Unable to use top-level for-await loops with module `preserve`

[clemyan]

🔎 Search Terms

"top-level await", "for-await", "preserve", "ts1432"

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This changed between versions 5.3 and 5.4 (for module: preserve)

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?target=99&module=200&ts=5.6.0-dev.20240625#code/GYewTgBAhg7lCWAXCAKAxiAdgZ2QDwhGAgG0BdASggG8BfCAegYgFEwxwAoWBZABQ4BbeNgCmAOjCjsIADYA3USgoBuRswDyAaU6dReAA7hkdFUA

💻 Code

for await (const x of []) {} // Error
await Promise.resolve(); // OK

export {};

🙁 Actual behavior

The code errors with ts1432 under module: preserve (regardless of target)

🙂 Expected behavior

The code compiles without error under module: preserve and target: ESNext

Additional information about the issue

No response