Unable to start up slidev while running npm run dev in windows 10 pro using vscode

[kenPangTHC]

Describe the bug

Im currently having a problem trying to npm run dev to start up the slidev to preview the slides

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

The following is the error message when

npm run dev
> dev
> slidev --open



  ●■▲
  Slidev  v0.50.0 

  theme       @slidev/theme-seriph
  css engine  unocss
  entry       C:\Users\kenpa\Documents\slidev\slidev\slides.md

  public slide show   > http://localhost:3030/
  presenter mode      > http://localhost:3030/presenter/
  slides overview     > http://localhost:3030/overview/
  export slides       > http://localhost:3030/export/
  remote control      > pass --remote to enable

  shortcuts           > restart | open | edit | quit
panic: runtime error: index out of range [4664] with length 4664

goroutine 2743 [running]:
github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/sourcemap.DecodeVLQ({0xc001efa26b, 0x1238, 0x1?}, 0xc001616140?)
        github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/sourcemap/sourcemap.go:126 +0x110
github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/sourcemap.SourceMapPieces.Finalize({{0xc001ef8a80, 0x17eb, 0x2a36}, {0xc001efa26b, 0x1238, 0x124b}, {0xc001efb4a3, 0x13, 0x13}}, {0xc000a38000, ...})
        github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/sourcemap/sourcemap.go:320 +0x474
github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/linker.(*linkerContext).generateChunksInParallel.func1(_, {{0xc0076a18c0, 0x19}, 0xc008812900, {{0xc008832410, 0x2, 0x2}}, {0xc0088328b0, 0x1, 0x1}, ...})
        github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/linker/linker.go:714 +0xa55
created by github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/linker.(*linkerContext).generateChunksInParallel in goroutine 1862
        github.com/evanw/esbuild/internal/linker/linker.go:658 +0x878
C:\Users\kenpa\Documents\slidev\slidev\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:993
                  reject(new Error(error2));
                         ^

Error: The service was stopped
    at C:\Users\kenpa\Documents\slidev\slidev\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:993:26
    at responseCallbacks.<computed> (C:\Users\kenpa\Documents\slidev\slidev\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:622:9)
    at Socket.afterClose (C:\Users\kenpa\Documents\slidev\slidev\node_modules\esbuild\lib\main.js:613:28)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:529:35)
    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1400:12)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

Node.js v18.20.3

Minimal reproduction

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to vscode
2. Install slidev for vscode extension
3. Run npm init slidev@latest
4. Run npm run dev
5. See the error

You can use https://sli.dev/new to create a new project to reproduce the issue.

Environment

• Slidev version: v0.50.0
• Browser: Google Chrome Version 131.0.6778.140 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• OS: Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 OS Build 26100.2605

If you are using Slidev globally (i.e. npx slidev or npm i -g slidev), please try to reproduce the issue in a local project (i.e. npm create slidev@latest).

[alexzhang1030]

related evanw/esbuild#4011

[alexzhang1030]

Workaround here, pin esbuild version to 0.24.0, e.g. if you are using pnpm

{
  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "esbuild": "0.24.0"
    }
  }
}

[Chompas]

@alexzhang1030 I was just trying slidev and found this problem. Thanks for the temp fix.

[kenPangTHC]

related evanw/esbuild#4011

Thanks that resolved it.