update to npm v4.7.2, got error: False expression: Non-string value passed to `ts.resolveTypeReferenceDirective`

[vonlyinno]

when I update npm package to v4.7.2, npm run build( script: vue-cli-service build ) got error:

INTERNAL ERROR(undefined,undefined) Debug Failure. False expression: Non-string value passed to `ts.resolveTypeReferenceDirective`, likely by a wrapping package working with an outdated `resolveTypeReferenceDirectives` signature. This is probably not a problem in TS itself.
stack trace:
Error: Debug Failure. False expression: Non-string value passed to `ts.resolveTypeReferenceDirective`, likely by a wrapping package working with an outdated `resolveTypeReferenceDirectives` signature. This is probably not a problem in TS itself.

It went well if I use v4.6.x.

[fatcerberus]

As the error message says, not a TS bug. #47921

[Francosf7]

Hi, sorry if this has already been answered, but should we revert our TS version or Ts-node version to a specific v4.X.X version in our projects in order for this error to go away? Or how do we make it go away?

[vmoreirav]

You can install the old versions in this site: https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript.

[link89]

Have the same problem and npm install typescript@latest ts-node@latest fix my issue.

Update: The root cause in my case is old version of ts-node use legacy API of typescript that no longer support by typescript after specific version, so the command above fix my problem as new version of ts-node fix the issue. For the other cases that this fix won't work, you should find out the exact package that throw the error, and try to either upgrade it or downgrade typescript to a fixed version as a workaround.

[fatcerberus]

Why all the downvotes on my comment? The issue is with ts-node, not TypeScript. That’s why the error message is worded the way it is, as it was a known breaking change.

[mvaljento]

"npm install typescript@latest ts-node@latest"

Didn't fix it for me.

[RyanCavanaugh]

Please see (and don't thumb-down!) fatcerberus's comment above. The message explicitly states that the API consumer is out-of-date.

[hamzou247]

"npm install typescript@latest ts-node@latest"

Didn't fix it for me.

Same having the error and switching versions didn't make it. Should we ask in other repo?