Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module node_modules/stack-trace/index.js from index.js not supported.

[xorweak]

Error

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module node_modules/stack-trace/index.js from index.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in index.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.

Code to reproduce:

index.js

import { parse } from 'stack-trace';
const err = new Error('something went wrong');
const trace = parse(err);
console.log(trace)

Environment

NodeJS 16

package.json

{
    "@babel/cli": "^7.11.6",
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.6",
    "@babel/node": "^7.10.5",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "^7.13.0",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining": "^7.11.0",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-private-methods": "^7.10.4",
    "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import": "^7.8.3",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.11.5"
}

.babelrc

{
  "plugins": [
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-private-methods",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"
  ],
  "ignore": [],
  "presets": [
    [
      "@babel/preset-env",
      {
        "targets": {
          "node": "16"
        }
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Hypothesis

Babel is transpiling the index.js file changing the import() statements to require() which conflicts with this module, causing the ERR_REQUIRE_ESM error

[joshden]

I faced the same issue with my TypeScript setup using ts-node. I was previously using stack-trace 0.0.10 that was working fine. But I started seeing this error when I tried to upgrade to stack-trace 1.0.0-pre2. So for now I'm planning to stay on 0.0.10.

[mihirgarg01]

Getting the same error here. Is there a way to fix this?

[yacineblr]

any news about this ?

[hkrhasan]

facing the same error is there any fix for this

`> ts-node src/index.ts

/Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/node_modules/.pnpm/ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@22.1.0_typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:851
return old(m, filename);
^
Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/node_modules/.pnpm/stack-trace@1.0.0-pre2/node_modules/stack-trace/index.js from /Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/src/utility/logger.ts not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in /Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/src/utility/logger.ts to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
at require.extensions. [as .js] (/Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/node_modules/.pnpm/ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@22.1.0_typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:851:20)
at Object. (/Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/src/utility/logger.ts:4:23)
at m.compile (/Users/hkrhasan/development/auth-module/node_modules/.pnpm/ts-node@10.9.2@types+node@22.1.0_typescript@5.5.4/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:857:29) {
code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}
`

[niemyjski]

Hi @xorweak and everyone affected 👋

Thanks for the detailed report. This is a known pain point — the 1.0.0-pre2 version is ESM-only, which breaks consumers that use require() (including Babel and ts-node setups that transpile import to require()).

Workaround for now: Stay on stack-trace@0.0.10 if your project uses CommonJS or a transpiler that emits require().

We're aware this needs a proper solution — likely either shipping a dual CJS/ESM package or ensuring the latest npm dist-tag doesn't point to the pre-release. Leaving this open as it affects multiple users.

[niemyjski]

Really feels like we should just drop babel and target straight esm, that is the future. @felixge any preferences on this.

[felixge]

@niemyjski I got no horse in this race anymore, so feel free to do whatever makes sense to you 🙇