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create-tsrouter-app scaffold fails out of the box with pnpm on Linux #395

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@Emmanuel-Xs
Emmanuel-Xs
opened on Feb 23, 2026
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Which project does this relate to?

Router

Describe the bug

Running pnpm install and pnpm dev on a freshly scaffolded TanStack Start project fails immediately without any modifications.

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Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

Steps to reproduce

  1. Scaffold a new project using the TanStack Start template
  2. pnpm install
  3. pnpm dev

Expected behavior

Expected behavior

A freshly scaffolded project should work after pnpm install with no manual fixes required.

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OS Linux x64 (Ubuntu)
Node v22.22.0
pnpm v10.30.1
@tanstack/react-start 1.162.4

Additional context

First error: esbuild postinstall fails with:

Error: Expected "0.27.3" but got ""

The scaffold pins [email protected] directly in dependencies, which has a broken postinstall script under Node 22.

Second error (after removing esbuild from dependencies and letting it be a transitive dep): lightningcss native binary missing:

Error: Cannot find module '../lightningcss.linux-x64-gnu.node'

pnpm's strict symlinking means the lightningcss-linux-x64-gnu optional dependency binary never gets linked into lightningcss's node/ directory.

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  1. schiller-manuel
    transferred this issue fromTanStack/routeron Feb 23, 2026

  2. tannerlinsley commented on Apr 27, 2026

    @tannerlinsley
    tannerlinsley
    on Apr 27, 2026 – with Claude
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    This was addressed in commit 16fcd67 (fix(create): preserve pnpm build approvals across add-ons) on February 28. esbuild is no longer pinned in dependencies, and esbuild + lightningcss are listed under pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies in the base templates so pnpm runs their install scripts. The fix is on main and just waiting on a release.

    Generated by Claude Code

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