Update to minimum node-gyp 10 for Ubuntu 24.* compatibility

[MikeMcC399]

What would you like?

Enable building Cypress from source with node-gyp@10.0.0 or later when executing yarn on this repository according to CONTRIBUTING > Getting Started instructions.

Why is this needed?

See CONTRIBUTING > Requirements > Debian/Ubuntu

1. Building Cypress from source on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS requires downgrading Python from built-in version 3.12 to 3.11
2. Building Cypress from source error-free on the interim release Ubuntu 24.10 is not possible, since there is no downgrade option from the built-in Python 3.12.* version available

Under Python 3.12 rebuilding the following modules as part of yarn install

• registry-js
• cpu-features

fails with

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Other

The version of node-gyp used is not explicitly specified by Cypress. It is dependent on other npm modules installed (and potentially also on the version of Node.js used).

Updating packages/server to use the latest version @electron/rebuild@3.7.1 removes the dependency on node-gyp@9.0.0 and would resolve this request. node-gyp@10.2.0 is then used.

• This request would also resolve Update to minimum node-gyp 9.1 for build on Windows #28766 and allow a Windows workaround to be removed which is documented in CONTRIBUTING > Requirements > Windows regarding the need to install also a Windows 10 SDK.

[MikeMcC399]

• See PR dependency: update @electron/rebuild to 3.7.1 #30633

[MikeMcC399]

• Documentation update in docs: remove node-gyp contributor workarounds / restrictions #30671 for Cypress 14

[cypress-bot]

Released in 14.0.0.

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