[BUG] Cannot find module '../lightningcss.linux-x64-gnu.node'

[jakubmazanec]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

Npm messes up lockfile when updating unrelated dependencies. I suspect this PR is the reason: #8431

Expected Behavior

Npm doesn't remove packages from the lockfile.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install newest Npm.
2. Checkout this commit: jakubmazanec/tools@78bacfc
3. Run npm install
4. Dependencies are removed, e.g.: jakubmazanec/tools@28fa06f#diff-053150b640a7ce75eff69d1a22cae7f0f94ad64ce9a855db544dda0929316519

Environment

• npm: 11.5.2
• Node.js: 24.6.0
• OS Name: Windows 11

[milaninfy]

@jakubmazanec Thank you for the report. Could you please add for which version this behaves correctly ? This would help us identify the cause if it's indeed a regression on latest.

[jakubmazanec]

In v11.4.2 this doesn't happen.

Also, when I add package lightningcss as dependency to the root package.json, this doesn't happen.

[jenseng]

Probably a duplicate of #8489? See also #8536

[milaninfy]

this looks like duplicate of #8464