CI building docker fails with `compatibilityVersion: 4` but local typcheck/building works

[frasza]

Environment

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• Operating System: Windows_NT
• Node Version: v20.16.0
• Nuxt Version: ^3.13.2
• CLI Version: 3.13.2
• Nitro Version: -
• Package Manager: [email protected]
• Builder: -
• User Config: app, future, modules, ssr, typescript, eslint, i18n, tailwindcss, components, imports, primevue, experimental, nitro, hooks, spaLoadingTemplate, devtools, compatibilityDate
• Runtime Modules: @nuxt/fonts@^0.8.0, @nuxtjs/i18n@^8.5.4, @nuxtjs/tailwindcss@^6.12.1, @vueuse/nuxt@^11.1.0, @nuxt/eslint@^0.5.7, @pinia/nuxt@^0.5.4, @vee-validate/nuxt@^4.13.2, @primevue/nuxt-module@^4.0.7
• Build Modules: -

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Reproduction

Code: https://github.com/frasza/docker-ci-failing CI example: https://github.com/frasza/docker-ci-failing/actions/runs/10965378202/job/30451050880#step:6:295

Describe the bug

After upgrading up from 3.13.0 I have been getting fails from a lot of Typescirpt errors inside CI Docker build, while I am not getting there errors from local nuxi typecheck or nuxi generate or docker build.

If I am to downgrade to 3.13.0 it seems to work fine.

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[frasza]

@danielroe as we discussed regarding the difference between local and CI build in Docker, I have finally managed to copy the project and prepare some sample for Github Actions (we are using gitlab) to reproduce. 🙏

[frasza]

After further investigation and testing, it seems to be related to compatibilityVersion: 4 config. If I move everything off app dir and remove compat config, it seems to work.

[cats-love-whiskas]

I encountered exactly the same problem and spent more time on it than I would have liked.

So, what I found out. You can see in your docker log the following sequence of actions:

• installing packages (npm ci)
• generating types (postinstall > nuxt prepare)
• copying your stuff to the container
• building (nuxt generate or nuxt build)

Mine was the same. I discovered that exactly before building .nuxt/nuxt.d.ts and .nuxt/tsconfig.json (inside the container) does not contain specific stuff from my project like modules, custom types, etc.

So, running type generation just before build fixes this issue, e.g.:

RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN nuxi prepare && npm run generate

The open question is why switching the compatibilityVersion flag changes the behaviour.

[danielroe]

That indicates it might be related to the new build directory behaviour, which uses .nuxt solely for types, and node_modules/.cache/nuxt/.nuxt for production builds (if the .nuxt/ directory exists)

[frasza]

@danielroe Is there any update regarding this? I haven't had a time to check but just to get an update and possibly resolve an issue.

[danielroe]

I think the issue here is that you are running the install without any files present, which makes the generated .nuxt folder inaccurate (it's missing all the types).

Copying the files before the install should work instead:

FROM node:lts-alpine AS build

WORKDIR /app

COPY . ./

RUN npm ci

Need to confirm why it wasn't failing before, and address, just in case.

[caturbgs]

i'm still getting types error after generate the .nuxt folder example of .Dockerfile

# Build the Nuxt application
RUN bun run postinstall
RUN bun run build

error logs

 => ERROR [builder 6/6] RUN bun run build                                                                         10.7s
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 > [builder 6/6] RUN bun run build:
0.141 $ nuxt build
0.189 [nuxi] Nuxt 3.18.1 with Nitro 2.12.4
0.797 [nuxt:tailwindcss] ℹ Using Tailwind CSS from ~/assets/css/tailwind.css
5.207 [nuxt] ℹ Running with compatibility version 4
5.207 [nuxi] ℹ Building for Nitro preset: node-server
6.122 ℹ Building client...
6.141 ℹ vite v7.1.3 building for production...
6.169 ℹ transforming...
10.36 components/Blackout/ResultTable/columns.ts(5,35): error TS2307: Cannot find module '~/components/Blackout/ResultTable/DataTableColumnHeader.vue' or its corresponding type declarations.
10.36 components/Blackout/ResultTable/columns.ts(6,33): error TS2307: Cannot find module '~/components/Blackout/ResultTabl