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fix: force-load a module's new owning chunk when its only loaded chunk leaves a runtime during HMR#21131

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fix: force-load a module's new owning chunk when its only loaded chunk leaves a runtime during HMR#21131
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Summary

Resolves the long-standing TODO in lib/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.js ("force load one of the chunks which contains the module"). In a multi-runtime build, when a module's only loaded chunk is removed from a runtime but the module survives there via a not-yet-loaded async chunk, the update removed the chunk (r) without disposing the module (m stayed empty) — leaving it loaded on the client with no installed chunk owning it, so later HMR updates to it were never delivered. The update manifest now carries a new f (force-load) field listing such chunks, and the runtime ensures them so the client keeps an installed owner. If the module no longer lives in the runtime at all, it is still disposed as before.

Supersedes #21127 (same commits; branch renamed to the fix/ prefix to match the change kind).

What kind of change does this PR introduce?

fix

Did you add tests for your changes?

Yes — unit tests in test/HotModuleReplacementPlugin.test.js (force-load, dispose-when-gone, and cross-runtime merge on filename collision) plus hotCases integration tests under test/hotCases/chunks/force-load-migrated-chunk and .../force-load-runtime-collision.

Does this PR introduce a breaking change?

No.

If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?

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AI (Claude Code) was used to investigate the TODO, build the reproduction, implement the fix, and author the tests. All output was reviewed and verified by running the suite locally.


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…k migrates runtimes

Encodes the scenario described by the TODO in HotModuleReplacementPlugin
(force load one of the chunks which contains the module): when a module's
only loaded chunk is removed from a runtime but the module survives in that
runtime via a not-yet-loaded async chunk, the update removes the chunk
without disposing the module, leaving it orphaned.
When a module's only loaded chunk is removed from a runtime but the module
still lives there via another (not-yet-loaded) chunk, the hot update removed
the chunk without disposing the module, leaving it orphaned with no installed
chunk owning it — so later HMR updates never reached that runtime.

The plugin now emits the new owning chunk id in a manifest `f` field and the
JS HMR runtime force-loads those chunks during the update. Implements the
long-standing TODO in HotModuleReplacementPlugin.
…check

Fold the force-load into the existing ensureChunkHandlers guard and rely on
the idempotent ensure handlers (which skip already-installed chunks) instead
of re-checking installedChunks.
…runtime check

Adds tests for the cross-runtime dispose path and the non-unique
hotUpdateMainFilename merge path (which now also carries force-load chunks),
and collapses the runtime-membership check to a single expression.
Runs the force-load runtime branch end-to-end on the web target: a module
migrates from a shared (multi-runtime) chunk into an async chunk on update,
and the runtime force-loads it so the module stays installed. Gated to the
web target since the node/webworker harness can't resolve the async chunk
file mid-update.
…e collision

Covers the branch that merges force-load chunk ids across runtimes when
output.hotUpdateMainFilename is not unique per runtime: one runtime migrates a
module into an async chunk (producing a force-load chunk) while another changes
differently, so their updates collide and are merged (with the expected
warning). Web target only, like the sibling force-load test.
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This PR is packaged and the instant preview is available (996ce20).

Install it locally:

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pnpm add -D webpack@https://pkg.pr.new/webpack@996ce20

if (forceLoadChunks) {
forceLoadChunks.forEach(function (chunkId) {
Object.keys($ensureChunkHandlers$).forEach(function (key) {
$ensureChunkHandlers$[key](chunkId, promises);

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This is a false positive from analyzing the runtime template in isolation. $ensureChunkHandlers$ is a placeholder declared = undefined at the top of this file only so the template parses; at code generation it is string-substituted with __webpack_require__.f (an always-initialized object), so it is never undefined at runtime. The same placeholder is used right above this line ($ensureChunkHandlers$.$key$Hmr = …) and throughout the file, and the whole block is already gated by if ($ensureChunkHandlers$).

The iterate-and-call pattern here mirrors what __webpack_require__.e does internally — Object.keys(__webpack_require__.f).forEach(key => __webpack_require__.f[key](chunkId, promises)) — which also calls the handler without a typeof === "function" guard. Adding one here would be inconsistent with the rest of the runtime and add a dead check on the HMR update path, so I'm leaving it as-is.


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Memory benchmark "context-esm", scenario '{"name":"mode-development","mode":"development"}' 1,132.6 KB 794.9 KB +42.49%
Memory benchmark "side-effects-reexport", scenario '{"name":"mode-development-rebuild","mode":"development","watch":true}' 1,187.4 KB 872.6 KB +36.08%
Memory benchmark "asset-modules-bytes", scenario '{"name":"mode-development-rebuild","mode":"development","watch":true}' 323.4 KB 244.7 KB +32.15%
Memory benchmark "many-chunks-commonjs", scenario '{"name":"mode-production","mode":"production"}' 9 MB 7.3 MB +22.71%

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