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ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16

The UTF-16 encoding was used with hash.digest(). While the hash.digest() method does allow an encoding argument to be passed in, causing the method to return a string rather than a Buffer, the UTF-16 encoding (e.g. ucs or utf16le) is not supported.

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The error message

Node.js documentation lists the code ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16 without the printed message text.

Details

Category
Legacy Node.js error codes
Severity
error
Versions
Added in v9.0.0; removed in v12.12.0
Runtime
node

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Source: Node.js documentation. Data fetched 2026-09-25T01:43:12.380Z.