3799444 - Invalid storage secret key length, must be 32 characters long but is 64. The secret length in Node.js 22 or higher must be 32 characters long

• di-local-npm-registry application crashes during web ide installation/update.
• Error message in logs: "Invalid storage secret key length, must be 32 characters long but is 64. The secret length in Node.js 22 or higher must be 32 characters long. Please consider generate a new one."
• Process state: "FAILED with state 'CRASHED': Process terminated unexpectedly with exit code: 255".
• Warning messages in logs: "(node) [VERCODE01] Warning: Database name deprecated! Please rename database name from .sinopia-db.json to .verdaccio-db.json".

SAP Web IDE for Hana Installation

1. Start or update the Web IDE by installing the XSAC_SAP_WEB_IDE package using the xs client.
2. Check the logs of the di-local-npm-registry application (for example, xs logs di-local-npm-registry).
3. Observe the error "Invalid storage secret key length, must be 32 characters long but is 64" and the application crash with exit code 255.

The Verdaccio local storage secret used by di-local-npm-registry has a 64-character value, but Node.js 22 or higher requires a 32-character secret, causing initialization to fail and the app to crash.

Please use the attached averdaccio-64-to-32-character-error.pdf to resolve the issue with di-local-npm-registry and then continue with the update of WebIDE. 

• Refer to: Verdaccio configuration: .verdaccio-db
• Refer to: KBA 2462741 - Collecting traces to troubleshoot XSA runtime/startup issues

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