[BUG] firebase-tools@13 (latest) now requires Node 18 or Node 20

[al-the-x]

Action config

- uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@v0
  with:
    repoToken: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
    firebaseServiceAccount: "${{ secrets.FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}"
    expires: 30d
    projectId: my-awesome-project

Error message

  npm WARN exec The following package was not found and will be installed: firebase-tools@13.0.0
  npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine ***
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: 'firebase-tools@13.0.0',
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: *** node: '>=18.0.0 || >=20.0.0' ***,
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: *** node: 'v16.20.2', npm: '8.19.4' ***
  npm WARN EBADENGINE ***
  Firebase CLI v13.0.0 is incompatible with Node.js v16.20.2 Please upgrade Node.js to version >=18.0.0 || >=20.0.0
  
  The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx' failed with exit code 1
  Retrying deploy with the --debug flag for better error output
  /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx firebase-tools@latest hosting:channel:deploy pr2676-RR-11[42](https://github.com/RentRedi/RRWebApp/actions/runs/7119978382/job/19386237552#step:5:45)8 --expires 5d --project rrdevenvironment --debug
  Firebase CLI v13.0.0 is incompatible with Node.js v16.20.2 Please upgrade Node.js to version >=18.0.0 || >=20.0.0
  
  The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx' failed with exit code 1
  Error: The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx' failed with exit code 1

Expected behavior

Deployment step succeeds.

Actual behavior

Deployment step fails due to incompatible Node version.

[kefniark]

I can confirm the same issue here, deployment were still working yesterday and today it fails with same error.

Deploying to Firebase preview channel develop
/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx firebase-tools@latest hosting:channel:deploy develop --expires 30d --project **** --json
  npm WARN exec The following package was not found and will be installed: firebase-tools@13.0.0
  npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine ***
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: 'firebase-tools@13.0.0',
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: *** node: '>=18.0.0 || >=20.0.0' ***,
  npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: *** node: 'v16.20.2', npm: '8.19.4'***
  npm WARN EBADENGINE ***
  Firebase CLI v13.0.0 is incompatible with Node.js v16.20.2 Please upgrade Node.js to version >=18.0.0 || >=20.0.0  

  The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx' failed with exit code 1
  Retrying deploy with the --debug flag for better error output

Until yesterday, the same CI

Deploying to Firebase preview channel develop
/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/16.20.2/x64/bin/npx firebase-tools@latest hosting:channel:deploy develop --expires 30d --project *** --json
  npm WARN exec The following package was not found and will be installed: firebase-tools@12.9.1
  ...
  "status": "success",

So purely based on the log, it looks like it's the firebase-tools update 12.9.1 -> 13.0.0 which cause some issues with this github-action still using node16.

I guess two methods:

• the easier would be to upgrade this action to node 18 or 20
• the other would be to pin dependencies major version (for the moment to firebase-tools@12.x), to not run into these kind of issues when dependencies updates with breaking changes. The current npx firebase-tools@latest doesn't look like a good idea

[victorfu]

configure this option: https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy#firebasetoolsversion-string

In my case, GitHub Actions workflow works with version 12.9.1 of Firebase Tools for node 16.

[anisabboud]

Try this in your .yml file to manually select Node 20:

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4  # https://github.com/actions/checkout
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4  # https://github.com/actions/setup-node
        with:
          node-version: 20
      - ...

[tiec7]

I am totally new to firebase, I created a very simple project in vue2, then i followed the instructions on the main site to add firebase with npm install firebase and I got this similar message.
I'm using windows 10 and node 20.10.0.

May you please help me, suggesting - if available - the simplest steps to make it work? I can't believe firebase is unusable with vue2.

[oyvindwe]

May you please help me, suggesting - if available - the simplest steps to make it work? I can't believe firebase is unusable with vue2.

@tiec7 Please don't hijack existing issues with unrelated questions. This question is even not related to this repo, as this repo is for the GitHub action to deploy to Firebase.