Mention that local plugin server entry must be JavaScript without SDK - #3350
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Thank you, @singhvishalkr
The PR is now approved, merged, should be live on docs.strapi.io in a few minutes, and will be mentioned in the next weekly snapshot release.
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Setting a local plugin in a monorepo environment without the Plugin SDKsection listsstrapi-server.js|tsas the server entry point, which implies a TypeScript server entry works for this setup. It does not when the plugin is loaded directly without the SDK build or watch step.Strapi loads a local plugin's server entry point through the Node-side config loader (
packages/core/core/src/utils/load-config-file.ts), which only resolves.jsand.jsonfiles and returns an empty object for any other extension. The plugin loader defaults the server entry to./strapi-server.js, so astrapi-server.tsentry is not transpiled at load time and the plugin's server code silently does not load. The admin entry point can stay TypeScript because the admin panel build compiles it.I added a
:::cautionadmonition to the Server entry point subsection to document this current behavior, which matches what several people ran into in the linked issue.Related issue(s)/PR(s)
Relates to #3025