react-compiler: hoist the declaration of a local that a later scope assigns

[robobun]

Problem

• bun build --react-compiler throws ReferenceError: x is not defined for const r = {}; let x; r.a = 1; return <Stub r={r} v={(x = 5)} />. The output has let x; inside the memo block of r and x = 5 in the next block. With v={(x = p.n)} it throws ReferenceError: t0 is not defined instead.
• Dependency collection (src/react_compiler/inference/propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs) hoists a let out of its scope only on a read (visit_dependency). visit_reassignment does not hoist. Before react-compiler: keep the declaration of a local when dead code elimination keeps a store to it #42385 the declaration was pruned and the compiler bailed. babel-plugin-react-compiler@1.0.0 still bails.
• For a reactive value the store is a dependency of the block that reads it, under a promoted name. emit_store (src/react_compiler/codegen.rs:1601) still inlined it into that block: if ($[2] !== t0) with no t0 declared. Fixes react-compiler: ReferenceError when a local declared inside a memo block is assigned after it #42629.

Fix

• Move the hoist logic of visit_dependency into declare_outside_original_scope and call it from visit_reassignment too. An assignment from outside the declaring scope adds the variable to that scope's declarations, the same way a read does.
• In emit_store, route every StoreLocal with a result through codegen_instruction. An unnamed result is inlined as before. A promoted one prints const t0 = x = p.n; before the block that reads it.
• Correct because a variable a later scope assigns has to live outside the memo block, and a scope declaration is the one mechanism codegen has for that. A promoted temporary has a name because another scope reads it by that name.
• Verified: react-compiler/DeadStoreAfterTheScopeOfItsDeclaration in test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts (nine forms, all throw on main). All 1739 upstream fixtures compile byte-identical before and after. Also react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts and bundler_jsx.test.ts.

Background

• The compiler groups the instructions that build one value (here r) into a reactive scope. Codegen prints the scope as a memo block: if (deps changed) { compute; store } else { load }. Declarations between the creation of r and its last mutation are inside that block.
• A scope declaration is a variable the block produces for later code. Codegen prints let for it before the block, stores it in the cache at the end, and loads it in the else branch.
• A temporary read from another scope is promoted: it gets a name (t0) and codegen declares it with const instead of inlining its value.

Notes

Compiled output for the reported component, after:

function C() {
  let $ = c(3);
  let r, x;
  if ($[0] === __MEMO_CACHE_SENTINEL)
    r = {}, r.a = 1, $[0] = r, $[1] = x;
  else
    r = $[0], x = $[1];
  let t0;
  if ($[2] === __MEMO_CACHE_SENTINEL)
    t0 = jsxDEV(Stub, { r, v: x = 5 }, ...), $[2] = t0;
  else
    t0 = $[2];
  return t0;
}

With v={(x = p.n)}:

  const t0 = x = p.n;
  let t1;
  if ($[2] !== t0)
    t1 = jsxDEV(Stub, { r, v: t0 }, ...), $[2] = t0, $[3] = t1;
  else
    t1 = $[3];

Forms in the test. A JSX prop v={(x = 5)}, a read that folds away ([(x = 5), x]), a call argument p.call((x = 5)), a store that ends a catch handler, let x inside two nested scopes (q.b = r), and the prop, array and nested forms with x = p.n. DeclaredAbove has let x above const r = {} with [(x = p.n), x++]: only the codegen part is wrong there, and it throws t0 is not defined on main.

Forms that are not affected. let x above const r = {} with a literal, a read that does not fold with a literal ([(x = 5), x++]), and no r={r} prop (the scope of r is pruned) already worked. A destructuring assignment used as an expression (p.call(([x] = p.items))) is left uncompiled before and after.

Why the declaring scope caches x. A scope declaration is always an output of the block. For let x; the cached value is undefined, which is what the block would compute. This is the output a read from a later scope already produced (let r, x; for [(x = 5), x++]).

Upstream and the codegen change. Upstream codegenInstructionNullable inlines every StoreLocal value that is not a StoreContext. A promoted StoreLocal result never reaches its codegen: the input bails earlier. In this port it does, so the branch now takes the path the StoreContext case already took.

Differential run. All 1739 upstream fixtures under test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures compiled with Bun.build({ reactCompiler: true }) on 1.4.3-canary.1+b99371011 and on this branch give byte-identical output, and the same 68 build errors.

Self-reviewed: two concerns raised, two addressed (the promoted store in codegen, and the non-literal forms in the test).

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 1 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (b99371011)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SimpleComponent [674.86ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ComponentWithHooks [288.08ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ObjectPatternRestInProps [406.16ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/UnderscoreAndDollarComponentTags [373.43ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Browser [143.43ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Bun [103.16ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/FullstackHtmlImportCompilesClientGraphInClientMode [368.71ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeExplicitSsrOverridesTarget [119.97ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SsrObjectMethodShorthand [720.78ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Client [112.13ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Ssr [116.91ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/BundledReactPreservesImportRefs [300.78ms]
(pass) bundler > reac
... (truncated)

release without fix: 2 failed, 1 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (b99371011)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SimpleComponent [33.62ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ComponentWithHooks [13.86ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ObjectPatternRestInProps [16.41ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/UnderscoreAndDollarComponentTags [16.91ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Browser [15.00ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Bun [26.64ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/FullstackHtmlImportCompilesClientGraphInClientMode [53.49ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeExplicitSsrOverridesTarget [13.00ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SsrObjectMethodShorthand [53.98ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Client [28.58ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Ssr [38.49ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/BundledReactPreservesImportRefs [24.48ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/BundledCjsCompilerRuntimeSurvivesTreeShaking [32.99ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/RequireStringPreservesImportRecord [22.53ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/BranchB
... (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/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (b99371011)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SimpleComponent [673.01ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ComponentWithHooks [282.53ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/ObjectPatternRestInProps [309.01ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/UnderscoreAndDollarComponentTags [301.46ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Browser [141.55ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeDefaultsByTarget-Bun [121.72ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/FullstackHtmlImportCompilesClientGraphInClientMode [395.20ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeExplicitSsrOverridesTarget [149.21ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/SsrObjectMethodShorthand [984.75ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Client [158.59ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/OutputModeIgnoredWhenCompilerDisabled-Ssr [141.16ms]
(pass) bundler > react-compiler/BundledReactPreservesImportRefs [341.57ms]
(pass) bundler > reac
... (truncated)

release with fix: 1 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
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ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
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diff hotspot

src/react_compiler/codegen.rs                      |  19 +--
 .../inference/propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs  |  59 +++++-----
 test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts     | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file

file                                                      reads  edits  tests
src/react_compiler/codegen.rs                                 2      3     12
…_compiler/inference/propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs      2      5     13
test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts                2      6     12

root cause · written by the author bot

In propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs, only a read of a variable added it to the declarations of the enclosing reactive scope, so a local that was declared inside the memo block for r and then only assigned in a later block kept its let inside the first block, and the later assignment referenced a name that was out of scope. This became reachable once dead code elimination started retaining a let x; whose store survives only for its own value, where the compiler previously bailed out instead of emitting broken code. The fix centralizes declaration propagation so that a reassignme…

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^{Updated 10:43 AM PT - Sep 13th, 2026}

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Walkthrough

The React compiler now propagates declarations for retained reassignments outside inactive memo scopes. Promoted lvalue stores are emitted as statements. A regression test covers compilation and runtime behavior across multiple memo-scope patterns.

Changes

React compiler scope fix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scope declaration propagation src/react_compiler/inference/propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs	Declaration propagation is centralized for identifiers whose original scopes are inactive. Reassignments also receive the required declaration metadata.
Promoted store code generation and regression coverage src/react_compiler/codegen.rs, test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts	Promoted lvalue stores are emitted as statements. The regression test covers retained declarations and promoted assignments across memo scopes, including runtime output and reactive stores.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cf779

The compiler fix is likely mergeable, but the call-argument regression should assert the passed value to protect its semantics.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding requirements in issue #42629. propagate_scope_dependencies_hir.rs propagates declarations for dependencies and later reassignments outside the original reactive scope.…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to React Compiler scope propagation, code generation, and regression tests. These changes directly support issue #42629. No unrelated product behavior or unrelated subsystem ch…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: hoisting a local declaration when a later scope assigns to it.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, fix, background, test coverage, and verification results. It does not use the exact template headings, but it provides the required information in a complete and …

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Shortened the three comments the review flagged to one line each (cf779ed). The 'Not in upstream' markers stay: the crate's sync of upstream code keeps a marked site. No code change.

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1735-1754: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the promoted value in the Argument case

The Argument fixture passes the assigned value to a no-op call() helper, but the test does not observe that argument. A compiler regression that emits an incorrect but executable argument can therefore pass. Make call() observe or return its argument, and assert the expected value.

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The Argument form now records the value passed to call and the test asserts calls=[5] (4abee73).

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