Dependency conflict between vitest@4 and @angular/[email protected] in NX v22.2.0

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Current Behavior

When creating a new NX workspace with Angular and Vitest, the installation fails with a peer dependency conflict:

npm error ERESOLVE could not resolve
npm error 
npm error While resolving: @angular/[email protected]
npm error Found: [email protected]
npm error 
npm error Could not resolve dependency:
npm error peerOptional vitest@"^3.1.1" from @angular/[email protected]

Expected Behavior

The workspace should be created successfully without dependency conflicts.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Run npx create-nx-workspace@latest
2. Choose the following options:
   • Stack: angular
   • Monorepo type: integrated
   • Bundler: esbuild
   • Unit test runner: vitest
3. Installation fails during npm install

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 25.2.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 11.6.2

nx                     : 22.2.0
@nx/js                 : 22.2.0
@nx/eslint             : 22.2.0
@nx/workspace          : 22.2.0
@nx/angular            : 22.2.0
@nx/devkit             : 22.2.0
@nx/module-federation  : 22.2.0
@nx/rspack             : 22.2.0
@nx/web                : 22.2.0
@nx/webpack            : 22.2.0
typescript             : 5.9.3
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Registered Plugins:
@nx/playwright/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
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Cache Usage: 0.00 B / 92.64 GB
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⚠️ Unable to construct project graph.
Unable to resolve local plugin with import path @nx/playwright/plugin
Error: Unable to resolve local plugin with import path @nx/playwright/plugin
    at findNxProjectForImportPath (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:121:11)
    at lookupLocalPlugin (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:81:27)
    at resolveLocalNxPlugin (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:44:12)
    at getPluginPathAndName (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:58:28)
    at resolveNxPlugin (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:27:62)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)
    at async loadRemoteNxPlugin (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/isolation/plugin-pool.js:34:62)
    at async /Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js:117:48
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async loadSpecifiedNxPlugins (/Users/ido.tamir/work/prog/nest/seqmate/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js:114:21)

Failure Logs

npm error code ERESOLVE
npm error ERESOLVE could not resolve
npm error
npm error While resolving: @angular/[email protected]
npm error Found: [email protected]
npm error node_modules/vitest
npm error   dev vitest@"^4.0.0" from the root project
npm error   peer vitest@"^1.3.1 || ^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0" from @analogjs/[email protected]
npm error   node_modules/@analogjs/vitest-angular
npm error     dev @analogjs/vitest-angular@"~2.1.2" from the root project
npm error   4 more (@nx/vite, @nx/vitest, @vitest/coverage-v8, @vitest/ui)
npm error
npm error Could not resolve dependency:
npm error peerOptional vitest@"^3.1.1" from @angular/[email protected]
npm error node_modules/@angular/build
npm error   dev @angular/build@"~20.3.0" from the root project
npm error   peerOptional @angular/build@">= 18.0.0 < 21.0.0" from @nx/[email protected]
npm error   node_modules/@nx/angular
npm error     dev @nx/angular@"22.2.0" from the root project
npm error   1 more (@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular)
npm error
npm error Conflicting peer dependency: [email protected]
npm error node_modules/vitest
npm error   peerOptional vitest@"^3.1.1" from @angular/[email protected]
npm error   node_modules/@angular/build
npm error     dev @angular/build@"~20.3.0" from the root project
npm error     peerOptional @angular/build@">= 18.0.0 < 21.0.0" from @nx/[email protected]
npm error     node_modules/@nx/angular
npm error       dev @nx/angular@"22.2.0" from the root project
npm error     1 more (@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular)
npm error
npm error Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm error this command with --force or --legacy-peer-deps
npm error to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• [x] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] Windows
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Additional Information

• NX Version: 22.2.0
• Node Version: v25.2.1
• npm Version: 11.6.2
• Package Manager: npm
• Operating System: macOS