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Scanning declaration files alone answered half the question. require() and require.resolve() now join the import positions already collected, and every shipped .js, .mjs, .cjs, .jsx, .ts, .mts, .cts and .tsx file is read rather than only the .d.ts family.

Measured against Yarn's compatibility database

@yarnpkg/extensions is 133 hand-written entries — the ecosystem's most curated record of packages that use what they never declared. I fetched the published tarball for every entry and ran xray against it, before and after.

Yarn entry shape entries before after
adds peerDependencies 66 23 44
adds dependencies 51 2 36
peerDependenciesMeta only 16 0 6
detected 133 25 (19%) 86 (65%)

58 entries that were previously invisible are now found — wsbufferutil, debugsupports-color, react-colorreact, testcafe@babel/runtime, and so on.

Two honest qualifications. Detection is not the same as a correct remedy: for the 51 dependencies entries Yarn adds a real dependency, while xray emits an optional peer, so it finds the problem and proposes a different fix. And the 6 peerDependenciesMeta hits are a different statement — Yarn marks an already-declared peer optional, xray reports the name as undeclared.

Where the remaining 22 peer misses come from

They are almost entirely inversion-of-control plugin relationships: webpack, rollup, @parcel/core, eslint, typescript, vue-template-compiler. A plugin never imports the host that loads it, so there is no reference for any static analysis to find. 65% looks close to the ceiling for this approach; closing the rest needs knowledge of plugin conventions, not more scanning.

What it costs

Total findings across those 133 packages went from 77 to 334. Sampling the increase shows three classes that are true of a file but not of the package:

  • bundled outputmqtt reports _process, base64-js, ieee754: browserify internals it inlined, not packages.
  • generator templatesvue-cli-plugin-vuetify reports what a generated project needs.
  • shipped testsjss-plugin-rule-value-function reports sinon and expect.js.

The new origin field plus the existing severity separate most of these by eye, and the README documents them. The principled fix is to walk only files reachable from the declared entry points rather than every file in the tarball; I have deliberately not bolted on directory-name heuristics instead, and would rather do reachability properly as a follow-up.

Notes

  • Findings gained an origin of runtime, types or both, in the text and JSON output. --package-extensions is unchanged.
  • A guarded require in a try/catch is still reported: an optional integration is a dependency the package failed to declare, and an optional peer is the right remedy. A computed require(name) is not.
  • A local binding named require is still read as one; distinguishing it needs scope analysis, and the cost is a rare extra finding rather than a missed one. Covered by a test that documents the tradeoff.

Checklist

  • Added or updated tests (29 Rust, 5 launcher).
  • clippy, dylint, doc, fmt, taplo, typos all clean locally.
  • Validated against the full Yarn database, not just fixtures.

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  • New Features
    • Dependency analysis now scans JavaScript and TypeScript source files, including CommonJS, ESM, JSX, and declaration files.
    • Detects dependencies referenced through require, require.resolve, imports, and type references.
    • Reports whether each dependency is used at runtime, in types, or both.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved failure reporting for runtime and type-checking analysis.
    • Excludes vendored files from dependency findings.
  • Documentation
    • Updated documentation to describe expanded file and import coverage.

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The scanner now examines runtime and type-related JavaScript and TypeScript files. It detects CommonJS and dynamic import references, tracks dependency origins, merges repeated references, and reports whether each missing dependency is used in code, types, or both.

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Dependency scanning and origin reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Path-aware source scanning
src/scan.rs, src/scan/tests.rs
specifiers now receives a file path, selects parsing modes by extension, classifies runtime and type references, and collects literal require and require.resolve calls.
Origin-aware analysis and reporting
src/analyze.rs, src/classify.rs, src/report.rs
Analysis scans supported runtime and type files, merges origins, applies origin-sensitive package classification, and renders usage context in findings.
Fixtures, tests, and documentation
src/fixtures.rs, src/*/tests.rs, README.md
Fixtures and tests cover runtime dependencies, expanded file scanning, origin-sensitive behavior, and report output. The README documents the expanded scan scope.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 4ee8a

The change expands dependency detection into executable code, but inline type-only imports and re-exports can still be reported as runtime dependencies, causing incorrect findings and misleading remediation. Merge should wait for this classification issue to be fixed and covered by tests.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PackageFiles
  participant analyze
  participant specifiers
  participant missing_package
  participant FindingReport
  PackageFiles->>analyze: provide scannable files
  analyze->>specifiers: parse each file with its path
  specifiers-->>analyze: return requirements with origins
  analyze->>missing_package: classify requirements
  analyze->>analyze: merge dependency origins
  analyze->>FindingReport: attach origin to missing dependency
  FindingReport-->>analyze: render usage context
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  • pnpm/xray#1: Related tests for package discovery and declaration scanning.

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Scanning declaration files alone answered half the question. Measured
against Yarn's compatibility database — 133 hand-written entries, the
ecosystem's most curated record of packages that use what they never
declared — a types-only scan reproduced 25 of them. Reading what the
package ships as behaviour takes that to 86.

`require()` and `require.resolve()` join the import positions already
collected, and every shipped .js, .mjs, .cjs, .jsx, .ts, .mts, .cts and
.tsx file is read rather than only the .d.ts family. Executable files are
ambiguous by extension, so one that fails to parse as a module is retried
as a script: packages ship ESM under .js and CommonJS under .mjs often
enough that trusting the extension loses real files.

Findings now carry where the reference was found. The distinction is not
cosmetic: a dependency reached from executable code breaks the program,
while one reached only from declarations breaks type checking, and that
second kind is invisible to any detector that works by failing at
runtime. It is why Yarn's database, built from Plug'n'Play failures, has
no entry for most of them.

A guarded `require` inside a try/catch is still reported. An optional
integration is a dependency the package failed to declare, and an
optional peer is exactly the right remedy for it. A `require` whose
argument is computed names a package only the running program knows, so
there is nothing to report.
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Detect phantom dependencies from runtime code and report their origin

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation ⚙️ Configuration changes 🕐 40+ Minutes

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AI Description

• Scan shipped runtime and type files; detect require()/require.resolve() phantom dependencies.
• Record reference origin (runtime/types/both) and include it in report output.
• Standardize Rust tooling and CI with pnpm-style lints, docs, deny, and formatting checks.
Diagram

graph TD
  A["xray CLI"] --> B["Discovery"] --> C["Analyzer"] --> D["Scan shipped files"] --> E["Classify missing"] --> F["Render report"]
  C --> G[("package.json")]
  D --> H[("JS/TS sources")]
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High-Level Assessment

The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Entry-point reachability scan
  • ➕ Reduces false positives from shipped tests, templates, and bundled artifacts
  • ➕ Better approximates “what can execute” vs “what is present in tarball”
  • ➖ Harder to implement correctly across CJS/ESM, exports maps, conditional exports
  • ➖ Needs resolver logic and filesystem/module-graph traversal
2. Heuristic directory exclusions (tests/, templates/, examples/)
  • ➕ Quickly cuts common noise without deep module resolution
  • ➖ Unreliable across packages; encourages growing exception lists
  • ➖ Can hide real runtime imports living in unconventional folders
3. Scope-aware require() detection
  • ➕ Avoids rare false positives where a local binding shadows require
  • ➕ More precise attribution for require.resolve patterns
  • ➖ Requires scope analysis/name resolution; more AST complexity
  • ➖ Precision gain is marginal compared to coverage gains already achieved

Recommendation: The PR’s approach (scan all shipped JS/TS + detect require/require.resolve + annotate origin) is the best near-term tradeoff for coverage and simplicity, and the origin field meaningfully helps reviewers triage the extra findings. Consider “entry-point reachability scan” as a follow-up if noise becomes a practical issue, since it addresses the documented classes of file-true/package-false hits without brittle folder heuristics.

Files changed (19) +1171 / -562

Enhancement (3) +205 / -167
analyze.rsScan shipped runtime + type sources and track reference origin +91/-0

Scan shipped runtime + type sources and track reference origin

• Introduces a dedicated analyzer that walks all shipped JS/TS/TSX/etc files (excluding nested node_modules), parses them, and aggregates referenced requirements with an Origin (Runtime/Types/Both). Produces per-package findings with severity based on whether the dependency is only in devDependencies or missing entirely.

src/analyze.rs

report.rsAdd origin field to findings and include it in text output +31/-81

Add origin field to findings and include it in text output

• Extends Finding with an Origin enum and merges origins when a dependency is referenced from both runtime and type positions. Updates human-readable output to include where the dependency was used and adjusts the empty-result message accordingly.

src/report.rs

scan.rsParse runtime sources, detect require() calls, and retry ESM/CJS parsing +83/-86

Parse runtime sources, detect require() calls, and retry ESM/CJS parsing

• Generalizes scanning to accept a path, determine whether it's a declaration file, and parse accordingly. Adds detection of require()/require.resolve() string-literal calls and implements parse retry toggling module/script mode for ambiguous .js files, while restricting triple-slash parsing to declarations.

src/scan.rs

Refactor (3) +193 / -388
classify.rsExtract requirement classification and package-name resolution +113/-0

Extract requirement classification and package-name resolution

• Moves and formalizes logic to map specifiers to package names, handle @types satisfaction, and ignore Node builtins/relative/specifier schemes. Centralizes classification used by analysis.

src/classify.rs

discovery.rsExtract installed package discovery logic from main +71/-0

Extract installed package discovery logic from main

• Creates a discovery module that walks node_modules (including pnpm virtual-store layouts) via canonical paths to enumerate reachable installed packages. Preserves behavior while improving separation of concerns.

src/discovery.rs

main.rsRefactor main into orchestration over new modules +9/-388

Refactor main into orchestration over new modules

• Replaces large inline implementations with module calls (discovery::installed_packages and analyze::analyze) and keeps main focused on CLI parsing and output selection. Introduces test fixtures module behind cfg(test).

src/main.rs

Tests (6) +379 / -0
tests.rsAdd analyzer tests for runtime vs types findings and file filtering +46/-0

Add analyzer tests for runtime vs types findings and file filtering

• Adds tests validating that type-only imports are marked Origin::Types, runtime require() is marked Origin::Runtime, declared imports produce no report, and nested node_modules content is excluded from scanning.

src/analyze/tests.rs

tests.rsAdd unit tests for package-name parsing and types satisfaction +67/-0

Add unit tests for package-name parsing and types satisfaction

• Covers scoped/unscoped package extraction, ignores non-installable specifiers, verifies @types mapping, and validates missing-package detection for module imports vs triple-slash type references.

src/classify/tests.rs

tests.rsAdd discovery tests for virtual-store traversal and empty installs +19/-0

Add discovery tests for virtual-store traversal and empty installs

• Validates that discovery finds all store entries from a project and returns a clear error when node_modules is absent.

src/discovery/tests.rs

fixtures.rsIntroduce shared filesystem fixtures for unix-only tests +48/-0

Introduce shared filesystem fixtures for unix-only tests

• Adds reusable helpers to build a synthetic global virtual store with symlinked packages, including a package that leaks devDependencies into both types and runtime. Supports discovery/analyze tests without duplicating setup logic.

src/fixtures.rs

tests.rsMove report tests to external module and cover origin rendering +79/-0

Move report tests to external module and cover origin rendering

• Migrates inline report tests into a dedicated file and updates fixtures to include Origin. Adds assertions that text output includes both severity and origin context while preserving YAML validity for packageExtensions.

src/report/tests.rs

tests.rsExpand scanner tests for require() and mixed module parsing +120/-0

Expand scanner tests for require() and mixed module parsing

• Adds coverage for require()/require.resolve() collection, guarded requires, computed requires (ignored), shadowed require limitations, ESM parsing under .js/.cjs, and ensuring triple-slash references are only read from declarations.

src/scan/tests.rs

Documentation (1) +17 / -3
README.mdDocument runtime scanning and origin-based triage guidance +17/-3

Document runtime scanning and origin-based triage guidance

• Updates documentation to reflect scanning of shipped runtime files in addition to declarations, including require()/require.resolve() detection. Adds guidance on interpreting false-positive patterns (bundled output, generator templates, shipped tests) and explains the new origin semantics.

README.md

Other (6) +377 / -4
ci.ymlSplit CI into dedicated format/lint/test/doc/security jobs +104/-3

Split CI into dedicated format/lint/test/doc/security jobs

• Reworks the workflow into separate jobs for formatting (cargo fmt + taplo), clippy, tests, rustdoc warnings-as-errors, dylint with dedicated caching, cargo-deny, and typos. This increases signal and makes failures more targeted while adding supply-chain/security gates.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

Cargo.tomlAdopt pnpm-style Rust/Clippy lint configuration +35/-0

Adopt pnpm-style Rust/Clippy lint configuration

• Adds workspace lint configuration enabling clippy pedantic/nursery plus selected restriction and cargo lints, and configures unexpected_cfgs for dylint. This codifies stricter conventions and reduces drift between local checks and CI.

Cargo.toml

deny.tomlAdd cargo-deny policy for advisories, licenses, and sources +136/-0

Add cargo-deny policy for advisories, licenses, and sources

• Introduces cargo-deny configuration covering advisories (with documented exceptions), license allowlists/clarifications, bans, and allowed registries. Establishes a consistent supply-chain policy enforced in CI.

deny.toml

dylint.tomlAdd dylint configuration for perfectionist rules +67/-0

Add dylint configuration for perfectionist rules

• Adds a pinned perfectionist dylint library and configures style rules (import granularity, derive ordering, external-only unit tests, etc.). Aligns lint behavior with pnpm/pnpm conventions and enables enforcement in CI.

dylint.toml

justfileAdd local developer task runner commands mirroring CI +34/-0

Add local developer task runner commands mirroring CI

• Adds just recipes for formatting, checking, testing (Rust + node tests), clippy, dylint, docs, and an aggregate 'ready' command. Makes it easy to run the full CI-equivalent suite locally in a fast-fail order.

justfile

rustfmt.tomlNormalize rustfmt config file newline/conventions +1/-1

Normalize rustfmt config file newline/conventions

• Ensures the rustfmt configuration file ends with a newline and stays consistent with the import granularity conventions referenced by the lints.

rustfmt.toml

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1. Types hide runtime ghosts ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
classify::missing_package treats Requirement::Module as satisfied when only the corresponding @types
package is declared, which can suppress reporting of missing runtime dependencies now that
executable files are scanned. This causes false negatives for runtime require()/imports whenever the
package happens to declare only @types/<name>.
Code

src/classify.rs[R14-17]

+            let name = package_name(specifier)?;
+            let satisfied =
+                declared.contains(name) || declared.contains(types_package(name).as_str());
+            (!satisfied).then(|| name.to_string())
Evidence
missing_package always treats @types/* as satisfying module requirements, but runtime scanning
now produces module requirements from executable code and analyze does not pass origin into the
classifier, so runtime requirements are evaluated with a types-only satisfaction rule.

src/classify.rs[9-18]
src/analyze.rs[27-55]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
`missing_package()` currently allows `@types/<name>` to satisfy `Requirement::Module(<name>)`. That was acceptable when scanning only declaration files, but now that runtime files are scanned too, it causes false negatives: a runtime `require("foo")` can be considered satisfied if only `@types/foo` is declared.

## Issue Context
- `analyze()` now tracks `Origin` per discovered reference, but it calls `missing_package(requirement, declared)` without passing the origin, so `missing_package` cannot apply different rules for runtime vs type-only references.

## Fix Focus Areas
- src/classify.rs[9-27]
- src/analyze.rs[33-55]

## Suggested fix
- Change the classification logic so `@types/<name>` only satisfies a `Requirement::Module` when the reference is known to be types-only.
 - Option A: change `missing_package()` signature to accept `origin: Origin` and apply:
   - `Origin::Types`: satisfied if `declared.contains(name)` OR `declared.contains(@types/name)`
   - `Origin::Runtime` / `Origin::Both`: satisfied only if `declared.contains(name)`
 - Option B: move this branching into `analyze()` and keep `missing_package()` purely syntactic.
- Add a regression test:
 - A package with `dependencies: {"@types/ghost": "^1"}` and `index.js` requiring/importing `ghost` must still report `ghost` as missing with `Origin::Runtime`.

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2. Type imports marked runtime ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
analyze() assigns Origin based only on whether a file is a .d.ts-family declaration, so type-only
references inside shipped .ts/.tsx files (e.g., import type and type-position import("x")) are
labeled Origin::Runtime. This makes the report claim "used in code" even when the reference is
erased and never executes.
Code

src/analyze.rs[R33-34]

+        let origin = if scan::is_declaration(&file) { Origin::Types } else { Origin::Runtime };
+        match scan::specifiers(&source, &file) {
Evidence
Origin is derived strictly from file extension, while the scanner collects type-only module
references (import type and TSImportType) without tagging them as types-only. The user-facing
text renderer maps Origin::Runtime to "used in code", so these type-only references will be reported
as runtime usage in non-.d.ts files.

src/analyze.rs[29-35]
src/scan.rs[96-120]
src/scan/tests.rs[18-38]
src/report.rs[59-78]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Origin is currently decided per-file (`.d.ts` => Types; otherwise Runtime). But the scanner collects type-only constructs (e.g., `import type` and `TSImportType`) in any file. In TypeScript implementation files (`.ts`, `.tsx`, etc.), these references are types-only and should not be reported as runtime-origin.

## Issue Context
- `scan::Collector` records all `ImportDeclaration` sources without checking if the import is type-only, and it records `TSImportType` (which is inherently type-only).
- `report::as_text` renders `Origin::Runtime` as "used in code", so this misclassification directly affects user-facing output.

## Fix Focus Areas
- src/analyze.rs[29-41]
- src/scan.rs[96-120]
- src/report.rs[59-84]

## Suggested fix
- Attach origin at the point of collection rather than deriving it only from the file name.
 - Have `scan::specifiers()` return `(Requirement, Origin)` (or a `BTreeMap<Requirement, Origin>`) where:
   - `import type ...` and `TSImportType` contribute `Origin::Types`
   - executable `import`/`export from`/dynamic `import()`/`require()` contribute `Origin::Runtime`
   - merging within a file yields `Origin::Both`
- Alternatively, expand `Requirement` to encode type vs runtime (e.g., `RuntimeModule`, `TypeModule`) and map to `Origin` later.
- Add tests for a non-declaration `.ts` file:
 - `import type { X } from 'pkg'` should yield `Origin::Types`
 - `declare const c: import('pkg').T` should yield `Origin::Types`
 - expression-form `import('pkg')` should remain `Origin::Runtime`.

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- Around line 50-54: Update the missing-package classification around
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src/scan.rs (1)

3-40: LGTM!

Also applies to: 51-83, 124-145

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Comment thread src/analyze.rs
Adding runtime scanning left two classification rules behind, both
written when declarations were the only thing being read.

A bare specifier could be satisfied by `@types/foo`, on the grounds that
such a package declares the module ambiently. That is true of a type
position and false of executing code: a declaration file carries no
implementation, so `require("foo")` still needs `foo` however well typed
the reference is. The fallback now applies only where the reference is
erased, which means classification has to happen per reference rather
than per name — the same package can be satisfied in a type position and
still be missing at run time, and the run-time reference has to win.

Origin was also decided per file, so `import type` and type-position
`import()` inside a shipped .ts file were reported as used in code when
they never execute. The scanner now marks erased positions as such
wherever they appear, and a declaration file continues to make everything
in it erased.

The two are one change: gating the fallback on origin is only safe once
origin stops calling type-only references runtime, or every `import type`
in a .ts file would start demanding a package it never reaches.

Neither shows up in the aggregate against Yarn's compatibility database —
still 86 of 133 entries, still 334 findings — because no package there
declares a types package without the runtime one it stands in for. That
is an argument for unit tests over a benchmark, not for leaving the rules
wrong.

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In `@src/scan.rs`:
- Around line 134-148: Update visit_import_declaration and
visit_export_from_declaration to inspect non-empty specifier lists and record
Origin::Types only when every specifier is type-only; retain runtime recording
for default, namespace, value, mixed, or empty specifiers. Add coverage for
type-only and mixed inline specifier forms in both imports and re-exports.
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3-3: LGTM!

Also applies to: 52-56, 62-63, 69-73, 75-85

Comment thread src/scan.rs
`import_kind` stays `Value` for `import { type A } from "pkg"`, so the
scanner reads it as runtime. That looks like an oversight and is not one,
which is worth a test rather than a comment.

Checked against tsc 5.9.3 rather than assumed. By default the import is
elided, but under `verbatimModuleSyntax` TypeScript emits `import {} from
"pkg"` and the module is loaded for real; the same holds for `export {
type F } from "pkg"`. A published package cannot know which options its
consumer compiles with, and treating the reference as runtime is the
reading that cannot hide a dependency the program turns out to need.

Only the statement-level `import type`, elided under every option, is
classified as erased.
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zkochan merged commit b474f61 into main Aug 16, 2026
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zkochan deleted the feat/detect-runtime-phantoms branch August 16, 2026 17:29
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