Nuxt version is specified to be 3.15.3, but resolving as 3.13.2

[AloisSeckar]

I have recently started a new project - https://github.com/AloisSeckar/nuxt-spec - it should serve as a base layer to provide testing functionality to my other apps. So I dont have to maintain a set of dependencies in each project separately.

As you can see in the package.json, the Nuxt version is specified to be the latest - 3.15.3:

  "dependencies": {
    "@nuxt/test-utils": "3.15.4",
    "@vue/test-utils": "2.4.6",
    "happy-dom": "16.7.2",
    "playwright-core": "1.50.0",
    "vitest": "3.0.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nuxt/eslint": "0.7.5",
    "nuxt": "3.15.3",
    "typescript": "latest"
  },

Compatibility date in nuxt.config.ts is set to 2025-01-26

However, after fresh install (I already tried to delete all node_modules and also ran pnpm store prune), using pnpm dev always resolves .nuxt to version 3.13.2.

I fail to understand where this comes from. I guess it is one of the other dependencies, but I don't see the pattern 🤔

[danielroe]

Do you get a warning message - is that the issue?

[AloisSeckar]

No warnings, the project seems to start just fine

There is a warning coming from Vitest when running tests though

Plus I am getting error messages like this when trying to run E2E tests - I think it might be related to the old version of Nuxt being used

[nuxt] [request error] [unhandled] [500] 
Cannot find module '<<local_path>>\.nuxt\test\ou7tq5\output\server\node_modules\vue\server-renderer\index.mjs' 
imported from <<local_path>>\.nuxt\test\ou7tq5\output\server\chunks\routes\renderer.mjs  

[AloisSeckar]

I deleted all pnpm packages and re-downloaded them fresh again. Same thing

Must be my local issue though, because on StackBlitz it works 🤔

[AloisSeckar]

Is there something like a "local Nuxt cache" where the older version should have stuck? Because this is what happens when I try to initialize the fresh project using npx nuxi@latest init <project-name> from the docs.

Version 3.15.4 is referrenced in package.json, version 3.13.2 appears on runtime. Dafuq?

PS C:\Programming\Git> npx nuxi@latest init nuxt-clean

✔ Which package manager would you like to use?
pnpm
◐ Installing dependencies...                                                                                                      nuxi 17:35:13  
 WARN  2 deprecated subdependencies found: glob@7.2.3, inflight@1.0.6
Packages: +604
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  
Progress: resolved 659, reused 602, downloaded 2, added 604, done
node_modules/.pnpm/esbuild@0.24.2/node_modules/esbuild: Running postinstall script, done in 339ms
node_modules/.pnpm/@parcel+watcher@2.5.1/node_modules/@parcel/watcher: Running install script, done in 114ms

> nuxt-app@ postinstall C:\Programming\Git\nuxt-clean
> nuxt prepare

✔ Types generated in .nuxt                                                                                                       nuxi 17:35:24

dependencies:
+ nuxt 3.15.4
+ vue 3.5.13
+ vue-router 4.5.0

Done in 11.1s
✔ Installation completed.                                                                                                        nuxi 17:35:24
No
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✨ Nuxt project has been created with the v3 template. Next steps:
 › cd nuxt-clean                                                                                                                  nuxi 17:35:29  
 › Start development server with pnpm run dev                                                                                     nuxi 17:35:29  
PS C:\Programming\Git> cd nuxt-clean
PS C:\Programming\Git\nuxt-clean> pnpm run dev

> nuxt-app@ dev C:\Programming\Git\nuxt-clean
> nuxt dev

Nuxt 3.13.2 with Nitro 2.10.4                                                                                                     nuxi 17:35:37
                                                                                                                                       17:35:37
  ➜ Local:    http://localhost:3000/
  ➜ Network:  use --host to expose

  ➜ DevTools: press Shift + Alt + D in the browser (v1.4.2)                                                                            17:35:40  

✔ Vite client built in 157ms                                                                                                          17:35:42   
✔ Vite server built in 648ms                                                                                                          17:35:42   
✔ Nuxt Nitro server built in 1074 ms                                                                                            nitro 17:35:43   
ℹ Vite client warmed up in 1ms                                                                                                        17:35:43   
ℹ Vite server warmed up in 674ms                                                                                                      17:35:44   

[AloisSeckar]

So (with a help of ChatGPT) using npx which nuxt command, I have found there is a generated file:

/node_modules/.bin/nuxt.CMD

And among a NODE_PATH path definition it also contains:

@IF EXIST "%~dp0\node.exe" (
  "%~dp0\node.exe"  "%~dp0\..\nuxt\bin\nuxt.mjs" %*
) ELSE (
  @SET PATHEXT=%PATHEXT:;.JS;=;%
  node  "%~dp0\..\nuxt\bin\nuxt.mjs" %*
)

I followed that trail into my local Node.js installation and voila - in parent directory of my Node, there were some messed up installation of a Nuxt project with a version - who would say - 3.13.2 😅 So I deleted the files and all started working as expeted.

I cant say I understand all the mechanics yet, but it was just my mess. Nothing is wrong with Nuxt itself.