Error: Cannot find module 'express', outdated Python errors

Hi!

My Glitch project has been throwing the following error for the last couple of hours, without my altering anything in the meantime:

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
Require stack:
- /app/server.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/app/server.js:5:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [ '/app/server.js' ]
}

I’ve tried running enable-npm and enable-pnpm without success; they throw errors too:

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /app/node_modules/node-expat
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@8.2.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.12.0 | linux | x64
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - executable path is "/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - version is "3.5.2"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - version is 3.5.2 - should be >=3.6.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - THIS VERSION OF PYTHON IS NOT SUPPORTED
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - executable path is "/usr/bin/python"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - version is "2.7.12"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - version is 2.7.12 - should be >=3.6.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - THIS VERSION OF PYTHON IS NOT SUPPORTED
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python.
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not,
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python   (accepted by both node-gyp and npm)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python   npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.fail (/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:330:47)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.runChecks (/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:159:21)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:266:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:297:7)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:388:7)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-1107-aws
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/bin/node" "/opt/nvm/versions/node/v16.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /app/node_modules/node-expat
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.12.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.2.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Hi @RalphHarrison I’m sorry that your project is suddenly showing this error! Can you please tell me the project name? If you prefer, you can send me this info in a support request.

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I’ve submitted a support ticket containing my project URL.

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Thank you! I will review your ticket and follow up with you there.

If we determine that this is related to a bug that is affecting others as well, I will post a general update in this forum thread.

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I suspect this is related

we’ll just have to wait until the staff finalize reverting this breaking change.

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Hello all,

This should be fixed and projects should be using python 3.7 again.

If anyone else continues to get python errors referring to version 3.5 please let us know!

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