Error for missing plugin dependency is obsucure

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Current Behavior

When we updated pnpm, it recently fixed how they hoist things. This left our CI unable to run with an obsure error copied below.

In short, projects was getting passed as null. This should probably be a TS error, but you get the idea.

Expected Behavior

The resolver should include information about what specifically it was looking for so the user can resolve this.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Reference a workspace plugin without symlinking it to the top-level directory
2. Run an NX command

NOTE: I couldn't figure out how to reproduce this locally. Only in CI :-/

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 20.19.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
pnpm           : 10.18.3

nx                     : 21.6.4
@nx/js                 : 21.1.2
@nx/jest               : 21.6.4
@nx/eslint             : 21.6.4
@nx/workspace          : 21.6.4
@nx/cypress            : 21.6.4
@nx/devkit             : 21.6.4
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 21.6.4
@nx/module-federation  : 21.6.4
@nx/plugin             : 21.6.4
@nx/react              : 21.6.4
@nx/rollup             : 21.6.4
@nx/storybook          : 21.6.4
@nx/vite               : 21.6.4
@nx/web                : 21.6.4
typescript             : 5.5.4

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Nx key licensed packages
Licensed to Block Inc..

@nx/powerpack-s3-cache  : 4.0.0

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Registered Plugins:
@nx/vite/plugin
@squareup/service-dashboard-web-runtime/nx-plugin
@nx/storybook/plugin
@squareup/nx-lint-plugin
@squareup/nx-stats-plugin
@squareup/service-i18n/nx-plugin
@squareup/infra-e2e-playwright/nx-plugin
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Community plugins:
@squareup/infra-e2e-playwright : 0.0.0
@squareup/service-i18n         : 0.101.1
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Local workspace plugins:
@squareup/infra-e2e-playwright
@squareup/service-i18n
@squareup/migrate
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Cache Usage: 537.25 MB / 92.64 GB
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Failure Logs

> [builder 16/18] RUN pnpm nx build dashboard-web --verbose:
0.928     at getWorkspacePackagesMetadata (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/utils/packages.js:10:34)
0.928     at findNxProjectForImportPath (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:109:57)
0.928     at lookupLocalPlugin (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:79:27)
0.928     at resolveLocalNxPlugin (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:42:12)
0.928     at getPluginPathAndName (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:56:28)
0.928     at resolveNxPlugin (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/resolve-plugin.js:25:62)
0.928     at loadRemoteNxPlugin (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/isolation/plugin-pool.js:34:105)
0.928     at loadNxPluginInIsolation (/builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/isolation/index.js:7:49)
0.928     at /builder/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@21.6.4_@swc-node+register@1.9.2_@swc+core@1.12.11_@swc+helpers@0.5.17__@swc+types@0._4304e07c47bcc3c2e12e728a3953fbb5/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.js:119:58
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