Starting emulators with --inspect-functions flag does not product desired result

[brad426]

Environment info

firebase-tools: 11.4.0

node: v16.16.0

Platform: macOS 12.5 (Apple Silicon)

Test case

Create a fresh firebase project

firebase init
emulators:start --inspect-functions

Steps to reproduce

firebase init
emulators:start --inspect-functions

Shows warning:

To enable function inspection, please run "/usr/local/bin/firebase is:npm i node@/usr/local/bin/firebase --save-dev" in your functions directory

cd functions
/usr/local/bin/firebase is:npm i node@/usr/local/bin/firebase --save-dev

Output:

npm ERR! code ENOLOCAL
npm ERR! Could not install "../../../../../../usr/local/bin/firebase" as it is not a directory and is not a file with a name ending in .tgz, .tar.gz or .tar

firebase-debug.log

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[eldadj]

Run /usr/local/bin/firebase is:npm i node --save-dev

[colerogers]

Hi @brad426 what version of node are you using?

[brad426]

Hi @brad426 what version of node are you using?

16.6.0

[brad426]

after upgrading to firebase cli version 11.7.0 I can now run firebase emulators:start --inspect-functions without seeing the warning:

To enable function inspection, please run "/usr/local/bin/firebase is:npm i node@/usr/local/bin/firebase --save-dev" in your functions directory

Everything seems to be working perfectly now

[Tianle-Leviathan]

I am running into the same issue and the debug mode is not working properly. No process is listening on 9229 when running emulator.
I am running firebase emulator on ubuntu 20.04. Node version is v16.17.0

[YahavGB]

Same here,

❯ firebase --version
11.9.0
❯ node -v
v18.9.0

[ReniDelonzek]

O mesmo aqui
firebase --version 11.16.0

Macos 12.6

[ReniDelonzek]

In my case running /usr/local/bin/firebase is:npm i node@16 --save-dev solved the problem