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Help create a minimal reproduction for a TypeSpec compiler or emitter bug. Use when a user provides TypeSpec source (pasted code or a GitHub URL) and describes an issue. Reproduces locally and reduces to a single-file repro.

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Minimal Reproduction

Reduce a user-reported TypeSpec bug to the smallest single .tsp file that still triggers the issue.

Inputs

  • TypeSpec source (pasted or GitHub URL)
  • Error description (diagnostic code, message, or incorrect emitter output)

Environment

Use packages/samples/scratch/ as the working directory — it's gitignored and the packages/samples package already depends on compiler, http, rest, openapi3, versioning, json-schema, etc.

If the repro needs packages NOT in the workspace (e.g., @azure-tools/*), use a temp folder with npm install instead.

Steps

  1. Reproduce — Write the user's code to packages/samples/scratch/main.tsp, compile with npx tsp compile main.tsp (add --emit <emitter> if relevant), and confirm the same error occurs.

  2. Minimize — Iteratively remove code (unused imports, models, properties, decorators, operations, namespaces) and re-compile after each removal. Keep only what's needed to trigger the same error. Undo any removal that makes the error disappear.

  3. Present — Show the final minimal .tsp, the compile command, and the error output. Suggest pasting into a GitHub issue or the TypeSpec Playground.

  4. Cleanup — Remove scratch files (rm -f packages/samples/scratch/*.tsp packages/samples/scratch/tspconfig.yaml && rm -rf packages/samples/scratch/tsp-output).

Tips

  • Most reproductions reduce to a single file with no namespaces needed.
  • Remove @service, @server, @doc, @info early — they're rarely relevant.
  • Combine multi-file code into one file by inlining.
  • If the error doesn't reproduce, check for missing import/using statements.