TypeScript 6/7: moduleResolution node (node10), target es5, module amd/umd deprecated in 6.0, removed in 7.0

Fix

{
  "compilerOptions": {
-   "target": "es5",
-   "moduleResolution": "node",
-   "downlevelIteration": true,
-   "esModuleInterop": false,
+   "target": "es2022",
+   "module": "nodenext",            // code run directly by Node.js
+   "moduleResolution": "nodenext"
+   // or, for Vite/webpack/Next/Bun: "module": "esnext", "moduleResolution": "bundler"
  }
}

If you truly need ES5 output, transpile with an external tool (Babel/SWC) after tsc. Note other 6.0 default changes when you remove explicit settings: strict defaults to true, module to esnext, target to the latest (es2025), rootDir to the tsconfig folder, types to [].

Symptom

A tsconfig with "moduleResolution": "node" (or node10/classic), "target": "es5", "downlevelIteration": true, "module": "amd"|"umd"|"system"|"none", "outFile", or "esModuleInterop": false produces deprecation errors on TypeScript 6.0 and is rejected outright by TypeScript 7.0. Agents still generate these from older templates.

Cause

TypeScript 6.0 (2026-03-23) deprecated --moduleResolution node/node10 (it models an outdated Node resolution algorithm), target: es5 (lowest target is now ES2015), downlevelIteration, baseUrl, and the amd/umd/systemjs/none module values; removed moduleResolution classic and outFile; and no longer allows esModuleInterop/allowSyntheticDefaultImports to be false. Deprecations can be silenced in 6.0 with "ignoreDeprecations": "6.0". TypeScript 7.0 (2026-07-08) does not support any of them.

Verify

npx tsc --noEmit on TS 6 succeeds without ignoreDeprecations, which means it will also load under TS 7.

Sources

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TypeScript 6/7: moduleResolution node (node10), target es5, module amd/umd deprecated in 6.0, removed in 7.0

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