[Bug]: Broken React 18 peer dependency when installing sb@next having old(?) @storybook/blocks 7.0.0-alpha.8 with outdated @mdx-js/react version

[D1no]

Describe the bug

Just installed the latest storybook 7 version in our pnpm monorepo, where react 18.2 is global and got the following. Not sure why @mdx-js/react is at version 1.6.22 in SB <-> while the latest release of mdx is 2.3.0 at time of writing (?)

 ERR_PNPM_PEER_DEP_ISSUES  Unmet peer dependencies

_tooling/storybook
└─┬ @storybook/blocks 7.0.0-alpha.8
  └─┬ @mdx-js/react 1.6.22
    └── ✕ unmet peer react@"^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0": found 18.2.0

To Reproduce

Using pnpm@7.28.0 (latest stable) though this dependency problem is package manager unrelated.

Strict Peer Dependencies

Create .npmrc file with

strict-peer-dependencies = true

Add React 18 to empty project

pnpm install react

Init Storybook

pnpx storybook@next init --builder vite

Result during install

_tooling/storybook
└─┬ @storybook/blocks 7.0.0-alpha.8
  └─┬ @mdx-js/react 1.6.22
    └── ✕ unmet peer react@"^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0": found 18.2.0

hint: If you don't want pnpm to fail on peer dependency issues,
add "strict-peer-dependencies=false" to an .npmrc file at the root of your project.

System

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: macOS 13.2.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Max
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.14.1 - ~/.nvs/default/bin/node
    npm: 9.3.1 - ~/.nvs/default/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 110.0.5481.177
    Firefox: 97.0.1
    Safari: 16.3
  npmPackages:
    @storybook/addon-essentials: ^7.0.0-beta.61 => 7.0.0-beta.61 
    @storybook/addon-interactions: ^7.0.0-beta.61 => 7.0.0-beta.61 
    @storybook/addon-links: ^7.0.0-beta.61 => 7.0.0-beta.61 
    @storybook/blocks: ^7.0.0-alpha.8 => 7.0.0-alpha.8 
    @storybook/react: ^7.0.0-beta.61 => 7.0.0-beta.61 
    @storybook/react-vite: ^7.0.0-beta.61 => 7.0.0-beta.61 
    @storybook/testing-library: ^0.0.14-next.1 => 0.0.14-next.1

Additional context

In #20260 and #14119 it was said that mdx was updated in december (?)

[D1no]

Here in git on the next branch, @storybook/blocks is at version 7.0.0-beta.60. No idea why a fresh SB install today uses version 7.0.0-alpha.8. Maybe a project publishing issue? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

storybook/code/ui/blocks/package.json

Lines 2 to 3 in 3ea1a30

	"name": "@storybook/blocks",
	"version": "7.0.0-beta.60",

[D1no]

Also after installing storybook, depreciated warning for stable@0.1.8:

_tooling/storybook                       |  WARN  deprecated stable@0.1.8

[ndelangen]

I suspect it might be a lockfile issue @D1no, try regenerating it?

[D1no]

No, it's a fresh install. Also shows up in the (unrelated) storybook reproduction -

D1no/reproduction-storybook-symlinks-pnpm@92eee47

[D1no]

Closing this, as with storybook@7.0.0-beta.62 seems to correctly reference @storybook/blocks@7.0.0-beta.62 and no longer throws the reported warning! 👏

See
D1no/reproduction-storybook-symlinks-pnpm@5f71f59