TL;DR: Fix: run on Node 16 or newer (a maintainer verified The `node:`

```text
Zen crashes at startup with Cannot find module node:async_hooks; upgrade to Node 16+
```

## Fix
1. Fix: run on Node 16 or newer (a maintainer verified.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.

## Details
The `node:` module prefix requires Node 14.18+ (and Zen targets Node 16+). The reporter was on an old Node where `node:async_hooks` did not exist, so the firewall's context storage module failed at require time. `node:16-alpine` in Docker works). If you see `Cannot find module 'node:...'` from any instrumenting library, your Node is too old for the `node:` prefix, upgrade Node before debugging anything else.

## When to use
You hit exactly this: Zen crashes at startup with Cannot find module node:async_hooks; upgrade to Node 16+ in Zen.

## When not to use
A different error, or the same symptom in a different tool. This page only covers the failure above.

## Compatibility
Zen (versions mentioned here: 14.18).

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://github.com/AikidoSec/firewall-node/issues/272"
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