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What does this PR do?

Fixes #46530.

bun check 1.4.4 reports a false TS2322 for XState's snapshot.matches({ reviewingHits: "batch" }) when the machine type depends on a type parameter. tsc and Bun 1.4.3 report nothing.

The problem

• An object literal starts as a fresh literal type. A fresh literal type rejects excess properties.
• The checker widens the literal. The widened type accepts excess properties.
• The widened copy kept the fresh literal as its instantiation target.
• In a generic function, the checker instantiates the type a second time. That instantiation started from the fresh literal.
• initial was then an excess property of { states: infer S }, and the conditional type took its false branch.

What changed

The instantiation target of a widened literal is now the widened target. tsc instantiates the widened type, so the result is the same.

This is one commit from #46383, taken out so that it can land alone.

How did you verify your code works?

• I ran the code from bun check 1.4.4: nested XState state value on generic snapshot resolves to undefined (TS2322, tsc and 1.4.3 accept) #46530 with xstate 5.33.2. Bun 1.4.4 reports TS2322. A debug build of this branch reports no errors, the same as tsc 7.0.2.
• The new test in test/cli/check/check.test.ts passes on this branch. Its expected output is the output of tsc 7.0.2 for the same file. Bun 1.4.4 prints different errors for that file.
• In the rest of check.test.ts, 9 tests fail on my local debug build. 7 time out at 5 seconds, 1 needs a package that is not installed here, and 1 runs out of stack. The last one fails the same way without this change. I did not check the others against a build without this change.

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^{Updated 10:05 PM PT - Oct 23rd, 2026}

@Jarred-Sumner, your commit 6c5f359 is building: #131633

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Walkthrough

When the checker widens a synthesized object type, it now also widens its optional instantiation_target. A regression test covers nested generic calls, inferred state keys, and expected diagnostics.

Changes

Generic object type widening

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Widen instantiation targets and test inference src/sema/check/symbols.rs, test/cli/check/check.test.ts	The checker widens the optional instantiation_target of a synthesized object type. The regression test checks inferred state keys across nested generic calls and records expected diagnostics.

Possibly related issues

• oven-sh/bun#46371 — Reports a false bun check diagnostic for an object literal passed to a generic call with an unresolved type parameter. This change addresses a related object-literal instantiation pattern.

Possibly related PRs

• oven-sh/bun#46564 — Both PRs change semantic-checker handling of synthesized types during generic instantiation.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · up to 6c5f3

The reported behavior may work, but this test would not catch its return as a false type error. Add a positive case before merging, or track it as a bounded follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the main change: preserving widened nested object literals during generic-function instantiation.
Description check		The description includes both required sections. It explains the bug, the implementation change, the linked issue, and verification results, including known unrelated local test failures.
Linked Issues check		Issue #46530 requires bun check to accept the nested generic state value used by snapshot.matches(). The source change widens shape.instantiation_target before a second instantiation. The new `c…
Out of Scope Changes check		The pull request changes one checker path and adds one regression test in test/cli/check/check.test.ts. Both changes directly support issue #46530. No unrelated change is shown.

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Explanation

Issue #46530 requires bun check to accept the nested generic state value used by snapshot.matches(). The source change widens shape.instantiation_target before a second instantiation. The new check regression test covers nested object literals in generic calls that are instantiated twice and verifies the expected diagnostics. This implements the reported type-checking fix.

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- Around line 14726-14736: Extend the fixture with a diagnostic-free generic
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