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When bun runs as `node`, `exec_as_if_node` booted the path as the user gave it. For a directory, a file without its extension, or a symlink, `vm.main()` was not the key of the entry module. `require.main`, `process.mainModule` and `import.meta.main` did not match, and `has_loaded` stayed false, so an import with an unknown extension was parsed as code. `boot` now resolves that path with the VM resolver, like `bun <entry>`. `process.argv[1]` and the Bun shell `$1` keep the given path, like Node.
WalkthroughThe CLI now classifies entry paths as resolved or unresolved. Unresolved paths are resolved after VM setup while their original value remains available for ChangesEntry path handling
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Status: fix pushed ( How I reproduced it (Linux x64, bun mkdir -p /tmp/nodedot/proj /tmp/shim && cd /tmp/nodedot
echo '{"name":"proj"}' > proj/package.json
echo 'console.log(process.argv[1], require.main === module, process.mainModule === module)' > proj/index.js
ln -sf "$(which bun)" /tmp/shim/node
node ./proj # /tmp/nodedot/proj true true
/tmp/shim/node ./proj # /tmp/nodedot/proj false false (bun as node, before this PR)
bun ./proj # true trueThe asset case:
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the unsafe in resolve_entry_path (src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs): top_level_dir() returns &'static [u8], so no shared borrow of vm is live when &raw mut vm.transpiler.resolver is taken; log is declared before the scoped_log guard so the guard drops first and restores the resolver log; and the resolved path is crate::fs::Path<'static> from the resolver's cache, so storing it in vm.main() is lifetime-sound. main_for_argv has a single VM init site (the addr_of_mut! block), so no constructor misses it.
Extended reasoning...
Three confirmed findings are already posted inline (NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS ordering, --watch/--hot directory watch registration, and the HTML-entry mismatch when package.json main is an .html file), so a human needs to look regardless. This note records what else was examined and ruled out so a reviewer does not have to re-derive it: the borrow/aliasing shape of the new unsafe block, the drop order of the scoped-log guard relative to the throwaway Log, the 'static backing of the resolver's result path (type Path = crate::fs::Path<'static> in src/resolver/result.rs), and that VirtualMachine has only one raw-init site for main, which the diff extends with main_for_argv.
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src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs— Users runningnode ./sitewhere package.json main is index.html now get vm.main() set to the .html file while main_is_html_entrypoint stays false, so the entry is loaded as an HTMLBundle import and nothing runs, with no error. run_command.rs:1126-1128 computes the HTML check from paths::extension(entry) (the user-given directory path), but run_entry was already switched to the resolved .html file at run_command.rs:1092. Fix: compute main_is_html_entrypoint from the resolved run_entry (or pass the resolver-derived loader like exec does at run_command.rs:2603-2609) so every resolved entry goes through the same loader decision.Extended reasoning...
resolve_entry_path resolves /x/site to /x/site/index.html because load_as_file matches package.json main exactly regardless of extension. run_entry becomes the .html path and vm.main() equals it. Line 1127 still calls vm.transpiler.options.loader on the extension of /x/site, which is empty, so main_is_html_entrypoint is false. reload_entry_point then runs generate_entry_point (VirtualMachine.rs:3415) and the loader imports index.html with Loader::Html, producing an HTMLBundle object and exiting silently. The
bun <entry>path avoids this by passing Some(loader) computed from the resolved path. The finder marked it pre-existing because base also loaded the HTML as an import, but base kept vm.main() as the directory; with the PR is_main at jsc_hooks.rs:2163 is now true for an Html-loader module that never sets has_loaded, so subsequent extensionless imports are classified differently than on base. Population: shim users whose package.json main points at an .html; rate: per start. Remedy: derive the loader from run_entry.Verification: pre-existing — the base already produces the identical silent no-op by the same route; this PR does not change the outcome. Trigger:
node ./site(via the shim) wheresite/package.jsonhas"main": "index.html". Mechanism verified:resolve_entry_path(run_command.rs:1145-1160) uses the VM resolver, andload_as_file(resolver.rs:5822-5849) accepts an exact-name match for the…
The resolve in `boot` ran before `NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS` reached the resolver and before `--watch` and `--hot` installed the watcher. Move it to `Run::start`, next to `load_entry_point`. There the resolver has the same state as it has for the import of the entry point.
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🟠 Major · Preserve the original entry path before rewriting entry. · run_command.rs:1466-1472
src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs:1466-1472
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPreserve the original entry path before rewriting
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node ., lines 1457-1464 replace"."with the top-level directory before this block runs. Line 1472 then reports that rewritten path inprocess.argv[1], not the provided"."value. Cron mode also skips this block after it replaces the main path withcwd/[eval].Store a separate reported-entry value before any rewrite. Set the argv override from that value for every
EntryPath::Unresolvedentry, including cron entries. This preserves the documented argv contract while loading the resolved or synthetic module key.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs`:
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any rewriting in the run-command flow. Update the argv override logic around
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Two findings were outside the diff, so I answer them here.
Confirmed, and it is the same on the base. With This PR does not change it. "Preserve the original entry path before rewriting This does not apply:
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A finding from the work on #43495, which is stacked on this branch. It changes the answer in the What fails Under the shim with mkdir -p /tmp/hot/pkg /tmp/shim && cd /tmp/hot
echo '{}' > pkg/package.json
echo 'console.log("ready 1"); globalThis.t ??= setInterval(() => {}, 1000);' > pkg/index.js
ln -sf "$(which bun)" /tmp/shim/node
/tmp/shim/node --hot ./pkg & # ready 1
rm pkg/index.js; sleep 0.3
echo 'console.log("ready 2"); globalThis.t ??= setInterval(() => {}, 1000);' > pkg/index.js
With #43495 on top (the same code path for a script), Why
A possible direction (not implemented, not tested): install the watcher on the resolver first, resolve the entry, then set #43495 inherits the same gap for an HTML entry ( |
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node(the shim thatbun runputs inPATH) does not make a directory (node .) or a path without its extension the main module.require.main === module,process.mainModule === moduleandimport.meta.mainare false. Node prints true.node node_modules/.bin/tool), and on Windows an absolute path with/, an import with an unknown extension fails:error: Expected ";" but found ....exec_as_if_node(src/runtime/cli/run_command.rs). It boots the path as given, sovm.main()is not the module key of the entry point.Fix
RunCommand::boottakes anEntryPath. Only the shim passesEntryPath::Unresolved. ThenRun::startresolves the path with the VM resolver, directly before it loads the entry point, and uses the result forvm.main().process.argv[1]and the Bun shell$1keep the given path, like Node. They read the newVirtualMachine::main_for_argv().test/cli/run/as-node.test.ts(14 new tests, 9 fail on the released binary on Linux, 10 on Windows). The Notes list the other suites.Background
vm.main()is the path of the entry module.require.main,process.mainModuleandimport.meta.maincompare a module key with it, or withBun.main(its real path).has_loadedwhen it loads the module whose path equalsvm.main(). Until then the loader parses a file with an unknown extension as TSX, so thatbun ./scriptworks. After that, such a file is an asset.process.argv[1]ispath.resolve(arg). The main module is whatModule._findPathandrealpathgive.Notes
Node v26.3.0, bun as
nodeonmain, and this PR (Linux, cwd/tmp/nodedot,proj/index.jsis CommonJS):mainnode ./projargv[1]/tmp/nodedot/proj,require.main === moduletrueargv[1], false,Bun.mainis/tmp/nodedot/projargv[1], true,Bun.mainis/tmp/nodedot/proj/index.jsnode .with a package.jsonmainnode ./probe(probe.js)import.meta.mainnode --watch ./proj, after a reloadimport a from "./asset.bin", entry is a directory or a symlinkerror: Expected ";" but found "is"node C:/x/pkg/index.jsornode c:\x\pkg\index.jsWhat else changes under the shim
For the same entry points, the other users of
vm.main()now see the entry module, as they do forbun <entry>. I ranBun.mainand--watch. From the code, the same holds for the first-line breakpoint of--inspect-brk, the base of a relativefetch("file:..."), and the concurrent transpiler, which starts afterhas_loaded. I did not test those three.What does not change
process.argv[1]under the shim. It is still the argument joined onto the cwd. The existing test "process args work" pins that. Node also appliespath.resolve()(no trailing/,\on Windows). That difference is older than this PR and is tracked apart.error: Module not found '/tmp/nodedot/does-not-exist'), and for apackage.jsonthat does not parse (no message). The resolve uses a scoped resolver log, as the module loader does.--preserve-symlinks-mainhas no effect under the shim, before and after.NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1and--preserve-symlinkskeep their effect. The resolve runs directly beforeload_entry_point, with the resolver state that the import of the entry point sees, sovm.main()always equals the module key.--watchand--hot. On Linux,node --hot ./pkgwatchestop,top/pkgandtop/pkg/index.json the base and with this PR (read from/proc/<pid>/fdinfo). The hot reloader still gets the given path, as on the base.node ./sitewith a package.jsonmainthat is an.htmlfile does nothing and exits 0, on the base and with this PR.bun <entry>,-e, stdin, the REPL, workers andbun build --compilepassEntryPath::Resolvedor do not useboot.Tests
test/cli/run/as-node.test.ts: CommonJS and ESM for a directory,.with a package.jsonmain, and a file without its extension. A symlink.NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1through a symlinked directory. Apackage.jsonthat does not parse. Cron execution mode. The Bun shell$1. An asset import from a directory entry, from an absolute path with/, and from a symlink.argv[1]of a symlink,NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1, cron execution mode,$1, and the/path, which fails before the fix only on Windows.eval_sourcecheck, the cron test fails. Withvm.main()ininterpreter.rs, the$1test fails. Without the scoped resolver log, thepackage.jsontest fails.bun --bundeletes and makes again the directory of thenodeshim, so concurrent runs fail withScript not found "node"(seen on Windows).boot. A review found that this ran beforeNODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKSreached the resolver and before the watcher existed. With the resolve inboot,NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1 node ./link/entry.jsprinted the real path forimport.meta.url. The base and the current version print the path through the symlink.as-node.test.ts25 pass. Released binary1.4.3-canary.1+b52d51348: 9 fail. Windows x64 debug build: 25 pass. Canary367d939d9: 10 fail.test/cli/run/env.test.ts,run-eval.test.ts,run-shell.test.ts,run_command.test.ts,run-extensionless.test.ts,test/cli/install/bun-run-bunfig.test.ts,test/cli/watch/watch.test.ts,test/js/bun/resolve/import-meta.test.js,test/js/bun/shell/env.positionals.test.ts,test/js/node/process/process-args.test.js,test/regression/issue/26207.test.ts.Related
resolveMainPathresolves the main module.process.argv[1]stayspath.resolve(arg).process.argv[1]forbun <file>. They add a similar field and do not touch the shim's entry.vm.main()or its real path. Its review noted this gap fornode ..get_fd_path. That madeprocess.argv[1]the real path and did not cover a directory or a missing extension.