Issue with access to global process variable when using Webpack

[foxik0169]

Hello,

I've stumbled upon an issue with when using Node engine with server-side bundle generated by Webpack 4. In the javascript generation process in the Renderer class, there's following line added to the file:

var process = process || { env: {} };

In my case, the process global resolves to undefined, which causes my script to malfunction - axios won't recognize Node environment. Axios can be thus used to reproduce this issue as it uses this condition to determine Node env typeof process !== 'undefined' && Object.prototype.toString.call(process) === '[object process]'.

To fix this, I've replaced the global with require('process') which solved the issue for my instance.

I wanted to ask if this is by design and/or this is some issue with the webpack bundle or it is, indeed, a bug.

Node versions: 12.4.0 / 6.16.0 - both same result
Webpack version: 4.34.0 - target set to 'node', transpilation via babel

Thanks for feedback.
Daniel

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