Bump minimum version to node 18

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build:
     permissions:
-      checks: write  # for coverallsapp/github-action to create new checks
       contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [16, 18, 20]
+        node-version: [18, 20]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -29,8 +28,3 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         npm run test
-    # - name: Publish to coveralls.io
-    #   if: ${{ matrix.node-version == 16 }}
-    #   uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v1.1.2
-    #   with:
-    #     github-token: ${{ github.token }}

package.json

@@ -122,6 +122,6 @@
         "supertest": "6.3.3"
     },
     "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
+        "node": ">=18"
     }
 }

packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/index.js

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function start() {
             log.info(log._("runtime.version",{component:"Node.js ",version:process.version}));
             if (settings.UNSUPPORTED_VERSION) {
                 log.error("*****************************************************************");
-                log.error("* "+log._("runtime.unsupported_version",{component:"Node.js",version:process.version,requires: ">=8.9.0"})+" *");
+                log.error("* "+log._("runtime.unsupported_version",{component:"Node.js",version:process.version,requires: ">=18"})+" *");
                 log.error("*****************************************************************");
                 events.emit("runtime-event",{id:"runtime-unsupported-version",payload:{type:"error",text:"notification.errors.unsupportedVersion"},retain:true});
             }

packages/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ if (NODE_MAJOR_VERSION >= 16) {
 
 function checkVersion(userSettings) {
     var semver = require('semver');
-    if (!semver.satisfies(process.version,">=14.0.0")) {
+    if (!semver.satisfies(process.version,">=18.0.0")) {
-        // TODO: in the future, make this a hard error.
         // var e = new Error("Unsupported version of Node.js");
         // e.code = "unsupported_version";
         // throw e;

packages/node_modules/node-red/package.json

@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@
         "bcrypt": "5.1.0"
     },
     "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
+        "node": ">=18"
     }
 }

packages/node_modules/node-red/red.js

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'admin') {
     return;
 }
 
+var semver = require('semver');
+if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, ">=18.0.0")) {
+    console.log("Unsupported version of Node.js:", process.version);
+    console.log("Node-RED requires Node.js v18 or later");
+    process.exit(1)
+}
+
 var http = require('http');
 var https = require('https');
 var util = require("util");
@@ -346,7 +353,7 @@ httpsPromise.then(function(startupHttps) {
     } catch(err) {
         if (err.code == "unsupported_version") {
             console.log("Unsupported version of Node.js:",process.version);
-            console.log("Node-RED requires Node.js v8.9.0 or later");
+            console.log("Node-RED requires Node.js v18 or later");
         } else {
             console.log("Failed to start server:");
             if (err.stack) {