window build failure with the latest node v24.2.0 for small-icu

[liudonghua123]

Version

24.2.0

Platform

windows

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

I tried to build the latest node v24.2.0 of small-icu in github windows action. But it failed with the following errors.

......
2025-06-18T03:35:39.4285837Z v8_libbase.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\v8_libbase.lib
2025-06-18T03:35:39.5580169Z icutrim
2025-06-18T03:35:39.9977277Z en
2025-06-18T03:35:40.0388571Z en
2025-06-18T03:35:40.2020142Z en
2025-06-18T03:35:40.2431508Z en
2025-06-18T03:35:40.2844253Z en
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3150304Z Options: {'toolpath': '..\\..\\out\\Release\\', 'datfile': '../../deps/icu-tmp/icudt77l.dat', 'filterfile': 'icu_small.json', 'tmpdir': '..\\..\\out\\Release\\obj/global_intermediate/icutmp', 'deltmpdir': 1, 'outfile': 'icudt77l.dat', 'verbose': 1, 'locales': 'en,root', 'endian': 'little'}
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3151584Z icu_small.json: icutrim.py config: Trim down ICU to just a certain locale set, needed for node.js use.
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152001Z * converters: 190 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152190Z * stringprep: 12 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152379Z * translit: 3 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152544Z * brkfiles: 15 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152713Z * brkdict: 5 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3152877Z * confusables: 1 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153070Z * brkitr: 16 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153226Z * coll: 143 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153382Z * curr: 546 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153532Z * lang: 473 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153728Z Removing lang/pool.res because tree lang is empty.
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3153983Z * rbnf: 102 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3154132Z * region: 474 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3154359Z Removing region/pool.res because tree region is empty.
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3154613Z * ROOT: 881 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3154767Z * unit: 465 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3154911Z * zone: 473 items
2025-06-18T03:35:40.3213881Z genccode
2025-06-18T03:35:42.0560458Z C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(254,5): error MSB8066: Custom build for '..\..\deps\icu-tmp\icudt77l.dat;..\..\out\Release\\obj\global_intermediate\icutmp\icudt77l.dat' exited with code -1073741819. [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\tools\icu\icudata.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1538079Z openssl\apps\list.c(88,1): warning : unused function 'sk_EVP_CIPHER_new_null' [-Wunused-function] [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1579064Z openssl\include\openssl\../../../config\.\./archs/VC-WIN64A/asm/include/openssl/safestack.h(175,29): message : expanded from macro 'DEFINE_STACK_OF' [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1581835Z openssl\include\openssl\../../../config\.\./archs/VC-WIN64A/asm/include/openssl/safestack.h(81,50): message : expanded from macro 'SKM_DEFINE_STACK_OF' [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1583636Z <scratch space>(20,1): message : expanded from here [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1604491Z openssl\apps\list.c(88,1): warning : unused function 'sk_EVP_CIPHER_new_reserve' [-Wunused-function] [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1656084Z openssl\include\openssl\../../../config\.\./archs/VC-WIN64A/asm/include/openssl/safestack.h(175,29): message : expanded from macro 'DEFINE_STACK_OF' [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1668795Z openssl\include\openssl\../../../config\.\./archs/VC-WIN64A/asm/include/openssl/safestack.h(85,50): message : expanded from macro 'SKM_DEFINE_STACK_OF' [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
2025-06-18T03:35:46.1676631Z <scratch space>(24,1): message : expanded from here [C:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\deps\openssl\openssl-cli.vcxproj]
......

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Build with ./vcbuild.bat x64 ltcg small-icu

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

Build successfully.

What do you see instead?

See above logs.

Additional information

The action yaml file: https://github.com/liudonghua123/node-sea/blob/main/.github/workflows/node-build.yml
The full log: https://github.com/liudonghua123/node-sea/actions/runs/15721282094/job/44307618924

[bnoordhuis]

genccode's exit status is -1073741819 a.k.a. 0xC0000005 a.k.a. Access Violation, probably indicating a null or stray pointer. Can you reproduce locally? What does the backtrace look like in a debugger?

[liudonghua123]

@bnoordhuis @bjohansebas Hi, I found this build failure occured on node v24.x and v25.x, all the build details could be found on https://github.com/liudonghua123/node-sea/actions.

And all the errors are related to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(254,5): error MSB8066: Custom build for '..\..\deps\icu-tmp\icudt77l.dat;..\..\out\Release\\obj\global_intermediate\icutmp\icudt77l.dat' exited with code -1073741819. [D:\a\node-sea\node-sea\node\tools\icu\icudata.vcxproj].

[liudonghua123]

And I tested on my windows locally. It's the same problem.

C:\Users\admin\code\node\node>vcbuild.bat x64 ltcg small-icu
Looking for Python
Python found in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\\python.exe
Python 3.13.9
Looking for NASM
Using ClangCL because the Node.js version being compiled is >= 24.
Looking for Visual Studio 2022
Found MSVS version 17.0
Found Clang version 19.1.5
configure --with-ltcg --with-intl=small-icu --dest-cpu=x64 --clang-cl=19.1.5
Node.js configure: Found Python 3.13.9...
Warning: Missing input files:
C:\Users\admin\code\node\node\deps\inspector_protocol\crdtp\maybe.h
INFO: configure completed successfully
Project files generated.

 histogram.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\histogram.lib
 abseil.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\abseil.lib
 icustubdata.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\icustubdata.lib
 v8_libbase.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\v8_libbase.lib
 torque_base.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\torque_base.lib
 v8_libplatform.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\v8_libplatform.lib
 v8_zlib.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\v8_zlib.lib
 highway.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\highway.lib
 simdutf.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\simdutf.lib
 nbytes.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\nbytes.lib
 icutools.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\icutools.lib
 ncrypto.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\ncrypto.lib
 zlib.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\zlib.lib
 iculslocs.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\iculslocs.exe
 genrb.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\genrb.exe
 genccode.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\genccode.exe
 llhttp.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\llhttp.lib
 icupkg.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\icupkg.exe
 cares.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\cares.lib
 libuv.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\libuv.lib
 uvwasi.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\uvwasi.lib
 icuucx.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\icuucx.lib
 nghttp2.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\nghttp2.lib
 ada.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\ada.lib
 simdjson.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\simdjson.lib
 brotli.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\brotli.lib
 sqlite.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\sqlite.lib
 zstd.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\zstd.lib
 icui18n.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\icui18n.lib
 torque.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\torque.exe
 bytecode_builtins_list_generator.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\bytecode_builtins_list_generator.exe
 crdtp.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\crdtp.lib
 zlib_data_chunk_simd.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\zlib_data_chunk_simd.lib
 zlib_adler32_simd.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\zlib_adler32_simd.lib
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 Assemble
 openssl.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\lib\openssl.lib
 icutrim
 en
 en
 en
 en
 en
 Options: {'toolpath': '..\\..\\out\\Release\\', 'datfile': '../../deps/icu-tmp/icudt77l.dat', 'filterfile': 'icu_smal
 l.json', 'tmpdir': '..\\..\\out\\Release\\obj/global_intermediate/icutmp', 'deltmpdir': 1, 'outfile': 'icudt77l.dat',
 'verbose': 1, 'locales': 'en,root', 'endian': 'little'}
 icu_small.json: icutrim.py config: Trim down ICU to just a certain locale set, needed for node.js use.
 * converters: 190 items
 * stringprep: 12 items
 * translit: 3 items
 * brkfiles: 15 items
 * brkdict: 5 items
 * confusables: 1 items
 * brkitr: 16 items
 * coll: 143 items
 * curr: 546 items
 * lang: 473 items
 Removing lang/pool.res because tree lang is empty.
 * rbnf: 102 items
 * region: 474 items
 Removing region/pool.res because tree region is empty.
 * ROOT: 881 items
 * unit: 465 items
 * zone: 473 items
 genccode
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(254,5): e
rror MSB8066: Custom build for '..\..\deps\icu-tmp\icudt77l.dat;..\..\out\Release\\obj\global_intermediate\icutmp\icudt
77l.dat' exited with code -1073741819. [C:\Users\admin\code\node\node\tools\icu\icudata.vcxproj]
 openssl-cli.vcxproj -> ..\..\out\Release\\openssl-cli.exe
 node_js2c.vcxproj -> out\Release\\node_js2c.exe

C:\Users\admin\code\node\node>

The size of ..\..\deps\icu-tmp\icudt77l.dat and ..\..\out\Release\\obj\global_intermediate\icutmp\icudt 77l.dat is not the same.

[github-actions]

This issue has been marked as stale due to 210 days of inactivity.
It will be automatically closed in 30 days if no further activity occurs. If this is still relevant, please leave a comment or update it to keep it open.

[liudonghua123]

NOT stale