Could not resolve import "#app"

[trandaison]

I created a module https://github.com/trandaison/nuxt-3-auth, the playground is working perfectly. However, when I run npm run prepack, I got this error

(node-resolve plugin) Could not resolve import "#app" in /nuxt-3-auth/src/runtime/services/AuthStorage.ts using imports defined in /nuxt-3-auth/package.json.
(node-resolve plugin) Could not resolve import "#app" in /nuxt-3-auth/src/runtime/services/AuthStorage.ts using imports defined in /nuxt-3-auth/package.json.
"#app" is imported by "src/runtime/services/AuthStorage.ts", but could not be resolved – treating it as an external dependency.

 WARN  Build is done with some warnings:
- Inlined implicit external #app

 ERROR  Exiting with code (1). You can change this behavior by setting failOnWarn: false . 

Since AuthStorage.ts is not using any import from #app anymore, I don't know why it still throws this error.

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• Operating System: Darwin
• Node Version: v18.16.0
• Nuxt Version: 3.8.2
• CLI Version: 3.9.1
• Nitro Version: 2.8.1
• Package Manager: pnpm@8.15.0
• Builder: -
• User Config: -
• Runtime Modules: -
• Build Modules: -

[trandaison]

My workaround is set failOnWarn: false by create a build.config.ts

import { defineBuildConfig } from "unbuild";

export default defineBuildConfig({
  failOnWarn: false,
});

However, I think this is a bug, should be fixed in the module builder itself, and the docs should show an example how to custom the build config as well.

[danielroe]

The reason this is happening is that your module is importing types from the runtime code, which itself is augmenting #app.

Instead, you should likely extract your types into a location where they can be shared between your runtime and build-time code.

If you do add config, it should likely be to add #app to your externals, like this:

import { defineBuildConfig } from "unbuild"

export default defineBuildConfig({
  externals: ['#imports', '#app'],
})

We may be able to improve this experience as having shared types between build/runtime is often necessary.