The error message for a missing addon that tries to load is very unclear

[RHeynsZa]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
The error message when trying to load a non installed addon is really really undescriptive, and very confusing when trying to debug

WARN   Failed to load preset: {"type":"presets"} on level 1
ERR! TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "id" argument must be of type string. Received an instance of Object

Describe the solution you'd like
Maybe something like Trying to import missing package, please check addons

Describe alternatives you've considered
Not being stupid, and actually checking my addons. Yes ive tried, but this something I struggle with in general

Are you able to assist to bring the feature to reality?
Yeah i can PR this, if it seems like a good idea

[milesj]

I see this error when enabling the @storybook/addon-a11y addon.

[prewk]

Your suggestion would've saved me an hour's work today

[chriskuech]

I keep adding storybook new to a project but after some npm installs this error occurs. It is pretty impossible to debug and I think my experience proves that this issue (at least sometimes) is unrelated to missing add-ons.

[lobaak]

We were also experiencing this on upgrading versions from 6.5.5 > 6.5.9.

[razzeee]

I'm also seeing this whenever I enable @storybook/addon-a11y

[shilman]

Ta-da!! I just released https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/releases/tag/v7.0.0-beta.26 containing PR #20455 that references this issue. Upgrade today to the @next NPM tag to try it out!

npx sb@next upgrade --prerelease

Closing this issue. Please re-open if you think there's still more to do.

[maciej-gurban]

Can we get this fixed on 6.x as well? 7.x doesn't seem to play well with yarn pnp just yet

I have empty list of addons, and getting the same error when using framework: '@storybook/react-webpack5'. No problems when using framework: '@storybook/react'