# Editor notification if nodejs version is too old

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-notification-if-nodejs-version-is-too-old/59569>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [9 March 2022 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-notification-if-nodejs-version-is-too-old/59569 "2022-03-09T08:53:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2022 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-notification-if-nodejs-version-is-too-old/59569/1 "2022-03-09T08:53:41Z")

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There have been a couple of threads on the forum recently with users running node-red 2.x with nodejs version below 12, which gives various run time issues which may not be easy to diagnose. See [this thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dns-timing-issue/59524) for example, though at the time of writing it is not yet confirmed that nodjs is the cause of that particular issue.

I know there is a warning in the startup log, but most do not look at that. Would it be simple to get a notification in the editor when this is the case? If so then I think it would be worth doing. I don't have the knowledge to implement that, othewise I would have a go myself.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2022 15:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-notification-if-nodejs-version-is-too-old/59569/2 "2022-03-18T15:05:44Z")

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Another one of these today where our time would have been saved if there were a popup warning in the editor. [Why i get error if I am using const? - #17 by muharremsari](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-i-get-error-if-i-am-using-const/60036/17)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2022 14:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-notification-if-nodejs-version-is-too-old/59569/4 "2022-05-30T14:29:26Z")

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