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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"On Windows arm64 `os.machine()` returns `unknown`","articleBody":"### Version\n\n24.14.0\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nMicrosoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 arm64\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\n_No response_\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\nYou can easily reproduce from command line:\n```\nnode -e \"console.log(os.machine())\"\n```\nThe returned value is `unknown`\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nThis happens always on the Windows arm64 version of Node 24.14.0\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nThe `os.machine()` should return `arm64` like it does on Mac Apple Silicon\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\n`os.machine()` returns `unknown`\n\n### Additional information\n\nThis is on the native arm64 version of node. `os.arch()` correctly returns `arm64`","author":{"url":"https://github.com/chris-addison","@type":"Person","name":"chris-addison"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T17:58:12.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/62232/node/issues/62232"}