force:package:beta:version:create error "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'package')"

[6ithu8u53r]

Summary

Running sfdx force:package:beta:version:create command fails: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'package')

Running sfdx force:package:version:create command works with 7.170.0 or earlier releases. I'm attempting to use the beta command because issues starting with 7.171.0 appear to be related to issue 1742.

Steps To Reproduce:

I've opened a case regarding this advised to add an issue here and link the case to it. The case contains the failing DX Project code.

Expected result

Expected the package version to be created successfully.

Actual result

Command fails...

{
  "status": 1,
  "name": "Type",
  "message": "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'package')",
  "exitCode": 1,
  "context": "PackageVersionCreateCommand",
  "stack": "Type: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'package')\n    at Function.wrap (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\core\\lib\\sfError.js:61:25)\n    at PackageVersionCreateCommand.catch (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\command\\lib\\sfdxCommand.js:283:38)\n    at async PackageVersionCreateCommand._run (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\command\\lib\\sfdxCommand.js:106:13)\n    at async Config.runCommand (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@oclif\\core\\lib\\config\\config.js:272:25)\n    at async run (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@oclif\\core\\lib\\main.js:76:5)\nCaused by: Type: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'package')\n    at PackageVersionCreateCommand.run (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\plugin-packaging\\lib\\commands\\force\\package\\beta\\version\\create.js:48:75)\n    at PackageVersionCreateCommand._run (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\command\\lib\\sfdxCommand.js:102:51)\n    at async Config.runCommand (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@oclif\\core\\lib\\config\\config.js:272:25)\n    at async run (C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d\\node_modules\\@oclif\\core\\lib\\main.js:76:5)",
  "warnings": [],
  "commandName": "PackageVersionCreateCommand"
}

System Information

• Which shell/terminal are you using? cmd.exe

sfdx version --verbose --json
{
  "cliVersion": "sfdx-cli/7.171.0",
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v16.17.0",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 1.3.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.1.12 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.1 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 2.1.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.0.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.1.2 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.4 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.1.0 (core)",
    "alias 2.1.3 (core)",
    "apex 1.1.0 (user)",
    "auth 2.2.10 (core)",
    "community 2.0.3 (core)",
    "config 1.4.21 (core)",
    "custom-metadata 1.0.12 (user)",
    "data 2.0.4 (user)",
    "generator 2.0.2 (core)",
    "info 2.1.6 (core)",
    "limits 2.0.1 (user)",
    "org 2.0.5 (user)",
    "packaging 1.9.2 (core)",
    "schema 2.1.1 (user)",
    "signups 1.2.4 (core)",
    "source 2.0.16 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.0.2 (core)",
    "templates 51.5.0 (user)",
    "trust 2.0.4 (core)",
    "user 2.1.0 (user)",
    "@salesforce/sfdx-plugin-lwc-test 1.0.0 (user)",
    "salesforce-alm 52.0.0 (user)",
    "salesforcedx 52.0.0 (user)",
    "sfdx-codescan-plugin 1.0.7 (user)",
    "texei-sfdx-plugin 1.17.0 (user)"
  ],
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.19044",
  "shell": "cmd.exe",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Users\\MyUser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.171.0-fbe9e7d"
}

Additional information

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This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-11903179

[peternhale]

@6ithu8u53r Thanks for the report. We really appreciate you giving the beta commands a spin.

Is there a particular path you took to get to this issue? Is there a dx packaging project that can be used to reproduce this issue?

[6ithu8u53r]

This was a DX package that's been in use for about a year now. The package version create failed using the 7.171.0 cli release so we were advised to try the beta version. The beta version failed with the error in this issue, which was different than our original error. Unfortunately I do not have a project that I can share publicly to reproduce the issue, but it is attached to the case that I opened with Salesforce.

[peternhale]

Ok, thanks for the info. I found the root cause and I am working on a fix now.

The reproduction scenario I used was running version create using the --path <dirname> where the directory exists, but no entry found in dx project json using the value from the --path flag.

Does this track with your attempt?

[6ithu8u53r]

I don't think so the path value in the json matches what is on the command line.

Here's what my command looks like... sfdx force:package:beta:version:create --json -c -v [email protected] -x -b refs/pull/46/merge -d folder_a/folder_b -f ./config/project-scratch-def.json -t Tag__20221008.7a -w 90

and here's the sfdx-prject.json section with the path...

{
    "packageDirectories": [
        {
            "path": "folder_a/folder_b",
            "default": true,

[ChloeCoon]

Seeing this same error as well.

create command:

sfdx force:package:beta:version:create -x -d "src/gradient-works" -f "config/dev-scratch-def.json" --codecoverage --json

sfdx-project.json packageDirectories section:

"packageDirectories": [
        {
            "path": "src/gradient-works",
            "package": "Gradient Works",
            "versionNumber": "1.70.0.NEXT",
            "default": false,
            "postInstallScript": "PostInstall",
            "ancestorId": "04t4z000000A65EAAS"
        },
        {
            "path": "src/post-install",
            "default": false
        },
        {
            "path": "src/unpackaged",
            "default": true
        }
    ],

version info:

❯ sfdx version --verbose --json
{
  "cliVersion": "sfdx-cli/7.171.0",
  "architecture": "darwin-x64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v16.17.0",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 1.3.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.1.12 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.1 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 2.1.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.0.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.1.2 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.4 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.1.0 (core)",
    "alias 2.1.3 (core)",
    "apex 1.2.0 (core)",
    "auth 2.2.10 (core)",
    "community 2.0.3 (core)",
    "config 1.4.21 (core)",
    "custom-metadata 2.0.1 (core)",
    "data 2.1.4 (core)",
    "generator 2.0.2 (core)",
    "info 2.1.6 (core)",
    "limits 2.0.3 (core)",
    "org 2.2.7 (core)",
    "packaging 1.9.2 (core)",
    "schema 2.1.8 (core)",
    "signups 1.2.4 (core)",
    "source 2.0.16 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.0.2 (core)",
    "templates 55.1.0 (core)",
    "trust 2.0.4 (core)",
    "user 2.1.7 (core)",
    "@salesforce/sfdx-plugin-lwc-test 1.0.1 (core)",
    "salesforce-alm 54.8.1 (core)"
  ],
  "osVersion": "Darwin 21.6.0",
  "shell": "zsh",
  "rootPath": "/Users/chloecoon/.local/share/sfdx/client/7.171.0-fbe9e7d"
}

[johnforeland]

Add versionName to sfdx-project.json, and the error should go away. Not a full fix, but temporary. And might help the DX team in investigating why the issue occurs.

[6ithu8u53r]

Add versionName to sfdx-project.json, and the error should go away. Not a full fix, but temporary. And might help the DX team in investigating why the issue occurs.

Thanks for the suggestion, but versionName already exists in sfdx-project.json

[6ithu8u53r]

This has been added to the list of Known Issues that is in review at the time of this post.