fix(bin): support Node.js 22 on Windows by importing CLI via file:// URL #26
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On Windows with Node.js 22.x, invoking the @ngx-playwright/test binary fails with: Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:' Root cause packages/test/bin.cjs resolves the Playwright CLI to an absolute Windows path and passes it directly to import(). Since Node 22 treats ESM specifiers as URLs, C:\... is interpreted as the unsupported scheme c: and is rejected. Fix Convert the absolute path to a file:// URL using pathToFileURL(...) before calling import().
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Aug 29, 2025
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Thanks! I hardly ever use Windows so these kinds of issues are easy to miss for me :) Should be available in @ngx-playwright/test version 0.5.13 |
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On Windows with Node.js 22.x, invoking the @ngx-playwright/test binary fails with:
Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]:
Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'
Root cause
packages/test/bin.cjs resolves the Playwright CLI to an absolute Windows path and passes it directly to import(). Since Node 22 treats ESM specifiers as URLs, C:... is interpreted as the unsupported scheme c: and is rejected.
Fix
Convert the absolute path to a file:// URL using pathToFileURL(...) before calling import().
Compatibility:
-Works on Node 18/20/22
-Cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux)
-No breaking changes
How I tested:
Windows 11
Node.js 22.13.1 (repro), Node.js 20.17.0 (sanity)
npx playwright --version and running tests via the package binary
Notes:
An alternative would be using createRequire(import.meta.url) to require() the CLI, but the file:// approach keeps the current dynamic import() and fixes the ESM URL issue cleanly.
Thanks!