From 010408b3db80d3c4a5e0666cc3faaf7d49a655b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dpiercey <dpiercey@ebay.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 16:12:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: unecessary const native tag codegen

---
 .changeset/lucky-fans-fry.md                              | 8 ++++++++
 .../__snapshots__/el-ref-hoist.expected/index.ts          | 2 +-
 .../__snapshots__/empty-tagname.expected/index.ts         | 2 +-
 .../native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting.expected/index.ts | 4 +---
 .../__snapshots__/simple-hoist.expected/index.ts          | 4 +---
 packages/language-tools/src/extractors/script/index.ts    | 4 +++-
 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/lucky-fans-fry.md

diff --git a/.changeset/lucky-fans-fry.md b/.changeset/lucky-fans-fry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d34ae80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lucky-fans-fry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@marko/language-server": patch
+"@marko/language-tools": patch
+"@marko/type-check": patch
+"marko-vscode": patch
+---
+
+Fix issue with outputting unnecessary const for native tag codegen.
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/el-ref-hoist/__snapshots__/el-ref-hoist.expected/index.ts b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/el-ref-hoist/__snapshots__/el-ref-hoist.expected/index.ts
index 052536b9..9bf9a29d 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/el-ref-hoist/__snapshots__/el-ref-hoist.expected/index.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/el-ref-hoist/__snapshots__/el-ref-hoist.expected/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface Input {}
     });
     {
       const $el = Marko._.el("div");
-      const __marko_internal_rendered_2 = Marko._.renderNativeTag("div")()()({
+      Marko._.renderNativeTag("div")()()({
         /*div*/
       });
       const __marko_internal_tag_3 = Marko._.resolveTemplate(
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/empty-tagname/__snapshots__/empty-tagname.expected/index.ts b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/empty-tagname/__snapshots__/empty-tagname.expected/index.ts
index a8bb49d7..57a3d2f1 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/empty-tagname/__snapshots__/empty-tagname.expected/index.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/empty-tagname/__snapshots__/empty-tagname.expected/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface Input {}
   const $el = Marko._.hoist(() => __marko_internal_hoist__$el);
   {
     const $el = Marko._.el("div");
-    const __marko_internal_rendered_1 = Marko._.renderNativeTag("div")()()({
+    Marko._.renderNativeTag("div")()()({
       class: Marko._.interpolated`hello`,
     });
     const __marko_internal_tag_2 = Marko._.resolveTemplate(
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting/__snapshots__/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting.expected/index.ts b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting/__snapshots__/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting.expected/index.ts
index 6cc3f95e..a8795577 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting/__snapshots__/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting.expected/index.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting/__snapshots__/native-tag-var-multi-level-hoisting.expected/index.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ export interface Input {}
         [Marko._.content /*div*/]: (() => {
           {
             const searchInput = Marko._.el("input");
-            const __marko_internal_rendered_3 = Marko._.renderNativeTag(
-              "input",
-            )()()({
+            Marko._.renderNativeTag("input")()()({
               type: "search",
             });
             return () => {
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/simple-hoist/__snapshots__/simple-hoist.expected/index.ts b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/simple-hoist/__snapshots__/simple-hoist.expected/index.ts
index 4a79f3f5..fb4f4a80 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/simple-hoist/__snapshots__/simple-hoist.expected/index.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/__tests__/fixtures/script/simple-hoist/__snapshots__/simple-hoist.expected/index.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ export interface Input {}
         x;
         {
           const el = Marko._.el("button");
-          const __marko_internal_rendered_3 = Marko._.renderNativeTag(
-            "button",
-          )()()({
+          Marko._.renderNativeTag("button")()()({
             onClick() {
               __marko_internal_change__x.x = 2;
               __marko_internal_change__x.x++;
diff --git a/packages/language-tools/src/extractors/script/index.ts b/packages/language-tools/src/extractors/script/index.ts
index b0bbb67a..8fdd4421 100644
--- a/packages/language-tools/src/extractors/script/index.ts
+++ b/packages/language-tools/src/extractors/script/index.ts
@@ -783,7 +783,9 @@ constructor(_?: Return) {}
         }
       }
 
-      this.#extractor.write(`const ${renderVar} = `);
+      if (needsHoist || !isHTML) {
+        this.#extractor.write(`const ${renderVar} = `);
+      }
     }
 
     if (isHTML) {