From e5b63bf265f72de298f31b5614df63c5811135bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Medvednikov <alexander@medvednikov.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:25:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] parser: fix wrong error when declaring attribute after
 incomplete variable declaration (fixes #23396)

---
 vlib/v/parser/parser.v                        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 ...valid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.out | 12 +++++++++++
 ...nvalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.out
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv

diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 640a97e20..690532659 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -1030,6 +1030,26 @@ fn (mut p Parser) stmt(is_top_level bool) ast.Stmt {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		.at, .lsbr {
+			is_stmt_attr := if p.tok.kind == .at {
+				p.peek_tok.kind == .lsbr
+			} else {
+				p.is_attributes()
+			}
+			if p.script_mode && is_stmt_attr {
+				attr_pos := p.tok.pos()
+				p.attributes()
+				if token.is_decl(p.tok.kind) {
+					stmt := p.stmt(is_top_level)
+					p.attrs = []
+					return stmt
+				}
+				p.attrs = []
+				return p.error_with_pos('attributes can only be used before declarations',
+					attr_pos)
+			}
+			return p.parse_multi_expr(is_top_level)
+		}
 		.name {
 			if p.peek_tok.kind == .name && p.tok.lit == 'sql' {
 				return p.sql_stmt()
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16cd687cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv:1:1: notice: script mode started here
+    1 | test_var = 'Test'
+      | ~~~~~~~~
+    2 | 
+    3 | @[table: 'users']
+vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv:4:8: error: all definitions must occur before code in script mode
+    2 | 
+    3 | @[table: 'users']
+    4 | struct User {
+      |        ~~~~
+    5 |     name string
+    6 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv b/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c5fd0551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/invalid_struct_decl_with_attr_script_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+test_var = 'Test'
+
+@[table: 'users']
+struct User {
+	name string
+}
-- 
2.39.5