WebStorm 2019.3.4 upgrade unable to run NodeJS Mocha debugger
Yesterday, I upgraded WebStorm 2019.3.4, full build details posted below.
I was able to run NodeJS Mocha debugger with previous version of WebStorm before upgrade. Now it fails with Unknown "reporter"
/usr/local/Cellar/node/12.12.0/bin/node /Users/jeffrey.tanner/github/ACT/act-archive-microsoft-sharepoint/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -r ts-node/register --timeout 0 --ui bdd --reporter /Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/plugins/NodeJS/js/mocha-intellij/lib/mochaIntellijReporter.js test/*.ts
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:53236/969d8089-a3ca-4f91-b669-10886ce1854c
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Debugger attached.
mocha inspect [spec..]
Run tests with Mocha
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✖ ERROR: Unknown "reporter": /Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/plugins/NodeJS/js/mocha-intellij/lib/mochaIntellijReporter.js
I was able to run NodeJS Mocha debugger with previous version of WebStorm before upgrade.
File does exist:
/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/plugins/NodeJS/js/mocha-intellij/lib/mochaIntellijReporter.js
package.json devDependencies for mocha used
@types/mocha": "^7.0.2",
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"mocha": "^7.1.1"
WebStorm 2019.3.4
Build #WS-193.6911.28, built on March 18, 2020
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Runtime version: 11.0.5+10-b520.38 x86_64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.14.6
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 1979M
Cores: 12
Registry: ide.balloon.shadow.size=0, js.debugger.webconsole=false
Non-Bundled Plugins: BashSupport, com.chrisrm.idea.MaterialThemeUI
Example Mocha Configuration
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Works fine for me in 2019.3.4 using similar setup:
does the issue only occur on debugging (i.e. does Run work)? Can you reproduce the issue in a new project?
Thank you for your reply, much appreciated
Please could you share a project the issue can be reproduced in?
That might not be possible. The project's package.json has several proprietary custom modules, internally accessible dependencies. I will see what I can produce for a "Hello World" example.
Please keep me posted:)
I reproduced that and I guess this is somehow related to combination of:
1) typescript-written test, for typescript mixed project, with 'tsconfig.json`
2) currently mocha (9.1.3) thinks it must use esm loader for typescript tests
3) this may be a problematic for loading that reporter with esm loader.
Luckily I cleaned up my project lately of JS and it has only TS now, and i was able to remove the `allowJS` flag, set it to `false`, to be more precise, in `tsconfig.json`.
After this error has gone.
Konstantin Isaev please could you clarify what error have you faced namely? from the problem description it seems that your issue is TypeError: Could not load reporter, right? You must have a
tsconfig.jsonwith bothrootDirandallowJsenabled. The problem occurs because the reporter being used is not under the projectrootDir; see https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/9858#issuecomment-234379302 for explanation.You will face the same issue if you create a custom reporter (see https://mochajs.org/api/tutorial-custom-reporter.html, for example), place it outside of your root dir and then run
mocha --require ts-node/register --reporter reporters/my-reporter.js test/**/*.spec.tsin terminalElena Pogorelova I think I have the very issue you describe. rootDir is set and allowJS:true but the reporter is still not being found.
✖ ERROR: Unknown "reporter": /Users/.../Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/IDEA-U/ch-0/213.6777.52/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/plugins/NodeJS/js/mocha-intellij/lib/mochaIntellijReporter.js
Any ideas on how to go around this?
>Any ideas on how to go around this?
no workarounds except for disabling either
rootDirorallowJs(or both); the problem only occurs if both these options are set. You can create a separate tsconfig.json to be used for running tests if these options are required for your build processouch, that's too bad. Thanks for the quick answer anyway.