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npm install --only=development crashes due to is-promise in dependency listr

See original GitHub issue

Current behavior:

When I try to execute npm install --only=development command (for multi-stage build) installation crashes due to lack of runtime dependency minimist in cypress’s postinstall stage.

It doesn’t happen when it is installed alone, but I found some combinations of libraries that bring this bug to life. In this case it crashes with @nestjs/common.

stacktrace

> cypress@4.5.0 postinstall /node_modules/cypress
> node index.js --exec install

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:960
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'is-promise'
Require stack:
- /node_modules/listr/lib/task.js
- /node_modules/listr/index.js
- /node_modules/cypress/lib/tasks/install.js
- /node_modules/cypress/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:957:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:840:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1019:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/node_modules/listr/lib/task.js:2:19)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1133:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1153:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:977:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:877:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1019:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/node_modules/listr/index.js:3:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1133:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1153:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:977:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:877:14) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/node_modules/listr/lib/task.js',
    '/node_modules/listr/index.js',
    '/node_modules/cypress/lib/tasks/install.js',
    '/node_modules/cypress/index.js'
  ]
}

Desired behavior:

Installing cypress with npm install --only=development should not crash install build.

Test code to reproduce

Dockerfile

FROM node:12.13-stretch AS development

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY package.json ./
RUN npm install --only=development

package.json

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@nestjs/common": "^6.8.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "cypress": "^4.1.0",
    "@nrwl/cypress": "9.2.3"
  }
}

Versions

Cypress: 4.5.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:13 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

obergerdavidcommented, Apr 19, 2021

I am also getting a similar error:

package.json

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/cdk": "^11.2.6",
    "@angular/common": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/compiler": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/core": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/flex-layout": "^11.0.0-beta.33",
    "@angular/forms": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/localize": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/material": "^11.2.6",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/router": "^11.2.7",
    "@nestjs/common": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/config": "^0.6.3",
    "@nestjs/core": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/jwt": "^7.2.0",
    "@nestjs/passport": "^7.1.5",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/typeorm": "^7.1.5",
    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "^9.1.0",
    "@ngrx/effects": "^11.0.1",
    "@ngrx/entity": "^11.0.1",
    "@ngrx/store": "^11.0.1",
    "@ngrx/store-devtools": "^11.0.1",
    "@nrwl/angular": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/schematics": "^8.12.11",
    "@types/bcrypt": "^3.0.1",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
    "@types/hapi__joi": "^17.1.6",
    "@types/passport-local": "^1.0.33",
    "bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
    "bootstrap": "^4.6.0",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
    "eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow": "^1.2.3",
    "hammerjs": "^2.0.8",
    "joi": "^17.4.0",
    "jquery": "^3.6.0",
    "passport": "^0.4.1",
    "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
    "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
    "pg": "^8.5.1",
    "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "rxjs": "^6.6.7",
    "tslib": "^2.1.0",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.32",
    "zone.js": "^0.11.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.1102.6",
    "@angular-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~2.0.2",
    "@angular-eslint/eslint-plugin-template": "~2.0.2",
    "@angular-eslint/template-parser": "~2.0.2",
    "@angular/cli": "~11.2.6",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^11.2.7",
    "@angular/language-service": "^11.2.7",
    "@nestjs/schematics": "^7.0.0",
    "@nestjs/testing": "^7.0.0",
    "@ngrx/schematics": "^11.0.1",
    "@nrwl/cli": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/cypress": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/jest": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/linter": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/nest": "^12.0.0",
    "@nrwl/node": "12.0.0",
    "@nrwl/tao": "11.6.0",
    "@nrwl/workspace": "11.6.0",
    "@types/jest": "26.0.22",
    "@types/node": "14.14.37",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.20.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.20.0",
    "concurrently": "^6.0.2",
    "cypress": "^6.9.1",
    "dotenv": "8.2.0",
    "eslint": "7.23.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "8.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-cypress": "^2.11.2",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.1",
    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^32.3.0",
    "jest": "26.6.3",
    "jest-preset-angular": "8.4.0",
    "prettier": "^2.2.1",
    "ts-jest": "26.5.4",
    "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
    "typescript": "^4.1.5"
  }
}

Output of npm install --only=development

> cypress@6.9.1 postinstall /usr/src/app/node_modules/cypress
> node index.js --exec install

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:818
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'minimist'
Require stack:
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/cypress/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:667:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/app/node_modules/cypress/index.js:3:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:60:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/usr/src/app/node_modules/cypress/index.js' ]
}
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/webpack-dev-server/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/watchpack-chokidar2/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/@nrwl/node/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! cypress@6.9.1 postinstall: `node index.js --exec install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the cypress@6.9.1 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2021-04-19T09_53_32_591Z-debug.log

1reaction

Luminisccommented, Jan 20, 2022

Cypress@9.0.0 I got similar issue, but with in some dependency (Cannot find module ‘./promise’) The issue is that in folder ‘\node_modules\bluebird\js\release’ there was only 5-7 files, and no ‘promise.js’. And even deleting and ‘npm installing’ not fixed issue. But, I found out that root cause actually is long path of project, and then I moved it to drive root (ex. C:/projects/my-proj), and ran ‘npm install’ - everything installed correctly and works perfectly. Maybe this will help somebody.

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