Fix postcss client crash when a file is removed before we process the…

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Don’t crash when scanning a candidate equal to the configured prefix ([#14588](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/14588))
 - Ensure there's always a space before `!important` when stringifying CSS ([#14611](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/14611))
+- Fix an issue that could caused the postcss client to crash when files are deleted
 - _Experimental_: Ensure CSS before a layer stays unlayered when running codemods ([#14596](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/14596))
 
 ## [4.0.0-alpha.26] - 2024-10-03

packages/@tailwindcss-cli/src/commands/build/index.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { compile, env } from '@tailwindcss/node'
 import { clearRequireCache } from '@tailwindcss/node/require-cache'
 import { Scanner, type ChangedContent } from '@tailwindcss/oxide'
 import { Features, transform } from 'lightningcss'
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, Stats } from 'node:fs'
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import type { Arg, Result } from '../../utils/args'
@@ -346,8 +346,11 @@ async function createWatchers(dirs: string[], cb: (files: string[]) => void) {
           if (event.type === 'delete') return
 
           // Ignore directory changes. We only care about file changes
-          let stats = await fs.lstat(event.path)
-          if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+          let stats: Stats | null = null
+          try {
+            stats = await fs.lstat(event.path)
+          } catch {}
+          if (stats?.isDirectory()) {
             return
           }