You have just successfully compiled your C++ native module. Your unit tests pass in your local Node.js environment. You fire up your Electron application, and the render process crashes with the following stack trace: Uncaught Error: The module '\\?\C:\path\to\addon.node' was compiled against a different Node.js version using NODE_MODULE_VERSION 115. This version of Node.js requires NODE_MODULE_VERSION 121. Please try re-compiling or re-installing the module (for instance, using `npm rebuild` or `npm install`). Running npm rebuild rarely fixes this because it rebuilds against your system Node version, not the Electron Node version. Here is the architectural root cause and the definitive way to manage native compilation targets. The Root Cause: ABI Divergence Electron is not just a wrapper around your system's Node.js installation. It bundles its own forked version of Node.js and, critically, a specific version of the V8 JavaScript engine. ...
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