microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
`get self(): this` in an interface crashes the checker (6.0 regression)
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
getConditionalFlowTypeOfType, getAnnotatedAccessorType, Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'flags'), accessor this type
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- Crashes in 6.0.3 and nightly (6.0.0-dev.20260416); 5.9.3 is clean — a 6.0 regression
### 💻 Code
```ts
interface I {
get self(): this
}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
`tsc` crashes:
```
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'flags')
at getConditionalFlowTypeOfType (typescript/lib/_tsc.js:65892:23)
at getTypeFromTypeNode (typescript/lib/_tsc.js:68622:12)
at getAnnotatedAccessorType (typescript/lib/_tsc.js:62162:20)
at getTypeOfAccessors (typescript/lib/_tsc.js:62180:99)
at checkAccessorDeclarationDiagnostics (typescript/lib/_tsc.js:87089:26)
```
Any `this` nested inside the accessor's return type annotation triggers it too (`get pair(): [this, string]`). A method or property signature with the same `this` type is fine.
### 🙂 Expected behavior
No crash (5.9 checks this without errors).
### Additional information about the issue
_No response_
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Research direction
Reproduce the crash with the interface snippet and the reported accessor cases. Start at getAnnotatedAccessorType, getTypeOfAccessors, and getConditionalFlowTypeOfType in the reported checker stack, then locate the corresponding TypeScript sources and regression-test setup. Done means these accessors no longer crash and the existing 5.9 behavior remains covered by a test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100