Error: Debug Failure

System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.15.4
  • Operating System: MacOS
  • Database: Postgres
  • Node Version: 18.18.2
  • NPM Version: 10.4.0
  • Yarn Version: N/A

When I run npm run develop I get the following error:

Error: Debug Failure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               │
│   Error: Debug Failure.                                                                                                                                                                     │
│       at /Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js:17850:67                                             │
│       at [Symbol.replace] (<anonymous>)                                                                                                                                                     │
│       at String.replace (<anonymous>)                                                                                                                                                       │
│       at formatStringFromArgs (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js:17850:17)                      │
│       at createCompilerDiagnostic (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js:17951:14)                  │
│       at tryReadFile (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js:36199:30)                               │
│       at Object.getParsedCommandLineOfConfigFile (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js:36149:28)   │
│       at module.exports (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/lib/utils/resolve-config-options.js:9:43)                                      │
│       at Object.run (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/lib/compilers/basic.js:21:55)                                                      │
│       at module.exports (/Users/user/strapi-app/backend/node_modules/@strapi/typescript-utils/lib/compile.js:9:19)                                                           │
│                                                                                                                                          

I have tried deleting out node_modules and doing a new install. I have tried upgrading versions. The only thing that has worked is moving back to v4.11.7 of strapi.

Ended up being that I had a tsconfig.json file way outside of the parent directory that was causing this.