fix(deps): replace os-locale with Intl.DateTimeFormat by fbricon · Pull Request #210 · redhat-developer/vscode-redhat-telemetry

fbricon · 2026-10-30T16:36:11Z

os-locale >=6 is ESM-only, so requiring it from our CommonJS lib output
fails on Node 20 with ERR_REQUIRE_ESM (see #30). That is why the
dependency was pinned to 5.0.0.

Node's Intl already reports the OS locale (honouring LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES,
LANG and LANGUAGE at startup), so use it directly and drop the dependency
and its transitive tree.

ICU reports "und" when no locale can be determined (e.g. LANG="" in a
container); fall back to en-US, matching os-locale 5 behavior. The
fallback lives in common/utils/locale.ts so it can be unit tested.

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Preserve LANGUAGE during locale detection.

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- Line 9: Update getLocale to check locale environment variables in the same
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variables, before falling back to the ICU-resolved locale; preserve the existing
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Bug Fixes
- Locale detection now falls back to en-US when the system reports an undefined locale.
- Valid resolved locales are preserved as provided, including their original formatting.

The platform locale now uses a shared utility that returns the locale resolved by Intl.DateTimeFormat, except that it maps und to en-US. The change removes os-locale and adds tests for the utility.

Changes: Locale detection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Locale resolution and platform integration `src/common/utils/locale.ts`, `src/node/platform.ts`, `package.json`, `src/tests/utils/locale.test.ts`	The new `getLocale` utility returns the resolved locale or maps `und` to `en-US`. The platform uses this utility for `LOCALE`, and the `os-locale` dependency is removed. Tests cover the utility’s locale results.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Low · up to b8ccd

Users in LANGUAGE-only environments may receive incorrect localization; this is a narrow compatibility regression suitable for bounded follow-up.

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Title check		The title names the main change: replacing the os-locale dependency with Intl.DateTimeFormat. The raw summary confirms that package.json drops os-locale and that src/node/platform.ts reads the locale …
Description check		The description states the reason for the change: os-locale 6 and later are ESM-only and fail under CommonJS with ERR_REQUIRE_ESM on Node 20. It explains that Intl.DateTimeFormat now supplies the OS l…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The title names the main change: replacing the os-locale dependency with Intl.DateTimeFormat. The raw summary confirms that package.json drops os-locale and that src/node/platform.ts reads the locale through the new getLocale() helper. The title uses the conventional fix(deps) prefix and stays under 60 characters.

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The description states the reason for the change: os-locale 6 and later are ESM-only and fail under CommonJS with ERR_REQUIRE_ESM on Node 20. It explains that Intl.DateTimeFormat now supplies the OS locale, and that the und fallback to en-US lives in common/utils/locale.ts. Each point matches the raw summary.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-30T16:40:32Z

+ * ICU reports `und` when no locale can be determined (e.g. `LANG=""` in a container);
+ * fall back to `en-US`, as os-locale 5 did.
+ */
+export function getLocale(resolvedLocale: string = new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale): string {


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node --version env -u LC_ALL -u LC_MESSAGES -u LC_CTYPE -u LANG \ LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 \ node -p 'new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale' curl -fsSL https://unpkg.com/os-locale@5.0.0/index.js | grep -n -C 5 LANGUAGE

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set -e printf '%s\n' '--- locale implementation and references ---' nl -ba src/common/utils/locale.ts rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'getLocale' -e 'os-locale' -e 'locale' src package.json package-lock.json yarn.lock 2>/dev/null || true printf '%s\n' '--- base/head package manifests ---' git show 849aa83e0eb8d77c45fd14dca1730856825f12da:package.json | nl -ba | sed -n '1,180p' git show b8ccdc4514cead732c12c6ccdf909f5ea10edb20:package.json | nl -ba | sed -n '1,180p' printf '%s\n' '--- changed file at base and head ---' git show 849aa83e0eb8d77c45fd14dca1730856825f12da:src/common/utils/locale.ts 2>&1 | nl -ba || true git show b8ccdc4514cead732c12c6ccdf909f5ea10edb20:src/common/utils/locale.ts | nl -ba

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Preserve LANGUAGE during locale detection.

getLocale() calls ICU directly. With only LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 set, ICU can return en-US. The und fallback does not correct this result. os-locale@5.0.0 checks LANGUAGE after the other locale variables, so read the locale environment variables with the same precedence before using the ICU default.

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os-locale >=6 is ESM-only, so requiring it from our CommonJS lib output fails on Node 20 with ERR_REQUIRE_ESM (see redhat-developer#30). That is why the dependency was pinned to 5.0.0. Inline the locale detection instead: honour the locale environment variables in the same order as os-locale (LC_ALL > LC_MESSAGES > LANG > LANGUAGE), then fall back to the OS locale resolved by ICU at startup. ICU reports "und" when no locale can be determined (e.g. LANG="" in a container); fall back to en-US, matching os-locale 5 behavior. This drops os-locale and its 26 transitive dependencies.

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fbricon force-pushed the fix/os-locale-intl branch from b8ccdc4 to 660e66b Compare October 30, 2026 16:54

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