Cannot run with vite-node

[CertainlyAria]

Description

I tried to run the project with vite-node as suggested here but I get the following error.

Error: [vike@0.4.147][Bug] You stumbled upon a bug in Vike's source code. Go to https://github.com/vikejs/vike/issues/new and copy-paste this error; a maintainer will fix the bug (usually under 24 hours).
   at assertIsBrowser (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.147_vite@5.0.0/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/utils/assertIsBrowser.js:5:5)
   at onLoad (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.147_vite@5.0.0/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/client/server-routing-runtime/onLoad.js:4:5)
   at file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.147_vite@5.0.0/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/client/server-routing-runtime/utils.js:4:1
   at ViteNodeRunner.interopedImport (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:363:28)
   at ViteNodeRunner.directRequest (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:243:24)
   at ViteNodeRunner.cachedRequest (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:189:14)
   at ViteNodeRunner.dependencyRequest (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:223:12)
   at /path-to-my-project/src/vike/server:3:31
   at ViteNodeRunner.runModule (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:342:5)
   at ViteNodeRunner.directRequest (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:326:5)
   at ViteNodeRunner.cachedRequest (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:189:14)
   at ViteNodeRunner.executeFile (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:161:12)
   at CAC.run (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/cli.mjs:91:5)
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

I'm on node v20.9.0 and pnpm v8.11.0. Minimal reproduction project can be found in this repo.

There two commands:

• pnpm dev:vite-node produces the error
• pnpm dev:tsx works without problem

[brillout]

at file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.147_vite@5.0.0/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/client/server-routing-runtime/utils.js:4:1
at ViteNodeRunner.interopedImport (file:///path-to-my-project/node_modules/.pnpm/vite-node@0.34.6_@types+node@20.9.2/node_modules/vite-node/dist/client.mjs:363:28)

It seems like vite-node is trying to import Vike's client entry 🤔

Any ideas why?

I'll have a closer look at it.

[brillout]

Running $ pnpm exec vite-node src/vike/server/index.ts instead of $ pnpm exec vite-node src/vike/server solves the issue, but vite-node now throws this:

Server running at http://localhost:3000
6:29:22 PM [vike][request(1)] HTTP request: /
6:29:22 PM [vike][request(1)][Warning] The 1st HTML variable is undefined which will be converted to an empty string, see render() hook defined by /src/vike/renderer/_default.page.server.jsx. Pass an empty string instead of undefined to remove this warning.
6:29:22 PM [vike][request(1)][Error] An error was thrown:
Error: The server is being restarted or closed. Request is outdated
    at throwClosedServerError (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-MF_y65BT.js:62744:17)
    at Object.resolveId (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-MF_y65BT.js:63169:21)
    at ModuleGraph.resolveId (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-MF_y65BT.js:59571:65)
    at ModuleGraph._resolveUrl (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-MF_y65BT.js:59293:57)
    at ModuleGraph.resolveUrl (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-MF_y65BT.js:59273:21)
    at file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.148_vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/node/runtime/renderPage/getPageAssets/retrieveAssetsDev.js:11:30
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at retrieveAssetsDev (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.148_vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/node/runtime/renderPage/getPageAssets/retrieveAssetsDev.js:6:5)
    at getPageAssets (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.148_vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/node/runtime/renderPage/getPageAssets.js:19:21)
    at Object.__getPageAssets (file:///home/romu/tmp/vite-node-vite-bug/node_modules/.pnpm/vike@0.4.148_vite@5.0.5/node_modules/vike/dist/esm/node/runtime/renderPage/loadPageFilesServerSide.js:36:36) {
  code: 'ERR_CLOSED_SERVER'
}
6:29:22 PM [vike][request(1)][Warning] No _error.page.js found, we recommend defining an error page, see https://vike.dev/error-page
6:29:22 PM [vike][request(1)] HTTP response / ERR

I'm inclined to think it's more of a vite-node issue than a Vike one?

[brillout]

Closing because it seems that the issue is on vite-node's side. I'll re-open if there is evidence it's a Vike issue.

Consider using vavite instead of vite-node, check its vite-plugin-ssr examples.

[develohpanda]

I'm inclined to think it's more of a vite-node issue than a Vike one?

Hey @brillout, I got this working by snooping through the vite-node code and realizing it was closing the vite server because it was not set up in watch mode. By running vite-node --watch src/vike/server, I was able to progress past the Error: The server is being restarted or closed. Request is outdated error.

(I'm using the command vite-node --watch ./server/index.ts, with the filename and extension, and it works fine as well)

[brillout]

@develohpanda Neat, thanks for sharing the solution.