Build issue: "Cannot redefine property: File" with Node.js 20.6.0

[simoneb]

Describe the bug

When running vite build in an application that worked fine on Node.js 20, before version 20.6.0 (released yesterday), and without anything else having changed, I now get this build error.

This also happens on a newly created app (see repro) so I suspect that the issue is caused by the Node.js version.

$ npm run build

> app@1.0.0 build
> npm run build -w chatbot-ui


> chatbot-ui@0.0.0 build
> vite build

failed to load config from N:\app\packages\chatbot-ui\vite.config.jserror during build:
TypeError: Cannot redefine property: File
    at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (N:\app\node_modules\@babel\core\lib\index.js:7:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (N:\app\node_modules\@babel\core\lib\config\helpers\config-api.js:16:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)

This is the vite.config.js file:

import path from 'path'
import { dirname } from 'path'
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'

const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      '@': path.resolve(__dirname, './src')
    }
  },
  server: {
    proxy: {
      '/api': 'http://localhost:3000'
    }
  }
})

Reproduction

$ npm create vite@latest
√ Project name: ... vite-project
√ Select a framework: » React
√ Select a variant: » JavaScript

Scaffolding project in N:\temp\vite-project...

Done. Now run:

  cd vite-project
  npm install
  npm run dev

$ npm i
$ npm run build

> vite-project@0.0.0 build
> vite build

failed to load config from N:\temp\vite-project\vite.config.js
error during build:
TypeError: Cannot redefine property: File
    at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (N:\temp\vite-project\node_modules\@babel\core\lib\index.js:7:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (N:\temp\vite-project\node_modules\@babel\core\lib\config\helpers\config-api.js:16:14)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)

Steps to reproduce

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System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 2.45 GB / 15.89 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.6.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~\.yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
    npm: 9.8.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD

Used Package Manager

npm

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[simoneb]

Ok I see that the issue is already in Babel babel/babel#15927

[bluwy]

Yeah it is an upstream issue in node, there's not much we can do so closing for now. It's affecting many other projects so hope it should be fixed soon.

[nicolo-ribaudo]

We added a workaround for this in @babel/core, @babel/traverse and @babel/types 7.22.17

[simoneb]

Thanks @nicolo-ribaudo, too bad that the Node fix has been slow to come, appreciate you coming up with a workaround.

[zengxs]

Upgrading NodeJS to 20.6.1 will fix this issue.

[yahyaemre]

same issue, fix with upgrading Node

[myrojoylee]

Had the same issue and upgraded to 20.7.0 in order for it to work.

[tkostas15]

Upgrading NodeJS to 20.6.1 will fix this issue.

That fixed the issue to me, thanks !

[ashishsingh10]

The issue has been resolved! Just updated the Node version from 20.6.0 to 20.7.0