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The bundler (target bun), Linker::link and the concurrent runtime transpiler dropped the `bun:` prefix of every specifier the builtin table does not know. An import of `bun:x` then named the package `x`. The three sites now leave such a specifier as written. `bun:<name>` still resolves to `<name>` when `<name>` is a bare Node.js builtin name (`bun:fs`), because programs depend on that.
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- Around line 207-233: Make the parameterized cache test concurrent by changing
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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 findings, I also checked the dropped path.namespace = b"bun" assignment at all three rewrite sites: nothing downstream reads a bun namespace on an externalized import record (the printer and metafile use path.text, and the only namespace == "bun" comparison in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs normalizes plugin onResolve results), so leaving the default namespace is not a behavior change. I also looked at the no-log exit-0 outcome for a misspelled bun: name under --target=bun and ruled it out as pre-existing: the base code externalized those records silently too.
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The PR changes three import-record rewrite sites (bundler, legacy linker, runtime transpiler worker) to keep an unknown bun: specifier as written via a new Alias::bun_prefixed_builtin lookup in src/resolve_builtins/HardcodedModule.rs, and bumps the transpiler cache version. It touches module resolution and auto-install reachability but no auth, crypto, or injection surface. The inline findings already flag user-visible regressions for bun:ws/bun:undici and installed packages imported through a bun: alias, plus the bundler still silently dropping side-effect-only unknown bun: imports, so a maintainer decision on the intended compatibility policy is needed before merge.
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🟡 (optional) Programs that import an installed package through a bun: alias, such as import "bun:dotenv", stop at startup after upgrading with Cannot find package 'bun:dotenv', and nothing points them at the cause. This follows from the stated purpose: src/bundler/linker.rs:409-413 and src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1030 now leave any bun: name outside NODE_ALIAS_MAP as written, so the runtime resolver looks for a package literally named bun:dotenv. Fix: keep the specifier as written, but when a bun: name fails to resolve and its suffix is not a builtin, add a note: to the resolve error saying bun: names only Bun builtins and naming the suffix to import instead, so the 8 known public importers and private code like them can recover in one step.
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Trigger: a program with a literal import x from "bun:dotenv" (or bun:yaml, bun:semver) and that package installed under node_modules, run with bun file.js or bundled with bun build --target=bun. On the base branch src/bundler/linker.rs:409 stripped the prefix unconditionally, so the import record became dotenv and the installed package loaded. After this change Alias::bun_prefixed_builtin at src/resolve_builtins/HardcodedModule.rs:945-953 returns None for dotenv (not a key in NODE_ALIAS_MAP), the record stays bun:dotenv, and the runtime resolver in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:5099-5170 finds no alias and no node_modules entry, so the user sees Cannot find package 'bun:dotenv' imported from ... with no hint. The same happens at src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1030 and src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:6681. The PR text rejects a hint line because ResolveMessage::fmt has none; the consequence is a hard startup failure for previously working programs, so a note on the error is the safeguard still missing.
Verification: Conflicts with stated purpose; acknowledged in diff: the PR description lists under "Downsides" that "A literal bun:x that loaded an installed package x now fails with Cannot find package 'bun:x'", and the new test in test/js/node/missing-module.test.js pins exactly this: node_modules/missing is installed and import("bun:missing") is asserted to yield ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND.
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Not in this PR.
The error now names the specifier as the source wrote it (Cannot find package 'bun:dotenv'). Before, it named a package that the source did not write.
A note: line is new user-facing text in a path that has none today. ResolveMessage::fmt returns only the message, and its two callers in src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs build a Msg without notes. #39744 and #39246 change the wording of the errors for unknown builtins in the same code.
The description lists this break under Downsides. If a maintainer wants the note here, I will add it.
… restores the entry Also read the stderr of the `bun test` case, and say why `bare_node_builtin` does not call `Alias::get`.
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🟡 Minor · Apply the stream-iterator gate to the bun: rewrite. · HardcodedModule.rs:953
src/resolve_builtins/HardcodedModule.rs:953
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winApply the stream-iterator gate to the
bun:rewrite.
Alias::getrejectsstream/iterandzlib/iterwhen--experimental-stream-iteris disabled.bun_prefixed_builtinstripsbun:and callsbare_node_builtin, which checks onlyNODE_ALIAS_MAP. The bundler, linker, and runtime transpiler then rewrite the returned name as a builtin.Do not add the gate only to the shared helper. The runtime transpiler can return cached output before this loop, and its cache key has no feature-flag state. Gate the bundler and linker paths, and make the runtime-transpiler cache flag-aware or otherwise prevent cached output from bypassing the gate.
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- Line 953: Update bun_prefixed_builtin and its bundler, linker, and
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Both names are builtins only with --experimental-stream-iter. Without the flag, `bun:stream/iter` became `stream/iter`, which is a file of the package `stream`. The rule for `bun:` + a bare Node.js name reads no flag, so a name that needs one is not kept.
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I re-reviewed the latest push (a54a3aa) and found no new bugs; a maintainer should still decide on this one because it deliberately changes which bun: specifiers load at run time and in bundles.
What was reviewed:
- The stream/iter commit:
is_stream_iter_aliasis now a flag-free predicate shared bystream_iter_alias_gatedandbare_node_builtin, sobun:stream/iterstays as written with or without--experimental-stream-iter, and the cached transpiler output no longer depends on that flag. - The dropped
path.namespace = b"bun"at the three sites: no reader insrc/compares an import record's namespace tobun(the onlyb"bun"checks are thebun:wrap/bake runtime records and theonResolveplugin result), and the siblingAlias::getbranch never set it, so nothing changes downstream. stringsimports inlinker.rsandRuntimeTranspilerStore.rsstill have other callers; theEXPECTED_VERSIONbump matches the changed printed output.
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The change replaces an unconditional bun: prefix strip at three import-record sites (bundler, main-thread linker, transpiler thread) with a shared Alias::bun_prefixed_builtin helper that keeps only bun: + bare Node builtin names, bumps the transpiler cache version, and adds bundler and subprocess tests covering ESM/CJS, CLI/API, require/import/dynamic import, the registry, bun test aliases, the cache, and plugins. It touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface; the security-relevant effect is that an unknown bun: name no longer triggers auto-install of the suffix package. The code is small and self-consistent, and the latest commit closes the stream/iter gap flagged earlier. Deferring rather than approving because the PR intentionally breaks existing user code (bun:dotenv-style imports of installed packages, and bun:ws/bun:undici), a product decision the author's own description hands to a maintainer, and two inline threads from earlier runs on exactly that point remain open with author replies only.
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bun build --target=bunprintsimport real from "bun:not-a-builtin"asimport real from "not-a-builtin", with exit 0 and no log. The output loads the packagenot-a-builtin, or fails withCannot find package 'not-a-builtin'.bun:from a specifier that the builtin table does not know:src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:6681,src/bundler/linker.rs:409,src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerStore.rs:1030.Fix
Alias::bun_prefixed_builtinkeepsbun:<name>as<name>for a bare Node.js builtin name that needs no flag, because programs importbun:fs(Promises returned from bun:fs/promises functions are not instances ofPromise#16883).test/bundler/bundler_bun.test.ts,test/js/node/missing-module.test.js(12 of 14 new tests fail on main). 151 test files show no other change. Self-reviewed: 11 concerns raised, 10 addressed.Background
import,require()orimport(). The printer writes itspath.text.HardcodedModule::Alias) mapsfs,node:fsandbun:sqliteto builtin modules.Downsides
bun:xthat loaded an installed packagexnow fails withCannot find package 'bun:x'. A code search finds 8 such imports in public repositories.bun:node:fsandbun:wsstop. No public importer was found.Notes
What changes, measured on main
9ed8d11b96and on this branchbun build --target=bunofimport real from "bun:not-a-builtin""not-a-builtin", exit 0"bun:not-a-builtin"export * from,export { x } from,require(),require.resolve(),import()pathof that importnot-a-builtinbun:not-a-builtinimport "bun:missing"at run time,node_modules/missinginstalledCannot find package 'bun:missing'import probe from "bun:zzprobe"outside a project, local registryGET /zzprobeand the tarball)--target=bunbundle of that file, run outside a projectrequire("bun:bundle")orimport("bun:bundle"),node_modules/bundleinstalledCannot find package 'bun:bundle'build.module("bun:virtual", ...)inBun.plugin, then a literalimport "bun:virtual"Cannot find package 'virtual'import("bun:stream/iter")outside a project, no--experimental-stream-iterGET /stream), thenCannot find module 'stream/iter'Cannot find module 'bun:stream/iter'import("bun:stream/iter")with--experimental-stream-iterstream/iterCannot find module 'bun:stream/iter'import { existsSync } from "bun:fs", from source and from a bundlefsfsbun:bundleis in the types and the docs, but it is not in the builtin table. The parser handles only its staticimportstatement. The other forms asked for the packagebundle.Numbers
bun:prefix: bundler 14 to 13 instructions, concurrent transpiler 8 to 8,Linker::link14 to 15 (one stack reload). Counted withobjdumpin the release builds.Alias::getcalls on a 500 module fixture with nobun:import: 7004 and 7004 forbun entry.mjs, 3001 and 3001 forbun build --target=bun(gdb breakpoint counts). The new table lookup (Alias::bare_node_builtin) runs 0 times..text88,977,247 to 88,977,759 bytes (size). The stripped file grows by one page, from 89,142,856 to 89,146,952 bytes.bloatyis not installed here.bun-v1.4.2, ships 28. With 200 modules of 8 KiB and their entry point, the first run with this branch writes 201 of 201 entries again, the second run 0.bun:<name>for each bare name inrequire("module").builtinModules: 71 of 71 load on main, 68 of 71 on this branch. The 3 that stop arebun:bun,bun:undiciandbun:ws.node:keys.bun:+ a bare key: 68 of 70 load on both builds. The other 2 arestream/iterandzlib/iter, which are builtins only with--experimental-stream-iter. This branch leavesbun:stream/iterandbun:zlib/iteras written with or without the flag, because the rule reads no flag.bun:+ anode:key: 71 of 73 on main, 0 on this branch.test/bundler,test/js/bun/plugin,test/js/bun/resolve,test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts), release builds of main and of this branch: no existing test changed its result. One run ofbytecode: function record on an encoder page boundaryreached its 5 s timeout. It passes 3 of 3 reruns on both builds.Public code that the first downside breaks
A GitHub code search finds 8 imports that work today only when the package named by the suffix is installed: 5 of
bun:dotenv, 2 ofbun:yaml, 1 ofbun:semver. Each one loads a package that its source does not name. The same search finds 48 files withfrom "bun:fs", 18 withbun:path, 10 withbun:osand 6 withbun:crypto. Those forms keep working.Self-review
bun testandbun runprint the same text for one cached module. Tests forbun test, for the registry, for the cache and forbun:bundle.bun:name.ResolveMessage::fmthas no hint lines, and bundler: report unknown node: builtins as No such built-in module #39744 and Report unknown node: builtins in static imports with "No such built-in module" on every transpile path #39246 change the wording of errors for unknown builtins.Changed after review
bun:stream/iterandbun:zlib/iterare not kept. Without the flag they named a file of the packagesstreamandzlib.Not changed
import "bun:x"with no binding is still removed from a bundle, for known and unknown names. The todo testsdefault/AutoExternalBunanddefault/AutoExternalNodecover that.onResolveplugins. An unknownbun:name still is not.require.cache(src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts:259), the error preview (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:6522) andprocess.binding()(src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp:3699) decide "Bun's own" by thebun:prefix. A plugin module namedbun:xis now reachable by a literal import, so these three see it.bun:<Node.js builtin>must stop one day is a question for a maintainer. This PR keeps it.Earlier work
#23439 kept the prefix for unknown names at the same three places in the Zig tree. It had no
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