[bug] Github actions all platform builds fail with MODULE NOT FIND

[Flavsditz]

Describe the bug

Using the GitHub action provided on the website (with just a change to use NPM instead of Yarn) here:

name: "publish"
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - release

jobs:
  publish-tauri:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        platform: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Node.js setup
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: 16

    - name: Rust setup
      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
      with:
        toolchain: stable

    - name: Install dependencies (ubuntu only)
      if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev webkit2gtk-4.0 libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf

    - name: Install app dependencies and build it
      run: npm install && npm run build

    - name: Build the app
      uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        tagName: app-v__VERSION__ # the action automatically replaces \_\_VERSION\_\_ with the app version
        releaseName: "App v__VERSION__"
        releaseBody: "See the assets to download this version and install."
        releaseDraft: true
        prerelease: false

I've left it running and initially I got an error on the windows pipeline due to prettier that got solved by adding a .gitattributes file to the root of the project with * text=auto eol=lf. (I would be willing to make an MR to get this info in the docs if you judge it necessary - I know it is specific to prettier, but it could avoid other problems due to line-endings)

All other pipelines seemed ok but I later found out they all get stuck (and consume minutes) on the build step with the following error:

Run tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0

running npx [ 'run', 'tauri:build' ]
npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
npm WARN exec The following package was not found and will be installed: run
Watching D:\a\test-tauri-app\test-tauri-app and all sub-directories not excluded by your .gitignore. Will not monitor dotfiles.
Found & ignored ./node_modules ; is listed in .gitignore
Found & ignored ./dist\css\app.6cd52001.css ; has ignored extension
Found & ignored ./src\assets\style\tailwind.css ; has ignored extension
Starting: tauri:build
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:936
  throw err;
  ^
Error: Cannot find module 'D:\a\test-tauri-app\test-tauri-app\tauri:build'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

It is my first experience with Github Actions and I have no idea what this error is pointing to.

Reproduction

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Expected behavior

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Platform and versions

The Platform and version is from the gitlab pipelines

Stack trace

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Additional context

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[lucasfernog]

Are you using vue-cli-plugin-tauri?

[Flavsditz]

I am indeed! I started the project with what was proposed by the tauri guide...

Here is my package.json:

{
  "name": "test-tauri-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
    "tauri:build": "vue-cli-service tauri:build",
    "tauri:serve": "vue-cli-service tauri:serve"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@tauri-apps/api": "^1.0.1",
    "@tauri-apps/cli": "^1.0.2",
    "axios": "^0.27.2",
    "core-js": "^3.23.3",
    "exceljs": "^4.3.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
    "vue": "^2.6.14",
    "vue-class-component": "^7.2.6",
    "vue-property-decorator": "^9.1.2",
    "vue-router": "^3.5.4",
    "vuex": "^3.6.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@tailwindcss/postcss7-compat": "^2.2.17",
    "@types/exceljs": "^1.3.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.33.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.33.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-router": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-typescript": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-vuex": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/cli-service": "~4.5.19",
    "@vue/eslint-config-prettier": "^6.0.0",
    "@vue/eslint-config-typescript": "^7.0.0",
    "autoprefixer": "^9",
    "eslint": "^6.8.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.4.1",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^6.2.2",
    "lint-staged": "^13.0.3",
    "postcss": "^7",
    "prettier": "^2.7.1",
    "prettier-plugin-tailwindcss": "^0.1.11",
    "tailwindcss": "npm:@tailwindcss/postcss7-compat@^2.2.17",
    "typescript": "~4.4.4",
    "vue-cli-plugin-tailwind": "~3.0.0",
    "vue-cli-plugin-tauri": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.7.0"
  },
  "gitHooks": {
    "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
  },
  "lint-staged": {
    "*.{js,jsx,vue,ts,tsx}": [
      "vue-cli-service lint",
      "git add"
    ]
  }
}

[lucasfernog]

I think the bug is on our end: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri-action/blob/88012a3961e8a906fae5e3fc3c25660e9b93d3c6/packages/core/index.ts#L373 this should be using npm instead of npx.

[Flavsditz]

anything I can help with?

[lucasfernog]

Can you test using tauri-apps/tauri-action@fix/vue-cli-plugin-tauri-usage instead of tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0?

[Flavsditz]

It seems to go through now! I am now facing the exactly same error as I had on a windows machine I have at home, which I thought was misconfigured:

 Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 10m 00s
        Info Verifying wix package
 Downloading https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3112rtm/wix311-binaries.zip
        Info validating hash
        Info extracting WIX
        Info Target: x64
     Running candle for "main.wxs"
node:internal/process/promises:279
            triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
            ^
[Error: failed to bundle project: error running candle.exe: error running candle.exe: ``] {
  code: 'GenericFailure'
}
Error: Command failed with exit code 1: npm run tauri:build

But I've already raised this on the main Tauri repository. I am just hoping someone can help. The pipeline seems to work now :)

Thanks @lucasfernog

[lucasfernog]

Maybe try adding args: --verbose to the action input arguments.

[Flavsditz]

Did that already before and couldn't get any more information than what I posted here (and also on the link I mentioned this issue). Tbh I am at a loss since I haven't been working with Windows for a while now. I think I have to do a deep dive...

[lucasfernog]

Maybe -- --verbose since you're using NPM.

[lucasfernog]

Let's move to that issue to discuss it.

[lucasfernog]

You can use tauri-apps/tauri-action@dev for now since i'll merge and delete that branch.