Issue with Prisma export in Turborepo + Express setup

Hey everyone

I'm running into an issue with my Turborepo setup that includes Prisma and Express.js.
When I try to start my dev server with npx turbo dev, I get the following error:

The requested module does not provide an export named 'prisma'

Here’s some context:

I have a @repo/db package where my Prisma client is initialized and exported like this:

import { withAccelerate } from "@prisma/extension-accelerate";
import { PrismaClient } from "./generated/prisma/client";

const globalForPrisma = global as unknown as { prisma: PrismaClient };

export const prisma =
    globalForPrisma.prisma || new PrismaClient().$extends(withAccelerate());

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;

export * from "./generated/prisma/client";

import { withAccelerate } from "@prisma/extension-accelerate";
import { PrismaClient } from "./generated/prisma/client";

const globalForPrisma = global as unknown as { prisma: PrismaClient };

export const prisma =
    globalForPrisma.prisma || new PrismaClient().$extends(withAccelerate());

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;

export * from "./generated/prisma/client";

In my Express app (in another package), I import it like this:

import { prisma } from '@repo/db'

import { prisma } from '@repo/db'

The code compiles fine, but when running the dev command through Turborepo, it crashes with that export error.

It seems like Turborepo (or maybe Node’s ESM handling) isn’t recognizing the named export from my Prisma module.

Has anyone else run into this issue?
Any idea if it’s related to module resolution between packages or how ESM/CJS is configured in Turborepo?

Thanks in advance

my repo: https://github.com/SpinBoxx/prisma-monorepo

GitHub

GitHub - SpinBoxx/prisma-monorepo

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Prisma•5mo ago•

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jsuis goastesque

Issue with Prisma export in Turborepo + Express setup

Hey everyone

import { withAccelerate } from "@prisma/extension-accelerate";
import { PrismaClient } from "./generated/prisma/client";

const globalForPrisma = global as unknown as { prisma: PrismaClient };

export const prisma =
    globalForPrisma.prisma || new PrismaClient().$extends(withAccelerate());

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;

export * from "./generated/prisma/client";

import { withAccelerate } from "@prisma/extension-accelerate";
import { PrismaClient } from "./generated/prisma/client";

const globalForPrisma = global as unknown as { prisma: PrismaClient };

export const prisma =
    globalForPrisma.prisma || new PrismaClient().$extends(withAccelerate());

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma;

export * from "./generated/prisma/client";

In my Express app (in another package), I import it like this:

import { prisma } from '@repo/db'

import { prisma } from '@repo/db'

my repo: https://github.com/SpinBoxx/prisma-monorepo

GitHub

GitHub - SpinBoxx/prisma-monorepo

Contribute to SpinBoxx/prisma-monorepo development by creating an account on GitHub.

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