typing error on requestParam.d.ts

[potreco]

🐛 Bug Report

A type error on SnapshotGet, on file requestParam.d.ts file.
I'm opened a PR to fix this: #1925

Lines: 2632 and 2636, change both to number.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Install this lib on a NestJS project
• Build the project

Expected behavior

Build occur normally

Your Environment

• node version: 16
• @elastic/elasticsearch version: 7.17.11
• os: Mac, Windows, Linux

[adambiggs]

Is type checking part of the CI pipeline?

[MichaelRoskin]

Im getting the same...
kids, that's what happens when you npm install without a package-lock.json - lesson learned

[distracteddev]

Any chance of an update on when this release can be rolled back or a forward-patch made?

[JoshMock]

Thanks for the report, all. The issue likely will need to be resolved in the underlying code generator or the Elasticsearch specification that the generator uses. Once it's applied it will be published in the next 7.x release.

In the meantime, you can pin your dependencies to 7.17.0.

There is a type-check done before publishing, but it appears to have failed silently or been bypassed somehow. I'll investigate that separately to ensure failures successfully block publishes going forward.

[JoshMock]

The fix in #1927 will resolve this issue. Unfortunately the npm package did not qualify for unpublishing, so we will be publishing version 7.17.11-patch.1 shortly.

Once that publishes, you can either pin to version 7.17.11-patch.1 or 7.17.0 until we release 7.17.12. Versioning of the client is tied to the Elasticsearch release schedule, and we currently do not have a date for when that might release.

Thanks again for your patience, everyone. 🙏

[JoshMock]

7.17.11-patch.1 has been published to npm. Release notes around when to use the patch version are clarified on the release page.

[distracteddev]

@JoshMock Just wanted to share my experience that this is not a complete solution because many dependencies are included by packages we do not have control over, so there is no good way to pin the package to that version across all dependents, across all repos. Although mistakes are definitely understandable, it seems there is a gap in the release policies / use of semver if you are unable to release a patch to fix a broken version.

[JoshMock]

Thanks for the feedback @distracteddev. Just this week, we on the Elasticsearch clients team have decided that we'll detach patch releases of the clients from the Elasticsearch stack release schedule, in large part so that we can release client-specific patches like this one in a more timely manner without forcing users to break out of semver to get critical fixes. 🎉

Given that, I'm going to release 7.11.12 soon (hopefully before the end of this week), which will be functionally equivalent to 7.17.11-patch.1. Since the version number will be a proper semver patch release, npm should pick up automatically even if this client is a sub-dependency of another dependency. Hopefully that helps!

cc @technige

[distracteddev]

Wow, what an incredible response! Thanks a ton.

[JoshMock]

7.17.12 is now up on npm. Glad we could circle back for an extra win on this one!