server-side functions are sometimes undefined

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with server/main.ts and src/main.tsx, tracing how foo is imported and accessed from the custom post renderer. Reproduce the example repeatedly and inspect the relevant build or runtime behavior. Done means the function is consistently available where the issue expects it, with a regression test or documented limitation if that is not possible.

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Description

for some reason, the following snippets of code sometimes log [Function: foo] (as expected) and sometimes log undefined

// file: ./server/main.ts

export function foo(): string {
    return "bar";
}

// file: ./src/main.tsx

import { Devvit } from "@devvit/public-api";
import { foo } from "../server/main.js";

Devvit.configure({
    redditAPI: true,
});

Devvit.addMenuItem({
    label: "Create minigames post",
    location: "subreddit",
    forUserType: "moderator",
    onPress: async (_event, { reddit, ui }) => {
        await reddit.submitPost({
            title: "title",
            subredditName: (await reddit.getCurrentSubreddit()).name,
            preview: (
                <vstack height="100%" width="100%" alignment="middle center">
                    <text size="large">Loading...</text>
                </vstack>
            ),
        });
        ui.showToast({ text: "Created post!" });
    },
});

Devvit.addCustomPostType({
    name: "Experience Post",
    render: _context => {
        console.log(foo); // sometimes logs [Function: foo] and sometimes logs undefined
        return <text>lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</text>;
    },
});

export default Devvit;
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