Error: req.flash() requires sessions

[hubitor]

I'm getting following error when I run:
$ npm start

{"message":"Default posts created!","level":"info"}
{"message":"MongoError: Topology was destroyed\n    at initializeCursor (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:766:25)\n    at nextFunction (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:591:12)\n    at Cursor.next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:833:3)\n    at Cursor._next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cursor.js:211:36)\n   at nextObject (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/cursor_ops.js:179:10)\n    at next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/cursor_ops.js:158:3)\n    at executeOperation (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:420:24)\n    atCursor.next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cursor.js:253:10)\n    at findOne (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/collection_ops.js:567:10)\n    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:437:24\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)\nat executeOperation (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:432:10)\n    at Collection.<anonymous> (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/collection.js:1028:12)\n    at Collection.deprecated [as findOne] (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:652:17)\n    at withCallback.collectionReady.then.collection (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/connect-mongo/src/index.js:192:46)\n    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)","level":"error"}
Error: req.flash() requires sessions
    at IncomingMessage._flash [as flash] (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/connect-flash/lib/flash.js:60:41)
    at ServerResponse.res.render (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express-flash/lib/express-flash.js:28:35)
    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/server/routes/errors.js:20:15
    at Layer.handle_error (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:71:5)
    at trim_prefix (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
    at Function.process_params (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
    at next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
    at Layer.handle_error (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:67:12)
    at trim_prefix (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
    at Function.process_params (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
    at next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
    at Layer.handle_error (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:67:12)
    at trim_prefix (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:315:13)
    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:7
{"message":"\u001b[0mGET / \u001b[31m500 \u001b[0m4.233 ms - -\u001b[0m\n","level":"debug"}
{"message":"MongoError: Topology was destroyed\n    at initializeCursor (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:766:25)\n    at nextFunction (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:591:12)\n    at Cursor.next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/cursor.js:833:3)\n    at Cursor._next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cursor.js:211:36)\n   at nextObject (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/cursor_ops.js:179:10)\n    at next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/cursor_ops.js:158:3)\n    at executeOperation (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:420:24)\n    atCursor.next (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cursor.js:253:10)\n    at findOne (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/operations/collection_ops.js:567:10)\n    at /home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:437:24\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)\nat executeOperation (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:432:10)\n    at Collection.<anonymous> (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/collection.js:1028:12)\n    at Collection.deprecated [as findOne] (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:652:17)\n    at withCallback.collectionReady.then.collection (/home/user/workspace/ExpressJS/test_project_10/node_modules/connect-mongo/src/index.js:192:46)\n    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)","level":"error"}

[trebleCode]

@hubitor we abandoned using this boilerplate for a project and went with what it's based on:

https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter

and have had alot of success since. You could always tack Vue on top of it afterwards

[hubitor]

@trebleCode : thanks for the tip!