Troubleshooting an error with @sanity/desk-tool/structure plugin

Hey! How do I resolve this issue? I have tried a lot of things now. Deleted node_modules and reinstalled, upgraded sanity and all plugins, copied code from another working project to make sure the syntax is correct ++. But I always get this error.

Have you made sure you deleted & reinstalled the node_modules from you sanity folder, not the root of the React project?On the same note is

part:@sanity/desk-tool/structure

installed in your

sanity.json

?
How are you using the structure plugin?

Yes, did delete ALL node_modules. Just did it once more now, and same issue. Here is my `sanity.json`:

Hmm, make sure you are on the latest Sanity version with

$ sanity upgrade

. And then try to rebuild the client (from root folder)

npm install --save @sanity/client

. Else try to remove the plugin to see if it works without it.

Hi - in addition to removing your

node_modules

folder, have you also removed your lock files (

package-lock.json

and

yarn.lock

) before reinstalling?

I’m also a bit unsure why its trying to find

desk-tool/structure

in your root project. It should definitely try and get it from your Sanity root modules.
At least in my build, there is no link to

desk-tools

in the

@sanity

folder:

Hi - in addition to removing your

node_modules

folder, have you also removed your lock files (

package-lock.json

and

yarn.lock

) before reinstalling?

I’m also a bit unsure why its trying to find

desk-tool/structure

in your root project. It should definitely try and get it from your Sanity root modules.

Hmm, make sure you are on the latest Sanity version with

$ sanity upgrade

. And then try to rebuild the client (from root folder)

npm install --save @sanity/client

. Else try to remove the plugin to see if it works without it.

Hmm. Still same issue. Tried deleting `node_modules`in all folders, and

yarn.lock

, updated

@sanity/client

on frontend, did the

sanity upgrade

.

Tried

yarn remove

and

sanity uninstall

and reinstalled

@sanity/desk-tool

. Still same issue. 😕

Running out of ideas. I definitely think its still related node_modules/things installed in the wrong place. Maybe try a different node version: I’m on

node/14.17.0

I can do that, but I tested another project with the same setup, and that works. I even copied everything from there, line by line.
Should

@sanity/desk-tool

be installed with yarn or

sanity install

or anything?

Finally figured it out 🤪 I was thinking maybe

sanity deploy

would give some different error message. And it did. And it showed me there was a spelling error in the

deskStructure.ts

file! 😅
The error message from

sanity start

was really cryptic though. So sort of led me astray.

Good thinking to run a different command to get more information. I agree the original error message was far from useful here - something we should look into 🙂 Glad you figured it out!