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What & why

Bumps sharp to 0.35.4 (picks up the libvips CVE fixes) safely, without
breaking users on older Node.

sharp 0.35.x's native binding requires Node >= 20.9. Because sharp was a
top-level import pulled in at boot via the tool chain, a naive bump
would crash the entire server at startup on Node < 20.9 (every tool
dead, not just screenshots) — and engines only warns, it doesn't block
install. Telemetry: ~1% of local users are on Node < 20.9, ~11% below 22.

Approach (bridge → Node 22)

  • Lazy-load sharp inside maybeCompressBase64 (only for images > 1 MB),
    wrapped in try/catch. On Node < 20.9 the server boots and all tools work;
    oversized screenshots return uncompressed instead of crashing.
  • Upgrade nudge via the MCP server instructions field for Node < 22:
    instructions = nodeUpgradeNotice() || undefined. Simple, one place, and
    surfaced once by clients that expose server instructions. No-op on Node >= 22.
  • engines set to >=20.9.0 — sharp's real floor and what this release
    actually supports (README matches). Recommended runtime is Node 22 LTS.
  • oninitialized.ts keeps its original Node <18 guard (unchanged).

Follow-up (~2 weeks)

Once telemetry shows the Node <20.9 tail has drained:

  1. Remove the upgrade nudge (instructions) — it is a temporary bridge.
  2. Drop the lazy-load (restore the direct sharp import).
  3. Bump engines to >=22.

Test

  • tsc, eslint: clean
  • tests/lib/utils.test.ts — lazy compress path + graceful fallback (3)
  • tests/lib/node-version-notice.test.ts — notice text by version (6)
  • tests/e2e/node-notice.e2e.test.ts — server instructions carries the notice
    on simulated Node <22, omitted on >=22 (via client.getInstructions()) (2)
  • tests/tools/askBrowserstackE2E.test.ts — server still builds/registers (51)
  • Manual: server boots on Node 18.20.8 (verified — no import crash).

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sharp <=0.35.4-rc.0 inherits high-severity libvips/libheif advisories
(CVE-2026-33327/33328/35590/35591 and GHSA-g89c-p67h-r497 /
GHSA-2jg2-4ch7-h545). The fix ships in sharp 0.35.4, which is a semver
major and requires Node >=20.9.0.

- Bump sharp ^0.34.5 -> ^0.35.4 (refreshes the bundled libvips/libheif).
- Raise engines.node >=18 -> >=22 to match what CI, the Docker image, and
  the recommended setup already run, and to satisfy sharp's floor.
- README: update the "Node version >= 18.0" notes to >= 22.0.

No application code changes: the only sharp call site
(src/lib/utils.ts `sharp(buffer).png({ quality }).toBuffer()`) is
unchanged across 0.34 -> 0.35.

Verified on Node 22: npm audit clears the sharp advisory; lint,
typecheck, and the full test suite pass; and an end-to-end image smoke
test (a >1MB PNG through maybeCompressBase64) compresses correctly with
the new libvips.

BREAKING: drops support for Node 18/19 for consumers of the npm package.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Node notice propagation
src/lib/node-version-notice.ts, src/oninitialized.ts, src/server-factory.ts, tests/lib/node-version-notice.test.ts, tests/oninitialized.test.ts, tests/e2e/*
Node versions below 22 produce warnings. Tool results include the notice when applicable. Tests cover helper, initialization, and end-to-end behavior.
Runtime declarations and compression fallback
package.json, README.md, src/lib/utils.ts, tests/lib/utils.test.ts
The minimum Node version changes to 20.9. sharp changes to 0.35.4. Image compression loads sharp dynamically and returns the original image if compression fails.

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  BrowserStackMcpServer->>listTestCases: invoke tool callback
  listTestCases-->>withNodeUpgradeNotice: return tool result
  withNodeUpgradeNotice-->>BrowserStackMcpServer: append notice when Node major is below 22
  BrowserStackMcpServer-->>MCPClient: return tool result
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sharp 0.35.x's native binding fails to load on Node < 20.9. Since sharp
was a top-level import pulled in at boot via the tool chain, a straight
bump crashed the whole server on startup for those runtimes (~1% of
users), not just the screenshot tools.

- Load sharp lazily inside maybeCompressBase64 (only for images > 1 MB),
  wrapped in try/catch: on Node < 20.9 the server boots and every tool
  works; oversized screenshots simply return uncompressed.
- Replace the buggy string-compare Node guard with a numeric check that
  warns (does not throw) on Node < 20.9, nudging an upgrade to Node 22.
- Soften engines to >=20.9.0 (sharp's real floor) for this bridge; a
  follow-up will drop the lazy-load and require Node >= 22 once telemetry
  shows the <20.9 tail has drained.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@SavioBS629 SavioBS629 changed the title fix(security): bump sharp to 0.35.4 and require Node >=22 fix(security): bump sharp to 0.35.4 with lazy-load bridge for Node <20.9 Sep 22, 2026
SavioBS629 and others added 8 commits September 22, 2026 20:03
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ode 22)

A startup logger.warn only reaches the server's stderr, never the MCP
client chat, so users on old Node never saw the upgrade nudge. Wrap
server.tool once so every tool response prepends a visible notice when
running on Node < 22 (> 21.x.x): "Please use Node version > 21.x.x
(Node 22 LTS recommended)". No-op on Node >= 22, so the ~89% already on
22+ see nothing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Drop the image-compression detail and use future tense per review:
'older versions will be unsupported.' Central middleware unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… >=21

- Single RECOMMENDED_NODE_MAJOR constant drives the notice text and check
  (no scattered version literals).
- Startup log reuses nodeUpgradeNotice() instead of a duplicated message.
- Remove explanatory comments; engines floor >=21.0.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Address review:
- engines/README back to >=20.9.0 (sharp's real floor, matches the PR
  body). >=21 was arbitrary — not the constraint (20.9), not an LTS, not
  the destination (22) — and EBADENGINE-warned the very sub-21 users the
  lazy-load bridge exists to support.
- Append the upgrade notice as the last content block instead of
  prepending, so the tool payload stays at content[0] for positional
  consumers (and matches the intended "append" behavior).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
InMemoryTransport client<->server: notice appended (last block) on Node
< 22, absent on >= 22. Version-adaptive so it passes on any runtime.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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SavioBS629 and others added 2 commits September 23, 2026 18:44
…eview)

Address Ruturaj's review:
- Revert oninitialized.ts to the original Node <18 throw guard (unchanged).
- Replace the server.tool monkey-patch with the MCP server `instructions`
  field: instructions = nodeUpgradeNotice() || undefined. Simpler, one
  place; a temporary bridge to be removed with the lazy-load in ~2 weeks.
- Drop the now-unused withNodeUpgradeNotice helper.
- Tests: notice now asserted via client.getInstructions(); remove the
  obsolete oninitialized boundary test.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…eview)

- Revert oninitialized.ts to the original Node <18 throw guard (unchanged).
- Replace the server.tool monkey-patch with the MCP server `instructions`
  field: instructions = nodeUpgradeNotice() || undefined. Simpler, one
  place; a temporary bridge to be removed with the lazy-load in ~2 weeks.
- Drop the now-unused withNodeUpgradeNotice helper.
- Tests: notice asserted via client.getInstructions().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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gaurav-singh-9227 merged commit 0a41261 into browserstack:main Sep 23, 2026
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