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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"create-tsrouter-app scaffold fails out of the box with pnpm on Linux","articleBody":"### Which project does this relate to?\n\nRouter\n\n### Describe the bug\n\nRunning `pnpm install` and `pnpm dev` on a freshly scaffolded TanStack Start project fails immediately without any modifications.\n\n### Your Example Website or App\n\nnone\n\n### Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue\n\n**Steps to reproduce**\n\n1. Scaffold a new project using the TanStack Start template\n2. `pnpm install`\n3. `pnpm dev`\n\n### Expected behavior\n\n**Expected behavior**\n\nA freshly scaffolded project should work after `pnpm install` with no manual fixes required.\n\n### Screenshots or Videos\n\n_No response_\n\n### Platform\n\n**Environment**\n\n| | |\n|---|---|\n| OS | Linux x64 (Ubuntu) |\n| Node | v22.22.0 |\n| pnpm | v10.30.1 |\n| `@tanstack/react-start` | 1.162.4 |\n\n### Additional context\n\n**First error:** esbuild postinstall fails with:\n```\nError: Expected \"0.27.3\" but got \"\"\n```\n\nThe scaffold pins `esbuild@0.27.3` directly in `dependencies`, which has a broken postinstall script under Node 22.\n\n**Second error** (after removing esbuild from dependencies and letting it be a transitive dep): lightningcss native binary missing:\n```\nError: Cannot find module '../lightningcss.linux-x64-gnu.node'\n```\n\npnpm's strict symlinking means the `lightningcss-linux-x64-gnu` optional dependency binary never gets linked into `lightningcss`'s `node/` directory.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Emmanuel-Xs","@type":"Person","name":"Emmanuel-Xs"},"datePublished":"2026-02-23T16:28:42Z","url":"https://github.com/TanStack/cli/issues/395"}