Webpack 5 build errors with persistent/disk cache

[Akryum]

Reproduction link: https://github.com/Akryum/unplugin-icons-issue-94

1. Build a webpack 5 project with persistent caching -> Success
   2. Modify any file in the source code
2. Build again -> Success
3. Build again -> Error

The build crashes with errors - examples:

 error  in ./virtual:~icons/feather/smile

Syntax Error: no such file or directory, open '/home/akryum/Projects/livestorm-app/packages/frontend/virtual:~icons/feather/smile'


 error  in ./virtual:~icons/feather/x-circle

Syntax Error: no such file or directory, open '/home/akryum/Projects/livestorm-app/packages/frontend/virtual:~icons/feather/x-circle'


 error  in ./virtual:~icons/feather/x

Syntax Error: no such file or directory, open '/home/akryum/Projects/livestorm-app/packages/frontend/virtual:~icons/feather/x'

[Akryum]

Seems like it's a problem with unplugin itself:
https://github.com/Akryum/unplugin-icons-issue-94/tree/unplugin

[roamiiing]

Hey! Is there any update on this or any known workaround? This is the only thing that stops my team from enabling webpack cache in CI. It would be okay if we could somehow disable cache for _virtual_~icons (set cacheable option for webpack loader to false or something like that), but I can't find a way to do that.

[Karakatiza666]

Bump, same issue in 2024