npm test error Executed 0 of 0 ERROR

[WhiskyWonka]

Hello
npm install was ok but when i try to run test I have this error

npm test

[email protected] test C:\xampp\htdocs\projects\ngx-admin
ng test -sr

10% building modules 1/1 modules 0 active23 12 2017 08:52:24.808:INFO [karma]: Karma v2.0.0 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
23 12 2017 08:52:24.808:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser Chrome with unlimited concurrency
23 12 2017 08:52:24.808:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome 23 12 2017 08:53:12.849:INFO [Chrome 63.0.3239 (Windows 10 0.0.0)]: Connected on socket aeCXCZrY5yvK0iZrAAAA with id 20468650
Chrome 63.0.3239 (Windows 10 0.0.0): Executed 0 of 0 ERROR (0.02 secs / 0 secs)
npm ERR! Test failed. See above for more details.

any idea?
Thank you

[dtzar]

This problem happens on mac OS X 10.13.5 with Chrome 67.0.3396 as well.
The problem still occurs even if you upgrade all of the karma* packages to the latest major versions.
npm run test:coverage is also broken due to the same problem.

[dpollastrini]

[nnixaa]

Hey Guys, can someone consolidate a reproducible example?

[dpollastrini]

git clone [email protected]:akveo/ngx-admin ngx-admin-test
cd ngx-admin-test
git checkout starter-kit
npm install
npm run test

10% building modules 1/1 modules 0 active(node:10196) DeprecationWarning: Tapable.plugin is deprecated. Use new API on '.hooks' instead
30 06 2018 09:26:33.182:INFO [karma]: Karma v1.7.1 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
30 06 2018 09:26:33.184:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser Chrome with unlimited concurrency
30 06 2018 09:26:33.188:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome                                                                                                                                                                     30 06 2018 09:26:37.108:INFO [Chrome 67.0.3396 (Windows 10.0.0)]: Connected on socket WzOeXYKmoQPHR2zCAAAA with id 28806449
Chrome 67.0.3396 (Windows 10.0.0): Executed 0 of 0 ERROR (0.006 secs / 0 secs)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] test: 'ng test'
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] test script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-06-30T16_26_38_615Z-debug.log

Log file content:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'run',
1 verbose cli   'test' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose run-script [ 'pretest', 'test', 'posttest' ]
5 info lifecycle [email protected]~pretest: [email protected]
6 info lifecycle [email protected]~test: [email protected]
7 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~test: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~test: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\git\ngx-admin-test\node_modules\.bin;C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Resources\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\.dotnet\tools;C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\AppData\Roaming\npm;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
9 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~test: CWD: C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\git\ngx-admin-test
10 silly lifecycle [email protected]~test: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'ng test' ]
11 silly lifecycle [email protected]~test: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle [email protected]~test: Failed to exec test script
13 verbose stack Error: [email protected] test: `ng test`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:285:16)
13 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
14 verbose pkgid [email protected]
15 verbose cwd C:\Users\dave.pollastrini\git\ngx-admin-test
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.17134
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "test"
18 verbose node v8.11.2
19 verbose npm  v5.6.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error [email protected] test: `ng test`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the [email protected] test script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Version info:

ng --version
Your global Angular CLI version (6.0.5) is greater than your local
version (6.0.0). The local Angular CLI version is used.

To disable this warning use "ng config -g cli.warnings.versionMismatch false".

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  / ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | |      | |___| |___ | |
 /_/   \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_|       \____|_____|___|
                |___/


Angular CLI: 6.0.0
Node: 8.11.2
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 6.0.0
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.6.0
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.6.0
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.6.0
@angular-devkit/core              0.6.0
@angular-devkit/schematics        0.6.0
@ngtools/webpack                  6.0.0
@schematics/angular               0.6.0
@schematics/update                0.6.0
rxjs                              6.1.0
typescript                        2.7.2
webpack                           4.6.0

[yggg]

Maybe related karma-runner/karma#753 (comment)