installing tailwindcss v4.1.3 crashing the react vite app with Error: Cannot find module '../lightningcss.win32-x64-msvc.node'

[ehsanrezaeee]

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

v4.1.3

What build tool (or framework if it abstracts the build tool) are you using?

React 19.1.0, Vite 6.2.0

What version of Node.js are you using?

v22.14.0

What browser are you using?

Chrome

What operating system are you using?

Windows 10 Education

Reproduction URL

https://github.com/ehsanrezaeee/lightningcss-bug-tailwindcss.git

Describe your issue

installing fresh react vite application with "pnpm create vite" and then installing tailwindcss v4.1 with vite configuration. then starting the development server and facing this error:

pnpm dev

react@0.0.0 dev C:\Users\Free\WebstormProjects\react
vite

failed to load config from C:\Users\Free\WebstormProjects\react\vite.config.ts
error when starting dev server:
Error: Cannot find module '../lightningcss.win32-x64-msvc.node'
Require stack:

• C:\Users\Free\WebstormProjects\react\node_modules.pnpm\lightningcss@1.29.2\node_modules\lightningcss\node\index.js
  at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:15)
  at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1055:27)
  at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
  at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:220:24)
  at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:12)
  at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:136:16)
  at Object. (C:\Users\Free\WebstormProjects\react\node_modules.pnpm\lightningcss@1.29.2\node_modules\lightningcss\node\index.js:22:22)
  at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1554:14)
  at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1706:10)
  at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1289:32)
   ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.