[🐞] Build fails to find Qwik components when using `deno.jsonc`

[quadratz]

Which component is affected?

Build process

Describe the bug

The build process fails to locate Qwik components when package.json is replaced by deno.jsonc.

Reproduction

https://github.com/quadratz/qwik-astro-issue-268-

Steps to reproduce

1. Make sure you have Deno installed
2. Clone this repository: https://github.com/quadratz/qwik-astro-issue-268-. (Notice that package.json has been replaced by deno.jsonc)
3. Run deno task build
4. Check the logs. You'll see could not read /package.json ... and a warning that the Qwik core bundle wasn't found.

System Info

Dependencies:
  @qwik.dev/astro 1.0.1
  @qwik.dev/core  2.0.0-beta.32
  astro           6.1.9
Binaries:
  Deno: 2.7.13 - /usr/bin/deno

Additional Information

Here is the full log:

❯ deno task build
╭ Warning
│
│  The following packages are deprecated:
│  npm:astro-integration-kit@0.20.0 (Check the migration guide: https://astro-integration-kit.netlify.app/migration-guide/)
╰─
Task build astro build
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
15:49:19 [types] Generated 425ms
15:49:19 [build] output: "static"
15:49:19 [build] mode: "static"
15:49:19 [build] directory: /home/qz/qwik-astro/dist/
15:49:19 [build] Collecting build info...
15:49:19 [build] ✓ Completed in 450ms.
15:49:19 [build] Building static entrypoints...
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
could not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
vite v7.3.2 building client environment for production...
transforming (1) node_modules/.deno/@qwik.dev+core@2.0.0-beta.32/node_modules/@qwik.dev/core/dist/qwikloader.jscould not read /package.json to determine package name, ignoring. (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json')
✓ 10 modules transformed.
dist/assets/DAqJGcDa-bundle-graph.json   0.12 kB │ gzip:  0.11 kB
dist/q-manifest.json                     5.22 kB │ gzip:  1.09 kB
dist/build/q-BZhLE-zh.js                 0.12 kB │ gzip:  0.13 kB
dist/build/q-Da_LcBLB.js                 0.14 kB │ gzip:  0.13 kB
dist/build/q-D13KNE5L.js                 0.18 kB │ gzip:  0.16 kB
dist/build/q-wP5gUVA0.js                 0.18 kB │ gzip:  0.16 kB
dist/build/q-BOUrot2i.js                 4.75 kB │ gzip:  2.41 kB
dist/build/q-D4zlRG7M.js                 4.93 kB │ gzip:  2.32 kB
dist/build/q-CMNqrrBz.js                96.34 kB │ gzip: 36.72 kB
✓ built in 2.68s
15:49:26 [vite] ✓ built in 3.85s
Qwik core bundle not found, is Qwik actually used in this project?
15:49:26 [vite] ✓ built in 16ms
15:49:26 [build] Rearranging server assets...

 generating static routes 
15:49:26   ├─ /index.html (+27ms) 
15:49:26 ✓ Completed in 146ms.

15:49:26 [build] ✓ Completed in 7.32s.
15:49:26 [build] 1 page(s) built in 7.77s
15:49:26 [build] Complete!

[siguici]

Sorry for the delayed response, and thanks for the report 👍

From the logs, the build itself seems to complete successfully. The issue appears to come later during Qwik bundle detection:

Qwik core bundle not found, is Qwik actually used in this project?

What’s interesting is that the Qwik client build does seem to run correctly:

• q-manifest.json is generated
• Qwik bundles are emitted in dist/build

So this looks more like a Qwik-side detection/resolution issue rather than an actual build failure.

The repeated /package.json warnings may also be relevant here. Even when using deno.json(c), it’s still perfectly valid to keep a package.json alongside it, especially when working with tooling that still expects parts of the Node ecosystem.

So for now, you may want to try adding a minimal package.json to the project and see if that changes the behavior while we investigate further.

[thejackshelton]

@siguici I'm working on a rewrite of the bundler that should be much more understandable and I think it should help when it comes to native deno support. It is rolldown 8 only.

https://github.com/thejackshelton/qwik-bundler

We will end up needing an Astro fixture in here

[daarxen]

Im getting the same issue Qwik core bundle not found, is Qwik actually used in this project?, ran build with node and bun and both seems to be giving the same result.

My setup:

https://stackblitz.com/~/github.com/NecroPrism4/rockypointnet-client

// @ts-check
import node from "@astrojs/node";
import qwik from "@qwik.dev/astro";
import tailwindcss from "@tailwindcss/vite";
import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";

// https://astro.build/config
export default defineConfig({
  output: "server",
  adapter: node({
    mode: "standalone",
  }),
  build: {
    serverEntry: "server.mjs",
    server: './server/index.mjs',
  },
  prefetch: true,
  integrations: [
    // https://astro.qwik.dev/docs
    // Note: If you are using the `@qwik.dev/astro` integration, you must also install `@qwik.dev/core` and add it to your dependencies.
    // See https://astro.qwik.dev/docs/upgrade for more details.
    qwik({ clientRouter: true }),
  ],
  vite: {
    plugins: [tailwindcss()],
    ssr: {
      noExternal: ["@qwik.dev/astro"],
    },
  },
  i18n: {
    locales: ["es", "en"],
    defaultLocale: "en",
    fallback: {
      es: "en",
    },
  },
});

System:
OS: macOS 14.6.1
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 746.32 MB / 32.00 GB
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 24.14.0 - /Users/darien/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - /Users/darien/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/yarn
npm: 11.9.0 - /Users/darien/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/npm
pnpm: 10.33.0 - /Users/darien/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/pnpm
bun: 1.3.10 - /Users/darien/.bun/bin/bun
Browsers:
Chrome: 147.0.7727.138
Safari: 17.6