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TypeError: context.getScope is not a function — ESLint 9 moved rule-context methods to sourceCode

TypeError: context.getScope is not a function
Fix
  1. Upgrade the plugin to its latest major.
  2. If it is still not updated, wrap it with @eslint/compat:
// eslint.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'eslint/config'
import { fixupPluginRules, fixupConfigRules } from '@eslint/compat'
import somePlugin from 'eslint-plugin-some-plugin'
import someConfig from 'eslint-config-some-config'

export default defineConfig([
  ...fixupConfigRules(someConfig),
  { plugins: { somePlugin: fixupPluginRules(somePlugin) },
    rules: { 'somePlugin/rule-name': 'error' } },
])
  1. For your own rules, migrate the calls:
// before                         // after
context.getScope()                sourceCode.getScope(node)
context.getAncestors()            sourceCode.getAncestors(node)
context.markVariableAsUsed(name)  sourceCode.markVariableAsUsed(name, node)
context.getSource()               sourceCode.getText()
context.getSourceCode()           context.sourceCode
context.getFilename()             context.filename
context.getCwd()                  context.cwd
context.parserOptions             context.languageOptions.parserOptions

(where const sourceCode = context.sourceCode). Automate with npx codemod @eslint/v9-to-v10 or eslint-transforms v9-rule-migration rules/.

Symptom

Linting crashes inside a plugin rule after upgrading to ESLint 9 or 10:

TypeError: context.getScope is not a function
TypeError: context.getAncestors is not a function
TypeError: context.markVariableAsUsed is not a function
TypeError: context.getDeclaredVariables is not a function

On ESLint 10 the same class of crash appears for context.getSourceCode, context.getFilename, context.getCwd, context.getPhysicalFilename.

Cause

ESLint v9.0.0 (2024-04-05) removed many deprecated context methods and moved them to the SourceCode object, some with new signatures. ESLint v10.0.0 (2026-02-06) additionally removed context.getCwd(), getFilename(), getPhysicalFilename(), getSourceCode(), parserOptions and parserPath. A plugin (or your own local rule) still calling the old API throws.

Verify

npx eslint . completes; open an issue on the plugin repo if you needed the compat wrapper.

Sources

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