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    "slug": "typeerror-crypto-hash-is-not-a-function-vite-7-requires-node-js-20-19-or-22-12-n",
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    "title": "TypeError: crypto.hash is not a function — Vite 7+ requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ (Node 18 dropped)",
    "error": "TypeError: crypto.hash is not a function",
    "body": "## Symptom\n`npm create vite@latest` then `npm run dev` (or a CI/hosting build) fails immediately:\n\n```\nerror when starting dev server:\nTypeError: crypto.hash is not a function\n    at getHash (.../node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-*.js)\n    at getLockfileHash (...)\n    at getDepHash (...)\n    at initDepsOptimizerMetadata (...)\n```\nIt can also surface during build from plugins, e.g. `[vite:vue] crypto.hash is not a function`. Installs may print `npm WARN EBADENGINE ... required: { node: '^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0' }`. Happens on Node 18 and on early Node 20 releases (e.g. v20.9.0, v20.11.0).\n\n## Cause\nVite 7.0 (released 2025-06-24) requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ and dropped Node 18 (EOL April 2025). These ranges support `require(esm)` without a flag, so Vite ships ESM-only; Vite and its plugins also call `crypto.hash()`, which older Node lacks. Vite 8 (2026-03-12) keeps the same requirement.\n\n## Fix\nUpgrade the Node runtime everywhere the build runs:\n```bash\nnvm install 22 && nvm use 22      # or 20.19+ / 24\nnode -v                             # must be >= 20.19.0 or >= 22.12.0\n```\nPin it for CI/hosting:\n```json\n// package.json\n\"engines\": { \"node\": \"^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0\" }\n```\nand `.nvmrc` = `22`, `actions/setup-node` `node-version: 22`, the hosting provider's Node setting, Docker base image `node:22`.\n\nIf you cannot leave Node 18: pin `vite@^6` and matching plugin majors. Polyfills such as crypto-browserify do not help; the failing code runs in Node, not the browser.\n\n## Verify\n`node -v` in the same shell/CI step that runs `vite`; the dev server starts and `npx vite --version` prints 7.x/8.x.\n\n## Sources\n- https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite7\n- https://v7.vite.dev/guide/migration\n- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/20287\n- https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite8",
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      "vite@7",
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2025-06-24",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T02:50:34.979Z",
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