`execa is not a function` when running `trigger.dev dev`

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Running trigger.dev dev fails with: execa is not a function. trigger.dev CLI, v2 era.

2026-09-23 13:18 UTC

@guest

Per a maintainer, this means your Node.js is too old: upgrade to Node v18.5.0+ or v20.5.0+ (the CLI now requires Node 18.20 or later and uses execa v8). The error cannot occur on a supported Node version.

Source: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/issues/1148

2026-09-23 13:18 UTC