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tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat installs Visual Studio 2022 (v17)
The current version of Visual Studio is 2026 (v18), one version above.

Minimum versions for Visual Studio 2026 to run with node-gyp are:

[email protected] adds detection and support for Visual Studio 2026
[email protected] includes [email protected]

These are currently given in the branches main, v25.x and expected in the next v24.x release. Branches v22.x and v20.x would be expected to remain on npm 10.x and so will not be eligible.

Branch	npm	Minimum versions available
main	11.8.0	YES
v25.x	11.8.0	YES
v24.x	11.6.2	NO
v24.x-staging	11.8.0	YES
v22.x	10.9.4	NO
v20.x	10.8.2	NO

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Update tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat from Visual Studio 2022 to 2026,

from Chocolatey package:

https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2022-workload-vctools (Visual C++ build tools workload for Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools 1.0.0)

https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2026-workload-vctools (Visual C++ build tools workload for Visual Studio 2026 Build Tools 1.0.0)

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Upgraded:
 - chocolatey-compatibility.extension v1.0.0
 - chocolatey-core.extension v1.4.0
 - chocolatey-dotnetfx.extension v1.0.1
 - chocolatey-visualstudio.extension v1.13.0
 - chocolatey-windowsupdate.extension v1.0.5
 - dotnetfx v4.8.0.20220524
 - KB2919355 v1.0.20160915
 - KB2919442 v1.0.20160915
 - KB2999226 v1.0.20181019
 - KB3033929 v1.0.5
 - KB3035131 v1.0.3
 - python v3.14.2
 - python3 v3.14.2
 - python314 v3.14.2
 - vcredist140 v14.44.35211
 - vcredist2015 v14.0.24215.20170201
 - visualstudio2026buildtools v118.2.0
 - visualstudio2026-workload-vctools v1.0.0
 - visualstudio-installer v2.0.7

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The current statement in the script is still accurate:

This will require about 7 GiB of free disk space, plus any space necessary to install Windows updates.

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I have now tested this end-to-end for Visual Studio 2026, building a node*.msi package, using it to install Node.js and then successfully installing an npm package that needs node-gyp.

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With Visual Studio Build Tools 2026 installed, add

"Desktop development with C++" workload
Individual components
- C++ Clang Compiler for Windows
- MSBuild support for LLVM (clang-cl) toolset
- .NET SDK (includes .NET 10.0 Runtime (Long Term Support))

and Python 3.14.2 (current latest)

Execute .\vcbuild release msi in a PowerShell 7.5.4 terminal window in this PR branch.

Save node-v26.0.0-x64.msi

Reboot

Uninstall:

Visual Studio Build Tools using Visual Studio Installer
Visual Studio Installer
Python, Python Installer
Node.js and any Node Version Manager

Delete C:\ProgramData\chocolatey, C:\ProgramData\ChocolateyHttpCache and user / system environment variables referencing Chocolatey (may delete other unrelated packages) if present

Execute node-v26.0.0-x64.msi, select "Tools for Native Modules"

Confirm that:

Visual Studio Build Tools 2026 with workload "Desktop development with C++" is re-installed
Python 3.14 is re-installed

Uninstall Node.js 26.0.0-pre
Install node-v25.5.0-x64.msi, do not select "Tools for Native Modules"

Confirm that the following is able to install in a Git Bash terminal. This uses node-gyp and Visual Studio:

cd $(mktemp -d)
npm install cpu-features

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@MikeMcC399 Yellow exclamation mark means the failures are known flaky tests and likely unrelated to the PR, so this should not be an issue 🙂

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          build(deps): update node to v25.6.1

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| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [node](https://nodejs.org) ([source](https://github.com/nodejs/node)) | patch | `25.6.0` → `25.6.1` |

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### Release Notes

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<summary>nodejs/node (node)</summary>

### [`v25.6.1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v25.6.1): 2026-02-10, Version 25.6.1 (Current), @&#8203;aduh95

[Compare Source](nodejs/node@v25.6.0...v25.6.1)

##### Notable Changes

- \[[`47df4328d7`](nodejs/node@47df4328d7)] - **build,deps**: replace `cjs-module-lexer` with `merve` (Yagiz Nizipli) [#&#8203;61456](nodejs/node#61456)

##### Commits

- \[[`47df4328d7`](nodejs/node@47df4328d7)] - **build,deps**: replace cjs-module-lexer with merve (Yagiz Nizipli) [#&#8203;61456](nodejs/node#61456)
- \[[`a727054503`](nodejs/node@a727054503)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 11.9.0 (npm team) [#&#8203;61685](nodejs/node#61685)
- \[[`c78c49ed6b`](nodejs/node@c78c49ed6b)] - **deps**: update amaro to 1.1.7 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61730](nodejs/node#61730)
- \[[`4790816d9b`](nodejs/node@4790816d9b)] - **deps**: update minimatch to 10.1.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61732](nodejs/node#61732)
- \[[`8c71740e8a`](nodejs/node@8c71740e8a)] - **deps**: update undici to 7.21.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61683](nodejs/node#61683)
- \[[`e559ef6ab1`](nodejs/node@e559ef6ab1)] - **deps**: update googletest to [`56efe39`](nodejs/node@56efe39) (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61605](nodejs/node#61605)
- \[[`300de2bb5a`](nodejs/node@300de2bb5a)] - **deps**: update amaro to 1.1.6 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61603](nodejs/node#61603)
- \[[`e71e9505ef`](nodejs/node@e71e9505ef)] - **dns**: fix Windows SRV ECONNREFUSED by adjusting c-ares fallback detection (notvivek12) [#&#8203;61453](nodejs/node#61453)
- \[[`439b816bc7`](nodejs/node@439b816bc7)] - **doc**: clarify EventEmitter error handling in threat model (Matteo Collina) [#&#8203;61701](nodejs/node#61701)
- \[[`c1c6641f23`](nodejs/node@c1c6641f23)] - **doc**: mention default option for test runner env (Steven) [#&#8203;61659](nodejs/node#61659)
- \[[`41ec451f98`](nodejs/node@41ec451f98)] - **doc**: fix --inspect security warning section (Tim Perry) [#&#8203;61675](nodejs/node#61675)
- \[[`bb90ef2356`](nodejs/node@bb90ef2356)] - **doc**: document `url.format(urlString)` as deprecated under DEP0169 (René) [#&#8203;61644](nodejs/node#61644)
- \[[`513df82e6f`](nodejs/node@513df82e6f)] - **doc**: update to Visual Studio 2026 manual install (Mike McCready) [#&#8203;61655](nodejs/node#61655)
- \[[`9409d30736`](nodejs/node@9409d30736)] - **doc**: deprecation add more codemod (Augustin Mauroy) [#&#8203;61642](nodejs/node#61642)
- \[[`75a7a67151`](nodejs/node@75a7a67151)] - **doc**: fix grammatical error in README.md (ayj8201) [#&#8203;61653](nodejs/node#61653)
- \[[`821e59e884`](nodejs/node@821e59e884)] - **doc**: correct tools README Boxstarter link (Mike McCready) [#&#8203;61638](nodejs/node#61638)
- \[[`4998f539a0`](nodejs/node@4998f539a0)] - **doc**: update `server.dropMaxConnection` link (YuSheng Chen) [#&#8203;61584](nodejs/node#61584)
- \[[`9383ac4ab7`](nodejs/node@9383ac4ab7)] - **http**: implement slab allocation for HTTP header parsing (Mert Can Altin) [#&#8203;61375](nodejs/node#61375)
- \[[`e90eb1d561`](nodejs/node@e90eb1d561)] - **meta**: persist sccache daemon until end of build workflows (René) [#&#8203;61639](nodejs/node#61639)
- \[[`ade36ac367`](nodejs/node@ade36ac367)] - **meta**: bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.9 to 4.32.0 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61622](nodejs/node#61622)
- \[[`26638bd67f`](nodejs/node@26638bd67f)] - **meta**: bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.14.0 to 2.14.1 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61621](nodejs/node#61621)
- \[[`eaa9a96cb6`](nodejs/node@eaa9a96cb6)] - **meta**: bump actions/setup-python from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61627](nodejs/node#61627)
- \[[`fd98187828`](nodejs/node@fd98187828)] - **meta**: bump cachix/cachix-action (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61626](nodejs/node#61626)
- \[[`820c1d021c`](nodejs/node@820c1d021c)] - **meta**: bump actions/setup-node from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61625](nodejs/node#61625)
- \[[`72a4136bd5`](nodejs/node@72a4136bd5)] - **meta**: bump actions/cache from 5.0.1 to 5.0.3 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61624](nodejs/node#61624)
- \[[`e3ef6cb3bc`](nodejs/node@e3ef6cb3bc)] - **meta**: bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61623](nodejs/node#61623)
- \[[`020a836202`](nodejs/node@020a836202)] - **meta**: bump actions/stale from 10.1.0 to 10.1.1 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61620](nodejs/node#61620)
- \[[`0df72f07c8`](nodejs/node@0df72f07c8)] - **meta**: bump actions/checkout from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (dependabot\[bot]) [#&#8203;61619](nodejs/node#61619)
- \[[`d147c08b83`](nodejs/node@d147c08b83)] - **module**: do not invoke resolve hooks twice for imported cjs (Joyee Cheung) [#&#8203;61529](nodejs/node#61529)
- \[[`a2843f8556`](nodejs/node@a2843f8556)] - **net**: defer synchronous destroy calls in internalConnect (RajeshKumar11) [#&#8203;61658](nodejs/node#61658)
- \[[`7fb7030781`](nodejs/node@7fb7030781)] - **repl**: fix flaky test-repl-programmatic-history (Matteo Collina) [#&#8203;61614](nodejs/node#61614)
- \[[`d4c9b5cf5b`](nodejs/node@d4c9b5cf5b)] - **sqlite**: avoid extra copy for large text binds (Ali Hassan) [#&#8203;61580](nodejs/node#61580)
- \[[`aa1b3661d9`](nodejs/node@aa1b3661d9)] - **sqlite**: use DictionaryTemplate for run() result (Mert Can Altin) [#&#8203;61432](nodejs/node#61432)
- \[[`9c8ad7e881`](nodejs/node@9c8ad7e881)] - **src**: elide heap allocation in structured clone implementation (Anna Henningsen) [#&#8203;61703](nodejs/node#61703)
- \[[`c4ecfef93d`](nodejs/node@c4ecfef93d)] - **src**: use simdutf for one-byte string UTF-8 write in stringBytes (Mert Can Altin) [#&#8203;61696](nodejs/node#61696)
- \[[`28905b9734`](nodejs/node@28905b9734)] - **src**: consolidate C++ ReadFileSync/WriteFileSync utilities (Joyee Cheung) [#&#8203;61662](nodejs/node#61662)
- \[[`e90cec2f69`](nodejs/node@e90cec2f69)] - **test**: restraint version replacement pattern in snapshots (Chengzhong Wu) [#&#8203;61748](nodejs/node#61748)
- \[[`adce20c0a1`](nodejs/node@adce20c0a1)] - **test**: print stack immediately avoiding GC interleaving (Chengzhong Wu) [#&#8203;61699](nodejs/node#61699)
- \[[`7643bc8999`](nodejs/node@7643bc8999)] - **test**: fix case-insensitive path matching on Windows (Matteo Collina) [#&#8203;61682](nodejs/node#61682)
- \[[`23d1ecf66f`](nodejs/node@23d1ecf66f)] - **test**: fix flaky test-performance-eventloopdelay (Matteo Collina) [#&#8203;61629](nodejs/node#61629)
- \[[`99012a88ed`](nodejs/node@99012a88ed)] - **test**: remove duplicate wpt tests (Filip Skokan) [#&#8203;61617](nodejs/node#61617)
- \[[`a8b32b8ce1`](nodejs/node@a8b32b8ce1)] - **test**: fix race condition in watch mode tests (Matteo Collina) [#&#8203;61615](nodejs/node#61615)
- \[[`086a5a5a25`](nodejs/node@086a5a5a25)] - **test**: update WPT for url to [`e3c46fd`](nodejs/node@e3c46fdf55) (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#&#8203;61602](nodejs/node#61602)
- \[[`f0574fd419`](nodejs/node@f0574fd419)] - **test**: use the skipIfNoWatch() utility function (Luigi Pinca) [#&#8203;61531](nodejs/node#61531)
- \[[`b064ddc221`](nodejs/node@b064ddc221)] - **test**: unify assertSnapshot common patterns (Chengzhong Wu) [#&#8203;61590](nodejs/node#61590)
- \[[`17122e521b`](nodejs/node@17122e521b)] - **test\_runner**: fix test enqueue when test file has syntax error (Edy Silva) [#&#8203;61573](nodejs/node#61573)
- \[[`bad3f02dd9`](nodejs/node@bad3f02dd9)] - **tools**: enforce removal of `lts-watch-*` labels on release proposals (Antoine du Hamel) [#&#8203;61672](nodejs/node#61672)
- \[[`a8f33fd6bd`](nodejs/node@a8f33fd6bd)] - **tools**: use ubuntu-slim runner in meta GitHub Actions (Tierney Cyren) [#&#8203;61663](nodejs/node#61663)
- \[[`c843e447ca`](nodejs/node@c843e447ca)] - **tools**: test `--shared-merve` in `test-shared` workflow (Antoine du Hamel) [#&#8203;61649](nodejs/node#61649)
- \[[`2fedc03f96`](nodejs/node@2fedc03f96)] - **tools**: update OpenSSL to 3.5.5 in `test-shared` (Antoine du Hamel) [#&#8203;61551](nodejs/node#61551)
- \[[`1c1db94670`](nodejs/node@1c1db94670)] - **tools,win**: upgrade install additional tools to Visual Studio 2026 (Mike McCready) [#&#8203;61562](nodejs/node#61562)

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