Vitest not accessing the correct version of node; startup fails

[s-gohel]

I just installed the Vitest extension, and have been trying to fix the following error I get on startup from Vitest:

Error: Node.js version v16.19.0 is not supported. Minimum required version is 18.0.0
    at sp (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:19:4784)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at np (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:20:582)
    at /Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:19:4308
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at Sa (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:19:4343)
    at Hn._defineTestProfiles (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:25:3255)
    at Hn.defineTestProfiles (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:25:2028)
    at Hn.activate (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:25:6333)
    at lv (/Users/<>/.vscode/extensions/vitest.explorer-1.2.11/dist/extension.js:25:1053)
    at m.n (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:151:6409)
    at m (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:151:6372)
    at m.l (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:151:5829)

I use Volta to manage node, and as far as I can tell, inside the VSCode terminal I have a supported version of node:

node -v       
v20.15.1

So I'm not entirely sure why it's trying to use an older version, or where in the configuration I should go to correct it. Has anyone run into this?

[BenShelton]

The environment for the terminal in VSCode and the one Vitest uses aren't always the same. To fix this you can either:

1. Set the default version of node for your system to a compatible version with volta install node@20
2. Find the path to the actual binary with volta which node and then set that to the VSCode setting vitest.nodeExecutable

Note I don't use Volta so these commands are taken from the docs, refer there if they are incorrect:

• https://docs.volta.sh/reference/install
• https://docs.volta.sh/reference/which