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Error: Cannot detect package manager in the current path

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Reproduce the failure at https://node-modules.dev/#install=instantsearch.js in Safari, using the reported pnpm setup. Start at __server.mjs and trace the Node Modules Inspector path that reports “Cannot detect package manager in the current path.” Done means the reproduction detects the package manager and completes the requested installation without this error.

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Description

Describe the bug

Trying with a couple different packages, I get this same error. This is when using Safari.

> Initiating WebContainer...
> WebContainer is booted.

> node --version
v18.20.3

> pnpm --version
8.15.6

> pnpm install instantsearch.js
[callSiteLocation@
depd@
../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/agentkeepalive/lib/agent.js@
@
../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/agentkeepalive/index.js@
@
../node_modules/.pnpm/@[email protected]/node_modules/@pnpm/network.agent/dist/agent.js@
@
../node_modules/.pnpm/@[email protected]/node_modules/@pnpm/network.agent/dist/index.js@
@
../network/fetch/lib/fetchFromRegistry.js@
@
../network/fetch/lib/index.js@
@
../env/plugin-commands-env/lib/node.js@
@
../env/plugin-commands-env/lib/downloadNodeVersion.js@
@
../env/plugin-commands-env/lib/envRemove.js@
@
../env/plugin-commands-env/lib/env.js@
@
../env/plugin-commands-env/lib/index.js@
@
lib/main.js@
@
lib/errorHandler.js@
@
@
@https://eznlcauvb5v69uhbdhkuwnv2b2qtj6-zjf3.w-corp-staticblitz.com/blitz.7f809d15.js:40:26451]

Node.js v18.20.3

> node __server.mjs
[Node Modules Inspector] No config found
[Node Modules Inspector] Reading dependencies...
[Error: Cannot detect package manager in the current path]

Node.js v18.20.3
Reproduction

https://node-modules.dev/#install=instantsearch.js

System Info
Safari 18.2 (20620.1.16.11.8)
Used Package Manager

pnpm

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