npm run dev fails silently when using npm — playground package.json uses "my-module": "latest" instead of "file:.."

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
nuxt, typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with the generated playground/package.json and compare its dependency entry with the npm reproduction steps. Verify the generated package points to the local module, then run npm run dev and confirm that the plugin from src/runtime/plugin.ts is injected and myModule is no longer ignored.

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Description

Description

When scaffolding a new Nuxt module with npm create nuxt -- -t module my-module and using npm (not pnpm),
the playground cannot resolve the local module, causing the plugin to never be injected and myModule
to be ignored in nuxt.config.ts — with no error in the console.

Root cause

The generated playground/package.json has:

"dependencies": {
  "my-module": "latest"
}

Steps to reproduce

  1. npm create nuxt -- -t module my-module
  2. cd my-module
  3. npm run dev
  4. Plugin from src/runtime/plugin.ts is never injected — no error shown

Fix

Change playground/package.json to use "file:..":

"dependencies": {
  "my-module": "file:.."
}

Environment

  • npm: 11.10.0
  • nuxt: 4.3.1
  • @nuxt/module-builder: 1.0.2
  • OS: Windows 11
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Merged PRs (30d)
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