@swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options in Docker, works outside of docker.

[nparoski]

I've setup AdonisJS project with npm init adonisjs@latest adonisjs-sandbox and tried running it with npm run dev but it complained about database not being up. For convenience of use I dockerized the project and get @swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options when running docker compose up --build.

I've noticed that when AdonisJS fails to run in docker I can run it from my host machine and it will work fine.

I'm on 2020 Macbook Pro i5
Local node version is v21.7.3

Things I tried:

1. npm i -D @swc/core to update swc to 1.5.24 still same error presists
2. using few non alpine node images as well as other image versions (22 and 21)

Here are the following configurations:
package.json

{
  "name": "adonisjs-sandbox",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node bin/server.js",
    "build": "node ace build",
    "dev": "node ace serve --hmr",
    "test": "node ace test",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "format": "prettier --write .",
    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
  },
  "imports": {
    "#controllers/*": "./app/controllers/*.js",
    "#exceptions/*": "./app/exceptions/*.js",
    "#models/*": "./app/models/*.js",
    "#mails/*": "./app/mails/*.js",
    "#services/*": "./app/services/*.js",
    "#listeners/*": "./app/listeners/*.js",
    "#events/*": "./app/events/*.js",
    "#middleware/*": "./app/middleware/*.js",
    "#validators/*": "./app/validators/*.js",
    "#providers/*": "./providers/*.js",
    "#policies/*": "./app/policies/*.js",
    "#abilities/*": "./app/abilities/*.js",
    "#database/*": "./database/*.js",
    "#tests/*": "./tests/*.js",
    "#start/*": "./start/*.js",
    "#config/*": "./config/*.js"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@adonisjs/assembler": "^7.6.1",
    "@adonisjs/eslint-config": "^1.3.0",
    "@adonisjs/prettier-config": "^1.3.0",
    "@adonisjs/tsconfig": "^1.3.0",
    "@japa/assert": "^3.0.0",
    "@japa/plugin-adonisjs": "^3.0.1",
    "@japa/runner": "^3.1.4",
    "@swc/core": "^1.5.7",
    "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2",
    "@types/node": "^20.12.12",
    "eslint": "^8.57.0",
    "hot-hook": "^0.2.6",
    "pino-pretty": "^11.1.0",
    "prettier": "^3.2.5",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
    "typescript": "^5.4.5",
    "vite": "^5.2.11"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@adonisjs/auth": "^9.2.1",
    "@adonisjs/core": "^6.9.0",
    "@adonisjs/lucid": "^20.6.0",
    "@adonisjs/session": "^7.4.0",
    "@adonisjs/shield": "^8.1.1",
    "@adonisjs/static": "^1.1.1",
    "@adonisjs/vite": "^2.0.2",
    "@vinejs/vine": "^2.0.0",
    "edge.js": "^6.0.2",
    "luxon": "^3.4.4",
    "pg": "^8.11.5",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.2"
  },
  "hotHook": {
    "boundaries": [
      "./app/controllers/**/*.ts",
      "./app/middleware/*.ts"
    ]
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "@adonisjs/eslint-config/app"
  },
  "prettier": "@adonisjs/prettier-config"
}

docker-compose.yml

services:
  adonisjs:
    build:
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
      context: .
      # Only will build development stage from our dockerfile
      target: development
    volumes:
      - .:/usr/src/app
    env_file:
      - .env
    # Run a command against the development stage of the image
    command: npm run dev
    ports:
      - ${PORT}:${PORT}
    depends_on:
      - postgres
  postgres:
    image: postgres
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USER}
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@postgres:${DB_PORT}/${DB_DATABASE}?schema=public
    ports:
      - '${DB_PORT}:${DB_PORT}'

Dockerfile

###################
# BUILD FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
###################

FROM node:21-alpine3.19 As development

# Create app directorys
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Copy application dependency manifests to the container image.
# A wildcard is used to ensure copying both package.json AND package-lock.json (when available).
# Copying this first prevents re-running npm install on every code change.
COPY --chown=node:node package*.json ./

# Install app dependencies using the `npm ci` command instead of `npm install`
RUN npm ci

# Bundle app source
COPY --chown=node:node . .

# Use the node user from the image (instead of the root user)
USER node

###################
# BUILD FOR PRODUCTION
###################

FROM node:21-alpine3.19 As build

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY --chown=node:node package*.json ./

# In order to run `npm run build` we need access to the Nest CLI.
# The Nest CLI is a dev dependency,
# In the previous development stage we ran `npm ci` which installed all dependencies.
# So we can copy over the node_modules directory from the development image into this build image.
COPY --chown=node:node --from=development /usr/src/app/node_modules ./node_modules

COPY --chown=node:node . .

# Run the build command which creates the production bundle
RUN npm run build

# Set NODE_ENV environment variable
ENV NODE_ENV production

# Running `npm ci` removes the existing node_modules directory.
# Passing in --only=production ensures that only the production dependencies are installed.
# This ensures that the node_modules directory is as optimized as possible.
RUN npm ci --only=production && npm cache clean --force

USER node

###################
# PRODUCTION
###################

FROM node:21-alpine3.19 As production

# Copy the bundled code from the build stage to the production image
COPY --chown=node:node --from=build /usr/src/app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --chown=node:node --from=build /usr/src/app/build ./build

# Start the server using the production build
CMD [ "npm", "start" ]

Full error from docker console

adonisjs-1  | 
adonisjs-1  | node:internal/process/esm_loader:34
adonisjs-1  |       internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
adonisjs-1  |                                 ^
adonisjs-1  | Error: @swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options.
adonisjs-1  | You may be using an old version of swc which does not support the options used by ts-node.
adonisjs-1  | Try upgrading to the latest version of swc.
adonisjs-1  | Error message from swc:
adonisjs-1  | Bindings not found
adonisjs-1  |     at createVariant (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/transpilers/swc.ts:259:13)
adonisjs-1  |     at createSwcOptions (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/transpilers/swc.ts:201:25)
adonisjs-1  |     at create (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/transpilers/swc.ts:54:41)
adonisjs-1  |     at createTranspiler (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:784:16)
adonisjs-1  |     at createTranspileOnlyGetOutputFunction (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:1341:28)
adonisjs-1  |     at createFromPreloadedConfig (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:1404:34)
adonisjs-1  |     at create (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:624:10)
adonisjs-1  |     at register (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:591:15)
adonisjs-1  |     at Object.registerAndCreateEsmHooks (/usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/src/esm.ts:116:34)
adonisjs-1  |     at file:///usr/src/app/node_modules/ts-node/esm.mjs:8:7
adonisjs-1  | 
adonisjs-1  | Node.js v21.7.3
adonisjs-1  | npm notice 
adonisjs-1  | npm notice New minor version of npm available! 10.5.0 -> 10.8.1
adonisjs-1  | npm notice Changelog: <https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.8.1>
adonisjs-1  | npm notice Run `npm install -g [email protected]` to update!

[nparoski]

I've found a fix, apparently what happens (not sure why) is node_modules/@swc/core installs wrong optional packages within docker container.

Heres the fix:

1. Open docker image and find your WORKDIR
2. Remove core-darwin-x64 or core-win-32-x64-msvc or similar from node_modules/@swc/core.
3. There should be core-linux-x64-gnu and core-linux-x64-muscl (if your docker image is linux)
4. Run npm install from within docker container (this time you should see correct packages in @swc/core under node_modules/)

My understanding is that when you pull project and do npm install on host machine which is macOS or Windows, swc installs right packages for your host system.

I'm not sure why it skips installing correct ones on docker image but this is what causes issues.
I tried setting this up on windows and macbook and both times had the same issues where this was the fix.

[freddneos]

Man I Need a hand... i still have the same error related to the SWC

[nparoski]

What's the issue?

[LeonardoRochaInacio]

If your problem is locally, I mean, you are using docker-compose pay attention to the shared volumes, probably it is sharing the wrong file between your windows system and your container running linux.

You can solve it excluding your node_modules from the sharing volumes from you docker-compose.yml file like this:

volumes:
      - ./:/home/node/app # Here we are sharing all the content from local to your container
      - /home/node/app/node_modules/ # Here we are excluding the node_modules