ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND, --es-module-specifier-resolution=node not working in v19.0.0

[n8sabes]

Version

19.0.0

Platform

Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

A project that is built with modules fails to execute. Configuration:

package.json:

{
    ...
    "type": "module",
    "scripts": {
        "start": "tsc && node --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./dist/index.js"
    }
    ...
}

tsconfig.json:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES2022",
        "module": "ES2022",
        "lib": [
            "ES2022"
        ]
      ...
    }
    ...
}

index.ts:

import logger from "./utils/logger"; // Note there is no extension, thus the use of --es-module-specifier-resolution=node

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Every execution

What is the expected behavior?

Works in v18.x

What do you see instead?

After upgrading to v19.0.0 the execution environment reports the following error:

node:internal/errors:484
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module '/Users/fubar/helloworld/dist/utils/logger' imported from /Users/fubar/helloworld/dist/index.js
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:393:5)
    at finalizeResolution (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:257:11)
    at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:850:10)
    at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1058:11)
    at nextResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:161:28)
    at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:829:30)
    at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:412:18)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:40)
    at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:75:36) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}

Additional information

No response

[aduh95]

It's mentioned in the CHANGELOG: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V19.md#other-notable-changes

You need to use --experimental-loader flag to achieve the same result, see https://github.com/nodejs/loaders-test/tree/main/commonjs-extension-resolution-loader for an example.

Closing because it is not a bug, but feel free to continue the discussion or ask more questions.