Error: unknown option '--verbose=true' when running nx affected --verbose --target=...

[mklueh]

According to nx affected --help there is the --verbose option

user@DESKTOP-O7MCMUT:~/workspace/nuxt3-multi-page$ nx affected --help
nx affected

Run target for affected projects

Run command using --base=[SHA1] (affected by the committed, uncommitted and untracked changes):
  --base  Base of the current branch (usually main)                                                                                                                                                                             [string]

or using --base=[SHA1] --head=[SHA2] (affected by the committed changes):
  --base  Base of the current branch (usually main)                                                                                                                                                                             [string]
  --head  Latest commit of the current branch (usually HEAD)                                                                                                                                                                    [string]

or using:
  --files        Change the way Nx is calculating the affected command by providing directly changed files, list of files delimited by commas                                                                                    [array]
  --uncommitted  Uncommitted changes                                                                                                                                                                                           [boolean]
  --untracked    Untracked changes                                                                                                                                                                                             [boolean]

Options:
  --help              Show help                                                                                                                                                                                                [boolean]
  --version           Show version number                                                                                                                                                                                      [boolean]
  --target            Task to run for affected projects                                                                                                                                                              [string] [required]
  --parallel          Max number of parallel processes [default is 3]                                                                                                                                                           [string]
  --output-style      Defines how Nx emits outputs tasks logs                                                                                               [string] [choices: "dynamic", "static", "stream", "stream-without-prefixes"]
  --all               All projects                                                                                                                                                                                             [boolean]
  --exclude           Exclude certain projects from being processed                                                                                                                                                [array] [default: []]
  --runner            This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json                                                                                                                                                [string]
  --skip-nx-cache     Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache                                                                                                                        [boolean] [default: false]
  --configuration     This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects                                                                                                                                        [string]
  --only-failed       Isolate projects which previously failed             [deprecated: The command to rerun failed projects will appear if projects fail. This now does nothing and will be removed in v15.] [boolean] [default: false]
  --verbose           Print additional error stack trace on failure
  --nx-bail           Stop command execution after the first failed task                                                                                                                                      [boolean] [default: false]
  --nx-ignore-cycles  Ignore cycles in the task graph                                                                                                                                                         [boolean] [default: false]

Examples:
  affected --target=custom-target                         Run custom target for all affected projects
  affected --target=test --parallel=5                     Run tests in parallel
  affected --target=test --all                            Run the test target for all projects
  affected --target=test --files=libs/mylib/src/index.ts  Run tests for all the projects affected by changing the index.ts file
  affected --target=test --base=main --head=HEAD          Run tests for all the projects affected by the changes between main and HEAD (e.g., PR)
  affected --target=test --base=main~1 --head=main        Run tests for all the projects affected by the last commit on main

Find more information and examples at https://nx.dev/cli/affected

Current Behavior

Verbose cannot be used, although it should be available. Failing application is NX-specific and works when triggering the build script without NX

Expected Behavior

--verbose option to work, if it is in the docs. Crucial to reproduce errors

Steps to Reproduce

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package.json

{
  "private": true,
  "name": "second-app",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "nuxt build",
    "dev": "nuxt dev",
    "generate": "nuxt generate",
    "preview": "nuxt preview",
    "netlify-deploy": "NITRO_PRESET=netlify nuxi build;DEBUG=* netlify deploy"
  },
  "dependencies": {
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^5.1.3"
  },
  "nx": {
    "targets": {
      "build": {
        "outputs": [
          "apps/second-app/dist",
          "apps/second-app/.output"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Failure Logs

However, using it produces

ℹ Merging Tailwind config from ~/tailwind.config.js
ℹ Vite client warmed up in 1076ms
ℹ Client built in 2942ms
ℹ Building server...
✔ Server built in 986ms
✔ Generated public dist
ℹ Initializing prerenderer
ℹ Prerendering 1 routes
  ├─ /blog (111ms)
start Building server...
start Writing server bundle...
✔ Server built
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/server.ts.map (103 B) (98 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/server.ts (328 B) (202 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/package.json (697 B) (317 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/posts.get2.mjs.map (397 B) (218 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/posts.get2.mjs (306 B) (202 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/posts.get.mjs.map (561 B) (251 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/posts.get.mjs (480 B) (257 B gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/nitro/aws-lambda.mjs.map (15.7 kB) (2.88 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/nitro/aws-lambda.mjs (12.9 kB) (4.16 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/handlers/renderer.mjs.map (1.92 MB) (91.3 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/handlers/renderer.mjs (431 kB) (98.6 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/app/server.mjs.map (204 kB) (27.8 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/app/server.mjs (177 kB) (41 kB gzip)
  ├─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/app/client.manifest.mjs.map (2.14 kB) (488 B gzip)
  └─ .netlify/functions-internal/server/chunks/app/client.manifest.mjs (2.75 kB) (528 B gzip)
Σ Total size: 5.69 MB (950 kB gzip)
 ›   Error: unknown option '--verbose=true'
 ›   See more help with --help

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 >  NX   Running target "netlify-deploy" failed

   Failed tasks:

   - second-app:netlify-deploy
   - first-app:netlify-deploy

The build fails and I do not see why, and using the verbose option produces the error

Error: unknown option '--verbose=true'

Environment

 >  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node : 16.15.1
   OS   : linux x64
   yarn : 3.2.0

   nx : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/angular : Not Found
   @nrwl/cypress : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/js : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/linter : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/nest : Not Found
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
   @nrwl/react : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/web : 14.4.2
   @nrwl/workspace : 14.4.2
   typescript : 4.7.4
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
         @jscutlery/semver: 2.25.2
         @trumbitta/nx-plugin-openapi: 1.11.0
         @trumbitta/nx-plugin-unused-deps: 1.11.0

[mklueh]

Same problem, but with the run command https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/11023 Am I doing something completely wrong or is this option really missing across the board?

[flowjo-lukej]

I'm pretty sure there error here is actually coming from netlify rather than nx. From my command line:

➜  ~ npx netlify-cli --verbose=true
 ›   Error: unknown option '--verbose=true'
 ›   See more help with --help

I am seeing the same issue with cucumber-js complaining about --verbose=true. The problem here is that nx is trying to pass that --verbose flag into other tools that do not support it, and unfortunately fail when faced with it.

[e-oz]

No, @flowjo-lukej , it's an error of nx. I’ve got it from Playwright, and PW definitely supports “--verbose”.

[flowjo-lukej]

@e-oz https://playwright.dev/docs/debug-selectors#verbose-api-logs Playwright supports verbose logging through a DEBUG env, but not through a --verbose flag. This is easy to check.

➜  ~ npx playwright --verbose
error: unknown option '--verbose'

[e-oz]

and why do you think that I’m calling it not in debug mode and without the “test” command? Ridiculous.

[flowjo-lukej]

➜  ~ npx playwright test --verbose
error: unknown option '--verbose'

I don't know what you're running, but I know that it's not working. Perhaps you could share so we can get to the bottom of it?

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