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Name the binding and the module when a re-export does not resolve (WebKit bump) - #41840

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Problem

  • export { default } from "./p.mjs", where p.mjs has no default export, fails with SyntaxError: export default cannot be used with export *. No module has an export *, and the message names no binding and no module (SyntaxError message does not show any useful info and makes development unnecessarily difficult #25787). export { nope as y } from names the alias: export 'y' not found in './p.mjs'.
  • The cause is step 1 of JSC's CyclicModuleRecord::initializeEnvironment (oven-sh/WebKit runtime/CyclicModuleRecord.cpp). It prints exportName (the alias), and a fixed string for the Error resolution.

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Background

  • export { a as b } from "./m" makes an indirect export entry: exportName is b, importName is a. Linking throws a SyntaxError if an entry does not resolve.
  • resolveExport answers Error when a default lookup would go through export *, which never provides default. So Error means "no default export", star or not.
  • Dependencies link first. So the re-exporting module's check fires before the importer's, which had a good message already.
  • A prelinked record is a module of a --compile --bytecode executable, with its own copy of the check. A re-export from an --external file reaches it.
Notes

no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/typescript/type-export.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_compile_prelinked.test.ts

Bump WebKit to oven-sh/WebKit#581. The link-time check for
`export { a as b } from "./m"` named the alias and the raw specifier,
and for a missing default it printed "export default cannot be used
with export *" although no module has an export *. It now uses the
same messages as `import { a } from "./m"`.

Tests cover export { default } from, export { default as x } from,
import-then-export, a missing named binding behind an alias, and a
conflicting export *, each as a dependency and as the entry point.
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The change updates the WebKit preview version and adds coverage for missing indirect exports. Tests validate standardized binding and module-path diagnostics across TypeScript, bundler, loader, and compiled execution paths.

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Module-linking diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Diagnostic validation
test/js/bun/typescript/type-export.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_compile_prelinked.test.ts, scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts
Tests validate missing default and named exports, aliases, ambiguous star exports, resolved module paths, and all loader modes. The WebKit version points to the preview release for the linked change.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7d8c9

No concrete runtime or build risk remains from this change after normal checks.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The tests cover missing default exports, missing named exports, ambiguous star exports, dependency and entry-point cases, loader modes, and compiled executables. The WEBKIT_VERSION change points to … Merge the WebKit fix to main, then update scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts so WEBKIT_VERSION references the resulting main commit. Keep the added diagnostics tests passing with that pin.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes update the WebKit dependency pin and add or update tests for the indirect re-export diagnostics required by #581. The test cases directly cover the requested bindings, resolved module path…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: improved binding and module diagnostics for unresolved re-exports. The WebKit bump is a relevant implementation detail.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the problem, fix, WebKit dependency, verification results, test coverage, limitations, and landing order. It does not use the exact template headings, but it provides the requ…
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The tests cover missing default exports, missing named exports, ambiguous star exports, dependency and entry-point cases, loader modes, and compiled executables. The WEBKIT_VERSION change points to autobuild-preview-pr-581-e075a38d, not to the resulting commit after the WebKit fix merges to main. The final WebKit pin requirement from #581 is therefore unmet.

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Reproduced on 1.4.2 and canary with three files: p.mjs (export const a = 1;), mid.mjs (export { default } from "./p.mjs";), main.mjs (import d from "./mid.mjs"). bun main.mjs printed SyntaxError: export default cannot be used with export *. The alias forms printed the alias instead of the requested binding. A --compile --bytecode executable that re-exports a missing binding from an --external file prints the same text.

The message comes from the WebKit fork, so the fix is oven-sh/WebKit#581 and this PR pins its preview build (autobuild-preview-pr-581-e075a38d). With the pin, the same files print SyntaxError: Missing 'default' export in module '/…/p.mjs'. The 12 cases in test/js/bun/typescript/type-export.test.ts and the 2 cases in test/bundler/bundler_compile_prelinked.test.ts fail on canary 09bb54630 and pass here.

Draft until oven-sh/WebKit#581 merges. It still merges cleanly into WebKit main. Then WEBKIT_VERSION moves to the merged main sha.

The branch conflicts with main in two places: the WEBKIT_VERSION line (main moved to d3720d515e14) and the end of bundler_compile_prelinked.test.ts (main appended new cases). The push that moves the pin resolves both.

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* branch. From https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit releases.
*/
export const WEBKIT_VERSION = "2e2aa2290fac856d6f451ceacb58f7f5b44dd057";
export const WEBKIT_VERSION = "da1219be982e62fbc8a1a7f0a77372b107c98dd2";

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🔴 WEBKIT_VERSION is pinned to da1219be982e…, the head of the unmerged oven-sh/WebKit#581 branch — an ephemeral ref that a force-push or branch delete will make unfetchable, breaking every clean build's sparse WebKit fetch. Fix: before merge, swap this to the resulting oven-sh/WebKit main SHA once #581 lands (REVIEW.md / landing-prs.md "Dependencies & vendoring": never merge a pin to an unmerged-PR build). The PR description already flags this as a pre-merge task; this comment tracks it so it cannot be approved past.

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scripts/build/deps/README.md and .claude/docs/landing-prs.md require WEBKIT_VERSION to be a commit that exists on oven-sh/WebKit main, because the build does a sparse git fetch of exactly that SHA on every platform (deps/webkit.ts → source.kind "github" with sparse). da1219be982e is the branch head of oven-sh/WebKit#581, which the PR author states is not yet merged. If this PR merges before #581, or #581 is rebased/force-pushed before merging, that commit disappears from the remote and every fresh bun run build fails at the WebKit fetch step. Base branch pins 2e2aa2290fac…, a merged main commit, so this is a regression relative to base. The author already noted this must change before landing; the finding confirms and tracks that requirement as a review gate.

Verification: normal — acknowledged in diff: the PR description itself states "This PR points WEBKIT_VERSION at that branch head (da1219be982e). Before this lands, oven-sh/WebKit#581 has to merge and the pin has to move to the resulting main sha." That claim checks out against the code and the repo rules. /home/claude/bun/scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts:6 pins `WEBKIT_VERSION =… | normal — acknowledged in…

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Agreed, this pin must not merge as it is. da1219be982e was a branch head, and since the revert of #41330 it did not resolve to a prebuilt tarball either, which is why every build-bun lane of build 112197 failed.

The pin is now autobuild-preview-pr-581-e075a38d, the preview build of oven-sh/WebKit#581 rebased on WebKit main. CI can fetch it on every lane. It is still not a main sha, so I converted the PR to a draft. When oven-sh/WebKit#581 merges, the pin moves to the merge commit and the PR leaves draft. I leave this thread open until then.

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The pin moved from the raw branch SHA to autobuild-preview-pr-581-e075a38d, but that is still an ephemeral preview build of the unmerged oven-sh/WebKit#581 — the tag name says so. The landing-prs.md "Dependencies & vendoring" rule this comment tracks is about not merging with WEBKIT_VERSION pointed at any unmerged-PR artifact, not just an unfetchable SHA. Before this PR lands, #581 needs to merge and this constant needs to become the resulting oven-sh/WebKit main commit hash.

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Updated 1:57 AM PT - Sep 14th, 2026

✅ @robobun, your commit c4aba83a3663f1bf93e08a41a161f4d284ac252a passed in Build #115454! 🎉


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 41840

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-41840 executable, so you can run:

bun-41840 --bun

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Code review found no new issues

No new issues were found in this update; 1 finding from earlier reviews is still open above.

…port-link-diagnostics

# Conflicts:
#	scripts/build/deps/webkit.ts
WebKit main now has a second copy of the indirect-export check, for
prelinked records (bun build --compile --bytecode). Add two cases that
re-export a missing binding from an external file and run the executable
in all three loader modes.

The merge before this commit moves the WebKit pin to the preview build of
oven-sh/WebKit#581 rebased on WebKit main. After the revert of #41330 the
build fetches prebuilt WebKit again, so a branch sha no longer resolves.
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Assert stdout and the exit code separately, exit code last.

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