chore!: remove Node.js 18.x and 23.x usage, add 24.x (#718)

BREAKING CHANGE: drop Node.js 18.x and 23.x support

In CI add Node.js 24.x tests with Windows exclusion

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -46,15 +46,21 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node:
-          - 18
           - 20
           - 22
-          - 23
+          - 24
         platform:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
 
+      # Temporarily skipping Node.js 24 under Windows due to issue
+      # https://github.com/nodejs/corepack/issues/715
+      # vitest fails "handle integrity checks" on Windows with Node.js 24.x
+        exclude:
+          - node: 24
+            platform: windows-latest
+
     name: "${{matrix.platform}} w/ Node.js ${{matrix.node}}.x"
     runs-on: ${{matrix.platform}}
 

package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/nodejs/corepack.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.17.1 || ^20.10.0 || >=22.11.0"
+    "node": "^20.10.0 || ^22.11.0 || >=24.0.0"
   },
   "exports": {
     "./package.json": "./package.json"