ts-loader can't load Typescript with any version > 5.0.4

[RationalG]

This is the webpack config file I am using :

var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');
const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'production',
  entry: './src/index.ts',
  target: 'node',
  output: {
    filename: 'app.js',
    libraryTarget: 'commonjs2',
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
  },
  devtool: 'source-map',
  optimization: {
    minimize: true,
    minimizer: [new TerserPlugin()],
  },
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['.ts', '.js'],
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      // all files with a `.ts` or `.tsx` extension will be handled by `ts-loader`
      { test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: 'ts-loader' },
    ],
  },
};

Expected Behaviour

Running webpack --config ./webpack.config.js with any Typescript version > 5.0.4 should pass

Actual Behaviour

This is what I get when I try running webpack with any Typescript version > 5.0.4 :

Error: Could not load TypeScript. Try installing with yarn add typescript or npm install typescript. If TypeScript is installed globally, try using yarn link typescript or npm link typescript.

However, this works with any version <= 5.0.4, so, I am not sure what would be the workaround for this.

[frg100]

I've been banging my head against the wall - thanks for reporting this! I'm having the same issue. Downgrading to 5.0.4 worked!

[AlekhyaYalla]

Any fix here for typescript >5.0.4. I'm getting below error for the typescript 5.2.2

\tsconfig.webpack.json(12,5)
ERR!         TS6266: Option 'listFilesOnly' can only be specified on command line.
ERR!   Module build failed (from ../../../.store/ts-loader@8.4.0-d2229b2707be7f1686e4/node_modules/ts-loader/index.js):
ERR!   Error: error while parsing tsconfig.json
ERR!       at Object.loader (node-modules\ts-loader@8.4.0-d2229b2707be7f1686e4\node_modules\ts-loader\dist\index.js:18:18)

[johnnyreilly]

It looks like you're using an old version of ts-loader; 8.4.

Also it looks like your code may have an issue?

TS6266: Option 'listFilesOnly' can only be specified on command line.'

[derjanb]

This happens here when "esm" is used, which is incompatible with Typescript's use of the ?? operator since 5.0.5+

https://github.com/standard-things/esm/issues/866