@@ -1872,9 +1872,12 @@ class JavascriptModulesPlugin {
 						`${RuntimeGlobals.exports} = ${RuntimeGlobals.onChunksLoaded}(${RuntimeGlobals.exports});`
 					);
 				}
-				// After the loop, so entries still start in parallel.
-				for (const target of awaitedEntries) {
-					buf2.push(`${target} = await ${target};`);
+				// One `Promise.all` so an entry rejecting first still leaves the
+				// others observed, and they all start before anything is awaited.
+				if (awaitedEntries.length > 0) {
+					buf2.push(
+						`[${awaitedEntries.join(", ")}] = await Promise.all([${awaitedEntries.join(", ")}]);`
+					);
 				}
 				if (
 					runtimeRequirements.has(RuntimeGlobals.startup) ||
 
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-globalThis.__firstEntryValue = await Promise.resolve("first");
+globalThis.__firstEntryValue = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+	setTimeout(() => resolve("first"), 0);
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// The entry and the generated startup both use top-level `await`, which the
+// runner's `vm.SourceTextModule` cannot parse before Node.js 14.8.
+module.exports = function filter() {
+	const [major, minor] = process.versions.node.split(".").map(Number);
+	return major > 14 || (major === 14 && minor >= 8);
+};
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-const value = await Promise.resolve(42);
+const value = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+	setTimeout(() => resolve(42), 0);
+});
 
 it("should settle the bundle only after the async entry finished", () => {
 	expect(value).toBe(42);
 
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// The entry and the generated startup both use top-level `await`, which the
+// runner's `vm.SourceTextModule` cannot parse before Node.js 14.8.
+module.exports = function filter() {
+	const [major, minor] = process.versions.node.split(".").map(Number);
+	return major > 14 || (major === 14 && minor >= 8);
+};