Reverse-mapped inference exposes private members as public; since #63932 this rejects `f<T>() as C`

[kirkouimet]

🔎 Search Terms

reverse mapped type private member, resolveReverseMappedTypeMembers, private is private in type but not in type, TS2352 private intersection readonly, inference private property public, keyof private member, syntheticProtectedProperties, 63932

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This changed in commit or PR 8239985 ("Fix getDeclarationModifierFlagsFromSymbolEx for synthetic properties", Fix getDeclarationModifierFlagsFromSymbolEx for synthetic properties #63932), found by git bisect from 87e83b7 (good) to 1f70213 (bad), every step built and scored, none skipped.
• Still present on main at 09b1db0 (2026-10-01).
• TypeScript 6.0.3 (tsc) and @typescript/native-preview 7.0.0-dev.20260707.2 accept the code.

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💻 Code

// @strict: true
class Entity {
    private secret = 1;
    markChanged(field: string): void {}
}
class Account extends Entity {
    emailAddress = '';
}
declare function getAccount<T extends object = object>(): Readonly<Account & T>;

export const ok = getAccount<object>() as Account;  // fine everywhere
export const b = getAccount() as Account;           // TS2352 since 8239985a01

🙁 Actual behavior

On main (09b1db0) and since 8239985:

error TS2352: Conversion of type 'Readonly<Account & { secret: number; markChanged: (field: string) => void; emailAddress: string; }>' to type 'Account' may be a mistake because neither type sufficiently overlaps with the other.
  Property 'secret' is private in type 'Account' but not in type 'Readonly<Account & { secret: number; ... }>'.

The inferred T contains secret as a public property, which no keyof-based mapping could produce.

🙂 Expected behavior

No error, as in TypeScript 6.0.3 and earlier native previews. T should be inferred without the private (or protected) members of Account, because a reverse mapping recovers the source of a mapped type keyed by keyof, and keyof never yields a private or protected member.

Additional information about the issue

Cause. The assertion contextually types the call, so T is inferred by reverse-mapping Account through Readonly<Account & T>. resolveReverseMappedTypeMembers copies every source property, secret included. The copy has the member's declarations but no accessibility, so it reads as public.

That inferred T isn't new; what changed is what it does. Before #63932, the intersection property secret in Account & T resolved as private, keyof dropped it, and Account stayed comparable. After #63932, intersection properties take the most permissive accessibility (as syntheticProtectedProperties.ts asserts, deliberately), so the public copy wins and the comparison fails both ways. So #63932 isn't the bug; it exposed one.

Both conditions are required, which is why Readonly<Class & object> as Class alone doesn't reproduce it:

variant	result
explicit getAccount<object>() (no inference)	no error
Entity without a private member	no error
inference + private member	TS2352

Suggested fix. Skip non-public source properties in resolveReverseMappedTypeMembers. That leaves #63932's accessibility rule untouched. I have a PR ready with a regression test and baselines, and the full pre-PR checklist passing.

Real-world impact. Hit in a real codebase on two casts of the shape context.getAccount() as Account, where an entity base class carries private members. The code is correct and type-checks under tsc 6.0.3.

AI disclosure. I found and diagnosed this with the help of Claude Code (Anthropic). I've read and understand the analysis, and I'll be the one following up here.