"Failed to minify the bundle" error on build (related to Terser)

Is this a bug report?

yes

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

yes, npm version 6.4.1

Environment

Mac and windows

System:
    OS: Windows 10
    CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
  Binaries:
    npm: 6.4.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: 42.17134.1.0
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.17134.1
  npmPackages:
    react: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0
    react-dom: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0
    react-scripts: 2.1.3 => 2.1.3
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: Not Found

and

System:
    OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
    CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.12.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.12.0/bin/node
    npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.12.0/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 71.0.3578.98
    Safari: 12.0.3
  npmPackages:
    react: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0
    react-dom: ^16.7.0 => 16.7.0
    react-scripts: 2.1.3 => 2.1.3
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: Not Found

Steps to Reproduce

1. npx create-react-app hey
2. cd hey
3. npm run build

Expected Behavior

Production build should be built

Actual Behavior

[romannep]

terser is the reason. Namely it 3.16.0 release. Same bug was before - #5250 Temporary solution - fix previous terser verision (for example in dev dependencies)

npm install terser@3.14.1 --save-dev

[fuzzykiller]

That’s not helping with yarn, unfortunately. If you do this, terser will simply be installed twice:

$ find -type d -name terser
./node_modules/terser
./node_modules/terser-webpack-plugin/node_modules/terser

The newer version will be used, of course.

Instead, you have to add a resolutions block to your package.json:

"resolutions": {
  "terser": "3.14.1"
}

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Also, here’s the error message as a searchable text:

Creating an optimized production build...
Failed to compile.

Failed to minify the bundle. Error: static/js/main.498d6779.chunk.js from Terser
TypeError: Cannot read property 'minify' of undefined
    at compiler.run (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\react-scripts\scripts\build.js:169:23)
    at finalCallback (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compiler.js:210:39)
    at hooks.done.callAsync.err (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compiler.js:226:13)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\Hook.js:154:20)
    at onCompiled (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compiler.js:224:21)
    at hooks.afterCompile.callAsync.err (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compiler.js:553:14)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\Hook.js:154:20)
    at compilation.seal.err (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compiler.js:550:30)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\Hook.js:154:20)
    at hooks.optimizeAssets.callAsync.err (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compilation.js:1295:35)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\tapable\lib\Hook.js:154:20)
    at hooks.optimizeChunkAssets.callAsync.err (C:\Users\fuzzy\Documents\Repos\my-app4\node_modules\webpack\lib\Compilation.js:1286:32)
Read more here: http://bit.ly/CRA-build-minify

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