nuxt: Object(...) is not a function

Version

v2.6.3

Reproduction link

https://nuxtjs.org

Steps to reproduce

Not sure yet unfortunately

What is expected ?

Nuxt works

What is actually happening?

An Object(...) is not a function error is shown when setContext is called in .nuxt/index.js

Sometimes during development this error happens. I am not exactly sure yet what triggers it, sometimes it happens once a day and sometimes 10+ times.

What I know about it so far:

• The error is caused because the .nuxt/utils import returns an empty object
• The utils file does exist and when executed with --experimental-modules node has a 0 exit status (so no syntax errors in the file)
• Deleting the utils module from require.cache did not solve the issue
• Restarting the dev server made the error go away
• It doesnt seem to have to do with a long running dev server, this morning I had it within 20mins of starting work

Although restarting the dev server is a good enough solution, rebuilding the whole project can take quite a bit of time which can be frustrating.

Additional comments?

First reported here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55949558/how-to-solve-object-is-not-a-function-error-in-nuxt

Screenshot of error: https://i.imgur.com/CEoHxQq.png

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