refactor: wip

Author: BioPhoton

packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.ts

@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ export function executeProcess(cfg: ProcessConfig): Promise<ProcessResult> {
   const worker = () =>
     new Promise<ProcessResult>((resolve, reject) => {
       const spawnedProcess = spawn(command, args ?? [], {
-        // shell:true tells Windows to use shell command for spawning a child process
+        // shell is only needed on Windows to spawn child processes correctly
         // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60386867/node-spawn-child-process-not-working-in-windows
-        shell: true,
+        // Using shell conditionally avoids Node.js DEP0190 deprecation warning
+        shell: process.platform === 'win32',
         windowsHide: true,
         ...options,
       }) as ChildProcessByStdio<Writable, Readable, Readable>;

packages/utils/src/lib/import-module.ts

@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ type JitiOptions = Exclude<Parameters<typeof createJitiSource>[1], undefined>;
 
 /**
  * Known packages that must be loaded natively (not transformed by jiti).
- * These packages rely on import.meta.url being a real file:// URL.
+ * These packages rely on import.meta.url being a real file:// URL,
+ * or have critical import side effects that must execute in order.
  * When jiti transforms modules, import.meta.url becomes 'about:blank',
  * causing errors in packages that use new URL(..., import.meta.url).
  */
 export const JITI_NATIVE_MODULES = [
   //'@vitest/eslint-plugin',
   //'@code-pushup/eslint-config',
   //'lighthouse',
+  'axe-core', // Has side effects that require window/document globals at import time
+  'jsdom', // Needed for axe-core polyfill - must execute its side effects before axe-core loads
 ] as const;
 
 export type ImportModuleOptions = JitiOptions & {