Encountered issue when compiling on `next dev` - RangeError: Array buffer allocation failed

What version of Next.js are you using?

11.0.0

What version of Node.js are you using?

14.17.0

What browser are you using?

Firefox

What operating system are you using?

Windows 10

How are you deploying your application?

it is still under developement

Describe the Bug

Got error when running next dev. This error is intermittently happened after 15 minutes.

wait  - compiling...
internal/buffer.js:951
class FastBuffer extends Uint8Array {}
^

RangeError: Array buffer allocation failed
    at new ArrayBuffer (<anonymous>)
    at new Uint8Array (<anonymous>)
    at new FastBuffer (internal/buffer.js:951:1)
    at createUnsafeBuffer (buffer.js:152:12)
    at Function.allocUnsafeSlow (buffer.js:397:10)
    at read (E:\Workspace\cosmiq\webapp\node_modules\next\dist\compiled\webpack\bundle5.js:122381:32)
    at E:\Workspace\cosmiq\webapp\node_modules\next\dist\compiled\webpack\bundle5.js:122429:7
    at E:\Workspace\cosmiq\webapp\node_modules\next\dist\compiled\webpack\bundle5.js:29762:16
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:180:23)

Expected Behavior

The compiling should running properly as usual.

The yarn build is running successfully.

yarn run v1.22.10
$ next build
info  - Loaded env from E:\Workspace\cosmiq\webapp\.env.local
info  - Using webpack 5. Reason: Enabled by default https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/webpack5
info  - Checking validity of types

./pages/api/oauth/[provider]/callback.ts
7:1  Warning: Assign arrow function to a variable before exporting as module default  import/no-anonymous-default-export

./pages/_document.tsx
9:11  Warning: Do not include stylesheets manually. See: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/no-css-tags.  @next/next/no-css-tags

./components/svg/index.tsx
12:5  Warning: Image elements must have an alt prop, either with meaningful text, or an empty string for decorative images.  jsx-a11y/alt-text


info  - Creating an optimized production build
info  - Compiled successfully
info  - Collecting page data
info  - Generating static pages (3/3)
info  - Finalizing page optimization

Page                                Size     First Load JS
┌ ○ /                               1.01 kB        91.8 kB
├   /_app                           0 B            63.7 kB
├ ○ /404                            3.18 kB        66.9 kB
├ λ /api/hello                      0 B            63.7 kB
├ λ /api/oauth/[provider]/callback  0 B            63.7 kB
├ λ /dashboard                      1.13 kB        91.9 kB
└ λ /login                          8.19 kB        89.4 kB
+ First Load JS shared by all       63.7 kB
  ├ chunks/framework.923004.js      42 kB
  ├ chunks/main.0c4bed.js           20.3 kB
  ├ chunks/pages/_app.88adf7.js     555 B
  ├ chunks/webpack.715970.js        804 B
  └ css/2fe097d1e0031b7f53b0.css    633 kB

λ  (Server)  server-side renders at runtime (uses getInitialProps or getServerSideProps)
○  (Static)  automatically rendered as static HTML (uses no initial props)
●  (SSG)     automatically generated as static HTML + JSON (uses getStaticProps)
   (ISR)     incremental static regeneration (uses revalidate in getStaticProps)

Done in 101.99s.

To Reproduce

I don’t know how to reproduce this.

[xSCIven]

I have now realised that I had accidentally downloaded the 32bit arch of node. You need the 64bit version to avoid this error. Check the architecture of your node install in node version manager for windows.

[timneutkens]

Closing as no reproduction was provided and there were no recent comments.