Library fails with "this.auth.getUniverseDomain is not a function"

[Rochet2]

1. Is this a client library issue or a product issue?
   It is a client library dependency issue. Gax depends on features that exist on newer version than what is installed.

2. Did someone already solve this?

• Search the issues already opened: https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/issues ✅
• Search the issues on our "catch-all" repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node ✅
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Did not find any issues by searching with getUniverseDomain.

3. Do you have a support contract?
   Please create an issue in the support console to ensure a timely response.
   If the support paths suggested above still do not result in a resolution, please provide the following details.

Environment details

• OS:
• Node.js version 18.17:
• npm version: 9.4.0

    "node_modules/google-gax": {
      "version": "4.3.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/google-gax/-/google-gax-4.3.0.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-SWHX72gbccNfpPoeTkNmZJxmLyKWeLr0+5Ch6qtrf4oAN8KFXnyXe5EixatILnJWufM3L59MRZ4hSJWVJ3IQqw==",
      "dependencies": {
        "@grpc/grpc-js": "~1.9.6",
        "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.7.0",
        "@types/long": "^4.0.0",
        "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
        "duplexify": "^4.0.0",
        "google-auth-library": "^9.0.0",
        "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
        "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
        "proto3-json-serializer": "^2.0.0",
        "protobufjs": "7.2.6",
        "retry-request": "^7.0.0",
        "uuid": "^9.0.1"
      },
      "engines": {
        "node": ">=14"
      }
    },

Steps to reproduce

1. Install "@google-cloud/pubsub": "4.3.0"
2. Try using it and it will error with this.auth.getUniverseDomain is not a function
3. Observe that google-gax depends on "google-auth-library": "^9.0.0", but getUniverseDomain was introduced in v9.3.0 here. We have google-auth-library: "9.0.0" installed.

[Rochet2]

Issue originates from googleapis/gax-nodejs#1552 which added the dependency to the newer version of google-auth-library.

And to clarify, people will want to verify that their package-lock.json does not have
google-auth-library version < 9.3.0 AND google-gax version 4.3.0 or newer at the same time.

[sofisl]

Hi @Rochet2, if you delete your package-lock.json and reinstall dependencies, you should pull in the latest version of the auth library.

[Rochet2]

I can do that, but it is not necessarily viable long term fix and does not address the larger problem. I am not the only one that will run into the issue.

Doesn't gax have a way to control its own dependencies so they would work with the library?
I see the package file does not list any dependencies in the repository.

[Rochet2]

Looks like this is the correct place to edit
https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/blob/d9bbb8c9c641d83a7d5aae0cf9c22d81e68ab571/gax/package.json#L18

[lucasvickers]

I'm still seeing this issue using the following:

@google-cloud/pubsub@4.3.3
google-auth-library@9.9.0
google-gax@4.3.2

I've skimmed my package-lock.json to confirm no sub dependencies are pulling in old library versions.

[rbatista191]

I keep on having this issue as well 😢