fix(deps): replace very unmaintained resolve with oxc-resolver

packages/build/package.json

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "memoize-one": "^6.0.0",
     "minimatch": "^9.0.4",
     "os-name": "^6.0.0",
+    "oxc-resolver": "^11.16.3",
     "p-event": "^6.0.0",
     "p-filter": "^4.0.0",
     "p-locate": "^6.0.0",
@@ -104,7 +105,6 @@
     "ps-list": "^8.0.0",
     "read-package-up": "^11.0.0",
     "readdirp": "^4.0.0",
-    "resolve": "^2.0.0-next.5",
     "rfdc": "^1.3.0",
     "safe-json-stringify": "^1.2.0",
     "semver": "^7.3.8",

packages/build/src/utils/resolve.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * This module provides functions to resolve module paths using Node.js resolution.
+ *
+ * TODO(serhalp): Replace all this with `import.meta.resolve()` when all Node.js versions we support
+ * support it without a flag: https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#importmetaresolvespecifier.
+ * This is 20.6.0+, so some time after April 2026.
+ */
+import { ResolverFactory } from 'oxc-resolver'
+
+// Create a resolver instance with default Node.js resolution settings
+const resolver = new ResolverFactory({
+  // Use standard Node.js module resolution
+  mainFields: ['main'],
+  conditionNames: ['node', 'require'],
+  extensions: ['.js', '.json', '.node'],
+})
+
+type ResolveSuccess = { path: string; error?: never }
+type ResolveFailure = { path?: never; error: string }
+type ResolveResult = ResolveSuccess | ResolveFailure
+
+// Resolves a module path. Returns an error if the package cannot be found.
+export const tryResolvePath = async function (path: string, basedir: string): Promise<ResolveResult> {
+  const result = await resolver.async(basedir, path)
+
+  if (result.error || !result.path) {
+    return { error: result.error ?? `Cannot resolve '${path}' from '${basedir}'` }
+  }
+
+  return { path: result.path }
+}
+
+// Resolves a module path. Throws if the package cannot be found.
+export const resolvePath = async function (path: string, basedir: string): Promise<string> {
+  const result = await resolver.async(basedir, path)
+
+  if (result.error || !result.path) {
+    throw new Error(result.error ?? `Cannot resolve '${path}' from '${basedir}'`)
+  }
+
+  return result.path
+}

packages/build/tests/plugins/snapshots/tests.js.md

@@ -517,12 +517,14 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     > Context␊
       production␊
     ␊
-    Configuration error                                           ␊
+    Core internal error                                           ␊
     ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────␊
     ␊
       Error message␊
-      Plugin could not be found using local path: ./plugin␊
-      Cannot find module './plugin'␊
+      TypeError: Cannot create property 'message' on string 'Cannot find module './plugin''␊
+    ␊
+      Error location␊
+    STACK TRACE␊
     ␊
       Resolved config␊
       build:␊