Production build (shell app) does not build remotes apps via host app build

[pawelofieldly]

Current Behavior

I have migrated nx 18 -> 19 and I noticed that remotes apps are not built up. My project is created by module federation config. Previously it was enough to run nx run shellapp:build to build the shell project and remote apps at once time. Now I have to run remote:build separately for each remote. I've tried it by create new empty workspace project and setup MF from scratch as it's described in documentation. It also fails. Is it bug or a feature ?

Expected Behavior

Build remote apps together with shell app

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Create empty folder
2. setup project as in documentation: nx g @nx/angular:host shell --directory=apps/angular/with-remotes/shell --remotes=remote1,remote2 https://nx.dev/recipes/module-federation/create-a-host
3. nx run shell:build

I've also added "implicitDependencies": ["remote1", "remote2"], it ends up succeeded but remotes apps are still not built up as in nx18

Nx Report

Node   : 20.15.0
OS     : darwin-arm64
npm    : 10.7.0

nx                 : 19.4.3
@nx/js             : 19.4.3
@nx/jest           : 19.4.3
@nx/linter         : 19.4.3
@nx/eslint         : 19.4.3
@nx/workspace      : 19.4.3
@nx/angular        : 19.4.3
@nx/devkit         : 19.4.3
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 19.4.3
@nrwl/tao          : 19.4.3
@nx/web            : 19.4.3
@nx/webpack        : 19.4.3
typescript         : 5.4.5

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Additional Information

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[Coly010]

The implicitDependencies are required to inform Nx to build other projects first.

If that is missing, then Nx will not know to build the remotes.

It is intentionally not added when generating hosts with remotes to support independent deployability of remote applications

[pawelofieldly]

@Coly010 I've added implicit dependencies (as I mention :)) and it doesn't work as well. I've added it to the shell project.json

[Coly010]

@pawelofieldly Ah yes, in that case your nx.json is missing the following in targetDefaults

"build": {
   "dependsOn": ["^build"]
}

[pawelofieldly]

@Coly010 Thanks, it seems that my project builds up properly now :)

[EnochGao]

Has the issue been fixed? Why do I still have this problem？
#27448

[EnochGao]

@Coly010

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