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ERR_NOT_BUILDING_SNAPSHOT

An attempt was made to use operations that can only be used when building V8 startup snapshot even though Node.js isn't building one.

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The error message

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

Details

Category
Node.js error codes
Severity
error
Runtime
node

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