Issues with SDK Dependency Download in Commerce Development Environment

Applies to Product - Dynamics 365 Commerce

What’s happening?
Customers are experiencing errors when attempting to download the SDK dependency package while setting up the development environment for Commerce.
 

Reason:
The errors are likely caused by incompatible versions of Node.js or Yarn during the SDK dependency download process.
 

Resolution:

1. Refer to the documentation for setting up the development environment: Setup Development Environment.
2. Ensure that the version of Node.js is updated to version 22.
3. Verify that the operating system and the bit version of Node.js installed match the requirements specified in the documentation.
4. If the error persists, check for the specific error message encountered during the "Run the Node app" step 
5. If the error message indicates "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'", consider downgrading Python to a version that includes the 'distutils' module, as it has been removed in Python 3.12 and later.