Nest JS retryAttempts on undefined error driving me nuts - nestjs

Question

I keep getting this error upon starting my nestjs application:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'retryAttempts' of undefined
The error is originating from my common config file, which was loaded into my configurations in app.module. I had tried call an await function in it and it gave me the retryattempts undefined error.
However, after commenting out that line, the error is resolved.
Context: I am trying to load variables from a pcf config server in place of env variables.
getEnvfrompcfconfig
import { getPcfServerClientCredentials } from '#common/configurations/pcf-credentials.config';
import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
import * as client from 'cloud-config-client';
import { getAppEnv } from 'cfenv';
export const getEnvFromPcfConfigServer = async () => {
const appEnv = getAppEnv();
const pcfCredentials = getPcfServerClientCredentials();
const { client_secret, client_id, access_token_uri, uri } = pcfCredentials;
const accessToken: string = await axios
.post(
access_token_uri,
new URLSearchParams({
grant_type: 'client_credentials', //gave the values directly for testing
client_id,
client_secret,
}),
)
.then((res: AxiosResponse) => {
return res.data.access_token;
})
.catch((e) => console.log('cannot get access token', e));
const options: client.Options = {
name: 'application',
rejectUnauthorized: false,
endpoint: uri,
profiles: [appEnv.app.space_name || 'dev'],
headers: { authorization: `bearer ${accessToken}` },
};
const config = await client.load(options);
const url = config.get('baseurl');
return url;
};
config file
import { ScheduleLog as ScheduleLogEntity } from '#scheduleLog/entities/schedule-log.entity';
import { CustomNamingStrategy } from '#common/helpers/database/database.helper';
import { Schedule as ScheduleEntity } from 'src/schedule/entities/schedule.entity';
import { ICommonConfiguration } from '#common/interfaces/configurations/common-configuration';
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';
import { getCreds } from '#common/configurations/credhub.config';
export const configuration = async () => {
const {
APP_PORT,
ENVIRONMENT,
MARIADB_HOST,
MARIADB_PORT,
MARIADB_USERNAME,
MARIADB_PASSWORD,
MARIADB_DATABASE,
AUTH_PASSWORD,
EUREKA_AWS_URL,
EUREKA_UAA,
EUREKA_PCF,
EUREKA_DATALOADER,
EUREKA_COMMS,
EUREKA_PROXY_HOST,
EUREKA_PROXY_PORT,
EUREKA_FULFILMENT,
} = process.env;
const creds = getCreds();
const thing = await getEnvFromPcfConfigServer(); //<-- line that is causing problem
console.log('thing', thing);
return {
APP: {
PORT: Number(APP_PORT),
ENVIRONMENT,
},
UAAPASSWORD: creds.uaaPassword || AUTH_PASSWORD,
DATABASE: {
type: 'mysql',
host: MARIADB_HOST,
port: Number(MARIADB_PORT),
username: MARIADB_USERNAME,
password: MARIADB_PASSWORD || creds.mariaDbPassword,
database: MARIADB_DATABASE,
entities: [ScheduleEntity, ScheduleLogEntity],
synchronize: false,
namingStrategy: new CustomNamingStrategy(),
// autoLoadEntities: true,
},
HTTPMODULE: {
BASEURL: {
AWS: EUREKA_AWS_URL,
UAA: EUREKA_UAA,
PCF: EUREKA_PCF,
DATALOADER: 'hi',
COMMS: EUREKA_COMMS,
FULFILMENT: EUREKA_FULFILMENT,
},
PROXYAGENT: new HttpsProxyAgent({
host: EUREKA_PROXY_HOST,
port: EUREKA_PROXY_PORT,
}),
},
};
};
App.module
ConfigModule.forRoot({
isGlobal: true,
load: [configuration],
envFilePath: `.env.stage.${appEnv.app.space_name || 'local'}`,
}),
I find this very weird. Anyone able to help?