Build error with Angular v21 and native federation v21

[ckddbs]

For which library do you need help?

native-federation

Question

After updating to Angular 21 and Native Federation 21, we are encountering the following error. Could you help identify the cause? The issue occurs when building in CI or when running multiple ng serve by concurrently (https://www.npmjs.com/package/concurrently).

✘ [ERROR] Angular compilation initialization failed. [plugin angular-compiler] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'getStatus') at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:461:22) at new ModuleJobSync (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:379:34) at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:510:11) at new ModuleJobSync (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:379:34) at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:510:11) at new ModuleJobSync (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:379:34) at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:510:11) at new ModuleJobSync (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:379:34) at ModuleLoader.importSyncForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:424:11) at loadESMFromCJS (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1561:24)

[Aukevanoost]

Hi @ckddbs

Do you happen to have a small reproducable repository? I can take a look then

[ckddbs]

I've attached projects and screenshot of the error. Please unzip it, and run script npm i and npm start.
My ng version is 21.0.1 and node version is 22.17.1.

Thanks!! @Aukevanoost

nf21.zip

[cupix-cy]

@Aukevanoost Did you check this?

[Aukevanoost]

Yeah I did. I couldn't reproduce the bug but found some weird config:

• the projects/shell/tsconfig.federation.json has a non-existent "src/main-debug.ts"? besides, I don't think you need to put polyfills there since it's also not really doing anything.
• your assets definition is missing in the shell angular.json? Now it's not able to fetch the proper manifest files.
• why in the angular.json do you have cli { cache: false }} ? Because of this prebundling is disabled.

Finally, haven't tried with your node 22.17.x, I do recommend updating to 24.x.