Unable to run RNW CLI commands due to TypeError: _this._shutdownStatsbeat is not a function

[jonthysell]

Problem Description

A bug was introduced in the [email protected] package which breaks our CLI commands.

That bug upstream: microsoft/ApplicationInsights-node.js#1258
The PR to fix it upstream: microsoft/ApplicationInsights-node.js#1259

It's possible to hit this bug in any of several versions of RNW, especially with new projects as they may pull this newer, broken version of applicationinsights, unless you're using a lock file to prevent it.

Example error:

E:\repos\react-native-windows3\node_modules\applicationinsights\Library\Sender.ts:203
                            this._shutdownStatsbeat();
                                 ^
TypeError: _this._shutdownStatsbeat is not a function
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (E:\repos\react-native-windows3\node_modules\applicationinsights\Library\Sender.ts:203:34)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:525:35)
    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1359:12)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
[4:15:19 PM] x Error detected while running 'codegen'
[4:15:19 PM] x ------------------------------------
[4:15:19 PM] x Error: Command failed: npx react-native codegen-windows --logging

Steps To Reproduce

Try to run a CLI command (or yarn build our repo, which will call the codegen-windows command internally).

Expected Results

Command works

CLI version

12.0.0

Environment

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Windows 11 10.0.22631
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
  Memory: 6.28 GB / 15.84 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.18.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.19
    path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
  npm:
    version: 9.8.1
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK:
    AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
    AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
    Versions:
      - 10.0.19041.0
      - 10.0.22621.0
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Visual Studio:
    - 17.8.34408.163 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2022)
Languages:
  Java: Not Found
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react: Not Found
  react-native: Not Found
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

Target Platform Version

None

Target Device(s)

Desktop

Visual Studio Version

None

Build Configuration

None

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[jonthysell]

The fix for now is to lock to an older version of applicationinsights, as we've done:

• main: Revert back to [email protected] #12582
• 0.73: [0.73] Lock to [email protected] to prevent using newer broken versions #12586
• 0.72: [0.72] Lock to [email protected] to prevent using newer broken versions #12585

[janek]

Thank you for fixing this so quickly! I ran into this earlier today and was just coming back to open an issue.

[jonthysell]

This fix has now been released in RNW 0.72.24 and RNW 0.73.4.