From f034a65a498631b68869ab384800ed1e1c88ad63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karan Mangtani <karan.mangtani@lrn.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 14:30:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] esm: update outdated FIXME comment in translators.js

---
 lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index 74e90edb5b3a72..9310878de0833d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ function loadCJSModule(module, source, url, filename, isMain) {
       specifier = `${pathToFileURL(path)}`;
     }
 
-    // FIXME(node:59666) Currently, the ESM loader re-invents require() here for imported CJS and this
-    // requires a separate cache to be populated as well as introducing several quirks. This is not ideal.
+    // NOTE: This re-invented require() is only used on the loader-hook worker thread.
+    // On the main thread, the authentic require() is used instead (fixed by #60380).
+    // Remaining quirks on the loader-hook thread: lacks require.cache, require.extensions.
     const request = { specifier, attributes: importAttributes, phase: kEvaluationPhase, __proto__: null };
     const job = cascadedLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob(url, request, kRequireInImportedCJS);
     job.runSync();