TypeError: Cannot read property 'BEFORE' of undefined

TL;DR

This TypeError about reading BEFORE of undefined came from a version mismatch during install. Reinstalling node_modules from scratch cleared it.

Steps

1. This TypeError about reading BEFORE of undefined came from a version mismatch during install. Reinstalling nodemodules from scratch cleared it. If you hit this in an Expo development build with the Amplitude React Native SDK, wipe nodemodules and reinstall so everything resolves to matching versions, and double check you followed the SDK install steps for dev builds rather than Expo Go.

When to use

You are seeing this: Reported in Amplitude: TypeError: Cannot read property 'BEFORE' of undefined. Use this skill when you run into "TypeError: Cannot read property 'BEFORE' of undefined".

When not to use

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Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

In gh:amplitude/Amplitude-TypeScript#1140 (https://github.com/amplitude/Amplitude-TypeScript/issues/1140), the reporter ran into this: Reported in Amplitude: TypeError: Cannot read property 'BEFORE' of undefined. The verified resolution: This TypeError about reading BEFORE of undefined came from a version mismatch during install. Reinstalling nodemodules from scratch cleared it. If you hit this in an Expo development build with the Amplitude React Native SDK, wipe nodemodules and reinstall so everything resolves to matching versions, and double check you followed the SDK install steps for dev builds rather than Expo Go.