Discourse MCP User API Key Generator Error Nodejs >20

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What OS, NodeJS and OpenSSL version are you running?

It works fine for me on

Linux
Node 24.5
OpenSSL 3.6.0


◄ 0s ◎ npx @discourse/mcp@latest generate-user-api-key \
             --site https://meta.discourse.org \
             --save-to profile.json

🔑 Discourse User API Key Generator

Site: https://meta.discourse.org
Scopes: read,write

Generating RSA key pair...
✓ Key pair generated

Please visit this URL to authorize the application:

https://meta.discourse.org/user-api-key/new?application_name=Discourse+MCP&client_id=discourse-mcp&scopes=read%2Cwrite&public_key=-----BEGIN+PUBLIC+KEY-----blablabla----END+PUBLIC+KEY-----%0A&nonce=1764619683010

After authorizing, you will be redirected to a URL like:
  discourse://auth_redirect?payload=<encrypted_payload>

Or you may see the encrypted payload displayed on the page.

Paste the encrypted payload here:  longkey

Decrypting payload...
✓ User API Key retrieved successfully

✓ Saved to profile: profile.json

{
  "success": true,
  "profile": "profile.json"
}

◄ 16s ◎ node --version 
v24.5.0

◄ 0s ◎ openssl --version
OpenSSL 3.6.0 1 Oct 2025 (Library: OpenSSL 3.6.0 1 Oct 2025)
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