AngularFirestoreModule causes Angular Server Side Rendering to fail.

[SauceCode84]

Version info

Angular:
v8.1

Firebase:
v6.3

AngularFire:
v5.2.1

Other (e.g. Ionic/Cordova, Node, browser, operating system):

How to reproduce these conditions

Adding AngularFirestoreModule to the project causes Angular Server Side Rendering to fail when running the serve command, i.e. npm run build:ssr - after the build.
It fails with the same error when running firebase serve or firebase deploy.

When the AngularFirestoreModule is removed from the application, however, the build and serve work.

Debug output

> [email protected] serve:ssr /home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club
> node dist/server

/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:180715
        throw new Error("package.json does not exist at " + package_json_path);
        ^

Error: package.json does not exist at /home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/package.json
    at Object.PsoT.exports.find (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:180715:15)
    at Object.wPNL (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:256777:12)
    at __webpack_require__ (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:20:30)
    at Object.XpdW (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:197412:12)
    at __webpack_require__ (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:20:30)
    at Object.g1pB (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:214495:27)
    at __webpack_require__ (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:20:30)
    at Object.Ou8q (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:177412:14)
    at __webpack_require__ (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:20:30)
    at Object.BYZf (/home/richard/Code/fip-fight-club/dist/server/main.js:31994:12)

Expected behavior

Serve or deploy the application with Server Side Rendering functionality.

Actual behavior

Error in the console, as per above.

[jlmonteagudo]

I'm also fighting against this problem.

Does anyone have a clue? :)

[WUKS87]

@jlmonteagudo No solution for now. Please share this issue

[matheo]

Use v5.1.3, see #2115

[marcjal]

The same problem here I'm using:

Angular: v8.2
Firebase: v7.3
AngularFire: v5.2.1

[WUKS87]

@marcjal Have you tried Angularfire v5.1.3?

[marcjal]

@WUKS87 Let me see that version I hadn’t tried yet. Thanks

[jamesdaniels]

Closing as outdated.