Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run next command `npm update caniuse-lite browserslist`

Question

Recently, when I compile my scss files I get an error. The error message says:

Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run next command npm update caniuse-lite browserslist

First, as the message says, I ran npm update caniuse-lite browserslist but it didn't fix the issue. I deleted the whole nod-modules directory and installed again, also I updated the whole folder by npm update but none of them solved the issue. I also reinstalled autoprefixer and browserslist but none of them solved the issue.

If I remove

"options": {
      "autoPrefix": "> 1%"
    }

from my compilerconfig.json, everything works fine which means probably it is related to autoprefixer. Also, I manually changed the package version to the latest version on package.json and reinstalled but no luck.

Answer 1

It sounds like you are using Visual Studio's Web Compiler extension. There is an open issue for this found here: https://github.com/madskristensen/WebCompiler/issues/413

There is a workaround posted in that issue:

1. Close Visual Studio
2. Head to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\WebCompilerX.X.X (X is the version of WebCompiler)
3. Delete following folders from node_modules folder: caniuse-lite and browserslist Open up CMD (inside C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\WebCompilerX.X.X) and run: npm i caniuse-lite browserslist