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Problem

• With targets that have no CSS nesting (the bun build default), a & that does not lead its selector can print a different selector, with no warning. div { &:hover { .x& {} } } prints .xdiv:hover. .a .b { &:hover { .dark & {} } } prints .dark .a .b:hover, which needs .dark above .a.
• Real files hit it. pdf.js viewer.css and Chrome DevTools softContextMenu.css each get a rule that never matches (see Notes).
• Cause: serialize_nesting (src/css/selectors/selector.rs) knows two positions for a &: first or not. A parent selector that replaces a & prints its own leading & as first, wherever it lands. So does a & after the implicit :scope of :has().

Fix

• NestingPosition replaces first: selector start, after a combinator, or after other simple selectors. It passes down to the parent selector that replaces the &, and through an unwrapped :is().
• After a combinator, one compound selector fits as written (.dark a, before .dark :is(a)). A selector with a combinator goes in :is(): .dark :is(.a .b):hover, :has(+ :is(.a .b)).
• &div swaps to div& in every compound selector, and a parent selector &div counts as one with a type selector. .a { .dark &div {} } printed .dark .adiv.
• Verified: test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts (45 new tests, 28 fail on 1.4.3-canary). Other suites: see Notes. Self-reviewed: 7 concerns raised, 7 addressed.

Background

• Lowering: the printer writes each nested rule at the top level and replaces every & with the parent selector.
• A compound selector is a run of simple selectors with no combinator (div.a:hover). A type selector (div, *) is valid only at its start.
• & means :is(parent). The printer drops the :is() when the parent selector fits as written at that position.

Notes

Repro: write x.css, run bun build x.css. Reproduces on 1.4.3-canary.1+c6b7fcb5b and on main ebfad4c. lightningcss 1.33.0 prints the same wrong selectors, because bun ported this logic from it.

Before and after, minified, Chrome 95 targets:

Source	1.4.3-canary	This PR
div { &:hover { .x& {} } }	.xdiv:hover	.x:is(div):hover
div { &:hover { &* {} } }	*div:hover (does not parse again)	*:is(div):hover
.a .b { &:hover { .x& {} } }	.x.a .b:hover	.x:is(.a .b):hover
.a .b { &:hover { .dark & {} } }	.dark .a .b:hover	.dark :is(.a .b):hover
ul { li { &:hover { .dark & {} } } }	.dark ul li:hover	.dark :is(ul li):hover
.a .b { &:hover { & + & {} } }	.a .b:hover+.a .b:hover	.a .b:hover+:is(.a .b):hover
.a { &div { .x& {} } }	.xdiv.a	.x:is(div.a)
div { .x:is(&) {} }	.xdiv	.x:is(div)
.a .b { :has(+ &) {} }	:has(+.a .b)	:has(+:is(.a .b))
span { .dark &div {} }	.dark :is(span)div (does not parse again)	.dark div:is(span)
.a { .dark &div {} }	.dark .adiv	.dark div.a
.a { &svg|b {} }, with @namespace svg	.asvg|b (does not parse again)	svg|b.a
a { .dark & {} }	.dark :is(a)	.dark a
a { &:hover { .dark & {} } }	.dark a:hover	.dark a:hover

esbuild 0.21.5 and postcss-nesting 14.0.1 agree with the new column for the shapes that they accept: .dark a, .dark a:hover, .dark :is(.card a):hover (esbuild: .dark :is(.card a:hover)), :has(+ :is(.a .b)). For .x& they put the parent selector first (div:hover.x), which matches the same elements.

Why .dark .a .b:hover is wrong: .dark :is(.a .b):hover matches a .b:hover that has a .a ancestor and a .dark ancestor, in any order. .dark .a .b:hover matches only when .dark is above .a. With <div class="a dark"><span class="b"> the first matches and the second does not. The one-level form .a .b { .dark & {} } already printed .dark :is(.a .b).

The three positions:

• Selector start: any single parent selector fits as written. No change.
• After a combinator (.dark &, & + &, the & in :has(+ &)): one compound selector fits as written, with or without a type selector. The old code treated this & like the next case, so it printed .dark :is(a).
• After other simple selectors (.x&, the & of &div after the swap): one compound selector with no type selector fits as written.

Checks beyond the test file:

• Chrome 153, native nesting against the lowered selector, on a DOM grid, for the 39 test sources that lower nesting. For 23 sources the lowered selector matches the same elements as native nesting, and for 11 of those the 1.4.3-canary output does not. 11 sources put a type selector after & (&div, &*, &svg|b). Chrome does not accept that form, so they have no native result. bun reads &div as div&, as lightningcss does. The other 5 sources match no element of the grid on either side (the pseudo-element sources and one :has(+ &) source), so the grid does not judge them.
• A generated matrix of 7,109 sources (parents, middle levels, leaves), judged by a small selector matcher on random DOM trees, where & is :is(parent list). 1.4.3-canary: 5,187 equal, 1,272 valid with a different match set, 281 invalid. This PR: 6,740 equal, 0 different, 0 invalid. The other 369 have a pseudo-element parent and the matcher does not judge them.
• The 75 nesting cases of the lightningcss test suite: 66 pass on 1.4.3-canary and 67 with this PR. The new pass is the namespace case (&|x, &*|x, &toto|x). No case changes from pass to fail.
• With nesting preserved (no targets, or Chrome 130 targets), the same 7,109 sources print the same bytes as before, except that .x:is(&div) keeps its :is(). It printed .x&div, which does not parse. Also &svg|* now prints &svg|*. It printed &svg|.

Real files. I built 1,055 CSS files that use nesting with bun build on 1.4.3-canary and on this branch. The files come from daisyUI, Chrome DevTools, Firefox, Primer, React Spectrum, MDN and other projects, and 328 of them from npm packages. 976 print the same bytes, 37 differ, and 42 fail to parse on both.

• In 27 of the 37 files a selector gets shorter, for example .link > :is(devtools-icon) to .link > devtools-icon.
• In 11 files a selector gets an :is(). Each one is a chain of two or more levels, or a & inside :has(), that printed the wrong selector:
  • pdf.js viewer.css has .loadingInput:has(> &[data-status="pending"])::after under #findbar { #findInputContainer { #findInput {. It printed .loadingInput:has( > #findbar #findInputContainer #findInput[data-status="pending"]):after, which needs #findbar as a child of .loadingInput, so the loading icon of the find bar never shows. It now prints .loadingInput:has( > :is(#findbar #findInputContainer #findInput)[data-status="pending"]):after.
  • Chrome DevTools softContextMenu.css has .soft-context-menu-item { & devtools-icon { &.checkmark { .soft-context-menu-item[checked] & {} } } }. It printed .soft-context-menu-item[checked] .soft-context-menu-item devtools-icon.checkmark, which needs a checked item above another item. It now prints .soft-context-menu-item[checked] :is(.soft-context-menu-item devtools-icon).checkmark.
  • daisyUI tab.css: [dir="rtl"] .tabs-lift > .tab:is(...) to [dir="rtl"] :is(.tabs-lift > .tab):is(...). The old selector does not match when dir="rtl" is on the .tabs-lift element.
  • glightbox: .zoomed .gslide-image img.zoomable to .zoomed :is(.gslide-image img).zoomable.
  • daisyUI drawer.css: :root:has(.drawer-open > .drawer-toggle:checked) to :root:has(:is(.drawer-open > .drawer-toggle:checked)).

The :is() cost. The default targets include Chrome 87, which has no :is(), and the lowering wrote :is() before this PR too. This PR adds :is() only where the old selector was wrong or invalid. It removes :is() where one compound selector follows a combinator, so rules such as .link > :is(devtools-icon) start to work on Chrome 87.

Outputs that were correct and are longer now, all from sources that I did not find in real files:

• &* under a parent selector with a combinator: *:is(.a .b):hover, before *.a .b:hover.
• .a { .dark &* {} } prints .dark *.a, before .dark .a. The first compound selector already printed *.a.

A parent selector with a pseudo-element prints as before, in every chain that I tried: .a::before { &:hover { .dark & {} } } still prints .dark .a:before:hover. :is() cannot hold a pseudo-element, so the position does not pass down to such a parent selector. The one-level form .a::before { .dark & {} } still prints .dark :is(.a:before), which matches nothing. That is a different bug with its own decision to make: esbuild and postcss-nesting print a selector that matches nothing for every & under a pseudo-element parent, as browsers do.

:is(&div) unwraps as before at a start position (div.a, or &div when the targets have nesting), so should_unwrap_is, the compatibility check and the vendor prefix pass give the same answers as before. It stays wrapped only after other simple selectors: .x:is(&div) prints .x:is(div.a). It printed .xdiv.a.

The end selector of @scope replaces its & with the start selector even when the targets have nesting. @scope (.a) to (&div) printed .adiv there. It now prints div.a, as it already did with nesting compiled.

I found no bun issue that reports these shapes. lightningcss has one user report of this class, for :has(+ &): parcel-bundler/lightningcss#1073.

Not in this PR:

• & inside :local() and :global(). The parser does not count that & as a nesting selector, so the rule gets an implicit & prefix (.a .b { :global(.dark) :global(&) {} } prints .a .b .dark .a .b). The position cannot fix that alone.
• A :global() or :local() parent selector. The wrapper hides a combinator or a type selector from the fit check, so :global(.a .b) { .dark & {} } prints .dark .a .b. The wrapper also hides a pseudo-element (:global(.a::before)), which is why such a parent works today, so this fix needs the pseudo-element decision first.
• & inside :host(), ::slotted(), ::cue() and :nth-child(... of S): css: resolve & inside :nth-child(... of S), :host(), ::slotted() and ::cue() #43024.

Suites run on the debug build: test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts, nested-selector-expansion, nested-selector-list-expansion, nested-vendor-prefix-duplication, selector-list-error-recovery, css-loader, doesnt_crash, test/bundler/esbuild/css.test.ts, all of test/bundler/css/, test/regression/issue/25794.test.ts. test/js/bun/css/css-fuzz.test.ts times out on a debug build with or without this change (#38500), and CI does not run it.

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fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 28 failed, 67 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (c6b7fcb5b)

test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts:
Output .flexrow {
  flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
  flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
}

(pass) css tests > .flexrow {
	flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
	flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
	flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
	flex-wrap: nowrap;
} [10.52ms]
Output .foo {
  content: "+";
}

(pass) css tests > .foo {
  content: "\2b";
} [2.59ms]
Output div {
  --foo: 1 1 1 #0101011a, 2 2 2 #02020233;
  --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > div {
        --foo: 1 1 1 rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.1), 2 2 2 rgba(2, 2, 2, 0.2);
        --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
      } [2.15ms]
Output :root {
  --my-color: red;
  --my-bg: white;
  --my-font-size: 16px;
}

.element {
  color: var(--my-color);
  background-color: var(--my-bg);
  font-size: var(--my-font-size);
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > :root {
        --my-color: red;
        --my-bg: w
... (truncated)

release without fix: 30 failed, 67 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (c6b7fcb5b)

test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts:
Output .flexrow {
  flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
  flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
}

(pass) css tests > .flexrow {
	flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
	flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
	flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
	flex-wrap: nowrap;
} [0.22ms]
Output .foo {
  content: "+";
}

(pass) css tests > .foo {
  content: "\2b";
} [0.04ms]
Output div {
  --foo: 1 1 1 #0101011a, 2 2 2 #02020233;
  --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > div {
        --foo: 1 1 1 rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.1), 2 2 2 rgba(2, 2, 2, 0.2);
        --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
      } [0.03ms]
Output :root {
  --my-color: red;
  --my-bg: white;
  --my-font-size: 16px;
}

.element {
  color: var(--my-color);
  background-color: var(--my-bg);
  font-size: var(--my-font-size);
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > :root {
        --my-color: red;
        --my-bg: white;
        --my-font-size: 16px;
      }
      .element {
        color: var(--my-color);
        background-color: var(--my-bg);
        font-size: 
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: 67 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts
bun test v1.4.3 (c6b7fcb5b)

test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts:
Output .flexrow {
  flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
  flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
}

(pass) css tests > .flexrow {
	flex-direction: row;
}

.flexcol {
	flex-direction: column;
}

.hello {
	flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.world {
	flex-wrap: nowrap;
} [15.82ms]
Output .foo {
  content: "+";
}

(pass) css tests > .foo {
  content: "\2b";
} [1.52ms]
Output div {
  --foo: 1 1 1 #0101011a, 2 2 2 #02020233;
  --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > div {
        --foo: 1 1 1 rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.1), 2 2 2 rgba(2, 2, 2, 0.2);
        --bar: 1 1 1 #01010116, 2 2 2 #02020233;
      } [1.35ms]
Output :root {
  --my-color: red;
  --my-bg: white;
  --my-font-size: 16px;
}

.element {
  color: var(--my-color);
  background-color: var(--my-bg);
  font-size: var(--my-font-size);
}

(pass) css tests > custom property cases > :root {
        --my-color: red;
        --my-bg: w
... (truncated)

release with fix: 67 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     7a792b8721
  features     lto, baseline

23 deps, 131 codegen, 1176 objects in 2060ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/1250] install /workspace/bun
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (c6b7fcb5b)

Checked 22 installs across 61 packages (no changes) [34.00ms]
[2/1250] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (c6b7fcb5b)

Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [5.00ms]
[3/1250] gen .bind.ts → GeneratedBindings.cpp
[4/1250] gen bindgenv2
[5/1250] fetch libjpeg-turbo
[libjpeg-turbo] up to date
[6/1223] fetch tinycc
[tinycc] up to date
[7/1222] fetch zlib
[zlib] up to date
[8/1222] gen ErrorCode+*.h
[9/1222] gen bake.{client,server,error}.js
-> bake.client.js, bake.server.js, bake.error.js
[10/1222] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks
bun install v1.4.3-canary.1 (c6b7fcb5b)

Checked 111 installs across 104 packages (no changes) [184.00ms]
[11/1222] gen node-fallbacks/react-refresh.js
Bundled 1 module in 23ms

  react-refresh.
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

src/css/selectors/selector.rs | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts   | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 241 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file

file                           reads  edits  tests
src/css/selectors/selector.rs     14     25     35
test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts        4      5     35

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Status

• Reproduced on 1.4.3-canary.1+c6b7fcb5b. Write div { &:hover { .x& { color: red } } } to x.css and run bun build x.css. It prints .xdiv:hover.
• USE_SYSTEM_BUN=1 bun test test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts -t "nesting: where" fails 28 of the 45 new tests. bun bd test on this branch passes all 45.
• PR: css: fix nesting lowering of a & that does not lead its selector #43047

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Walkthrough

Selector serialization now tracks nesting position during CSS nesting lowering. Parent substitution and pseudo-element handling use that position. Contextual nesting compilation also handles @scope endings. Tests cover selector placements and reparse the lowered CSS.

Changes

CSS nesting serialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track nesting position src/css/selectors/selector.rs	Serialization propagates SelectorStart, CompoundStart, and MidCompound through selector components and nested :is() selectors.
Apply position-aware parent substitution src/css/selectors/selector.rs	Parent selectors use direct substitution or an :is() wrapper based on position. Type-selector detection skips leading &, and pseudo-elements, ::part, and ::slotted are recognized. Contextual compilation also substitutes nesting when serialization has a context.
Validate lowered nesting output test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts	Tests cover nesting placement, combinators, relative selectors, namespaces, nested pseudo-classes, compound selectors, pseudo-elements, preserved nesting, and @scope endings. Generated CSS is reparsed.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 38d0a

Some nested selectors containing a type selector plus another simple selector can lower to a selector with different matching behavior. Correct the type-selector detection before merging.

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[claude]

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

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

• 🟣 src/css/selectors/selector.rs — CSS-modules users who write .dark :global(&) or .x:global(&) under a complex parent still get a silently mis-ordered selector after lowering, the exact defect this PR fixes for the plain &. serialize_pseudo_class at selector.rs:1183 and 1186 prints the Global/Local argument through serialize_selector, which hard-codes NestingPosition::SelectorStart, so the inner & inlines .a .b as written. Fix: thread position into serialize_pseudo_class for Local/Global and call serialize_selector_impl with it, so the inner & is judged where it lands, like the unwrapped :is() argument at selector.rs:933-939.

  Extended reasoning...

  :global() and :local() print nothing of themselves when css_modules is on (selector.rs:1184-1188 only toggles dest.css_module), so their argument lands in the outer compound exactly like an unwrapped :is() argument. The PR threads position through :is() unwrapping (selector.rs:933) but not through this sibling. Trigger with css_modules and chrome 95 targets: .a .b { .dark :global(&) {} }. Steps: outer compound [.dark], then compound [Global{&}] at CompoundStart. serialize_component -> serialize_pseudo_class -> serialize_selector(&, ...) at 1186 -> serialize_selector_impl with SelectorStart. Inner compound [&], has_leading_nesting, serialize_nesting(SelectorStart) -> fits is true unconditionally at 1393 -> prints .a .b. Output .dark .a .b, which needs .dark above .a; native nesting and the plain-& path now print .dark :is(.a .b). Base does the same, but the diff leaves this route out of the class it fixes. Population: css-modules users that mark a theme ancestor global and reference & inside the wrapper. Remedy: pass position into…

  Verification: pre-existing — triggers only when css_modules is on, nesting is compiled away (e.g. chrome 95 / default bun build targets), and the nested rule puts a & inside :global()/:local() under a complex parent (e.g. .a .b { .dark :global(&) {} } or .a .b { .x:global(&) {} }). Mechanism verified by tracing the code (no debug build was available to execute): -… | pre-existing (the base already…

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In `@src/css/selectors/selector.rs`:
- Line 1773: Update the leading-component detection near
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type selector rather than relying on selector.components.first(). Preserve
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[claude]

I re-reviewed the follow-up push (38d0a34) and found no new bugs; because this reworks the ported lightningcss nesting serializer in a way that changes bundled output for every nesting user on the default targets, a human look from someone who owns the CSS printer is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• Confirmed from the code that the follow-up addresses the three fixable items from the earlier pass: should_unwrap_is is back to its old answer for :is(&div) (so the chrome87 :-webkit-any duplication no longer triggers), the @ scope end-selector swap now runs whenever a context is set, and the new preserved_nesting_test block covers &svg|*, :is(&div), and both @ scope shapes with chrome 130.
• Checked has_type_selector_past_nesting's use of components.first(): every caller first requires is_simple, so the first stored component is the compound's leading simple selector and the & skip is sound.
• Checked that NestingPosition is threaded through every serialize_component / serialize_nesting / unwrapped :is() call site with no site still passing a stale first flag.
• The remaining open inline threads are the pre-existing shapes (pseudo-element parents after a combinator, :global() parents, :is() on targets without it); none is introduced by this PR.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR touches two files: src/css/selectors/selector.rs (the serialize module of the selector printer, ported from lightningcss) and test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts. The first commit replaces the boolean first flag with a three-state NestingPosition enum, threads it through serialize_selector_impl, serialize_component, and serialize_nesting, swaps &div to div& in every compound, fixes the compound[0] vs compound[first_index] namespace lookup, and adds pseudo-element and type-selector helpers. The follow-up commit narrows has_type_selector back to its original meaning, introduces has_type_selector_past_nesting for the two call sites that need to see through a leading &, gates the @ scope end-selector substitution on context.is_some(), and adds a chrome 130 (nesting preserved) test block.

Security risks

None. This is a pure CSS serializer change with no I/O, allocation of untrusted sizes, or user-controlled paths; the worst outcome of a bug is an incorrect or unparseable selector in bundled output.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high for correctness, low for safety. The change is about 250 lines and explicitly diverges from the upstream lightningcss implementation (which shares the bug), so there is no reference implementation to diff against; correctness rests on the author's reasoning about where a compound selector may be inlined and on the test matrix. The output change affects every user bundling nested CSS on the default targets, including cases where a previously-inlined selector now gets :is() (which chrome87 in the default target set does not support). That trade-off, along with the remaining pre-existing shapes noted in open inline threads, is a judgment call a maintainer of the CSS subsystem should make rather than an automated approval.

Other factors

The bug hunt this run exited on dry_streak with no new findings. The follow-up commit addressed all three items from the earlier pass that were fixable within scope, and I verified each from the diff rather than from the commit message. The test coverage is now two-sided (lowered and preserved), uses cssInternals.minifyTest with exact toBe assertions, and re-parses the output. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files, and there are no outstanding human CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews; the only third-party activity is a coderabbit comment whose body is withheld.

[robobun]

^{Updated 4:41 AM PT - Sep 17th, 2026}

✅ @robobun, your commit 7a792b872117d33e62908f37e356cc9100b2c1a9 passed in Build #116989! 🎉

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bunx bun-pr 43047

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-43047 executable, so you can run:

bun-43047 --bun

[claude]

I re-reviewed the two follow-up commits (38d0a34, 7a792b8) and found no bugs; the points from my earlier pass are now covered in code and tests, but since this changes bun build CSS output for the default targets, a human look at the :is() trade-off is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• fits_at is now the single fit rule for both serialize_nesting and the unwrapped :is() path, so :is(&div) unwraps at selector start and stays wrapped mid-compound in both preserve and lower modes (tests at test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts cover chrome 95 and chrome 130).
• @ scope ... to (&div) now swaps to div& whenever a context is present, and the compound[first_index] namespace fix has a preserve-mode &svg|* test.
• The pseudo-element parent override in serialize_selector_impl prints .a::before parents as written at every position; checked the is_relative start position and the has_leading_nesting change for non-first compounds against the new tests.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR replaces lightningcss's first: bool in the CSS selector printer (src/css/selectors/selector.rs) with a three-state NestingPosition and a shared fits_at predicate, threaded through serialize_selector_list -> serialize_selector_impl -> serialize_component -> serialize_nesting. Two follow-up commits since my last review consolidated the fit check (the has_type_selector change I flagged was reverted in favour of gating should_unwrap_is on fits_at), made @ scope ... to (&div) swap the type selector whenever a context is present, added the pseudo-element-parent override, and added preserve-mode (chrome 130) tests for &svg|*, :is(&div), .x:is(&div) and the @ scope end selector. The test block in test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts now covers both states of the nesting flag and re-parses every output.

Security risks

None. This is a pure printer change over already-parsed CSS AST; no user input reaches allocation, paths, or the network, and no unsafe or .unwrap() on fallible paths was added.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate. The code is self-contained and the new helpers are small, but the change alters the bytes bun build emits for real stylesheets on the default targets (the author reports 37 of 1,055 nesting files differ). In 11 of those the output gains an :is() that chrome87 (in the default target set) does not support, replacing a selector that was silently wrong. That is a reasonable trade-off, and lowering already emitted :is() before this PR, but it is a product decision about default-target output that a maintainer should consciously accept rather than an automated approval.

Other factors

The bug hunt ran dry with no findings. The prior threads were self-resolved by the author, but the code and tests at HEAD do address each of them (shared fits_at, preserve-mode tests, @ scope swap, pseudo-element override), and the remaining item I raised earlier (no warning when :is() is emitted for a target lacking it) is a pre-existing property of the lowering rather than a regression. No CODEOWNERS entry covers src/css/. I did not have a debug build available in this environment, so I did not execute the new tests myself; the expectations were checked by reading the printer paths.

[robobun]

The pseudo-element parent case that the Notes of this PR leave open (input:after { a {} } prints input:after a, which the parser rejects) is in #43078. It is stacked on this branch and adds what follows the & as a second input to fits_at.

[robobun]

#43146 conflicts with 38d0a34 here, in meaning and not in text. Git merges the two PRs, but the second one to land fails test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts.

• css: stop truncating @scope to (...) and stop replacing & in the scope-end selector #43146 prints the scope-end selector of @scope with no parent context. & in @scope is the scoping root (:where(:scope), [css-cascade-6] & matching inside the @scope, and its interaction with :scope w3c/csswg-drafts#9740), not the scope-start selector. @scope (.a) to (&div) then prints to (&div) with nesting kept, and to (div:scope) with nesting compiled.
• 38d0a34 pins the same input to to (div.a) in two tests ("The end of @scope replaces its & with the start selector in every mode"). A scope-end selector with no & or :scope is relative to the scoping root, so Chrome 153 reads to (div.a) as :scope div.a. That is not the limit that the source names. WPT css/css-cascade/scope-nesting.html tests both rules.

If #43146 lands first, this PR can drop the context.is_some() || clause, its comment, and the two @scope ... to (&div) tests. No caller sets a context when nesting is kept then. If this PR lands first, #43146 removes them. #43078 is stacked on this branch and has the same tests.

[Jarred-Sumner]

Landed in #47025 (7942008).

Fix nesting lowering of a & that does not lead its selector. 8 real stylesheets

[robobun]

Confirmed on a build of main at 7942008.

• bun build prints .x:is(div):hover, .x:is(div).m and *:is(div):hover for the three repros from the report.
• The pdf.js and Chrome DevTools rules from the notes print the :is() form.
• The block a `&` that does not lead its selector in test/js/bun/css/css.test.ts passes (15 tests).

#47025 does not include the &div parts of this PR: the swap to div& in later compound selectors, and the namespace lookup after &. The &div and &svg|b rows of the table in this PR body do not describe main. For example, main prints .dark .adiv for .a { .dark &div {} }. These inputs put a type selector after &, which browsers reject in native nesting. I leave them as they are.