fail nuxt preview, because there is no file unde output/public/__i18n__/

[henkelhiedl-dev-team]

Environment

• nuxt: 3.5.2
• @nuxtjs/i18n: 8.0.0-beta.12

Reproduction

https://github.com/yoshito-maeoka/nuxt-i18n-prerender-problem

Describe the bug

with nuxt dev works.

    ❯ yarn dev                                                                                                        
    yarn run v1.22.18                                                                                                 
    $ nuxt dev                                                                                                        
      > Local:    http://localhost:3000/                                                                              
            :                                                                                                         
            :                                                                                                         
    ✔ Nuxt Devtools is enabled v0.5.5 ℹ Vite client warmed up in 710ms                                                
    ✔ Nitro built in 379 ms                                                                                           
    ✔ Vite server hmr 21 files in 822.595ms                                                                           
                                                                                                                      
  Image: en → https://github.com/yoshito-maeoka/nuxt-i18n-prerender-problem/blob/main/assets/img/en.png               
  Image: ja → https://github.com/yoshito-maeoka/nuxt-i18n-prerender-problem/blob/main/assets/img/ja.png               

but with nuxt preview does not work.

  ❯ yarn preview                                                                                                    
  yarn run v1.22.18                                                                                                 
  $ nuxt preview                                                                                                    
  Nuxi 3.5.3                                                                                                        
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  Listening http://[::]:3000                                                                                        
  @nuxtjs/i18n Cannot find module '/Users/an-user/work/nuxt-i18n-prerender-                                         
problem/.output/public/__i18n__/prerender/e525609c.js' imported from /Users/an-user/work/nuxt-i18n-prerender-       
problem/.output/server/chunks/app/_nuxt/i18n.options-810bdec2.mjs                                                   
  [nuxt] [request error] [unhandled] [500] Cannot read properties of null (reading 'e525609c')                      
    at ./server/chunks/nitro/node-server.mjs:813:26                                                                 
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)                                   
    at async Object.handler (./server/node_modules/h3/dist/index.mjs:1255:19)                                       
    at async Server.toNodeHandle (./server/node_modules/h3/dist/index.mjs:1330:7)                                   
                                                                                                                    
Image: ng → https://github.com/yoshito-maeoka/nuxt-i18n-prerender-problem/blob/main/assets/img/ng.png               

under .output/public does not exist i18n directory

❯ ls .output/public 
_nuxt		favicon.ico

Additional context

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Logs

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[AlexRoehm]

May be related to how the config is prerendered into an ESM. See related:

nuxt/nuxt#21051

This is currently a problem for me in production. I would greatly appreciate a fix

[kaboume]

same issue.
Translate works on local mode (npm run dev) but after deploy, no translation and the same error message in logs

Cannot find module '/var/www/XXX/.output/public/__i18n__/prerender/a30fcf66.js' imported from /var/www/XXX/.output/server/chunks/app/_nuxt/i18n.options-1fb8b9a5.mjs