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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[v22.x] `parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38` fails with `Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, utime` on armv7","articleBody":"`parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38` is failing in Debian 13 armv7 containers in our Jenkins CI.\n\nRefs: https://github.com/nodejs/build/pull/4358#issuecomment-4662053132\n\ne.g.\n```\n16:23:21 not ok 1312 parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38\n16:23:21   ---\n16:23:21   duration_ms: 328.27900\n16:23:21   severity: fail\n16:23:21   exitcode: 1\n16:23:21   stack: |-\n16:23:21     node:fs:2199\n16:23:21       binding.utimes(\n16:23:21               ^\n16:23:21     \n16:23:21     Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, utime '/home/iojs/tmp/.tmp.1312/test-utimes-precision'\n16:23:21         at Object.utimesSync (node:fs:2199:11)\n16:23:21         at Object.\u003canonymous\u003e (/home/iojs/build/workspace/node-test-binary-armv7l/test/parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38.js:46:4)\n16:23:21         at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1781:14)\n16:23:21         at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1913:10)\n16:23:21         at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1505:32)\n16:23:21         at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1309:12)\n16:23:21         at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:254:19)\n16:23:21         at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)\n16:23:21         at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {\n16:23:21       errno: -22,\n16:23:21       code: 'EINVAL',\n16:23:21       syscall: 'utime',\n16:23:21       path: '/home/iojs/tmp/.tmp.1312/test-utimes-precision'\n16:23:21     }\n16:23:21     \n16:23:21     Node.js v22.22.4-pre\n16:23:21   ...\n```\n\nThe test is skipped on the earlier Debian 11 armv7 containers, nor on the Ubuntu 22.04 containers:\ne.g.\n```\n10:13:26 ok 1461 parallel/test-fs-utimes-y2K38 # skip File system appears to lack Y2K38 support (touch failed)\n10:13:26   ---\n10:13:26   duration_ms: 135.82300\n10:13:26   ...\n```\n\nwhich indicates that the underlying filesystem doesn't support y2k38. However on Debian 13 we are not skipping (i.e. the `touch` and `date` sniff tests pass) and the invalid argument is being thrown when the later parts of the test run.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/richardlau","@type":"Person","name":"richardlau"},"datePublished":"2026-06-10T16:54:15.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/63835/node/issues/63835"}