diff --git a/test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts b/test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
index 85ee0a405ef6..bf4f2ce72581 100644
--- a/test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
@@ -1828,14 +1828,36 @@ describe("bundler", () => {
     },
   });
 
+  // Stub react packages for the three tests below. `c` counts its calls, and
+  // a compiled function calls it once per render. So the second number of
+  // each pair that `render` returns is 1 for a compiled function and 0 for a
+  // function that the compiler skipped.
+  const stubReactThatCountsCalls = {
+    "/node_modules/react/package.json": `{"name":"react","main":"./index.js"}`,
+    "/node_modules/react/jsx-runtime.js": `exports.jsx = exports.jsxs = (type, props) => ({ type, props });`,
+    "/node_modules/react/jsx-dev-runtime.js": `exports.jsxDEV = (type, props) => ({ type, props });`,
+    "/node_modules/react/compiler-runtime.js": `
+      let count = 0;
+      exports.c = size => {
+        count++;
+        return new Array(size).fill(Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel"));
+      };
+      exports.calls = () => count;
+    `,
+  };
+  const renderAndCountCalls = /* js */ `
+    function render(fn, props) {
+      const before = calls();
+      const result = fn(props);
+      return [result.props ?? result, calls() - before];
+    }
+  `;
+
   // prune_non_escaping_scopes does not visit the test of a `?:`. A reactive
   // scope that only the test reaches gets no node, but the local that scope
   // reassigns still refers to it. Once that local has to be memoized, Babel
   // raises `Invariant: Expected a node for all scopes` and skips that one
   // function. The last two functions are the controls.
-  //
-  // A compiled function calls the fake `c` once per render, so the second
-  // number of each pair is 1 for a compiled function and 0 for a skipped one.
   itBundled("react-compiler/AssignmentInConditionalTestSkipsOnlyThatFunction", {
     files: {
       "/entry.jsx": /* jsx */ `
@@ -1887,11 +1909,7 @@ describe("bundler", () => {
           return <div>Hello {name}</div>;
         }
 
-        function render(fn, props) {
-          const before = calls();
-          const result = fn(props);
-          return [result.props ?? result, calls() - before];
-        }
+        ${renderAndCountCalls}
         console.log(JSON.stringify({
           CallInTest: render(CallInTest, { f: () => "x" }),
           ArrayInTest: render(ArrayInTest, { a: 1 }),
@@ -1902,18 +1920,8 @@ describe("bundler", () => {
           Plain: render(Plain, { name: "bun" }),
         }));
       `,
-      "/node_modules/react/package.json": `{"name":"react","main":"./index.js"}`,
+      ...stubReactThatCountsCalls,
       "/node_modules/react/index.js": `exports.createElement = () => null;`,
-      "/node_modules/react/jsx-runtime.js": `exports.jsx = exports.jsxs = (type, props) => ({ type, props });`,
-      "/node_modules/react/jsx-dev-runtime.js": `exports.jsxDEV = (type, props) => ({ type, props });`,
-      "/node_modules/react/compiler-runtime.js": `
-        let count = 0;
-        exports.c = size => {
-          count++;
-          return new Array(size).fill(Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel"));
-        };
-        exports.calls = () => count;
-      `,
     },
     reactCompiler: true,
     target: "browser",
@@ -1931,6 +1939,162 @@ describe("bundler", () => {
     },
   });
 
+  // Nothing in these `try` bodies can throw, so PruneMaybeThrows removes the
+  // catch block. The phi that joins the local after the `try` keeps the operand
+  // of the removed block, and MergeConsecutiveBlocks has the invariant `Found a
+  // block with a single predecessor but where a phi has multiple operands`. It
+  // was an `assert_eq!` that ended the build. Babel 1.0.0 raises it and skips
+  // that one function. The last two functions are the controls.
+  itBundled("react-compiler/TryBodyThatCannotThrowSkipsOnlyThatFunction", {
+    files: {
+      "/entry.jsx": /* jsx */ `
+        import { useMemo } from "react";
+        import { calls } from "react/compiler-runtime";
+
+        function ConstantInTryBody() {
+          let found = "found";
+          try {
+            const unused = 1;
+          } catch {
+            found = "missing";
+          }
+          return <span>{found}</span>;
+        }
+        function LiteralsInTryBody(props) {
+          let ok = true;
+          try {
+            const list = [1, 2];
+            const object = { a: 1 };
+          } catch {
+            ok = false;
+          }
+          return <span>{ok ? props.a : "off"}</span>;
+        }
+        function ConstantInTryBodyWithCatchBinding() {
+          let message = "none";
+          try {
+            const unused = 1;
+          } catch (e) {
+            message = e.name;
+          }
+          return <span>{message}</span>;
+        }
+        function ConstantInTryBodyInUseMemo() {
+          const found = useMemo(() => {
+            let found = "found";
+            try {
+              const unused = 1;
+            } catch {
+              found = "missing";
+            }
+            return found;
+          }, []);
+          return <span>{found}</span>;
+        }
+        function CallInTryBody() {
+          let supported = true;
+          try {
+            window.localStorage.getItem("key");
+          } catch {
+            supported = false;
+          }
+          return <span>{supported ? "on" : "off"}</span>;
+        }
+        function Plain({ name }) {
+          return <div>Hello {name}</div>;
+        }
+
+        ${renderAndCountCalls}
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({
+          ConstantInTryBody: render(ConstantInTryBody),
+          LiteralsInTryBody: render(LiteralsInTryBody, { a: "a" }),
+          ConstantInTryBodyWithCatchBinding: render(ConstantInTryBodyWithCatchBinding),
+          ConstantInTryBodyInUseMemo: render(ConstantInTryBodyInUseMemo),
+          CallInTryBody: render(CallInTryBody),
+          Plain: render(Plain, { name: "bun" }),
+        }));
+      `,
+      ...stubReactThatCountsCalls,
+      "/node_modules/react/index.js": `exports.useMemo = fn => fn();`,
+    },
+    reactCompiler: true,
+    target: "browser",
+    backend: "cli",
+    run: {
+      stdout: JSON.stringify({
+        ConstantInTryBody: [{ children: "found" }, 0],
+        LiteralsInTryBody: [{ children: "a" }, 0],
+        ConstantInTryBodyWithCatchBinding: [{ children: "none" }, 0],
+        ConstantInTryBodyInUseMemo: [{ children: "found" }, 0],
+        CallInTryBody: [{ children: "off" }, 1],
+        Plain: [{ children: ["Hello ", "bun"] }, 1],
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+
+  // DropManualMemoization puts a StartMemoize marker after the load of
+  // `useMemo` / `useCallback` and a FinishMemoize marker after the call. A
+  // manual memo call in the arguments of another one nests the two pairs, and
+  // ValidateNoSetStateInRender has the invariant `Unexpected nested StartMemoize
+  // instructions`. It was an `assert!` that ended the build. Babel leaves each
+  // of these functions as written: 1.0.0 raises that invariant for the
+  // third-argument form and rejects a call in a dependency list one pass
+  // earlier. The last function is the control.
+  itBundled("react-compiler/NestedManualMemoCallSkipsOnlyThatFunction", {
+    files: {
+      "/entry.jsx": /* jsx */ `
+        import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+        import * as React from "react";
+        import { calls } from "react/compiler-runtime";
+
+        function MemoInDependencyList({ a, b }) {
+          const x = useMemo(() => a + b, [a, useMemo(() => b * 2, [b])]);
+          return <div>{x}</div>;
+        }
+        function MemoInCallbackDependencyList(props) {
+          const f = useCallback(() => props.a, [useMemo(() => props.a, [props.a])]);
+          return <div>{f()}</div>;
+        }
+        function NamespaceMemoInDependencyList({ a, b }) {
+          const x = React.useMemo(() => a + b, [a, React.useMemo(() => b * 2, [b])]);
+          return <div>{x}</div>;
+        }
+        function MemoAsThirdArgument({ a, b }) {
+          const x = useMemo(() => a, [a], useMemo(() => b, [b]));
+          return <div>{x}</div>;
+        }
+        function SequentialMemos({ a, b }) {
+          const twice = useMemo(() => b * 2, [b]);
+          const x = useMemo(() => a + twice, [a, twice]);
+          return <div>{x}</div>;
+        }
+
+        ${renderAndCountCalls}
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({
+          MemoInDependencyList: render(MemoInDependencyList, { a: 1, b: 2 }),
+          MemoInCallbackDependencyList: render(MemoInCallbackDependencyList, { a: 5 }),
+          NamespaceMemoInDependencyList: render(NamespaceMemoInDependencyList, { a: 1, b: 2 }),
+          MemoAsThirdArgument: render(MemoAsThirdArgument, { a: 1, b: 2 }),
+          SequentialMemos: render(SequentialMemos, { a: 1, b: 2 }),
+        }));
+      `,
+      ...stubReactThatCountsCalls,
+      "/node_modules/react/index.js": `exports.useMemo = fn => fn(); exports.useCallback = fn => fn;`,
+    },
+    reactCompiler: true,
+    target: "browser",
+    backend: "cli",
+    run: {
+      stdout: JSON.stringify({
+        MemoInDependencyList: [{ children: 3 }, 0],
+        MemoInCallbackDependencyList: [{ children: 5 }, 0],
+        NamespaceMemoInDependencyList: [{ children: 3 }, 0],
+        MemoAsThirdArgument: [{ children: 1 }, 0],
+        SequentialMemos: [{ children: 5 }, 1],
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+
   // A 0-arg call to an unknown import is non-reactive in InferReactivePlaces
   // (no operand is reactive, callee isn't a hook), so its scope's deps prune
   // to empty and it becomes a sentinel-only block. Babel does the same; this