@swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options.

[reallymello]

Description of the bug/issue

When I use npm init nightwatch@latest to setup a scaffolded Nightwatch 3 project I expect to be able to run the example tests when I run npx nightwatch, but instead I receive error

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      │
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │
                                                                       ││   @swc/core threw an error when attempting to va                                                                                                                                                             │lidate swc compiler options.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │
                                                                                                           ││   You may be                                                                                                                                                             │ using an old version of swc which does not support the options used by ts-node.                                                                                                                                                                                                       │
                                                                                                                          ":false,"jsc":{"parser":{"syntax":"typescript","tsx":false,"dynamicImport":true,"importAssertions":true},"target":"es2022","transform":{"legacyDecorator":   │
                     ││   Try upgrading to the latest version of swc.                                                     ns":true}}}                                                                                                                                                  │
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │
                                                         ││   Error message from swc:                                                                                                                                                                                                  │
                                                                                                                          s`, `cacheRoot`, `disableBuiltinTransformsForInternalTesting` at line 1 column 395                                                                           │
                                                                                             ││   Failed to deserialize bu                                                                                                                                                             │ffer as swc::config::Options                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │
                                                                                                                          ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Steps to reproduce

1. Run npm init nightwatch@latest
2. Select end to end testing and TypeScript as your setup settings.
3. Delete the example tests except google.ts
4. Run npx nightwatch

Error will appear in console

Sample test

import { NightwatchAPI, NightwatchTests } from 'nightwatch';

const home: NightwatchTests = {
  'Google title test': () => {
    browser.url('https://google.com/ncr').assert.titleEquals('Google');
  },

  'Google search test': () => {
    browser
      .setValue('textarea[name=q]', 'nightwatchjs')
      .perform(function (this: NightwatchAPI) {
        const actions = this.actions({ async: true });

        return actions.keyDown(this.Keys['ENTER']).keyUp(this.Keys['ENTER']);
      })
      .waitForElementVisible('#main')
      .assert.textContains('#main', 'Nightwatch.js');
  },
};

export default home;

Command to run

npx nightwatch

Verbose Output

PS C:\Users\Mr\Desktop\nwAsyncExample> npx nightwatch --verbose
 
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ││   @swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options.                                                                                                                                                                                                         ││   You may be using an old version of swc which does not support the options used by ts-node.                                                                                                                                                                                         ││   Try upgrading to the latest version of swc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ││   Error message from swc:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ││   Failed to deserialize buffer as swc::config::Options                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ││   JSON: {"sourceMaps":true,"module":{"noInterop":false,"type":"commonjs","strictMode":true,"ignoreDynamic":false},"swcrc":false,"jsc":{"parser":{"syntax":"typescript","tsx":false,"dynamicImport":true,"importAssertions":true},"target":"es2022","transform":{"legacyDecorator":   ││   true,"react":{"throwIfNamespace":false,"useBuiltins":false}},"keepClassNames":true,"experimental":{"keepImportAssertions":true}}}                                                                                                                                                  ││                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ││   Caused by:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ││   unknown field `keepImportAssertions`, expected one of `plugins`, `keepImportAttributes`, `emitAssertForImportAttributes`, `cacheRoot`, `disableBuiltinTransformsForInternalTesting` at line 1 column 395                                                                           ││                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ││                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Nightwatch Configuration

// Refer to the online docs for more details:
// https://nightwatchjs.org/gettingstarted/configuration/
//

//  _   _  _         _      _                     _          _
// | \ | |(_)       | |    | |                   | |        | |
// |  \| | _   __ _ | |__  | |_ __      __  __ _ | |_   ___ | |__
// | . ` || | / _` || '_ \ | __|\ \ /\ / / / _` || __| / __|| '_ \
// | |\  || || (_| || | | || |_  \ V  V / | (_| || |_ | (__ | | | |
// \_| \_/|_| \__, ||_| |_| \__|  \_/\_/   \__,_| \__| \___||_| |_|
//             __/ |
//            |___/

module.exports = {
  // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located;
  // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner.
  src_folders: ['test','nightwatch'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/page-object-model.html
  page_objects_path: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-commands.html
  custom_commands_path: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-assertions.html
  custom_assertions_path: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-plugins.html
  plugins: [],
  
  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/test-globals.html
  globals_path: '',
  
  webdriver: {},

  test_workers: {
    enabled: true
  },

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      disable_error_log: false,
      launch_url: 'file:///C:/Users/Mr/Desktop/nwAsyncExample/example.html',

      screenshots: {
        enabled: false,
        path: 'screens',
        on_failure: true
      },

      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome'
      },
      
      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: ''
      },
      
    },
    
    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        'goog:chromeOptions': {
          // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/
          //
          // w3c:false tells Chromedriver to run using the legacy JSONWire protocol (not required in Chrome 78)
          w3c: true,
          args: [
            //'--no-sandbox',
            //'--ignore-certificate-errors',
            //'--allow-insecure-localhost',
            //'--headless'
          ]
        }
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // --verbose
        ]
      }
    },
    
  },
  
};

Nightwatch.js Version

3.1.3

Node Version

18.16.0

Browser

Chrome 117

Operating System

Windows 10

Additional Information

[reallymello]

Workaround is to change the tsconfig.json from

to

[beatfactor]

Thanks for reporting this. It appears to be an issue with ts-node, we'll have to disable swc for now.

[beatfactor]

Fixed.