CircleCI CI npm test fails with form-data >= 4.0.3 on Node.js 18.20.7

[MikeMcC399]

Situation

The CircleCI workflow .circleci/config.yml runs under cimg/node:18.20.7 and fails running npm test

 FAIL ​ tests/test-form-data-error.js 1 failed of 3 633.641ms
 ✖ should throw

 FAIL ​ tests/test-form-data.js 1 failed of 64 654.829ms
 ✖ should be truthy

Assessment

With Node.js 18.20.7:

Testing with form-data tied to a fixed version, instead of being defined in package.json as "form-data": "~4.0.0" shows that tests fail for form-data >= 4.0.3

form-data	Result
4.0.0	Suites: ​54 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​
4.0.1	Suites: ​54 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​
4.0.2	Suites: ​54 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​
4.0.3	Suites: ​1 failed​, ​53 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​
4.0.4	Suites: ​2 failed​, ​52 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​

See form.data CHANGELOG for release descriptions

[MikeMcC399]

The CircleCI workflow .circleci/config.yml could be updated to run under cimg/node:20.9.4, corresponding to the lowest supported Node.js release line.

The outcome is the same, and so there is no advantage if the goal is to find a supported environment that fully passes CI tests:

With Node.js 20.9.4:

form-data	Result
4.0.4	Suites: ​2 failed​, ​52 passed​, ​54 of 54 completed​

[MikeMcC399]

Abandoned. This repo is effectively no longer maintainable.

[MikeMcC399]

re-opened for visibility