From 2f63d9acafc6fe69590c014c9917f1180f91b35e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lilach <Lilach.Davis@cps.gov.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:03:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] upgrade app stack and pipelines to use node 24

---
 devops-pipelines/backend/backend-build-and-deploy.yml     | 2 +-
 devops-pipelines/templates/ui-build-and-deploy-stages.yml | 4 ++--
 devops-pipelines/ui/ui-pr-build-and-test.yml              | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/devops-pipelines/backend/backend-build-and-deploy.yml b/devops-pipelines/backend/backend-build-and-deploy.yml
index ddb502c1..69187f60 100644
--- a/devops-pipelines/backend/backend-build-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/devops-pipelines/backend/backend-build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stages:
         appName: 'fa-cmrc-api-dev'
         environment: 'dev'
         postmanCollectionPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/src/backend/postman/RegisterCaseAPITests.postman_collection.json'
-        nodeVersion: '20.x'
+        nodeVersion: '24.x'
 
   - template: ../templates/backend-deploy-stages.yml
     parameters:
diff --git a/devops-pipelines/templates/ui-build-and-deploy-stages.yml b/devops-pipelines/templates/ui-build-and-deploy-stages.yml
index f74e4001..4aafef34 100644
--- a/devops-pipelines/templates/ui-build-and-deploy-stages.yml
+++ b/devops-pipelines/templates/ui-build-and-deploy-stages.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stages:
       variables:
       - group: cmrc-ui-config-${{ parameters.environment }}
       - name: nodeVersion
-        value: '20.x'
+        value: '24.x'
       - name: workingDir
         value: 'src/ui-spa'
       steps:
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ stages:
                   deployToSlotOrASE: ${{ parameters.deployToSlot }}
                   slotName: ${{ parameters.slotName }}
                   packageForLinux: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/$(buildArtifact)'
-                  RuntimeStack: 'NODE|20-lts'
+                  RuntimeStack: 'NODE|24-lts'
                   StartupCommand: 'pm2 serve /home/site/wwwroot/ --no-daemon --spa'   
                 displayName: 'Deploy app to ${{ parameters.environment }}'
             
diff --git a/devops-pipelines/ui/ui-pr-build-and-test.yml b/devops-pipelines/ui/ui-pr-build-and-test.yml
index 140075d7..f55a14c5 100644
--- a/devops-pipelines/ui/ui-pr-build-and-test.yml
+++ b/devops-pipelines/ui/ui-pr-build-and-test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pool: 'CMRC PreProd Pool'
 
 variables:
   - name: nodeVersion
-    value: '20.x'
+    value: '24.x'
   - name: workingDir
     value: src/ui-spa
   - name: covDir

From d926d922abc1f1d30de6edc6bd80ea8d55463346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lilach <Lilach.Davis@cps.gov.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:30:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] enforce strict version of node for the project

---
 src/ui-spa/.npmrc       | 1 +
 src/ui-spa/package.json | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/ui-spa/.npmrc

diff --git a/src/ui-spa/.npmrc b/src/ui-spa/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fd02195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui-spa/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ui-spa/package.json b/src/ui-spa/package.json
index 3d6c8afc..2dc97b69 100644
--- a/src/ui-spa/package.json
+++ b/src/ui-spa/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "type": "module",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "24.x",
+    "npm": "11.x"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
     "build": "tsc -b && vite build && rimraf dist/mockServiceWorker.js",