projectsAffectedByDependencyUpdates auto errors with undefined project name

[h3adache]

Current Behavior

Enabling projectsAffectedByDependencyUpdates: auto in nx.json results in

 NX   Affected criteria defaulted to --base=develop --head=HEAD


 NX   Invalid project name is detected: "undefined"

Pass --verbose to see the stacktrace.

https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected#marking-projects-affected-by-dependency-updates

Expected Behavior

Don't fail

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

add

{
...
  "pluginsConfig": {
    "@nx/js": {
      "projectsAffectedByDependencyUpdates": "auto"
    }
  }
...
}

to nx.json

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 22.15.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
pnpm           : 10.11.0

nx                     : 21.1.2
@nx/js                 : 21.1.2
@nx/jest               : 21.1.2
@nx/eslint             : 21.1.2
@nx/workspace          : 21.1.2
@nx/cypress            : 21.1.2
@nx/devkit             : 21.1.2
@nx/esbuild            : 21.1.2
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 21.1.2
@nx/module-federation  : 21.1.2
@nx/next               : 21.1.2
@nx/node               : 21.1.2
@nx/playwright         : 21.1.2
@nx/react              : 21.1.2
@nx/rspack             : 21.1.2
@nx/storybook          : 21.1.2
@nx/vite               : 21.1.2
@nx/web                : 21.1.2
@nx/webpack            : 21.1.2
typescript             : 5.8.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/storybook/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/vite/plugin
---------------------------------------
Cache Usage: 21.57 MB / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• [x] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] Windows
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

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