Preloads not being loaded during ace command execution

[qodeboy]

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@adonisjs/[email protected]

Describe the bug

Preloads and/or validator macros are not loaded in ace commands lifecycle.

Reproduction repo: https://codesandbox.io/p/github/qodeboy/adonis-ace-validator-bug/main

Steps:

1. Open reproduction repo, disregard error in the main terminal, open new terminal.
2. Try running node ace, you will get a TypeError: vine.string(...).regex(...).assume is not a function error.
3. Go to #bin/console.ts and uncomment workaround (import start/validator)
4. Repeat node ace - now executes without an error.

Implementation notes:

1. start/validator - preload file which registers custom validator macro.
2. app/validators/ping - custom shared validator which uses registered macro.
3. commands/ping - command which is configured to boot application and uses shared validator.
4. bin/console - is where current workaround is implemented.

Breakdown:

Sometimes we need to use a validator (will all extension/macros we configured) outside of HTTP context. Valid use cases is validation in ace commands or background/queue jobs. But the issue is that macros registered using preload is not being picked up when app is started in ace context.

This results in runtime errors when trying to use shared validator which use macros/extensions. Current workaround is to manually import validator preload inside bin/console file, but this feels dirty.

Solutions I have tried:

1. Preload - not included during ace command bootstrap.
2. Provider boot/register - too late (not sure why).

Questions:

1. Is it a valid bug, or ace is designed to skip preloads? Is it documented somewhere?
2. What is recommended place to register macros? Preload or provider?

Reproduction repo

https://codesandbox.io/p/github/qodeboy/adonis-ace-validator-bug/main