glob@7.2.3 Deprecation Warning - Complete Resolution

Problem

After the initial round of dependency upgrades, one npm deprecation warning remained:

npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported

Investigation

Dependency Tree Analysis

$ npm list glob
├─┬ jest@30.2.0
│ └─┬ @jest/core@30.2.0
│   ├─┬ @jest/reporters@30.2.0
│   │ └── glob@10.5.0 ✅ (modern)
│   └─┬ jest-runtime@30.2.0
│     └── glob@10.5.0 ✅ (modern)
└─┬ ts-jest@29.4.6
  └─┬ @jest/transform@30.2.0
    └─┬ babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1
      └─┬ test-exclude@6.0.0
        └── glob@7.2.3 ❌ (deprecated)

Root Cause

The issue was in this dependency chain:

ts-jest → @jest/transform → babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1 → test-exclude@6.0.0 → glob@7.2.3

babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1 is the latest version (no updates available)
It depends on test-exclude@^6.0.0
test-exclude@6.0.0 uses the deprecated glob@7.2.3
test-exclude@7.0.1 (newer) uses modern glob@^10.4.1

Why Not Fixed Upstream?

babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1 was released before test-exclude@7.0.0 existed, and hasn't been updated yet to use the newer version.

Solution

npm Overrides

Used npm's overrides feature to force the newer test-exclude version across all dependencies:

{
  "overrides": {
    "test-exclude": "^7.0.1"
  }
}

How It Works

npm reads the overrides field in package.json
Any dependency requiring test-exclude (regardless of version) gets 7.0.1
This cascades to all transitive dependencies
The override is clearly marked in the dependency tree with “overridden” label

Benefits

✅ Non-invasive: No code changes required
✅ Reversible: Can remove override when upstream updates
✅ Safe: test-exclude@7.0.1 is backward compatible with 6.x API
✅ Standard: Uses npm's official override mechanism (since npm 8.3.0)
✅ Transparent: Override is visible in npm list output

Implementation

Step 1: Add Override to package.json

{
  "name": "iotdb-client-nodejs",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  ...
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.11",
    ...
  },
  "overrides": {
    "test-exclude": "^7.0.1"
  }
}

Step 2: Reinstall Dependencies

$ rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
$ npm install

Step 3: Verify

$ npm list test-exclude
└─┬ ts-jest@29.4.6
  └─┬ @jest/transform@30.2.0
    └─┬ babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1
      └── test-exclude@7.0.1 overridden ✅

$ npm list glob
└─┬ ts-jest@29.4.6
  └─┬ @jest/transform@30.2.0
    └─┬ babel-plugin-istanbul@7.0.1
      └─┬ test-exclude@7.0.1 overridden
        └── glob@10.5.0 deduped ✅

Results

Before Override

$ npm install
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory.
npm warn deprecated q@1.5.1: ...

After Override

$ npm install
npm warn deprecated q@1.5.1: ...

Only 1 warning remains - from Apache Thrift's dependency on the q promise library (not actionable).

Compatibility Verification

$ npm run build
✅ Build successful (8ms)

$ npm test -- --testPathPatterns=unit
✅ Test Suites: 2 passed, 2 total
✅ Tests: 11 passed, 11 total
✅ Time: 0.924s

$ npm run lint
✅ ESLint 9.39.2 working correctly

Technical Details

test-exclude Versions

Version	glob Version	Status
6.0.0	^7.2.0	❌ Deprecated
7.0.0	^10.4.0	✅ Modern
7.0.1	^10.4.1	✅ Modern (latest)

API Compatibility

test-exclude@7.0.1 maintains backward compatibility with 6.x:

Same public API
Same configuration options
Only internal implementation changes (glob upgrade)

When to Remove Override

The override can be removed when:

babel-plugin-istanbul releases a version that depends on test-exclude@^7.0.0
Monitor: npm view babel-plugin-istanbul dependencies
When test-exclude shows ^7.0.0, remove the override from package.json

Summary

Problem: glob@7.2.3 deprecation warning from transitive dependency Solution: npm overrides to force test-exclude@7.0.1 Result: Warning eliminated, all tests pass, full compatibility maintained

Final Score:

8 out of 9 npm deprecation warnings eliminated (89%)
100% of actionable warnings resolved
Only 1 upstream dependency warning remains (q from thrift)