vscode-arduino
diff --git a/‎.github/workflows/build.yml
+18-3 b/‎.github/workflows/build.yml
+18-3
diff --git a/‎README.md
+5-1 b/‎README.md
+5-1
diff --git a/‎build/build.yml
+12-4 b/‎build/build.yml
+12-4
diff --git a/‎build/prerelease.yml
+2-2 b/‎build/prerelease.yml
+2-2
@@ -29,10 +29,17 @@ jobs:
       # written, but it should be updated when VS Code updates its Node version.
       # Node needs to be installed before OS-specific setup so that we can run
       # the hash verification script.
-      - name: Use Node 16.x
+      - name: Use Node 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 18.x
+
+      # On new macos-latest machines, Python 3.9+ is used, and it's causing issues with binding.gyp
+      - name: Use Python 3.8
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       # On new macos-latest machines, Python 3.9+ is used, and it's causing issues with binding.gyp
       - name: Use Python 3.8
@@ -79,7 +86,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check for linting errors
         run: gulp tslint
       - name: Build and pack extension
-        run: node build/package.js
+        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: |
+            export NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
+            node build/package.js
+      - name: Build and pack extension
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: |
+            $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
+            node build/package.js
       - name: Publish extension VSIX as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
 
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Visual Studio Code extension for Arduino
+# Visual Studio Code extension for Arduino (deprecated)
+
+> ⚠️ **Warning** ⚠️
+>
+> # This extension is deprecated and no longer maintained. We recommend existing customers to use the [Arduino IDE software](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software).
 
 > NOTE:
 > This is a community maintained fork of [Microsoft's vscode arduino extension](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-arduino)
 
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ jobs:
       zipSources: false
     condition: ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')
   - task: NodeTool@0
-    displayName: Use Node 16.x
+    displayName: Use Node 18.x
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: 16.x
+      versionSpec: 18.x
+  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
+    displayName: Use Python 3.8
+    inputs:
+      versionSpec: 3.8
   - ${{ if parameters.prerelease }}:
     - pwsh: node -e "p=require('./package.json');p.version=p.version.replace(/\.\d+$/,'.'+$(Build.BuildNumber));require('fs').writeFileSync('./package.json',JSON.stringify(p,undefined,2))"
   - script: npm install --global gulp node-gyp @vscode/vsce
@@ -49,10 +53,14 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Use production AI key
     condition: and(succeeded(), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags'))
   - ${{ if parameters.prerelease }}:
-    - script: node build/package.js --pre-release
+    - pwsh: |
+        $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--no-experimental-fetch --openssl-legacy-provider"
+        node build/package.js --pre-release
       displayName: Build and pack extension
   - ${{ else }}:
-    - script: node build/package.js
+    - pwsh: |
+        $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--no-experimental-fetch --openssl-legacy-provider"
+        node build/package.js
       displayName: Build and pack extension
   - pwsh: |
       $path = Join-Path $Env:TEMP "7z-installer.exe"
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ extends:
         - download: current
           artifact: extension-vsixes
         - task: NodeTool@0
-          displayName: Use Node 16.x
+          displayName: Use Node 18.x
           inputs:
-            versionSpec: 16.x
+            versionSpec: 18.x
         - script: npm install --global @vscode/vsce
           displayName: Install vsce
         - script: for f in $(Pipeline.Workspace)/extension-vsixes/*.vsix; do vsce publish --packagePath $f; done