Ts-node: [8.6.2] TypeError: Unable to require file

[backbone87]

After updating from 8.3.0 to 8.6.2 i started getting the following error, when executing typeorm's CLI script via:

    --project-name XXX
    --file ./docker/docker-compose.yaml
    run --rm
    node --require ts-node/register --require tsconfig-paths/register
    --
    ./node_modules/typeorm/cli.js --config ./src/db/config.ts
    migration:generate --dir ./src/db/migrations --name new-migration

(node:12-alpine; not specific to the migration:generate command, all CLI operations that load entities fail, setup derived from https://typeorm.io/#/using-cli/if-entities-files-are-in-typescript)

playing around with different versions of ts-node i found that this error started occuring on 8.4.1, but the changes there made no sense for me so i tried out all 8.x versions: (Y = works, N = errors)

8.0.0 Y
8.0.1 Y
8.0.2 N https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/compare/v8.0.1...v8.0.2#diff-f41e9d04a45c83f3b6f6e630f10117feR481
8.0.3 N
8.1.0 N
8.1.1 N
8.2.0 Y https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/compare/v8.1.1...v8.2.0
8.3.0 Y
8.4.0 Y
8.4.1 N https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/compare/v8.4.0...v8.4.1
8.5.0 N
8.5.2 N
8.5.3 N
8.5.4 N
8.6.0 N
8.6.1 N
8.6.2 N

the concrete error message is:

TypeError: Unable to require file: src/db/entities/device.ts
This is usually the result of a faulty configuration or import. Make sure there is a `.js`, `.json` or other executable extension with loader attached before `ts-node` available.
    at getOutput (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:544:17)
    at Object.compile (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:741:32)
    at Module.m._compile (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:820:43)
    at Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.<computed> [as .ts] (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:823:12)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:643:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:556:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:683:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
    at Function.PlatformTools.load (/app/src/platform/PlatformTools.ts:137:28)

and for non-working versions before 8.6.0 the error message was:

TypeError: Unable to require `.d.ts` file.
This is usually the result of a faulty configuration or import. Make sure there is a `.js`, `.json` or another executable extension and loader (attached before `ts-node`) available alongside `device.ts`.
    at getOutput (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:368:15)
    at Object.compile (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:393:11)
    at Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.<computed> [as .ts] (/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:442:12)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:643:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:556:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:683:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
    at Function.PlatformTools.load (/app/src/platform/PlatformTools.ts:137:28)

(/app/src/platform/PlatformTools.ts:137:28 is not a file in my src dir. it is a typeorm file, which probably gets reported in a wrong location due to the source maps included in typeorm. the actual file is at /app/node_modules/typeorm/platform/PlatformTools.js <- js)

running with TS_NODE_DEBUG shows the file being compiled on all non-working versions before crash is device.ts (the first entity file being loaded):

ts-node module._compile /app/src/db/entities/device.ts

(on working versions the exact same compilation works)

i tried to check the changes from 8.0.1 -> 8.0.2 (stopped working), 8.1.1 -> 8.2.0 (started working again) and 8.4.0 -> 8.4.1 (stopped working again), but couldnt really correlate how these changes would affect the problem at hand.

what is even more strange, is that, when just running my app container, everything works fine. the command which is run inside the container:

      ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon
        --watch ./src
        --ext ts
        --legacy-watch
        --exec node
        --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229
        --require ts-node/register
        --require tsconfig-paths/register
        --
        ./src/index.ts

running tsc (or ttsc) on the projects passes without any error or warning.

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2019",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "strict": true,
    "importHelpers": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "outDir": "dist",
    "types": ["node", "keycloak-connect"],
    "typeRoots": ["src/types", "src/features/user/types", "./node_modules/@types"],
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["src/*"],
      "@@/*": ["*"]
    },
    "lib": ["esnext"],
    "plugins": [{ "transform": "ts-transform-paths" }]
  },
  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
}

any ideas?

ref: https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/797

[cspotcode]

@backbone87 This looks way too complicated for us to reproduce locally; can you pare down your example to a minimal reproducible example?
https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example

For example, you refer to src/index.ts but don't post the code. It's impossible for me to run this locally to debug what's going on.

[rnarayana]

Same as https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/876 ?

[cspotcode]

Closing as it still needs additional info and is likely a duplicate of other, more detailed tickets.

[kafkas]

Having the same issue.