Running testcafe suite throws Error 'minimatch' that fails Typescript compilation after updating to the Latest 3.7.0 version.

[SamShot81]

What is your Scenario?

I am trying to run the testcases locally that I do everyday. I updated the testcafe to version 3.7.0 and ran the same suite and saw the following error :

Cannot prepare tests due to the following error:

Error: TypeScript compilation failed. Cannot find type definition file for 'minimatch'. The file is in the program because: Entry point for implicit type library 'minimatch'

What is the Current behavior?

No tests are run

What is the Expected behavior?

The test should run normally like the past versions

What is the public URL of the test page? (attach your complete example)

https://portal.fsm.epicor.com/Identity/Account/Login

What is your TestCafe test code?

I have 1000 testcases running successfully before updating testcafe

Your complete configuration file

module.exports = { selectorTimeout: 3000, assertionTimeout: 3000, skipJsErrors: true, hooks: {

// fixture:{
//   before: async (t) => {
//     await t
//       .maximizeWindow();
//   }
// },
test: {
  before: async (t) => {
    await t

      .maximizeWindow();

  },
},
reporter: {
  onBeforeWrite: {
    'spec': hookFunction
  },
},

}, };

let i = 1 function hookFunction(writeInfo, testRuninfo, name) { if (writeInfo.initiator === 'reportTestDone') { // Determine the reporter event const dateTime = new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'GMT' }); writeInfo.formattedText = i++ + " - " + dateTime + writeInfo.formattedText; //writeInfo.formattedText = "NUMBER OF TEST EXECUTED : " + (++i) }; }

Your complete test report

Screenshots

Steps to Reproduce

TestCafe version

3.7.2

Node.js version

21.6.2

Command-line arguments

testcafe chrome filepath.js

Browser name(s) and version(s)

Chrome

Platform(s) and version(s)

Windows

Other

No response

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[Bayheck]

Hello, while we're working on the fix, you can use the following workaround. In your package.json add the following override:

"overrides": { "testcafe-browser-tools": { "del": "^6.1.1" } }

[bartoszwalicki]

Hi, workaround not working for yarn. For npm newest version 3.7.2 is working fine, without workaround.

[aleks-pro]

Hi @bartoszwalicki,

Please try using the resolutions section in package.json. It provides functionality in the Yarn package manager similar to the overrides feature in npm. For more details, see the Yarn documentation: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/selective-version-resolutions/#toc-why-would-you-want-to-do-this

[bartoszwalicki]

Actually I used custom tsconfig and problem is solved for me. For reference:

tsconfig.ts

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowJs": true,
    "strict": true,
    "outDir": "./lib",
    "sourceMap": false,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "noResolve": false,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "target": "es6",
    "types": ["node", "testcafe"],
    "lib": ["dom", "es6", "es2017"]
  }
}

.tescaferc.js

module.exports = {
  compilerOptions: {
    typescript: { configPath: './tsconfig.json' },
  },
  skipJsErrors: true,
  skipUncaughtErrors: true,
};