* Roll Node.js floor back to >= 24 (Active LTS) Closes #7779. #7779 originally proposed bumping past the Node 25 stop-gap to Node 26. After re-checking the release schedule, the cleaner LTS target is actually Node 24: - Node 24 (Krypton) is currently in Active LTS, supported until ~May 2028. - Node 25 hit end-of-life on April 10 2026 — the floor merged in #7752 / #7749 / #7754 a day ago ships an already-EOL major. - Node 26 was released May 5 2026 and does not enter Active LTS until October 2026. So this PR reverts the Node 25 ratchet from those three PRs and lands on Node 24 — Etherpad's runtime floor stays on a supported LTS for the next ~2 years. Runtime / infra - `package.json` + `src/package.json`: `engines.node` `>=25.0.0` -> `>=24.0.0` - `bin/functions.sh`, `bin/installer.sh`, `bin/installer.ps1`: `REQUIRED_NODE_MAJOR` 25 -> 24 - `Dockerfile`: `node:25-alpine` -> `node:24-alpine` (both stages). Corepack-via-npm workaround is intentionally kept: it works on Node 24 (which still ships corepack) and on Node 25+ (which doesn't), so the same recipe survives the next LTS bump without churn. Comments reworded accordingly. - `snap/snapcraft.yaml`: pinned `NODE_VERSION` 25.9.0 -> 24.15.0; design notes + corepack comment adjusted - `packaging/nfpm.yaml`: `nodejs (>= 25)` -> `nodejs (>= 24)` in top-level depends + deb/rpm overrides - `packaging/bin/etherpad`: comment matches the new pin - `packaging/README.md`: build prereqs + apt install snippet point at `node_24.x`; the long-stale "engines.node floor is 20" line is fixed while we're here - `.github/workflows/*.yml`: setup-node `node-version` 25 -> 24 across every workflow; backend / frontend-admin / upgrade matrices `[25]` -> `[24]` - `.github/workflows/deb-package.yml`: `NODE_MAJOR=25` + `node_25.x` smoke-test installer -> 24 - `bin/plugins/lib/npmpublish.yml`: 25 -> 24 (template propagates to the ~80 ether/* plugins via update-plugins workflow) Docs - `README.md`: install one-liner + Requirements -> Node.js >= 24 - `doc/npm-trusted-publishing.md`: runner requirement -> Node 24 - `doc/plugins.md` / `doc/plugins.adoc`: plugin metadata example `engines.node` -> `">=24.0.0"` @types/node is left at ^25.8.0 — newer type definitions cover Node 24 runtime fine and avoid an unnecessary lockfile churn. Companion homepage one-liner change to follow on ether/ether.github.com. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs(plugins): example engines.node = ">=22.0.0", not core's floor Plugin code is overwhelmingly ace-hook glue and rarely uses Node-version- specific APIs, so plugin engines.node should reflect the plugin's own requirements, not track core. Showing core's 24-floor in the example encouraged plugin authors to blindly copy a tighter pin than necessary and locked plugins out of being installable on older Etherpad/Node deployments. Use the most-recent Node LTS that has actually reached EOL (20 -> EOL April 2026) as the example floor, i.e. >=22. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Uh oh!

Instead of node25 we can go node26 to get LTS or back to 24 for LTS #7779

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