ERROR [I18nService] parsing translation error in 10.3.2

[michaltalaga]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

after updating to 10.3.2 our project fails to process translation files which worked all the way up until now.

Minimum reproduction code

https://github.com/nestjs/nest-cli/

Steps to reproduce

our repo is private
steps to repro
npm install
npm run start:dev

Expected behavior

works as last week but it fails
[Nest] 50208 - 03/26/2024, 4:27:27 PM ERROR [I18nService] parsing translation error
[Nest] 50208 - 03/26/2024, 4:27:27 PM ERROR [I18nService] Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'xxxxxxxxxxxx\src\backend\dist\i18n'
[Nest] 50208 - 03/26/2024, 4:27:27 PM ERROR [I18nService] parsing translation error
[Nest] 50208 - 03/26/2024, 4:27:27 PM ERROR [I18nService] Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'xxxxxxxxxxxx\src\backend\dist\i18n'

This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). The promise rejected with the reason:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'xxxxxxxxxxxx\src\backend\dist\i18n'

Package version

10.3.2

NestJS version

10.3.4

Node.js version

18.19.1

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

No response

[micalevisk]

Please provide a minimum reproduction repository. You can start one by running npm init nest in your terminal

why reproductions are required

[michaltalaga]

further investigation shows breaking change was introduced in
https://github.com/nestjs/nest-cli/releases/tag/10.2.0

[michaltalaga]

narrowed it down to:
https://github.com/michaltalaga/nestjs-cli-i18n-issue

git clone
npm install // this will use "@nestjs/cli": "10.2.0",
npm run start:dev

it will fail

git clone
// change to "@nestjs/cli": "10.1.18",
npm install
npm run start:dev

it will work

[michaltalaga]

may be a red herring but it has something to do with nest-cli.json

[micalevisk]

I just tested your repository with both versions and got the same output:

so that might be related with Windows. I tested on linux

[michaltalaga]

that is possible. it worked till 10.1.18 - no issues tho

if I use the default nest-cli.json
{
"$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
"collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
"sourceRoot": "src",
"compilerOptions": {
"deleteOutDir": true
}
}
it breaks even on 10.1.18

so something around those options must be causing the problem
is there a way I can do verbose logging maybe?

[micalevisk]

yeah, now I got that error

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/tmp/nestjs-cli-i18n-issue/dist/i18n/'

[micalevisk]

but it looks like to be related with nestjs-i18n package or due to missing assets (which is expected due to your nest cli config)

unless you manage to find a working version of @nestjs/cli, of course

[micalevisk]

just found this: toonvanstrijp/nestjs-i18n#96

isn't the same thing?

[michaltalaga]

tried out. no luck

[micalevisk]

to recap, it works when you have that assets as in your repository, in your nest-cli.json?

[michaltalaga]

to recap:

starting in version 10.2.0 following nest-cli.json fails on windows

{
  "language": "ts",
  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "assets": [
      "**/*.html",
      "**/*.otf",
      "i18n/**/*",
      "**/*.json"
    ]
  }
}