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#6224 Cannot wrangler pages deploy with pnpm from subdirectory

Recommendation:KEEP OPEN
Difficulty:medium
Reasoning:

Confirmed pnpm-specific bug; works with npx; reproduction available

Suggested Action:

Fix pnpm path resolution logic

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Analysis Report

Issue Review: cloudflare/workers-sdk#6224

Summary

wrangler pages deploy fails with pnpm when run from a subdirectory due to incorrect path resolution.

Findings

  • Created: 2024-07-08
  • Updated: 2025-10-30
  • Version: wrangler 3.63.1 → wrangler 4.61.0
  • Component: wrangler (pages)
  • Labels: bug, pages
  • Comments: 9

Key Evidence

  • Reproduction repo: https://github.com/IanVS/cloudflare-workers-issue-6224
  • Works with npx but fails with pnpm from subdirectory
  • Error: looks for files in parent directory instead of current directory
  • Maintainer @CarmenPopoviciu confirmed it's a real bug with pnpm specifically
  • Reporter confirmed issue still exists with wrangler 4.24.0 (July 2025)
  • Another user reported same issue (July 2025)

Recommendation

Status: KEEP OPEN

Reasoning: This is a confirmed bug specific to pnpm usage. The issue has a clear reproduction and has been verified to still exist in wrangler 4.24.0. Multiple users are affected.

Action: Investigate how pnpm resolves the current working directory differently from npx and fix the path resolution logic.

Suggested Comment

N/A - Issue is confirmed and being tracked.

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