npm install of Prisma CLI fails on preinstall with no logs when Node.js version is lower than minimum

[Jolg42]

I create the project with npx prisma init and uploaded to Render with different error, i link you the github repo to check it out (im using neon.tech as DB provider)

https://github.com/Dominguezd01/PrismaTest

I hope this helps, peace

Originally posted by @Dominguezd01 in #20193 (comment)

[Jolg42]

@Dominguezd01 I believe your problem here is that you are trying to install Prisma 5 CLI which requires Node.js v16.13 at minimum.

And in your screenshot, it says your deployment is using v14.17

Could you upgrade your Node.js version? (We recommend to upgrade to v18 when possible).

[Jolg42]

Why this happened?
Because we have this code to check the Node.js version during preinstall:
https://github.com/prisma/prisma/blob/main/packages/cli/scripts/preinstall.js#L9

I think we can keep this issue to see how we can make it better.

[janpio]

Are we missing the actual error message output there @Jolg42 or is this a Render problem?

[Jolg42]

The "box" seems to be truncated here, but a quick local test show the same 🙈
I'll try a quick fix

npm i
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: 'prisma@5.0.0',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '>=16.13' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v15.14.0', npm: '7.7.6' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/j42/Repros/node15/node_modules/prisma
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node scripts/preinstall-entry.js
npm ERR! ┌─┐
npm ERR! │   …│
npm ERR! └┘

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/j42/.npm/_logs/2023-07-17T14_21_08_241Z-debug.log

[janpio]

@Jolg42 created a PR at #20263

Sorry that this is so hidden in Prisma 5 @Dominguezd01. It will be fixed in 5.1.0. Can you upgrade your Node version on Render to Node 16?

[Dominguezd01]

Okay, changing node version to 16.20.1 and 18.16.1 works fine, my bad, I didnt double check the Node version.
Thanks for the help, if you need something else, ask for it and I´ll try my best 😅

[okechukwu26]

Aug 27 01:46:17 AM ==> It looks like we don't have access to your repo, but we'll try to clone it anyway.
Aug 27 01:46:17 AM ==> Cloning from https://github.com/okechukwu26/prisma...
Aug 27 01:46:17 AM ==> Checking out commit 94b103264027bf395f2c71979aad139efcb6df34 in branch main
Aug 27 01:46:21 AM ==> Using Node version 14.17.0 (default)
Aug 27 01:46:21 AM ==> Docs on specifying a Node version: https://render.com/docs/node-version
Aug 27 01:46:21 AM ==> Running build command 'npm install && npm run build'...
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM > prisma@5.2.0 preinstall /opt/render/project/src/node_modules/prisma
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM > node scripts/preinstall-entry.js
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM │ Prisma only supports Node.js >= 16.13. │
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM │ Please upgrade your Node.js version. │
Aug 27 01:46:37 AM └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! errno 1
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! prisma@5.2.0 preinstall: node scripts/preinstall-entry.js
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! Exit status 1
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR!
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! Failed at the prisma@5.2.0 preinstall script.
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM npm ERR! /opt/render/.cache/_logs/2023-08-27T00_46_38_319Z-debug.log
Aug 27 01:46:38 AM ==> Build failed 😞

i got this error while deploying on render and my node version is 20

[Jolg42]

@okechukwu26 I think the code is right here as you can see in your logs Using Node version 14.17.0 so it looks like you need to switch to a newer version on Render.

[okechukwu26]

Thanks....I have been able to resolve it render was automatically using node 14.3 to build the app so I have to tell it to using the latest version while building

[mmoh-i]

Thanks....I have been able to resolve it render was automatically using node 14.3 to build the app so I have to tell it to using the latest version while building

kindly help on how you did it

[okechukwu26]

I created an environment variable on called render node version and input in the value the the node version type 20.5

[christien-kelly]

To update Render's Node Version, go into your project and create a new environment variable.

NODE_VERSION: *your desired node version.

More details on Render's settings can be found here: https://render.com/docs/node-version