error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'node'.
{
"name": "server",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "dist/index.js",
"type": "module",
"types": "dist/index.d.ts",
"typings": "dist/index.d.ts",
"scripts": {
"dev": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
"build": "tsc",
"start": "node dist/index.js",
"clean": "rimraf dist",
"postinstall": "prisma generate",
"fly:deploy": "fly deploy",
"fly:logs": "fly logs",
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"description": "",
"dependencies": {
"@prisma/client": "^6.14.0",
"@types/node": "^24.3.0",
"cloudinary": "^2.7.0",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"dotenv": "^17.2.1",
"express": "^5.1.0",
"multer": "^2.0.2",
"rimraf": "^6.0.1",
"typescript": "^5.9.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@types/cors": "^2.8.19",
"@types/express": "^5.0.3",
"@types/multer": "^2.0.0",
"prisma": "^6.14.0",
"tsx": "^4.20.3"
}
}
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "ES2020",
"module": "ESNext",
"moduleResolution": "node",
"outDir": "./dist",
"rootDir": "./src",
"strict": true,
"esModuleInterop": true,
"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
"declaration": true,
"sourceMap": true,
"resolveJsonModule": true,
"lib": ["ES2020"],
"types": ["node"],
"typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"]
},
"include": ["src/**/*"],
"exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
}
I’m trying to deploy my backend on Render.com using TypeScript and Express. The build keeps failing with this error: error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'node'.
The file is in the program because:
Entry point of type library 'node' specified in compilerOptions
I’ve already tried uninstalling and reinstalling @/types/node, and I also added it as a dependency, but the issue persists during deployment.
Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I fix the missing type definitions issue on Render?