Plugin files are loaded but its entrypoint is never executed

[AllanOricil]

Node-RED loads the plugin files but its entrypoint isnt executed.

Repository to reproduce:

GitHub - AllanOricil/node-red-nrg-plugin-tests: experiment

Steps to reproduce:

1. pnpm install
2. pnpm build:server:dev
3. install dist folder in your node-red
4. start node-red and verify server plugin files are loaded but its entrypoint function is never executed

Environment:

• Node-RED version: 4.1.0 and 4.0.9
• Node 18 and 22
• Macos

What am I during wrong? Even when opening the editor I dont see the plugin's server entrypoint tunction being executed.

Opened an issue in github

Plugin is loaded and enabled, but it doesn't execute

[TotallyInformation]

I'm a bit confused as to how you are trying to do things. You still need an entry in the package.json don't you? In order to tell Node-RED that the plugin needs to be processed?

[AllanOricil]

There is. The files are required by node-red. But the entrypoint is called.

This is the entrypoint being required by node-red

Here is the initial plugin being loaded without a problem

[TotallyInformation]

@AllanOricil

There is

I must be missing something:

Don't you need a node-red section?

[AllanOricil]

Look at the dist. You must build it, and install the build

[TotallyInformation]

OK, dist isn't in the github repo so I can't see it.

Normally though, the package.json that node-red will acknowledge is in the root of the package, not in a folder. Could that be the issue?

[AllanOricil]

I installed the dist folder.

[TotallyInformation]

OK, I don't think I can help without running your build which I can't do right now.

[AllanOricil]

Continue in the github issue.