@nx/js:node executor hangs while "watch": false option is set

[stomvi]

Current Behavior

Run node app serve:production target with "watch": false option set hangs at the end and shows To exit the process, press Ctrl+C before the output.

Expected Behavior

Shouldn't the process exit after execution?

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. npx create-nx-workspace@latest test --preset=node-standalone --framework=none --docker=false --useGitHub=false --nxCloud=skip
2. cd test
3. add "watch": false to the /project.json file at the targets.serve.configurations.production section
4. run npx nx run test:serve:production

Nx Report

Node           : 20.15.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.7.0

nx                 : 19.6.2
@nx/js             : 19.6.2
@nx/jest           : 19.6.2
@nx/linter         : 19.6.2
@nx/eslint         : 19.6.2
@nx/workspace      : 19.6.2
@nx/devkit         : 19.6.2
@nx/esbuild        : 19.6.2
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 19.6.2
@nx/node           : 19.6.2
@nrwl/tao          : 19.6.2
typescript         : 5.5.4
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin

Failure Logs

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Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• [X] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] Windows
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

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[podjames]

We are running into the exact same problem. The watch: false flag also isn't being respected when we run a node executor via CLI.

[PodStuart]

Any idea when this might be fixed? We've not been able to update since this was introduced.

[wewelll]

We have the same issue with the latest NX version (19.6.5)