Error with NODE_OPTIONS

[hupling]

I set the environment variable NODE_OPTIONS: -use-openssl-ca

> vitest run
 RUN  v0.20.3 /builds/xxx/frontend
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Error: Initiated Worker with invalid NODE_OPTIONS env variable: --use-openssl-ca is not allowed in NODE_OPTIONS
 ❯ new NodeError node:internal/errors:387:5
 ❯ new Worker node:internal/worker:198:13
 ❯ ThreadPool._addNewWorker node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:500:20
 ❯ ThreadPool._ensureMinimumWorkers node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:485:12
 ❯ new ThreadPool node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:475:10
 ❯ new Tinypool node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:739:31
 ❯ createPool node_modules/vitest/dist/chunk-vite-node-externalize.91ae6e85.mjs:7044:16
 ❯ node_modules/vitest/dist/chunk-vite-node-externalize.91ae6e85.mjs:9504:21
 ❯ Vitest.runFiles node_modules/vitest/dist/chunk-vite-node-externalize.91ae6e85.mjs:9521:7
 ❯ Vitest.start node_modules/vitest/dist/chunk-vite-node-externalize.91ae6e85.mjs:9442:5
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Serialized Error: {
  "code": "ERR_WORKER_INVALID_EXEC_ARGV",

You should not put the environment variable NODE_OPTIONS to the child process. It is automatically taken from the parent.

  // Only fail for explicitly provided env, this protects from failures
 // when NODE_OPTIONS from parent's env is used (which is the default).

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v16.20.0/src/node_worker.cc#L513-L514

[Aslemammad]

cc @sheremet-va is it vitest related?

[sheremet-va]

cc @sheremet-va is it vitest related?

Yes, looks like it’s Vitest related. The version is too old though.

[eidottermihi]

This also occurs with latest vitest (0.32.0) which uses latest tinypool (0.5.0):

$ NODE_OPTIONS=--use-openssl-ca npm run test

> myproject@4.0.0 test
> vitest


 DEV  v0.32.0 C:/Users/michael.prankl/git/myproject


Unhandled Errors 
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Vitest caught 1 unhandled error during the test run.
This might cause false positive tests. Resolve unhandled errors to make sure your tests are not affected.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯Unhandled Error Error: Initiated Worker with invalid NODE_OPTIONS env variable: --use-openssl-ca is not allowed in NODE_OPTIONS
 ❯ new NodeError node:internal/errors:399:5
 ❯ new Worker node:internal/worker:205:13
 ❯ ThreadPool._addNewWorker node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:533:20
 ❯ ThreadPool._ensureMinimumWorkers node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:518:12
 ❯ new ThreadPool node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:503:10
 ❯ new Tinypool node_modules/tinypool/dist/esm/index.js:772:31
 ❯ createThreadsPool node_modules/vitest/dist/vendor-cli-api.897427d4.js:7213:16
 ❯ node_modules/vitest/dist/vendor-cli-api.897427d4.js:7442:43
 ❯ Object.runTests node_modules/vitest/dist/vendor-cli-api.897427d4.js:7434:51

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  "code": "ERR_WORKER_INVALID_EXEC_ARGV",
}
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 Test Files  no tests
      Tests  no tests
     Errors  1 error
   Start at  09:38:23
   Duration  70ms (transform 0ms, setup 0ms, collect 0ms, tests 0ms, environment 0ms, prepare 0ms)

[hupling]

I will use NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS

[eidottermihi]

@hupling

I will use NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS

thats a possible workaround, yes. But the issue still remains, could you please reopen the issue?

https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#node_optionsoptions clearly says that --use-openssl-ca is a valid option, so this error shouldn't occur IMHO.

[Aslemammad]

The thing is tinypool does not control this, but vitest does at its side, but let's have this issue open so @sheremet-va can watch it.

[AriPerkkio]

Slightly related to vitest-dev/vitest#2702 where similar Node exec argv filtering is done to ensure workers are not passed incompatible options.

[AriPerkkio]

Fixed by vitest-dev/vitest#2702. Vitest no longer passes all arguments to Tinypool.

There's nowadays another way to pass explicit exec argv to workers: vitest-dev/vitest#4383.