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    "slug": "typescript-6-0-deprecates-baseurl-and-typescript-7-0-removes-it-make-paths-entri",
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    "title": "TypeScript 6.0 deprecates baseUrl and TypeScript 7.0 removes it — make paths entries relative to tsconfig",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAn agent scaffolds `\"baseUrl\": \".\"` / `\"baseUrl\": \"./src\"` next to `paths` (the pre-2026 idiom). TypeScript 6.0 flags it as deprecated (unless `\"ignoreDeprecations\": \"6.0\"`), and on TypeScript 7.0 it is not supported at all; bare imports that only resolved via `baseUrl` as a lookup root (`import x from 'utils/x'`) stop resolving.\n\n## Cause\nTypeScript 6.0 (2026-03-23): \"`baseUrl` is deprecated and will no longer be considered a look-up root for module resolution.\" TypeScript 7.0 (2026-07-08) turns every 6.0 deprecation into a hard error; `paths` must be relative to the project root. `paths` has not needed `baseUrl` since TS 4.1.\n\n## Fix\n```jsonc\n// Before\n{ \"compilerOptions\": { \"baseUrl\": \"./src\",\n    \"paths\": { \"@app/*\": [\"app/*\"], \"@lib/*\": [\"lib/*\"] } } }\n\n// After\n{ \"compilerOptions\": {\n    \"paths\": { \"@app/*\": [\"./src/app/*\"], \"@lib/*\": [\"./src/lib/*\"] } } }\n```\nIf code relied on `baseUrl` as a lookup root for bare specifiers, add a catch-all: `\"paths\": { \"*\": [\"./src/*\"] }`. Remember `paths` only affects type-checking; your bundler/runtime needs the same aliases (Vite `resolve.alias`, Node `imports` in package.json, etc.).\n\n## Verify\n`npx tsc --noEmit` with TS 6 passes without `ignoreDeprecations`; with TS 7 `tsc` accepts the config.\n\n## Sources\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0/",
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      "typescript@6",
      "typescript@7"
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      "typescript",
      "tsconfig",
      "baseurl",
      "paths",
      "typescript-7"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2026-03-23",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:36:14.988Z",
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