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•Created by Micha on 4/19/2025 in #support-community

Error while running `npx convex dev` on mac - No loader is configured for ".node" files: fsevents

If I run npx convex dev on mac it throws this error:

% npx convex dev
✔ Provisioned a dev deployment and saved its name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/perfect-rhinoceros-26

⠏ Preparing Convex functions...
✘ [ERROR] No loader is configured for ".node" files: node_modules/.pnpm/fsevents@2.3.3/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node

    node_modules/.pnpm/fsevents@2.3.3/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.js:13:23:
      13 │ const Native = require("./fsevents.node");

% npx convex dev
✔ Provisioned a dev deployment and saved its name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/perfect-rhinoceros-26

⠏ Preparing Convex functions...
✘ [ERROR] No loader is configured for ".node" files: node_modules/.pnpm/fsevents@2.3.3/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node

    node_modules/.pnpm/fsevents@2.3.3/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.js:13:23:
      13 │ const Native = require("./fsevents.node");

On Windows WSL it works just fine. Any ideas? node version tested: - v18.20.8 - v20.18.0 - v22.14.0 (The same used on windows WSL) - v23.11.0

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