From b061243570217323b0b97f1b1aa981e8527bfadf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Stouder <xavier@stouder.io>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 19:17:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] doc: document process.moduleLoadList

process.moduleLoadList was added in the early days but never documented

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/41233
---
 doc/api/process.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 04ca0eff9c55d4..380efbe991f2df 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -2858,6 +2858,31 @@ console.log(memoryUsage.rss());
 // 35655680
 ```
 
+## `process.moduleLoadList`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: v0.5.3
+-->
+
+* Returns: {string\[]}
+
+The `process.moduleLoadList` property returns an array of internal bindings and core modules that
+were loaded during the current Node.js process execution.
+
+```mjs
+import { moduleLoadList } from 'node:process';
+
+console.log(moduleLoadList);
+// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+```
+
+```cjs
+const { moduleLoadList } = require('node:process');
+
+console.log(moduleLoadList);
+// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+```
+
 ## `process.nextTick(callback[, ...args])`
 
 <!-- YAML

From 635af17f2bb8ea42b022c4a7891c4a9213e60fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Stouder <xavier@stouder.io>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 19:26:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] wrong terminology

---
 doc/api/process.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 380efbe991f2df..2d8762a7a39b8c 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ console.log(memoryUsage.rss());
 added: v0.5.3
 -->
 
-* Returns: {string\[]}
+* Type: {string\[]}
 
 The `process.moduleLoadList` property returns an array of internal bindings and core modules that
 were loaded during the current Node.js process execution.

From 108033814ca48e3104be968c576da27afa491520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Stouder <xavier@stouder.io>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 22:14:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] expose and document loadedModules instead of
 moduleLoadList

---
 doc/api/process.md              | 16 ++++++++--------
 lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 2d8762a7a39b8c..be7261d0d80ea7 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ console.log(memoryUsage.rss());
 // 35655680
 ```
 
-## `process.moduleLoadList`
+## `process.loadedModules`
 
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.3
@@ -2866,21 +2866,21 @@ added: v0.5.3
 
 * Type: {string\[]}
 
-The `process.moduleLoadList` property returns an array of internal bindings and core modules that
+The `process.loadedModules` property returns an array of core modules that
 were loaded during the current Node.js process execution.
 
 ```mjs
-import { moduleLoadList } from 'node:process';
+import { loadedModules } from 'node:process';
 
-console.log(moduleLoadList);
-// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+console.log(loadedModules);
+// ['events', 'buffer', 'diagnostics_channel', 'async_hooks', ...]
 ```
 
 ```cjs
-const { moduleLoadList } = require('node:process');
+const { loadedModules } = require('node:process');
 
-console.log(moduleLoadList);
-// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+console.log(loadedModules);
+// ['events', 'buffer', 'diagnostics_channel', 'async_hooks', ...]
 ```
 
 ## `process.nextTick(callback[, ...args])`
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
index f49f0814bbc687..4c2f924a5e2249 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(process, 'moduleLoadList', {
   writable: false,
 });
 
+// Set up process.loadedModules
+const loadedModules = [];
+ObjectDefineProperty(process, 'loadedModules', {
+  __proto__: null,
+  get() { return ArrayPrototypeSlice(loadedModules); },
+  configurable: true,
+  enumerable: true,
+})
 
 // processBindingAllowList contains the name of bindings that are allowed
 // for access via process.binding(). This is used to provide a transition
@@ -405,6 +413,9 @@ class BuiltinModule {
     // "NativeModule" is a legacy name of "BuiltinModule". We keep it
     // here to avoid breaking users who parse process.moduleLoadList.
     ArrayPrototypePush(moduleLoadList, `NativeModule ${id}`);
+    if(!StringPrototypeStartsWith(id, 'internal/')) {
+      ArrayPrototypePush(loadedModules, id);
+    }
     return this.exports;
   }
 }