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util.inherits is not a function

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js

Research direction

Start by reproducing the SvelteKit error and tracing the reported stack through jws/lib/data-stream.js and jsonwebtoken. Compare how the package is bundled in the reported setup; done means the util.inherits error no longer occurs there.

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Description

Getting this error in sveltekit:

500

util.inherits is not a function

node_modules/jws/lib/data-stream.js@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:77:10
__require2@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/chunk-EVPD4D7C.js?v=0b51d446:47:50
node_modules/jws/lib/sign-stream.js@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:535:22
__require2@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/chunk-EVPD4D7C.js?v=0b51d446:47:50
node_modules/jws/index.js@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:718:22
__require2@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/chunk-EVPD4D7C.js?v=0b51d446:47:50
node_modules/jsonwebtoken/decode.js@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:753:15
__require2@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/chunk-EVPD4D7C.js?v=0b51d446:47:50
node_modules/jsonwebtoken/index.js@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:2845:15
__require2@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/chunk-EVPD4D7C.js?v=0b51d446:47:50
@http://localhost:3000/node_modules/.vite/deps/jsonwebtoken.js?v=0b51d446:2858:28

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