JavaScript annotation doesn't work with context:// URLs in npm mode

I have the @JavaScript("context://js/test.js") attached to my route, in hopes to load JavaScript files as plain JS (not as a module) from src/main/webapp/js/test.js.

However, Vaadin tries to look up the javascript file from the node_modules and fails.

Minimal reproducible example

1. The Skeleton Starter project: Add @JavaScript("context://js/test.js") annotation to the MainView class.
2. Run the Skeleton Starter.

Expected behavior

The produced HTML page should load a script from src/main/webapp/js/test.js.

Actual behavior

The webpack compilation fails with

 Failed to find the following imports in the `node_modules` tree:
      - context://js/test.js
  If the build fails, check that npm packages are installed.

Versions:

- Vaadin / Flow version: 4.1.27 / 2.1.9
- Java version: 8
- OS version:
- Browser version (if applicable):
- Application Server (if applicable):
- IDE (if applicable): Intellij

[pleku]

@AB-xdev I’m very sorry, you’re right. I think the commits were pushed to our cherry-pick branch for 2.3, but someone accidentally deleted it and created new one for picking changes into without this change. This is our mistake, we’ll do a new 2.3.7 release ASAP and push the changes there. Sorry for the mess.

[pleku]

@AB-xdev Hi thanks for the heads up - we simply missed picking this. I’ve pushed it to the cherry-pick branch and it should then be in 2.3.5 and another 14.3 release in two weeks or so.