Dynamic require of "google-protobuf" is not supported

[ivegotwings]

Command

serve

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

16.0.0

Description

The error comes when we call the loadFormFields method in the project/schema library. This used to work perfectly fine in version 16. The demo project resembles the structure of the real project that we work on, so we cannot make changes to the code structure or remove the function call.

Minimal Reproduction

1. run- npm run start
2. launch the browser
3. open console

minimal reproduction depo project- https://github.com/ivegotwings/angularclibug

Exception or Error

`
chunk-XD6TBTUO.js:12 Uncaught Error: Dynamic require of "google-protobuf" is not supported
    at chunk-XD6TBTUO.js:12:9
    at projects/schema/src/lib/model/pbjs/extschema/ves.io/schema/errors_pb.js (errors_pb.js:11:12)
    at __require2 (chunk-XD6TBTUO.js:21:50)
    at index.ts:3:15
`

Your Environment

Angular CLI: 17.0.9
Node: 20.10.0
Package Manager: npm 10.2.3
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 17.0.8
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1700.9
@angular-devkit/build-angular   17.0.9
@angular-devkit/core            17.0.9
@angular-devkit/schematics      17.0.9
@angular/cli                    17.0.9
@schematics/angular             17.0.9
rxjs                            7.8.1
typescript                      5.2.2
zone.js                         0.14.2

Anything else relevant?

No response

[alan-agius4]

Whlist there is a problem in the dev-server when using require. It is worth mentioning that dynamic imports that use string literals such as import('./model/pbjs/extschema/ves.io/schema/${entity}/form-fields.js') will not longer work with the esbuild pipeline.

See: evanw/esbuild#56