ng serve never ends when angular.json file not found

[AlonsoK28]

Command

serve

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

ng serve compilation never ends when a file included into angular.json styles section is not found

angular-cli message ⠦ Generating browser application bundles (phase: setup)... never ends/stop

this is the missing file

I think angular-cli should break/stop the ng serve command? beacuse the folowing message still in a loop

task manager show angular-cli terminal process using 0% of cpu

Minimal Reproduction

create angular proyect
reference to some file no existing into angular.json styles section
run command ng serve

Exception or Error

PS D:\Documents\dev\my-project> ng s ticket-invoice-mf
⠋ Generating browser application bundles (phase: setup)...An unhandled exception occurred: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'D:\Documents\dev\my-project\node_modules\@angular\material\prebuilt-themes\red-pink.css'
See "C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\ng-GAtRHF\angular-errors.log" for further details.

Your Environment

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Angular CLI: 14.2.4
Node: 16.15.0
Package Manager: npm 8.5.5
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 14.2.4
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1402.4
@angular-devkit/build-angular   14.2.4
@angular-devkit/core            14.2.4
@angular-devkit/schematics      14.2.4
@angular/cdk                    14.2.3
@angular/fire                   7.4.1
@angular/flex-layout            14.0.0-beta.40
@angular/material               14.2.3
@schematics/angular             14.2.4
rxjs                            7.5.5
typescript                      4.7.3

Anything else relevant?

No response

[alan-agius4]

Thanks for reporting this issue. Luckily, it has already been fixed in version 15 which is current in pre-releases which can be tested using ng update @angular/cli@next.

If the problem persists in your application after upgrading, please open a new issue, provide a simple repository reproducing the problem, and describe the difference between the expected and current behavior. You can use ng new repro-app to create a new project where you reproduce the problem.

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