[DEP0111] deprecation warning from restify's dependency on node 16

[pcwiek]

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Restify Version: 8.5.1
Node.js Version: 16.1.0

Expected behaviour

No node deprecation warnings. This is mostly important in the longer term, because if the subsequent LTS version drops the deprecated functionality, that means that restify will be incompatible with node 18.

Actual behaviour

When starting the server:

(node:1751) [DEP0111] DeprecationWarning: Access to process.binding('http_parser') is deprecated.
    at process.binding (node:internal/bootstrap/loaders:133:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/dist/node_modules/http-deceiver/lib/deceiver.js:22:24)
    // cut short

Repro case

Installing restify 8.5.1 and spinning up a restify server on node 16 seems to be enough to trigger the warning.

Cause

Dependency chain: restify -> spdy -> http-deceiver

Are you willing and able to fix this?

I don't think I'm able to. The core functionality that accesses process.binding lives in the http-deceiver package, which is part of spdy.
Unless the behavior can be changed there, or the whole dependency can be replaced, I'm not sure what else can be done.

[GaikwadPratik]

adding link to dependent issue in spdy 380

[Romulo-S]

I have this problem when do ng serve

Your global Angular CLI version (12.2.6) is greater than your local version (10.2.3). The local Angular CLI version is used.

To disable this warning use "ng config -g cli.warnings.versionMismatch false".
10% building 3/3 modules 0 active(node:19144) [DEP0111] DeprecationWarning: Access to process.binding('http_parser') is deprecated.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)

[dibari]

Any anticipated movement on this? It would be helpful to know if this project is still generally supported.

[nikeee]

Is this resolved in v9? The 9.x branch has Node.js 16 listed in the tested CI environments.

[mcjambi]

my log file has so many line that contant: "Access to process.binding('http_parser') is deprecated." and for a year you have not fixed it!

[bunays]

10% building 3/3 modules 0 active(node:15988) [DEP0111] DeprecationWarning: Access to process.binding('http_parser') is deprecated.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
anybody solved this?

[NathBabs]

please any fix for this, it keeps showing in my console and i don't like it

[Phero49]

is it safe to use or i should just use express because i don`t like warning

[NathBabs]

I don't know why anyone will use this framework in production, this issue has been around for years and nothing has been done about it.
Still flustered as to why this company I just joined is using it, when Express is there.
@Phero49 I think you should just use Express

[shairontoledo]

I ended up adding --no-deprecation to node and node-based commands to silent the warning:

• nodemon --no-deprecation ...
• ts-node --no-deprecation index.ts
• node --no-deprecation index.js

[djui]

It seems Restify 8 supports SPDY as well as HTTP2, by setting options.spdy = ...; see https://github.com/restify/node-restify/blob/master/lib/server.js#L152-L154

As SPDY is considered experimental and deprecated, replaced by HTTP2, it would be an easy fix to just remove SPDY support from e.g. 9+.

[mcjambi]

i have to change to use http2 in NginX, nodejs should not use spdy.

[mainfraame]

so any plans to just remove spdy support & package?

[nexdrew]

According to PR #1929, which adds support for Node 18 but doesn't remove spdy, the deprecation warning still exists.

So the good news is that the deprecation does not block upgrading to Node 18 (once a new version of restify is published after the PR is merged). The bad news is that the deprecation warning will still be there.

[NormandoHall]

Restify 10, Node 16, and still the warning...

[jwyglendowski-precisionlender]

Have you looked into https://www.npmjs.com/package/spdy-fixes which looks like it depends on http-deceiver-fixes.