`@nx/react:application` fails when `vite` is declared via a pnpm catalog alias such as `catalog:tooling`

[ak274]

Current Behavior

In a pnpm workspace that uses catalogs, generating a React application with the default Vite path fails if the root package.json declares vite using a catalog alias such as catalog:tooling.

The generator crashes before the app is created with this error:

NX   Invalid version. Must be a string. Got type "object".

### Expected Behavior

Nx should handle pnpm catalog aliases in `package.json` without crashing during React app generation.

Acceptable outcomes would be any of the following:

- Resolve the catalog alias before semver parsing.
- Skip semver-based version branching when the version is a pnpm catalog alias.
- Fall back to a safe plugin version instead of throwing.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an Nx workspace that uses pnpm catalogs.
2. In the root `package.json`, declare the relevant tooling packages using pnpm catalog aliases, for example:

   ```json
   {
     "packageManager": "pnpm@10.33.0",
     "devDependencies": {
       "nx": "catalog:",
       "@nx/react": "catalog:",
       "@nx/vite": "catalog:",
       "@nx/vitest": "catalog:",
       "vite": "catalog:tooling",
       "vitest": "catalog:tooling",
       "@vitejs/plugin-react": "catalog:tooling"
     }
   }

3. In pnpm-workspace.yaml, define the catalog values, for example:

   catalogs:
     tooling:
       vite: "^7.3.2"
       vitest: "^4.0.0"
       "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.2.0"

4. Run this command:

   pnpm nx generate @nx/react:application apps/activity-log --name=activity-log --e2eTestRunner=none --port=17444 --tags=scope:data-query-tool,type:app --no-interactive --dry-run --verbose

5. Observe that the generator fails with Invalid version. Must be a string. Got type "object".

Nx Report

Node           : 24.8.0
OS             : win32-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-windows
pnpm           : 10.33.0
daemon         : Available

nx                     : 22.6.5
@nx/js                 : 22.6.5
@nx/eslint             : 22.6.5
@nx/workspace          : 22.6.5
@nx/cypress            : 22.6.5
@nx/devkit             : 22.6.5
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 22.6.5
@nx/module-federation  : 22.6.5
@nx/playwright         : 22.6.5
@nx/react              : 22.6.5
@nx/rollup             : 22.6.5
@nx/storybook          : 22.6.5
@nx/vite               : 22.6.5
@nx/vitest             : 22.6.5
@nx/web                : 22.6.5
typescript             : 5.9.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/js/typescript
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/vite/plugin
@nx/vitest
@nx/vitest
@nx/playwright/plugin
@nx/storybook/plugin
---------------------------------------
Community plugins:
@juristr/nx-tailwind-sync : 0.0.9
---------------------------------------
Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 47.59 GB

Failure Logs

## Failure Logs


NX  Generating @nx/react:application

The 'setup-tailwind' generator is deprecated. Generating Tailwind configuration is no longer maintained. This generator will be removed in Nx 23.

NX   Invalid version. Must be a string. Got type "object".

TypeError: Invalid version. Must be a string. Got type "object".
    at new SemVer (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\semver@7.7.4\node_modules\semver\classes\semver.js:21:13)
    at major (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\semver@7.7.4\node_modules\semver\functions\major.js:4:29)
    at ensureDependencies (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\@nx+vite@22.6.5_@babel+trav_e12ef34fbd107de3d1126c100a7caef7\node_modules\@nx\vite\src\utils\ensure-dependencies.js:33:62)
    at viteConfigurationGeneratorInternal (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\@nx+vite@22.6.5_@babel+trav_e12ef34fbd107de3d1126c100a7caef7\node_modules\@nx\vite\src\generators\configuration\configuration.js:50:61)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async setupViteConfiguration (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\@nx+react@22.6.5_@babel+cor_358d6db5eafccf666e3144d67f96de6f\node_modules\@nx\react\src\generators\application\lib\bundlers\add-vite.js:26:22)
    at async applicationGeneratorInternal (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\@nx+react@22.6.5_@babel+cor_358d6db5eafccf666e3144d67f96de6f\node_modules\@nx\react\src\generators\application\application.js:119:9)
    at async C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\nx@22.6.5_@swc-node+registe_a0326968ab149dd28b46b0449ceadc7b\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\generate\generate.js:252:26
    at async handleErrors (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\nx@22.6.5_@swc-node+registe_a0326968ab149dd28b46b0449ceadc7b\node_modules\nx\src\utils\handle-errors.js:8:24)
    at async Object.handler (C:\projects\PCM\pcm-ilevel-ui\node_modules\.pnpm\nx@22.6.5_@swc-node+registe_a0326968ab149dd28b46b0449ceadc7b\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\generate\command-object.js:13:22)

Package Manager Version

pnpm 10.33.0

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
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Additional Information

• I reproduced this after clearing Nx cache, removing and reinstalling node_modules, and upgrading from Nx 22.6.4 to 22.6.5.

• This does not appear to be a corrupted install or a missing transitive dependency.

• The issue appears to come from @nx/vite and @nx/vitest reading the literal value of devDependencies.vite from the root package.json and then passing it to semver.coerce().

• Current installed code in @nx/vite/src/utils/ensure-dependencies.js:

  const pkgJson = JSON.parse(host.read('package.json', 'utf-8'));
  const viteRange = pkgJson?.devDependencies?.['vite'];
  const viteMajor = viteRange ? major(coerce(viteRange)) : null;

• The same pattern exists in @nx/vitest/src/utils/ensure-dependencies.js.

• When viteRange is catalog:tooling, semver.coerce('catalog:tooling') returns null, and then major(null) throws.

• In this workspace, @vitejs/plugin-react-swc is installed and --compiler=swc works as a workaround because it avoids the @vitejs/plugin-react version-selection branch.