Cannot Serve Project from Project Root for a NestJS project

[MisterPandaPooh]

Current Behavior

When running nx run user-service:serve from the project root, I encounter an error after updating from nx@18.2 to nx@latest. However, executing the same command from the workspace root works correctly. This issue wasn't present with nx@18.2.

The issue seems to appears only in nest project, I tested react project Its not happening.

Expected Behavior

To enable running nx nest targets not only from the workspace root but also from the project root.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/MisterPandaPooh/nx-cwd-issue

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new workspace with nx@18.2.4, using yarn@1.22.22, including one nest project in service/user-service and one react project with Module Federation in platform/ui-host and platform/ui-remote.

# Create a new workspace
npx create-nx-workspace@18.2.4  #(No Stack, Integrated Monorepo)
yarn

# Add the following plugins
nx add @nx/react
nx add @nx/express
nx add @nx/nest
nx add @nx/node
nx add @nx/plugin
nx add @nx/cypress

# Generate the host project (not really related to the issue)
nx generate @nx/react:host --name=ui-host --directory=platform/ui-host --e2eTestRunner=none --unitTestRunner=jest --minimal=true --projectNameAndRootFormat=as-provided --setParserOptionsProject=true --style=none --no-interactive
nx generate @nx/cypress:configuration --project=ui-host --setParserOptionsProject=true --no-interactive


# Generate the remote project  (not really related to the issue)
nx generate @nx/react:remote --name=ui-remote --directory=platform/ui-remote --host=ui-host --e2eTestRunner=none --projectNameAndRootFormat=as-provided --setParserOptionsProject=true --style=none --unitTestRunner=jest --no-interactive
nx generate @nx/cypress:configuration --project=ui-remote --setParserOptionsProject=true --no-interactive

# Generate the nest project
nx g @nx/nest:application user-service --directory=services/user-service --projectNameAndRootFormat=as-provided

2. Run nx run user-service:serve in the root of the workspace or in the service/user-service directory. The nest project will start successfully.

3. Migrate to nx@latest.

npx nx migrate latest
npx nx migrate --run-migrations

4. Run nx run user-service:serve in the root will work fine. But running the same command in the service/user-service directory will throw the following error:

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/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:331
    throw new Error(`Could not find ${fileToRun}. Make sure your build succeeded.`);
          ^

Error: Could not find dist/services/user-service/main.js. Make sure your build succeeded.
    at fileToRunCorrectPath (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:331:11)
    at /Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:114:49
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.start (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:108:36)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async processQueue (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:79:13)

Node.js v20.12.2
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Note: I only added react project to reflect my nx workspace setup. There is no direct link with react project.

Nx Report

Node           : 20.12.2
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
yarn           : 1.22.22

nx (global)            : 20.4.2
nx                     : 20.4.4
@nx/js                 : 20.4.4
@nx/jest               : 20.4.4
@nx/eslint             : 20.4.4
@nx/workspace          : 20.4.4
@nx/cypress            : 20.4.4
@nx/devkit             : 20.4.4
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.4.4
@nx/express            : 20.4.4
@nx/module-federation  : 20.4.4
@nx/nest               : 20.4.4
@nx/node               : 20.4.4
@nx/plugin             : 20.4.4
@nx/react              : 20.4.4
@nx/web                : 20.4.4
@nx/webpack            : 20.4.4
typescript             : 5.7.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/cypress/plugin
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin

Failure Logs

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/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:331
    throw new Error(`Could not find ${fileToRun}. Make sure your build succeeded.`);
          ^

Error: Could not find dist/services/user-service/main.js. Make sure your build succeeded.
    at fileToRunCorrectPath (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:331:11)
    at /Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:114:49
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.start (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:108:36)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async processQueue (/Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:79:13)

Node.js v20.12.2
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Package Manager Version

yarn@1.22.22

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

⚠ Interesting observation: ⚠

It appears to be related to the workspace root. When printing the fileToRun value here, I'm getting an absolute path in nx@18, but a relative path in nx@20.

nx@18: fileToRun = /Users/super.user/Documents/Workspaces/nx-issue-cwd/dist/services/user-service/main.js

nx@20: fileToRun = dist/services/user-service/main.js

Additionally, when I make this small change in the getFileToRun function on line 407, the issue seems to be resolved.

-       workspaceRoot: '',
+       workspaceRoot: context.root,

[zivadler]

Super critical for us too