yarn start gives "digital envelope routines::unsupported" error

[andybak]

Describe the bug
Clean checkout on Windows. yarn install is fine. yarn build says:

node:internal/crypto/hash:68
  this[kHandle] = new _Hash(algorithm, xofLen);
Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. git clone
2. yarn install
3. yarn start
4. See error

Expected behavior
No error ;-)

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Browser n/a
• Version n/a
• node v20.9.0
• yarn 1.22.22

Additional context
yarn was a fresh install as well: npm install --global yarn

[andybak]

Full trace:

PS C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke> yarn start                        
yarn run v1.22.22
$ cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --mode development
i ｢wds｣: Project is running at https://hubs.local:9090/
i ｢wds｣: webpack output is served from /
i ｢wds｣: Content not from webpack is served from C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke
i ｢wds｣: 404s will fallback to /index.html
Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
    at new Hash (node:internal/crypto/hash:68:19)
    at Object.createHash (node:crypto:138:10)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\util\createHash.js:135:53)
    at NormalModule._initBuildHash (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:412:16)
    at handleParseError (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:463:10)
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:495:5
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:354:12
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:373:3
    at iterateNormalLoaders (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:214:10)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:221:10)
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:236:3
    at runSyncOrAsync (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:130:11)
    at iterateNormalLoaders (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:232:2)
    at Array.<anonymous> (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:205:4)
    at Storage.finished (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\enhanced-resolve\lib\CachedInputFileSystem.js:43:16)
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\enhanced-resolve\lib\CachedInputFileSystem.js:79:9
node:internal/crypto/hash:68
  this[kHandle] = new _Hash(algorithm, xofLen);
                  ^

Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
    at new Hash (node:internal/crypto/hash:68:19)
    at Object.createHash (node:crypto:138:10)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\util\createHash.js:135:53)
    at NormalModule._initBuildHash (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:412:16)
    at handleParseError (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:463:10)
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:495:5
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\webpack\lib\NormalModule.js:354:12
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:373:3
    at iterateNormalLoaders (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:214:10)
    at Array.<anonymous> (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\loader-runner\lib\LoaderRunner.js:205:4)
    at Storage.finished (C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\enhanced-resolve\lib\CachedInputFileSystem.js:43:16)
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\enhanced-resolve\lib\CachedInputFileSystem.js:79:9
    at C:\Users\andyb\Documents\Spoke\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:90:16
    at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (node:internal/fs/read/context:68:3) {
  opensslErrorStack: [ 'error:03000086:digital envelope routines::initialization error' ],
  library: 'digital envelope routines',
  reason: 'unsupported',
  code: 'ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED'
}

Node.js v20.9.0
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[andybak]

Workaround. In package.json change the "start" command to:

"start": "set NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider && cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --mode development",

i.e. prefix the existing command with "set NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider && "