node asserts in node_contextify.cc:631 Assertion `args[1]->IsString()' failed

[bentoi]

This issue has been solved: Please use a gulp version >= 4.0.0. Thank you.

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• Version: v10.0.0 (from HomeBrew)
• Platform: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
• Subsystem: gulp

Trying to build our sources using the latest node, node crashes with the assert below when running gulp.

Step to reproduce:

$ git clone --depth 1 -b 3.7 https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice
$ cd ice/js
$ npm install
$ npm run build

The stack trace:

$ npm run build

> ice@3.7.1 build /Users/benoit/Devel/GitHub/ice37/js
> gulp

gulp[46138]: ../src/node_contextify.cc:631:static void node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> &): Assertion `args[1]->IsString()' failed.
 1: node::Abort() [/usr/local/bin/node]
 2: node::Assert(char const* const (*) [4]) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 3: node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 4: v8::internal::FunctionCallbackArguments::Call(v8::internal::CallHandlerInfo*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 5: v8::internal::MaybeHandle<v8::internal::Object> v8::internal::(anonymous namespace)::HandleApiCallHelper<true>(v8::internal::Isolate*, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::HeapObject>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::HeapObject>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::FunctionTemplateInfo>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, v8::internal::BuiltinArguments) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 6: v8::internal::Builtin_Impl_HandleApiCall(v8::internal::BuiltinArguments, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 7: 0x36ecf288427d

[apapirovski]

See #20281 for more info and #20285

[wustzhaohui]

so what's the solution ?

[collinoswaltpsd]

@wustzhaohui my workaround was to downgrade in my particular case. 10.3.0 -> 8.11.2 (chose this version because it's what a coworker is using)

[wustzhaohui]

I solve this problem by download node of v8.11.3 .

[siddharthagit]

I am also getting the same error after upgrading node version on Mac.

[i30]

Don't understand why but run npm i natives solved the problem for me.

[tterb]

@i30 That seems to have fixed the problem for me too, but I can't seem to figure out why either.

[timdhoffmann]

@i30 Thanks, i'm having a slightly different error output, but this helped me as well!

[onokje]

Same here, npm i natives fixed it

[stevepiron]

Same here

[davidprae]

npm i natives did not solve it for me.

[ecker00]

After reading the npm natives readme, it didn't seem like a good idea to use that solution. This fixed it for me:

rm -r node_modules
npm install

[cah-ranjithgampa]

@ecker00's Solution worked for me as well.

[worldbeater]

Experiencing the same error, npm i natives did the trick.
Don't understand why the issue is closed.
The bug actually exists and is rather annoying.

[a-r-m-i-n]

I've also run in this error and the npm i natives fixed it! Deleting node_modules manually and reinstall everything, did not fix it!

Update: I've figured out that the given dependencies may occure this behaviour. Indeed, installing the package "natives" works, while reinstalling didn't work...

But when I cleanup the (messy) dependency list, my gulp tasks work like charm, also without installing "natives".

This was my required packages before the cleanup:

    "clean": "^4.0.2",
    "cssnano": "^4.0.0-rc.2",
    "del": "^3.0.0",
    "eslint": "^4.19.1",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^11.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.11.0",
    "eslint-plugin-node": "^6.0.1",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.7.0",
    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.1.0",
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-cli": "^2.0.1",
    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^4.1.0",
    "gulp-postcss": "^7.0.1",
    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
    "gulp-sass": "^4.0.1",
    "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.6.4",
    "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
    "gulp-util": "^3.0.8",
    "gulp-watch": "^5.0.0",
    "postcss": "^6.0.22",
    "postcss-assets": "^5.0.0",
    "postcss-inline-svg": "^3.1.1",
    "postcss-preset-env": "^5.1.0",
    "postcss-pxtorem": "^4.0.1",
    "postcss-reporter": "^5.0.0",
    "postcss-scss": "^1.0.5",
    "postcss-syntax": "^0.28.0",
    "postcss-validator": "^0.2.0",
    "stylelint": "^9.2.0",
    "stylelint-config-recommended-scss": "^3.2.0",
    "stylelint-config-standard": "^18.2.0",
    "stylelint-scss": "^3.1.0"

And this after the cleanup:

    "clean": "^4.0.2",
    "cssnano": "^4.0.0-rc.2",
    "del": "^3.0.0",
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^4.1.0",
    "gulp-postcss": "^7.0.1",
    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
    "gulp-sass": "^4.0.1",
    "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.6.4",
    "postcss-assets": "^5.0.0",
    "postcss-inline-svg": "^3.1.1",
    "postcss-preset-env": "^5.1.0",
    "postcss-pxtorem": "^4.0.1",
    "postcss-reporter": "^5.0.0",
    "postcss-scss": "^1.0.5",
    "postcss-validator": "^0.2.0",
    "stylelint": "^9.2.0",
    "stylelint-config-recommended-scss": "^2.0.0",
    "stylelint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",
    "stylelint-scss": "^2.1.0"

Not sure which package was responsible for the issue... But I guess it's about wrong dependency versions which are fetched, because they were defined in packages.json.

[sherpa-nimesh]

@i30 Thanks Mate npm i natives solved the issue for me

[download13]

Just had this issue on 10.8.0

$ NODE_ENV=dev node server.js
MINGW64:/c/Users/downl/code/work/app[21376]: src\node_contextify.cc:637: Assertion `args[1]->IsString()' failed.
 1: 00007FF7E3BE9055
 2: 00007FF7E3BC2FE6
 3: 00007FF7E3BC30B1
 4: 00007FF7E3B98B8A
 5: 00007FF7E41DB022
 6: 00007FF7E41DC1B8
 7: 00007FF7E41DB51D
 8: 00007FF7E41DB43B
 9: 000000A85D0841C1

npm i natives did not help in my case.

[mdkacode]

Don't understand why but run npm i natives solved the problem for me.

Thank you so much it worked like a charm !! 👏🏼