From f31d04957e1166fc490a4db440560ac8ca5198e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabriel Donadel <donadeldev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:59:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(codegen): skip node_modules and symlinks when crawling
 for components

---
 .../generate-artifacts-executor-test.js       | 70 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js        | 22 ++++--
 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
index 6a75e87fae1a..ea1aca23327f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
@@ -553,8 +553,9 @@ describe('findFilesWithExtension', () => {
         return [];
       },
       existsSync: () => true,
-      statSync: () => ({
+      lstatSync: () => ({
         isDirectory: () => false,
+        isSymbolicLink: () => false,
       }),
       readFileSync: () => packageJson,
     }));
@@ -586,11 +587,12 @@ describe('findFilesWithExtension', () => {
         return [];
       },
       existsSync: () => true,
-      statSync: filePath => ({
+      lstatSync: filePath => ({
         isDirectory: () =>
           filePath === pnpmFolder ||
           filePath === packageFolder ||
           filePath === path.join(targetFolder, '.hidden'),
+        isSymbolicLink: () => false,
       }),
       readFileSync: () => packageJson,
     }));
@@ -619,8 +621,9 @@ describe('findFilesWithExtension', () => {
         return [];
       },
       existsSync: () => true,
-      statSync: filePath => ({
+      lstatSync: filePath => ({
         isDirectory: () => filePath === path.join(targetFolder, 'Components'),
+        isSymbolicLink: () => false,
       }),
       readFileSync: () => packageJson,
     }));
@@ -635,6 +638,67 @@ describe('findFilesWithExtension', () => {
       path.join(targetFolder, 'Components', 'MyComponent.mm'),
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('skips nested node_modules folders', () => {
+    const targetFolder = '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/project/my-library';
+    const nodeModules = path.join(targetFolder, 'node_modules');
+
+    jest.mock('node:fs', () => ({
+      readdirSync: dirPath => {
+        if (dirPath === targetFolder) {
+          return ['node_modules', 'Component.mm'];
+        }
+        if (dirPath === nodeModules) {
+          return ['Dependency.mm'];
+        }
+        return [];
+      },
+      existsSync: () => true,
+      lstatSync: filePath => ({
+        isDirectory: () => filePath === nodeModules,
+        isSymbolicLink: () => false,
+      }),
+      readFileSync: () => packageJson,
+    }));
+
+    const {
+      findFilesWithExtension: findFiles,
+    } = require('../generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents');
+
+    const result = findFiles(targetFolder, '.mm');
+    expect(result).toEqual([path.join(targetFolder, 'Component.mm')]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not follow symlinked folders', () => {
+    const targetFolder = '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/project/my-library';
+    const symlinkedFolder = path.join(targetFolder, 'linked');
+
+    jest.mock('node:fs', () => ({
+      readdirSync: dirPath => {
+        if (dirPath === targetFolder) {
+          return ['linked', 'Component.mm'];
+        }
+        // A symlink pointing back at its parent: following it never terminates.
+        if (dirPath === symlinkedFolder) {
+          return ['linked', 'Component.mm'];
+        }
+        return [];
+      },
+      existsSync: () => true,
+      lstatSync: filePath => ({
+        isDirectory: () => filePath.endsWith('linked'),
+        isSymbolicLink: () => filePath.endsWith('linked'),
+      }),
+      readFileSync: () => packageJson,
+    }));
+
+    const {
+      findFilesWithExtension: findFiles,
+    } = require('../generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents');
+
+    const result = findFiles(targetFolder, '.mm');
+    expect(result).toEqual([path.join(targetFolder, 'Component.mm')]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('generateSchemaInfos', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
index 03abb392090f..84857672fa0f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/generateRCTThirdPartyComponents.js
@@ -177,10 +177,24 @@ function findFilesWithExtension(
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (
-      fs.existsSync(absolutePath) &&
-      fs.statSync(absolutePath).isDirectory()
-    ) {
+    // A library's own sources never live in its dependencies, and crawling them
+    // is what makes this walk explode on large projects.
+    if (file === 'node_modules') {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(absolutePath)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // `lstatSync` does not resolve symlinks: following them can loop forever,
+    // e.g. workspace packages that link into each other under pnpm.
+    const stats = fs.lstatSync(absolutePath);
+    if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (stats.isDirectory()) {
       files.push(...findFilesWithExtension(absolutePath, extension));
     } else if (file.endsWith(extension)) {
       files.push(absolutePath);