CircleCI workflow uses deprecated Docker convenience image

[MikeMcC399]

The CircleCI workflow .circleci/config.yml produces a warning on the CircleCI pipeline when run.

The warning is

"You’re using a deprecated Docker convenience image. Upgrade to a next-gen Docker convenience image."

The posting (deprecated Docker convenience image) from August 2021 says:

"Moving from a legacy to next-gen image requires a change to the namespace. All legacy images have a Docker namespace of circleci, while next-gen images have a Docker namespace of cimg."

The outdated workflow lines of code are:

request/.circleci/config.yml

Lines 3 to 5 in 3c458f1

	test:
	docker:
	- image: circleci/node:14

Apart from circleci/node:14 being a deprecated CircleCI Docker image, it is also using Node.js 14 which entered end-of-life on April 30, 2023.

Suggestion

Update the CircleCI workflow .circleci/config.yml to use a supported CircleCI Docker image which uses a supported version of Node.js.

[MikeMcC399]

This is a warning only, however it means that the repo is being tested on CircleCI against an old version of Node.js (14).

This is however mitigated by https://github.com/cypress-io/request/blob/master/.github/workflows/yarn.yaml which tests against Node.js 18.16.

[nagash77]

Hi @MikeMcC399 we are aware this is a deprecated image, but at the moment that library will only run on that without further work. We eventually would like to move away from request to utilize fetch instead but that work has not been lined up.

[MikeMcC399]

Hi Ben @nagash77

• If it is not fixable, then I suggest to close this issue. Maybe also add the label wontfix This will not be worked on ?

• Thanks for the heads-up about the intention to migrate to fetch! I'll link in Alternative libraries to request request/request#3143 here with the general suggestions for alternatives.