ng update: Because Peace Was Never an Option 😂

Angular Version Update Every Year Be Like 😭

Every year

Angular:

“A new version is available! 🚀 Upgrade now.”

Developer:

Nice! Should be easy. Just ng update.”

5 minutes later…

ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree

😐

Developer:

“Okay… let's check the dependencies.”

Then you discover:

• Angular needs Node 20
• Your project uses Node 18
• One package needs Angular 17
• Another package only supports Angular 16
• Angular Material wants something else
• Some random library hasn't been updated since 2022 💀

So you start upgrading one version at a time:

Angular 17 → 18

🔥 23 errors

Angular 18 → 19

🔥 47 errors

Angular 19 → 20

🔥 89 errors

At this point you're not upgrading the project anymore.

You're negotiating with npm.

Then comes the classic:

npm install --legacy-peer-deps — My Emotional Support Command 😂

Developer:

“Problem solved.” 😎

Angular:

“Are you sure about that?”

😂

And after 6 hours of debugging...

ng serve

Finally:

✔ Application bundle generation complete
✔ Local: http://localhost:4200/

Developer:

“YESSSSS! 🎉”

Then the browser opens:

ERROR RuntimeError: NG0203
ERROR NG0955
ERROR NG04002

💀💀💀

And the funniest part?

The application was working perfectly yesterday.

The Angular Developer Annual Cycle 🔄

January:
“I'll keep dependencies updated.”

March:
“It's fine, we'll update later.”

June:
“Don't touch package.json.”

September:
“Angular released a new version.”

October:
“Why did I do this to myself?”

November:
“Everything works again.”

December:
“Next year I'll update regularly.”

Next year:
🔁 Same story.

Angular version update isn't an upgrade.
It's a yearly boss fight. 😂

Angular 22 is here… You already know my first command. 😎