CodeceptJS v4 cannot load config on Windows

[danielrentz]

CodeceptJS fails to load config file on Windows (tried in powershell and git bash):

$ pnpm codeceptjs run
Error: Failed to load config file C:\test\e2e\codecept.conf.js:
Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader.
On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'
    at loadConfigFile (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.9.0/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js:272:15)
    at async Config.load (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.9.0/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js:124:16)
    at async getConfig (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.9.0/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/command/utils.js:16:12)
    at async default (file:///C:/test/ui/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.9.0/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/command/run.js:19:16)
    at async Command.<anonymous> (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.9.0/node_modules/codeceptjs/bin/codecept.js:40:7)

passing a file URL fails as well:

$ pnpm codeceptjs run -c "file:///C:/test/e2e/codecept.config.js"
Error: Config file C:\test\e2e\file:\C:\test\e2e\codecept.config.js does not exist. Execute 'codeceptjs init' to create config

[danielrentz]

Same happens when loading plugins:

Error: Could not load plugin from 'C:\test\e2e\plugins\plugin.ts': Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'
    at loadPluginAsync (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.6.2/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/container.js:688:11)
    at async createPlugins (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.6.2/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/container.js:755:29)
    at async Container.create (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.6.2/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/container.js:81:25)
    at async Codecept.init (file:///C:/test/e2e/node_modules/.pnpm/codeceptjs@4.0.2_@types+node@25.6.2/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/codecept.js:105:5)