ESLint 10 looks up eslint.config.* from each linted file's directory, not the cwd — affects monorepos
- Remove the old flag everywhere:
--flag v10_config_lookup_from_fileon the CLI, theESLINT_FLAGSenv var, and theflagsarray passed tonew ESLint()/new Linter()(npx codemod @eslint/v9-to-v10does this). - If you want one config for the whole repo (old cwd-based behaviour), pass it explicitly:
npx eslint --config ./eslint.config.js .
- Otherwise, make sure each package's
eslint.config.jsis complete on its own (it no longer inherits anything from the root unless it imports it):
// packages/web/eslint.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'eslint/config'
import root from '../../eslint.config.js'
export default defineConfig([root, { rules: { 'no-console': 'off' } }])
Also required for v10: Node.js 20.19+, 22.13+ or 24+ (Node < 20.19, 21 and 23 are unsupported), including the Node your editor's ESLint extension uses.
Symptom
After upgrading to ESLint 10, running npx eslint . from a monorepo root lints packages/*/src files with each package's own eslint.config.js instead of the root config (or vice versa), so results change between v9 and v10. Scripts still passing --flag v10_config_lookup_from_file now error out.
Cause
In ESLint v9 the config file was located starting from the current working directory. v9 offered the alternate behaviour behind the v10_config_lookup_from_file feature flag. ESLint v10.0.0 (2026-02-06) made it the default: ESLint searches for eslint.config.* starting from the directory of each linted file and walking up toward the filesystem root. The feature flag was removed, and passing it is now an error.
Verify
npx eslint --print-config packages/web/src/index.js shows the config you expect for that file.
Sources
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