angular.json-> Property buildTarget is not allowed

Question

I have migrated to Angular 17 using the migration tool. Everything works fine. But my angular.json shows a warning "Property buildTarget is not allowed."

Before, browserTarget was there, but the migration tool replaced it with buildTarget. When I use browserTarget, I'm getting an error that it is deprecated.

Here is my angular.json file:

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "testAng": {
      "projectType": "application",
      "schematics": {
        "@schematics/angular:component": {
          "standalone": false
        },
        "@schematics/angular:directive": {
          "standalone": false
        },
        "@schematics/angular:pipe": {
          "standalone": false
        }
      },
      "root": "",
      "sourceRoot": "src",
      "prefix": "app",
      "architect": {
        "build": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:application",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/test-ang",
            "index": "src/index.html",
            "browser": "src/main.ts",
            "polyfills": [
              "zone.js"
            ],
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.css"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "budgets": [
                {
                  "type": "initial",
                  "maximumWarning": "500kb",
                  "maximumError": "1mb"
                },
                {
                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                  "maximumWarning": "2kb",
                  "maximumError": "4kb"
                }
              ],
              "outputHashing": "all"
            },
            "development": {
              "optimization": false,
              "extractLicenses": false,
              "sourceMap": true
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "production"
        },
        "serve": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "buildTarget": "testAng:build:production"
            },
            "development": {
              "buildTarget": "testAng:build:development"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "development"
        },
        "extract-i18n": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
          "options": {
            "buildTarget": "testAng:build"
          }
        },
        "test": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
          "options": {
            "polyfills": [
              "zone.js",
              "zone.js/testing"
            ],
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.css"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

How to solve the problem with "Property buildTarget is not allowed"?

I am using

• Angular: 17.1.1
• Angular CLI: 17.1.1
• Node: 20.11.0

Answer 1

Try running this command: yarn add @angular-devkit/build-webpack

The warning "Property buildTarget is not allowed" in the angular.json file might be related to missing or outdated dependencies in your Angular project.

Answer 2

I had the same error while migrating to angular v17.

As simple as it sounds,

Solution

closing VsCode and reopening it fixed the issue.

Versions

Angular: 17.3.2
Angular CLI: 17.3.2
Node: 20.11.0
Package Manager: npm 10.2.4