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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Cannot find module error when using pnpm","articleBody":"### Which project does this relate to?\n\nCreate Tanstack App\n\n### Describe the bug\n\nWhen creating new project via `pnpm dlx @tanstack/cli@latest create`, the resulting app throws `Error: Cannot find module 'tanstack-start-injected-head-scripts:v'` when visiting `localhost:3000`.\n\nNote that if using `npx @tanstack/cli@latest create`,everything works as expected. This issues appears to affect `pnpm` only.\n\n### Your Example Website or App\n\nNot applicable, run cli as normal\n\n### Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue\n\n1. Run `pnpm dlx @tanstack/cli@latest create my-app`\n2. Select all default settings\n3. `cd my-app`\n4. `pnpm run dev`\n5. Navigate to `localhost:3000` in browser\n6. Observe error message in browser and terminal\n\n### Expected behavior\n\nExpect to see template Tanstack Start app in browser. Browser displays `{\"status\":500,\"unhandled\":true,\"message\":\"HTTPError\"}` instead.\n\nTerminal displays:\n```$ vite dev\n\n  VITE v8.0.14  ready in 2348 ms\n\n  ➜  Local:   http://localhost:3000/\n  ➜  Network: use --host to expose\n  ➜  press h + enter to show help\n4:06:33 pm [vite] (ssr) connected.\nError: Cannot find module 'tanstack-start-injected-head-scripts:v' imported from '/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/dist/esm/router-manifest.js'\n    at fetchModule (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:23110:32)\n    ... 8 lines matching cause stack trace ...\n    at ModuleRunner.getModuleInformation (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:1199:28) {\n  cause: Error: Cannot find module 'tanstack-start-injected-head-scripts:v' imported from '/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/dist/esm/router-manifest.js'\n      at fetchModule (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:23110:32)\n      at RunnableDevEnvironment.fetchModule (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:24798:10)\n      at fetchModule (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:24748:17)\n      at handleInvoke (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:26564:27)\n      at EventEmitter.listenerForInvokeHandler (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:26619:19)\n      at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:509:28)\n      at Object.send (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/node.js:10788:37)\n      at Object.invoke (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:606:31)\n      at Object.invoke (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:655:31)\n      at ModuleRunner.getModuleInformation (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:1199:28) {\n    code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND',\n    runnerError: Error: RunnerError\n        at reviveInvokeError (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:547:64)\n        at Object.invoke (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:620:11)\n        at async ModuleRunner.getModuleInformation (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:1199:7)\n        at async request (file:///Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/vite@8.0.14_jiti@2.7.0/node_modules/vite/dist/node/module-runner.js:1216:83)\n        at async getStartManifest (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/router-manifest.ts:61:17)\n        at async computeFinalManifest (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/finalManifest.ts:264:13)\n        at async executeRouter (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/createStartHandler.ts:480:26)\n        at async next (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/createStartHandler.ts:229:16)\n        at async handleServerRoutes (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/createStartHandler.ts:735:15)\n        at async eval (/Users/Braden/Projects/my-app/node_modules/.pnpm/@tanstack+start-server-core@1.169.3/node_modules/@tanstack/start-server-core/src/createStartHandler.ts:543:22)\n  },\n  status: 500,\n  statusText: undefined,\n  headers: undefined,\n  data: undefined,\n  body: undefined,\n  unhandled: true\n}\n```\n\n### Screenshots or Videos\n\n_No response_\n\n### Platform\n\n- OS: macOS\n- Browser: Safari, Chrome\n\n\n### Additional context\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/bradenmitchell","@type":"Person","name":"bradenmitchell"},"datePublished":"2026-05-26T06:40:11Z","url":"https://github.com/TanStack/cli/issues/455"}