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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Switch `libReplacement` to `false` by default","articleBody":"In TypeScript 5.8, [we introduced the `libReplacement`](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/60829). This flag toggled whether or not TypeScript actually looked for libraries via `node_modules/@typescript/lib-*`\n\nFor example, if you have `\"lib\": [\"es2015\", \"dom\"]` in your settings, TypeScript would try to resolve `@typescript/lib-es2015` and `@typescript/lib-dom` from `node_modules` and load their contents. However, this resolution happened regardless of whether you were using the functionality, and `libReplacement` lets you opt out.\n\nIn TypeScript 7.0 (the native preview), [we've ported `libReplacement` to be `false` by default](https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/pull/1262).\n\nTypeScript 6.0 will change the default to `false` to align with TypeScript 7.0\n\nSee more similar discussions around 6.0/7.0 changes at #54500.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/DanielRosenwasser","@type":"Person","name":"DanielRosenwasser"},"datePublished":"2025-08-06T00:15:42.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/62214/TypeScript/issues/62214"}