chore: fix MacOS CI jobs failing in CircleCI

[AtofStryker]

Currently, the MacOS jobs in CircleCI are failing due to npm not being found (see example).

According to @MikeMcC399, there looks to be a problem overriding the default Node version #998 (comment). We need to be able to set the expected node/npm version correctly and have the tests running again as expected

[MikeMcC399]

@AtofStryker

I found that updating the mac-test job to use Node.js 24.11.0 seems to work without issue.

There may be a bug in the nvm version used in the CircleCI xcode image affecting macOS. It is a slightly older version nvm@0.40.1, not the latest version nvm@0.40.3.

I suggest to wait for the publication of new Cypress Docker images (PR cypress-io/cypress-docker-images#1442), which got held up yesterday because Microsoft downloads were not available, and then I would submit a PR to update the .circleci configuration to run on Node.js 24.11.0. Edit: not needed for this config, as the Docker image comes from CircleCI (cimg/node) rather than from Cypress Docker images.

There are currently quite a few moving parts that need to be progressed - also cypress-io/circleci-orb#561!

[MikeMcC399]

• fixed in ci: update CircleCI config to Node.js 24.11.0 Active LTS #1000