TypeError: ((intermediate value) || (intermediate value)) is not a function from commit-analyzer

[patrik-hlinka-vissim]

Current behavior

Using Github Actions, the goal is to automatically create Github release with build artifacts as Release Assets. This is my first experience with semantic-release, so I may have made some wrong assumptions on the way.

We have a monorepo with different technologies, so I have .release.js file (contents provided in configuration section) sitting in the repo's root directory.

I tried to look for answers elsewhere, but did not manage to find such error in relation to semantic-release. Any help is appreciated.

Please see the job of our CI pipeline below.

  semantic_release:
    needs: [build_client, build_api]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    permissions:
      contents: write
      packages: write
      issues: read
    
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        clean: true
   
    - name: Setup Node.js environment
      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      with:
        node-version: 20
    
    - run: npm install --save-dev @semantic-release/commit-analyzer@latest @semantic-release/release-notes-generator@latest @semantic-release/changelog@latest @semantic-release/exec@latest @semantic-release/github@latest @semantic-release/git@latest
      
    - name: Make release dir
      run: mkdir ${{ github.workspace }}/release

    - name: Download Client artifacts
      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
      with:
        name: client
        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/release

    - name: Download API artifacts
      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
      with:
        name: api
        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/release
  
    - name: Run Semantic Release
      run: npx semantic-release --config ${{ github.workspace }}/.releaserc.js
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

Expected behavior

Github release is created when the job finishes and it contains expected assets.

semantic-release version

23.0.2

CI environment

Github

Plugins used

semantic-release/commit-analyzer
semantic-release/release-notes-generator
semantic-release/changelog
semantic-release/exec
semantic-release/github
semantic-release/git

semantic-release configuration

module.exports = {
  branches: ['semantic-release'],
  plugins: [
    '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
    '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',
    '@semantic-release/changelog',
    [
      '@semantic-release/exec',
      {
        prepareCmd: 'cp -r $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/release/* $DIST',
      },
    ],
    [
      '@semantic-release/github',
      {
        assets: [
          { path: 'release/*', label: 'Release Assets' },
        ],
      },
    ],
    '@semantic-release/git',
  ],
};

CI logs

[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Running semantic-release version 23.0.2
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/git"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "analyzeCommits" from "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "analyzeCommits" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyRelease" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "generateNotes" from "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "generateNotes" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/git"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "addChannel" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "addChannel" from "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "success" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "success" from "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "fail" from "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "fail" from "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:23 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Run automated release from branch semantic-release on repository ***
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Allowed to push to the Git repository
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/exec"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/github] › ℹ  Verify GitHub authentication (https://api.github.com)
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  No git tag version found on branch semantic-release
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  No previous release found, retrieving all commits
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Found 95 commits since last release
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✘  Failed step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[10:26:24 AM] [semantic-release] › ✘  An error occurred while running semantic-release: TypeError: ((intermediate value) || (intermediate value)) is not a function
    at default (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/@semantic-release/commit-analyzer/lib/load-parser-config.js:28:10[7](https://github.com/***/actions/runs/8017818277/job/21902531864#step:8:8))
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async analyzeCommits (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/@semantic-release/commit-analyzer/index.js:31:1[8](https://github.com/***/actions/runs/8017818277/job/21902531864#step:8:9))
    at async validator (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/normalize.js:36:24)
    at async file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/pipeline.js:38:36
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async next (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/node_modules/p-reduce/index.js:15:44) {
  pluginName: '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer'
}
TypeError: ((intermediate value) || (intermediate value)) is not a function
    at default (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/@semantic-release/commit-analyzer/lib/load-parser-config.js:28:107)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:[9](https://github.com/***/actions/runs/8017818277/job/21902531864#step:8:10)5:5)
    at async analyzeCommits (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/@semantic-release/commit-analyzer/index.js:31:18)
    at async validator (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/normalize.js:36:24)
    at async file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/pipeline.js:38:36
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async next (file:///home/runner/work/***/node_modules/semantic-release/node_modules/p-reduce/index.js:[15](https://github.com/***/actions/runs/8017818277/job/21902531864#step:8:16):[44](https://github.com/***/actions/runs/8017818277/job/21902531864#step:8:45)) {
  pluginName: '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer'
}
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

[skycaptain]

We're experiencing the same error when using any conventional-changelog preset with @semantic-release/commit-analyzer or @semantic-release/release-notes-generator. I'm curious if you're encountering the same issue and might have accidentally omitted that part from your configuration example. The error stems from a line that only applies if a custom config is defined for @semantic-release/commit-analyzer , if I interpret https://github.com/semantic-release/commit-analyzer/blob/master/lib/load-parser-config.js right.