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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"node --watch bails on invalid import syntax","articleBody":"### Version\n\n25\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nDarwin\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\n_No response_\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\n1. The module\n\n```js\n// index.mjs\nimport\n```\n\n2. Run\n\n```sh\nnode --watch .\n```\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nalways\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nWhat: Don't exit.\nWhy: Because it should watch.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\nNode bails out with exit code `0`.\n\n```txt\n% node --watch .\nfile:/// ... /index.mjs:2\n\n\n\nSyntaxError: Unexpected end of input\n    at compileSourceTextModule (node:internal/modules/esm/utils:357:16)\n    at ModuleLoader.moduleStrategy (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:109:18)\n    at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:564:20)\n    at afterLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:614:29)\n    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:619:12)\n    at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:643:36)\n    at #getJobFromResolveResult (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:353:34)\n    at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:318:41)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:685:25)\n\nNode.js v25.0.0\nFailed running '.'. Waiting for file changes before restarting...\n```\n\n### Additional information\n\nSimilar to #62021","author":{"url":"https://github.com/valler","@type":"Person","name":"valler"},"datePublished":"2026-02-27T13:05:19.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/62022/node/issues/62022"}