multiple error in magic mirror after update from 2.28.0 to 2.36.0

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil it didnt show any module error.

[2026-05-01 23:53:38.898] [LOG]   [app] All module helpers loaded.
[2026-05-01 23:53:38.901] [LOG]   [server] Starting server on port 8080 ...
[2026-05-01 23:53:38.911] [ERROR] [unknown] (node:1979206) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `electron --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[2026-05-01 23:53:39.001] [LOG]   [app] Server started ...

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil my pm2 is currently not working at the moment.

i then tried to pm2 start and ran into this error. Ok not exactly error, but the mirror just keep going to blackscreen and nothing then back to wall paper then blackscreen and keep looping this.

(node:1971942) [DEP0044] DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a you did this right?

NODE_OPTIONS=--trace-deprecation npm run start:xxx

Replace xxx with x11, the whole line
On your system

That’s 2. — in front of of trace-deprecation

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil yes correct

NODE_OPTIONS=–trace-deprecation npm run start:x11

i also manually git pull all the modules and all are up to dates as well.

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil how do i fix my pm2 issue?

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a need 2 dashes in front of trace

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a change the npm start to npm run start:x11

If you had used my upgrade script it would have fixed that

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i did use your upgrade script.

do you mean change it inside mm.sh?

currently its

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

change it to

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11

correct?

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a correct…

in version 2.35 we documented that we changed the default to

npm run start:wayland

for npm start

see package,json, scripts: section for the command options

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil same thing

NODE_OPTIONS=--trace-deprecation npm run start:x11

[2026-05-02 00:31:24.574] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-CalendarExt3
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.574] [LOG]   [app] All module helpers loaded.
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.592] [LOG]   [server] Starting server on port 8080 ...
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.602] [ERROR] [unknown] (node:1985687) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
    at node:punycode:7:10
    at BuiltinModule.compileForInternalLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/realm:398:7)
    at BuiltinModule.compileForPublicLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/realm:337:10)
    at loadBuiltinModule (node:internal/modules/helpers:126:7)
    at loadBuiltinWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1229:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1320:48)
    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:18060)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:262:19)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1583:12)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:153:16)
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.702] [LOG]   [app] Server started ...
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.703] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connectin```
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[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i have change my mm.sh to

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11

but when i do pm2 start MagicMirror, it doesnt start still.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a SO much fun

do this and give me the output

grep "module:" ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js | sort | uniq

and I’ll look thru them

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil here you go

[hsa@HSA:~ $ grep "module:" ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js
                        module: "alert",
                        module: "updatenotification",
                        module: "clock",
        module: "MMM-Jast",
  module: 'MMM-GoogleDocs-Notes',
                        module: "newsfeed",
                module: "MMM-NewsAPI",
  module: "MMM-MyScoreboard",
  module: "MMM-SoccerLiveScore",
//  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
// module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
//   module: "MMM-Wallpaper",
//    module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
  module: "MMM-OneDrive",
  module: "MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda",
                        module: "calendar",
                         module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
                        module: "calendar",](link url)

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a ok, I didn’t find it the easy way

lets try the easier way

find ~/MagicMirror/modules -type d | grep punycode | sort

each module listed has it as a dependency either directly or indirectly
on my system (with a lot of modules installed, but most not used)

/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/Hello-Lucy/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-BMI/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-CalvinAndHobbes/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-FinParcel/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleCalendar/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-homeassistant-sensors/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/npm/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uri-js/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Lottery/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MARS/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-OnSpotify/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/psl/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/request/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/uri-js/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SmartWebDisplay/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Strava/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Surf/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Todoist/node_modules/punycode

because its not listed in one of the modules directly, its a dependency of a dependency

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil can we fix the pm2 please?

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a use my mm.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

if [ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then 
   # if WAYLAND_DISPLAYis set, use it, else set to -0
   export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-0}
   npm run start:wayland
else
   DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11
fi 

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil

hsa@HSA:~ $ find ~/MagicMirror/modules -type d | grep punycode | sort
/home/hsa/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Jast/node_modules/punycode

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil it doesnt work still unfortunately. it goes into a black screen then back to wallpaper and keep looping in this manner…

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a yep, its a dependency 3 layers down…

“node_modules/yahoo-finance2”

only thing is to open an issue on the module github page and see if the author can/will fix it

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil ok got it. thanks. since the punycode is not material lets ignore it for now and focus on the pm2 haha.