puppeteer: [Bug]: Error message: failed loading configuration file

Bug expectation

Expectation : to work fine without errors

What actually happened:

I got this error

[1] [19:02:44] E/configParser - Error code: 105
[1] [19:02:44] E/configParser - Error message: failed loading configuration file projects/examples-e2e/protractor-ci.conf.js
[1] [19:02:44] E/configParser - /opt/actions-runner/_work/portal/portal/packages/sugar-engine/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/util.js:403
[1]             callPuppeteer.args ??= new Map();
[1]                                ^^^
[1] 
[1] SyntaxError: Unexpected token '??='
[1]     at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1029:16)
[1]     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:[27](https://github.tools.sap/coresystemsFSM/portal/runs/8712421?check_suite_focus=true#step:8:28))
[1]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1143:10)
[1]     at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:979:32)
[1]     at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:819:12)
[1]     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1003:19)
[1]     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:107:18)
[1]     at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/actions-runner/_work/portal/portal/packages/sugar-engine/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/HTTPRequest.js:18:19)
[1]     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:14)
[1]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1143:10)
[1] protractor projects/examples-e2e/protractor-ci.conf.js exited with code 105

Bug behavior

• Flaky
• PDF

Minimal, reproducible example

nothing to add

Error string

[1] [19:02:44] E/configParser - Error message: failed loading configuration file projects/examples-e2e/protractor-ci.conf.js

Puppeteer configuration

// Protractor configuration file, see link for more information
// https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts

const { SpecReporter } = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;



exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 70000,
  specs: [
    './src/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
  ],
  capabilities: {
    browserName: 'chrome',
    'goog:chromeOptions': {
      args: ["--no-sandbox", "--headless", "--disable-dev-shm-usage", "--disable-gpu", "--window-size=1280,960"],
      binary: puppeteer.executablePath(),
    }
  },
  directConnect: true,
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/index.html#/',
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 120000,
    print: function () { }
  },
  logLevel: 'INFO', // 'ERROR'|'WARN'|'INFO'|'DEBUG';
  beforeLaunch: () => {
    // ensure webdriver and chromium are in sync

    console.log('[INFO]' + '='.repeat(99));
    const binary = puppeteer.executablePath();
    console.log('[INFO] using binary ->', binary);

    // Out-commenting logic to update chrome because GHA has recently some issues with it
    // const chromeVersion = execSync(`${binary} --version`, { encoding: 'utf8' }).replace('Chromium ', '');
    // console.log('[INFO] Installed Chromium', chromeVersion);
    // console.log(`[INFO] Setting webdriver to ${chromeVersion}`);
    // console.log(execSync(`./node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=${chromeVersion}`, { encoding: 'utf8' }));
    console.log('[DONE]' + '='.repeat(99));

  },
  onPrepare() {
    console.log('='.repeat(99));
    require('ts-node').register({
      project: require('path').join(__dirname, './tsconfig.e2e.json')
    });
    jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({ spec: { displayStacktrace: true } }));
  }
};

Puppeteer version

20.5.0

Node version

v18.16.0

Package manager

npm

Package manager version

9.5.1

Operating system

macOS