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Unable to deploy at offline environment. Cannot find package 'vite'

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#3,317 opened on Nov 27, 2025

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pnpm run dev

> @ dev C:\Users\WDAGUtilityAccount\Desktop\Sandbox\vue-docs-main
> vitepress

node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:314
  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base), null);
        ^

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'vite' imported from C:\Users\WDAGUtilityAccount\Desktop\Sandbox\vue-docs-main\node_modules\vitepress\dist\node\cli.js
    at Object.getPackageJSONURL (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:314:9)
    at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:767:81)
    at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:853:18)
    at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:983:11)
    at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:731:20)
    at ModuleLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:708:38)
    at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:310:38)
    at ModuleJob._link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:182:49) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}

Node.js v22.21.1
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

The exact same folder, running pnpm run dev outside windows sandbox is good, running inside ends up this error.

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