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TypeError: Invalid PostCSS Plugin found at: plugins[1]

Freshover 5 years ago
Mar 14, 20260 views
Confidence Score80%
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Problem

Describe the problem: I am following this Upgrade guide. After running `npm install tailwindcss@latest postcss@latest autoprefixer@latest`, I start getting this error when running `npm run serve`: `TypeError: Invalid PostCSS Plugin found at: plugins[1]` I am using: + postcss@8.1.7 + autoprefixer@10.0.2 + tailwindcss@2.0.1 Link to a minimal reproduction: Not sure how to reproduce this on other machines. I am on Windows 10, node v14.15.1.

Error Output

error when running `npm run serve`:

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Solution: TypeError: Invalid PostCSS Plugin found at: plugins[1]

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@michalhudecek try with: `npm uninstall tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer` `npm install tailwindcss@compat postcss@^7 autoprefixer@^9`

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    @michalhudecek try with:

    `npm uninstall tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer` `npm install tailwindcss@compat postcss@^7 autoprefixer@^9`

Validation

Resolved in tailwindlabs/tailwindcss GitHub issue #2795. Community reactions: 18 upvotes.

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