[Bug] (node:14952) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The punycode module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.

[sixareen]

Describe the bug
I see the warning in the Title when I start my app.

To Reproduce

1. Click the Office Add-ins development kit icon
2. Click View Samples
3. Select the "Get Started with the Office Add-ins Development Kit in Word" (it's the one that inserts "Hello World" and colours it blue
4. A new VS Code window opens. I close the old one.
5. I Select Word Desktop (Edge Chromium)
6. I see the warning in the Title.

Expected behavior
OK, it's only a warning, but what effect does it have on the code? Think this module was deprecated several years ago already!

Screenshots or logs/output in Terminal
Some surrounding output...

office-addin-taskpane-js@1.0.0 start:desktop
office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml desktop word

(node:14952) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The punycode module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
Debugging is being started...
App type: desktop

Environment(please complete the following information):
OS: Windows
Version: 11 Pro, 24H2, Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0
VS Code Version 1.96.2
Extension Version 1.0.1
Node Version 20.18.1
Version info from VS Code Help->About
Version: 1.96.2 (user setup)
Commit: fabdb6a30b49f79a7aba0f2ad9df9b399473380f
Date: 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

[hermanwenhe]

This punycode package is a sub-dependency of our debugging support tool package office-addin-cli. Since this package is just for local testing purpose, the effect is limited and seems not a blocker of your development. It's a good suggestion though, We'll plan to remove this deprecated dependency.