diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/src/binder/lib_bind.bin b/crates/ts_goport/src/binder/lib_bind.bin
index b2a872178..4e5fe7241 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/src/checker/checker_p11.rs b/crates/ts_goport/src/checker/checker_p11.rs
index 149059709..dcfcd9208 100644
--- a/crates/ts_goport/src/checker/checker_p11.rs
+++ b/crates/ts_goport/src/checker/checker_p11.rs
@@ -1536,10 +1536,11 @@ impl Checker {
                         self.assign_non_contextual_parameter_types(signature);
                     }
                 } else if contextual_signature.is_some()
-                    && node.type_parameter_list().is_nil()
+                    && node.type_parameters().is_empty()
                     && self.sig(contextual_signature).parameters.len() > node.parameters().len()
                 {
-                    // PORT: Go `node.TypeParameters() == nil` is nil exactly when the list is nil.
+                    // PORT: Go `node.TypeParameters() == nil` is also nil for an empty `<>`
+                    // list (the Go parser stores nil Nodes for an empty list).
                     let inference_context = self.get_inference_context(node);
                     if check_mode.intersects(CheckMode::INFERENTIAL) {
                         self.infer_from_annotated_parameters_and_return(
diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/lib_parse.bin b/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/lib_parse.bin
index 57cdd6232..eba29c802 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/reparser.rs b/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/reparser.rs
index 74aab83d5..381c91c29 100644
--- a/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/reparser.rs
+++ b/crates/ts_goport/src/frontend/parser/reparser.rs
@@ -841,7 +841,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             SyntaxKind::JsDocTemplateTag => {
                 let fun = get_function_like_host(parent);
                 if fun.is_some() {
-                    if fun.type_parameter_list().is_nil() && fun.full_signature().is_nil() {
+                    // PORT: Go `fun.TypeParameters() == nil` tests the list's Nodes, which
+                    // the Go parser leaves nil for an empty `<>` (Arena.Clone of an empty
+                    // slice is nil), so an empty list is replaced too.
+                    if fun.type_parameters().is_empty() && fun.full_signature().is_nil() {
                         let type_parameters =
                             self.gather_type_parameters(js_doc, false /*typedefOrCallback*/);
                         set_function_type_parameters(fun, type_parameters);
diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/empty_type_parameters.rs b/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/empty_type_parameters.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..644bfb76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/empty_type_parameters.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+//! Port-only test of an empty type parameter list `<>`.
+//!
+//! PORT: no Go counterpart. Go `(*Node).TypeParameters()` (ast/ast.go:522)
+//! gives the Nodes of the list, and the Go parser stores nil Nodes for an
+//! empty list (`Arena.Clone` of an empty slice is nil, core/arena.go:55). So
+//! `TypeParameters() == nil` holds for `f<>()`. Two ported tests read the
+//! list instead and saw `<>` as type parameters:
+//! - the reparser (parser/reparser.go:459): a JSDoc `@template` did not
+//!   replace the empty list of a function, so the file got TS1098 and the
+//!   template names were not found.
+//! - checkFunctionExpressionOrObjectLiteralMethod (checker/checker.go:10415):
+//!   a function with `<>` gave no inferences from its annotated parameters.
+//!
+//! Every expected output is the output of `tsgo-oracle-3e9236361fa9 -p
+//! tsconfig.json --pretty false` on the same files.
+
+use ts_goport::execute::tsc::ExitStatus;
+
+use crate::support::child::run_command_in_child;
+use crate::support::runner::TscInput;
+use crate::support::test_sys::{TestSys, new_test_sys};
+
+const PROJECT: &str = "/home/src/workspaces/project";
+
+const CHECK_JS: &str =
+    r#"{"compilerOptions":{"noEmit":true,"allowJs":true,"checkJs":true},"files":["a.js"]}"#;
+
+/// Runs `tsgo -p tsconfig.json --pretty false` on `file` (`a.js` or `a.ts`)
+/// with `tsconfig` and gives the system, the status and the diagnostics text.
+fn tsc(file: &str, text: &str, tsconfig: &str) -> (TestSys, ExitStatus, String) {
+    let input = TscInput {
+        files: [
+            (format!("{PROJECT}/{file}"), text.into()),
+            (format!("{PROJECT}/tsconfig.json"), tsconfig.into()),
+        ]
+        .into_iter()
+        .collect(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let sys = new_test_sys(&input, false);
+    let args = ["-p", "tsconfig.json", "--pretty", "false"].map(String::from);
+    let result = run_command_in_child(&sys, &args).unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("tsgo: {err}"));
+    assert!(result.unported.is_none(), "unported {:?}", result.unported);
+    // The test system adds the list of files after the diagnostics.
+    let output = sys.output_text();
+    let diagnostics = output
+        .split("!!! List files start")
+        .next()
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .to_string();
+    (sys, result.status, diagnostics)
+}
+
+/// The fuzzer's repro, and `<>` with a space or a comment inside.
+#[test]
+fn template_tag_replaces_an_empty_type_parameter_list() {
+    for text in [
+        "/** @template T */\nfunction f<>() {}\n",
+        "/** @template T */\nfunction f< >() {}\n/** @template T */\nfunction g</* c */>() {}\n",
+    ] {
+        let (_, status, diagnostics) = tsc("a.js", text, CHECK_JS);
+        assert_eq!(diagnostics, "", "{text}");
+        assert_eq!(status, ExitStatus::Success, "{text}");
+    }
+}
+
+/// The template name is found (no TS2304) in a return tag, a method, a
+/// function expression and a parameter tag.
+#[test]
+fn template_tag_names_are_found_with_an_empty_list() {
+    let cases = [
+        (
+            "/**\n * @template T\n * @returns {T}\n */\nfunction f<>() {}\n",
+            "a.js(3,14): error TS2355: A function whose declared type is neither 'undefined', 'void', nor 'any' must return a value.\n",
+        ),
+        (
+            r#"class C {
+  /** @template T */
+  m<>() {}
+}
+const g = /** @template T */ function <>() {};
+/** @template T @param {T} x @returns {T} */
+function h<>(x) { return x; }
+/** @type {number} */
+const n = h("s");
+"#,
+            "a.js(9,7): error TS2322: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'number'.\n",
+        ),
+    ];
+    for (text, want) in cases {
+        let (_, status, diagnostics) = tsc("a.js", text, CHECK_JS);
+        assert_eq!(diagnostics, want, "{text}");
+        assert_eq!(
+            status,
+            ExitStatus::DiagnosticsPresentOutputsGenerated,
+            "{text}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// The declaration emit has the template type parameters.
+#[test]
+fn template_tag_type_parameters_are_emitted_for_an_empty_list() {
+    let (sys, status, diagnostics) = tsc(
+        "a.js",
+        "/** @template T */\nfunction f<>() {}\n/** @template T @param {T} x */\nfunction g< >(x) {}\n",
+        r#"{"compilerOptions":{"allowJs":true,"declaration":true,"emitDeclarationOnly":true,"outDir":"out"},"files":["a.js"]}"#,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(diagnostics, "");
+    assert_eq!(status, ExitStatus::Success);
+    assert_eq!(
+        sys.read_file_no_error(&format!("{PROJECT}/out/a.d.ts")),
+        "/** @template T */\ndeclare function f<T>(): void;\n/** @template T @param {T} x */\ndeclare function g<T>(x: T): void;\n"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A function expression with `<>` infers from its annotated parameters (a
+/// covariant candidate, so `T` is `string | number`, not `string`), as one
+/// without type parameters does.
+#[test]
+fn empty_type_parameter_list_infers_from_annotated_parameters() {
+    let (_, status, diagnostics) = tsc(
+        "a.ts",
+        r#"declare function g<T>(cb: (x: T, y: number) => void, v: T): T;
+const r = g(function <>(x: string | number) {}, "a");
+const z: boolean = r;
+const r2 = g((x: string | number) => {}, "a");
+const z2: boolean = r2;
+"#,
+        r#"{"compilerOptions":{"noEmit":true,"strict":true},"files":["a.ts"]}"#,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        diagnostics,
+        r#"a.ts(2,22): error TS1098: Type parameter list cannot be empty.
+a.ts(3,7): error TS2322: Type 'string | number' is not assignable to type 'boolean'.
+  Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'boolean'.
+a.ts(5,7): error TS2322: Type 'string | number' is not assignable to type 'boolean'.
+  Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'boolean'.
+"#
+    );
+    assert_eq!(status, ExitStatus::DiagnosticsPresentOutputsGenerated);
+}
diff --git a/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/mod.rs b/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/mod.rs
index 2f3d421fb..6a3b44733 100644
--- a/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ts_goport/tests/go_baselines/tsctests/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod build_prefetch_rereads;
 mod checker_common_source_directory;
 mod contentmapper_watch;
 mod effect_build_info;
+mod empty_type_parameters;
 mod explain_files_cache;
 mod extended_counts;
 mod file_delete;