Error message "error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported"

I created the default IntelliJ IDEA React project and got this:

Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
    at new Hash (node:internal/crypto/hash:67:19)
    at Object.createHash (node:crypto:130:10)
    at module.exports (/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/webpack/lib/util/createHash.js:135:53)
    at NormalModule._initBuildHash (/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModule.js:417:16)
    at handleParseError (/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModule.js:471:10)
    at /Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModule.js:503:5
    at /Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModule.js:358:12
    at /Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:373:3
    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:214:10)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js:221:10)
/Users/user/Programming Documents/WebServer/untitled/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/start.js:19
  throw err;
  ^

It seems to be a recent issue - webpack ran into this 4 days ago and is still working on it.

Open terminal and paste these as described :

Linux & Mac OS (windows git bash)-

export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

Windows command prompt-

set NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

Reference link.

In your package.json: change this line

"start": "react-scripts start"

"start": "react-scripts --openssl-legacy-provider start"

If we use the current LTS version of Node.js then this error will not come. Downgrade your Node.js version to the current LTS version (16.13.0).

There can be multiple ways to install the required version. One of them is using nvm (Node.js version manager).

Step 1: Install nvm (if not installed, follow Install Node.js Locally with Node Version Manager (nvm))
Step 2: nvm install 16.13.0 (put your required version here)

It's the Node.js version.

I have this error on Node.js 17, but it's fine when I switch my Node.js version to an older version (16) by using nvm.

Some top answers did not work.

export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

And some top answers were not applicable, modifying package.json file:

"start": "react-scripts --openssl-legacy-provider start"

This is caused by the latest node.js V17 compatible issues with OpenSSL, see this and this issue on GitHub.

The easiest thing is just downgrade from node.js V17 to node.js V16. See this post on how to downgrade node.js.

Error message "error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported"

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