[V3] Error on build in CI: Cannot find module 'node:path' in vite.config.ts

Describe the bug

As Vite v3 is released, I’ve updated my project to use it. However, I am getting a new error when building in CI (GitHub workflows).

The error is Error: Cannot find module 'node:path' which seems to mean that the build isn’t running in a node environment. However this script used to run fine on CI without any changes. Updating to Vite 3 made it break.

My vite.config.ts file uses node’s path.resolve which I found advised somewhere in docs in regards to using the lib mode I think. It was a while ago. Relevant bit of the config:

      lib: {
        entry: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/lib/lib.ts'),
        name: 'narrat',
        fileName: (format) => `narrat.${format}.js`,
      },

It seems using node’s path module breaks, whereas it didn’t before updating to v3.

In the reproduction link, I put a link to the GitHub workflow that failed.

Reproduction

https://github.com/liana-p/narrat/runs/7337553246?check_suite_focus=true

System Info

Using vite v3 and a config in TypeScript. The build is running in GitHub CI (Ubuntu, [see workflow config](https://github.com/liana-p/narrat/blob/v2.1.0/.github/workflows/main.yml))

Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

Run npm run build --if-present

narrat@2.1.0 build vue-tsc --noEmit && vite build && npm run generate-types failed to load config from /home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/vite.config.ts error during build: Error: Cannot find module ‘node:path’ Require stack:

• /home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/node_modules/vite/dist/node-cjs/publicUtils.cjs
• /home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/node_modules/vite/index.cjs
• /home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/vite.config.ts
• /home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-561c5231.js at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:924:15) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:769:27) at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:996:19) at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/node_modules/vite/dist/node-cjs/publicUtils.cjs:5:14) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1092:14) at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10) at Object._require.extensions…js (file:///home/runner/work/narrat/narrat/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-561c5231.js:62742:13) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14) Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

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[sapphi-red]

Vite uses node: import which is supported in v16.0.0+ and v14.18.0+. v15 does not support this. https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#node-imports

[sapphi-red]

Yes, this is a change introduced in v3. This was forgotten to mention in docs/migration guide.

This is a intended breaking change because node 15 is already EOL.