Error: spawn Unknown system error -86

[ialexsilva]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

I am getting the following error when trying to run npm run start

node:internal/errors:490
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

Error: spawn Unknown system error -86
    at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
    at Object.spawn (node:child_process:757:9)
    at BrowserRunner.start (/Users/alex/Documents/Development/wa-ia/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/src/node/BrowserRunner.ts:89:30)
    at ChromeLauncher.launch (/Users/alex/Documents/Development/wa-ia/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/src/node/Launcher.ts:162:12)
    at PuppeteerNode.launch (/Users/alex/Documents/Development/wa-ia/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/src/node/Puppeteer.ts:155:27)
    at Client.initialize (/Users/alex/Documents/Development/wa-ia/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/src/Client.js:106:39) {
  errno: -86,
  code: 'Unknown system error -86',
  syscall: 'spawn'
}

Expected behavior

Run with out errors

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

N/A

Relevant Code

No response

Browser Type

Google Chrome

WhatsApp Account Type

Standard

Does your WhatsApp account have multidevice enabled?

Yes, I am using Multi Device

Environment

Node: 18.16.1
OS: Mac OS Ventura
whatsapp-web.js: 1.21.0

Additional context

Apparently, updating the pupperteer to the latest version fixes this issue

[gulabsagevadiya]

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