Issue with mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node running npm

[nickshanks347]

I tried the mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node containers :20 & :22. When trying to run npm with the default node user, I get this error:

$ npm --version
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1251
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/root/.vscode-server/data/User/workspaceStorage/ecbd587727c66e87727639745fae6f85/ms-vscode.js-debug/bootloader.js'
Require stack:
- internal/preload
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1248:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:27)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:217:24)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1339:12)
    at Module._preloadModules (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1826:12)
    at loadPreloadModules (node:internal/process/pre_execution:730:5)
    at setupUserModules (node:internal/process/pre_execution:205:5)
    at prepareExecution (node:internal/process/pre_execution:158:5)
    at prepareMainThreadExecution (node:internal/process/pre_execution:53:10) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ 'internal/preload' ]
}

Node.js v22.8.0

I am using a devcontainer.json with just "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22" defined.

[nickshanks347]

The same thing actually happens with the root user too, I have to run sudo -i and then yarn/npm starts working. Why is this?

devcontainer.json:

// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/typescript-node
{
	"name": "Node.js & TypeScript",
	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",

	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
	"features": {
		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
			"version": "lts",
			"installYarnUsingApt": true
		}
	},

	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
	// "forwardPorts": [],

	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
	"postCreateCommand": "yarn config set --home enableTelemetry 0 && yarn install",

	// Configure tool-specific properties.
	"customizations": {
		"vscode": {
			"extensions": [
				"esbenp.prettier-vscode",
				"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
				"arcanis.vscode-zipfs",
				"dsznajder.es7-react-js-snippets"
			]
		}
	},

	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
	"remoteUser": "root"
}

[samruddhikhandale]

@prathameshzarkar9 @gauravsaini04 Can you help debug this? thanks!

[gauravsaini04]

Hi @samruddhikhandale, @nickshanks347
I had tried building dev containers for the above 3 scenarios:

• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:20
• mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22
• above given devcontainer.json

But I was not able to see the similar error msg as yours. It only printed the version of npm that I had.
@nickshanks347, if possible, could you please provide us with a minimal reproduction example? This will allow us to replicate the problem on our end and investigate further.