[bug] npx create-docusaurus failing on node.js 20.6.0 npm 10.0.0

[homotechsual]

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Prerequisites

• I'm using the latest version of Docusaurus.
• I have tried the npm run clear or yarn clear command.
• I have tried rm -rf node_modules yarn.lock package-lock.json and re-installing packages.
• I have tried creating a repro with https://new.docusaurus.io.
• I have read the console error message carefully (if applicable).

Description

Cannot create site using npx create-docusaurus using node v 20.6.0 - fails with common.register is not a function.

This works if reverting back to node LTS.

Reproducible demo

No response

Steps to reproduce

Install node version 20.6.0
Install npm version 10.0.0

Run npx create-docusaurus@latest docusaurusnode20test classic --typescript

Expected behavior

Should create a new docusaurus classic site using Typescript.

Actual behavior

Errors:

PS>npx create-docusaurus@latest docusaurusnode20test classic --typescript
Need to install the following packages:
create-docusaurus@2.4.1
Ok to proceed? (y)
npm WARN deprecated stable@0.1.8: Modern JS already guarantees Array#sort() is a stable sort, so this library is deprecated. See the compatibility table on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort#browser_compatibility
(node:29016) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'register' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
[ERROR] TypeError: common.register is not a function

Your environment

• Docusaurus version used: 2.4.1
• Environment name and version (e.g. Chrome 89, Node.js 16.4): Node.js 20.6.0, NPM 10.0.0
• Operating system and version (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS): Windows 11 Pro

Self-service

• I'd be willing to fix this bug myself.

[rogervdf]

Similar issue starting a few hours ago:

#17 10.28 [ERROR] TypeError: common.register is not a function
#17 10.30 npm notice 
#17 10.30 npm notice New major version of npm available! 9.8.1 -> 10.0.0
#17 10.30 npm notice Changelog: <https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.0.0>
#17 10.30 npm notice Run `npm install -g npm@10.0.0` to update!
#17 10.30 npm notice 
#17 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c npx --yes create-docusaurus@latest template classic" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

I can also confirm that by pinning at 20.5 all is good, it's 20.6 specifically that breaks something

[slorber]

Wonder if it's related to #9278, will investigate later

[slorber]

Probably related to nodejs/node#49497

[Seburan]

we started also to get the same error on september 6th when running "docusaurus build" in our CI/CD pipeline on Cloud Build using the default "node:latest" image.

Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": > docusaurus build
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": 
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": /workspace/services/home/node_modules/@docusaurus/utils/lib/index.js:9
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": exports.replaceMarkdownLinks = exports.writeMarkdownHeadingId = exports.parseMarkdownString = exports.parseMarkdownContentTitle = exports.parseFrontMatter = exports.createExcerpt = exports.parseMarkdownHeadingId = exports.groupTaggedItems = exports.normalizeFrontMatterTags = exports.buildSshUrl = exports.buildHttpsUrl = exports.hasSSHProtocol = exports.removeTrailingSlash = exports.addTrailingSlash = exports.addLeadingSlash = exports.resolvePathname = exports.isValidPathname = exports.encodePath = exports.fileToPath = exports.getEditUrl = exports.normalizeUrl = exports.findAsyncSequential = exports.mapAsyncSequential = exports.removePrefix = exports.removeSuffix = exports.localizePath = exports.getPluginI18nPath = exports.updateTranslationFileMessages = exports.mergeTranslations = exports.GitNotFoundError = exports.FileNotTrackedError = exports.getFileCommitDate = exports.readOutputHTMLFile = exports.generate = exports.WEBPACK_URL_LOADER_LIMIT = exports.DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID = exports.DEFAULT_PORT = exports.CODE_TRANSLATIONS_FILE_NAME = exports.DEFAULT_I18N_DIR_NAME = exports.THEME_PATH = exports.OUTPUT_STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME = exports.DEFAULT_STATIC_DIR_NAME = exports.SRC_DIR_NAME = exports.GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME = exports.BABEL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = exports.DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = exports.DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR_NAME = exports.DOCUSAURUS_VERSION = exports.NODE_MINOR_VERSION = exports.NODE_MAJOR_VERSION = void 0;
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": 
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": TypeError: Cannot set property NODE_MAJOR_VERSION of #<Object> which has only a getter
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Object.<anonymous> (/workspace/services/home/node_modules/@docusaurus/utils/lib/index.js:9:1421)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Object.<anonymous> (/workspace/services/home/node_modules/@docusaurus/utils/lib/dataFileUtils.js:15:17)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1241:14)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home":     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:10)
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": 
Step #5 - "npm-run-build-home": Node.js v20.6.0

now reverting to build image "node:lts" until it's fixed.

[slorber]

Duplicate of #9291