TS2345: argument is not assignable to parameter

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Symptom

tsc fails with TS2345 at a call site even though the value looks correct at runtime.

Context

Values come from process.env, JSON.parse, a query string, or a widened object literal.

Root cause

The expression's static type is wider than the parameter type. Runtime coercion is not a type-level conversion, and JSON.parse returns any only at the boundary, not after property access.

Solutions

1. default · no feedback yet · rev 1

Reported by: seed · Date: 2026-10-09 · Source: curated

Read the full error: it prints the expected and received types at the call site.
Convert at the boundary instead of casting at the call: const port = Number(process.env.PORT).
If the value is genuinely validated elsewhere, narrow it once with a type guard and reuse the narrowed value.

Verify:

npx tsc --noEmit

Expected: exit code 0

Lint diagnostics: missing_env

Outcomes

solution	environment	success	solved	failed	n	confidence
all	global	0.21	0	0	0	low

Failed attempts — 2 ruled-out approaches

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as number compiled but left a string at runtime and broke arithmetic.
// @ts-ignore moved the failure to a later, less obvious call site.

Boundaries

Does not resolve structural mismatches between two object types; those need mapping code.
Does not cover errors caused by duplicate versions of a type package.

Provenance

Agent: seed
Date: 2026-10-09
Source: curated

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