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cypress.config.ts does not work with ESM: "exports is not defined in ES module scope" #23552

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nwalters512 opened this issue Aug 25, 2022 · 17 comments · Fixed by #23695 or #23637
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nwalters512 commented Aug 25, 2022

Current behavior

I would expect Cypress to work out of the box with TypeScript and ESM:

  • "type": "module" in package.json

  • The following tsconfig.json:

    {
      "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ESNext",
        "module": "NodeNext",
        "moduleResolution": "NodeNext"
      }
    }
  • The following cypress.config.ts:

    import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
    
    export default defineConfig({});

However, with that setup, Cypress currently fails with the following error:

Your configFile is invalid: /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts

It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:

ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope
    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)
    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)
    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)
    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)

Desired behavior

Cypress should work with this setup.

Test code to reproduce

Clone https://github.com/nwalters512/cypress-esm-typescript-config, then run yarn && yarn cypress. Observe the following error message:

Cypress Version

10.6.0

Node version

16.13.0

Operating System

macOS 12.5

Debug Logs

cypress:cli:cli cli starts with arguments ["/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node","/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/node_modules/.bin/cypress","run"] +0ms
  cypress:cli NODE_OPTIONS is not set +0ms
  cypress:cli:cli program parsing arguments +1ms
  cypress:cli:cli running Cypress with args [ Command { _events: [Object: null prototype] { 'option:browser': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:ci-build-id': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:component': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:config': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:config-file': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:e2e': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:env': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:group': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:key': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:headed': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:headless': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:no-exit': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:parallel': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:port': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:project': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:quiet': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:record': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:reporter': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:reporter-options': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:spec': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:tag': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:dev': [Function (anonymous)] }, _eventsCount: 22, _maxListeners: undefined, commands: [], options: [ [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option] ], parent: Command { _events: [Object: null prototype], _eventsCount: 1, _maxListeners: undefined, commands: [Array], options: [Array], parent: null, _allowUnknownOption: false, _args: [], rawArgs: [Array], _scriptPath: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/node_modules/.bin/cypress', _name: 'cypress', _optionValues: {}, _storeOptionsAsProperties: true, _passCommandToAction: true, _actionResults: [], _actionHandler: null, _executableHandler: false, _executableFile: null, _defaultCommandName: null, _exitCallback: null, _aliases: [], _hidden: false, _helpFlags: '-h, --help', _helpDescription: 'display help for command', _helpShortFlag: '-h', _helpLongFlag: '--help', _hasImplicitHelpCommand: undefined, _helpCommandName: 'help', _helpCommandnameAndArgs: 'help [command]', _helpCommandDescription: 'display help for command', _usage: '<command> [options]', args: [Array], [Symbol(kCapture)]: false }, _allowUnknownOption: false, _args: [], rawArgs: null, _scriptPath: null, _name: 'run', _optionValues: {}, _storeOptionsAsProperties: true, _passCommandToAction: true, _actionResults: [], _actionHandler: [Function: listener], _executableHandler: false, _executableFile: null, _defaultCommandName: null, _exitCallback: null, _aliases: [], _hidden: false, _helpFlags: '-h, --help', _helpDescription: 'display help for command', _helpShortFlag: '-h', _helpLongFlag: '--help', _hasImplicitHelpCommand: 0, _helpCommandName: 'help', _helpCommandnameAndArgs: 'help [command]', _helpCommandDescription: 'display help for command', _usage: '[options]', _description: 'Runs Cypress tests from the CLI without the GUI', _argsDescription: undefined, exit: true, args: [], [Symbol(kCapture)]: false } ] +0ms
  cypress:cli:cli variable-length opts parsed { args: [ '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/node_modules/.bin/cypress', 'run' ], opts: Command { _events: [Object: null prototype] { 'option:browser': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:ci-build-id': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:component': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:config': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:config-file': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:e2e': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:env': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:group': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:key': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:headed': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:headless': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:no-exit': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:parallel': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:port': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:project': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:quiet': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:record': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:reporter': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:reporter-options': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:spec': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:tag': [Function (anonymous)], 'option:dev': [Function (anonymous)] }, _eventsCount: 22, _maxListeners: undefined, commands: [], options: [ [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option], [Option] ], parent: Command { _events: [Object: null prototype], _eventsCount: 1, _maxListeners: undefined, commands: [Array], options: [Array], parent: null, _allowUnknownOption: false, _args: [], rawArgs: [Array], _scriptPath: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/node_modules/.bin/cypress', _name: 'cypress', _optionValues: {}, _storeOptionsAsProperties: true, _passCommandToAction: true, _actionResults: [], _actionHandler: null, _executableHandler: false, _executableFile: null, _defaultCommandName: null, _exitCallback: null, _aliases: [], _hidden: false, _helpFlags: '-h, --help', _helpDescription: 'display help for command', _helpShortFlag: '-h', _helpLongFlag: '--help', _hasImplicitHelpCommand: undefined, _helpCommandName: 'help', _helpCommandnameAndArgs: 'help [command]', _helpCommandDescription: 'display help for command', _usage: '<command> [options]', args: [Array], [Symbol(kCapture)]: false }, _allowUnknownOption: false, _args: [], rawArgs: null, _scriptPath: null, _name: 'run', _optionValues: {}, _storeOptionsAsProperties: true, _passCommandToAction: true, _actionResults: [], _actionHandler: [Function: listener], _executableHandler: false, _executableFile: null, _defaultCommandName: null, _exitCallback: null, _aliases: [], _hidden: false, _helpFlags: '-h, --help', _helpDescription: 'display help for command', _helpShortFlag: '-h', _helpLongFlag: '--help', _hasImplicitHelpCommand: 0, _helpCommandName: 'help', _helpCommandnameAndArgs: 'help [command]', _helpCommandDescription: 'display help for command', _usage: '[options]', _description: 'Runs Cypress tests from the CLI without the GUI', _argsDescription: undefined, exit: true, args: [], [Symbol(kCapture)]: false } } +44ms
  cypress:cli parsed cli options {} +46ms
  cypress:cli verifying Cypress app +0ms
  cypress:cli checking environment variables +0ms
  cypress:cli checking if executable exists /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +2ms
  cypress:cli Binary is executable? : true +1ms
  cypress:cli binaryDir is  /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app +0ms
  cypress:cli Reading binary package.json from: /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/package.json +0ms
  cypress:cli Found binary version 10.6.0 installed in: /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app +2ms
  cypress:cli { verified: true } +1ms
  cypress:cli is Verified ? true +1ms
  cypress:cli:run processing run options { key: null, spec: null, reporter: null, reporterOptions: null, project: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config' } +0ms
  cypress:cli:run --key is not set, looking up environment variable CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY +0ms
  cypress:cli:run run to spawn.start args ["--run-project","/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config"] +0ms
  cypress:cli needs to start own Xvfb? false +0ms
  cypress:cli spawning, should retry on display problem? false +0ms
  cypress:cli spawn args [ '--no-sandbox', '--', '--run-project', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--cwd', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--userNodePath', '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', '--userNodeVersion', '16.13.0' ] { detached: false, stdio: [ 'inherit', 'inherit', 'pipe' ] } +4ms
  cypress:cli spawning Cypress with executable: /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +0ms
  cypress:cli piping child STDERR to process STDERR +3ms
  cypress:ts registering ts-node on directory undefined +0ms
  cypress:ts Running without ts-node hook in environment "production" +30ms
  cypress:server:appdata path: /Users/nathan/Library/Application Support/Cypress/cy/production/cache +0ms
  cypress:server:appdata path: /Users/nathan/Library/Application Support/Cypress/cy/production/browsers +25ms
  cypress:server:cypress starting cypress with argv [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress', '--no-sandbox', '--', '--run-project', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--cwd', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--userNodePath', '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', '--userNodeVersion', '16.13.0' ] +0ms
  cypress:server:args argv array: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress', '--no-sandbox', '--run-project', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--cwd', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--userNodePath', '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', '--userNodeVersion', '16.13.0' ] +0ms
  cypress:server:args parsed argv options { options: { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, 'run-project': '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0' } } +1ms
  cypress:server:args argv parsed: { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0', invokedFromCli: true } +1ms
  cypress:server:util:proxy found proxy environment variables {} +0ms
  cypress:server:args options { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0', invokedFromCli: true, config: {} } +1ms
  cypress:server:args argv options: { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0', invokedFromCli: true, config: {}, projectRoot: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config' } +0ms
  cypress:server:cypress from argv [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress', '--no-sandbox', '--run-project', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--cwd', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--userNodePath', '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', '--userNodeVersion', '16.13.0' ] got options { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0', invokedFromCli: true, config: {}, projectRoot: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config' } +4ms
  cypress:server:cypress scaling electron app in headless mode +0ms
  cypress:server:appdata path: /Users/nathan/Library/Application Support/Cypress/cy/production +25ms
  cypress:server:cypress starting in mode run with options { _: [ '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress' ], sandbox: false, runProject: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', userNodePath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node', userNodeVersion: '16.13.0', invokedFromCli: true, config: {}, projectRoot: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config' } +44ms
  cypress:server:cypress running Electron currently +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.cloudLatestRunUpdateSpecData +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.cloudProjectBySlug +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.cloudProjectsBySlugs +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.cloudSpecByPath +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.cloudViewer +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for Query.versions +0ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for CurrentProject.cloudProject +1ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for RemoteFetchableCloudProjectResult.data +2ms
  cypress:graphql:nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin Adding nexusDeferIfNotLoadedPlugin for RemoteFetchableCloudProjectSpecResult.data +0ms
  cypress:server:browsers:utils getBrowsers +0ms
  cypress:launcher:detect detecting if the following browsers are present [ { name: 'chrome', family: 'chromium', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Chrome', versionRegex: /Google Chrome (\S+)/m, binary: [ 'google-chrome', 'chrome', 'google-chrome-stable' ], minSupportedVersion: 64 }, { name: 'chromium', family: 'chromium', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Chromium', versionRegex: /Chromium (\S+)/m, binary: [ 'chromium-browser', 'chromium' ], minSupportedVersion: 64 }, { name: 'chrome', family: 'chromium', channel: 'beta', displayName: 'Chrome Beta', versionRegex: /Google Chrome (\S+) beta/m, binary: 'google-chrome-beta', minSupportedVersion: 64 }, { name: 'chrome', family: 'chromium', channel: 'canary', displayName: 'Canary', versionRegex: /Google Chrome Canary (\S+)/m, binary: 'google-chrome-canary', minSupportedVersion: 64 }, { name: 'firefox', family: 'firefox', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Firefox', versionRegex: /^Mozilla Firefox ([^\sab]+)$/m, binary: 'firefox', minSupportedVersion: 86, validator: [Function: validator] }, { name: 'firefox', family: 'firefox', channel: 'dev', displayName: 'Firefox Developer Edition', versionRegex: /^Mozilla Firefox (\S+b\S*)$/m, binary: [ 'firefox-developer-edition', 'firefox' ], minSupportedVersion: 86 }, { name: 'firefox', family: 'firefox', channel: 'nightly', displayName: 'Firefox Nightly', versionRegex: /^Mozilla Firefox (\S+a\S*)$/m, binary: [ 'firefox-nightly', 'firefox-trunk' ], minSupportedVersion: 86 }, { name: 'edge', family: 'chromium', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Edge', versionRegex: /Microsoft Edge (\S+)/m, binary: [ 'edge', 'microsoft-edge' ], minSupportedVersion: 79 }, { name: 'edge', family: 'chromium', channel: 'canary', displayName: 'Edge Canary', versionRegex: /Microsoft Edge Canary (\S+)/m, binary: 'edge-canary', minSupportedVersion: 79 }, { name: 'edge', family: 'chromium', channel: 'beta', displayName: 'Edge Beta', versionRegex: /Microsoft Edge Beta (\S+)/m, binary: 'edge-beta', minSupportedVersion: 79 }, { name: 'edge', family: 'chromium', channel: 'dev', displayName: 'Edge Dev', versionRegex: /Microsoft Edge Dev (\S+)/m, binary: [ 'edge-dev', 'microsoft-edge-dev' ], minSupportedVersion: 79 } ] +0ms
  cypress:scaffold-config:detect Detected cypress.config.ts - using TS +0ms
  cypress:server:video using ffmpeg from /Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@ffmpeg-installer/darwin-arm64/ffmpeg +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigIpc fork child process { CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH: '/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/require_async_child.js', configProcessArgs: [ '--projectRoot', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', '--file', '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts' ], childOptions: { stdio: 'pipe', cwd: '/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config', execPath: '/Users/nathan/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node' } } +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigIpc trigger the load of the file +3ms
(node:46444) ExperimentalWarning: --experimental-loader is an experimental feature. This feature could change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
  cypress:server:browsers:utils found browsers { browsers: [ { name: 'chrome', family: 'chromium', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Chrome', version: '104.0.5112.101', path: '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome', minSupportedVersion: 64, majorVersion: '104' }, { name: 'firefox', family: 'firefox', channel: 'stable', displayName: 'Firefox', version: '103.0.1', path: '/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox', minSupportedVersion: 86, majorVersion: '103' } ] } +161ms
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler current & mean memory and CPU usage by process group:
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler ┌─────────┬───────────┬──────────────┬────────────────┬────────────┬────────────────┬──────────┬──────────────┬─────────────┐
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler │ (index) │   group   │ processCount │      pids      │ cpuPercent │ meanCpuPercent │ memRssMb │ meanMemRssMb │ maxMemRssMb │
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler ├─────────┼───────────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼────────────┼────────────────┼──────────┼──────────────┼─────────────┤
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler │    0    │ 'cypress' │      1       │    '46435'     │   102.3    │     102.3      │  13.19   │    13.19     │    13.19    │
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler │    1    │  'other'  │      2       │ '46438, 46439' │     0      │       0        │   0.39   │     0.39     │    0.39     │
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler │    2    │  'TOTAL'  │      3       │      '-'       │   102.3    │     102.3      │  13.58   │    13.58     │    13.58    │
  cypress:server:util:process_profiler └─────────┴───────────┴──────────────┴────────────────┴────────────┴────────────────┴──────────┴──────────────┴─────────────┘ +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 configFile: /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 projectRoot: /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config +1ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 try loading /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts +6ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 Loading file /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 User is loading an ESM config file +5ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 importing esm file file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:46444 error loading file via native Node.js module loader exports is not defined in ES module scope +29ms
  cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigIpc error loading config {
  name: 'Error',
  message: 'Your \x1B[33mconfigFile\x1B[39m is invalid: \x1B[94m/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts\x1B[39m\n' +
    '\n' +
    'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:',
  stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' +
    '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' +
    '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' +
    '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' +
    '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' +
    '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' +
    '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' +
    '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)',
  type: 'CONFIG_FILE_REQUIRE_ERROR',
  details: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' +
    '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' +
    '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' +
    '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' +
    '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' +
    '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' +
    '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' +
    '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)',
  isCypressErr: true,
  messageMarkdown: 'Your `configFile` is invalid: `/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts`\n' +
    '\n' +
    'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:',
  originalError: [Object]
} +213ms
  cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigManager catch { name: 'Error', message: 'Your \x1B[33mconfigFile\x1B[39m is invalid: \x1B[94m/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts\x1B[39m\n' + '\n' + 'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:', stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)', type: 'CONFIG_FILE_REQUIRE_ERROR', details: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)', isCypressErr: true, messageMarkdown: 'Your `configFile` is invalid: `/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts`\n' + '\n' + 'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:', originalError: { name: 'ReferenceError', message: 'exports is not defined in ES module scope', stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)' } } +0ms
  cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigManager catch { name: 'Error', message: 'Your \x1B[33mconfigFile\x1B[39m is invalid: \x1B[94m/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts\x1B[39m\n' + '\n' + 'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:', stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)', type: 'CONFIG_FILE_REQUIRE_ERROR', details: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)', isCypressErr: true, messageMarkdown: 'Your `configFile` is invalid: `/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts`\n' + '\n' + 'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:', originalError: { name: 'ReferenceError', message: 'exports is not defined in ES module scope', stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' + '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' + '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' + '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' + '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' + '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' + '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' + '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)' } } +1ms
  cypress:server:cypress exiting with err {
  name: 'Error',
  message: 'Your \x1B[33mconfigFile\x1B[39m is invalid: \x1B[94m/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts\x1B[39m\n' +
    '\n' +
    'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:',
  stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' +
    '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' +
    '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' +
    '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' +
    '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' +
    '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' +
    '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' +
    '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/CacheYour configFile is invalid: /Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts

It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:

ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope
    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)
    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)
    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)
    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)
s/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)',
  type: 'CONFIG_FILE_REQUIRE_ERROR',
  details: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' +
    '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' +
    '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' +
    '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' +
    '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' +
    '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' +
    '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' +
    '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)',
  isCypressErr: true,
  messageMarkdown: 'Your `configFile` is invalid: `/Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts`\n' +
    '\n' +
    'It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:',
  originalError: {
    name: 'ReferenceError',
    message: 'exports is not defined in ES module scope',
    stack: 'ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope\n' +
      '    at file:///Users/nathan/git/cypress-esm-typescript-config/cypress.config.ts:2:23\n' +
      '    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:185:25)\n' +
      '    at async Promise.all (index 0)\n' +
      '    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)\n' +
      '    at async importModuleDynamicallyWrapper (node:internal/vm/module:437:15)\n' +
      '    at async loadFile (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)\n' +
      '    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/nathan/Library/Caches/Cypress/10.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:116:32)'
  }
} +576ms
  cypress:server:cypress calling exit 1 +1ms
  cypress:server:cypress about to exit with code 1 +0ms
  cypress:server:browsers browsers.kill called with no active instance +0ms
  cypress:proxy:http:util:prerequests metrics: { browserPreRequestsReceived: 0, proxyRequestsReceived: 0, immediatelyMatchedRequests: 0, unmatchedRequests: 0, unmatchedPreRequests: 0 } +0ms
  cypress:cli child event fired { event: 'exit', code: 1, signal: null } +1s
  cypress:cli child event fired { event: 'close', code: 1, signal: null } +1ms
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I'd expect this to work, too. We should fix this. Thanks for the excellent bug report.

@cypress-bot cypress-bot bot added the stage: needs review The PR code is done & tested, needs review label Sep 7, 2022
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Actually fixed by #23637 - just tested it out. Going to close this one off, it'll be in the next release.

Adding a quick test: #23695

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I get this during the installation of cypress, with the created config file.

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Can you share a minimal reproduction? It's likely a configuration error - the error isn't very insightful, but I can help you fix it once I know your setup.

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@oliviervanbulck (or anyone else coming here) you might want to also see #24111 which has some common solutions to this issue (usually type=module conflicting with the defaults in tsconfig.json).

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floroz commented Mar 6, 2023

Can't share a reproduction, but I am also having the issue of a newly installed cypress not working if "type":"module" is set in package.json

Running Node both 18.14, tried 16.19 and "cypress": "^12.7.0"

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floroz commented Mar 6, 2023

Can't share a reproduction, but I am also having the issue of a newly installed cypress not working if "type":"module" is set in package.json

Running Node both 18.14, tried 16.19 and "cypress": "^12.7.0"

I can confirm that

  • removing "type":"module"
  • or converting cypress.config.ts to cypress.config.js

Resolve the issue

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rezelute commented Jun 22, 2023

I can confirm that we have exactly the same issue when setting type:module in package.json. Maybe someone could explain why changing cypress.config.ts to cypress.config.js makes everything work?

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lmiller1990 commented Jun 25, 2023

If you use a .js extension with type: module" it will use Node.js and the default ESM loader. To clarify, type: module means "I am using ESM (ES modules)" - the one with import and export.

If you are using .ts, it won't use Node.js and the default ESM loader -- Node.js, out of the box, only works with JavaScript, and doesn't know how to handle other extensions or languages (like TypeScript).

In this case, we use ts-node. ts-node ships with several loaders - the ones we use are here. There's two - the default which works with CJS (CommonJs modules, eg module.exports and require) and ESM (import / export).

The conditional logic to decide which loader we use is here.

In your case, I suspect the issue is related to your tsconfig.json, possibly #24111 (comment). What could be happening is we are using the ESM loader, but your tsconfig.json is compiling the code to CommonJS modules under the hood, which is giving the error you are encountering. #24111 (comment) might help.

Alternatively, you can do a ts-node specific change like this in your tsconfig.json:

{
  // Most ts-node options can be specified here using their programmatic names.
  "ts-node": {
    // It is faster to skip typechecking.
    // Remove if you want ts-node to do typechecking.
    "transpileOnly": true,
    "compilerOptions": {
      // compilerOptions specified here will override those declared below,
      // but *only* in ts-node.  Useful if you want ts-node and tsc to use
      // different options with a single tsconfig.json.
      "module": "ES2015", // <==== added this, so it will compile to ES modules, not CommonJS
    }
  }
}

The reason this stuff is so confusing is many projects have a single tsconfig.json shared by multiple tools (eg, frontend bundler, server code, and Cypress).

I hope this comment clarifies a bit around what's actually happening, and helps fix your issue. Let me know if you've got any other ongoing issues.

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Proposed fixes do not work for me, I don't want to remove "type": "module" and the ts-node patches results in an empty stacktrace. I guess I'll go for another e2e library.

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joshrogers857 commented Jun 29, 2024

I am getting this with Cypress 13.12.0, using the default generated file in a scaffolded Vue app (using Vite).

tsconfig.node.js:

{
  "extends": "@tsconfig/node20/tsconfig.json",
  "include": [
    "vite.config.*",
    "vitest.config.*",
    "cypress.config.*",
    "nightwatch.conf.*",
    "playwright.config.*"
  ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "composite": true,
    "noEmit": true,
    "tsBuildInfoFile": "./node_modules/.tmp/tsconfig.node.tsbuildinfo",

    "module": "ESNext",
    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
    "types": ["node"]
  }
}

cypress.config.ts:

import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';

export default defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
      // implement node event listeners here
    },
  },
});

My package.json does include type: module.

Changing the file to a .js extension does fix the problem without needing to remove type:module. I would rather keep it as a .ts file though if there's a fix?

@jennifer-shehane jennifer-shehane removed the stage: needs review The PR code is done & tested, needs review label Jul 1, 2024
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Vondry commented Jul 16, 2024

This is still a problem in the latest cypress 13.13.0 ❗ Had to rename .ts config to the .js as joshrogers857 mentioned above.

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victorlrz commented Jul 22, 2024

Same issue as @Vondry. For cypress 13.13.0. Renamed to cypress.config.mjs and preserved type: "module" in package.json worked. Renaming to .js didn't

smaye81 added a commit to connectrpc/examples-es that referenced this issue Jul 31, 2024
Fixes #1721 

This fixes the warning about Vite's deprecated CJS build in the
`react/yarn-pnp` and `vue` projects by converting them to an ESM module.
Previously, they were both CJS, most likely due to a simple oversight.

With Vue, it also involved renaming the Cypress config to be a `.js`
file. Vue scaffolds Cypress config files to be a `.ts` file, which in
turn does not work with ESM modules. See [this
issue](cypress-io/cypress#23552) for more
info.

For more info on the Vite CJS message:
https://vitejs.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#vite-cjs-node-api-deprecated

---------

Signed-off-by: Steve Ayers <[email protected]>
smaye81 added a commit to connectrpc/examples-es that referenced this issue Aug 12, 2024
Fixes #1721 

This fixes the warning about Vite's deprecated CJS build in the
`react/yarn-pnp` and `vue` projects by converting them to an ESM module.
Previously, they were both CJS, most likely due to a simple oversight.

With Vue, it also involved renaming the Cypress config to be a `.js`
file. Vue scaffolds Cypress config files to be a `.ts` file, which in
turn does not work with ESM modules. See [this
issue](cypress-io/cypress#23552) for more
info.

For more info on the Vite CJS message:
https://vitejs.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#vite-cjs-node-api-deprecated

---------

Signed-off-by: Steve Ayers <[email protected]>
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jgttech commented Aug 30, 2024

I got this working with yarn cypress open --config-file cypress.config.mts. I just switched the configuration to a .mts file and it ran just fine. This is with "type": "module" in a ViteJS project. Just incase someone else ends up seeing this.

@nbouvrette
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If this can help anyone, I fixed this issue by simply setting "module": "ESNext" in my tsconfig.json

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export default defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
      // implement node event listeners here
    },
  },
});

This worked for me, adding the setupNodeEvents. Thanks!

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Berreip commented Dec 23, 2024

Using Vite, on windows 11, I have the same issue with a tsconfig.json that has 2 different references files :

{
  "files": [],
  "references": [
    { "path": "./tsconfig.app.json" },
    { "path": "./tsconfig.node.json" }
  ],
}

Even if both tsconfig.*.json files are correct (module, ESM...).

cypress_install_error

If i just copy-paste the content of tsconfig.app.json into tsconfig.json everything works as expected...

So it seems that having references path is an issue

Cypress package version: 13.17.0
Cypress binary version: 13.17.0
Electron version: 27.3.10
Bundled Node version: 18.17.1
Installed Node version : 22.12.0

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