Align Node.js engine requirements with WordPress Core 24.x by mho22 · Pull Request #4322 · WordPress/wordpress-playground

mho22 · 2026-09-09T08:14:32Z

Why

The "Lint and typecheck" CI job runs tools/check-node-engine-alignment.sh, which fetches WordPress Core's package.json from wordpress-develop/trunk at run time and verifies that this repository declares the same engines values. WordPress Core raised its requirements to node >=24.18.0 and npm >=11.16.0 on September 8 (WordPress/wordpress-develop@62439bbb0a, "Build/Test Tools: Upgrade Node.js to 24.x."), so the check started failing on every PR. #4312 stopped the bleeding by pinning the check to a pre-upgrade Core revision. This PR resolves the misalignment itself: it adopts Core's Node 24 requirements and restores the live check.

What

Bump engines.node to >=24.18.0 and engines.npm to >=11.16.0 in the root package.json and all package package.json files, and refresh the matching engines entries in package-lock.json.
Update .nvmrc from 22 to 24.
Move every CI workflow pinned to Node 20 or 22 to Node 24, and raise the prepare-playground action's default from 20 to 24. This is required, not cosmetic: .npmrc sets engine-strict = true, so npm ci fails under any Node below 24.18.0 once the engines are bumped.
The vendored WordPress bundles under packages/playground/wordpress-builds/public/ are untouched; their theme package.json files belong to WordPress Core.

Reverts the pinned Core revision from #4312

#4312 pinned check-node-engine-alignment.sh to a fixed Core revision so upstream upgrades cannot fail Playground CI. This PR restores the live wordpress-develop/trunk URL. The live fetch is intentional: a red check is the signal that Playground must adopt Core's new runtime requirements. This PR acts on that signal by adopting Node 24.

Breaking changes

Published @php-wasm/* and @wp-playground/* packages now declare node >=24.18.0. Downstream consumers (Telex, Studio, wp-env) installing with engine-strict or running Node below 24.18.0 will be affected.

Testing

bash tools/check-node-engine-alignment.sh passes locally against Core's live values.
CI on this PR exercises the Node 24 workflow changes.

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- Updated the supported runtime to Node.js 24.18.0 or later and npm 11.16.0 or later across the project and its packages.
- Standardized development, testing, publishing, and integration workflows on Node.js 24.
- Updated the project’s default Node.js version to 24.
- Released updated package versions where applicable.
- Existing installations using older Node.js or npm versions will no longer meet the minimum requirements.

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🟠 Major · Publish a CommonJS entry for `@php-wasm/compile-extension`.

packages/php-wasm/compile-extension/package.json:17-18
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Publish a CommonJS entry for @php-wasm/compile-extension.

The package is ESM-only. package.json sets "type": "module", and both main and module point to ./cli.js. The Vite build also emits only cli.js; no build or publish configuration produces cli.cjs. This violates the repository requirement that packages publish both ESM and CommonJS formats.

Generate cli.cjs and map the CommonJS entry to it.
Proposed manifest mapping
-	"main": "./cli.js",
+	"main": "./cli.cjs",
 	"module": "./cli.js",
+	"exports": {
+		".": {
+			"import": "./cli.js",
+			"require": "./cli.cjs"
+		}
+	},
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In `@packages/php-wasm/compile-extension/package.json`:
- Around line 17-18: Update the compile-extension package build and publish
configuration to generate cli.cjs alongside cli.js, and map the CommonJS entry
field to cli.cjs while keeping the ESM entry mapped to cli.js. Use the existing
Vite/build configuration and package manifest symbols.

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packages/php-wasm/fs-journal/package.json
packages/php-wasm/logger/package.json
packages/php-wasm/node-builds/5-2/package.json
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packages/php-wasm/node-builds/8-0/package.json
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packages/php-wasm/web-service-worker/package.json
packages/php-wasm/web/package.json
packages/php-wasm/xdebug-bridge/package.json
packages/playground/blueprints/package.json
packages/playground/client/package.json
packages/playground/common/package.json
packages/playground/components/package.json
packages/playground/mcp/package.json
packages/playground/tools/package.json
packages/playground/wordpress/package.json

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brandonpayton

Thanks, @mho22! This looks good to me, and CI is passing. Let's merge!

mho22 · 2026-09-17T07:32:44Z

Thank you @brandonpayton!

Adopt @npmcli/arborist 9.9.3 for the locked npm audit producer (supersedes Dependabot #418): - Upstream 9.9.3 changes only build-ideal-tree peer-conflict handling and linked-strategy allowScripts identity; dependencies unchanged; the audit path (loadVirtual + AuditReport) is untouched. - Lock regenerated in node:22 (npm 10.9.9) and node:24 (npm 11.19.1) containers; both match Dependabot's lock byte for byte. Tarball sha512 matches the lock integrity. - Installed tree via wp_plugin_base_install_npm_audit is identical on Node 22.12.0, 22.23.3 and 24.22.0 (2151 files, 116 packages): zero self-audit findings, all registry signatures verified, no engines excluding 22.12.0. - Inventory digest recomputed by an independent implementation that first reproduced the previous reviewed value (3cdf3300...4892); new value 55912b50ebf83eb80254d59c9d8cdc05571622a5afe98d47a7edfd5e5949c1a9. Tree differs from 9.9.2 only in three Arborist files and the hidden lockfile. - Raw audit reports from 9.9.2 and 9.9.3 are byte-identical on the remediation fixture and Markdown tool graphs; real audits pass on Node 22 and 24; test_npm_remediation.mjs passes 39/39 on Node 22.12.0, 22.23.3 and 24.22.0. Block @wordpress/env 11.17.0 (Dependabot #391) at 11.16.0: - 11.17.0 requires @wp-playground/cli ^3.1.56; Playground 3.1.55+ declares node >=24.18.0 / npm >=11.16.0 (WordPress/wordpress-playground#4322), so engine-strict install fails on the supported Node 22 floor. - Both adapted upstream files are byte-identical in 11.17.0 and simple-git is still ^3.32.3 via the default import; expectations not refreshed. - sprintf-js GHSA-hp3w-g68c-fv3c still unpatched (4 moderate findings). - Block recorded with owner and next review date 2026-11-19. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

github-actions Bot added [Aspect] Browser [Aspect] Node.js [Aspect] Service Worker [Aspect] WordPress [Feature] PHP.wasm [Focus] Developer Tools [Package][@php-wasm] Web [Package][@php-wasm] Compile [Package][@php-wasm] CLI-Util labels Sep 9, 2026

mho22 added the [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended label Sep 9, 2026

mho22 marked this pull request as ready for review September 9, 2026 11:15

mho22 requested a review from akirk September 9, 2026 11:16

mho22 added 2 commits September 16, 2026 13:01

Align Node.js engine requirements with WordPress Core 24.x

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Restore the live Core trunk URL in check-node-engine-alignment

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mho22 force-pushed the bump-node-engines-to-24 branch from d1baf39 to f630965 Compare September 16, 2026 11:04

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brandonpayton merged commit fd283fe into trunk Sep 16, 2026
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Build: Update Node.js to 24.x WordPress/wporg-developer#597

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chore: qualify npm audit and WordPress environment tooling updates MatthiasReinholz/wp-plugin-base#420

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chore(deps-dev): bump @wordpress/env from 11.16.0 to 11.17.0 in /tools/wordpress-env MatthiasReinholz/wp-plugin-base#391

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