FATAL ERROR: JavaScript heap out of memory when using any "npm" command
Solution 1
You need to raise the amount of memory allowed for node.
You can do that in a global scope by:
- Open a
cmd
window - Run
setx NODE_OPTIONS --max_old_space_size=10240
- Close all cmd/code editors
- Reopen cmd and run your node command again (npm, etc.)
Solution 2
I had exactly the same issue and it took ages to find out what was happening. If even npm -v
fails on you then your problem is not caused by memory shortage but incorrect settings in .npmrc
file. In my case I copied .npmrc
from my old machine and I had prefix
and cache
settings redefined like that:
prefix=D:\npm-projects\npm
cache=D:\npm-projects\npm-cache
On my new machine I have only C:\
drive thus npm
was going crazy trying to process these settings. As soon as I changed everything to point to C:\npm-projects\xxxx
problem went away.
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Updated on July 20, 2022Comments
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Admin almost 2 years
I'm getting error (FATAL ERROR: MarkCompactCollector: semi-space copy, fallback in old gen Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory) when try to run any npm command. Error occurs even by running "npm -v".
have also gone through the thread-(npm install - javascript heap out of memory ) but this didn't helped me out in my case.
Fetal error
FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory 1: 000000013F56F04A v8::internal::GCIdleTimeHandler::GCIdleTimeHandler+5114 2: 000000013F54A0C6 node::MakeCallback+4518 3: 000000013F54AA30 node_module_register+2032 4: 000000013F7D20EE v8::internal::FatalProcessOutOfMemory+846 5: 000000013F7D201F v8::internal::FatalProcessOutOfMemory+639 6: 000000013FCF2BC4 v8::internal::Heap::MaxHeapGrowingFactor+9556 7: 000000013FCE9C46 v8::internal::ScavengeJob::operator=+24310 8: 000000013FCE829C v8::internal::ScavengeJob::operator=+17740 9: 000000013FCEE1B7 v8::internal::Heap::CreateFillerObjectAt+1175 10: 000000013FB7C5B3 v8::internal::interpreter::Interpreter::GetDispatchCounters Object+78451 11: 000000013F4D1132 v8::internal::StackGuard::ArchiveSpacePerThread+52082 12: 000000013F4D17F3 v8::internal::StackGuard::ArchiveSpacePerThread+53811 13: 000000013F5B1474 uv_dlerror+2436 14: 000000013F5B21D8 uv_run+232 15: 000000013F55128E node::NewContext+1390 16: 000000013F55189B node::NewIsolate+603 17: 000000013F551D07 node::Start+839 18: 000000013F40935C node::MultiIsolatePlatform::MultiIsolatePlatform+604 19: 000000013FFAA93C v8::internal::compiler::OperationTyper::ToBoolean+134796 20: 0000000076D3555D BaseThreadInitThunk+13 21: 0000000076F9385D RtlUserThreadStart+29 <--- Last few GCs ---> [13304:0000000000182610] 135335 ms: Mark-sweep 1396.6 (1426.7) -> 1396.6 (1424 .7) MB, 2368.0 / 0.0 ms (+ 0.0 ms in 1 steps since start of marking, biggest st ep 0.0 ms, walltime since start of marking 2368 ms) (average mu = 0.099, current mu = 0.035) fi[13304:0000000000182610] 135404 ms: Scavenge 1397.6 (1424.7) -> 1397.1 (1428.2) MB, 3.7 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.099, current mu = 0.035) allo cation failure <--- JS stacktrace ---> FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaS cript heap out of memory 1: 000000013FD7F04A v8::internal::GCIdleTimeHandler::GCIdleTimeHandler+5114 2: 000000013FD5A0C6 node::MakeCallback+4518 3: 000000013FD5AA30 node_module_register+2032 4: 000000013FFE20EE v8::internal::FatalProcessOutOfMemory+846 5: 000000013FFE201F v8::internal::FatalProcessOutOfMemory+639 6: 0000000140502BC4 v8::internal::Heap::MaxHeapGrowingFactor+9556 7: 00000001404F9C46 v8::internal::ScavengeJob::operator=+24310 8: 00000001404F829C v8::internal::ScavengeJob::operator=+17740 9: 00000001404FE1B7 v8::internal::Heap::CreateFillerObjectAt+1175 10: 000000014038C5B3 v8::internal::interpreter::Interpreter::GetDispatchCounters Object+78451 11: 000000013FCE1132 v8::internal::StackGuard::ArchiveSpacePerThread+52082 12: 000000013FCE17F3 v8::internal::StackGuard::ArchiveSpacePerThread+53811 13: 000000013FDC1474 uv_dlerror+2436 14: 000000013FDC21D8 uv_run+232 15: 000000013FD6128E node::NewContext+1390 16: 000000013FD6189B node::NewIsolate+603 17: 000000013FD61D07 node::Start+839 18: 000000013FC1935C node::MultiIsolatePlatform::MultiIsolatePlatform+604 19: 00000001407BA93C v8::internal::compiler::OperationTyper::ToBoolean+134796 20: 0000000076D3555D BaseThreadInitThunk+13 21: 0000000076F9385D RtlUserThreadStart+29
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Davis Jones over 3 yearsThis didn't work for me on Mac.
setx
command not found. FWIW. -
Arsinclair over 3 yearsThis is not a solution, but a workaround. Before giving node 10GB! of RAM, it makes sense to understand why it needs that much. I came here to find steps on how to troubleshoot memory issues, but found this. Ehh...
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thepirat000 almost 2 yearsIn node.js you don't fix the things, just workaround the things ;)