Question
When will App Platform work with npm workspaces?
- Posted on October 6, 2024
- App Platform
Asked by wakatime
When deploying multiple apps/components with App Platform from a monorepo using workspaces for each app, App Platform caches the root package.json file when it should also take into account the workspace’s package.json file too. When the workspace dependencies change they’re not installed because App Platform incorrectly thinks since the root dependencies haven’t changed that it’s safe to use the cached node_modules.
For now I’m stuck setting global env NODE_MODULES_CACHE=false.
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It sounds like App Platform isn’t properly handling workspace-specific dependencies in your monorepo and relies on the root
package.jsonfor caching. 🚧 SettingNODE_MODULES_CACHE=falseis a workaround for now, but hopefully, App Platform improves its caching logic to account for workspace-level changes soon! ⚙️📦Hey @wakatime,
I don’t think that there are officially any plans for this, but this sounds like a great idea!
The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.
- Bobby.