Apollo Client "Named export 'remove' not found"

Question

I'm attempting to create an apollo client plugin for a Nuxt 3 application. It's currently throwing an error regarding a package called ts-invariant:

file:///Users/[my name]/Repositories/[project]/node_modules/@apollo/client/utilities/globals/fix-graphql.js:1
import { remove } from "ts-invariant/process/index.js";
         ^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Named export 'remove' not found. The requested module 'ts-invariant/process/index.js' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using:

import pkg from 'ts-invariant/process/index.js';
const { remove } = pkg;

    at ModuleJob._instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:124:21)
    at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:181:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)
    at async __instantiateModule__ (file:///Users/[my name]/Repositories/[project]/.nuxt/dist/server/server.mjs:4550:3)
[vite dev] Error loading external "/Users/[my name]/Repositories/[project]/node_modules/@apollo/client/core/index.js".
  at file://./.nuxt/dist/server/server.mjs:3170:289  
  at async __instantiateModule__ (file://./.nuxt/dist/server/server.mjs:4550:3)

I feel like I know enough about this error to know it has something to do with how Nuxt 3 deals with ESM, but I can't be for certain.

Here's the nuxt plugin:
plugins/apollo-client.js

import { defineNuxtPlugin } from "#app"
import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache } from "@apollo/client/core"
import { DefaultApolloClient } from "@vue/apollo-composable"

export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
  const config = useRuntimeConfig()
  const apolloClient = new ApolloClient({
    uri: config.PUBLIC_API_ENDPOINT,
    cache: new InMemoryCache(),
  })
  nuxtApp.vueApp.provide(DefaultApolloClient, apolloClient)
})

In a normal scenario, I might use the nuxt-apollo community module, but it is currently afk regarding a nuxt 3 port, so a plugin it is.

Here's some documentation I relied on for my plugin:
https://v4.apollo.vuejs.org/guide-composable/setup.html#vue-3
https://v3.nuxtjs.org/docs/directory-structure/plugins

Answer 1

Solved by including @apollo/client and ts-invariant/process into the nuxt build transpile like so:

  // nuxt.config.js
  // ...
  build: {
    postcss: {
      postcssOptions: require('./postcss.config.js')
    },
    transpile: [
      '@apollo/client',
      'ts-invariant/process',
    ],
  },
  // ...

Answer 2

I think I've pinpointed the underlying issue. Apollo Client (3.5.10 at the time of writing early 2022) is using "module":"index.js" to declare the path of the ESM exports. However it seems that Webpack 5 based bundlers do not support this. Using exports in the package.json fixes it for good for me.

You should upvote this feature request.

And here is my palliative until then, using a small script to alter the package.json.