How to properly handle "unhandled" exceptions

Describe the bug

I have a test that asserts that an import throws, because the imported module is not found.

even though the actual error is caught by expect().rejects.toThrowError() it still shows up as unhandled.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Unhandled Errors ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Vitest caught 1 unhandled error during the test run.
This might cause false positive tests. Resolve unhandled errors to make sure your tests are not affected.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Unhandled Rejection ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Error: Cannot find module 'does-not-exist'
Require stack:
- /private/var/folders/y3/2b5xsndd3zvd32j6n_ypjg5r0000gn/T/zip-it-test-bundler-nft-31679-4ePKnlfzcJsT/node-module-missing/function.js
- /var/folders/y3/2b5xsndd3zvd32j6n_ypjg5r0000gn/T/zip-it-test-bundler-nft-31679-4ePKnlfzcJsT/function.js
 ❯ Function.Module._resolveFilename node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:995:15

I tried marking all the folders as external, but that does nothing.

There is also this message:

✘ [ERROR] Could not resolve "does-not-exist"

    tests/fixtures/node-module-missing/function.js:1:25:
      1 │ module.exports = require('does-not-exist')
        ╵                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  You can mark the path "does-not-exist" as external to exclude it from the bundle, which will
  remove this error. You can also surround this "require" call with a try/catch block to handle this
  failure at run-time instead of bundle-time.

which does not fail any test, but I also cannot get rid of, even if I set the importing file as external.

Reproduction

Minimal repro: https://github.com/danez-labs/vitest-import-unhandled

• npm i
• npm test

Or the original problem:

https://github.com/netlify/zip-it-and-ship-it/pull/1286

• npm i
• npm exec vitest -- run -t 'Throws on missing dependencies '

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 12.6.1
    CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
    Memory: 2.90 GB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.12.1 - ~/.asdf/installs/nodejs/lts/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.19.2 - ~/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/shims/npm
  Browsers:
    Safari: 16.1

Used Package Manager

npm

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