Node.js error

ERR_ZIP_NOT_WRITABLE

A mutating method (such as zipFile.addEntry() or zipFile.delete()) was called on a ZipFile that was not opened with { writable: true }.

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