require.cache entries missing children for dynamically imported CommonJS TypeScript files #61385
Description
Version
v24.13.0
Platform
25.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.1.0: Mon Oct 20 19:33:36 PDT 2025; root:xnu-12377.41.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6030 arm64
Subsystem
No response
What steps will reproduce the bug?
// index.js (CommonJS)
(async () => {
await import("./target.ts");
console.log(require.cache);
})();where target.ts contains:
// target.ts (CommonJS)
require("./deps/child.ts");
require("./deps/child.js");Running node index.js shows an empty array for children: [] when it should be populated with 2 entries.
Notably, import() does add an entry to require.cache for target.ts (and a hypothetical target.js) but only the TypeScript version is missing the correct value for children.
Workaround: use require for CommonJS TypeScript instead of dynamic import.
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
100% consistent every time
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
I would expect the children Array to have two entries for the require()’d dependencies.
What do you see instead?
children: [] (empty Array)
Additional information
No response