Unsupported Node.js 16 used

[MikeMcC399]

The repo cypress-io/cypress-realworld-testing is set up to use Node.js 16 which is no longer supported.

https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-realworld-testing/blob/50bfb658496830fa2fa44b139cfa900af49f3af4/.node-version#L1

CircleCI logs also show Node.js 16.16.0 being used.

References

• Cypress documentation Installing Cypress > System requirements > Node.js.
• Node.js 16 end-of-life announcement for Sep 11, 2023.

Suggestion

Update to using Node.js v18.19.0 or later 18.x version.

Update tests

Updating Node.js, then running the following on Ubuntu 22.04 gives the following results:

export SITE_URL=https://learn.cypress.io
yarn cypress:run

Node.js Version	Result
v18.19.0	all 11 pass
v20.11.1	complete-lesson-button fails