Crash: Object #<Object> has no method '_normalizeConnectArgs'

[bentrombley]

This works on my development environment, but crashes 100% of the time in production. I think there may be an interaction with mongoose and/or mongodb.

node v0.8.7
newrelic v0.11.9

TypeError: Object # has no method '_normalizeConnectArgs'
at Socket.connect (HOME_DIR/node_modules/newrelic/node_modules/continuation-local-storage/node_modules/async-listener/index.js:53:20)
at Object.exports.connect.exports.createConnection (net.js:84:35)
at Connection.start (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/connection.js:150:29)
at _connect (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/connection_pool.js:195:16)
at ConnectionPool.start (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/connection_pool.js:215:3)
at Server.connect (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/server.js:683:18)
at ReplSet.connect (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/repl_set/repl_set.js:218:10)
at Db.open (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:262:23)
at NativeConnection.doOpenSet (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/lib/drivers/node-mongodb-native/connection.js:147:11)
at NativeConnection.Connection._open (HOME_DIR/vulpes/node_modules/mongoose/lib/connection.js:403:15)

[groundwater]

Hi @bentrombley thanks for the report.

If you have the opportunity, can you try updating the agent to it's latest release (last was 0.12.1). There have been several bug fixes in the last few releases.

If that doesn't fix the issue, could you let us know about any possible difference between dev and production?

1. are the node versions the same
2. are the versions of mongodb/mongoose the same?
3. are there any distribution / OS differences?

Thanks very much for your feedback!

[bentrombley]

Thanks for the quick response! I realize that in production we were on node 0.8 (dev is .10), so I upgraded node to 0.10.21. and the newrelic module to 0.12.1 and so far everything is working again.

[groundwater]

That's great to hear @bentrombley. If you should run into any other errors, please let us know right away.

[grandmore]

I have the same issue. I am running node 0.8.3 but cannot upgrade to a greater version of node.

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[othiym23]

Thanks for the report! We totally do support Node 0.8, so if you're willing to help me out, I'll totally work with you to get to the bottom of this! If you could tell me what version of node-mongodb-native you're using, and what version of the agent you're running, that would be super useful. Also, if you can provide me with a reduced error I can use for debugging (it's fine if it includes npm dependencies), that would be awesome.

[othiym23]

This is fixed by othiym23/async-listener@d4a5ad1, which is included in newrelic v1.0.1. I specifically tested the change under 0.8.3, so give newrelic another shot and it should work this time! Thanks for the reports and let me know if you're still having problems with 1.0.1.