Situation

Node.js 24.x transitioned to Active LTS status with the release of Node.js 24.11.0, codename "Krypton" on Oct 28, 2025.

.node-version currently contains 22 which is interpreted as the latest Node.js 22.x version available.

.node-version is used as a default for users manually working with the repo (or a clone of it) and for certain example workflows in .github/workflows that use action/setup-node to specify which version of Node.js to run under:

Additionally the following workflows contain hard-coded Node.js versions:

There is no .nvmrc version file in the repo, which would be used by nvm version managers.

Change

• Bump .node-version from 22 to 24
• Run npm install for the repo root, and for each npm-based example through ./scripts/update-cypress-latest-npm.sh
• Convert .github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml to use .node-version
• Add .nvmrc with content 24. This file is used by the Linux nvm Node.js version manager recommended by the Node.js organization on https://nodejs.org/en/download. See nvm > README > .nvmrc.

Verification

Ubuntu 24.04.3, Node.js 24.11.0 LTS

n auto # if using n / or nvm use
git clean -xfd
npm install
npm run format
npm run build

Confirm no changes made.

npm run update:cypress

Confirm that updating Cypress runs successfully and that no unexpected updates are made.

Notes

Updating from Node.js 22 (22.21.1) to Node.js 24 (24.11.0), updates from npm 10.9.4 to npm 11.6.1 which contains a fix for peer dependency flag propagation. This causes the addition of "peer": true to several transient dependencies in npm lockfiles package-lock.json.

This change does not affect the version of Node.js that the action internally runs under. This remains as node20 at this time. A separate issue #1519 tracks this change, together with other related dependencies which will need updating.

Workflows that do not use action/setup-node instead run using the default version of Node.js as defined by their respective GitHub Actions hosted runner images. These are currently: