relax conditions

Author: kobenguyent

lib/utils.js

@@ -40,10 +40,19 @@ export const isAsyncFunction = function (fn) {
 }
 
 export const resolveImportModulePath = function (modulePath) {
+  // 1. If it's an absolute path, convert to a file:// URL
   if (path.isAbsolute(modulePath)) {
-    return pathToFileURL(modulePath).href
+    return pathToFileURL(modulePath).href;
   }
-  return modulePath
+
+  // 2. If it's a relative path (starts with ./ or ../), resolve it fully
+  if (modulePath.startsWith('./') || modulePath.startsWith('../')) {
+    return modulePath
+  }
+
+  // 3. Otherwise, it's likely a bare NPM module (e.g., 'chai', 'codeceptjs')
+  // Let Node.js resolve it natively from node_modules
+  return modulePath;
 }
 
 export const fileExists = function (filePath) {