TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')

[ThePlenkov]

Current Behavior

I try to build my package and get the error like this:

 npx nx build codegen
Convert compiler options from json failed, Cannot read file '/tsconfig.base.json'.

 NX   Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')

Pass --verbose to see the stacktrace.

with verbose it looks like this:

 npx nx build codegen --verbose
Convert compiler options from json failed, Cannot read file '/tsconfig.base.json'.

 NX   Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')


TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')
    at /workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.js:256:58
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async buildProjectGraphAndSourceMapsWithoutDaemon (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:80:31)
    at async createProjectGraphAndSourceMapsAsync (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:208:25)
    at async createProjectGraphAsync (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:198:39)
    at async Object.runOne (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/run-one.js:24:26)
    at async handleErrors (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/utils/params.js:22:24)
    at async Object.handler (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/command-object.js:32:26)

Expected Behavior

I expect to see the real reason why my script has failed, but currently it fails just handling another errors

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

I do not know how to reproduce, but there can be a chance when we have not an error, but an empty object in the following code contruction:

The error later happens in this code:

nx/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts

Line 374 in 3cbe2ab

const innerStackTrace = ' ' + e.stack.split('\n').join('\n ');

Nx Report

nx report
Convert compiler options from json failed, Cannot read file '/tsconfig.base.json'.

 NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 20.16.0
OS             : linux-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-linux
npm            : 10.8.1

nx (global)        : 19.6.4
nx                 : 19.6.3
@nx/js             : 19.6.3
@nx/jest           : 19.6.3
@nx/linter         : 19.6.3
@nx/eslint         : 19.6.3
@nx/workspace      : 19.6.3
@nx/devkit         : 19.6.3
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 19.6.3
@nx/plugin         : 19.6.3
@nx/rollup         : 19.6.3
@nrwl/tao          : 19.6.3
@nx/vite           : 19.6.3
@nx/web            : 19.6.3
typescript         : 5.5.4
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
---------------------------------------
⚠️ Unable to construct project graph.
Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split')
    at /workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.js:256:58
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async buildProjectGraphAndSourceMapsWithoutDaemon (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:80:31)
    at async createProjectGraphAndSourceMapsAsync (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:208:25)
    at async createProjectGraphAsync (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js:198:39)
    at async tryGetProjectGraph (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/report/report.js:138:25)
    at async getReportData (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/report/report.js:106:49)
    at async Object.reportHandler (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/report/report.js:46:167)
    at async Object.handler (/workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/report/command-object.js:8:9)

Failure Logs

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Package Manager Version

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Additional Information

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[ThePlenkov]

BTW I managed to find the reason - I have created a root level tsconfig.json with following content:

{
    "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
    "compilerOptions": {
        "experimentalDecorators": true
    }
}

So it was pointing to not existing config and one of plugins was generating the exception error TS5083: Cannot read file '/tsconfig.base.json'. which has no stack, just symbol:

But it doesn't deny the fact that such errors must be properly handled by the framework

[mklueh]

This is the most annoying and verbose issue with Nx I've ever faced, because the sources can be several, but the information you get out of it is close to none