Local generators are broken with `@swc/core` >= 1.13.21

[terrymun]

Current Behavior

When the latest version of @swc/core is installed (1.13.21 at the time of writing), Nx local generators will fail to run to completion. Nx will throw a "Failed to load native binding" error message.

Expected Behavior

If @swc/core of <=1.13.20 is installed, Nx local generators work without any issue and run to completion.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/terrymun/nx-swc-core

Steps to Reproduce

1. The repo at https://github.com/terrymun/nx-swc-core has been created, and a custom local generator was programatically created using the guide at https://nx.dev/docs/extending-nx/local-generators
2. Run nx g my-generator and notice that it will fail (because @swc/core@1.13.21 has been isntalled). The error message returned is "Failed to load native binding".
3. Downgrade @swc/core by running npm install -DE @swc/core@1.13.20
4. Repeat step 2 and notice the generator runs successfully

Nx Report

Node           : 22.14.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.9.2

nx                 : 22.0.2
@nx/js             : 22.0.2
@nx/jest           : 22.0.2
@nx/eslint         : 22.0.2
@nx/workspace      : 22.0.2
@nx/devkit         : 22.0.2
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 22.0.2
@nx/plugin         : 22.0.2
typescript         : 5.9.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/js/typescript
@nx/eslint/plugin
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Local workspace plugins:
@nx-swc-core/my-plugin
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

Error: Failed to load native binding
    at Object.<anonymous> (/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/binding.js:333:11)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1554:14)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1706:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1289:32)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1108:12)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:220:24)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:12)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:136:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/index.js:49:17)
Caused by:
Error: Cannot find module './swc.darwin-universal.node'
Require stack:
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/binding.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/node_modules/@swc-node/core/lib/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/lib/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/utils/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/transpiler.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/in-process-loader.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-json.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js,Error: Cannot find module '@swc/core-darwin-universal'
Require stack:
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/binding.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/node_modules/@swc-node/core/lib/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/lib/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/utils/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/transpiler.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/in-process-loader.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-json.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js,Error: Cannot find module './swc.darwin-arm64.node'
Require stack:
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/binding.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/node_modules/@swc-node/core/lib/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc-node/register/lib/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/utils/register.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/transpiler.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/in-process-loader.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/index.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-json.js
- /[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js,Error: dlopen(/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node, 0x0001): tried: '/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node' (code signature invalid in <F698CD9A-9F26-3583-BDA4-368FC7CB3407> '/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node' (errno=85) sliceOffset=0x00000000, codeBlobOffset=0x01F50D70, codeBlobSize=0x0003EAB0), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node' (no such file), '/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node' (code signature invalid in <F698CD9A-9F26-3583-BDA4-368FC7CB3407> '/[REDACTED-PATH]/nx-swc-core/node_modules/@swc/core-darwin-arm64/swc.darwin-arm64.node' (errno=85) sliceOffset=0x00000000, codeBlobOffset=0x01F50D70, codeBlobSize=0x0003EAB0)

Package Manager Version

10.9.2

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

We noticed this issue when developing locally on macOS after dependabot has performed a version bump for @swc/core from 1.13.20 → 1.13.21.

This issue does not seem to be affecting the Linux version, which is why this error was not caught by our automated checks and build pipelines.

[Vondry]

I experienced the same on MacOS just with react-router module. I had to downgrade @swc/core to 1.12.9 to make it work locally on MacOS. Worked just fine on Linux no matter the @swc/core version as you also noted.

[terrymun]

@Vondry It seems that the issue are also affecting others swc-project/swc#11129

They've just released @swc/core@1.14.0, and upgrading to that—and skipping 1.13.31—fixes the issue. I'll close this issue as resolved.