Error: @prisma/client did not initialize yet, another variant

Bug description

This server has been working for a year with apollo, and last week I’ve been attempting to upgrade the libraries. This client error is well experienced on SO, but none of the solutions appear to work. The database is migrated properly, tables are present as expected.

How to reproduce

1. Go to server directory
2. Change package.json as given in env
3. Run the following:

npm install
cd prisma
npx prisma migrate reset --preview-feature
npx prisma migrate dev --name init --preview-feature
npx prisma generate
npm run dev

1. See Error

/server/node_modules/.prisma/client/index.js:1
Error: @prisma/client did not initialize yet. Please run "prisma generate" and try to import it again.
In case this error is unexpected for you, please report it in https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues
    at new PrismaClient (/server/node_modules/.prisma/client/index.js:3:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/server_broke/src/services/accounts/index.js:11:19)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at bl (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at kl (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at Object.u (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at Object.o (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at Object.apply (/server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1)
    at /server/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1

Node.js v17.3.0

Expected behavior

Expect prisma client to startup.

Prisma information

datasource db {
  provider = "mysql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
  // previewFeatures = ["nativeTypes"]
}

model Account{
    id              Int             @default(autoincrement()) @id
    auth0           String          @default("")
    first_name       String          @default("")
    last_name        String          @default("")
    email           String
    created_at       DateTime        @default(now())
}

Environment & setup

• OS:
• Mac OS
• Database: -MySQL - but it’s not starting up
• Node.js version: % node -v v17.3.0

{
  "name": "apollo_server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "concurrently -k npm:dev:*",
    "dev:accounts": "nodemon -r dotenv/config -r esm ./src/services/accounts/index.js",
    "dev:gateway": "wait-on tcp:4001 && nodemon -r dotenv/config -r esm ./src/index.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "prisma": {
    "schema": "prisma/schema.prisma"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@apollo/federation": "^0.36.1",
    "@apollo/gateway": "^2.0.2",
    "@prisma/client": "^3.13.0",
    "apollo-server": "^3.7.0",
    "apollo-server-express": "^3.7.0",
    "auth0": "^2.40.0",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
    "esm": "^3.2.25",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "express-jwt": "^7.7.0",
    "graphql": "^16.5.0",
    "graphql-middleware": "^6.1.26",
    "graphql-shield": "^7.4.2",
    "jwks-rsa": "^2.1.1",
    "jwt-decode": "^3.1.2",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.16",
    "sjcl": "^1.0.8",
    "wait-on": "^6.0.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^7.1.0",
    "prisma": "^3.13.0"
  },
  "description": ""
}

Prisma Version

3.13.0

[glarivie]

Same with 3.11

[iconifyit]

I was able to fix this issue by changing the generator output location outside of the prisma directory. In my case I set it to ../generated. I think the reason this worked was because of the duplicate node_modules directories. I just bypassed the issue altogether.

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
  output = "../generated"
}