The engine "node" is incompatible with this module

[ghost]

when trying to install @apollo/gateway with yarn, I have the following error:

error @apollo/[email protected]: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=12.13.0 <15.0". Got "10.22.1"
error Found incompatible module.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[trevor-scheer]

This is as expected. Node 12 has been in LTS for nearly a year now, and we depend on some of its features. As such do not support node versions <12.13.0 as the error suggests. You'll have to update your version of node in order to run the gateway.

[aim97]

Will you support higher versions of node, i'm getting the same message now using version "v16.13.2".

[yarapolana]

Getting the same error using node 18.9.1 on a deployment environment, can't change it there.

[trevor-scheer]

Current versions of the gateway (2.x) allow ">=12.13.0" without an upper limit anymore, so this shouldn't be an issue going forward.
https://github.com/apollographql/federation/blob/main/gateway-js/package.json#L21

[lanternlogic]

I get a similar issue for @apollo/federation when i try to yarn install on even just node v18, ie:
error @apollo/[email protected]: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=12.13.0 <17.0". Got "18.18.2"
despite my project certainly not using @apollo/federation anywhere... any idea how to fix this?
I am running:
"@apollo/server": "^4.9.5"

[trevor-scheer]

@lanternlogic what's the output of yarn why @apollo/federation? Something in your project is depending on it.

[lanternlogic]

@trevor-scheer I actually figured it out.. was depended on by an old package in another workspace within my project... i didnt know yarn install in one workspace checks deps in other workspaces!

[shtefanilie]

@trevor-scheer I am seeing the same issue on my end, whilst trying to use node 18.
It seems it's part of apollo and in turn apollo-language-server.
I've updated apollo to version 2.34.0, but it seems the federation package is still at version 27.

I do see this package is deprecated https://www.npmjs.com/package/@apollo/federation

Here is the output for yarn why

[3/4] 🔍  Finding dependency...
[4/4] 🚡  Calculating file sizes...
=> Found "@apollo/[email protected]"
info Reasons this module exists
   - "_project_#PROJECT_NAME#apollo#apollo-language-server" depends on it
   - Hoisted from "_project_#PROJECT_NAME#apollo#apollo-language-server#@apollo#federation"
info Disk size without dependencies: "1.72MB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "2.22MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "16.46MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 7
✨  Done in 10.17s.

[lanternlogic]

@shtefanilie you should update to the latest Apollo v4.x

[shtefanilie]

@shtefanilie you should update to the latest Apollo v4.x

@lanternlogic I think you're confusing apollo-toolkit with @apollo/client. And even in that case, both of them don't have v4.x

[jwarykowski]

Hey @shtefanilie, this was originally reported here: apollographql/apollo-tooling#2675

You can get around this problem by setting a dependency resolution.

"overrides": {
  "@apollo/federation": "0.38.1"
}

Its not super ideal but either way you should look at migrating to https://the-guild.dev/graphql/codegen as apollo codegen:generate is deprecated.

[ibmitw]

I have same problem. How to remove or migrate @apollo/[email protected] ? I can't migrate to node v18 because this problem.

[lanternlogic]

@ibmitw try running yarn why @apollo/federation to see where it's coming from, and then remove that package.
It turned out for me that another yarn workspace within the project was referencing @apollo/federation. That package I wasn't using anymore anyway, so I removed it and made it work.