https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103752
--- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The problem seems to be explicit(bool), and it fails for gcc-11 too. // header.h template<typename _T1, typename _T2> struct pair { constexpr explicit(__is_same(_T1, _T2)) pair() { } _T1 first; _T2 second; }; struct string { string() { } string(const char* s) : s(s) { } const char* s = ""; }; /home/jwakely/gcc/11/bin/g++ -std=c++2b -xc++-header header.h -fmodules-ts // crash.cpp export module x; import "header.h"; pair<string, string> environment; /home/jwakely/gcc/11/bin/g++ -std=c++2b -c crash.cpp -fmodules-ts In module ./header.h, imported at crash.cpp:2: header.h: In instantiation of ‘struct pair<string, string>’: crash.cpp:3:22: required from here header.h:6:7: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault 6 | pair() | ^~~~ 0xca8f1f crash_signal /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/toplev.c:327 0x7fb52bd2d31f ??? ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigaction.c:670 0x7a3c23 hash_table_mod1(unsigned int, unsigned int) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/hash-table.h:344 0x7a3c23 hash_table<hash_map<tree_node*, tree_node*, decl_tree_cache_traits>::hash_entry, false, xcallocator>::find_with_hash(tree_node* const&, unsigned int) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/hash-table.h:911 0x7a3c23 hash_map<tree_node*, tree_node*, decl_tree_cache_traits>::get(tree_node* const&) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/hash-map.h:185 0x7a3c23 lookup_explicit_specifier /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/pt.c:13782 0x7a3c23 tsubst_function_decl /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/pt.c:14007 0x799879 tsubst_decl /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/pt.c:14467 0x7ab3cc instantiate_class_template_1 /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/pt.c:11997 0x7ac6a2 instantiate_class_template(tree_node*) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/pt.c:12276 0x7de8db complete_type(tree_node*) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/typeck.c:143 0x7de8db complete_type(tree_node*) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/typeck.c:111 0x69c6eb start_decl_1(tree_node*, bool) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/decl.c:5644 0x6ad5af start_decl(cp_declarator const*, cp_decl_specifier_seq*, int, tree_node*, tree_node*, tree_node**) /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/decl.c:5610 0x76c443 cp_parser_init_declarator /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:21763 0x74b124 cp_parser_simple_declaration /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:14467 0x774e25 cp_parser_declaration /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:14164 0x775afe cp_parser_toplevel_declaration /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:14193 0x775afe cp_parser_translation_unit /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:4942 0x775afe c_parse_file() /home/jwakely/src/gcc/gcc-11/gcc/cp/parser.c:45340 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. Please include the complete backtrace with any bug report. See <https://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/> for instructions. The only reason you don't see it for gcc-11 is that <string> doesn't use explicit(bool) until gcc-12. I think the short answer for now is that compiling libstdc++ headers as header units is not really supported.