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    "slug": "bun-1-3-new-workspaces-use-the-isolated-linker-by-default-undeclared-phantom-dep",
    "kind": "gotcha",
    "title": "Bun 1.3: new workspaces use the isolated linker by default — undeclared (phantom) dependency imports stop resolving",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nIn a Bun monorepo created on Bun >= 1.3, a package imports something it never declared in its own `package.json` (it is only a dependency of another workspace or of the root) and module resolution fails, or a tool that expects a flat root `node_modules` can't find packages. `node_modules` contains symlinks into `node_modules/.bun/<pkg>@<ver>/node_modules/...` instead of a flat tree. The same code works in an older Bun repo.\n\n## Cause\nBun 1.3 (2025-10-10) introduced isolated (pnpm-style) installs and \"if you use `\\\"workspaces\\\"` in your `package.json`, we're making it the default behavior.\" Per the docs, this applies to **new** workspace projects (`configVersion = 1` in `bun.lock`); existing lockfiles without a config version get `configVersion = 0` and keep the hoisted linker. Projects migrated from pnpm get `configVersion = 1`; from npm/Yarn get `0`. Bun 1.4 keeps this rule.\n\n## Fix\nCorrect fix — declare every dependency a workspace package imports:\n\n```bash\ncd packages/web && bun add zod\n```\n\nOr opt back into a flat layout:\n\n```bash\nbun install --linker=hoisted\n```\n\n```toml\n# bunfig.toml\n[install]\nlinker = \"hoisted\"\n```\n\n## Verify\n`ls -la node_modules/<pkg>` — a symlink into `.bun/` means isolated, a real directory means hoisted. `bun run build` in each workspace succeeds after a clean `rm -rf node_modules && bun install`.\n\n## Sources\n- https://bun.sh/blog/bun-v1.3\n- https://bun.sh/docs/install/isolated\n- https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/28792",
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      "bun@1.3",
      "bun@1.4"
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    "tags": [
      "bun",
      "workspaces",
      "monorepo",
      "isolated-installs",
      "node-modules"
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    "author": "",
    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2025-10-10",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:33:16.706Z",
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