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undocumented breaking changes with 2.32.0 - express v5 #3835
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What problem do you want to solve with this change?
It seems you switched to express version 5 with the latest update. Unfortunately there seems to be no hint to this in the release notes.
express v5 introduced breaking changes which are documented here:
https://expressjs.com/en/guide/migrating-5.html
This is especially critical for the this.expressapp helper you provide:
https://docs.magicmirror.builders/development/node-helper.html#this-expressapp
What do you think is the correct solution?
It would be very helpful to add this hint as a breaking change (targeting module developers) in the release notes of v2.32.0
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- I am willing to submit a pull request for this change.
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dathbe commentedon Jul 5, 2025
The breaking changes do not seem to be limited to upgrading the express version. Here are additional apps that seem to refuse to work upon upgrade to 2.32.0:updatenotification (will not load)MMM-CalendarExt2 (will not load)
MMM-LogExt (relies on express, though throws errors even when express v4 is explicitly loaded as a dependency)
MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast
MMM-MyStandings
See below for update
sdetweil commentedon Jul 5, 2025
updatenotification loads for me on 2.32
calendarext2 is deprecated, use Ext3
MMM-LogExt works on 2.32
sdetweil commentedon Jul 5, 2025
my MMM-Config uses get/redirect (2 different routes) and 2 diffent post without problem
dathbe commentedon Jul 5, 2025
I'm going to delete my comment. At least partially, my list is a symptom of not installing node packages as we discussed last night.
sdetweil commentedon Jul 5, 2025
yes, when things get messed up, they get messed up..
delete node_modules folder and do another
npm run install-mm
or npm install (if you do MM development)
dathbe commentedon Jul 5, 2025
"Only week and month views. I found that people are rarely interested in other views on CX2. So I drop out different views."
https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-CalendarExt3
calendarext2 is not deprecated, it just has a more updated version for some functions.
sdetweil commentedon Jul 5, 2025
Ext2 is no longer being developed or supported. maybe the deprecated word hasn't been used.. but thats the effective result
ext3 Agenda/.... do the other views, better (imho)
dathbe commentedon Jul 5, 2025
@KristjanESPERANTO updated it a couple months ago. It was working great under v2.31.0. I think that's the last module that's not working for me after the upgrade to v2.32.0. Possibly still due to something I've borked. Working on it now.
khassel commentedon Jul 5, 2025
we never mention detailed dependency updates except
electron. As long as our tests are green we upgrade. So best would be to write a test for this ...I think I can update the release notes here and in the forum, will place a hint for this there later.
khassel commentedon Jul 5, 2025
added a hint
skuethe commentedon Jul 5, 2025
Thank you <3 and keep up the good work :)
KristjanESPERANTO commentedon Jul 6, 2025
To set the records straight: Ext2 is maintained, not by by the original author but by another team. Ext3, however, is quasi unmaintained (see the forum).
sdetweil commentedon Jul 6, 2025
Ok, wasn't aware it had shifted to a new team