@nx/js:node executor is broken since 22.6.4

[thdk]

Current Behavior

node executor from @nx/js is broken when used in combination with tsc.

Expected Behavior

Node executor should not throw any errors when used in combination with the (inferred) build target from @nx/js/typescript plugin.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a node app and use the inferred build target from @nx/js/typescript plugin.
2. Add a serve target to the node app that uses the node executorfrom@nx/js`

See demo repo: https://github.com/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo

pnpm exec nx serve node-tsc

Nx Report

Node           : 24.11.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
pnpm           : 10.30.3
daemon         : Available

nx                     : 22.6.4
@nx/js                 : 22.6.4
@nx/eslint             : 22.6.4
@nx/workspace          : 22.6.4
@nx/jest               : 22.6.4
@nx/devkit             : 22.6.4
@nx/esbuild            : 22.6.4
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 22.6.4
@nx/module-federation  : 22.6.4
@nx/nest               : 22.6.4
@nx/node               : 22.6.4
@nx/playwright         : 22.6.4
@nx/plugin             : 22.6.4
@nx/react              : 22.6.4
@nx/rollup             : 22.6.4
@nx/vite               : 22.6.4
@nx/vitest             : 22.6.4
@nx/web                : 22.6.4
@nx/webpack            : 22.6.4
@nx/docker             : 22.6.4
typescript             : 5.9.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/js/typescript
@nx/js/typescript
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
@nx/react/router-plugin
@nx/vite/plugin
@nx/playwright/plugin
@thdk/nx-terraform/plugin
@nx/docker
@nx/vitest
@nx/webpack/plugin
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Local workspace plugins:
@thdk/nx-terraform
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

Error: Could not find apps/node-tsc/dist/**/*.{js,cjs,mjs,jsx,d.ts,d.cts,d.mts}{,.map}/main.js. Make sure your build succeeded.
    at fileToRunCorrectPath (/Users/thdk/repos/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+js@22.6.4_@babel+traverse@7.29.0_@swc-node+register@1.11.1_@emnapi+core@1.7.0_@emna_42c4a670e6546c0a640b37e16ea34150/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:359:11)
    at /Users/thdk/repos/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+js@22.6.4_@babel+traverse@7.29.0_@swc-node+register@1.11.1_@emnapi+core@1.7.0_@emna_42c4a670e6546c0a640b37e16ea34150/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:122:49
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.start (/Users/thdk/repos/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+js@22.6.4_@babel+traverse@7.29.0_@swc-node+register@1.11.1_@emnapi+core@1.7.0_@emna_42c4a670e6546c0a640b37e16ea34150/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:113:36)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async processQueue (/Users/thdk/repos/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+js@22.6.4_@babel+traverse@7.29.0_@swc-node+register@1.11.1_@emnapi+core@1.7.0_@emna_42c4a670e6546c0a640b37e16ea34150/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.js:78:13)
    at async Timeout._onTimeout (/Users/thdk/repos/thdk/nx-monorepo-demo/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+js@22.6.4_@babel+traverse@7.29.0_@swc-node+register@1.11.1_@emnapi+core@1.7.0_@emna_42c4a670e6546c0a640b37e16ea34150/node_modules/@nx/js/src/executors/node/lib/coalescing-debounce.js:24:40)

Node.js v24.11.0

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Additional Information

Most likely introduced by #35041

[thdk]

As a a workaround I tried to use (in the same repo repo) the tsc executor directly like this:

  "nx": {
    "name": "node-tsc",
    "targets": {
      "build": {
        "executor": "@nx/js:tsc",
        "options": {
          "outputPath": "{projectRoot}/dist",
          "main": "{projectRoot}/src/index.ts",
          "tsConfig": "{projectRoot}/tsconfig.lib.json",
          "clean": false
        }
      },
      "serve": {
        "executor": "@nx/js:node",
        "defaultConfiguration": "development",
        "dependsOn": [
          "build"
        ],
        "options": {
          "buildTarget": "node-tsc:build",
          "runBuildTargetDependencies": false
        },
        "configurations": {
          "development": {
            "buildTarget": "node-tsc:build:development"
          },
          "production": {
            "buildTarget": "node-tsc:build:production"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },

But that gives:

> nx run node-tsc:build

Compiling TypeScript files for project "node-tsc"...
error TS5090: Non-relative paths are not allowed when 'baseUrl' is not set. Did you forget a leading './'?

Had a look at the source code which states that other executors should specify outputPath and outputFileName but I can't find where to specify those.

https://github.com/nrwl/nx/blob/master/packages/js/src/executors/node/node.impl.ts#L442-L486