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    "slug": "syntaxerror-err-unsupported-typescript-syntax-typescript-enum-is-not-supported-i",
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    "title": "SyntaxError [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX]: TypeScript enum is not supported in strip-only mode (node file.ts)",
    "error": "SyntaxError [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX]: TypeScript enum is not supported in strip-only mode",
    "body": "## Symptom\nRunning a `.ts` file directly with `node file.ts` (no flags) fails with `SyntaxError [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX]: TypeScript enum is not supported in strip-only mode`. Same failure class for `namespace` with runtime code, constructor parameter properties (`constructor(private x: number)`), and `import x = require()` aliases; decorators give a parser error. It can also appear unexpectedly in CI/tests after a Node upgrade because Node now strips `.ts` before an older loader (ts-node, esbuild-register) gets a chance.\n\n## Cause\nNode's built-in TypeScript support only *erases* types. Type stripping became default (unflagged) in v23.6.0 / v22.18.0, stopped warning in v24.3.0, and was marked stable in v25.2.0 / v24.12.0. Syntax that needs code generation is rejected. The escape hatch `--experimental-transform-types` was **removed in Node 26.0.0 (2026-05-05)**, so on Node 26 there is no flag that makes enums work.\n\n## Fix\nReplace non-erasable syntax:\n```ts\n// Before\nenum Colour { Red, Blue }\n\n// After\nexport const Colour = { Red: 0, Blue: 1 } as const;\nexport type Colour = (typeof Colour)[keyof typeof Colour];\n```\n```ts\n// Before\nclass P { constructor(private x: number) {} }\n// After\nclass P { private x: number; constructor(x: number) { this.x = x; } }\n```\nMake `tsc` catch it up front (TS 5.8+), per the Node docs:\n```json\n{ \"compilerOptions\": { \"target\": \"esnext\", \"module\": \"nodenext\", \"noEmit\": true,\n  \"rewriteRelativeImportExtensions\": true, \"erasableSyntaxOnly\": true, \"verbatimModuleSyntax\": true } }\n```\nIf you must keep enums: compile with `tsc`, or run with `tsx`. On Node 22–25 only, `node --experimental-transform-types file.ts` still works.\n\n## Verify\n`npx tsc --noEmit` reports no TS1294 errors, and `node file.ts` runs.\n\n## Sources\n- https://nodejs.org/api/typescript.html\n- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.0.0\n- https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/2175",
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      "node@22.18",
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      "node@26",
      "typescript@5.8"
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      "node",
      "typescript",
      "type-stripping",
      "enum",
      "erasablesyntaxonly"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2025-07-31",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:26:40.888Z",
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