dependency: update @electron/rebuild to 3.7.1

[MikeMcC399]

• Closes Update to minimum node-gyp 9.1 for build on Windows #28766
• Closes Update to minimum node-gyp 10 for Ubuntu 24.* compatibility #30632

Additional details

This PR builds on updates for release/14.0.0.

@electron/[email protected] is updated to @electron/[email protected] (current latest) in packages/server.

This removes the dependency on [email protected] and allows [email protected] to be used.

This in turn allows the default Python 3.12 version to be used on Ubuntu 24.*, removing restrictions and the need for downgrading to Python 3.11. On Windows it relieves the need to install a Windows 10 SDK additionally. Building Cypress from source is then possible, without errors from node-gyp and without resorting to these workarounds.

@electron/rebuild purpose:

This executable rebuilds native Node.js modules against the version of Node.js that your Electron project is using. This allows you to use native Node.js modules in Electron apps without your system version of Node.js matching exactly (which is often not the case, and sometimes not even possible).

Steps to test

Follow the instructions in CONTRIBUTING > Requirements including the use of Node.js v20.18.0, with the exception of special instructions for Python 3.11, which should be omitted.

git clone https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress
cd cypress
n auto # or set Node.js manually
git clean -xfd
yarn

Confirm that the installation was successful and that the following log sequence shows no errors between the steps:

[5/6] Building fresh packages...
[6/6] Cleaning modules...

Ubuntu 24.04

If the system has been previously set up for Python 3.11, then execute the following before running yarn:

unset NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON

Ubuntu 24.10

Python 3.11 is not available for Ubuntu 24.10, so no special preparatory steps are necessary.

Windows 11

In Visual Studio Installer remove any Windows 10 SDK installed. Install Python 3.12 through Microsoft Store.

• Ignore errors from issue snapshot generation warnings on Windows #28739

Confirm that the error "could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use" no longer occurs.

How has the user experience changed?

This issue affects contributors only.

PR Tasks

• [na] Have tests been added/updated?
• [na] Has a PR for user-facing changes been opened in cypress-documentation?
• [na] Have API changes been updated in the type definitions?

[cypress-app-bot]

• Create a Draft Pull Request if your PR is not ready for review. Mark the PR as Ready for Review when you're ready for a Cypress team member to review the PR.

[MikeMcC399]

An update to CONTRIBUTING > Requirements is needed to remove the workaround instructions which will become obsolete if this PR is merged.

Currently the release/14.0.0 branch lags behind the develop branch, so it's better to wait to avoid update conflicts.

See

git diff release/14.0.0...develop -- CONTRIBUTING.md