refactor(schema,vite,webpack): rework postcss module loading (#27946)

Co-authored-by: Daniel Roe <daniel@roe.dev>

package.json

@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "5.0.5",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "1.6.0",
     "@vue/test-utils": "2.4.6",
+    "autoprefixer": "^10.4.19",
     "case-police": "0.6.1",
     "changelogen": "0.5.5",
     "consola": "3.2.3",
+    "cssnano": "^7.0.3",
     "devalue": "5.0.0",
     "eslint": "9.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-no-only-tests": "3.1.0",

packages/schema/build.config.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export default defineBuildConfig({
   externals: [
     // Type imports
     '#app/components/nuxt-link',
+    'cssnano',
+    'autoprefixer',
     'ofetch',
     'vue-router',
     '@nuxt/telemetry',

packages/schema/src/config/postcss.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,45 @@
 import { defineUntypedSchema } from 'untyped'
 
+const ensureItemIsLast = (item: string) => (arr: string[]) => {
+  const index = arr.indexOf(item)
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    arr.splice(index, 1)
+    arr.push(item)
+  }
+  return arr
+}
+
+const orderPresets = {
+  cssnanoLast: ensureItemIsLast('cssnano'),
+  autoprefixerLast: ensureItemIsLast('autoprefixer'),
+  autoprefixerAndCssnanoLast (names: string[]) {
+    return orderPresets.cssnanoLast(orderPresets.autoprefixerLast(names))
+  },
+}
+
 export default defineUntypedSchema({
   postcss: {
+    /**
+     * A strategy for ordering PostCSS plugins.
+     *
+     * @type {'cssnanoLast' | 'autoprefixerLast' | 'autoprefixerAndCssnanoLast' | string[] | ((names: string[]) => string[])}
+     */
+    order: {
+      $resolve: (val: string | string[] | ((plugins: string[]) => string[])): string[] | ((plugins: string[]) => string[]) => {
+        if (typeof val === 'string') {
+          if (!(val in orderPresets)) {
+            throw new Error(`[nuxt] Unknown PostCSS order preset: ${val}`)
+          }
+          return orderPresets[val as keyof typeof orderPresets]
+        }
+        return val ?? orderPresets.autoprefixerAndCssnanoLast
+      },
+    },
     /**
      * Options for configuring PostCSS plugins.
      *
      * https://postcss.org/
-     * @type {Record<string, any> & { autoprefixer?: any; cssnano?: any }}
+     * @type {Record<string, Record<string, unknown> | false> & { autoprefixer?: typeof import('autoprefixer').Options; cssnano?: typeof import('cssnano').Options }}
      */
     plugins: {
       /**

packages/schema/src/types/config.ts

@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ export interface NuxtBuilder {
 }
 
 // Normalized Nuxt options available as `nuxt.options.*`
-export interface NuxtOptions extends Omit<ConfigSchema, 'builder' | 'webpack'> {
+export interface NuxtOptions extends Omit<ConfigSchema, 'builder' | 'webpack' | 'postcss'> {
   sourcemap: Required<Exclude<ConfigSchema['sourcemap'], boolean>>
   builder: '@nuxt/vite-builder' | '@nuxt/webpack-builder' | NuxtBuilder
+  postcss: Omit<ConfigSchema['postcss'], 'order'> & { order: Exclude<ConfigSchema['postcss']['order'], string> }
   webpack: ConfigSchema['webpack'] & {
     $client: ConfigSchema['webpack']
     $server: ConfigSchema['webpack']

packages/vite/src/css.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-import { requireModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
-import type { Nuxt } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import { requireModule, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import type { Nuxt, NuxtOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { InlineConfig as ViteConfig } from 'vite'
-import { distDir } from './dirs'
+import { interopDefault } from 'mlly'
+import type { Plugin } from 'postcss'
 
-const lastPlugins = ['autoprefixer', 'cssnano']
+function sortPlugins ({ plugins, order }: NuxtOptions['postcss']): string[] {
+  const names = Object.keys(plugins)
+  return typeof order === 'function' ? order(names) : (order || names)
+}
 
-export function resolveCSSOptions (nuxt: Nuxt): ViteConfig['css'] {
+export async function resolveCSSOptions (nuxt: Nuxt): Promise<ViteConfig['css']> {
   const css: ViteConfig['css'] & { postcss: NonNullable<Exclude<NonNullable<ViteConfig['css']>['postcss'], string>> } = {
     postcss: {
       plugins: [],
@@ -14,19 +19,26 @@ export function resolveCSSOptions (nuxt: Nuxt): ViteConfig['css'] {
 
   css.postcss.plugins = []
 
-  const plugins = Object.entries(nuxt.options.postcss.plugins)
+  const postcssOptions = nuxt.options.postcss
-    .sort((a, b) => lastPlugins.indexOf(a[0]) - lastPlugins.indexOf(b[0]))
 
-  for (const [name, opts] of plugins) {
+  const cwd = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url))
-    if (opts) {
+  for (const pluginName of sortPlugins(postcssOptions)) {
-      // TODO: remove use of requireModule in favour of ESM import
+    const pluginOptions = postcssOptions.plugins[pluginName]
-      const plugin = requireModule(name, {
+    if (!pluginOptions) { continue }
-        paths: [
+
-          ...nuxt.options.modulesDir,
+    const path = await tryResolveModule(pluginName, nuxt.options.modulesDir)
-          distDir,
+
-        ],
+    let pluginFn: (opts: Record<string, any>) => Plugin
-      })
+    // TODO: use jiti v2
-      css.postcss.plugins.push(plugin(opts))
+    if (path) {
+      pluginFn = await import(pathToFileURL(path).href).then(interopDefault)
+    } else {
+      console.warn(`[nuxt] could not import postcss plugin \`${pluginName}\` with ESM. Please report this as a bug.`)
+      // fall back to cjs
+      pluginFn = requireModule(pluginName, { paths: [cwd] })
+    }
+    if (typeof pluginFn === 'function') {
+      css.postcss.plugins.push(pluginFn(pluginOptions))
     }
   }
 

packages/vite/src/vite.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { composableKeysPlugin } from './plugins/composable-keys'
 import { logLevelMap } from './utils/logger'
 import { ssrStylesPlugin } from './plugins/ssr-styles'
 import { VitePublicDirsPlugin } from './plugins/public-dirs'
+import { distDir } from './dirs'
 
 export interface ViteBuildContext {
   nuxt: Nuxt
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
     (nuxt.options.vite.devBundler === 'vite-node' && nuxt.options.dev)
   const entry = await resolvePath(resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, useAsyncEntry ? 'entry.async' : 'entry'))
 
+  nuxt.options.modulesDir.push(distDir)
+
   let allowDirs = [
     nuxt.options.appDir,
     nuxt.options.workspaceDir,
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
             'abort-controller': 'unenv/runtime/mock/empty',
           },
         },
-        css: resolveCSSOptions(nuxt),
+        css: await resolveCSSOptions(nuxt),
         define: {
           __NUXT_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(nuxt._version),
           __NUXT_ASYNC_CONTEXT__: nuxt.options.experimental.asyncContext,

packages/webpack/src/configs/client.ts

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import type { WebpackConfigContext } from '../utils/config'
 import { applyPresets } from '../utils/config'
 import { nuxt } from '../presets/nuxt'
 
-export function client (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+export async function client (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   ctx.name = 'client'
   ctx.isClient = true
 
-  applyPresets(ctx, [
+  await applyPresets(ctx, [
     nuxt,
     clientPlugins,
     clientOptimization,

packages/webpack/src/configs/server.ts

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import { node } from '../presets/node'
 
 const assetPattern = /\.(?:css|s[ca]ss|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff2?|eot|ttf|otf|webp|webm|mp4|ogv)(?:\?.*)?$/i
 
-export function server (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+export async function server (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   ctx.name = 'server'
   ctx.isServer = true
 
-  applyPresets(ctx, [
+  await applyPresets(ctx, [
     nuxt,
     node,
     serverStandalone,

packages/webpack/src/presets/base.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import WarningIgnorePlugin from '../plugins/warning-ignore'
 import type { WebpackConfigContext } from '../utils/config'
 import { applyPresets, fileName } from '../utils/config'
 
-export function base (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+export async function base (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
-  applyPresets(ctx, [
+  await applyPresets(ctx, [
     baseAlias,
     baseConfig,
     basePlugins,

packages/webpack/src/presets/nuxt.ts

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { pug } from './pug'
 import { style } from './style'
 import { vue } from './vue'
 
-export function nuxt (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+export async function nuxt (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
-  applyPresets(ctx, [
+  await applyPresets(ctx, [
     base,
     assets,
     esbuild,

packages/webpack/src/presets/style.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import type { WebpackConfigContext } from '../utils/config'
 import { applyPresets, fileName } from '../utils/config'
 import { getPostcssConfig } from '../utils/postcss'
 
-export function style (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+export async function style (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
-  applyPresets(ctx, [
+  await applyPresets(ctx, [
     loaders,
     extractCSS,
     minimizer,
@@ -32,32 +32,32 @@ function extractCSS (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   }))
 }
 
-function loaders (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+async function loaders (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   // CSS
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('css', /\.css$/i, null, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('css', /\.css$/i, null, ctx))
 
   // PostCSS
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('postcss', /\.p(ost)?css$/i, null, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('postcss', /\.p(ost)?css$/i, null, ctx))
 
   // Less
   const lessLoader = { loader: 'less-loader', options: ctx.userConfig.loaders.less }
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('less', /\.less$/i, lessLoader, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('less', /\.less$/i, lessLoader, ctx))
 
   // Sass (TODO: optional dependency)
   const sassLoader = { loader: 'sass-loader', options: ctx.userConfig.loaders.sass }
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('sass', /\.sass$/i, sassLoader, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('sass', /\.sass$/i, sassLoader, ctx))
 
   const scssLoader = { loader: 'sass-loader', options: ctx.userConfig.loaders.scss }
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('scss', /\.scss$/i, scssLoader, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('scss', /\.scss$/i, scssLoader, ctx))
 
   // Stylus
   const stylusLoader = { loader: 'stylus-loader', options: ctx.userConfig.loaders.stylus }
-  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(createdStyleRule('stylus', /\.styl(us)?$/i, stylusLoader, ctx))
+  ctx.config.module!.rules!.push(await createdStyleRule('stylus', /\.styl(us)?$/i, stylusLoader, ctx))
 }
 
-function createdStyleRule (lang: string, test: RegExp, processorLoader: any, ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+async function createdStyleRule (lang: string, test: RegExp, processorLoader: any, ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   const styleLoaders = [
-    createPostcssLoadersRule(ctx),
+    await createPostcssLoadersRule(ctx),
     processorLoader,
   ].filter(Boolean)
 
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ function createCssLoadersRule (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, cssLoaderOptions: any)
   ]
 }
 
-function createPostcssLoadersRule (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
+async function createPostcssLoadersRule (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   if (!ctx.options.postcss) { return }
 
-  const config = getPostcssConfig(ctx.nuxt)
+  const config = await getPostcssConfig(ctx.nuxt)
 
   if (!config) {
     return

packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export interface WebpackConfigContext {
   transpile: RegExp[]
 }
 
-type WebpackConfigPreset = (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, options?: object) => void
+type WebpackConfigPreset = (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, options?: object) => void | Promise<void>
 type WebpackConfigPresetItem = WebpackConfigPreset | [WebpackConfigPreset, any]
 
 export function createWebpackConfigContext (nuxt: Nuxt): WebpackConfigContext {
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ export function createWebpackConfigContext (nuxt: Nuxt): WebpackConfigContext {
   }
 }
 
-export function applyPresets (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, presets: WebpackConfigPresetItem | WebpackConfigPresetItem[]) {
+export async function applyPresets (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, presets: WebpackConfigPresetItem | WebpackConfigPresetItem[]) {
   for (const preset of toArray(presets)) {
     if (Array.isArray(preset)) {
-      preset[0](ctx, preset[1])
+      await preset[0](ctx, preset[1])
     } else {
-      preset(ctx)
+      await preset(ctx)
     }
   }
 }

packages/webpack/src/utils/postcss.ts

@@ -1,37 +1,19 @@
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import createResolver from 'postcss-import-resolver'
-import { requireModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { interopDefault } from 'mlly'
-import type { Nuxt } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import { requireModule, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import type { Nuxt, NuxtOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
+import type { Plugin } from 'postcss'
 
 const isPureObject = (obj: unknown): obj is Object => obj !== null && !Array.isArray(obj) && typeof obj === 'object'
 
-const ensureItemIsLast = (item: string) => (arr: string[]) => {
+function sortPlugins ({ plugins, order }: NuxtOptions['postcss']): string[] {
-  const index = arr.indexOf(item)
+  const names = Object.keys(plugins)
-  if (index !== -1) {
+  return typeof order === 'function' ? order(names) : (order || names)
-    arr.splice(index, 1)
-    arr.push(item)
-  }
-  return arr
 }
 
-const orderPresets = {
+export async function getPostcssConfig (nuxt: Nuxt) {
-  cssnanoLast: ensureItemIsLast('cssnano'),
-  autoprefixerLast: ensureItemIsLast('autoprefixer'),
-  autoprefixerAndCssnanoLast (names: string[]) {
-    return orderPresets.cssnanoLast(orderPresets.autoprefixerLast(names))
-  },
-}
-
-export const getPostcssConfig = (nuxt: Nuxt) => {
-  function sortPlugins ({ plugins, order }: any) {
-    const names = Object.keys(plugins)
-    if (typeof order === 'string') {
-      order = orderPresets[order as keyof typeof orderPresets]
-    }
-    return typeof order === 'function' ? order(names, orderPresets) : (order || names)
-  }
-
   if (!nuxt.options.webpack.postcss || !nuxt.options.postcss) {
     return false
   }
@@ -54,21 +36,35 @@ export const getPostcssConfig = (nuxt: Nuxt) => {
       'postcss-url': {},
     },
     sourceMap: nuxt.options.webpack.cssSourceMap,
-    // Array, String or Function
-    order: 'autoprefixerAndCssnanoLast',
   })
 
   // Keep the order of default plugins
   if (!Array.isArray(postcssOptions.plugins) && isPureObject(postcssOptions.plugins)) {
     // Map postcss plugins into instances on object mode once
     const cwd = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url))
-    postcssOptions.plugins = sortPlugins(postcssOptions).map((pluginName: string) => {
+    const plugins: Plugin[] = []
-      // TODO: remove use of requireModule in favour of ESM import
+    for (const pluginName of sortPlugins(postcssOptions)) {
-      const pluginFn = requireModule(pluginName, { paths: [cwd] })
       const pluginOptions = postcssOptions.plugins[pluginName]
-      if (!pluginOptions || typeof pluginFn !== 'function') { return null }
+      if (!pluginOptions) { continue }
-      return pluginFn(pluginOptions)
+
-    }).filter(Boolean)
+      const path = await tryResolveModule(pluginName, nuxt.options.modulesDir)
+
+      let pluginFn: (opts: Record<string, any>) => Plugin
+      // TODO: use jiti v2
+      if (path) {
+        pluginFn = await import(pathToFileURL(path).href).then(interopDefault)
+      } else {
+        console.warn(`[nuxt] could not import postcss plugin \`${pluginName}\` with ESM. Please report this as a bug.`)
+        // fall back to cjs
+        pluginFn = requireModule(pluginName, { paths: [cwd] })
+      }
+      if (typeof pluginFn === 'function') {
+        plugins.push(pluginFn(pluginOptions))
+      }
+    }
+
+    // @ts-expect-error we are mutating type here from object to array
+    postcssOptions.plugins = plugins
   }
 
   return {

packages/webpack/src/webpack.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import { applyPresets, createWebpackConfigContext, getWebpackConfig } from './ut
 export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
   registerVirtualModules()
 
-  const webpackConfigs = [client, ...nuxt.options.ssr ? [server] : []].map((preset) => {
+  const webpackConfigs = await Promise.all([client, ...nuxt.options.ssr ? [server] : []].map(async (preset) => {
     const ctx = createWebpackConfigContext(nuxt)
     ctx.userConfig = defu(nuxt.options.webpack[`$${preset.name as 'client' | 'server'}`], ctx.userConfig)
-    applyPresets(ctx, preset)
+    await applyPresets(ctx, preset)
     return getWebpackConfig(ctx)
-  })
+  }))
 
   await nuxt.callHook('webpack:config', webpackConfigs)
 

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ importers:
       '@vue/test-utils':
         specifier: 2.4.6
         version: 2.4.6
+      autoprefixer:
+        specifier: ^10.4.19
+        version: 10.4.19(postcss@8.4.39)
       case-police:
         specifier: 0.6.1
         version: 0.6.1
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ importers:
       consola:
         specifier: 3.2.3
         version: 3.2.3
+      cssnano:
+        specifier: ^7.0.3
+        version: 7.0.3(postcss@8.4.39)
       devalue:
         specifier: 5.0.0
         version: 5.0.0