Could not detect abi for version 12.0.0 and runtime electron.

[lstolcman]

Hi
When I try to rebuild a module in newly released electron 12.0.0, it fails with an error:

An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
Could not detect abi for version 12.0.0 and runtime electron.  Updating "node-abi" might help solve this issue if it is a new release of electron

Error: Could not detect abi for version 12.0.0 and runtime electron.  Updating "node-abi" might help solve this issue if it is a new release of electron
    at Object.getAbi (C:\dev\electron_test\node_modules\node-abi\index.js:30:9)
    at new Rebuilder (C:\dev\electron_test\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:102:48)
    at rebuildWithOptions (C:\dev\electron_test\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:253:23)
    at Object.doRebuild [as rebuild] (C:\dev\electron_test\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:276:16)
    at C:\dev\electron_test\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\cli.js:119:33

how to reproduce:

npm init
npm i [email protected]
npm i electron-rebuild
npm install [email protected] --ignore-scripts
.\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd -f -w windows-process-tree

Throws an error

It is interesting, because older versions (e.g. 11.2.3), and electron v12 betas (the latest: 12.0.0-beta.31, released 20 hours ago), works:

npm init
npm i [email protected]
npm i electron-rebuild
npm install [email protected] --ignore-scripts
.\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd -f -w windows-process-tree

os: windows 10
node: 14.16.0

[Jujudo]

Same for me..

[karniv00l]

Related issue: electron/node-abi#100

[malept]

node-abi 2.20 was released about 3 hours ago.

[maximborisov]

node-abi 2.20 was released about 3 hours ago.

But current version of electron-rebuild 2.3.5 depend on node-abi ^2.19.2

We use node-abi version 2.19.3. Upgrading node-abi to versions 2.20.0 and 2.21.0 has no effect

We faced one problem after upgrade ours Electron app from version 11 to 12:

$ electron-rebuild --parallel --force --types prod,dev,optional --module-dir app
× Rebuild Failed

An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
Could not detect abi for version 12.0.0 and runtime electron. Updating "node-abi" might help solve this issue if it is a new release of electron

Error: Could not detect abi for version 12.0.0 and runtime electron. Updating "node-abi" might help solve this issue if it is a new release of electron
at Object.getAbi (D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\ node_modules\electron-rebuild\node_modules\node-abi \index.js:30:9)
at Rebuilder.get ABI [as ABI] (D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:111:39)
at ModuleRebuilder.prebuildNativeModuleExists (D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\module-rebuilder.js:129:146)
at Rebuilder.rebuildModuleAt (D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:170:35)
at async Promise.all (index 126)
at async Rebuilder.rebuild (D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\rebuild.js:148:13)
at async D:\Users\max\Documents\work\post\PartPriem\offline_lk\node_modules\electron-rebuild\lib\src\cli.js:146:9
error Command failed with exit code 4294967295.

This error can be fixed when manually change abi_registry.json and replace target from "12.0.0-nightly.20201013" to "12.0.0"

[maximborisov]

Any news on this issue?

[lstolcman]

Any news on this issue?

I guess we have to wait till new release

I solved the issue by forcing install specific version of node-abi before rebuilding:

npm install [email protected]
.\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd ....

[maximborisov]

@lstolcman, I found better solution from @jacobq, contributor of node-abi: https://github.com/lgeiger/node-abi/issues/102#issuecomment-831355695