fix(type-utils): treat intrinsic types as if they are from lib and never match error types

packages/eslint-plugin/package.json

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "natural-compare-lite": "^1.4.0",
     "natural-compare": "^1.4.0",
     "semver": "^7.5.0",
-    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.0"
+    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "*",

packages/type-utils/package.json

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.61.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.61.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
-    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.0"
+    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.61.0",

packages/type-utils/src/TypeOrValueSpecifier.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getCanonicalFileName } from '@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree';
 import type { JSONSchema4 } from '@typescript-eslint/utils/json-schema';
 import path from 'path';
+import * as tsutils from 'ts-api-utils';
 import type * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 interface FileSpecifier {
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ function specifierNameMatches(type: ts.Type, name: string[] | string): boolean {
   if (typeof name === 'string') {
     name = [name];
   }
+  if (name.some(item => item === type.intrinsicName)) {
+    return true;
+  }
   const symbol = type.aliasSymbol ?? type.getSymbol();
   if (symbol === undefined) {
     return false;
@@ -163,11 +167,29 @@ function typeDeclaredInPackage(
   );
 }
 
+function typeDeclaredInLib(
+  declarationFiles: ts.SourceFile[],
+  program: ts.Program,
+): boolean {
+  // Assertion: The type is not an error type.
+
+  // Intrinsic type (i.e. string, number, boolean, etc) - Treat it as if it's from lib.
+  if (declarationFiles.length === 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return declarationFiles.some(declaration =>
+    program.isSourceFileDefaultLibrary(declaration),
+  );
+}
+
 export function typeMatchesSpecifier(
   type: ts.Type,
   specifier: TypeOrValueSpecifier,
   program: ts.Program,
 ): boolean {
+  if (tsutils.isIntrinsicErrorType(type)) {
+    return false;
+  }
   if (typeof specifier === 'string') {
     return specifierNameMatches(type, specifier);
   }
@@ -183,9 +205,7 @@ export function typeMatchesSpecifier(
     case 'file':
       return typeDeclaredInFile(specifier.path, declarationFiles, program);
     case 'lib':
-      return declarationFiles.some(declaration =>
-        program.isSourceFileDefaultLibrary(declaration),
-      );
+      return typeDeclaredInLib(declarationFiles, program);
     case 'package':
       return typeDeclaredInPackage(specifier.package, declarationFiles);
   }

packages/type-utils/tests/TypeOrValueSpecifier.test.ts

@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ describe('TypeOrValueSpecifier', () => {
       ['type Test = RegExp;', { from: 'lib', name: ['BigInt', 'Date'] }],
     ])("doesn't match a mismatched lib specifier: %s", runTestNegative);
 
+    it.each<[string, TypeOrValueSpecifier]>([
+      ['type Test = string;', { from: 'lib', name: 'string' }],
+      ['type Test = string;', { from: 'lib', name: ['string', 'number'] }],
+    ])('matches a matching intrinsic type specifier: %s', runTestPositive);
+
+    it.each<[string, TypeOrValueSpecifier]>([
+      ['type Test = string;', { from: 'lib', name: 'number' }],
+      ['type Test = string;', { from: 'lib', name: ['number', 'boolean'] }],
+    ])(
+      "doesn't match a mismatched intrinsic type specifier: %s",
+      runTestNegative,
+    );
+
     it.each<[string, TypeOrValueSpecifier]>([
       [
         'import type {Node} from "typescript"; type Test = Node;',
@@ -405,5 +418,10 @@ describe('TypeOrValueSpecifier', () => {
         { from: 'package', name: ['RegExp', 'BigInt'], package: 'foo-package' },
       ],
     ])("doesn't match a mismatched specifier type: %s", runTestNegative);
+
+    it.each<[string, TypeOrValueSpecifier]>([
+      ['type Test = Foo;', { from: 'lib', name: 'Foo' }],
+      ['type Test = Foo;', { from: 'lib', name: ['Foo', 'number'] }],
+    ])("doesn't match an error type: %s", runTestNegative);
   });
 });

packages/typescript-estree/package.json

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "globby": "^11.1.0",
     "is-glob": "^4.0.3",
     "semver": "^7.5.0",
-    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.0"
+    "ts-api-utils": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/code-frame": "*",

yarn.lock

@@ -14979,10 +14979,10 @@ trough@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/trough/-/trough-1.0.5.tgz#b8b639cefad7d0bb2abd37d433ff8293efa5f406"
   integrity sha512-rvuRbTarPXmMb79SmzEp8aqXNKcK+y0XaB298IXueQ8I2PsrATcPBCSPyK/dDNa2iWOhKlfNnOjdAOTBU/nkFA==
 
-ts-api-utils@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-api-utils/-/ts-api-utils-1.0.0.tgz#bec2b0f3af409e5acd547dbf1d14e8261459bc42"
-  integrity sha512-ycbj7cbgdeLc5i7xhxewYjWOoMzeVz4PiKvkWC/fVjfbt4ToHCvotIzD+GB1iYn1R+kaQG0JdET1ZNZwl4nXUQ==
+ts-api-utils@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-api-utils/-/ts-api-utils-1.0.1.tgz#8144e811d44c749cd65b2da305a032510774452d"
+  integrity sha512-lC/RGlPmwdrIBFTX59wwNzqh7aR2otPNPR/5brHZm/XKFYKsfqxihXUe9pU3JI+3vGkl+vyCoNNnPhJn3aLK1A==
 
 ts-essentials@^2.0.3:
   version "2.0.12"