docs: cover ng update stopping on a Node.js version message - #3788
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`ng update @angular/fire@next` can stop with "The Angular CLI requires a minimum Node.js version of ..." on a Node.js version that Angular 21 supports. `ng update` runs with the newest Angular CLI when the first @angular/ package in the command has no version number, and that CLI requires a newer Node.js than Angular 21 does. The example gives the full release-candidate version because `@angular/fire@21` matches nothing until 21.0.0 is published. Fixes angular#3786
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Approving. The mechanism checks out against the CLI 21 source: getCLIUpdateRunnerVersion takes the first package matching /^@(?:angular|nguniversal)\//, which @angular/fire does, then falls back to latest when semver.parse cannot read a major. So the bullet is right, @next included.
One follow-up: the bullet hardcodes 21.0.0-rc.1, and nothing tracks switching it to @21 once 21.0.0 ships. Either file an issue for it or word it so it does not need editing later.
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Fixes #3786
Adds a bullet under "Other notes" in
docs/version-21-upgrade.mdfor readers whoseng updatestops withThe Angular CLI requires a minimum Node.js version of ....Verification
On 2026-10-02, with Node.js 22.22.1, which Angular 21 supports and Angular CLI 22 does not:
ng update @angular/fireandng update @angular/fire@nextin an Angular 21 app stop with that message.ng update @angular/fire@21.0.0-rc.1in the same app gets past it.ng update @angular/fire@21answersPackage specified by '@angular/fire@21' does not exist within the registry., so the bullet's example gives the full version. It can become@21once21.0.0is published.ng update @angular/core@21 @angular/cli@21 @angular/fire@next, ran with a temporary Angular CLI 21.2.24 and completed.ng update @angular/fire@nextpasses the Node.js check.