microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Type argument with a subset of the parameter constraint's optional keys incorrectly reported as unassignable to constraint
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
"does not satisfy the constraint" "keyof" "optional"
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about "constraint"
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?#code/C4TwDgpgBAsiAq4IB54BooFUoQB7AgDsATAZygG8oBtAaSgEtCoBrCEAewDMp4BdAPwAuKAFdCLQhwDuzAL4A+KAF4sAbgCwAKG0BjADYBDUuTgBhIydRKK2qFABuh-aIgBCEXESRUGKnUZmNk4eeCgAMihSYAAnJgBzQRFxSRl5BU0tOW0gA
### 💻 Code
```ts
type MyType = U;
class MyClass {
value!: MyType;
}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
The following error is reported:
```
Type '{ [K in keyof T & string]?: unknown; }' does not satisfy the constraint '{ [K in keyof T]?: unknown; }'.
Type 'keyof T' is not assignable to type 'keyof T & string'.
Type 'string | number | symbol' is not assignable to type 'keyof T & string'.
Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'keyof T & string'.
Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'keyof T'.
Type 'keyof T' is not assignable to type 'string'.
Type 'string | number | symbol' is not assignable to type 'string'.
Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'.
```
### 🙂 Expected behavior
No error should be reported because due to the keys being optional, `{ [K in keyof T & string]?: unknown }` is a subtype of `{ [K in keyof T]?: unknown }` for all `T`.
### Additional information about the issue
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Research direction
Reproduce the diagnostic from the linked TypeScript Playground example, then trace generic constraint checking for mapped types with optional properties and intersected keyof keys. The work is done when the example compiles without an error while preserving correct constraint checking for related cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100