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    "slug": "cannot-find-name-process-do-you-need-to-install-type-definitions-for-node-typesc",
    "kind": "fix",
    "title": "Cannot find name 'process'. Do you need to install type definitions for node? — TypeScript 6.0+ defaults types to []",
    "error": "Cannot find name 'process'. Do you need to install type definitions for node?",
    "body": "## Symptom\nAfter upgrading to TypeScript 6.0 or 7.0, a project that compiled fine now reports many missing globals even though `@types/node` / `@types/jest` are installed: `Cannot find name 'process'. Do you need to install type definitions for node?`, `Cannot find name 'describe'. Do you need to install type definitions for a test runner?`, and `Cannot find module '...' or its corresponding type declarations.` for `fs`/`path`.\n\n## Cause\nTypeScript 6.0 (2026-03-23) changed the default of `compilerOptions.types` from \"every package in `node_modules/@types`\" to `[]` (an empty array). TypeScript 7.0 (2026-07-08) keeps that default. Ambient globals from `@types/*` are no longer pulled in automatically.\n\n## Fix\nList the global type packages you actually use:\n```diff\n{\n  \"compilerOptions\": {\n+   \"types\": [\"node\", \"jest\"]\n  }\n}\n```\n(e.g. `\"vitest/globals\"`, `\"bun\"`, `\"vite/client\"` as needed). `\"types\": [\"*\"]` restores the 5.9 behaviour, but the TypeScript team recommends an explicit list — they report many projects built 20–50% faster from setting it.\n\n## Verify\n`npx tsc --noEmit` no longer reports `Cannot find name` for Node/test globals; `npx tsc --showConfig` shows the `types` array.\n\n## Sources\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/\n- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0/",
    "context": [
      "typescript@6",
      "typescript@7"
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      "typescript",
      "tsconfig",
      "types",
      "typescript-6",
      "breaking-change"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2026-03-23",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T02:42:58.569Z",
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