Hi team,
Could we get the latest version of node (LTS or Current) installed for App Services as a lot of us are struggling with an issue on Windows that's fixed
in npm 5.6.0 (included with latest version of node). Then I can change my node version app setting to 8.9.4/9.4.0 and solve it.
Here's the issue on GitHub:
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17671. Basically there's a race condition in multiple versions of npm after 5.0.3 through to 5.5.x that causes
`npm install` commands to fail very, very regularly on Windows. I won't go into detail here, it's all in the issue, but it's a common issue a lot are facing.
Downgrading to an earlier version of node+npm isn't an option for me anymore as my site has a dependency on node 8+. I could potentially set
the runtime version with iisnode.yml to 8+ and use the app setting to have a node version during deployment using npm 5.0.3, but my app uses 8+ features like async/await and I'm not 100% sure that'd even build.
Thanks!
Ben