'@playwright/test could not be found' when running e2e tests

[Anjanas-dh]

Current Behavior

I have added a new Angular application to my current monorepo.

When running npx nx e2e appname-e2e, the Deamon process is terminated and closed. In the deamon.log an error occurs:
"Error: The externalDependency '@playwright/test' for 'fleet-reporting-e2e:e2e' could not be found"

Steps that I did to try to resolve this:

• nx reset
• removing package-lock, node_modules and .nx cache
• Comparing the monorepo with a clean new nx monorepo
• @playwright/test is available in the node_modules folder

Expected Behavior

I expect the e2e tests to run with playwright

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

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Nx Report

Node           : 20.18.2
OS             : win32-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-windows
npm            : 10.8.2

nx (global)            : 20.3.0
nx                     : 20.4.5
@nx/js                 : 20.4.5
@nx/jest               : 20.4.5
@nx/eslint             : 20.4.5
@nx/workspace          : 20.4.5
@nx/angular            : 20.4.5
@nx/devkit             : 20.4.5
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.4.5
@nx/module-federation  : 20.4.5
@nx/playwright         : 20.4.5
@nx/web                : 20.4.5
@nx/webpack            : 20.4.5
typescript             : 5.7.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/playwright/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
---------------------------------------
Community plugins:
@ngneat/edit-in-place   : 1.6.1
@ngneat/spectator       : 14.0.0
@ngrx/effects           : 19.0.0
@ngrx/operators         : 18.1.1
@ngrx/router-store      : 19.0.0
@ngrx/store             : 19.0.0
@ngrx/store-devtools    : 19.0.0
@ns3/nx-jest-playwright : 2.6.1
angular-eslint          : 19.1.0
ng-mocks                : 14.13.2

Failure Logs

C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\native-task-hasher-impl.js:32
        const plans = this.planner.getPlansReference(tasks.map((t) => t.id), taskGraph);
                                   ^

Error: The externalDependency '@playwright/test' for 'fleet-reporting-e2e:e2e' could not be found
    at NativeTaskHasherImpl.hashTasks (C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\native-task-hasher-impl.js:32:36)
    at InProcessTaskHasher.hashTasks (C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\hasher\task-hasher.js:41:46)
    at handleHashTasks (C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\handle-hash-tasks.js:30:56)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async handleResult (C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:183:16)
    at async handleMessage (C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:112:9)
    at async C:\dev\repositories\fleet-reporting-frontend\node_modules\nx\src\daemon\server\server.js:74:9 {
  code: 'GenericFailure'
}

Node.js v20.18.2

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