feat: Add Node.js v24 support and set as default (#1983)

* feat: Add Node.js v24 support and set as default

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

* fix: add v24 to node version test assertion

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

* Add node-24 to image promotion, sync, README, and changelog

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

* Add Node.js v25 as workspace-node and standalone image

Adds lang-node:25 variant (v25.6.1), workspace-node-25 image,
and bumps workspace-node to Node 25.

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

* Fix inconsistent quoting of node image names in dazzle.yaml

Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

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Co-authored-by: Simeon Huang <hzwhuang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ona <no-reply@ona.com>

Author: 3 people

.github/promote-images.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     workspace-node-20: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
     workspace-node-22: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
     workspace-node-23: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
+    workspace-node-24: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
+    workspace-node-25: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
     workspace-python: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
     workspace-python-3.10: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"
     workspace-python-3.11: "TIMESTAMP_TAG"

.github/sync-containers.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ sync:
     - node-20
     - node-22
     - node-23
+    - node-24
+    - node-25
     - python
     - python-3.10
     - python-3.11

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 A curated, chronologically ordered list of notable changes in [Gitpod's default workspace images](https://hub.docker.com/u/gitpod).
 
+## 2026-02-12
+
+- Introduce `gitpod/workspace-node-24` and `gitpod/workspace-node-25`
+- Bump `gitpod/workspace-node-lts` and `gitpod/workspace-full` to Node.js 24
+- Bump `gitpod/workspace-node` to Node.js 25
+
 ## 2026-01-20
 
 - Remove `gitpod/workspace-python-3.9` (Python 3.9 reached EOL October 2025)

README.md

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Each contains a set of chunks: a common base and a language / tool. Every image
 - [`gitpod/workspace-node-20`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-node-20) ✅
 - [`gitpod/workspace-node-22`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-node-22) ✅
 - [`gitpod/workspace-node-23`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-node-23) ✅
+- [`gitpod/workspace-node-24`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-node-24) ✅
+- [`gitpod/workspace-node-25`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-node-25) ✅
 - [`gitpod/workspace-python`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-python) ✅
 - [`gitpod/workspace-python-3.10`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-python-3.10) ✅
 - [`gitpod/workspace-python-3.11`](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitpod/workspace-python-3.11) ✅

chunks/lang-node/chunk.yaml

@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ variants:
   - name: "23"
     args:
       NODE_VERSION: 23.11.1
+  - name: "24"
+    args:
+      NODE_VERSION: 24.13.0
+  - name: "25"
+    args:
+      NODE_VERSION: 25.6.1

dazzle.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ combiner:
         - lang-clojure
         - lang-go:1.24
         - lang-java:11
-        - lang-node:22
+        - lang-node:24
         - lang-python:3.13
         - lang-ruby:3.2
         - lang-rust:1
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ combiner:
       ref:
       - base
       chunks:
-        - lang-node:23
+        - lang-node:25
         - tool-chrome
     - name: node-lts
       ref:
       - base
       chunks:
-        - lang-node:22
+        - lang-node:24
         - tool-chrome
     - name: node-18
       ref:
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ combiner:
       chunks:
         - lang-node:23
         - tool-chrome
+    - name: node-24
+      ref:
+      - base
+      chunks:
+        - lang-node:24
+        - tool-chrome
+    - name: node-25
+      ref:
+      - base
+      chunks:
+        - lang-node:25
+        - tool-chrome
     - name: python
       ref:
       - base

tests/lang-node.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   - stdout.indexOf("v18")  != -1 ||
     stdout.indexOf("v20")  != -1 ||
     stdout.indexOf("v22")  != -1 ||
-    stdout.indexOf("v23")  != -1
+    stdout.indexOf("v23")  != -1 ||
+    stdout.indexOf("v24")  != -1 ||
+    stdout.indexOf("v25")  != -1
 - desc: it should have yarn
   command: [yarn --version]
   entrypoint: [bash, -i, -c]