JSON imported with `import type` treated as value

[ysulyma]

🔎 Search Terms

"import type", "resolveJsonModule", "import json"

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about import type

⏯ Playground Link

can't provide playground link due to #63658

💻 Code

import type T from "./translations.json";

export function getTranslations() {
	return {} as T;
}

🙁 Actual behavior

Error on line 4:

'T' refers to a value, but is being used as a type here. Did you mean 'typeof T'? [2749]

🙂 Expected behavior

T should be treated as a type since it was imported with import type

Additional information about the issue

To reproduce this issue you must set "resolveJsonModule": true in tsconfig.json

[RyanCavanaugh]

A type-only import of a value is still a value; JSON files don't export types.