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`@apollo/client^3.5.0` transpilation produces `error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.``

See original GitHub issue

Intended outcome: Updating from 3.4.17 to ^3.5.0 should work without error.

Actual outcome: Building a project depending on @apollo/client@3.5.2 generates transpilation error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'. when tsc is run with default skipLibCheck: false:

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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" />
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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: Run tsc on project including @apollo/client@3.5.2 with tsconfig.json leaving default skipLibCheck: false.

Versions

System:
  OS: macOS 12.0.1
Binaries:
  Node: 14.18.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/node
  npm: 6.14.15 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/npm
Browsers:
  Chrome: 95.0.4638.69
  Firefox: 92.0.1
  Safari: 15.1
npmPackages:
  @apollo/client: 3.5.2 => 3.5.2 
  apollo-angular: 2.6.0 => 2.6.0 
  apollo-server-core: 3.5.0 => 3.5.0 
  apollo-server-express: 3.5.0 => 3.5.0

Issue Analytics

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

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

MaRuifengcommented, May 11, 2022

Has this issue been resolved indeed? I am getting below error message. I know it’s reflected in a different library package apollo-link-timeout, but downgrading “@apollo/client” from 3.6.1 to 3.3.6 fixed the issue. After downgrading I was able to see package @types/zen-observable being installed properly.

node_modules/apollo-link-timeout/lib/timeoutLink.d.ts:1:23 - error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'zen-observable'.

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

1reaction

benjamncommented, Nov 17, 2021

@KeithGillette Thanks for double checking!

While I’m confident @apollo/client@3.5.3 (just published by me) will resolve this issue, I’m less sure about the explanation. I tried reverting the changes in #9073 and rebuilding (and then also rebuilding from v3.5.2), and neither rebuild brought back the <reference types="zen-observable" /> declarations (good, but strange they got published).

Since different people published v3.5.2 and v3.5.0-v3.5.2, it’s possible we (@hwillson @brainkim and I) need to align our publishing workflows better. Good to know.

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