Cannot initialize local storage without a --localstorage-file path #1974
Description
Describe the bug
Running wxt prepare in CI/CD results in:
playground/extension postinstall$ wxt prepare
playground/extension postinstall: [log] WXT 0.20.11
playground/extension postinstall: [[email protected]] injecting env (0) from .env.production.chrome.local,.env.production.chrome,.env.chrome.local,.env.chrome,.env.production.local,.env.production,.env.local,.env -- tip: ⚙️ enable debug logging with { debug: true }
playground/extension postinstall: [info] Generating types...
playground/extension postinstall: [fail] Command failed after 235 ms
Error: und/extension postinstall: [error] Cannot initialize local storage without a `--localstorage-file` path
playground/extension postinstall: at Object.get [as localStorage] (node:internal/webstorage:28:17)
playground/extension postinstall: at get localStorage (node:internal/util:660:20)
Reproduction
I am actually not sure how to reproduce this. For some reason, after running pnpm store prune and reinstalling everything, I cannot reproduce on my local machine. However, it still occurs in CI/CD on GitHub actions.
I do not have any environment variables or files set.
Steps to reproduce
Run wxt prepare in the postinstall script for pnpm in GitHub actions.
System Info
System:
OS: macOS 26.1
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
Memory: 92.14 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 24.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
npm: 11.5.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
pnpm: 10.21.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pnpm
bun: 1.2.13 - /usr/local/bin/bun
Deno: 2.3.3 - /opt/homebrew/bin/deno
Watchman: 2025.05.19.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Browsers:
Chrome: 142.0.7444.135
Safari: 26.1
npmPackages:
rolldown-vite: 7.2.5
wxt: 0.20.11Used Package Manager
pnpm
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