Diagnosing a missing module npm install silently didn't provide
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In progressCannot find module despite a clean npm installnpm reporting success doesn't guarantee everything your code imports actually landed in node_modules — optional/platform-specific packages and lockfile drift are both silent by design in different ways.
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Is the missing module actually present in node_modules?
The package is actually installed — this isn't a missing-install problem
Is it a platform-specific optional dependency (a native addon)?
Root cause: install and runtime environments don't share an OS/architecture
Does package.json list the dependency, and does the lockfile agree?
Fix: resync the lockfile with package.json
package.json and the lockfile already agree
What to test
Cannot find module despite a clean npm install
npm reporting success doesn't guarantee everything your code imports actually landed in node_modules — optional/platform-specific packages and lockfile drift are both silent by design in different ways.