Problem when creating a new app for nRF Connect for Desktop

[Glaze3]

I followed the instructions at https://nordicsemiconductor.github.io/pc-nrfconnect-docs/create_new_app to create a new pc-nrfconnect-boilerplate app locally.

However, npm run build:dev always failed after npm ci with the error “Could not resolve ‘react’”.

After I re-installed Node.js and moved the app to another folder, the build succeeded.

It appears that the project cannot be built when it resides in ~/.nrfconnect-apps/local, at least on my system (Windows 11 + Node.js v24.5.0).

Could you please verify this limitation and update the documentation so that future users avoid this pitfall?

Thanks!

[helsing]

Hi,

Thank you for reporting your findings. We will look into this and get back to you.