so Bun.Transpiler/bun build output is unchanged and the REPL keeps handling its own reinject.

Other factors

The PR also fixes a real second bug: without remove_cjs_module_wrapper in the features hash, a .tsx file's cached wrapper-function output could be served to stdin with the same bytes and run nothing. The new transpiler-cache.test.ts case exercises both directions. The author verified every new test fails on 1.4.0 and ran the related suites (transpiler.test.js, bundler_cjs2esm, etc.). One documented user-visible change — bun -p '"use strict"' now prints use strict instead of undefined (matching node) — is a Node-compat improvement but worth a maintainer nod. Given the core path touched and the cache-format bump, deferring to a human reviewer.

[robobun]

The third bot review repeats the earlier points and has no new findings. Each one is in the PR as it stands: the guard removal is covered by the inspector test (6c155eb), the eval branch is gated on the wrapper being removed, and the cache version is bumped (9d1d1be). The body now lists which new cases fail on 1.4.0 and which only pin existing behavior.

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Review round closed: both CodeRabbit findings were withdrawn after discussion and all review threads are resolved. Head is f5e889c, which only adds a comment to the cache test. Waiting for CI.

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The "Merge Risk" text in the CodeRabbit summary above is stale. Both items it lists were withdrawn by CodeRabbit in the review threads: the cache assertion (#39943 (comment)) fails on 1.4.0 with an empty stdout, and bunExe() already runs the binary under test (#39943 (comment)). The latest review pass on f5e889c reported no actionable comments. No code change is needed.

[claude]

I reviewed this and found no bugs. The mechanism checks out end to end, but since it changes to_ast output for the CommonJS wrapper path (removing the first-statement-is-directive guard) and adds a new part-insertion branch in the parser, a maintainer familiar with js_parser should confirm.

What was reviewed:

• Traced parse_stmts_up_to (parse/mod.rs:1483): "use strict" is always skipped and never kept as SDirective, so the removed guard could only match a different directive — confirming the guard removal is a fix, not a behavior loss.
• The new else if preserve_strict_mode branch is reachable only when wrap_mode == BunCommonjs && remove_cjs_module_wrapper, which only the runtime eval/stdin entry sets; options.bundle and repl_mode are never true on that path, so the inserted part cannot shift indices in top_level_symbols_to_parts or double-emit with the REPL reinject.
• remove_cjs_module_wrapper in the features hash and the version bump to 26 follow the header rule in parser.rs / RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Fixes bun -e '"use strict"; ...', -p, and stdin running in sloppy mode by re-emitting the module-level "use strict" directive when the CommonJS wrapper is removed (the eval entry point). Also fixes a latent bug where a .cjs file starting with "use client"; "use strict"; ran sloppy only under --inspect / --coverage / -p (because the old guard skipped re-emitting when any directive was first). Adds remove_cjs_module_wrapper to the transpiler cache features hash so stdin cannot be served a file's cached wrapper output, and bumps the cache version to 26.

Source changes: ~35 net lines across p.rs (helper + guard removal + new else if branch), repl_transforms.rs (same guard removal, use helper), parser.rs (one bool added to hash array), RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs (version constant). Test changes: 16+ new cases across run-eval.test.ts, preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts, transpiler-cache.test.ts, repl.test.ts, plus one fixture file.

Security risks

None. No untrusted input parsing changes, no auth/crypto/permissions. The change only affects whether a "use strict" directive is emitted at the top of transpiled output.

Level of scrutiny

Medium-high. to_ast in p.rs runs for every transpiled file, and the guard removal changes wrapper-path output for any CommonJS module with explicit strict mode after another directive. I verified against parse/mod.rs that the removed guard could never have matched "use strict" itself (it is always dropped at parse time), so removing it cannot cause a duplicate directive — it only stops skipping when a different directive survived, which was the bug. I also verified the new else if branch cannot co-occur with options.bundle or repl_mode (both require commonjs_at_runtime off, and remove_cjs_module_wrapper is only set for the runtime eval entry), so downstream part-index consumers and the REPL reinject are unaffected. Still, a parser maintainer should confirm the "prologue order does not matter" claim is acceptable for runtime output — spec-wise it is correct, and RSC directive detection happens at bundle time (unaffected here), but it is a visible ordering change.

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough and follows harness conventions (concurrent subprocess draining, tempDir, exit code asserted last, discriminating assertions). The PR body documents repros on 1.4.0 for each new test, related open PRs (#35473, #38683, #38590), and edge cases (bun -p '"use strict"' completion value). Both CodeRabbit findings on this PR were withdrawn after discussion; the comment-cop bot comments were addressed by shortening comments. No outstanding human review comments.

[robobun]

On the directive order: the only consumer of the prologue at runtime is JavaScriptCore, and a prologue is strict wherever "use strict" sits in it. "use client" detection for server components runs in the bundler (ParseTask), which never takes the wrapper path (wrap_mode is None when bundling), so this change does not reach it. The default runtime output is unchanged as well, because minify-syntax drops the other directives. The order only becomes visible under the inspector, --coverage and -p, where the module used to be sloppy.

[robobun]

Rebased on main (248d3a2). The only conflict was the cache version log: main took 26 for the ModuleInfo wire format (#40509), so this change now bumps to 27. No other file conflicted. The changed test files and the transpiler suites pass on the rebased debug build. The CodeRabbit summary above has no findings.

[robobun]

The CodeRabbit summary for the rebased head reports no findings and all pre-merge checks pass. CI for 248d3a2 is running at https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/106090.

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

[robobun]

The bot review of the rebased head (248d3a2) found no issues. CI build 106090 is almost done: 173 of 181 jobs passed, the rest are running, and the only failures so far passed on retry and are in files this change does not touch.

[robobun]

Rebased on main again (20bb8b7). The only conflict was adjacency: #40518 added a block right above the CommonJS wrapper in to_ast, where this change hoists preserve_strict_mode. Both are kept, main's block first. No logic changed. The changed test files, transpiler.test.js and bundler_cjs2esm.test.ts pass on the rebased debug build. CI: https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/106222.

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

[robobun]

CI is green on the rebased head 20bb8b7 (https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/106222, 181 of 181 jobs). The bot review of this head found no issues. Ready for a maintainer.

[coderabbitai]

Note

GitHub couldn't provide a complete incremental comparison for this pull request, so CodeRabbit is performing a full review instead. This review may take a little longer.

[robobun]

Rebased on main again (6e6d367). The only conflict was the cache version log once more: main took 27 for the ModuleInfo string table (#40677), so this change now bumps to 28. The PR body is updated. The changed test files, transpiler.test.js and bundler_cjs2esm.test.ts pass on the rebased debug build.

[robobun]

The CodeRabbit summary for 6e6d367 reports no actionable comments. Its "Merge Risk" line repeats the bun bd item that CodeRabbit withdrew in #39943 (comment): bunExe() already runs the binary under test, so the coverage test does use the debug build when the suite runs under bun bd test. No change needed. CI for this head is running at https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/107621.

[robobun]

On the "Linked Issues" check in the CodeRabbit summary: there is no issue to link. This bug was found while working on an unrelated timers test and was handed over directly, so the repro lives in the PR body. The rest of that summary has no actionable comments. CI for 6e6d367 is at https://buildkite.com/bun/bun/builds/107621 (67 of 181 jobs passed so far, none failed).

[claude]

Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

[robobun]

The bot review of 6e6d367 found no issues. CI build 107621 is at 171 of 181 jobs passed with the rest running. The only failures so far passed on retry and are in files this change does not touch.

[robobun]

Superseded by #40838, which keeps every directive prologue string in the output, including for bun -e, -p and stdin. The module-level directives are stripped into Ast.directives and printed first whether or not the CommonJS wrapper is emitted, so a "use strict" after another directive is kept on every path (runtime wrapper, eval entry point, inspector, --coverage, REPL).

The cache key fix from this PR was the one part missing from #40838. It is folded in now: hash_for_runtime_transpiler hashes remove_cjs_module_wrapper, and the cache version is 28. This PR's tests (run-eval.test.ts, preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts with its fixture, transpiler-cache.test.ts, repl.test.ts) are part of #40838 and pass there. Closing in favor of that PR.