feat: Support typeCheckingMode in executionEnvironments #1639

aviadr1 · 2025-11-11T21:21:05Z

Summary

This PR adds support for specifying typeCheckingMode within individual executionEnvironments entries in the configuration file. This allows different folders in a project to use different type checking strictness levels.

Motivation

Previously, to apply different type checking strictness to different folders, users had to:

Manually specify dozens of individual diagnostic rules for each execution environment, or
Use the strict array (which only supports upgrading to strict mode, not other modes like "recommended")

This made it difficult to:

Apply stricter checking to new code while keeping legacy code at a lower level
Gradually migrate a codebase to stricter checking folder-by-folder
Use "recommended" mode (basedpyright's default) only in specific parts of a project

Changes

Implementation

Modified _initExecutionEnvironmentFromJson in configOptions.ts to check for typeCheckingMode and use it to generate the base diagnostic rule set
The implementation follows the same pattern as other per-environment settings like pythonVersion and pythonPlatform
Individual diagnostic rule overrides still take precedence over the typeCheckingMode setting

Tests

Added comprehensive test coverage in config.test.ts:

✅ typeCheckingMode sets diagnostic rules correctly for different modes
✅ Individual rule overrides take precedence over typeCheckingMode
✅ Invalid typeCheckingMode values are validated and logged as errors
✅ Type validation (must be a string)
✅ Inheritance from global setting when not specified
✅ All modes (off, basic, standard, strict, recommended, all) work correctly

All existing tests pass.

Documentation

Updated docs/configuration/config-files.md:

Added typeCheckingMode to the Execution Environment Options section
Updated sample config files to demonstrate the feature
Clarified precedence rules

Example Usage

{
  "typeCheckingMode": "standard",
  "executionEnvironments": [
    {
      "root": "src/legacy",
      "typeCheckingMode": "basic"
    },
    {
      "root": "src/new_code",
      "typeCheckingMode": "recommended"
    }
  ]
}

Checklist

Implementation complete
Tests added and passing
Documentation updated
All existing tests pass

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Co-Authored-By: Claude [email protected]

Add support for specifying typeCheckingMode within individual executionEnvironments entries in the configuration file. This allows different folders in a project to use different type checking strictness levels (off, basic, standard, strict, recommended, all). Previously, users had to manually specify dozens of individual diagnostic rules to achieve different strictness levels per folder. This change makes it much cleaner and more maintainable. Features: - typeCheckingMode can be specified in any executionEnvironment - If specified, it overrides the global typeCheckingMode for that folder - Individual diagnostic rule overrides still take precedence - All modes (off, basic, standard, strict, recommended, all) are supported - Invalid modes are validated and logged as errors Changes: - Modified _initExecutionEnvironmentFromJson to check for typeCheckingMode - Added comprehensive test coverage for all scenarios - Updated documentation with examples Fixes: DetachHead#1638 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Add a test that specifically verifies basedpyright's 'recommended' mode applies the correct diagnostic rules when used in executionEnvironments, including basedpyright-specific rules like reportAny and reportExplicitAny. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

… different modes This test verifies that: - Multiple execution environments can have different typeCheckingModes - Each environment's settings are independent and don't interfere - Environments with 'basic', 'recommended', 'strict', and inherited 'standard' modes all have the correct diagnostic rules simultaneously - Specifically verifies that 'recommended' mode's basedpyright-specific rules (reportAny, reportExplicitAny, failOnWarnings) are ONLY enabled in the 'recommended' environment and NOT in the others This addresses the concern that the previous tests only verified one execution environment at a time and didn't prove isolation between environments. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

DetachHead

thanks for the contribution!

for future reference, while i don't mind contributors using ai as long as the code is good (this change looks good, just a few minor suggestions), i'd prefer if it's not used for issue and PR descriptions as LLMs typically too wordy without really saying much. a brief description or just an issue link is fine with me most of the time

docs/configuration/config-files.md

packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/config.test.ts

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- Link to valid values in docs instead of duplicating - Remove subjective language from typeCheckingMode description - Add reportMissingImports to examples to show diagnostic overrides work with typeCheckingMode - Extract getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString helper function to eliminate code duplication - Add typeCheckingMode property to ExecutionEnvironment class - Fix destructuring typo in test (strictEnv, strictEnv -> strictEnv, basicEnv) - Fix error count assertion formatting - Import allTypeCheckingModes from configOptions.ts instead of hardcoding 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Reverted unintentional quote character change on line 317 that was introduced during merge conflict resolution. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

The previous commit incorrectly changed curly quotes to straight quotes. The main branch uses curly quotes, so reverting to match. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Changed straight apostrophe (') to curly apostrophe (') in 'file's' on line 325 to match the formatting style used in main branch. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

aviadr1 · 2025-11-18T09:17:22Z

@DetachHead thanks for the review! I addressed all comments. please re-review

packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts

DetachHead · 2025-11-19T13:38:02Z

packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts

+            let baseDiagnosticRuleSet = configDiagnosticRuleSet;
+            if (envObj.typeCheckingMode !== undefined) {
+                if (typeof envObj.typeCheckingMode === 'string') {
+                    if ((allTypeCheckingModes as readonly string[]).includes(envObj.typeCheckingMode)) {


did the ai write this? it looks like it's duplicated even more now. is it trying to replace the initializeTypeCheckingModeFromString and initializeTypeCheckingMode functions with this new getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString function? if so, how come it's only called in one spot but the existing usages of those functions are still there?

aviadr1 · 2025-11-21T16:39:46Z

did the ai write this? it looks like it's duplicated even more now. is it trying to replace the initializeTypeCheckingModeFromString and initializeTypeCheckingMode functions with this new getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString function? if so, how come it's only called in one spot but the existing usages of those functions are still there?

thanks for the review! yes @DetachHead I am using AI for this entire PR because I dont have familiarity with typescript or the repo and I wouldnt be able to add this feature otherwise. thanks for the patience.

…edback - Extract validation logic into reusable validateTypeCheckingMode helper - Change parameter type from 'any' to 'unknown' for better type safety - Remove redundant tests (type validation and inheritance tests) - Fix error assertion to use strictEqual - Maintain original error message format for backward compatibility This addresses PR review feedback from DetachHead. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

- Rename validateTypeCheckingMode to _validateTypeCheckingMode (private static method naming) - Rename getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString to _getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString - Move private static methods after public methods to fix member ordering This fixes ESLint errors: - @typescript-eslint/naming-convention - @typescript-eslint/member-ordering 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

aviadr1 · 2025-11-21T21:14:53Z

did the ai write this? it looks like it's duplicated even more now. is it trying to replace the initializeTypeCheckingModeFromString and initializeTypeCheckingMode functions with this new getDiagnosticRuleSetFromString function? if so, how come it's only called in one spot but the existing usages of those functions are still there?

thanks for the review! yes @DetachHead I am using AI for this entire PR because I dont have familiarity with typescript or the repo and I wouldnt be able to add this feature otherwise. thanks for the patience.

@DetachHead please re-review I took extra care to get claude to remove any duplications, and also to lint the content.

packages/pyright-internal/src/common/configOptions.ts

DetachHead · 2025-11-28T13:03:56Z

packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/config.test.ts

-        test('typeCheckingMode must be a string in executionEnvironment', () => {
-            const cwd = UriEx.file(normalizePath(process.cwd()));
-            const configOptions = new ConfigOptions(cwd);
-
-            const json = {
-                executionEnvironments: [
-                    {
-                        root: 'src/invalid',
-                        typeCheckingMode: 123,
-                    },
-                ],
-            };
-
-            const fs = new TestFileSystem(/* ignoreCase */ false);
-            const console = new ErrorTrackingNullConsole();
-            const sp = createServiceProvider(fs, console);
-            configOptions.initializeFromJson(json, cwd, sp, new NoAccessHost());
-            configOptions.setupExecutionEnvironments(json, cwd, console);
-
-            assert(console.errors.length === 1);
-            assert(console.errors[0].includes('typeCheckingMode must be a string'));
-        });


why remove this test? i don't think there's another test for it

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github-actions · 2025-11-30T12:36:47Z

According to mypy_primer, this change doesn't affect type check results on a corpus of open source code. ✅

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Feature request: Support typeCheckingMode in executionEnvironments #1638

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