We end up running the shell with
--module
[hostarg]
/tmp/HqmLu073pu5L64GWXI66/await-identifier-module-1.js
instead of
[hostarg]
--module
/tmp/HqmLu073pu5L64GWXI66/await-identifier-module-1.js
causing
Error: can't open [hostarg]: No such file or directory
Fix to eshost incoming.