Drop support for Node 16.x (#14027)

Fixes #13956

Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics

Signed-off-by: Thomas Mäder <t.s.maeder@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [windows-2019, ubuntu-latest, macos-14]
-        node: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        node: [18.x, 20.x]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60

.github/workflows/license-check.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: ['18.x']
+        node: ['20.x']
         java: ['11']
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: "18.x"
+          node-version: "20.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11

.github/workflows/playwright.yml

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js "18.x"
+      - name: Use Node.js "20.x"
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: "18.x"
+          node-version: "20.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11

.github/workflows/production-smoke-test.yml

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js "18.x"
+      - name: Use Node.js "20.x"
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: "18.x"
+          node-version: "20.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11

.github/workflows/publish-gh-pages.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # To fetch all history for all branches and tags. (Will be required for caching with lerna: https://github.com/markuplint/markuplint/pull/111)
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: '18.x'
+          node-version: '20.x'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Use Python 3.x

.github/workflows/publish-next.yml

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
           # Required for lerna to determine the version of the next package.
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.11

.github/workflows/translation.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3.8.2
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
+          node-version: 20.x
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Use Python 3.x

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - [Previous Changelogs](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/tree/master/doc/changelogs/)
 
+<a name="breaking_changes_1.53.0">[Breaking Changes:](#breaking_changes_1.51.0)</a>
+- [dependencies] increased minimum node version to 18. [#14027](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/14027) - Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics
+
+
 ## 1.52.0 - 07/25/2024
 
 - [application-package] bumped the default supported API from `1.90.2` to `1.91.1` [#13955](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/13955) - Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics

doc/Developing.md

@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ etc.) by opening `packages/<package name>/coverage/index.html`.
 
  - Install [`scoop`](https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop#installation).
  - Install [`nvm`](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows) with scoop: `scoop install nvm`.
- - Install Node.js with `nvm`: `nvm install 18.17.0`, then use it: `nvm use 18.17.0`. You can list all available Node.js versions with `nvm list available` if you want to pick another version.
+ - Install Node.js with `nvm`: `nvm install lts`, then use it: `nvm use lts`. You can list all available Node.js versions with `nvm list available` if you want to pick another version.
  - Install `yarn`: `scoop install yarn`.
  - If you need to install `windows-build-tools`, see [`Installing Windows Build Tools`](#installing-windows-build-tools).
  - If you run into problems with installing the required build tools, the `node-gyp` documentation offers a useful [guide](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows) how to install the dependencies manually. The versions required for building Theia are:

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "engines": {
     "yarn": ">=1.7.0 <2",
-    "node": ">=16"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "**/@types/node": "18"
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@
     "vscode.microsoft-authentication",
     "ms-vscode.references-view"
   ]
-}
+}