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Error on load, Error: Cannot find module './lodash'

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the require('jsonwebtoken') failure with JWT 9.0.1 on Node.js 19.9.0, then inspect node_modules/jsonwebtoken/index.js, sign.js, and node_modules/lodash/index.js from the require stack. Trace why loading the package reaches the missing './lodash' module. Done means requiring jsonwebtoken completes without MODULE_NOT_FOUND.

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Description

JWT version: 9.0.1
error: Cannot find module './lodash'
I have tried every possible debugging from my end,
it's properly installed in my project, after a few tests when it does not work, I imported lodash, also i have removed node_modules, and reinstalled all packages. but the issue is not fixed.
please help me with it.

const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');

whenever i require this on my project it shows the error.

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1093
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module './lodash'
Require stack:
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\node_modules\lodash\index.js
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\node_modules\jsonwebtoken\sign.js
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\node_modules\jsonwebtoken\index.js
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\controllers\userController.js
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\routes\api\userRoutes.js
- C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\server.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1090:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:934:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:119:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Dina\Projects\realProject\devProject\src\node_modules\lodash\index.js:1:18)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1275:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1329:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1133:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:12)
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\src\\node_modules\\lodash\\index.js',
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\src\\node_modules\\jsonwebtoken\\sign.js',
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\src\\node_modules\\jsonwebtoken\\index.js',
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\src\\controllers\\userController.js',
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\src\\routes\\api\\userRoutes.js',
    'C:\\Users\\Dina\\Projects\\realProject\\devProject\\server.js'
  ]
}

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