nx 22.5.0-beta5 project graph bug with NX_DAEMON false

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Current Behavior

After migrating a project to nx latest, a project using @nx/next:build started to fail in CI with

> Build error occurred
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'data')
    at getNxContext (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+next@22.5.0_515b2ffa108357bbce4e039e831a7f44/node_modules/@nx/next/plugins/with-nx.js:30:38)
    at /Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+next@22.5.0_515b2ffa108357bbce4e039e831a7f44/node_modules/@nx/next/plugins/with-nx.js:95:75
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
    at async combined (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/@nx+next@22.5.0_515b2ffa108357bbce4e039e831a7f44/node_modules/@nx/next/src/utils/compose-plugins.js:12:30)
    at async normalizeConfig (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/server/config-shared.js:162:12)
    at async loadConfig (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/server/config.js:727:28)
    at async Span.traceAsyncFn (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/trace/trace.js:154:20)
    at async /Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/build/index.js:374:28
    at async Span.traceAsyncFn (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/trace/trace.js:154:20)
    at async build (/Users/tchen/dev/fleet/src/sovereign/typescript/node_modules/.pnpm/next@14.2.35_@babel+core@7.29.0_@opentelemetry+api@1.8.0_@playwright+test@1.55.1_babel-_e526d5ee5473e565ebb0ef62ae399978/node_modules/next/dist/build/index.js:368:9)
Build process exited due to code 1

I was able to determine that this failure only happens when NX_DAEMON is off and bisected the release that broke it to 22.5.0-beta5.

Aside from running with NX_DAEMON on, the other way to fix this is to also enable NX_FORCE_REUSE_CACHED_GRAPH

NX_FORCE_REUSE_CACHED_GRAPH=true NX_DAEMON=false pnpm nx build client

The failure only happens when the NX_TASK_TARGET_TARGET is the current app, in this cause NX_TASK_TARGET_TARGET=client

Expected Behavior

Regressions shouldn't happen or there should be a migration when breaking changes occur.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

Unfortunately, I can't seem to reproduce this on a clean setup. It's been a struggle even finding the cause of the break. Will try to find more time to come up with a reproduction scenario but nx really needs better regression testing.

Nx Report

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Node           : 24.14.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
pnpm           : 10.32.1
daemon         : Available

nx                     : 22.5.0
@nx/js                 : 22.5.0
@nx/eslint             : 22.5.0
@nx/workspace          : 22.5.0
@nx/jest               : 22.5.0
@nx/cypress            : 22.5.0
@nx/devkit             : 22.5.0
@nx/esbuild            : 22.5.0
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 22.5.0
@nx/module-federation  : 22.5.0
@nx/next               : 22.5.0
@nx/node               : 22.5.0
@nx/playwright         : 22.5.0
@nx/react              : 22.5.0
@nx/rollup             : 22.5.0
@nx/rspack             : 22.5.0
@nx/storybook          : 22.5.0
@nx/vite               : 22.5.0
@nx/vitest             : 22.5.0
@nx/web                : 22.5.0
@nx/webpack            : 22.5.0
@nx/docker             : 22.5.0
typescript             : 5.8.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/storybook/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
nx-stylelint/plugin
@nx/vite/plugin
@nx/rspack/plugin
@nx/vitest
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Community plugins:
nx-stylelint : 18.0.2
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Cache Usage: 3.10 GB / 46.04 GB

Failure Logs

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Operating System

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Additional Information

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