Angular-cli: cli argument "--stats-json" makes ng build --prod to always return 0 as exit code

[jbgraug]

Versions

node v8.9.1
npm v5.6.0
@angular/cli: 1.6.8

macOS Sierra, Linux ubuntu

Repro steps

just run the following command in your repo and introduce some typescript errors.
ng build --prod --stats-json

Observed behavior

exit code is always 0 when --stats-json argument is used (even if there are typescript errors)

Desired behavior

exit code should be 1 or anything but 0 if the build fails or has any typescript error

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[jbgraug]

Guys, any updates on that?
Can i help fixing it?

[MitkoTschimev]

This problem blocks a good continuous integration!

[MitkoTschimev]

At the moment we do 2 builds one without stats-json and after it again with stats-json. With this approach it works ok but still takes more time because of 2 builds :(

[virgo47]

I was staring at empty /dist directory today and it took me couple of hours to figure out why that npm command does not fail the whole Gradle build anymore. The flag "stats-json" (added days ago as a good advice and best practice from local Angular guru) had to go away. I kindly ask for fixing this. It indeed is CI killer when applied.

[alan-agius4]

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