ARM64 prebuilt Zombienet v1.3.124 fails with Node.js “Cannot find module” error

[zerg-su]

Issue Description

When running the ARM64 (aarch64) prebuilt Zombienet binary from release v1.3.124, the command immediately errors out with:

~/test# uname -m
aarch64

~/test# ./zombienet-linux-arm64 --version
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:949
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/snapshot/javascript/packages/cli/dist/cli.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:946:15)
    at Function._resolveFilename (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1951:46)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:787:27)
    at Function.runMain (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1979:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v18.5.0

This appears to be a packaging/build issue specific to the ARM64 binary, as uname -m confirms the system is indeed aarch64.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Download the zombienet-linux-arm64 binary from the v1.3.124 release page.
2. Make it executable: chmod +x zombienet-linux-arm64
3. Run on arm machine: ./zombienet-linux-arm64 --version
4. Observe the error: Error: Cannot find module '/snapshot/javascript/packages/cli/dist/cli.js'

Describe the results you received

The binary throws a Node.js error indicating a missing module ('Cannot find module '/snapshot/javascript/packages/cli/dist/cli.js'), rather than printing the expected version output.

Describe the results you expected

The command zombienet-linux-arm64 --version should print version information without error.

Zombienet version

v1.3.124 (prebuilt ARM64 binary)

Provider

Native

Provider version

Local (a VPS running an ARM64/aarch64 architecture)

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Architecture: aarch64 (verified by uname -m).
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 on a VPS.
The error is reproducible consistently on this environment.

Additional information

The x86_64 build reportedly works without issue on non-ARM systems.
This appears specifically related to the ARM64 build packaging, as the error references a missing module in the Node.js “snapshot” packaging.

Screenshots

No response

[pepoviola]

Hi @zerg-su, thanks for reporting and from your feedback. Quick question to narrow the scope, this the previous version works?
Thx!

[zerg-su]

I haven’t used ARM before, but I checked previous releases and tried version 1.3.20 when ARM support was introduced, and the same error occurs.