node for macOS is built with old Xcode (tools)

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Version

v24.15.0

Platform

Darwin Tom-MBAir-M2.local 25.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.4.0: Thu Mar 19 19:33:09 PDT 2026; root:xnu-12377.101.15~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 arm64

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

node tool is built with old Xcode. This has adverse effect on its behavior on newer macOS systems.
I am loading an add-on for creating UI from json with ActionUI library:
https://github.com/abra-code/ActionUI/tree/main/ActionUINodeJS
The actionui.node add-on is loaded by node tool but it displays outdated interface because the distributed node tool itself is built with outdated Xcode. When I build node locally with Xcode 26.4, the interface shown is "modern". See screenshots in "expected behavior" and "actual behavior" sections.

Distributed node tool is built with macOS 15.0 SDK:

otool -l $(which node) | grep -A 4 "LC_BUILD_VERSION\|LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX"
      cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION
  cmdsize 32
 platform 1
    minos 13.5
      sdk 15.0

Locally built node with Xcode 26.4 shows:

otool -l ~/Downloads/node-v24.15.0/out/Release/node | grep -A 4 "LC_BUILD_VERSION\|LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX"
      cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION
  cmdsize 32
 platform 1
    minos 13.5
      sdk 26.4

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

It always reproduces with distributed build but it depends on which Xcode version was used to build it.

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

A macOS UI loaded with 'node' built locally with Xcode 26.x:

What do you see instead?

A macOS UI loaded with distributed node (built with Xcode 15) looks dated:

Additional information

No response

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Where are you getting your node executable from?

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I am getting prebuilt installer for macOS as .pkg from:

https://nodejs.org/en/download

Edit: just checked, the same situation with .gz archive from:
https://nodejs.org/dist/v24.15.0/node-v24.15.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

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Using nvm, the same result:

nvm install 24
Downloading and installing node v24.15.0...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v24.15.0/node-v24.15.0-darwin-arm64.tar.xz...
[snip ...]
otool -l ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.15.0/bin/node | grep -A 4 "LC_BUILD_VERSION\|LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX"
      cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION
  cmdsize 32
 platform 1
    minos 13.5
      sdk 15.0

homebrew distrubted node is built with Xcode 26.4:

otool -l /opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/25.9.0_2/bin/node  | grep -A 4 "LC_BUILD_VERSION\|LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX"
      cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION
  cmdsize 32
 platform 1
    minos 13.5
      sdk 26.4

And running /opt/homebrew/bin/node index.js in the NPMExplorer applet produces desired UI look.