Error using create-wc-extension command.

[mytcdev]

Prerequisites

• I have carried out troubleshooting steps and I believe I have found a bug.
• I have searched for similar bugs in both open and closed issues and cannot find a duplicate.

Describe the bug

I try to create an extension with create-wc-extension command.
After a fresh new install of this monorepo, I run this command in plugins/woocommerce-admin directory

npm run create-wc-extension

The I got this:

> woocommerce/client/admin@3.3.0 create-wc-extension
> node ./bin/starter-pack/starter-pack.js

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/var/www/xxx/woocommerce/plugins/woocommerce-admin/bin/starter-pack/starter-pack.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1021:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:866:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:22:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Expected behavior

Should be run out of the box.

Actual behavior

as described as above

Steps to reproduce

1. cd plugins/woocommerce-admin
2. npm run create-wc-extension

WordPress Environment

WordPress address (URL): http://localhost/wp
Site address (URL): http://localhost/wp
WC Version: 7.2.2
REST API Version: heavy_check_mark 7.2.2
WC Blocks Version: heavy_check_mark 8.9.2
Action Scheduler Version: heavy_check_mark 3.4.0
Log Directory Writable: heavy_check_mark
WP Version: x 6.1 - There is a newer version of WordPress available (6.1.1)
WP Multisite: –
WP Memory Limit: 256 MB
WP Debug Mode: –
WP Cron: heavy_check_mark
Language: zh_CN
External object cache: –

Server Environment
Server Info: Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)
PHP Version: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
PHP Post Max Size: 8 MB
PHP Time Limit: 30
PHP Max Input Vars: 1000
cURL Version: 7.81.0
OpenSSL/3.0.2

SUHOSIN Installed: –
MySQL Version: 5.5.5-10.6.11-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Max Upload Size: 2 MB
Default Timezone is UTC: heavy_check_mark
fsockopen/cURL: heavy_check_mark
SoapClient: x Your server does not have the SoapClient class enabled - some gateway plugins which use SOAP may not work as expected.
DOMDocument: heavy_check_mark
GZip: heavy_check_mark
Multibyte String: heavy_check_mark
Remote Post: heavy_check_mark
Remote Get: heavy_check_mark

Database
WC Database Version: 7.2.2
WC Database Prefix: wp_
Total Database Size: 5.52MB
Database Data Size: 4.05MB
Database Index Size: 1.47MB
wp_woocommerce_sessions: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_api_keys: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.06MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_order_items: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_tax_rates: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.06MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_shipping_zones: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_payment_tokens: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_woocommerce_log: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_actionscheduler_actions: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.11MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_actionscheduler_claims: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_actionscheduler_groups: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_actionscheduler_logs: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_commentmeta: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_comments: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.09MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_links: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_options: Data: 3.03MB + Index: 0.06MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_postmeta: Data: 0.06MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_posts: Data: 0.05MB + Index: 0.06MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_termmeta: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_terms: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_term_relationships: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_term_taxonomy: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_usermeta: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_users: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.05MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_vision: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_admin_notes: Data: 0.05MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_admin_note_actions: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_category_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_customer_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_download_log: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_order_coupon_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_order_product_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.06MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_order_stats: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.05MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_order_tax_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.03MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_product_attributes_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_product_download_directories: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_product_meta_lookup: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.09MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_rate_limits: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_reserved_stock: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.00MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_tax_rate_classes: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
wp_wc_webhooks: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB

Post Type Counts
attachment: 4
da_image: 4
page: 8
post: 1
product: 1
revision: 5
shop_coupon: 1
shop_order: 8
wp_global_styles: 1

Security
Secure connection (HTTPS): x
Your store is not using HTTPS. Learn more about HTTPS and SSL Certificates.
Hide errors from visitors: heavy_check_mark

Active Plugins (5)
Draw Attention: by N Squared – 2.0.4
Vision: by Avirtum – 1.5.5
WooCommerce Local Pickup Scheduler: by TC Kuan – 1.4.2
WooCommerce Local Pickup Time Select: by Tim Nolte – 1.4.2
WooCommerce: by Automattic – 7.2.2 (update to version 7.4.0 is available)

Inactive Plugins (2)
Akismet Anti-Spam: by Automattic – 5.0.1
Hello Dolly: by Matt Mullenweg – 1.7.2

Settings
API Enabled: –
Force SSL: –
Currency: MYR (RM)
Currency Position: left
Thousand Separator: ,
Decimal Separator: .
Number of Decimals: 2
Taxonomies: Product Types: external (external)
grouped (grouped)
simple (simple)
variable (variable)

Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)
exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search)
featured (featured)
outofstock (outofstock)
rated-1 (rated-1)
rated-2 (rated-2)
rated-3 (rated-3)
rated-4 (rated-4)
rated-5 (rated-5)

Connected to WooCommerce.com: –
Enforce Approved Product Download Directories: heavy_check_mark
Order datastore: WC_Order_Data_Store_CPT

WC Pages
Shop base: #6 - /shop/
Cart: #7 - /cart/
Checkout: #8 - /checkout/
My account: #9 - /my-account/
Terms and conditions: x Page not set

Theme
Name: Twenty Twenty-Three
Version: 1.0
Author URL: https://wordpress.org/
Child Theme: x – If you are modifying WooCommerce on a parent theme that you did not build personally we recommend using a child theme. See: How to create a child theme
WooCommerce Support: heavy_check_mark

Templates
Overrides: –

Admin
Enabled Features: activity-panels
analytics
coupons
customer-effort-score-tracks
experimental-products-task
experimental-import-products-task
experimental-fashion-sample-products
shipping-smart-defaults
shipping-setting-tour
homescreen
marketing
multichannel-marketing
mobile-app-banner
navigation
onboarding
onboarding-tasks
remote-inbox-notifications
remote-free-extensions
payment-gateway-suggestions
shipping-label-banner
subscriptions
store-alerts
transient-notices
woo-mobile-welcome
wc-pay-promotion
wc-pay-welcome-page

Disabled Features: minified-js
new-product-management-experience
settings

Daily Cron: heavy_check_mark Next scheduled: 2023-02-17 18:40:40 -03:00
Options: heavy_check_mark
Notes: 53
Onboarding: completed

Action Scheduler
Complete: 22
Oldest: 2023-01-25 23:53:23 -0300
Newest: 2023-02-18 23:18:13 -0300

Pending: 1
Oldest: 2023-02-19 23:18:13 -0300
Newest: 2023-02-19 23:18:13 -0300

Status report information
Generated at: 2023-02-18 23:18:32 -03:00

Isolating the problem

• I have deactivated other plugins and confirmed this bug occurs when only WooCommerce plugin is active.
• This bug happens with a default WordPress theme active, or Storefront.
• I can reproduce this bug consistently using the steps above.

[github-actions]

We are adding the status: needs reproduction label to this issue to try reproduce it on the current released version of WooCommerce.

Thank you for your patience.

[samueljseay]

@louwie17 I feel like you were working on some improvements to this recently? I tagged it react-admin because for now I'm not sure what else to tag it with.

[louwie17]

Thanks for the ping @samueljseay, I haven't touched this part in a bit, but this push up a quick fix: #36917, this just points to the create-extension script in the root package.json.
The other work I did around generating examples is still open and WIP.

@mytcdev thanks for creating an issue for this, I did create a fix, but in the mean time you can make use of the create-extension script within the root folder.
You can run that by navigating to the root directory of the monorepo and running: pnpm run create-extension