feat(core): allow executors to specify if they are continuous (#30821)

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## Current Behavior
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The only way to set if a task is continuous is either directly in
`project.json` or via Project Graph Plugins.

## Expected Behavior
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Executors know if they are definitely continuous or not. Plenty of
existing continuous tasks are using executors. Executors are now able to
define if they are continuous in their `schema.json` files. Thus,
existing tasks configured with certain executors will automatically
become continuous.

## Related Issue(s)
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Fixes #

docs/generated/devkit/CreateDependenciesContext.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The `nx.json` configuration from the workspace
 
 • `Readonly` **projects**: `Record`\<`string`, [`ProjectConfiguration`](../../devkit/documents/ProjectConfiguration)\>
 
-The configuration of each project in the workspace.
+The configuration of each project in the workspace keyed by project name.
 
 ---
 

docs/generated/packages/angular/executors/dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/angular/src/builders/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
     "title": "Schema for Webpack Dev Server",

docs/generated/packages/angular/executors/module-federation-dev-server.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "schema": {
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
     "title": "Schema for Module Federation Dev Server",
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "description": "Serves host [Module Federation](https://module-federation.io/) applications ([webpack](https://webpack.js.org/)-based) allowing to specify which remote applications should be served with the host.",
     "type": "object",

docs/generated/packages/angular/executors/module-federation-dev-ssr.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "schema": {
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
     "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server Target",
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "description": "The module-federation-ssr-dev-server executor is reserved exclusively for use with host SSR Module Federation applications. It allows the user to specify which remote applications should be served with the host.",
     "type": "object",

docs/generated/packages/js/executors/verdaccio.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "version": 2,
     "title": "Verdaccio Local Registry",
     "description": "Start a local registry with Verdaccio.",
+    "continuous": true,
     "cli": "nx",
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {

docs/generated/packages/next/executors/server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/next/src/executors/server/server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "pipe",
     "cli": "nx",
     "title": "Next Serve",

docs/generated/packages/react/executors/module-federation-dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Module Federation Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a web application.",

docs/generated/packages/react/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server/module-federation-ssr-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a SSR Consumer (host) application along with its known Producers (remotes).",

docs/generated/packages/react/executors/module-federation-static-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-static-server/module-federation-static-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Module Federation Static Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a Consumer (host) application statically along with its Producers (remotes).",

docs/generated/packages/remix/executors/serve.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/remix/src/executors/serve/serve.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "pipe",
     "cli": "nx",
     "title": "Remix Serve",

docs/generated/packages/rspack/executors/dev-server.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "version": 2,
     "title": "Rspack dev-server executor",
     "description": "Run @rspack/dev-server to serve a project.",
+    "continuous": true,
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
       "buildTarget": {

docs/generated/packages/rspack/executors/module-federation-dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Rspack Module Federation Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a module federation application.",

docs/generated/packages/rspack/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server/module-federation-ssr-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a SSR Consumer (host) application along with its known Producers (remotes).",

docs/generated/packages/rspack/executors/module-federation-static-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-static-server/module-federation-static-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Module Federation Static Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a Consumer (host) application statically along with it's Producers (remotes).",

docs/generated/packages/rspack/executors/ssr-dev-server.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "ssr-dev-server",
   "implementation": "/packages/rspack/src/executors/ssr-dev-server/ssr-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Rspack SSR Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a SSR application using rspack.",

docs/generated/packages/storybook/executors/storybook.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/storybook/src/executors/storybook/storybook.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Storybook Dev Builder",
     "cli": "nx",

docs/generated/packages/vite/executors/dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Vite Dev Server",
     "cli": "nx",

docs/generated/packages/vite/executors/preview-server.json

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "cli": "nx",
     "title": "Vite Preview Server",
     "description": "Preview Server for Vite.",
+    "continuous": true,
     "type": "object",
     "presets": [
       { "name": "Default minimum setup", "keys": ["buildTarget"] },

docs/generated/packages/web/executors/file-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "File Server",
     "description": "Serve a web application from a folder. This executor is a wrapper around the [http-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server) package.",

docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Webpack dev server",
     "description": "Serve an application using webpack.",

docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/ssr-dev-server.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "implementation": "/packages/webpack/src/executors/ssr-dev-server/ssr-dev-server.impl.ts",
   "schema": {
     "version": 2,
+    "continuous": true,
     "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
     "title": "Webpack SSR Dev Server",
     "description": "Serve a SSR application using webpack.",

e2e/angular/src/config.test.ts

@@ -135,16 +135,9 @@ const angularV1Json = (appName: string) => `{
       "projectType": "application",
       "architect": {
         "e2e": {
-          "builder": "@nx/cypress:cypress",
+          "builder": "@nx/playwright:playwright",
           "options": {
-            "cypressConfig": "${appName}-e2e/cypress.json",
+            "config": "${appName}-e2e/playwright.config.js"
-            "devServerTarget": "${appName}:serve:development",
-            "testingType": "e2e"
-          },
-          "configurations": {
-            "production": {
-              "devServerTarget": "${appName}:serve:production"
-            }
           }
         },
         "lint": {

packages/angular/src/builders/dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
   "title": "Schema for Webpack Dev Server",

packages/angular/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
   "title": "Schema for Module Federation Dev Server",
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "description": "Serves host [Module Federation](https://module-federation.io/) applications ([webpack](https://webpack.js.org/)-based) allowing to specify which remote applications should be served with the host.",
   "type": "object",

packages/angular/src/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
   "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server Target",
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "description": "The module-federation-ssr-dev-server executor is reserved exclusively for use with host SSR Module Federation applications. It allows the user to specify which remote applications should be served with the host.",
   "type": "object",

packages/cypress/src/utils/start-dev-server.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import {
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { CypressExecutorOptions } from '../executors/cypress/cypress.impl';
 import * as detectPort from 'detect-port';
-import { getExecutorInformation } from 'nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils';
+import {
+  getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
+} from 'nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils';
 import { existsSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 export async function* startDevServer(
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ ${e.message || e}`);
       context.projectsConfigurations?.projects?.[target.project];
     const targetConfig = projectConfig.targets[target.target];
 
-    const [collection, executor] = targetConfig.executor.split(':');
+    const [collection, executor] = parseExecutor(targetConfig.executor);
     const { schema } = getExecutorInformation(
       collection,
       executor,

packages/devkit/src/executors/read-target-options.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   calculateDefaultProjectName,
   combineOptionsForExecutor,
   getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
 } from 'nx/src/devkit-internals';
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ export function readTargetOptions<T = any>(
     throw new Error(`Unable to find target ${target} for project ${project}`);
   }
 
-  const [nodeModule, executorName] = targetConfiguration.executor.split(':');
+  const [nodeModule, executorName] = parseExecutor(
+    targetConfiguration.executor
+  );
   const { schema } = getExecutorInformation(
     nodeModule,
     executorName,

packages/jest/src/plugins/plugin.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, relative, resolve } from 'path';
 import { getInstalledJestMajorVersion } from '../utils/version-utils';
 import { globWithWorkspaceContext } from 'nx/src/utils/workspace-context';
 import { normalize, sep } from 'node:path';
+import { getNxRequirePaths } from 'nx/src/utils/installation-directory';
 
 const pmc = getPackageManagerCommand();
 
@@ -654,7 +655,7 @@ function resolveJestPath(projectRoot: string, workspaceRoot: string): string {
   }
 
   resolvedJestPaths[projectRoot] = require.resolve('jest', {
-    paths: [projectRoot, workspaceRoot, __dirname],
+    paths: [projectRoot, ...getNxRequirePaths(workspaceRoot), __dirname],
   });
 
   return resolvedJestPaths[projectRoot];

packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/schema.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": 2,
   "title": "Verdaccio Local Registry",
   "description": "Start a local registry with Verdaccio.",
+  "continuous": true,
   "cli": "nx",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {

packages/next/src/executors/server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "pipe",
   "cli": "nx",
   "title": "Next Serve",

packages/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function normalizeExecutorSchema(
     version,
     outputCapture:
       schema.outputCapture ?? version < 2 ? 'direct-nodejs' : 'pipe',
+    continuous: schema.continuous ?? false,
     properties:
       !schema.properties || typeof schema.properties !== 'object'
         ? {}
@@ -36,12 +37,21 @@ function cacheKey(nodeModule: string, executor: string, root: string) {
   return `${root}:${nodeModule}:${executor}`;
 }
 
+export function parseExecutor(
+  executorString: string
+): [module: string, name: string] {
+  return executorString.split(':') as [string, string];
+}
+
 const cachedExecutorInformation = {};
 
 export function getExecutorInformation(
   nodeModule: string,
   executor: string,
   root: string,
+  /**
+   * A map of projects keyed by project name
+   */
   projects: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>
 ): ExecutorConfig & { isNgCompat: boolean; isNxExecutor: boolean } {
   try {

packages/nx/src/command-line/run/run.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   getLastValueFromAsyncIterableIterator,
   isAsyncIterator,
 } from '../../utils/async-iterator';
-import { getExecutorInformation } from './executor-utils';
+import { getExecutorInformation, parseExecutor } from './executor-utils';
 import {
   createPseudoTerminal,
   PseudoTerminal,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async function parseExecutorAndTarget(
     throw new Error(`Cannot find target '${target}' for project '${project}'`);
   }
 
-  const [nodeModule, executor] = targetConfig.executor.split(':');
+  const [nodeModule, executor] = parseExecutor(targetConfig.executor);
   const { schema, implementationFactory } = getExecutorInformation(
     nodeModule,
     executor,

packages/nx/src/config/misc-interfaces.ts

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export interface ExecutorConfig {
   schema: {
     version?: number;
     outputCapture?: OutputCaptureMethod;
+    continuous?: boolean;
   } & Schema;
   hasherFactory?: () => CustomHasher;
   implementationFactory: () => Executor;

packages/nx/src/devkit-internals.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
  * These may not be available in certain version of Nx, so be sure to check them first.
  */
 export { createTempNpmDirectory } from './utils/package-manager';
-export { getExecutorInformation } from './command-line/run/executor-utils';
+export {
+  getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
+} from './command-line/run/executor-utils';
 export { readNxJson as readNxJsonFromDisk } from './config/nx-json';
 export { calculateDefaultProjectName } from './config/calculate-default-project-name';
 export { retrieveProjectConfigurationsWithAngularProjects } from './project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files';

packages/nx/src/plugins/package-json/create-nodes.ts

@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ export function buildProjectConfigurationFromPackageJson(
     root: projectRoot,
     name,
     ...packageJson.nx,
-    targets: readTargetsFromPackageJson(packageJson, nxJson),
+    targets: readTargetsFromPackageJson(
+      packageJson,
+      nxJson,
+      projectRoot,
+      workspaceRoot
+    ),
     tags: getTagsFromPackageJson(packageJson),
     metadata: getMetadataFromPackageJson(
       packageJson,

packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/public-api.ts

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export interface CreateDependenciesContext {
   readonly externalNodes: ProjectGraph['externalNodes'];
 
   /**
-   * The configuration of each project in the workspace.
+   * The configuration of each project in the workspace keyed by project name.
    */
   readonly projects: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>;
 

packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/normalize-project-nodes.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { ProjectGraphProjectNode } from '../../config/project-graph';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from '../project-graph-builder';
-import {
+import { ProjectConfiguration } from '../../config/workspace-json-project-json';
-  ProjectConfiguration,
-  TargetConfiguration,
-} from '../../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 import { findMatchingProjects } from '../../utils/find-matching-projects';
 import { CreateDependenciesContext } from '../plugins';
 

packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.spec.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { NxPluginV2 } from '../plugins';
 import { LoadedNxPlugin } from '../plugins/loaded-nx-plugin';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
 import { isProjectConfigurationsError } from '../error-types';
+import { workspaceRoot } from '../../utils/workspace-root';
 
 describe('project-configuration-utils', () => {
   describe('target merging', () => {
@@ -1658,7 +1659,7 @@ describe('project-configuration-utils', () => {
           foo: { command: 'echo {projectRoot}' },
         },
       };
-      expect(normalizeTarget(config.targets.foo, config))
+      expect(normalizeTarget(config.targets.foo, config, workspaceRoot, {}))
         .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         {
           "configurations": {},
@@ -1701,8 +1702,8 @@ describe('project-configuration-utils', () => {
       };
       const originalConfig = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
 
-      normalizeTarget(config.targets.foo, config);
+      normalizeTarget(config.targets.foo, config, workspaceRoot, {});
-      normalizeTarget(config.targets.bar, config);
+      normalizeTarget(config.targets.bar, config, workspaceRoot, {});
       expect(JSON.stringify(config, null, 2)).toEqual(originalConfig);
     });
   });

packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ import {
 import { CreateNodesResult } from '../plugins/public-api';
 import { isGlobPattern } from '../../utils/globs';
 import { DelayedSpinner } from '../../utils/delayed-spinner';
+import {
+  getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
+} from '../../command-line/run/executor-utils';
 
 export type SourceInformation = [file: string | null, plugin: string];
 export type ConfigurationSourceMaps = Record<
@@ -447,7 +451,7 @@ export async function createProjectConfigurationsWithPlugins(
     spinner?.cleanup();
 
     const { projectRootMap, externalNodes, rootMap, configurationSourceMaps } =
-      mergeCreateNodesResults(results, nxJson, errors);
+      mergeCreateNodesResults(results, nxJson, root, errors);
 
     performance.mark('build-project-configs:end');
     performance.measure(
@@ -484,6 +488,7 @@ function mergeCreateNodesResults(
     pluginIndex?: number
   ])[][],
   nxJsonConfiguration: NxJsonConfiguration,
+  workspaceRoot: string,
   errors: (
     | AggregateCreateNodesError
     | MergeNodesError
@@ -539,6 +544,7 @@ function mergeCreateNodesResults(
 
   try {
     validateAndNormalizeProjectRootMap(
+      workspaceRoot,
       projectRootMap,
       nxJsonConfiguration,
       configurationSourceMaps
@@ -643,6 +649,7 @@ export function readProjectConfigurationsFromRootMap(
 }
 
 function validateAndNormalizeProjectRootMap(
+  workspaceRoot: string,
   projectRootMap: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>,
   nxJsonConfiguration: NxJsonConfiguration,
   sourceMaps: ConfigurationSourceMaps = {}
@@ -678,7 +685,13 @@ function validateAndNormalizeProjectRootMap(
       }
     }
 
-    normalizeTargets(project, sourceMaps, nxJsonConfiguration);
+    normalizeTargets(
+      project,
+      sourceMaps,
+      nxJsonConfiguration,
+      workspaceRoot,
+      projects
+    );
   }
 
   if (conflicts.size > 0) {
@@ -693,12 +706,19 @@ function validateAndNormalizeProjectRootMap(
 function normalizeTargets(
   project: ProjectConfiguration,
   sourceMaps: ConfigurationSourceMaps,
-  nxJsonConfiguration: NxJsonConfiguration<'*' | string[]>
+  nxJsonConfiguration: NxJsonConfiguration,
+  workspaceRoot: string,
+  /**
+   * Project configurations keyed by project name
+   */
+  projects: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>
 ) {
   for (const targetName in project.targets) {
     project.targets[targetName] = normalizeTarget(
       project.targets[targetName],
-      project
+      project,
+      workspaceRoot,
+      projects
     );
 
     const projectSourceMaps = sourceMaps[project.root];
@@ -717,7 +737,7 @@ function normalizeTargets(
       project.targets[targetName] = mergeTargetDefaultWithTargetDefinition(
         targetName,
         project,
-        normalizeTarget(targetDefaults, project),
+        normalizeTarget(targetDefaults, project, workspaceRoot, projects),
         projectSourceMaps
       );
     }
@@ -1161,14 +1181,16 @@ function resolveCommandSyntacticSugar(
 }
 
 /**
- * Expand's `command` syntactic sugar and replaces tokens in options.
+ * Expand's `command` syntactic sugar, replaces tokens in options, and adds information from executor schema.
  * @param target The target to normalize
  * @param project The project that the target belongs to
  * @returns The normalized target configuration
  */
 export function normalizeTarget(
   target: TargetConfiguration,
-  project: ProjectConfiguration
+  project: ProjectConfiguration,
+  workspaceRoot: string,
+  projectsMap: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>
 ) {
   target = {
     ...target,
@@ -1195,5 +1217,26 @@ export function normalizeTarget(
 
   target.parallelism ??= true;
 
+  if (target.executor && !('continuous' in target)) {
+    try {
+      const [executorNodeModule, executorName] = parseExecutor(target.executor);
+
+      const { schema } = getExecutorInformation(
+        executorNodeModule,
+        executorName,
+        workspaceRoot,
+        projectsMap
+      );
+
+      if (schema.continuous) {
+        target.continuous ??= schema.continuous;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // If the executor is not found, we assume that it is not a valid executor.
+      // This means that we should not set the continuous property.
+      // We could throw an error here, but it would be better to just ignore it.
+    }
+  }
+
   return target;
 }

packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/batch/run-batch.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import { ExecutorContext } from '../../config/misc-interfaces';
 import { readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph } from '../../project-graph/project-graph';
 import { readNxJson } from '../../config/configuration';
 import { isAsyncIterator } from '../../utils/async-iterator';
-import { getExecutorInformation } from '../../command-line/run/executor-utils';
+import {
+  getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
+} from '../../command-line/run/executor-utils';
 import { ProjectConfiguration } from '../../config/workspace-json-project-json';
 import { ProjectGraph } from '../../config/project-graph';
 
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ function getBatchExecutor(
   executorName: string,
   projects: Record<string, ProjectConfiguration>
 ) {
-  const [nodeModule, exportName] = executorName.split(':');
+  const [nodeModule, exportName] = parseExecutor(executorName);
   return getExecutorInformation(
     nodeModule,
     exportName,

packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/create-task-graph.ts

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export function getNonDummyDeps(
   }
 }
 
-export function createTaskId(
+function createTaskId(
   project: string,
   target: string,
   configuration: string | undefined

packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/run-command.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import {
   processSyncGeneratorResultErrors,
 } from '../utils/sync-generators';
 import { workspaceRoot } from '../utils/workspace-root';
-import { createTaskGraph, createTaskId } from './create-task-graph';
+import { createTaskGraph } from './create-task-graph';
 import { isTuiEnabled } from './is-tui-enabled';
 import {
   CompositeLifeCycle,

packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 import { relative } from 'node:path';
 import { join } from 'node:path/posix';
-import { getExecutorInformation } from '../command-line/run/executor-utils';
+import {
+  getExecutorInformation,
+  parseExecutor,
+} from '../command-line/run/executor-utils';
 import { CustomHasher, ExecutorConfig } from '../config/misc-interfaces';
 import { ProjectGraph, ProjectGraphProjectNode } from '../config/project-graph';
 import { Task, TaskGraph } from '../config/task-graph';
@@ -429,7 +432,7 @@ export function getExecutorForTask(
   projectGraph: ProjectGraph
 ): ExecutorConfig & { isNgCompat: boolean; isNxExecutor: boolean } {
   const executor = getExecutorNameForTask(task, projectGraph);
-  const [nodeModule, executorName] = executor.split(':');
+  const [nodeModule, executorName] = parseExecutor(executor);
 
   return getExecutorInformation(
     nodeModule,

packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.spec.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
         },
       },
     };
-    const result1 = readTargetsFromPackageJson(packageJson, nxJson1);
+    const result1 = readTargetsFromPackageJson(
+      packageJson,
+      nxJson1,
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
+    );
     expect(result1['nx-release-publish']).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
         "dependsOn": [
@@ -69,7 +74,12 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
         },
       },
     };
-    const result2 = readTargetsFromPackageJson(packageJson, nxJson2);
+    const result2 = readTargetsFromPackageJson(
+      packageJson,
+      nxJson2,
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
+    );
     expect(result2['nx-release-publish']).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
         "dependsOn": [
@@ -83,7 +93,12 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
   });
 
   it('should read targets from project.json and package.json', () => {
-    const result = readTargetsFromPackageJson(packageJson, {});
+    const result = readTargetsFromPackageJson(
+      packageJson,
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
+    );
     expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
         "build": {
@@ -123,7 +138,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result).toEqual({
       build: { ...packageJsonBuildTarget, outputs: ['custom'] },
@@ -148,9 +165,10 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           includedScripts: ['test'],
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
-
     expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
         "nx-release-publish": {
@@ -190,7 +208,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result.build).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
@@ -228,7 +248,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result.build).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
@@ -261,7 +283,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result.build).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
@@ -289,7 +313,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result.build).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {
@@ -356,7 +382,9 @@ describe('readTargetsFromPackageJson', () => {
           includedScripts: [],
         },
       },
-      {}
+      {},
+      workspaceRoot,
+      '/root'
     );
     expect(result.test).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       {

packages/nx/src/utils/package-json.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { mergeTargetConfigurations } from '../project-graph/utils/project-config
 import { readJsonFile } from './fileutils';
 import { getNxRequirePaths } from './installation-directory';
 import {
-  PackageManagerCommands,
   getPackageManagerCommand,
+  PackageManagerCommands,
 } from './package-manager';
 
 export interface NxProjectPackageJsonConfiguration
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ export function getTagsFromPackageJson(packageJson: PackageJson): string[] {
 
 export function readTargetsFromPackageJson(
   packageJson: PackageJson,
-  nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
+  nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration,
+  projectRoot: string,
+  workspaceRoot: string
 ) {
   const { scripts, nx, private: isPrivate } = packageJson ?? {};
   const res: Record<string, TargetConfiguration> = {};
@@ -210,7 +212,11 @@ export function readTargetsFromPackageJson(
    * Any targetDefaults for the nx-release-publish target set by the user should
    * be merged with the implicit target.
    */
-  if (!isPrivate && !res['nx-release-publish']) {
+  if (
+    !isPrivate &&
+    !res['nx-release-publish'] &&
+    hasNxJsPlugin(projectRoot, workspaceRoot)
+  ) {
     const nxReleasePublishTargetDefaults =
       nxJson?.targetDefaults?.['nx-release-publish'] ?? {};
     res['nx-release-publish'] = {
@@ -230,6 +236,18 @@ export function readTargetsFromPackageJson(
   return res;
 }
 
+function hasNxJsPlugin(projectRoot: string, workspaceRoot: string) {
+  try {
+    // nx-ignore-next-line
+    require.resolve('@nx/js', {
+      paths: [projectRoot, ...getNxRequirePaths(workspaceRoot), __dirname],
+    });
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Uses `require.resolve` to read the package.json for a module.
  *

packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Module Federation Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a web application.",

packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a SSR Consumer (host) application along with its known Producers (remotes).",

packages/react/src/executors/module-federation-static-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Module Federation Static Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a Consumer (host) application statically along with its Producers (remotes).",

packages/remix/src/executors/serve/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "pipe",
   "cli": "nx",
   "title": "Remix Serve",

packages/rspack/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": 2,
   "title": "Rspack dev-server executor",
   "description": "Run @rspack/dev-server to serve a project.",
+  "continuous": true,
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "buildTarget": {

packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Rspack Module Federation Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a module federation application.",

packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-ssr-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Module Federation SSR Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a SSR Consumer (host) application along with its known Producers (remotes).",

packages/rspack/src/executors/module-federation-static-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Module Federation Static Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a Consumer (host) application statically along with it's Producers (remotes).",

packages/rspack/src/executors/ssr-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Rspack SSR Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a SSR application using rspack.",

packages/storybook/src/executors/storybook/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Storybook Dev Builder",
   "cli": "nx",

packages/vite/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Vite Dev Server",
   "cli": "nx",

packages/vite/src/executors/preview-server/schema.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "cli": "nx",
   "title": "Vite Preview Server",
   "description": "Preview Server for Vite.",
+  "continuous": true,
   "type": "object",
   "presets": [
     {

packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "File Server",
   "description": "Serve a web application from a folder. This executor is a wrapper around the [http-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server) package.",

packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Webpack dev server",
   "description": "Serve an application using webpack.",

packages/webpack/src/executors/ssr-dev-server/schema.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": 2,
+  "continuous": true,
   "outputCapture": "direct-nodejs",
   "title": "Webpack SSR Dev Server",
   "description": "Serve a SSR application using webpack.",