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fix(misc): stop generators from accepting targets on removed executors - #37475
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…sting The component testing generator still accepted build targets on the removed `@nx/webpack:webpack` and `@nx/vite:build` executors, so it wrote a setup around a build that can't run. Without `--build-target`, it ignored a project.json or package.json target that replaces the inferred build target. The generator now uses only a build target inferred by `@nx/vite/plugin` or `@nx/webpack/plugin`, and checks the resolved target for an override. When a target on another executor is in the way, the error suggests converting it with `nx g @nx/workspace:infer-targets`.
`nx g @nx/vite:configuration` converted projects that still had targets on removed executors such as `@nx/webpack:webpack`, `@nx/rollup:rollup` and `@nx/vite:build`. A leftover target replaces the inferred target of the same name, so the converted project kept running the removed executor. The generator now stops before changing anything and asks to convert those targets first. The supported build list drops `@nx/rollup:rollup`, which it now refuses, and `@nx/js:babel`, which never existed. The config lookup stops matching `@nrwl/vite:build` targets, and the examples page lists the executors the generator checks.
`nx g @nx/rspack:configuration` treated targets on removed executors such as `@nx/webpack:webpack` and `@nx/vite:build` as supported, and converted the project around them. It refused targets on the removed `@nx/rspack` executors only in some cases. A leftover target replaces the inferred target of the same name, so the converted project kept running a removed executor. The generator now stops before changing anything when a target uses one of those executors, and asks to convert it first. The `buildTarget` and `serveTarget` descriptions stop mentioning the Vite executors, and framework detection reads `jestConfig` from any test target.
…xecutor The lint-checks generator edited lint targets on `@nx/eslint:lint` that listed `lintFilePatterns`. It added the plugin's JSON files to the patterns and made lint depend on build. That executor no longer exists, so the code could only touch targets that can't run. Inferred lint targets never got these changes.
The lint project and init generators still looked for targets on the removed `@nx/eslint:lint` and `@nx/linter:eslint` executors. The `getEslintTargets` helper and the executor's `Schema` type in `@nx/eslint/internal` had no remaining users.
The Storybook utilities and the React stories and Storybook framework helpers still matched targets on removed executors, including `@nx/next:build`, `@nx/rollup:rollup`, `@nx/expo:build` and the `@nx/storybook` executors. The Cypress build target error kept a framework hint that never matched, because it received the target string split into characters. The vitest `testTarget` description names the inferred target.
The rollup and vite library examples described `@nx/rollup:rollup` and `@nx/vite:build` targets, and set the rollup compiler in project.json. They now describe the targets the plugins infer, and set the compiler through `withNx` in `rollup.config.cjs`. The `@nx/js:node` example linked `@nx/webpack:webpack` for `buildLibsFromSource`, and now names the `NxAppWebpackPlugin` option.
The component testing example passed `--build-target:some-react-app:build`, which the CLI parses as an unknown flag. A note pointed to Storybook testing through Cypress, which Nx removed in 2024. The library examples said rollup builds default to the `tsc` compiler, while the generated config uses `swc`.
…sal tests The refusal tests for React component testing, Vite and Rspack matched only the start of each error, so dropping the `nx g @nx/workspace:infer-targets` suggestion kept them green. The expected messages include the suggestion with each project's name.
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Current Behavior
Nx 24 removed 35 executors in #37160. Several setup generators still detect or accept targets on them:
@nx/react:cypress-component-configurationaccepts build targets on@nx/webpack:webpackand@nx/vite:build. It ignores a project.json target that replaces the inferred build target, unless--build-targetnames it.@nx/vite:configurationand@nx/rspack:configurationconvert projects that still have targets on removed executors. A leftover target replaces the inferred target of the same name. The converted project keeps running the removed executor.Expected Behavior
@nx/vite/pluginor@nx/webpack/plugininfers. Otherwise it fails. When a target on another executor is in the way, the error suggests converting it withnx g @nx/workspace:infer-targets.Implementation Notes
convert-to-inferredand the ones migrations call. They must keep matching the removed executors.devServerTargetoption when their options have nobuildTarget.@nx/jest:jestmatch. Moving a root project's Jest config only completes through it, so removing it needs a fix for inferred test targets first.@nx/cypress:migrate-to-cypress-11, which only acts on@nx/cypress:cypresstargets. Removing a public generator is a change of its own.@nx/eslint:linttargets that listlintFilePatterns. Plugin lint can still read build outputs it doesn't declare.@nrwlnames, because it converted them before. Nx 16 migrations renamed@nrwlexecutors, and@nrwlplugins have no stable release after Nx 19.@nx/eslint/internaldrops the export of the removed lint executor'sSchematype. The lint-checks code was its last user.--build-target:typo