chore(ci): update the node versions that we are testing to fix failin… (#3364)

chore: drop Node.js 14/16 support, require Node.js 18+

- Update CI to test against Node.js 18, 20, 22, 24, and latest
- Remove npm@9 install step (no longer needed without Node 14)
- Update engines field in package.json files to require Node.js >=18
- Bump npm version constraint from <11 to <12

Co-authored-by: Duckki Oe <duckki.oe@apollographql.com>

Author: briannafugate408

.changeset/brave-sails-study.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+"apollo-federation-integration-testsuite": minor
+"@apollo/query-planner": minor
+"@apollo/query-graphs": minor
+"@apollo/composition": minor
+"@apollo/federation-internals": minor
+"@apollo/subgraph": minor
+"@apollo/gateway": minor
+---
+
+- Drop Node.js 14/16 support, require Node.js 18+
+  

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - node/install:
           node-version: << parameters.node-version >>
-      # node v14 defaults to npm 6, which is too old for our package-lock.json
-      # should be able to remove this step when we drop node v14
-      - run: npm install -g npm@9
       - node/install-packages
       - run:
           name: Run tests
@@ -57,11 +54,11 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               node-version:
-                - "14"
-                - "16"
                 - "18"
                 - "20"
                 - "22"
+                - "24"
+                - "latest"
       - Lint:
           name: Lint - << matrix.script >>
           matrix:

composition-js/package.json

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "author": "Apollo <packages@apollographql.com>",
   "license": "Elastic-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.15.0"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

internals-js/package.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "author": "Apollo <packages@apollographql.com>",
   "license": "Elastic-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.15.0"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",

package.json

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     "git:configure": "git config core.hooksPath .git-hooks; git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.15.0",
-    "npm": "<=11"
+    "node": ">=18",
+    "npm": "<12"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "internals-js",

query-graphs-js/package.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "author": "Apollo <packages@apollographql.com>",
   "license": "Elastic-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.15.0"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/federation-internals": "2.13.0-preview.1",