Build fails with Cannot redefine property: File using Node 20.6.0

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build

Is this a regression?

Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

If you use Node 20.6.0 (released yesterday) to build an Angular 16 papp, the following error occurs:

TypeError: Cannot redefine property: File
    at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/index.js:7:8)

I know Node 20 is not officially supported at the moment and it's not yet in LTS, but it worked before (in 20.5.1) and maybe it's good too approach this issue early. The relevant changes in Node might get backported to node 18.

I also don't know yet if this is an issue in Node, babel or angular-cli. In either case, it might be good to have this as a tracking issue.

Also affects Angular 15 and Angular 17.0.0-next.0.

Minimal Reproduction

nvm install 20.6.0
nvm use 20.6.0
npx @angular/cli@latest new my-project # (using defaults)
cd my-project
npx ng build

Exception or Error

⠇ Generating browser application bundles (phase: building)...node:internal/process/promises:289
            triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */);
            ^

TypeError: Cannot redefine property: File
    at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/index.js:7:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/config/helpers/config-api.js:16:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/config/files/configuration.js:48:18)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/config/files/index.js:73:22)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/node_modules/@babel/core/lib/index.js:184:14)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at cjsLoader (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:282:14)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:233:7)
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:217:25)
    at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:308:24)
    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:428:15)
    at async Object.customOptions (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/@angular-devkit/build-angular/src/tools/babel/webpack-loader.js:49:64)
    at async Object.loader (/home/user/my-project/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js:67:20)

Node.js v20.6.0

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Angular CLI: 16.2.1
Node: 20.6.0 (Unsupported)
Package Manager: npm 9.8.1
OS: linux x64

Angular: 16.2.3
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1602.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular   16.2.1
@angular-devkit/core            16.2.1
@angular-devkit/schematics      16.2.1
@angular/cli                    16.2.1
@schematics/angular             16.2.1
rxjs                            7.8.1
typescript                      5.1.6
zone.js                         0.13.1

Warning: The current version of Node (20.6.0) is not supported by Angular.

Anything else relevant?

No response

force node 20.5 fix the issues
Thx

@hhfrancois

@hhfrancois FROM node:20.5 AS build ?

Finally worked. used FROM node:18-alpine3.17 AS build

Automated testing that would catch this is hard

@minikdev

node:18-alpine3.17 AS build worked for me! Tks @minikdev !

@hhfrancois

Replacing FROM node:20-alpine3.17 with FROM node:20.5-alpine3.17 worked for me. Thank you @hhfrancois and @lazybobcat 👍🏼

Github actions fails for my project today and it worked yesterday. Downgraded to node 18 and it works fine.

TypeError: Cannot redefine property: File
    at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (... /node_modules/@babel/core/lib/index.js:7:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (... /node_modules/@babel/core/lib/config/helpers/config-api.js:16:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Run actions/setup-node@v3
Attempting to download 20...
Acquiring 20.6.0 - x64 from https://github.com/actions/node-versions/releases/download/20.6.0-60927[1](https://github.com/FieldSync/fieldsync-web/actions/runs/6103441625/job/16563842646#step:9:1)[50](https://github.com/FieldSync/fieldsync-web/actions/runs/6103441625/job/16563842646#step:9:51)08/node-20.6.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
Extracting ...
/usr/bin/tar xz --strip 1 --warning=no-unknown-keyword -C /home/runner/work/_temp/5c133a3b-27be-4e1d-bc75-0ca91dbffb58 -f /home/runner/work/_temp/5bc8e4d5-2a02-4a3b-88fb-d445f3f5612c
Adding to the cache ...
Environment details
  node: v20.6.0
  npm: 9.8.1
  yarn: 1.22.19

For anyone facing this problem using Github actions on a project change to

      - name: Use Node@18.x
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18

On macOS using homebrew, you can fix this for now by installing the git HEAD for node (fixed by nodejs/node#49500) until the next version includes the fix:

brew unlink node
brew install --HEAD node

Note this makes node from scratch locally, which takes considerably longer than typical brew install.

fix build bug

Switching from Node 20.6.0 to Node 18.17.1 fixed the problem for me. nvm makes it easy to change Node versions.

Pin Node.js to 20.5 on CI/CD

I had same issue. Punishment for using latest node version in Dockerfile :D

We added a workaround for this in @babel/core, @babel/traverse and @babel/types 7.22.17

ci: Downgrade to Node.js 16

chore(deps): fix issue with babel-transverse

I had the same problem in a project and I tried with version 20, the project didn't compile with prayer or macumba, much less with voodoo, I had to downgrade to version 18 and then it worked.

@marquessbr

@marquessbr You can also use 20.6.1. Only 20.6.0 had this bug.

@marquessbr

@marquessbr You can also use 20.6.1. Only 20.6.0 had this bug.

cool!
Thanks man, maybe I'll need to use a newer version of node because my professor is just giving classes about signals and NgRx, but since I'm using NVM, it's easy to migrate between versions when I need to.

@marquessbr

@marquessbr You can also use 20.6.1. Only 20.6.0 had this bug.

thank you,
I have a problem like this.
It a realy work
👍

Try changing you node version. I mean you can downgrade and try.

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