1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/01_require.js b/ext/node/polyfills/01_require.js
index 27c10bf58..efde1eb79 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/01_require.js
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/01_require.js
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ function setupBuiltinModules() {
 }
 setupBuiltinModules();
 
-// Map used to store CJS parsing data.
-const cjsParseCache = new SafeWeakMap();
-
 function pathDirname(filepath) {
   if (filepath == null) {
     throw new Error("Empty filepath.");
@@ -286,11 +283,10 @@ const nativeModulePolyfill = new SafeMap();
 const relativeResolveCache = ObjectCreate(null);
 let requireDepth = 0;
 let statCache = null;
-let isPreloading = false;
 let mainModule = null;
 let hasBrokenOnInspectBrk = false;
 let hasInspectBrk = false;
-// Are we running with --node-modules-dir flag?
+// Are we running with --node-modules-dir flag or byonm?
 let usesLocalNodeModulesDir = false;
 
 function stat(filename) {
@@ -766,9 +762,7 @@ Module._resolveFilename = function (
 
   if (typeof options === "object" && options !== null) {
     if (ArrayIsArray(options.paths)) {
-      const isRelative = op_require_is_request_relative(
-        request,
-      );
+      const isRelative = op_require_is_request_relative(request);
 
       if (isRelative) {
         paths = options.paths;
@@ -848,6 +842,29 @@ Module._resolveFilename = function (
   const err = new Error(message);
   err.code = "MODULE_NOT_FOUND";
   err.requireStack = requireStack;
+
+  // fallback and attempt to resolve bare specifiers using
+  // the global cache when not using --node-modules-dir
+  if (
+    !usesLocalNodeModulesDir &&
+    ArrayIsArray(options?.paths) &&
+    request[0] !== "." &&
+    request[0] !== "#" &&
+    !request.startsWith("file:///") &&
+    !op_require_is_request_relative(request) &&
+    !op_require_path_is_absolute(request)
+  ) {
+    try {
+      return Module._resolveFilename(request, parent, isMain, {
+        ...options,
+        paths: undefined,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // ignore
+    }
+  }
+
+  // throw the original error
   throw err;
 };