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Error type on spreading array with additional props

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Description

🔎 Search Terms

array intersection spread any

🕗 Version & Regression Information
  • This is the behavior in every version I tried
⏯ Playground Link

https://tsplay.dev/wOdoMN

💻 Code
type withExtraProps = extractArray<{ name: string } & string[]>;
//   ^? any[]

type extractArray<t extends readonly unknown[]> = [...{ [i in keyof t]: t[i] }];
🙁 Actual behavior

Inferred as any[] due to an internal error type

🙂 Expected behavior

Inferred as string[]

Additional information about the issue

@Andarist mentioned this could be related to https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/59260

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Research direction

Start with the TypeScript Playground reproduction and compare it with related issue #59260. Trace why extractArray is inferred as any[] rather than string[]; done when the reproduction infers string[] without regressing existing behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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