Version 4.21.0 and older now pulls in types for 5.0.0 that are incompatible.

[JimmyBjorklund]

Version 4.21.0 and older now pulls in types for 5.0.0 that are incompatible.

     "node_modules/@types/express": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/express/-/express-5.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-DvZriSMehGHL1ZNLzi6MidnsDhUZM/x2pRdDIKdwbUNqqwHxMlRdkxtn6/EPKyqKpHqTl/4nRZsRNLpZxZRpPQ==",
      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/body-parser": "*",
         "@types/express-serve-static-core": "^5.0.0",
         "@types/qs": "*",
         "@types/serve-static": "*"
       }
     },

app/server.ts:31:11 - error TS2769: No overload matches this call.
  The last overload gave the following error.
    Argument of type '(err: any, req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>, res: Response<any, Record<string, any>>, next: NextFunction) => void | Response<...>' is not assignable to parameter of type 'PathParams'.

31   app.use(ErrorHandler);
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~

  node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:153:5
    153     <
            ~
    154         P = ParamsDictionary,
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ...
    162         ...handlers: Array<RequestHandlerParams<P, ResBody, ReqBody, ReqQuery, LocalsObj>>
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    163     ): T;
        ~~~~~~~~~
    The last overload is declared here.

Adding the types/express 4.17.21 fixes the issue but it was not needed until today

[krzysdz]

Express itself does not depend on or include @types/express. Yesterday the type definitions for Express 5.0 were published and if you did not specify the version as e.g. ^4.17.0, but omitted it or used *, npm will fetch the latest version.

By the way, the types for express are maintained in the DefinitelyTyped project:

• feat: types for express 5 DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#70563

[Trinovantes]

Not sure why but the v5 types are pushed to v4.17.21 causing a lot of linting errors for me

I have to pin types back to 4.17.20 for now:

    "resolutions": {
        "@types/express": "4.17.21"
    }

[joaopenas]

I'm with the same issue. I would like to ask if will fix it?

By the way for who are using npm this could be a solution:

"overrides": { "@types/express": "4.17.20" }

otherwise can use the @Trinovantes solution for yarn

[jakebailey]

For anyone with this issue, can you please do npm why @types/express, pnpm why @types/express, etc, and post the results? I do not think express is depending on its own types, even transitively.

The v5 types were most assuredly not pushed to v4. The DT publisher knows when it's about to publish a package with the same contents and skips it. When the v5 types were published, v4 did not change and you can see in the version list only v5 getting updated:

express-serve-static-core (where the types actually live) did receive an update, but it did not contain any type changes. https://app.renovatebot.com/package-diff?name=@types/express-serve-static-core&from=4.19.5&to=4.19.6

[jonchurch]

@JimmyBjorklund what version range did you have for your @types/express in package.json before?

Please follow jakebailey's steps and report back.

Adding the types/express 4.17.21 fixes the issue but it was not needed until today

This would always have been necessary to guard against pulling a new major's types when they were published. The difference today is that there is a new major's types on DT

[Trinovantes]

Ah, I forgot you can use "*" to specify any version

It seems there's actually a lot of broken packages:

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[jakebailey]

"*" means "resolve to any version", it doesn't neccesarily mean "resolve to latest". They are all compatible with v4 and v5, and if we had written 4 || 5 there, package managers should not behave differently than *.

[Trinovantes]

I'm using yarn 1.22.22 and it's resolving to the latest version for me

[jakebailey]

You may have to use overrides, then. (Yarn v1 is very old and unmaintained; maybe it's just an unfixed bug 🤷)

From the DT side, it's possible that using peer deps would help (once we implement support for them), but if package managers are still preferring newer versions, it may not help.

[JimmyBjorklund]

@types/[email protected]
node_modules/@types/express
  @types/express@"*" from @types/[email protected]
  node_modules/@types/multer
    @types/multer@"^1.4.11" from @tsoa/[email protected]
    node_modules/@tsoa/cli
      dev @tsoa/cli@"6.0.1" from the root project
    @types/multer@"^1.4.11" from @tsoa/[email protected]
    node_modules/@tsoa/runtime
      @tsoa/runtime@"6.0.0" from the root project
      @tsoa/runtime@"6.0.0" from @xxx/[email protected]
      node_modules/@xxx/xxx-shared-utils
        @xxx/xxx-shared-utils@"2.0.17" from the root project
      @tsoa/runtime@"^6.0.0" from @tsoa/[email protected]
      node_modules/@tsoa/cli
        dev @tsoa/cli@"6.0.1" from the root project
  @types/express@"*" from @types/[email protected]
  node_modules/@types/swagger-ui-express
    dev @types/swagger-ui-express@"^4.1.3" from the root project

@types/[email protected]
node_modules/jwks-rsa/node_modules/@types/express
  @types/express@"^4.17.17" from [email protected]
  node_modules/jwks-rsa
    jwks-rsa@"^3.0.1" from @xxx/[email protected]
    node_modules/@xxx/xxx-shared-utils
      @xxx/xxx-shared-utils@"2.0.17" from the root project

[RobinTail]

Those experiencing this problem need to ensure:

• not using * as a version of @types/express in your package.json, because it means "any" and can be resolved to latest, which is now v5.
• if * is set not in your package.json, but in package.json of a dependency or sub-dependency (you can use yarn why or similar approach to find out):
  • check if there is a fix released of that dependency;
  • otherwise use resolutions (for yarn) or overrides (for npm) or similar feature of your package manager to set resolutions of **/@types/express to ^4

CC @JimmyBjorklund @Trinovantes

Example of package.json entry in case of using yarn:

[RobinTail]

Not sure why but the v5 types are pushed to v4.17.21

they are not.
v5 published as v5.0.0

[Trinovantes]

Yea that was a misunderstanding on my part.

Turns out I was using @types/express-session which was one of the many @types packages I've grepped above that wildstars the express version.