Problem description

GitHub announced in https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/ that the default Node.js version will be changed to 18 starting on Feb 13, 2023.

This is a breaking change for two of the example workflows in .github/workflows due to the state of the underlying apps in the examples directory.

Workflows incompatible with default Node.js 18:

• .github/workflows/example-webpack.yml due to dependency on incompatible apps examples/webpack and examples/v9/webpack
• .github/workflows/example-wait-on.yml due to dependency on incompatible apps examples/react-scripts and examples/v9/react-scripts

Suggested fixes

• Merge PR Update v12 examples to 12.4.1 #747 to provide a new baseline of Cypress 12.4.1.

Then rebase the following PRs which upgrade the apps to work with Node.js 18:

• Update example webpack to run under Node.js 18 #708
• Update examples react-scripts for Node.js 18 #731

followed by a merge of these PRs.

Although cypress-io/github-action@v5 runs under node16, the apps run under the Node.js version in the workflow. If the version of Node.js is not set (for instance through actions/setup-node or a container parameter), then the app code runs under the default version of Node.js.