[node v14.x+] Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency

Author: SwapnilSoni1999Created May 5, 2020Updated Nov 9, 2025

The new node version doesn't let process to start. whenever

bash

$ forever start app.js

is executed it shows the following warning

warn:    --minUptime not set. Defaulting to: 1000ms
warn:    --spinSleepTime not set. Your script will exit if it does not stay up for at least 1000ms
info:    Forever processing file: bot.js
(node:14545) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:14545) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency

and after this if I check with forever list it shows no process is running.

(node:14574) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:14574) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
info:    No forever processes running

Source: foreversd/forever

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