From 271c93d8571d0ec39090c3f51f94f9dff5e260d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Pierce <benpierce94@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:56:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add npm 10.5.0 minimum to preinstall

---
 build/npm/preinstall.js | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build/npm/preinstall.js b/build/npm/preinstall.js
index 79ce65dfd9acf..47a07ba07cc75 100644
--- a/build/npm/preinstall.js
+++ b/build/npm/preinstall.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // @ts-check
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const semver = require('semver');
 
 if (!process.env['VSCODE_SKIP_NODE_VERSION_CHECK']) {
 	// Get the running Node.js version
@@ -35,6 +36,17 @@ if (!process.env['VSCODE_SKIP_NODE_VERSION_CHECK']) {
 	}
 }
 
+const requiredNpmVersion = '10.5.0';
+const npmUserAgent = process.env['npm_config_user_agent'];
+const npmVersionMatch = npmUserAgent?.match(/npm\/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/);
+const npmVersion = npmVersionMatch?.[1];
+const currentNpmVersion = npmVersion ? semver.coerce(npmVersion) : undefined;
+
+if (currentNpmVersion && semver.lt(currentNpmVersion, requiredNpmVersion)) {
+	console.error(`\x1b[1;31m*** Please use npm v${requiredNpmVersion} or later. Currently using v${npmVersion}. ***\x1b[0;0m`);
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+
 if (process.env.npm_execpath?.includes('yarn')) {
 	console.error('\x1b[1;31m*** Seems like you are using `yarn` which is not supported in this repo any more, please use `npm i` instead. ***\x1b[0;0m');
 	throw new Error();