[ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND] [ESM] Vite doesn't bundle internal dependencies

[rtritto]

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Electron Forge version

7.4.0

Electron version

31.0.1

Operating system

Windows 11

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

No error in console

Actual behavior

With ESM, the electron-squirrel-startup dependency can't be found if it's in dependencies (it works if I move it into devDependencies):

• require.resolve (Node < 20.6.0) example; src/main.ts file:

  import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
  
  const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
  
  try {
    // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
    require.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json')
    // OR require.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json', { paths: [import.meta.dirname] })
    app.quit()
  } catch (error) {
    // Ignore
    console.log('Ignore error: ', error)
  }

  Console output:

    Ignore error:  Error: Cannot find module 'electron-squirrel-startup/package.json'
    Require stack:
    - C:\template-electron-vite\.vite\build\main.js
        at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1152:15)
        at s._resolveFilename (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:120699)
        at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:190:19)
        at file:///C:/template-electron-vite/.vite/build/main.js:8:12
        at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:222:25)
        at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:316:24)
        at async loadApplicationPackage (file:///C:/template-electron-vite/.yarn/unplugged/electron-npm-31.0.0-df97707901/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js:129:9)
        at async file:///C:/template-electron-vite/.yarn/unplugged/electron-npm-31.0.0-df97707901/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js:241:9 {    
      code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
      requireStack: [ 'C:\\template-electron-vite\\.vite\\build\\main.js' ]
    }

• import.meta.resolve (Node.js >= 20.6.0) example; src/main.ts file:

  try {
    // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
    import.meta.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json')
    app.quit()
  } catch (error) {
    // Ignore
    console.log('Ignore error: ', error)
  }

  Console output:

  Ignore error:  Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'electron-squirrel-startup' imported from C:\template-electron-vite\.vite\build\main.js
      at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:861:9)
      at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:934:18)
      at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1164:11)
      at ModuleLoader.defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:383:12)
      at ModuleLoader.resolveSync (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:365:17)
      at Object.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/initialize_import_meta:30:25)
      at file:///C:/template-electron-vite/.vite/build/main.js:6:15
      at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:222:25)
      at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:316:24)
      at async loadApplicationPackage (file:///C:/template-electron-vite/.yarn/unplugged/electron-npm-31.0.0-df97707901/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js:129:9) {
    code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
  }

Note: I did a try with other dependencies such as react and solid-js and I got same issue.

Steps to reproduce

Repository: https://github.com/rtritto/template-electron-vite

Steps:

• git clone https://github.com/rtritto/template-electron-vite.git
• cd template-electron-vite
• yarn
• yarn start

Additional information

No response

[rtritto]

@jdms754 what do you think about this issue?

[jdms754]

@jdms754 what do you think about this issue?

I added import.meta.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json') anywhere in https://github.com/jdms754/forge-vite-bundler/blob/main/src/main.ts and was able to npm run start. I am on macOS Sonoma 14.5, but I am not sure that is the cause of the difference.

[rtritto]

I've already tried with import.meta.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json') (issue description).
Maybe it's related to some settings in tsconfig.json:

• https://github.com/rtritto/template-electron-vite/blob/master/tsconfig.json
• https://github.com/caoxiemeihao/electron-vite-samples/blob/main/forge-esm-ts/tsconfig.json
• https://github.com/jdms754/forge-vite-bundler/blob/main/tsconfig.json

[jdms754]

I've already tried with import.meta.resolve('electron-squirrel-startup/package.json') (issue description). Maybe it's related to some settings in tsconfig.json:

• https://github.com/rtritto/template-electron-vite/blob/master/tsconfig.json
• https://github.com/caoxiemeihao/electron-vite-samples/blob/main/forge-esm-ts/tsconfig.json
• https://github.com/jdms754/forge-vite-bundler/blob/main/tsconfig.json

Yes, looks like it's tsconfig.json. Why not set moduleResolution to node16 or bundler? You will also need to update module in the same file and you may have to make additional changes to your vite config files.

[rtritto]

I used the template created by @caoxiemeihao