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fix(no-cycle): detect cycles through side-effect imports - #538

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Fixes #480

no-cycle never reported a cycle when the import in the linted file was a side-effect import (import './b' or import {} from './b'). The repro in #480 is two files that import each other this way.

Two causes:

  • no-cycle skips type-only imports with importer.specifiers.every(s => s.importKind === 'type'). A side-effect import has no specifiers, so every is true and the import was skipped as type-only. It now needs at least one specifier.
  • The isMaybeUnambiguousModule prefilter didn't match import './b', so on the AST route (for example .ts files) a module whose only module syntax is a side-effect import was treated as non-module and its imports were lost. The lexer route already treats such files as modules, so this makes the two routes agree. named, namespace and export see these files as modules too now; the full parse still decides, so a file that only mentions import '...' in a comment or string is rejected as before.

The same [].every(...) problem was confirmed upstream in import-js/eslint-plugin-import#3147.

Projects with cycles made only of side-effect imports will start getting no-cycle errors, which is the point of the fix. import {} from './b' now counts as a runtime import, like the comment in the import collection code already says; TypeScript can drop such an import when compiling, so that one may be debatable.

Tests: four no-cycle invalid cases (side-effect import, import {}, a side-effect cycle on the lexer route, and one through a .ts file on the AST route) plus a row in the unambiguous regex table. All five fail without the change.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved cycle detection for side-effect imports in JavaScript and TypeScript.
    • Empty-specifier imports are now correctly checked for dependency cycles.
    • Improved recognition of modules containing quoted or path-based import and export statements.
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    • Added regression coverage for side-effect and empty-specifier import cycles across supported JavaScript and TypeScript configurations.

`import './foo'` and `import {} from './foo'` have no specifiers, so
`specifiers.every(...)` was vacuously true and no-cycle skipped them as
type-only imports. A cycle made only of side-effect imports was never
reported.

The unambiguous-module prefilter also missed `import './foo'`, so on the
AST route (e.g. `.ts` files) a module whose only module syntax is a
side-effect import was treated as non-module and its imports were lost.
The lexer route already handled such files.

Fixes #480

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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The change updates module recognition and no-cycle filtering so side-effect and empty imports remain eligible for cycle detection. Tests cover JavaScript and TypeScript cases.

Changes: Side-effect import cycle detection

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Recognize side-effect-only modules
src/utils/unambiguous.ts, test/fixtures/cycles/typescript-depth-one-commented-side-effect.ts, test/utils/module-info.spec.ts
The module-detection pattern recognizes additional import and export syntax. Tests classify TypeScript side-effect-only modules as unambiguous.
Check side-effect imports for cycles
src/rules/no-cycle.ts, test/fixtures/cycles/*, test/rules/no-cycle.spec.ts, .changeset/no-cycle-side-effect-imports.md
Type-only filtering now requires at least one import specifier. Tests cover side-effect and empty imports in JavaScript and TypeScript. The changeset records a patch release.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #480 requires no-cycle to report the mutual imports in the Svelte reproduction. src/rules/no-cycle.ts now keeps side-effect and empty-specifier imports as runtime imports. `src/utils/unambig…
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Issue #480 requires no-cycle to report the mutual imports in the Svelte reproduction. src/rules/no-cycle.ts now keeps side-effect and empty-specifier imports as runtime imports. src/utils/unambiguous.ts now recognizes side-effect import syntax for AST module detection. The added no-cycle tests cover JavaScript and TypeScript cycle cases. These changes satisfy the linked coding requirement.

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- Line 3: Update the pattern in unambiguous.ts so import statements with
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Comment thread src/utils/unambiguous.ts Resolved
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`import /* comment */ './foo'` did not pass the prefilter, so on the AST
route the file was not treated as a module.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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