From 91902dda1024dd3f1c35cc41448a3a066bd02ec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan <ivan@quad4.io>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 00:35:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(build-backend): improve bytecode cleanup to only remove
 .pyc/.pyo files if corresponding .py exists

---
 scripts/build-backend.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/build-backend.js b/scripts/build-backend.js
index 53ec007..678fccb 100755
--- a/scripts/build-backend.js
+++ b/scripts/build-backend.js
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ function stripPythonBytecodeArtifacts(dir) {
                 stripPythonBytecodeArtifacts(full);
             }
         } else if (ent.name.endsWith(".pyc") || ent.name.endsWith(".pyo")) {
-            fs.unlinkSync(full);
+            const stem = ent.name.replace(/\.pyc$/i, "").replace(/\.pyo$/i, "");
+            const siblingPy = path.join(dir, `${stem}.py`);
+            if (fs.existsSync(siblingPy)) {
+                fs.unlinkSync(full);
+            }
         }
     }
 }