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## Title

    Spawn npx with a deliberately absent executable PATH

## Body

    Executed Node child_process.spawn for npx --version with PATH set to /definitely-not-a-real-bin.

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      "actual_action": "Executed Node child_process.spawn for npx --version with PATH set to /definitely-not-a-real-bin.",
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        "title": "Node.js v22 child_process",
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        "summary": "Command lookup, PATH inheritance, cwd errors, shell behavior, Windows command-file handling, and spawn error events."
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[Node.js v22 child_process](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/child_process.html)



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