Unable to resolve path to module 'stream/promises'

Question

For the following import in a typescript nodejs app

import { pipeline } from "stream/promises";

vscode / eslint is complaining Unable to resolve path to module 'stream/promises'

This started occurring all of a sudden.

node -v v16.13.2
pnpm -v 6.29.1
"@types/node": "^17.0.12"

stream/promises is part of node. I've confirmed that the pipeline function and typescript type exist and work and the overall app still functions.

console.log({ pipeline }); // { pipeline: [Function: pipeline] }

Importing just stream works with no complaints. I've confirmed this error on a Windows 10 and Linux computer. Whats going on and how to resolve it without ignoring it?

Answer 1

Need to make sure your node version is > v15. Note that if you're using nvm, your terminal node version could be different from the version vscode is using. You can see which version you have with nvm unload; node -v. You can consider adding nvm to your rc script files but sometimes it doesn't resolve fast enough and vs code complains.