This article talks about a suggested solution to when a javascript Webpack hangs for a long time before beginning compilation in Magento Progressive Web App Studio (PWA Studio).
Affected products and versions
- Magento PWA Studio
Issue
Check what the latest release of the pwa-buildpack is, and the
pwa-buildpack
version number will be next to the package.json filename listing. If you have an old version of the
pwa-buildpack
project, the webpack may hang for a long time before beginning compilation.
Steps to reproduce:
Prerequisites: Set up a PWA Studio storefront, such as Venia, with a local Magento instance and run a
build
or
watch
command.
Expected result:
- If using the
yaml buildcommand, it generates the build artifacts for Venia normally. - If using the
yaml watchcommand, it starts the Venia storefront normally.
Actual result:
Your
build
or
watch
command will seem stalled and will not complete, nor will any errors be shown.
Solutions
Update your project using the following command:
yarn upgrade
Make sure you have a current version of openssl on your system using the following command:
openssl version
The version should be 1.0 or above (or LibreSSL 2, in the case of OSX High Sierra.).
You can install higher versions of OpenSSL with Homebrew on OSX, Chocolatey on Windows, or your Linux distribution’s package manager.