Error: "ts-node/esm/transpile-only 'resolve'" did not call the next hook in its chain and did

Question

Getting this error when run the test using npx wdio command.

How to resolve this issue. Error: "ts-node/esm/transpile-only 'resolve'" did not call the next hook in its chain and did not explicitly signal a short circuit. If this is intentional, include shortCircuit: true in the hook's return.

Answer 1

The simplest way to get this running is to add typescript and ts-node to the project.

npm i -D typescript ts-node

Then npx wdio

I opted not to use the compiler in a WebdriverIO project but then started getting this error after a few weeks. I just added the libraries above rather than try to chase down the config i likely messed up, in order to eliminate the error message.