TypeORM thwors “Type instantiation is excessively deep and possibly infinite.ts(2589)” error on Repository typing

After update to VSCode August 2019 (version 1.38) and Typescript 3.6 i’m getting a lot of the fallowing error on a TypeORM repository initialization.

Type instantiation is excessively deep and possibly infinite.ts(2589)

There also is the fallowing error on the file.

Excessive stack depth comparing types ‘FindConditions<?>' and 'FindConditions<?>’

import { Connection, Repository, Entity, BaseEntity,  createConnection } from 'typeorm';
    
@Entity()
class MyEntity extends BaseEntity {
    public id: number;
}
    
class Test {
    async test() {
        const connection: Connection = await createConnection();
        const myRepo: Repository<MyEntity> = connection.getRepository(MyEntity); 
                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    }
}

How can I ignore or fix them?

• VSCode v1.38.0 (user setup)
• Node.js v10.11.0
• Typescript v3.4.5
• TypeORM v0.2.18

I also noticed that the error is gone if the typing is removed : Repository<MyEntity>

[gustfm]

Me too.

[daniel-dia]

This can be solved it by using a previous version of Typescript.

First be sure that the typescript version on your workspace “npm” is lower than 3.6. For instance: package.json:

"dependencies": {
    ...
    "typescript": "^3.0.3"
}

If your workspace have 3.6.x or greater, install a previous version typing npm install typescript@3.4.3

Then, with a .ts file opened, a typescript version selector will appear on status bar. (version ^3.6.x probably being displayed)

then choose “Use Workspace Version” instead of “VS Code’s Version”

Be sure that workspace version is also lower than 3.6.x ex here version 3.4.3 is on my workspace. Or else force install a previous version as previouly mentioned

Now that version ^3.4.x is selected, you should not have this kind of error on VS Code nor tsc commands.

Note: Since workspace Typescript version is compatible with TypeORM, running scripts like npm run build should not throw any errors cause it will use Typescript workspace binaries. The errors will only occurs on VS Code or direct tsc commands on terminal