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Problem

  • With bun build --react-compiler, a JSX key can run ahead of the attributes and children that it follows without the compiler. <a key={r.n} title={(() => { r.n = 10; return r.n; })()} /> gives key 2. The build without the compiler gives 10.
  • The automatic runtime call is jsx(type, props, key), so the key runs last. lower_jsx_call (src/react_compiler/lowering/build_hir/jsx.rs:252) lowered it first. A key that stays inline prints in place. A key with a name runs where it was lowered: first.
  • A key gets a name as a dependency of a memo block (client mode), or from PromoteInterposedTemporaries. react-compiler: keep operands in source order around a statement inside their expression #42859 widened the second case: in ssr mode the key `k${r.n}` was right before it and is wrong after it.

Fix

  • Lower the key after the props and the children, where the call evaluates it.
  • The key stays the first attribute of the HIR element. Codegen uses that position to tell this call from createElement(type, {...spread, key}), where the key runs in attribute order.
  • A key that the parser inlines from <a {...{ key: k }} /> stays inside the props object. Codegen moved it to the third argument too. Such a function now stays uncompiled (Notes).
  • One upstream fixture goes from _c(37) to _c(36) (Notes). The fixtures test records it.
  • Verified: test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts (2 new tests, they fail without the fix), react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts, bundler_jsx.test.ts. Self-reviewed: 1 concern raised, 1 addressed (the inlined key).

Background

  • Codegen prints an instruction with an unnamed result inside the statement that uses it, and a named one as a statement where it was lowered.
  • Bun lowers JSX to a call before the compiler runs. The compiler reads the call back and prints the same call shape.
  • A memo block is if ($[0] !== dep) {...} else {...}. Only client mode has them.
Notes

Forms (p = { n: 2 }, r = { n: p.n }, the stub jsxDEV returns { type, props, key }). "before" is main with #42859.

source without the compiler before, client before, ssr
<a key={`k${r.n}`} title={(() => { r.n = 10; return r.n; })()} /> key "k10" "k2" "k2" (right before #42859)
<a title={(() => { r.n = 10; return r.n; })()} key={r.n} /> key 10 2 2 (also before #42859)
<a key={`k${r.n}`}>{(() => { r.n = 10; return r.n; })()}{r.n}</a> key "k10" "k2" "k2"
<a key={bump()} title={r.n} id={[r.n]} /> with bump = () => ++r.n title 2 3 right
<a key={++r.n} title={[r.n, p.n]} id={r.n} /> title [2,2] [3,2] right

All of them match the build without the compiler on this branch, in both modes. <a {...rest} key={k} /> is a createElement call with the key in the props. It was right before and is unchanged.

A key inside the props object. The parser inlines a lone object literal spread, so <a {...{ key: bump(), title: r.n }} /> is jsxDEV("a", { key: bump(), title: r.n }): the key is a property and runs in order. Lowering made it a key attribute like the hoisted one, and codegen moves every key attribute to the third argument and keeps the last one. The compiled call was jsxDEV("a", { title: r.n }, bump()), and <a key={bump()} {...{ key: bump(), title: r.n }} /> lost one of its two bump() calls. This was the same before this PR. The HIR attribute cannot say which kind of key it is, so lowering records a Todo and the function stays uncompiled, as it already does for an accessor in such a spread (record_accessor_prop). The test has both forms, and the browser variant checks that they are the only forms without a memo cache.

Why the old order was there. The comment said the key is lowered ahead of the children to match upstream, which lowers the attributes of the opening element and then the children. Upstream prints JSX syntax, and a later JSX transform decides where the key runs. Bun's compiler runs after that transform, so the call shape is known here.

The fixture. method-call-scope-merge-mutable-range-sync has <div key={store.id}> around many children. The load of store.id was lowered ahead of the children, inside the memo block that computes them, which cached it in a slot. It is now lowered next to the element, and the memo block of the div depends on store.id itself. The element is rebuilt in the same cases. I built every fixture that builds (1,585 in client mode, 1,622 in ssr mode, and client mode with minify.syntax) before and after. This is the only file that differs.

Differential runs. The generator from #42859, with a key on the element, first or last among the attributes. 2,000 components, two targets, four renders with a fresh memo cache and four with a kept one. The counts are results that differ from the build without the compiler.

main before #42859 main this branch
2,000 components with a key 548 546 2
2,000 mixed components 40 0

The 2 are a let that is reassigned inside a memo block and is stale on a cache hit (#42482 is open for it). Two generated components that compiled before now stay uncompiled with "This value cannot be modified": the key stores to an object that an earlier attribute already passed to JSX. In the order the call runs, that is a mutation of a frozen value.

The other report from the review of #42859. It named a second form, a reassigned parameter ahead of a memo block. I tried ten shapes of it on main before #42859, on main and on this branch. All of them match the build without the compiler everywhere.


[human-review] gate passed · iteration 1 · 3 files touched

fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 3 failed, 320 skipped
$ 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-fixtures.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (c6b7fcb5b)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts:
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > fixture corpus is present [2.46ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > minify.syntax [8.17ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > minify.syntax [0.68ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-computed-load > minify.syntax [0.43ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path > minify.syntax [0.39ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > compile [41.15ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path-mutate > minify.syntax [0.44ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > compile [14.90ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-while > minify.syntax [0.49ms]
(pass) react-comp
... (truncated)

release without fix: 1147 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (e7f809146)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts:
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > fixture corpus is present [0.29ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > minify.syntax [0.38ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > minify.syntax [0.01ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-computed-load > minify.syntax
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path > minify.syntax
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path-mutate > minify.syntax
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-while > minify.syntax
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > aliased_usememo > minify.syntax [0.03ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > compile [1.56ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > compile [0.47ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-computed-load > compile [0.43ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path > compile [0.41ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream 
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: 320 skipped
$ 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-fixtures.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (c6b7fcb5b)

test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts:
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > fixture corpus is present [3.71ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > minify.syntax [15.04ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > minify.syntax [1.17ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-computed-load > minify.syntax [0.68ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path > minify.syntax [0.68ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver > compile [66.17ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-nested-member-path-mutate > minify.syntax [0.68ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-capture-in-method-receiver-and-mutate > compile [25.73ms]
(pass) react-compiler upstream fixtures > alias-while > minify.syntax [0.79ms]
(pass) react-com
... (truncated)

release with fix: 1147 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 688ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/125] gen JS modules (bundle-modules)
Preprocess modules (7671ms)
Bundle modules (49ms)
Postprocesss modules (148ms)
Bundle Functions (441ms)
Generate Code (26ms)

[8.34s] Bundled "src/js" for production
  2600 kb
  197 internal modules
  13 native modules
  50 internal functions across 16 files
[1/8] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
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diff hotspot
src/react_compiler/lowering/build_hir/jsx.rs       |  40 +++++---
 .../transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts     |   5 +
 test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts     | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

gate history · 2 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 1

evidence per changed file
file                                                     reads  edits  tests
src/react_compiler/lowering/build_hir/jsx.rs                 2      4     44
test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts      1      0     12
test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts               2      3     36

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Updated 12:30 PM PT - Sep 16th, 2026

✅ @robobun, your commit 38534e045606af18b050b8f3aaed6087de46d60b passed in Build #116668! 🎉


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 42935

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-42935 executable, so you can run:

bun-42935 --bun

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How I reproduced it, on main (55c11065f2, debug build):

mkdir -p node_modules/react && echo '{"name":"react","main":"index.js"}' > node_modules/react/package.json && : > node_modules/react/index.js
echo 'export const jsxDEV = (type, props, key) => ({ type, props, key });' > node_modules/react/jsx-dev-runtime.js
echo 'export const c = n => new Array(n).fill(Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel"));' > node_modules/react/compiler-runtime.js
cat > case.jsx <<'JSX'
function K(p) { const r = { n: p.n }; const el = <a key={`k${r.n}`} title={(() => { r.n = 10; return r.n; })()} />; return <div>{JSON.stringify([el.key, el.props])}</div>; }
console.log(K({ n: 2 }).props.children);
JSX
bun build case.jsx --target=browser --outfile=plain.js && bun plain.js
bun build case.jsx --target=browser --react-compiler --outfile=rc.js && bun rc.js

The build without the compiler prints ["k10",{"title":10}]. The build with the compiler prints ["k2",{"title":10}], also with --target=bun. On this branch both builds print the same.

The new tests react-compiler/JsxKeyRunsAfterThePropsAndChildren-bun and -browser in test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts fail on main and pass on this branch.

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JSX key ordering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Lower JSX keys after props and children
src/react_compiler/lowering/build_hir/jsx.rs
Automatic-runtime JSX key evaluation now occurs after props and children lowering. The key remains the first generated attribute.
Validate ordering and memoization
test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler-fixtures.test.ts
Tests cover key evaluation order across targets and record the related _c(36) memoization count.

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JSX keys now evaluate after props and children while retaining the required code generation behavior. No merge-blocking risk remains.

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Comment thread test/bundler/transpiler/react-compiler.test.ts
The automatic runtime call is `jsx(type, props, key)`: the key runs after
the props and the children. Lowering put the key first, so the compiler
took it for the first thing the element evaluates. A key that stays inline
still printed in place and ran last. A key with a name (a dependency of a
memo block, or an operand that PromoteInterposedTemporaries names ahead of
a statement) ran first, ahead of the attributes and children it follows in
the output without the compiler.

The key is now lowered after the children. It stays the first attribute of
the HIR element, ahead of any spread, which is how codegen tells this call
shape from `createElement(type, {...spread, key})`.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline nit, I also checked the props.insert(0, …) ordering concern: the key Place is a temporary defined before the JsxExpression instruction like every other attribute, so its list position does not affect definedness, and codegen's is_key_after_spread check in src/react_compiler/codegen.rs:2578 still routes the key-first list to the jsx(type, props, key) shape while the createElement branch is untouched by this diff.

Extended reasoning...

The diff moves the lowering of args[2] (key) in lower_jsx_call from before the props loop to after it, and inserts the resulting attribute at index 0. All attribute places are temporaries lowered before the JSX instruction that consumes them, so attribute list order is a codegen-shape concern, not an SSA-definition concern. Codegen selects the createElement shape only when a key attribute appears after a spread; inserting at index 0 preserves the jsx() shape for this call form, and the createElement(tag, props, ...children) branch of lower_jsx_call is not modified. The remaining question of whether the new _c(36) divergence entry was captured from correct output was not independently rebuilt here, which is why a human look is still worthwhile alongside the inline test-vacuity nit.

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robobun force-pushed the robobun/8179f182/react-compiler-jsx-key-order branch from d2b4785 to 5c863be Compare September 16, 2026 14:36

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I re-reviewed after the latest commit and found no bugs; the compiled-precondition check now covers all five forms. Because this changes HIR lowering order on purpose (a deliberate deviation from upstream's build_hir with a recorded fixture divergence), a compiler maintainer's look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • props.insert(0, key) vs codegen: codegen.rs only routes to createElement when key follows a spread, so a front-inserted key always prints as jsx(type, props, key) — consistent with the now-last lowering position.
  • outline_jsx.rs handles key by name, not position, so the reordering does not affect it; the classic/createElement branch is untouched.
  • Fixture divergence entry format matches how SLOT_COUNT_DIVERGENCE is consumed (number[], asserted exactly).
Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR moves the lowering of the hoisted JSX key argument (args[2]) in lower_jsx_call (/home/claude/bun/src/react_compiler/lowering/build_hir/jsx.rs) from before the props/children loop to after it, so HIR instruction order matches the runtime evaluation order of jsx(type, props, key). The resulting JsxAttribute is inserted at index 0 of the props list so it stays ahead of any spread. Tests add an itBundled case for bun and browser targets with five component shapes, and the fixtures test records one accepted slot-count divergence (method-call-scope-merge-mutable-range-sync, 36 vs 37).

Security risks

None. This is compiler transform code operating on the user's own source; there is no untrusted input parsing, no I/O, and no allocation or bounds arithmetic on external data beyond a Vec::insert(0, ..).

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The diff is small, but it changes HIR instruction ordering, which feeds reactive scope inference and codegen inlining decisions, and it deliberately departs from the upstream reference implementation. I confirmed the two consumers that care about the key attribute (codegen.rs shape selection around line 2578 and outline_jsx.rs around lines 537/591) are keyed on the attribute name or on spread-relative position, not on lowering order, so the front insertion preserves the jsx() call shape. The PR's own differential testing claims are author claims I could not reproduce here (no debug build present), so a maintainer familiar with the React Compiler port should confirm the fixture divergence is acceptable.

Other factors

My earlier nit (the runtime assertion alone could pass with uncompiled functions) was addressed in commit 5c863be by an onAfterBundle check that each of the five functions starts with a memo cache on the browser target; the bun/ssr target legitimately has no memo blocks, so the early return there is correct. No third-party objections are outstanding (the coderabbit thread was resolved by a non-author). The change is well-scoped and tested, but it is a semantic change to a ported compiler pass, so I am deferring rather than approving.

…e the props object

The parser inlines `<a {...{ key: k, title: t }} />` into the props object,
where that `key` stays a property and runs in order. Lowering turned it
into a `key` attribute, and codegen moves every `key` attribute to args[2]
and keeps only the last one. The compiled call ran the key after the other
props, and with a second `key` attribute it dropped one of the two
expressions. Such a function now stays uncompiled, as one with an accessor
in an inlined spread already does.

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No new blocking issues. 1 optional suggestion (a nit or a note on pre-existing code) was found and not posted. Nothing in this review needs a push before merging.

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