ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE with node v16.17

[samuelint]

Search Terms

• ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE
• "ts-node/esm 'resolve'" did not call the next hook in its chain and did not explicitly signal a short circuit

Expected Behavior

no error when executing mocha 'src/**/*.spec.ts'

Actual Behavior

When executing
mocha 'src/**/*.spec.ts'

the following error happen on node v16.17 but not on node v16.16

Error [ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE]: "ts-node/esm 'resolve'" did not call the next hook in its chain and did not explicitly signal a short circuit. If this is intentional, include `shortCircuit: true` in the hook's return.
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:[38]7:5)
    at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:852:13)
    at async ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:431:7)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:533:24)
    at async loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:91:5)
    at async handleMainPromise (node:internal/modules/run_main:65:12) {
  code: 'ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE'
}
error Command failed with exit code 1.

Steps to reproduce the problem

Use node v16.17 or node16:latest
Use

• mocha ^9.2.2
• typescript ^4.6.3
• ts-node ^10.7.0

Minimal reproduction

• Have any mocha + ts-node + node 16.17 project

Specifications

• ts-node version: ^10.7.0
• node version: 16.17
• TypeScript version:^4.6.3
• mocha ^9.2.2

/* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2020",
    "module": "esnext",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "lib": [
      "es2019",
      "es2020.promise",
      "es2020.bigint",
      "es2020.string",
      "esnext.asynciterable"
    ],
    "declaration": true,
    "declarationMap": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "rootDir": "./src",

    "removeComments": true,

    "strict": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
    "strictBindCallApply": true,
    "strictPropertyInitialization": true,
    "noImplicitThis": true,
    "alwaysStrict": true,

    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "noUnusedParameters": false,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,

    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,

    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true
  },
  "ts-node": {
    "esm": true
  },
  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/node_modules/*", "**/*.spec.ts"]
}

• package.json:

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=16.14.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon --watch src -e ts,tsx --ignore '*.spec.ts*' --exec 'yarn server'",
    "server": "node --loader ts-node/esm --es-module-specifier-resolution=node --no-warnings ./src/index.ts",
    "server:prod": "yarn build && node --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./dist/index.js",
    "clean": "rimraf dist/",
    "copy-static-files": "copyfiles --all -u 1 \"src/**/*.gql\" \"dist\"",
    "build": "yarn clean && tsc --outdir ./dist && yarn copy-static-files",
    "format": "prettier --ignore-path .gitignore --write \"**/*.+(js|ts|json)\"",
    "lint": "eslint --ext .ts .",
    "lint:fix": "eslint --fix --ext .ts .",
    "test:unit": "TS_NODE_PROJECT='./tsconfig.test.json' mocha",
    "test:unit:all": "yarn test:unit 'src/**/*.spec.ts'",
    "test:unit:watch": "yarn test:unit:all --parallel --watch",
    "test:integration": "TS_NODE_PROJECT='./tsconfig.test.json' mocha -r test/integration/setup.ts",
    "test:integration:all": "yarn test:integration 'test/integration/**/*.spec.ts'",
    "test:integration:all:wait-on": "wait-on http://localhost:8080 && yarn test:integration:all"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@apollo/client": "^3.6.9",
    "@drewkimberly/permutations": "1.x",
    "@godaddy/terminus": "^4.10.2",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.13",
    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.182",
    "@types/mocha": "^9.1.0",
    "@types/morgan": "^1.9.3",
    "@types/node": "^17.0.25",
    "apollo-server-core": "^3.6.7",
    "apollo-server-express": "^3.6.7",
    "axios": "^0.26.1",
    "colors": "^1.4.0",
    "cross-fetch": "^3.1.5",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
    "express": "^4.17.3",
    "graphql": "^16.4.0",
    "inversify": "^6.0.1",
    "inversify-express-utils": "^6.4.3",
    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
    "mocha": "^9.2.2",
    "morgan": "^1.10.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "walk-sync": "^3.0.0",
    "winston": "^3.7.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.5",
    "@types/sinon": "^10.0.11",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.20.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.20.0",
    "chai": "^4.3.6",
    "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
    "chai-graphql": "^4.0.0",
    "chai-http": "^4.3.0",
    "copyfiles": "^2.4.1",
    "eslint": "^8.13.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
    "eslint-plugin-n": "^15.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.0.0",
    "mocha-better-spec-reporter": "^3.1.0",
    "mockttp": "^2.7.0",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.15",
    "prettier": "2.6.2",
    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
    "sinon": "^13.0.2",
    "ts-node": "^10.7.0",
    "typescript": "^4.6.3",
    "wait-on": "^6.0.1"
  }
}

• Operating system and version:
• Tested inside docker node:16-alpine & node:16.17-alpine

[cspotcode]

Dupe of #1839.

[samuelint]

Not exactly a dupe.
#1839.
Says it happen with node v18.6.0. Here the problem happen with node v16. Even if the ERR_LOADER_CHAIN_INCOMPLETE error has been added to node in node 18.6.0 (https://nodejs.org/api/errors.html#err_loader_chain_incomplete)

[cspotcode]

#1839 (comment)