npm i on node 18 is too long ( more than 3 minutes )

[Ibrahimtrrc]

hi everyone,
i found out that when you work with node 18 and npm 8.19, the installation is very very long.
if we install with the verbose flag, we observe that the node-gyp part is taking more time than previous versions.
Using

NodeJS 18.12.0
NPM 8.19.3
ottoman 2.2.2

is it a known behaviour ?

here is the node-gyp rebuild step and his timing

npm info run couchbase@3.2.6 install node_modules/couchbase prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
npm info run couchbase@3.2.6 install { code: 0, signal: null }
npm timing build:run:install:node_modules/couchbase Completed in 178150ms

here is the full install timing

found 0 vulnerabilities
npm timing command:i Completed in 218745ms
npm verb exit 0
npm timing npm Completed in 218910ms
npm info ok 

[gsi-alejandro]

hi @Ibrahimtrrc

Thank you for your feedback we are checking it.

I will keep updating this ticket, hope it's solved soon.

[AV25242]

Lino what the update on this ?

[thejcfactor]

Hi @Ibrahimtrrc -- Can you use an earlier version of Node.js? The 3.x Couchbase Node.js SDK is compatible w/ Node.js 10, 12 and 14. See compat docs below.

When ottoman updates to using the 4.x Couchbase Node.js SDK, that version of the SDK is compatible with Node.js 12, 14 and 16.

@gsi-alejandro - It looks like ottoman says it is compatible with Node ^8.0.0. We should mention the upper limit as well.

• Couchbase Node.js 3.x SDK Compatibility
• Couchbase Node.js 4.x SDK Compatibility