Tests using ESModules are not recognized in Node 22

[yohabe]

Description of the bug/issue

Tests using ESModules are not recognized in Node 22.

Steps to reproduce

1. npm init nightwatch
2. Select default

? Select testing type to setup for your project End-to-End testing
? Select language + test runner variant JavaScript / default
? Select target browsers Chrome
? Enter source folder where test files are stored test
? Enter the base_url of the project http://localhost
? Select where to run Nightwatch tests On localhost
? Allow Nightwatch to collect completely anonymous usage metrics? Yes
? Setup testing on Mobile devices as well? No, skip for now

...

  Nightwatch:
    version: 3.11.0
    changelog: https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/releases/tag/v3.11.0

3. Create a esmodule test

cat <<EOF > ./test/a.mjs
∙ export default {
    'a': function (browser) {
        browser.assert.ok(true);
    }
}
EOF

6. [BUG] No tests is recognized with node22

$ node --version
v22.13.1

$ npx nightwatch test/a.mjs

[Test/A] Test Suite
──────────────────────────────────────
ℹ Connected to ChromeDriver on port 9515 (771ms).
  Using: chrome (133.0.6943.54) on MAC.

 Wrote HTML report file to: /tmp/aa/tests_output/nightwatch-html-report/index.html

With node20, it's ok

$ node --version
v20.18.2

$ npx nightwatch test/a.mjs

[Test/A] Test Suite
──────────────────────────────────────
ℹ Connected to ChromeDriver on port 9515 (750ms).
  Using: chrome (133.0.6943.54) on MAC.


  Running a:
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ✔ Passed [ok]: true ok

  ✨ PASSED. 1 assertions. (3ms)
 Wrote HTML report file to: /tmp/aa/tests_output/nightwatch-html-report/index.html

Sample test

export default {
    'a': function (browser) {
        browser.assert.ok(true);
    }
}

Command to run

npx nightwatch test/a.mjs

Verbose Output

Nightwatch Configuration

// Refer to the online docs for more details:
// https://nightwatchjs.org/gettingstarted/configuration/
//

//  _   _  _         _      _                     _          _
// | \ | |(_)       | |    | |                   | |        | |
// |  \| | _   __ _ | |__  | |_ __      __  __ _ | |_   ___ | |__
// | . ` || | / _` || '_ \ | __|\ \ /\ / / / _` || __| / __|| '_ \
// | |\  || || (_| || | | || |_  \ V  V / | (_| || |_ | (__ | | | |
// \_| \_/|_| \__, ||_| |_| \__|  \_/\_/   \__,_| \__| \___||_| |_|
//             __/ |
//            |___/

module.exports = {
  // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located;
  // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner.
  src_folders: ['test','nightwatch/examples'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/page-object-model.html
  page_objects_path: ['nightwatch/page-objects'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-commands.html
  custom_commands_path: ['nightwatch/custom-commands'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-assertions.html
  custom_assertions_path: ['nightwatch/custom-assertions'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-plugins.html
  plugins: [],
  
  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/test-globals.html
  globals_path: '',
  
  webdriver: {},

  test_workers: {
    enabled: true
  },

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      disable_error_log: false,
      launch_url: 'http://localhost',

      screenshots: {
        enabled: false,
        path: 'screens',
        on_failure: true
      },

      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome'
      },
      
      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: ''
      },
      
    },
    
    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        'goog:chromeOptions': {
          // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/
          args: [
            //'--no-sandbox',
            //'--ignore-certificate-errors',
            //'--allow-insecure-localhost',
            //'--headless=new'
          ]
        }
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // --verbose
        ]
      }
    },
    
  },
  
  usage_analytics: {
    enabled: true,
    log_path: './logs/analytics',
    client_id: 'ec4ea309-a21d-422f-b71f-0aa6801806a8'
  }
  
};

Nightwatch.js Version

3.11.0

Node Version

v22.13.1

Browser

No response

Operating System

macOS 14.7.1

Additional Information

No response