Parcel Serve 2.8.0 randomly crashes while rebuilding #8615

roddypratt · 2022-11-09T15:24:08Z

After editing an HTML file and resaving, parcel will occasionally bomb out with the following trace.

Not repeatable, but this never happened with the previous 2.7.0 build.

Server running at http://localhost:1234
\ Building index.html...
node:internal/fs/utils:347
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\dist\index.html.2508.m'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1767:3)
    at NodeFS.unlinkSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:5919:24)
    at makeCallSync.subPath.subPath (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:8166:26)
    at ZipOpenFS.makeCallSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:8379:14)
    at ZipOpenFS.unlinkSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:8165:17)
    at VirtualFS.unlinkSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:7463:24)
    at PosixFS.unlinkSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:7463:24)
    at URLFS.unlinkSync (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.pnp.cjs:7463:24)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\Rascular\ViewMaster\.yarn\__virtual__\@parcel-fs-virtual-99d78ac16b\0\cache\@parcel-fs-npm-2.8.0-30a533924e-75d79963a1.zip\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1019:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:628:26) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\Rascular\\ViewMaster\\dist\\index.html.2508.m'

🌍 Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	2.8.0
Node	16.18.0
npm/Yarn	Yarn 3.2.4
Operating System	Windows 11

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Elias-Graf · 2022-11-10T21:46:09Z

Slightly different error trace here:

- Building cv.html...
node:internal/fs/utils:345
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\Users\Elias\Desktop\cv\dist\cv.html.17068.k'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1735:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Elias\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\parcel\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1019:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:642:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:539:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:157:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:122:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\Users\\Elias\\Desktop\\cv\\dist\\cv.html.17068.k'
}

Software	Version
Parcel	2.8.0
Node	v16.16.0
npm	8.13.2
Operating System	Windows 11

Maybe related to different versions of Node? 🤷

For me, this is sadly happening quite frequently.

Ayc0 · 2022-11-13T01:39:10Z

In #8625, I noticed another error related to rebuilding (but I think it's related to ESM and not on windows).

See #8625 (comment)

Elias-Graf · 2022-11-17T15:38:49Z

Related #8571

Elias-Graf · 2022-11-17T15:43:20Z

Not repeatable, but this never happened with the previous 2.7.0 build.

For me, it does very much happen also with older builds.

mischnic · 2022-11-20T21:46:10Z

How can I reproduce this on Windows?

Elias-Graf · 2022-11-20T21:54:50Z

@mischnic I'm honestly not sure, it's really inconsistent. I can tell you exactly what I'm doing, though:

Open Windows terminal
parcel serve <path to html>
Open a new tab in Windows terminal
Edit the file using the helix-editor

I've just tested and the same thing does seem to happen when using VS Code instead of the helix-editor.

roddypratt · 2022-11-21T08:19:24Z

@mischnic I'm honestly not sure, it's really inconsistent.

This. It's not always repeatable but I get it once or twice a day. Steps are as above. AFAICT editing any file that causes parcel to do rebuild/HMR may cause the issue.

You could try making a script that repeatedly modifies one of the HTML/JS assets and see if that triggers it?

I'm using Windows 11, VSCode 1.73.1

scottgarner · 2022-12-04T17:27:58Z

I can reproduce this consistently by rapidly hitting ctrl-S twice to save in VSCode after making a change that would trigger a rebuild.

partyvaper · 2022-12-09T18:40:12Z

Can consistently repeat this issue in Win 11, with latest Parcel version (2.8.1) and Node 16, Node 19, quite annyoing, quickly writing, saving, deleting few chars, saving again in html file, instantly introduces this issue

Never experienced this on macOS with same project.

I have tried removing, enabling HMR, changing config, passing various flags, basically no success. Maybe there is some flag to bypass all cache and random file names, as a quick workaround?

Might be solved with #8616

After applying changes from #8616 as yarn patch, it seemed to improve, but now I got another error:

× Build failed.

@parcel/compressor-raw: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename D:\test\dist\index.html.12768.5c' -> 'D:\test\dist\index.html'

  Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'D:\test\dist\index.html.12768.5c' -> 'D:\test\dist\index.html'

andrew-rinato · 2023-02-06T11:17:48Z

Dropbox file sync was the culprit for me.

IMGROOT2 · 2023-02-21T05:18:15Z

Disabled OneDrive sync but to no avail. Still the same issue.

HelloJesus · 2023-02-21T13:29:28Z

i tried this
writeStream.once("error", () => { failed = true; fs.unlinkSync(tmpFilePath); try { fs.unlinkSync(tmpFilePath); } catch (e) { // ignore error } }); in file @parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1020
but i got:

    fs.unlinkSync(tmpFilePath);
            ^
ReferenceError: fs is not defined

Or what is the right way to make changes from github?

i wrote this:
"start": "parcel ./src/index.html --no-cache",
and maybe it's work

HelloJesus · 2023-02-21T15:32:31Z

Disabled OneDrive sync but to no avail. Still the same issue.

check this => "start": "parcel ./src/index.html --no-cache"

IMGROOT2 · 2023-03-23T06:34:30Z

Same error, same frequency (every other rebuild)

Cristy94 · 2023-03-23T13:57:38Z

Save error, parcel keeps on crashing on rebuilding (maybe when I save twice?):

Parcel: 2.8.3 on Windows 11.

Server running at http://localhost:1234
🚨 Build failed.
Server running at http://localhost:1234
- Optimizing index.[hash].js...
internal/fs/utils.js:308
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink '...\dist\index.2d3ace14.js.484.1w'
    at Object.unlinkSync (fs.js:1210:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (...\node_modules\@parcel\core\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1019:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:422:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (events.js:327:22)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:106:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:74:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: '...\dist\\index.2d3ace14.js.484.1w'
}

IMGROOT2 · 2023-03-24T00:53:05Z

This is the exact error I get, as well. I’m also on Windows 11. I did some testing and found out this never happens when Parcel is run on a cloud server (GitHub Codespaces, Gitpod). Does that help?

tikato · 2023-04-12T07:14:12Z

Happening for me as well (VSC 1.77.0). Running Node v18.12.0 and it crashes randomly when I update a file (html, js, scss).

xamasistemas · 2023-04-17T14:15:02Z

We made a workaround. We created a 'cleanup' script who celan the .parcel-cache and dist folder.

"scripts": {
    "cleanup": "rimraf .parcel-cache dist",
    "dev": "npm run cleanup && parcel ./src/index.html --no-cache",
    "prebuild": "npx rimraf build",
    "build": "parcel build --public-url ./ ./src/index.html --no-cache"
  },

maybe the problema is concurrency and file lock in the .parcel-cache folder

Elpatii · 2023-04-19T11:54:16Z

Same for me.

Occurs every time after 3 saves of my index.html.

Server running at http://localhost:1234
- Building index.html...
node:internal/fs/utils:348
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\Users\Elpatii\npm\test\dist\index.html.2548.v'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1813:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Elpatii\npm\test\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1019:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:626:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:523:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\Users\\Elpatii\\npm\\test\\dist\\index.html.2548.v'
}

Run with --no-cache doesn't help, nor cleaning up .parcel-cache and dist folder.
No problem with Parcel 2.7.0.

Software	Version
Parcel	2.8.3
Node.js	20.0.0
npm	9.6.4
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro 22H2

Cristy94 · 2023-05-11T12:56:27Z

Still happens for me in the latest nightly version (2.0.0-nightly.1293).

DarrenDanielDay · 2023-05-26T18:54:55Z

Same problem on Windows 10, really annoying.

But it seems parcel won't crash if I only edit & save HTML files that are not page entries. Currently I try to avoid this problem by changing the HTML files I edit from page entry files to files imported as text bundle.

<!-- the entry HTML file, like `index.html`, that I would never edit after parcel started -->
<script type="module" src="./proxy.js"></script>

// proxy.js
import html from "bundle-text:./the-page-content.html";

document.open();
document.write(html);
document.close();

./the-page-content.html is the real HTML content file that I would edit frequently, and parcel would not crash when I save the-page-content.html.

Is this behavior useful to help find out the bug?

tones31 · 2023-05-27T20:03:16Z

I have the same problem. All I did was start up a brand new parcel project and install tailwindcss following their guide on using it with parcel. It ran fine. Then I deleted "hello world" from the HTML file and it crashed

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\Test\website\dist\index.html.19376.8'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1767:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\Test\website\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1028:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:628:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:525:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:157:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:122:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {      
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\Test\\website\\dist\\index.html.19376.8'

I can reproduce it every time. Just run npx parcel src/index.html and modify the HTML file two times. I also have auto save on VS code.

xGeekoo · 2023-07-16T02:08:30Z

Do we have any fix for that ?

lexuzieel · 2023-08-13T13:09:57Z

This issue still happens for me as well. Any ETA for a fix?

benyrfg · 2023-09-05T19:53:19Z

I have the same issue.

Cristy94 · 2023-09-25T13:53:21Z

Ok, found a way to reproduce the crash with Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink:

Have parcel running
Have the website open in your browser
Have DevTools open with "Pause on uncaught exceptions"
Introduce an exception error in your code (e.g. console.log(undefined_variable))
Save the file (so the app is reloaded and the browser pauses)
Fix the error (remove the exception) and save the file again
Because the app compiles BUT the browser JS execution is still paused (on debugger), Parcel crashes for some reason:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\wamp64\www\userTrack\dist\index.2d3ace14.js.20660.3q'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1883:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\wamp64\www\userTrack\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1028:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:629:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:526:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\userTrack\\dist\\index.2d3ace14.js.20660.3q'
}

So, to trigger the crash in 2 seconds, with dev tools open and "Pause on exceptions on", add this line console.log(undefined_variable), save the file, comment the line, save the file again.

kumaramit24apps · 2023-10-09T21:27:10Z

Same issue with me also. Whenever I try to change something in the html file it simply crashes every time. I tried everything but couldn't fix. What could be the possible reason? I tried using pnpm instead of npm, still stuck in that loophole.

Server running at http://localhost:1234
/ Bundling...
node:internal/fs/utils:350
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\GitHub\PNPM-Projects\HelloPNPM\dist\index.html.23708.j'  
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1883:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\Users\ikuma\AppData\Local\pnpm\store\v3\tmp\dlx-26124\node_modules\.pnpm\@parcel+fs@2.9.3_@parcel+core@2.9.3\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1028:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:629:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:526:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\GitHub\\PNPM-Projects\\HelloPNPM\\dist\\index.html.23708.j'
}

Cristy94 · 2023-10-10T08:28:51Z

@mischnic

Ok, found a way to reproduce the crash with Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink:

Have parcel running

Have the website open in your browser

Have DevTools open with "Pause on uncaught exceptions"

Introduce an exception error in your code (e.g. console.log(undefined_variable))

Save the file (so the app is reloaded and the browser pauses)

Fix the error (remove the exception) and save the file again

Because the app compiles BUT the browser JS execution is still paused (on debugger), Parcel crashes for some reason:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\wamp64\www\userTrack\dist\index.2d3ace14.js.20660.3q'
    at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1883:3)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (C:\wamp64\www\userTrack\node_modules\@parcel\fs\lib\index.js:1028:83)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:629:26)
    at WriteStream.emit (node:events:526:35)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'unlink',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\wamp64\\www\\userTrack\\dist\\index.2d3ace14.js.20660.3q'
}
So, to trigger the crash in 2 seconds, with dev tools open and "Pause on exceptions on", add this line console.log(undefined_variable), save the file, comment the line, save the file again.

kumaramit24apps · 2023-10-10T12:36:15Z

I was able to fix this crashing problem by merely fixing my content configuration inside tailwindcss.config.js file. It seemed to crash when it was unable to find the specific path I wrote inside the content property. So, I did the following to fix the issue:

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
-     content: ["./*.html"],
+    content: ["./src/**/*.{html, js, tsx, jsx, ts}"],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

HenkVanMaanen · 2023-11-30T16:15:16Z

We had the same problem. The solution was to recursive chown the src directory to the current user so that the permissions of all files are fixed.

chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) .

msimpson · 2024-01-02T19:43:26Z

The only workaround I've found to mitigate this issue is to disable HMR (--no-hmr).

Which, of course, is not the greatest DX; but at least I'm not restarting Parcel every other file save.

Cristy94 · 2024-01-04T20:04:18Z

The only workaround I've found to mitigate this issue is to disable HMR (--no-hmr).

Which, of course, is not the greatest DX; but at least I'm not restarting Parcel every other file save.

I mean, what's the point of 10ms HMR reloads, if we can't use it because it crashes?

Shouldn't this issue be a high priority, as it almost makes Parcel obsolete?

olliefwilliams · 2024-01-22T17:28:43Z

Also hitting this issue. Was quite excited to use parcel as it worked really well on MacOS. Sadly the exact same project hits this error on W10.

LukasBeh · 2024-02-09T20:10:14Z

I have the same Issue but weirdly, it only crashes when the site is opened in Firefox. In Edge, I don't have this problem. If I open it in Firefox private mode, there is no issue as well. But it's not something that's related to my cache or browser plugins, as I also have this problem when I start Firefox in safe mode.

Edit: ~~Deleting cache, cookies and site-data actually solved this issue for me~~. After deleting cache, cookies and site-data the issue occurs much less frequently. Didn't know that Cache / Cookies / Site Data is still accessed in safe mode

ahmadmohammadirad2006 · 2024-05-01T14:01:47Z

Same issue for me , Is there any fix for that?

netbka · 2024-05-10T12:27:37Z

This is still an issue.
Working with parcel and tailwindcss. Tried all the proposed solutions but it keeps crashing

Ethan-C-Honzik · 2024-05-12T19:24:19Z

Never had an issue until recently in some projects where I tried using tailwind and later picocss. Seems its likely css related? Could also be a coincidence but odd its never happened until now

PinkMeNow · 2024-05-15T09:10:53Z

Happens to me all the time, not using tailwind but using Bootstrap + SCSS. Makes parcel barely usable. This should be a highest priority issue.

runtimerror · 2024-05-15T14:05:49Z

I'm having this issue on nearly every other save. It's most frequent when I save an html file. I'm using Windows 11, and for the moment my project only consists of one html file, a css file, and a js file. It's all vanilla. I'm about to ditch Parcel and try something else.

Ethan-C-Honzik · 2024-05-15T14:15:47Z

I'm having this issue on nearly every other save. It's most frequent when I save an html file. I'm using Windows 11, and for the moment my project only consists of one html file, a css file, and a js file. It's all vanilla. I'm about to ditch Parcel and try something else.

Weird I've never had the crashing with a setup like that. I've been using vite as an alternative for my crashing projects as of late. Bit of a shame as I prefer parcel for no framework ts projects.

mischnic added the Windows label Nov 9, 2022

mischnic linked a pull request Nov 9, 2022 that will close this issue

createWriteStream: Ignore error in fs.unlinkSync #8616

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devongovett mentioned this issue Dec 27, 2022

Running parcel in development mode crashes intermittently #8718

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This was referenced Jan 7, 2023

ENOENT error after changing the html file #8571

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Parcel crashes with Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, when using --detailed-report #7816

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mischnic added the 🐛 Bug label May 11, 2023

r0hin mentioned this issue Jul 15, 2023

Force opt-out of HMR: Just always reload the page. #9133

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mischnic mentioned this issue Apr 5, 2024

Parcel dev server randomly crashes when trying to unlink a file in the dist directory. #9608

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Parcel Serve 2.8.0 randomly crashes while rebuilding #8615

Parcel Serve 2.8.0 randomly crashes while rebuilding #8615

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