#3025·ava

Print useful message when worker threads cannot be used due to Node.js flags

Author: novemberbornCreated May 18, 2022Updated Aug 27, 2026
Labelsenhancementhelp wantedscope:reportersscope:test-environment

See discussion in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3015. Certain Node.js flags stop worker threads from working. We should recognize that error (`ERR_WORKER_INVALID_EXEC_ARGV`) and print a useful error message so users know to disable worker threads in AVA.