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`@apollo/client@3.4.10` produces `error TS2688: Cannot find type definition for 'zen-observable'`

See original GitHub issue

Intended outcome: Upgrading application from @apollo/client@3.4.9 to 3.4.10should work without error.

Actual outcome: Building or linting application produces:

Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/core/ApolloClient.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/core/ObservableQuery.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/core/QueryInfo.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/core/QueryInfo.d.ts:22:24 - error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'ZenObservable'.

22     subscriptions: Set<ZenObservable.Subscription>;
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/core/QueryManager.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/core/ApolloLink.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/core/ApolloLink.d.ts:14:46 - error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'ZenObservable'.

14     protected onError(error: any, observer?: ZenObservable.Observer<FetchResult>): false | void;
                                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/core/types.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/error/index.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/retry/retryLink.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/utils/fromError.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/utils/fromPromise.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/utils/toPromise.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/link/ws/index.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/utilities/observables/Concast.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/utilities/observables/asyncMap.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/@apollo/client/utilities/observables/subclassing.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

1 /// <reference types="zen-observable" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How to reproduce the issue: tsc on project including @apollo/client@3.4.10

Versions

  System:
    OS: macOS 11.5
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.17.5 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/bin/node
    npm: 6.14.14 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.5/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 92.0.4515.159
    Firefox: 91.0
    Safari: 14.1.2
  npmPackages:
    @apollo/client: 3.4.10 => 3.4.10
    apollo-angular: 2.6.0 => 2.6.0 
    apollo-server-core: 3.3.0 => 3.3.0 
    apollo-server-express: 3.3.0 => 3.3.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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KeithGillettecommented, Aug 30, 2021

@benjamn: Are you saying I need to make zen-observable-ts a dependency of our project to eliminate this transpilation error? We’ve never included it as a dependency with prior versions of @apollo/client.

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benjamncommented, Aug 30, 2021

Right, no need to start depending on zen-observable-ts! A better recommendation would have been to delete node_modules/zen-observable-ts and then rerun npm i. Sorry for any confusion.