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"ERROR in Error: No NgModule metadata found for 'AppModule'." After Angular 5.2.1 and CLI 1.6.5 update

See original GitHub issue

Versions

Angular CLI: 1.6.5
Node: 9.4.0
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 5.2.1
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cdk: 5.1.0
@angular/cli: 1.6.5
@angular/material: 5.1.0
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.1.0
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.10.0

Repro steps

Update npm packages
Update CLI
Start app - ng s

Observed behavior

ERROR in Error: No NgModule metadata found for 'AppModule'.
    at NgModuleResolver.resolve (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:20277:23)
    at CompileMetadataResolver.getNgModuleMetadata (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:15230:60)
    at visitLazyRoute (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:31169:104)
    at AotCompiler.listLazyRoutes (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:31137:20)
    at AngularCompilerProgram.listLazyRoutes (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/transformers/program.js:156:30)
    at Function.NgTools_InternalApi_NG_2.listLazyRoutes (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtools_api.js:44:36)
    at AngularCompilerPlugin._getLazyRoutesFromNgtools (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src/angular_compiler_plugin.js:248:66)
    at Promise.resolve.then.then (/Users/John/Dev/Javascript/Angular/FRC-TimeTracker/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src/angular_compiler_plugin.js:565:50)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:160:7)

Desired behavior

App run normally

Mention any other details that might be useful (optional)

Application built and ran just fine before update.

Did try rm -rf node_modules and reinstall, no change.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:43 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

152reactions

Albejrcommented, Jan 25, 2018

Unbelievable! It works after just editing any “.ts” file.

cli

25reactions

vapitscommented, Nov 28, 2018

Update typescript of project to 2.6.2 solved it for me.

npm install --save-dev typescript@2.6.2.

Took sooooo much time to figure out as the solution of deleting cli and cache and reinstalling them was working only partially.

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