vercel/next.js · error

${title} Please try the latest canary version (`npm insta

Error message

${title}
   Please try the latest canary version (`npm install next@canary`) to confirm the issue still exists before creating a new issue.
   Read more - https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/opening-an-issue

What it means

Error "${title} Please try the latest canary version (`npm install next@canary`) to confirm the issue still exists before creating a new issue. Read more - https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/opening-an-issue" thrown in vercel/next.js.

Source

Thrown at packages/next/src/cli/next-info.ts:168

  console.log(`
Operating System:
  Platform: ${os.platform()}
  Arch: ${os.arch()}
  Version: ${os.version()}
  Available memory (MB): ${Math.ceil(os.totalmem() / 1024 / 1024)}
  Available CPU cores: ${cpuCores > 0 ? cpuCores : 'N/A'}
Binaries:
  Node: ${process.versions.node}
  npm: ${getBinaryVersion('npm')}
  Yarn: ${getBinaryVersion('yarn')}
  pnpm: ${getBinaryVersion('pnpm')}
Relevant Packages:
${relevantPackages}
Next.js Config:
  output: ${nextConfig.output}`)

  if (versionInfo?.staleness.startsWith('stale')) {
    warn(`${title}
   Please try the latest canary version (\`npm install next@canary\`) to confirm the issue still exists before creating a new issue.
   Read more - https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/opening-an-issue`)
  }
}

/**
 * Using system-installed tools per each platform, trying to read shared dependencies of next-swc.
 * This is mainly for debugging DLOPEN failure.
 *
 * We don't / can't install these tools by ourselves, will skip the check if we can't find them.
 */
async function runSharedDependencyCheck(
  tools: Array<{ bin: string; checkArgs: Array<string>; args: Array<string> }>,
  skipMessage: string
): Promise<TaskResult> {
  const currentPlatform = os.platform()
  const spawn =
    require('next/dist/compiled/cross-spawn') as typeof import('next/dist/compiled/cross-spawn')

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Solutions

1. Install the latest canary (`npm install next@canary`) and confirm the issue still exists before opening a GitHub issue.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/next/src/cli/next-info.ts:165 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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