From b572d15666f0f277ff842448c0e655666cc067a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Rosenwasser <DanielRosenwasser@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 23:28:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Default `--strict` to `true`.

---
 src/compiler/utilities.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index a0d1c6e75d2..433646b1317 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -9310,7 +9310,7 @@ export type StrictOptionName =
 
 /** @internal */
 export function getStrictOptionValue(compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, flag: StrictOptionName): boolean {
-    return compilerOptions[flag] === undefined ? !!compilerOptions.strict : !!compilerOptions[flag];
+    return compilerOptions[flag] === undefined ? (compilerOptions.strict !== false) : !!compilerOptions[flag];
 }
 
 /** @internal */