The punycode module is deprecated in NodeJS v22, impacting @nomiclabs/[email protected]

[barakman]

Version of Hardhat

2.22.10

What happened?

Executing hardhat test yields the following printout:

(node:66873) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The punycode module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)

The test-suite then continues to run normally.

Minimal reproduction steps

Install:

• node v22.8.0
• npm v10.8.2 or yarn v1.22.22

In package.json, add the following dev-dependencies:

• "@nomiclabs/hardhat-truffle5": "2.0.7"
• "@nomiclabs/hardhat-web3": "2.0.0"
• "hardhat": "2.22.10"

Run hardhat test.

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[iosh]

Hi Truffle has been archived project, you can migrate Truffle to Hardhat.This warning currently does not affect your work. The simplest way to resolve this warning is to downgrade your Node.js version, for example, to Node 20.