Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data are supported by the default ESM loade

Environment

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• Operating System: Windows_NT
• Node Version: v18.12.1
• Nuxt Version: 3.0.0
• Nitro Version: 1.0.0
• Package Manager: npm@8.19.2
• Builder: vite
• User Config: modules, typescript, build, css, vite, runtimeConfig
• Runtime Modules: nuxt-security@0.7.0
• Build Modules: -

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Reproduction

Versions

• nuxt: v3.0.0
• node: v18.12.1
• windows: 10

By installing nuxt security and placing the dependency in nuxtjs config - modules: [‘nuxt-security’] - https://nuxt.com/modules/security

Describe the bug

[worker reload] [worker init] Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol ‘c:’

Additional context

It should be noted that I have tried several versions of nuxt and node - I have deleted node_modules - yesterday I upgraded nuxt and today again.

[ennioVisco]

@pi0 @danielroe guys, this is quite an important bug, it means that for the last month or so people are not able to run the development environment on Windows. It is really important for the adoption of nuxt 3 that someone takes care of it!

[ennioVisco]

This should be resolved in the edge channel, or in the next release.

If you’re still experiencing it, please reply with a reproduction (as this error message can come from different sources) and I’ll reopen.

Unfortunately still an issue with:

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• Operating System: Windows_NT
• Node Version: v16.13.1
• Nuxt Version: 3.0.1-rc.0-27848798.0cb9a4c
• Nitro Version: 2.0.0-27847631.8186a02
• Package Manager: yarn@3.3.0
• Builder: vite
• User Config: ssr, runtimeConfig, typescript, css, intlify, modules, alias, vite
• Runtime Modules: nuxt-icon@0.1.7, @nuxtjs/robots@3.0.0, @vueuse/nuxt@9.6.0, @intlify/nuxt3@0.2.4
• Build Modules: -

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I’ll try to provide a sandbox reproduction in the upcoming days @danielroe!

Error log:

 ERROR  [worker reload] [worker init] Only file and data URLs are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:' 

  at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:371:5)
  at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1016:11)
  at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:422:30)
  at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:222:40)
  at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:40)
  at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:75:36)