webpack-bundle-analyzer: CLI: Cannot create a string longer than 0x1fffffe8 characters

Issue description

We have front-end heavy application with ~40 entry points and i want to optimize build size

$ rm -rf ./tmp/webpack-stats.json

$ yarn build --progress --profile --json > ./tmp/webpack-stats.json && npx webpack-bundle-analyzer ./tmp/webpack-stats.json
Couldn't read webpack bundle stats from "/Users/tarasturchenko/Projects/work/ZipifyPages/tmp/webpack-stats.json":
Error: Cannot create a string longer than 0x1fffffe8 characters

$ ll ./tmp/webpack-stats.json
-rw-r--r--  1 tarasturchenko  staff   1.0G Feb  4 11:28 ./tmp/webpack-stats.json

Technical info

  System:
    OS: macOS 12.0.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 487.04 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.18.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.17 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/yarn
    npm: 8.1.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    compression-webpack-plugin: ^9.0.0 => 9.0.0
    image-minimizer-webpack-plugin: ^3.1.2 => 3.1.2
    webpack: 5.64.1 => 5.64.1
    webpack-cli: 4.9.1 => 4.9.1
    webpack-manifest-plugin: ^4.0.2 => 4.0.2
    webpack-merge: ^5.8.0 => 5.8.0

Debug info

How do you use this module? As CLI utility or as plugin?

If CLI, what command was used? (e.g. webpack-bundle-analyzer -O path/to/stats.json)

npx webpack-bundle-analyzer ./tmp/webpack-stats.json

If plugin, what options were provided? (e.g. new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({ analyzerMode: 'disabled', generateStatsFile: true }))

What other Webpack plugins were used?

• image-minimizer-webpack-plugin
• mini-css-extract-plugin
• compression-webpack-plugin
• webpack-manifest-plugin
• IgnorePlugin & ProvidePlugin
• vue-loader

It would be nice to also attach webpack stats file. It can be generated using these options:

new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({
  analyzerMode: 'disabled',
  generateStatsFile: true,
  // Excludes module sources from stats file so there won't be any sensitive data
  statsOptions: { source: false }
})

stats.json will be created in Webpack bundle output directory.