Server Error on nuclide-start-server in version 0.307.0

[CreateWebNZ]

Issue and Steps to Reproduce

Since the update to 0.307.0, when I try to connect to the server, it attempts to connect for approx. 1 minute and then throws an error message.

• Update nuclide from 0.303.0 to 0.307.0
• Connect to a remote server via ssh

Expected Behavior

Nuclide server starts and the editor establishes a connection

Actual Behavior

Tell us what happens instead.

Versions

• Atom: 1.27.1
• Nuclide: 0.307.0
• Client OS: Ubuntu 17.10 / Ubuntu 18.04 / Mac osx 10.13.4
• Server OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Additional Details

The nuclide log reveals the following:

/usr/lib/node_modules/nuclide/pkg/nuclide-server/lib/main.js:64
async function getServerCredentials(args) {
      ^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
    at NativeCompileCache._moduleCompile (/usr/lib/node_modules/nuclide/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:226:18)
    at Module._compile (/usr/lib/node_modules/nuclide/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:172:36)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:586:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:494:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:453:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:445:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:504:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/nuclide/pkg/nuclide-server/lib/nuclide-main.js:27:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:577:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:586:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:494:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:453:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:445:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:611:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:160:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:507:3

[bbbbbrie]

+1

I can confirm that I can reproduce this behavior with Nuclide versions 0.307.0 and 0.311.0.

Atom: 1.27.2
Nuclide: 0.307.0
Client OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (multiple clients)
Server OS: CentOS 7.4 (multiple servers)

The entries observed in the corresponding log for Nuclide match what OP wrote. I'm happy to share more upon request.

Thank you!

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Brie

[Empornium]

Your version of nodejs is too old, for async functions you need 7.6 or higher.

[semmypurewal]

Yeah, @Empornium is correct. We stopped compiling away async/await in Node once it landed in Node 8. So updating to Node 8+ should resolve this issue.