jhipster generator for a Gateway does not compile

[appAdherent]

Overview of the issue

Use https://start.jhipster.tech/generate-application to generate a Gateway. You get a project with a similar yo-rc file:

{
  "generator-jhipster": {
    "applicationType": "gateway",
    "authenticationType": "oauth2",
    "baseName": "gateway",
    "blueprints": [],
    "buildTool": "maven",
    "cacheProvider": "hazelcast",
    "clientFramework": "angular",
    "clientPackageManager": "npm",
    "creationTimestamp": 1757680168395,
    "databaseType": "sql",
    "devDatabaseType": "postgresql",
    "enableHibernateCache": true,
    "enableSwaggerCodegen": false,
    "enableTranslation": false,
    "entities": [],
    "gitCompany": "",
    "iaCTools": ["bicep", "terraform"],
    "jhiPrefix": "jhi",
    "jhipsterVersion": "8.11.0",
    "jwtSecretKey": "NTM1ZWE0MTFkMDZhMzU3Yzg0YjAwOGVjYzRmNmNjMjMxOGM5MTM0NWJmNThlMTI3ZGM3NGExMWVjYmNhMWYwOTkwMTBhZWM0M2Y1NTA2OTU3MWE4ZGRjOGViOGI4NGI4N2E0NDM4YWIxZmM1OGNlZjZiYmEyNjZhYWRmOGYxNDY=",
    "languages": ["en"],
    "messageBroker": false,
    "nativeLanguage": "en",
    "packageFolder": "gateway",
    "packageName": "gateway",
    "prodDatabaseType": "postgresql",
    "reactive": true,
    "searchEngine": false,
    "serverPort": 8081,
    "serviceDiscoveryType": "eureka",
    "skipUserManagement": true,
    "testFrameworks": [],
    "useSass": true,
    "websocket": false,
    "withAdminUi": true
  }
}

Then when I try to compile it with ./mvnw or do ./npmw install, I get errors of the like:

Using node installed locally v22.15.0
Using npm installed locally 11.3.0
npm error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
npm error Cannot find module 'minipass-pipeline'
npm error Require stack:
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/cacache/lib/content/read.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/cacache/lib/get.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/cacache/lib/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/entry.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/fetch.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/lib/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/audit-report.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmfund/lib/index.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-output.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-finish.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js
npm error - /home/guillaume/Téléchargements/gateway/target/node/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/guillaume/.npm/_logs/2025-09-16T15_40_40_539Z-debug-0.log

Multiple runs yield similar errors for various modules.

Motivation for or Use Case

https://start.jhipster.tech/generate-application should generate applications that work out of the zip.

Reproduce the error

Use previous url to set up a gateway project with similar components (I tried with React and had the same errors), then follow the README.md to compile or to simply do a "npmw install" and you should see a similar error.
An npm installdoes work, but then it fails with a similar MODULE_NOT_FOUND error on npm run start.

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[qmonmert]

Not reproduce

@appAdherent can you try to delete your node_modules and package-lock.json, then run npm i and after that run ./mvnw
If it doesn't work, can you share your package.json?

[mshima]

If this .yo-rc.json is generated by https://start.jhipster.tech, there is a bug there.
Reactive with cache is not supported.