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`bun build --target=node --format=esm` lowered `import.meta.main` to `__require.main == __require.module`. `__require` comes from `createRequire(import.meta.url)`, which has no `module` property, and `require.main` is undefined when the process entry point is an ES module. The expression was `undefined == undefined`, so it was true in a bundle that another ES module imports. The parser now builds `import.meta.main ?? __require.main == __require.module` for that output. Node.js v22.18.0 and v24.2.0 added `import.meta.main`. The old expression stays as the fallback for a Node.js without it. The printer writes `import.meta.main` as written in every ESM output.
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Status: the fix and its tests are pushed. CI is running. How I reproduced the bug (Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9, Node.js v26.3.0, Linux x64): With this branch The failing tests on 1.4.3 are in |
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Updated 7:42 PM PT - Oct 6th, 2026
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WalkthroughThe parser now applies Node.js Changesimport.meta.main handling
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src/js_printer/lib.rs— Node-target users ofBun.Transpilerandbun build --no-bundle --target=nodenow get a SyntaxError or wrong value for a negated main check used in an expression, e.g.(require.main !== module) ** 2prints!import.meta.main ** 2(SyntaxError) and(require.main !== module).toString()prints!import.meta.main.toString(). The PR routes node-target ESM into the arm at src/js_printer/lib.rs:3327-3337, which prints a bare!with no regard tolevel; the parser-side EUnary fix at src/js_parser/p.rs:6211 only exists on the bundler path where lower_import_meta_main_for_node_js is set. … [also at: src/js_printer/lib.rs:3327 - pre-existing: with--format=cjsanif (!import.meta.main)block never runs, because it is printed as!require.main == module, which is always false.]Extended reasoning...
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levelexceeds prefix precedence in this arm, so every producer of EImportMetaMain{inverted} (transpiler, bun-shebang entries, bun/browser targets) is safe.The dismissal says this is pre-existing for bun/browser and that node ESM now builds a real EUnary. That is only true for the bundler path. lower_import_meta_main_for_node_js is set solely at ParseTask.rs:2639; Bun.Transpiler / --no-bundle never set it, so value_for_import_meta_main (p.rs:6152-6155) returns EImportMetaMain{inverted:true} directly. On the base the printer sent node-target ESM to the else-branch, printing
require.main != require.module(wrong value but valid syntax under** 2). After this diff the condition is onlymodule_type == Esm, so the same input hits lib.rs:3331-3337:print("!")thenimport.meta.main, ignoring the caller's level. With** 2the output!import.meta.main ** 2is a JavaScript SyntaxError (unary minus/not before ** is forbidden), so the transpiled file no longer loads at all. Same for node-target bundles whose entry starts with…Verification: nit — triggers when a node-target, non-bundling caller (
Bun.Transpiler({target:"node"})orbun build --no-bundle --target=node) transpiles a negated main check that sits in a postfix/exponentiation position, e.g.(require.main !== module) ** 2or(require.main !== module).toString(). Mechanism verified in the code: -src/bundler/transpiler.rs:1597-1600setsoutput_format: Esmand… -
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src/js_printer/lib.rs— Pre-existing: Node users getrequire.main == require.module(always false) fromBun.Transpiler({target:"node"})andbun build --no-bundle --target=nodewhen the input file is CommonJS. The CJS branch at src/js_printer/lib.rs:3360-3364 prints<require_ref>.modulefor the node target, and the transform path passesrequire_ref: Some(ast.require_ref)(src/bundler/transpiler.rs:2526), which is the plainrequiresymbol. Fix: printmodulewhenever the output is CommonJS, on both the bundler and the transform path, since.moduleis never a property of a require function; the PR fixes only the ESM arm of this class. [also at: src/js_printer/lib.rs:3367 - pre-existing: users transpiling a CommonJS file withBun.Transpiler({ target: "node" })getrequire.main == require.module, which is always false under Node, soif (require.main === module) main()never runs.]Extended reasoning...
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require.main == require.moduleon the base for ESM input; the samerequire_refvalue feeds the CommonJS branch, which this PR leaves as is. Bun.Transpiler prints through PrintFormat::EsmAscii (src/runtime/api/JSTranspiler.rs:819), so print_ast_esm_ascii at src/bundler/transpiler.rs:2507 builds the options: module_type is Cjs when exports_kind == Cjs (transpiler.rs:2535), target is forwarded (transpiler.rs:2551), require_ref is Some(ast.require_ref) (transpiler.rs:2526). ast.require_ref is the runtime __require symbol if one exists, else p.require_ref (src/js_parser/p.rs:9471-9475), which is the unbound symbol namedrequire(p.rs:3435-3436). Inputmodule.exports = {}; if (require.main === module) main();with target node: visit_binary.rs:289 folds the comparison to EImportMetaMain; module.exports keeps exports_kind Cjs. The printer takes the non-ESM branch at lib.rs:3340: printsrequire(3348-3349),.main ==(3357), then since target…Verification: pre-existing — the base branch produces the same wrong output by the same route; this PR leaves the CJS branch of the arm untouched while rewriting the ESM branch beside it. Trigger:
new Bun.Transpiler({ target: "node" }).transformSync(src)wheresrcis CommonJS (e.g.if (require.main === module) main(); module.exports = main;). Mechanism verified in code: - Bun.Transpiler prints with…
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Replace the fallback's nonexistent __require.module property.
On Node versions without native import.meta.main, Bun defines __require with createRequire(import.meta.url). That function has no module property. When the process entry point is ESM, __require.main is also undefined. The fallback therefore evaluates undefined == undefined as true even when another module imports the bundle. Compare the current module with the process entry point instead, and check both direct execution and import on an older Node version. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the import.meta.main fallback represented by the "module" property in the
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bun build --target=node --format=esmmakesimport.meta.maintrue in a bundle that Node.js only imports (node app.mjsimports./out/lib.js). Native Node.js givesfalse.EImportMetaMainarm of the printer (src/js_printer/lib.rs:3326). For the node target it prints__require.main == __require.module, which isundefined == undefinedwhen the entry point is an ES module. commonjs/node built JS usesrequire.modulewhich doesn't work withnode(on disk) #20308 reportedrequire.modulefor CommonJS output. No user reported the ESM case.Fix
value_for_import_meta_main(src/js_parser/p.rs) buildsimport.meta.main ?? __require.main == __require.modulefor node ESM output. The printer arm writesimport.meta.mainin every ESM output, so the generic printer adds the parentheses.import.meta.main. esbuild prints it as written, which isundefinedon an older Node.js. The fallback keepstruefor an entry point there.--splitting, an entry point that another entry point imports is in a shared chunk. Its check is now alwaysfalse, as with--target=bun. Before, it was alwaystrue.test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts(9 new cases, 1 updated, 7 fail on 1.4.3) andtest/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js(1 new). Self-reviewed: 10 concerns raised, 9 addressed. The--splittingtrade-off stays.Background
import.meta.mainandrequire.main === moduleinto one AST node,EImportMetaMain(feat(bundler): inlining/dead-code-elimination forimport.meta.main(and --compile) #12867). A file that is not an entry point getsfalseat build time.__requireiscreateRequire(import.meta.url). It hasmainand nomoduleproperty.require.mainis the CommonJS module that started the process, orundefinedfor an ES module entry point.Notes
Repro (Linux x64):
Real Node.js versions.
mainisimport.meta.mainin the bundle. "bare" isimport.meta.mainas written, which is what esbuild 0.18.6 prints for--platform=node --format=esm.On a Node.js that has
import.meta.main, the output of this branch evaluates exactly like the esbuild output. The??fallback is the one difference from esbuild. Without it,if (import.meta.main) main()stops running on Node.js before v22.18.0 and v24.2.0, where it runs today. Node.js still marksimport.meta.mainas "Stability: 1.0 - Early development". To match esbuild exactly, delete the ESM part oflower_import_meta_main_for_node_js.How Node.js v26.3.0 loads the bundle, native
import.meta.mainagainst the old expression:__require.main == __require.moduleimportfrom an ES module entry pointimport()from a CommonJS entry pointrequire()from a CommonJS entry pointnew Worker(bundle)node --import ./bundle app.cjsThe
--splittingtrade-off, measured.cli.tsimportslib.ts, both are entry points, andlib.tshasif (import.meta.main) .... The module oflib.tsis printed once, into a shared chunk that bothcli.jsandlib.jsimport.node cli.js: the check inlib.tsnode lib.js: the check inlib.tsNo value in the shared chunk is right for both processes. A constant is the same in both, and
import.metathere belongs to the chunk file, which is never the entry point. Only a different chunk layout can fix the second row, for every target. This PR does not change the layout. Without--splitting, and for an entry point that no other entry point imports, the check is in the entry point's own file and is correct.Other output that changes, because the printer arm no longer has a node case for ESM:
Bun.Transpiler({ target: "node" })printsimport.meta.main, asbun build --no-bundle --target=nodealready does. Before, it printedrequire.main == require.module(and!require.main == require.modulefor the negated form), which throwsReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module scopeon Node.js.#!/usr/bin/env bunis parsed for the bun target, also in a node build. Before, its output was__require.main == __require.modulewith no__requirein the file (ReferenceError: __require is not defined). Now it isimport.meta.main. bundler: keep import.meta.main in iife output for bun #38139 describes the same case.CommonJS output (
require.main == module), iife output, and the bun and browser targets print what they printed before.Open PRs that touch the same printer arm for other cases: #33447 (parentheses for
require.main === module), #38139 and #38077 (iife output), #41235 (one value per chunk with several entry points), #30085 (import.meta?.main). This PR changes only theifcondition of that arm.Tests.
ImportMetaMainTargetNodeImported+esmand+esm+minifyrun the output with Node.js as the entry point and as an imported module. On 1.4.3 they fail withExpected: "[false,false,true]" Received: "[true,true,false]". The two+cjscases are controls.ImportMetaMainTargetNodePrecedencechecks the expression next to!,typeof,.toString(),**,?:,||,&&,??and+. Its third run loads the output throughvm.SourceTextModulewith animport.metathat has onlyurl, like a Node.js withoutimport.meta.main. That is the only run in which the fallback decides the value."main" in import.metaisfalseonly in that run.ImportMetaMainTargetNodeSplittingcovers the first row of the--splittingtable.ImportMetaMainTargetNodeBunShebangcovers the#!/usr/bin/env bunentry point.DeleteFoldedImportMetaMainRefNodeCjskeeps thedelete (0, require.main == module)guard covered. The node ESM case that covered it now prints a parenthesized??expression.bundler_edgecase,transpiler.test.js,bundler_minify,bundler_cjs2esm,bundler_banner,bundler_bun,compile/ImportMetaMain, andesbuild/default -t ImportMeta.Found outside this PR, in the same printer arm.
new Bun.Transpiler({ target: "node" })printsrequire.main == require.moduleforrequire.main === modulein a CommonJS file.require.moduledoes not exist, so the check is alwaysfalseon Node.js. 1.4.3 prints the same. The bun and browser targets printrequire.main == module. It is the<require>.modulespelling of #20308 on the transform path, where the printer getsrequire_ref: Some(..)(src/bundler/transpiler.rs:2526). I found no open PR or issue for it.Found outside this PR. The
mordantjob fails on this PR and on other open PRs with the same finding:bun_paths::string_paths::starts_with_windows_drive_letter(src/paths/string_paths.rs:441) is public, but nothing in the workspace uses it. This diff does not touch that file. Theclaude-find-issuesjob failed in its own action (Claude execution failed), before it looked at the diff.[human-review] gate passed · iteration 0 · 4 files touched
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