Error ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED when running npm start with Node 20

[Gspohu]

Description:
When attempting to start the application using the npm start command, I encountered an error related to digital envelope routines, indicating something is "unsupported". Here's the complete error message:

Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
...
opensslErrorStack: [ 'error:03000086:digital envelope routines::initialization error' ],
library: 'digital envelope routines',
reason: 'unsupported',
code: 'ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED'

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone the repository from https://github.com/ciaochaos/qrbtf.git.
2. Navigate to the project directory with cd qrbtf.
3. Install dependencies with npm install.
4. Run the application with npm start.

Expected result:
The application should start without errors.

Actual result:
The error ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED is displayed, and the application fails to start.

Additional information:
I am using Node version 20. It seems this error is related to the OpenSSL version used by Node.js. An update or configuration change might be needed.

[Gspohu]

I can confirm with node 18 the server start well

[esqanor]

I can confirm with node 18 the server start well

tried with 18.12.1 and got same error

[Light-Wing]

The following should fix/bypass it. If anyone has a better solution, I'm interested in knowing as well.

make sure to set the env variables and run:

export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69665222/node-js-17-0-1-gatsby-error-digital-envelope-routinesunsupported-err-os to fix ssl errors opensslErrorStack: [ 'error:03000086:digital envelope routines::initialization error' ], library: 'digital envelope routines', reason: 'unsupported', code: 'ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED

[afzalimdad9]

export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

Running it fixed the problem for me