Wrong error annotation when commonjs `require`s an ES module

[targos]

Version

• ^22.4.0
• main with the --no-experimental-require-module flag.

Platform

macOS arm64

Subsystem

esm,module

What steps will reproduce the bug?

mkdir undefined && cd undefined
echo '{"type":"module"}' > package.json
echo "import nothing from 'somewhere'" > app.js
echo "require('./app.js')" > test.cjs
node test.cjs

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

It starts to happen with v22.4.0. v20.x and <=22.3.0 are not affected.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

$ node test.cjs
/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:1
require('./app.js')
^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/app.js from /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs not supported.
Instead change the require of app.js in /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:1:1) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

Node.js v22.3.0

What do you see instead?

$ node test.cjs
/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:315
undefined
             ^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/app.js from /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs not supported.
Instead change the require of app.js in /Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:1:1) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

Node.js v22.4.0

Additional information

As you can see, this seems to be caused by the presence of TracingChannel.traceSync in the stack trace.

[targos]

Probably caused by #44340 @Qard

[Qard]

@RafaelGSS is the one that finished and landed that PR, so they would probably know better what is going on here.

[RafaelGSS]

Sorry, I've just seen it. I'll check when I get some time (currently traveling for 2 weeks)

[geeksilva97]

Would anybody guide me to where this part of the message,

/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:1
require('./app.js')
^

, is generated?

I thought it was

node/src/node_errors.cc

Line 137 in 51eb4c0

// Print (filename):(line number): (message).

but I'm wrong

[geeksilva97]

Would anybody guide me to where this part of the message,

/Users/mzasso/git/test/undefined/test.cjs:1
require('./app.js')
^

, is generated?

I thought it was

node/src/node_errors.cc

Line 137 in 51eb4c0

// Print (filename):(line number): (message).

but I'm wrong

Found it. https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js#L1656

[mubashir-zenkoders]

Getting Same Error:

Here are my logs:

> events-be@1.0.0 start:dev PROJECT_PATH
> nest start --watch

>  SWC  Running...
Successfully compiled: 115 files with swc (179.97ms)
Watching for file changes.

⠋  TSC  Initializing type checker...node:internal/modules/esm/loader:352
      throw new ERR_REQUIRE_ESM(url, true);
      ^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module FILE_PATH/node_modules/.pnpm/reflect-metadata@0.2.2/node_modules/reflect-metadata/Reflect.js not supported.
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}

Node.js v22.11.0

My NextJS Structure:

1. Fastify
2. SWC
3. TypeORM
4. PostgreSQL

[dario-piotrowicz]

It looks like this issue got fixed in 22.12.0 (and it is still fixed in v23)

See:

So I think that this can safely be closed