microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

ESM strict imports mode option to moduleResolution bundler

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Description

### 🔍 Search Terms

moduleResolution bundler esm imports

### ✅ Viability Checklist

- [x] This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
- [x] This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
- [x] This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
- [x] This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, new syntax sugar for JS, etc.)
- [x] This isn't a request to add a new utility type: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/No-New-Utility-Types
- [x] This feature would agree with the rest of our Design Goals: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Design-Goals

### ⭐ Suggestion

Add an option to enforce imports with file extension when the module is iESM (type: module) and moduleResolution is bundler.

### 📃 Motivating Example

For now in bundler moduleResolution, typescript is tolerent.
But when we develop a library, we have no idea of the strictness of the bundler (webpack is strict for example).
We need a way to enforce the imports with file extension in case the module is ESM

A dedicated option in the tsconfig can resolve it that we will enable or not

### 💻 Use Cases

1. What do you want to use this for?
2. What shortcomings exist with current approaches?
3. What workarounds are you using in the meantime?

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the compiler's moduleResolution bundler behavior and its handling of ESM (type: module) imports. Define how the proposed tsconfig option should enforce file extensions without changing existing behavior, then add coverage for strict and non-strict configurations. Done means bundler resolution reports extensionless ESM imports when the option is enabled.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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