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Problem

allowSyntheticDefaultImports (defaults to true) was not respected when re-exporting defaults from declaration files with export { default as Foo } from "./b" syntax. The compiler incorrectly reported "Module has no exported member 'default'" errors even when the option was enabled and the target was a declaration file.

// b.d.ts - declaration file without default export
declare var b: number;
export { b };

// a.ts - should work with allowSyntheticDefaultImports when targeting .d.ts
export { default as Foo } from "./b";  // ❌ Error: no exported member 'default'

The rationale is that declaration files may correspond to CommonJS modules at runtime, where a default import is allowed to reference the whole module.exports symbol.

Changes

Modified getTargetofModuleDefault in checker.ts to allow synthetic defaults for export specifiers when targeting declaration files:

  • Check if we're processing an ExportSpecifier node
  • If allowSyntheticDefaultImports is enabled AND the target is a declaration file (!file || file.isDeclarationFile), set hasSyntheticDefault = true
  • This bypasses the error path for declaration files only, while TypeScript source files correctly maintain their errors

The fix correctly handles the ambiguity of declaration files which may represent either ESM or CommonJS modules at runtime.

Test Updates

No error baseline changes needed. The fix correctly allows:

  • reexportMissingDefault4.ts - export { default } from "./b.d.ts"
  • reexportMissingDefault5.ts - export { default as Foo } from "./b.d.ts"

Tests targeting TypeScript source files (.ts) correctly maintain their errors as expected.

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<issue_title>allowSyntheticDefaultImports not respected for export { default as Foo } from "./b"</issue_title>
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Comment

After #62567, tests/cases/compiler/reexportMissingDefault3.ts and -5.ts should not have errors, since

  • esModuleInterop/allowSyntheticDefaultImports defaults to true
  • the target file is a declaration file

but they still error with the error that the target module b.d.ts has no default export. (While this error sounds reasonable, the rationale is that we don't know whether the declaration file corresponds to CommonJS or ESM under the circumstances, and if CommonJS, a default import is allowed to reference the whole module.exports symbol.) The bug is likely related to the export { default as Foo } from "./b" syntactic form, since reexportMissingDefault4.ts does export { default } from "./b" under similar settings and is correctly error-free.</issue_description>

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@typescript-bot typescript-bot added the For Uncommitted Bug PR for untriaged, rejected, closed or missing bug label Nov 14, 2025
When re-exporting with `export { default as Foo } from "./b"`, the
compiler should respect the `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` option even
for TypeScript source files (not just declaration files).

The fix adds logic in `getTargetofModuleDefault` to allow synthetic
defaults for export specifiers when `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` is
enabled. This is consistent with the intent of the option to allow
treating modules without a default export as if they had one.

Fixes tests:
- reexportMissingDefault.ts
- reexportMissingDefault1.ts
- reexportMissingDefault2.ts
- reexportMissingDefault3.ts

Co-authored-by: andrewbranch <[email protected]>
Comment on lines 3873 to 3874
// For export specifiers re-exporting 'default', when allowSyntheticDefaultImports is enabled,
// allow synthetic default even from TypeScript source files (not just declaration files).
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No, the declaration file restriction still applies. In the tests that are wrong, the target file is a declaration file.

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Fixed in d85f072. The check now includes (!file || file.isDeclarationFile) to only allow synthetic defaults for export specifiers when targeting declaration files, not TypeScript source files.

Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix allowSyntheticDefaultImports handling for reexports Fix: Respect allowSyntheticDefaultImports for export specifiers Nov 14, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from andrewbranch November 14, 2025 00:59
Copilot finished work on behalf of andrewbranch November 14, 2025 00:59
…ecifiers

Corrected the fix to only allow synthetic defaults when re-exporting
from declaration files (not TypeScript source files). This aligns with
the issue description which states that declaration files may correspond
to CommonJS modules at runtime where a default import can reference the
whole module.exports symbol.

Only tests targeting .d.ts files should pass without errors:
- reexportMissingDefault4.ts (targets b.d.ts) ✓
- reexportMissingDefault5.ts (targets b.d.ts) ✓

Tests targeting .ts files correctly maintain their errors:
- reexportMissingDefault.ts, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 (all target b.ts)

Co-authored-by: andrewbranch <[email protected]>
Copilot AI changed the title Fix: Respect allowSyntheticDefaultImports for export specifiers Fix: Respect allowSyntheticDefaultImports for export specifiers from declaration files Nov 14, 2025
Copilot finished work on behalf of andrewbranch November 14, 2025 01:08
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