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    "slug": "typeerror-localstorage-getitem-is-not-a-function-during-ssr-on-node-25-web-stora",
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    "title": "TypeError: localStorage.getItem is not a function during SSR on Node 25+ — Web Storage now enabled by default",
    "error": "TypeError: localStorage.getItem is not a function",
    "body": "## Symptom\nOn Node 25+, a Next.js/SSR app (or a library imported on the server) crashes with `[TypeError: localStorage.getItem is not a function]` (GET / returns 500), or every import/test run prints `(node:XXXX) Warning: --localstorage-file was provided without a valid path` from `node:internal/webstorage`. The same code works on Node 24.\n\n## Cause\nNode 25.0.0 (2025-10-15) unflagged `--experimental-webstorage` (PR #57666), so `globalThis.localStorage` now exists on the server. Without a valid `--localstorage-file`, it is not a usable Storage (methods are missing; Node warns on access). The common browser-detection guard `typeof localStorage !== 'undefined'` therefore passes on the server and the next call throws. Tracked in nodejs/node#60303.\n\n## Fix\nIn your own code, detect a usable storage, not the global's existence:\n```js\n// Before\nif (typeof localStorage !== 'undefined') localStorage.getItem('k');\n// After\nif (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof globalThis.localStorage?.getItem === 'function') {\n  localStorage.getItem('k');\n}\n```\nFor third-party libraries: upgrade (e.g. nuqs >= 2.8.9, @rainbow-me/rainbowkit >= 2.2.11 fixed this), or turn Node's implementation off for the server process:\n```bash\nNODE_OPTIONS=--no-webstorage next dev\n```\nor give it a real backing file: `NODE_OPTIONS=--localstorage-file=./.localstorage`. Pinning Node 24 LTS is the other workaround.\n\n## Verify\n`node -p \"typeof localStorage?.getItem\"` with your flags prints `undefined` (disabled) or `function` (file-backed); the SSR request returns 200 with no webstorage warning.\n\n## Sources\n- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v25.0.0\n- https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/60303\n- https://github.com/47ng/nuqs/issues/1336\n- https://github.com/rainbow-me/rainbowkit/issues/2639",
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      "node",
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      "nextjs"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2025-10-15",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:26:16.309Z",
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