fix(eslint): stop prefer-global-this making the browser framing check unspellable

src/eslint/quality.js

@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ export default [
       "unicorn/prefer-ternary": "off",
       "unicorn/no-useless-undefined": "off",
 
+      // --- Unicorn: rule that makes the canonical browser top-level check
+      //     unspellable. `window.parent === window` is true for a top-level
+      //     window (`!==` is the corresponding embedded-frame check), and every
+      //     rewrite this rule accepts is rejected by another shipped rule:
+      //
+      //       window.parent === window        → unicorn/prefer-global-this
+      //       parent === self                 → unicorn/prefer-global-this
+      //       globalThis.parent === globalThis→ unicorn/no-unnecessary-global-this
+      //       parent === globalThis           → sonarjs/different-types-comparison
+      //
+      //     The last one is not a style opinion: lib.dom types `parent`, `top`,
+      //     `opener` and `MessageEvent.source` as `Window`, while `globalThis`
+      //     is `typeof globalThis`. Those types do not overlap, so the
+      //     type-aware rule correctly reports the comparison as always-false —
+      //     which means there is no spelling of the check that satisfies the
+      //     shipped set. `window` is also the *typed* global in DOM code, not a
+      //     legacy alias.
+      //
+      //     `unicorn/no-unnecessary-global-this` still trims `globalThis.parent`
+      //     to `parent` for plain member access, so the useful half is kept.
+      "unicorn/prefer-global-this": "off",
+
       // --- Unicorn: modernization rule that outruns our runtime. The
       //     suggested API isn't shipped on our Node target yet, so its
       //     autofix rewrites working code into a call that compiles but

test/browser-framing-check.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { Linter } from "eslint";
+import globals from "globals";
+import unicorn from "eslint-plugin-unicorn";
+
+import quality from "../src/eslint/quality.js";
+
+// Guards that the canonical browser top-level check stays spellable.
+//
+// `window.parent === window` identifies a top-level window; the inverse is the
+// embedded-frame check. Under the upstream unicorn recommended set every
+// rewrite is rejected by some other shipped rule (see the comment on
+// `unicorn/prefer-global-this` in src/eslint/quality.js), so the check has no
+// valid spelling and consumers reach for a suppression or an `as unknown as
+// Window` bridge. We ship `prefer-global-this` off to keep it writable.
+
+const linter = new Linter();
+
+const configWithRuleOn = {
+  languageOptions: { globals: globals.browser },
+  plugins: { unicorn },
+  rules: {
+    "unicorn/prefer-global-this": "error",
+    "unicorn/no-unnecessary-global-this": "error",
+  },
+};
+
+const FRAMING_CHECK = `const isTopLevel = window.parent === window;\n`;
+
+test("upstream unicorn rejects the window-based top-level check", () => {
+  const messages = linter.verify(FRAMING_CHECK, configWithRuleOn, "frame.js");
+  const ruleIds = messages.map((message) => message.ruleId);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    ruleIds.includes("unicorn/prefer-global-this"),
+    `expected prefer-global-this to fire upstream, got: ${ruleIds.join(", ") || "none"}`,
+  );
+});
+
+test("shipped quality concern turns prefer-global-this off", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    resolve("unicorn/prefer-global-this"),
+    "off",
+    "unicorn/prefer-global-this must stay off — see the comment in quality.js",
+  );
+});
+
+/** Last-wins lookup of a rule across the concern's flat-config entries. */
+const resolve = (ruleId) =>
+  quality.findLast((entry) => entry.rules?.[ruleId] !== undefined)?.rules[
+    ruleId
+  ];
+
+test("the useful half of the pair is kept", () => {
+  // `globalThis.parent` must still trim to `parent` for plain member access.
+  assert.equal(resolve("unicorn/no-unnecessary-global-this"), "error");
+
+  assert.equal(resolve("unicorn/prefer-global-this"), "off");
+});