Bug report: Issue with rrweb dependency when compiled for typescript app

[jondrummond-codeo]

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We get the following error when trying to compile our typescript app using posthog-js.

Seems to have been introduced with v1.164.0

[SUM-Soft]

I have the same error.

[medfx]

Same issue with version 1.165.0.

[Predhin]

any update on this issue, its present on 1.167.0 as well

[seeplusplus]

This issue starts for me in 1.164.0 - so it was probably this https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-js/pull/1413

[slshults]

+1 https://posthoghelp.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/19196

[abigailbramble]

+1 https://posthoghelp.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/19425

[SUM-Soft]

version 1.174.2

Error: node_modules/posthog-js/dist/module.d.ts:1:50 - error TS2307: Cannot find module 'rrweb-snapshot' or its corresponding type declarations.

1 import { MaskInputOptions, SlimDOMOptions } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
                                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Error: node_modules/posthog-js/dist/module.d.ts:2:31 - error TS2307: Cannot find module '@rrweb/types' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types';
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[iirorahkonen]

Are there any updates or workarounds for this issue? The build still breaks with Posthog 1.190.2?

Error: node_modules/posthog-js/dist/module.d.ts:1:24 - error TS2307: Cannot find module '@rrweb/record' or its corresponding type declarations.

1 import { record } from '@rrweb/record';

Error: node_modules/posthog-js/dist/module.d.ts:2:31 - error TS2307: Cannot find module '@rrweb/types' or its corresponding type declarations.

2 import { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types';

[SUM-Soft]

@PostHog Any progress on this issue? The build is still breaks with 1.200.1

[codezaur]

still broken in 1.203.1. import { record } from '@rrweb/record'; record is now not separated it's inside rrweb?

[pauldambra]

can folk share what version of node and TS they're using?

we're importing posthog-js in a CI test to validate minimum supported TS version and don't get this error, so, since I can't repro it i can't suggest a fix 😅

[codezaur]

can folk share what version of node and TS they're using?

node -v v18.16.1 [email protected]

I personally downgraded to posthog-js: 1.181.0, as was suggested in other thread, and it works now.

[SUM-Soft]

can folk share what version of node and TS they're using?

Node v22.12.0 typescript: 5.5.4

My build breaks with every Posthog version greater than 1.163.0

[SUM-Soft]

Setting "skipLibCheck": true in compilerOptions section of TSConfig solve the compile error for me.

[HaynesPostHog]

+1 https://posthoghelp.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/22888

[pauldambra]

in the short term if you set skipLibCheck to true then this works for you you can see in our CI in this repo that this TS compiles

i appreciate not everybody wants to set that

[Pinois]

I'm currently still getting this issue as well

[daverickdunn]

So many issues and comments about this for 10 months now and it's still not fixed. It's a pity, but I have little choice but to move on. You might wanna consider removing TS based frameworks from your "install" page - it's annoying to have wasted time on this.

[hamirmahal]

I ran into this issue today.

[medfx]

Guys, we are still stuck at 1.161.6

You are a very likeable company with a great product and philosophy. I can't understand why the responsible team is just ignoring this problem.

I really love PostHog, but if we can't stay up to date, we should and we will find another analytics service :(