Parcel cache not working under windows

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🐛 bug report

A new install of parcel under windows 11 and trying to build the getting-started code failes with [Error: Error opening directory] (reported twice). Subsequent runs of npx parcel src/index.html fail with error message [Error: Unable to open snapshot file: No such file or directory], so overall it is not possible to use parcel...

After adding the --no-cache flag everything works (workaround found here, so I think this is related to caching (maybe a windows only issue)).

The project path does not contain spaces, the node.js version is the current v20.17.0 LTS version, npm is v10.8.2.

🎛 Configuration (.babelrc, package.json, cli command)

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "source": "src/index.html",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "parcel",
    "build": "parcel build"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "parcel": "latest"
  }
}

The cli command to run the build I use is npm run start.

🤔 Expected Behavior

Well, not throwing an error and dropping back to command line, but continuing to build/serve.

😯 Current Behavior

The cli command to run the build is npm run start, which failes with:

❯ npm run start
> start
> parcel

Server running at http://localhost:1234
✨ Built in 653ms
[Error: Error opening directory]
[Error: Error opening directory]
❯ 

Subsequent runs of npm run start fail with:

❯ npm run start
> start
> parcel

[Error: Unable to open snapshot file: No such file or directory]
❯ 

💁 Possible Solution

The workaround is to add the --no-cache flag to all parcel commands (workaround found here, so I think this is related to caching (maybe a windows only issue)).

A working package.json is:

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "source": "src/index.html",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "parcel --no-cache",
    "build": "parcel build --no-cache"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "parcel": "latest"
  }
}

🔦 Context

I was trying to follow the "getting started" tutorial.

💻 Code Sample

Just follow the "getting started" under Windows 11.

🌍 Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	[email protected]
Node	v20.17.0
npm/Yarn	10.8.2
Operating System	WIndows 11