@payloadcms/richtext-lexical error when imported in Nuxt

[eliaszanotti]

Describe the Bug

I'm experiencing an error when using @payloadcms/richtext-lexical in my project that integrates Nuxt and Payload CMS with LocalAPI.
The error occurs at runtime and prevents the rich text editor from loading properly.

Error message:
[nuxt] [request error] [unhandled] [500] Cannot find module '/usr/src/app/.output/server/node_modules/@lexical/rich-text/LexicalRichText.node.mjs' imported from /usr/src/app/.output/server/node_modules/@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/dist/features/blockquote/server/index.js

My project has the following structure:
A nuxt folder for the frontend application
A payload folder for the Payload CMS backend

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/eliaszanotti/boilerplate-nuxt-payload

Reproduction Steps

• Clone the repository with Nuxt and Payload CMS integration
• Modify the .env file to set APP_ENV=production
• Build and run the Docker container using:

 docker-compose up -d

• Navigate to http://localhost:3000 in a browser
• Try to log in to the admin panel
• Encounter a 500 server error when trying to access any page with richText fields
• The error only occurs in the production environment. When APP_ENV is set to development in the .env file, everything works correctly.

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

plugin: richtext-lexical

Environment Info

Payload CMS: version 3.31.0
@payloadcms/richtext-lexical: version 3.31.0
Nuxt: version 3.15.4
Node.js: version 6.8.0-51-generic
Package Manager: pnpm 9.15.0- 
-        docker-compose up -d

Binaries:
  Node: 22.11.0
  npm: 10.9.0
  Yarn: N/A
  pnpm: 9.15.1
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.31.0
  next: 15.2.3
  @payloadcms/db-mongodb: 3.31.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.31.0
  @payloadcms/payload-cloud: 3.31.0
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.31.0
  react: 19.0.0
  react-dom: 19.0.0
Operating System:
  Platform: linux
  Arch: x64
  Version: #52-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Dec  5 13:09:44 UTC 2024
  Available memory (MB): 15838
  Available CPU cores: 8

[eliaszanotti]

nuxt/nuxt#27784

It's the same as this error but with Payloadcms/lexical-richtext

[larseberhardt]

@eliaszanotti Is that a private repo?
https://github.com/eliaszanotti/boilerplate-nuxt-payload

[AlessioGr]

From what I'm seeing, lexical defines the exports correctly, so it's likely a bug in nitro. Here's the open issue: nitrojs/nitro#2562

I'll close this issue since there's nothing we can do here - nitro will need to fix the bug. Will keep this open as a discussion for visibility