[Bug]: zx import failure when run through playwright CLI

[jasonkuhrt]

Version

1.52.0

Steps to reproduce

In GH CI Node 22 ubuntu:

import { test } from 'playwright/test'

test('debug', async () => {
  console.log((await import(`zx`)).$)
  console.log((await import(`zx/core`)).$)
})

Expected behavior

$ is defined

Actual behavior

$ is undefined

Additional context

• Repro https://github.com/jasonkuhrt/repro-node-22-15-zx-playwright
• Works on Node 22.14.0
• Fails on Node 22.15.0

Environment

System:
    OS: macOS 15.4.1
    CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
    Memory: 2.36 GB / 32.00 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.14.0 - ~/Library/pnpm/node
    npm: 10.9.2 - ~/Library/pnpm/npm
    pnpm: 10.10.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pnpm
  IDEs:
    VSCode: 1.99.3 - /usr/local/bin/code
  Languages:
    Bash: 5.1.16 - /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
  npmPackages:
    @playwright/browser-chromium: ^1.52.0 => 1.52.0 
    playwright: ^1.52.0 => 1.52.0

[mxschmitt]

Node.js bisect range: nodejs/node@dbfcbe3...6c03beb

good v24.0.0-nightly20241209dbfcbe371c/
bad v24.0.0-nightly202412106c03beba46/

[dgozman]

I can repro. This is related to our loaders. Commenting out pirates.addHook() solves the issue. Disabling ESM loader has no effect. That said, I cannot reproduce in isolation without Playwright by just calling into pirates.