Vercel only: 0.33.0: error Could not load the "sharp" module using the linux-x64 runtime

[JClackett]

Possible bug

Is this a possible bug in a feature of sharp, unrelated to installation?

• Running npm install sharp completes without error.
• Running node -e "require('sharp')" completes without error.

If you cannot confirm both of these, please open an installation issue instead.

Are you using the latest version of sharp?

• I am using the latest version of sharp as reported by npm view sharp dist-tags.latest.

If you cannot confirm this, please upgrade to the latest version and try again before opening an issue.

If you are using another package which depends on a version of sharp that is not the latest, please open an issue against that package instead.

What is the output of running npx envinfo --binaries --system --npmPackages=sharp --npmGlobalPackages=sharp?

What are the steps to reproduce?

Running sharp on Vercel breaks after updating from 0.32.6 to 0.33.0

ERROR	Error: Could not load the "sharp" module using the linux-x64 runtime

Downgrading to 0.32.6 for now

[lovell]

Do you only see this problem on Vercel? If so, please can you contact their support team. If not, please can you provide answers to the questions in the installation issue template.

[lovell]

@c100k Please open a new installation issue and answer all of the questions.

[JClackett]

I'm pretty sure it's just that the new version has stricter OS/cpu requirements and likely that the installs that's we're used to using aren't adding the correct binaries. Still haven't figured out how to install the correct ones yet though 😵

[benmccann]

I'm also getting this on my local Linux machine while trying to upgrade vite-imagetools to the latest sharp. It installs fine, but then fails at runtime when I run pnpm test:

Error: Could not load the "sharp" module using the linux-x64 runtime
Possible solutions:
- Add platform-specific dependencies:
    npm install --os=linux --cpu=x64 sharp
  or
    npm install --force @img/sharp-linux-x64
- Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install

  System:
    OS: Linux 6.5 Ubuntu 23.10 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  Binaries:
    pnpm: 8.11.0
    Node: 18.16.0

[sawaYch]

Facing same issue on Vercel.
Confirmed that my Vercel and local env are running node version = 18.17.1

I have already install sharp by npm install --force @img/sharp-linux-x64
When I run locally on a Linux machine (ArchLinux x64) it works fine both on build and runtime;
while on Vercel build success but the serverless function call throw the following exception at runtime:

⨯ Error: Could not load the "sharp" module using the linux-x64 runtime
Possible solutions:
- Add platform-specific dependencies:
    npm install --os=linux --cpu=x64 sharp
  or
    npm install --force @img/sharp-linux-x64
- Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/task/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:85:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
    at r.<computed>.e._load (/var/task/___vc/__launcher/__launcher.js:14:2299)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)
    at w.require (/var/task/node_modules/next/dist/compiled/next-server/server.runtime.prod.js:11:25815)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:119:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/task/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:10:1) {
  page: '/api/og'
}

update:
downgrade to 0.32.6 works (fyi who really need a workaround)

[lovell]

If everything works locally and you're seeing this problem only on Vercel, please contact Vercel support.

If you're seeing this problem locally, please open a new installation issue and answer all the questions. This will help me to gather lots of information from as many people as possible before starting to look for patterns.

[dresende]

I'm having this and I'm not using Vercel. Can it be because of an npm-shrinkwrap.json created on a MacOS and later on, on Github, the image of my app installs dependencies on a linux?

[lovell]

@dresende If you're seeing this problem locally, please open a new installation issue and answer all the questions. This will help me to gather lots of information from as many people as possible before starting to look for patterns.

[mackermans]

FYI it's not just on Vercel, we encountered this issue yesterday (caused an incident in prod) on AWS Lambda using the Node 18 runtime because we install latest (0.33.0 in this case) on every deployment. We fixed it by pinning sharp to 0.32, but didn't investigate further.

[lovell]

I've renamed this issue so it can focus on those experiencing problems on Vercel only. If you are experiencing it anywhere else, please open a new issue.

I genuinely want to help people, and the best way to do that right now is for you to give me lots of information, but not all in the same issue all at once. Lots of separate issues that I can use to find out specifics about each failing environment will allow me to help you to help others. Thank you.

[JClackett]

Vercel uses AWS lambda right? so its probably not to do with Vercel itself but AWS lambda in this case

[lovell]

In terms of Vercel, my suspicion is that there is something slightly different happening during the remote build that is preventing the right dependencies being installed. Paging @styfle who is always very helpful and may be able to provide more information about Vercel-internal systems for those who are experiencing this problem on Vercel only.

[acalcutt]

I am also seeing this error in my tileserver-gl workflow, but I have not had a chance to troubleshoot locally yet.
maptiler/tileserver-gl#1083 . Looks like it installs sharp but fails with the error mentioned when it tries to run the tests.

This workflow that fails is Ubuntu 20.04/Node18
https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl/actions/runs/7039464819/job/19158648527?pr=1083

One thing I still have to test is the order of sharp/canvas/maplibre-native imports. sometimes the order they are imported seems to make a difference that causes weird errors like this.

[lovell]

@acalcutt It looks like you've configured npm to not install optional dependencies by using --omit=optional, so please try removing that.

[devunt]

Looks like @vercel/nft does not pick up corresponding dependency files. We are using it for deployment tree-shaking while not using Vercel itself. We are experiencing the same problem.

Also related: getsentry/sentry-cli#1849

[lovell]

Please use either https://vercel.com/help#issues or https://github.com/orgs/vercel/discussions to report issues directly to Vercel.

[daniel-trevino]

As a quick fix for now you could install an older version of sharp manually in your app. I tried with sharp@0.32.6 and it should remove the error from Vercel.

[devunt]

Please use either https://vercel.com/help#issues or https://github.com/orgs/vercel/discussions to report issues directly to Vercel.

Appreciate for the pointing the right direction. However I just wanna let maintainers and others to know that I suspect this is a Vercel (and its library) issue, not a sharp specific issue.

[devunt]

After some investigation, if I change https://github.com/lovell/sharp/blob/main/lib/sharp.js#L24 to require('@img/sharp-darwin-arm64/sharp.node') @vercel/nft collects the corresponding sharp-darwin-arm64.node file correctly. I opened the issue at vercel/nft#371.

[lovell]

@devunt Great detective work, thank you, it confirms that deployment logic run within Vercel is causing this problem.

[lovell]

I'm going to temporarily lock this issue as it relates only and specifically to a problem with Vercel that is being tracked at vercel/nft#371 - please subscribe to that issue and/or contact Vercel support for updates.

For anyone else coming here, please open a new installation issue and answer all the questions. I need your answers to these questions as a minimum starting point to be able to try to help you.

[lovell]

The vercel/nft#371 issue has now been fixed. If you are deploying to Vercel (or using Next.js standalone mode) please ensure you upgrade your dependencies to use @vercel/nft version 0.26.1 or later.

For anyone else coming here experiencing similar symptoms, please open a new installation issue and answer all the questions.

[hewar-saber]

As a quick fix for now you could install an older version of sharp manually in your app. I tried with sharp@0.32.6 and it should remove the error from Vercel.

sharp@0.32.6

This worked for me, I had the same issue with Next.js on Vercel and Netlify.

[JClackett]

I wasn't using @vercel/nft, and its still error in vercel for me using latest versions

[lovell]

@JClackett I think Vercel uses @vercel/nft under the hood so perhaps they have not yet updated their build infrastructure with the latest version. You'll need to ask Vercel support about this.

[slavanossar]

Was also experiencing this issue and updating Node fixed it (18.16.1 > 18.19.0).

[aoioioi]

Not working for me deployed on render. Using node 18.19.0. Rolling back to 0.32.6 fixed the issue for me

[dalyr95]

Same issue on AWS, not vercel. Node 18.17.0 - x64, 0.32.6 rollback works

[lovell]

There was a problem affecting both Next.js standalone mode and Vercel deployments, which has now been fixed - please ensure @vercel/nft version 0.26.1 or later is being used - see vercel/nft#371 for details.

Lots of people are running into npm/cli#4828 and the symptoms are similar so please check that one first if you're sharing lockfiles between multiple platforms.

If you're still having problems, please open a new installation issue and answer all the questions. I need your answers to these questions as a minimum starting point to be able to try to help you.

I'm going to lock this issue again.