Azure DevOps yml pipeline error: RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stderr maxBuffer length exceeded

Question

- task: Npm@1
  displayName: "Install NPM Package"
  inputs:
    command: "install"
    workingDir: "${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}"
    verbose: false
    customCommand: "--silent"

- task: Npm@1
  displayName: "Validate and Generate ADF ARM Template And Scripts"
  inputs:
    command: "custom"
    workingDir: ${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}
    customCommand: 'run build export ${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }} /subscriptions/$(DEVSubscriptionID)/resourceGroups/${{ parameters.ResourceGroupName }}/providers/Microsoft.DataFactory/factories/${{ parameters.DataFactoryName }} "ArmTemplate'
  

Answer 1

Ran into the same error. This is not an Azure DevOps issue. We were able to resolve it by updating node from 14.x to 18.x.

Answer 2

@Ionut Pantelimon

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