[Snyk] Security upgrade tap from 11.1.5 to 18.0.0

[nirw-snyk]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 1 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• package.json
• package-lock.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity SNYK-JS-JSYAML-17900054	828

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[nirw-snyk]

This is a very large major version upgrade from v11 to v18, which includes a complete architectural rewrite and numerous breaking changes. Developer action will be required.

Key Breaking Changes:

• Plugin-Based Architecture: As of v18, tap has been rewritten in TypeScript and now operates on a plugin-based system. Functionality like assertions (t.equal, t.match), mocking, and snapshots are now provided by plugins (e.g., @tapjs/asserts, @tapjs/mock) which may need to be installed and configured separately.
• Coverage Enforcement: Coverage is now enabled by default, and tests will fail if 100% coverage is not met. The previous CLI flags for controlling coverage (--cov, --no-cov, --check-coverage) have been removed in favor of new options like --disable-coverage and --allow-incomplete-coverage.
• API and CLI Changes:
  • The configuration for specifying test files has changed from test-regex to include and exclude glob patterns.
  • The promise returned by t.test() now resolves to the child test's results.
  • Callbacks have been removed from t.beforeEach and t.afterEach in favor of returning promises.
• Node.js Support: Support for Node.js versions below 10 has been dropped.

Recommendation: Due to the extensive nature of these changes, a direct upgrade is not recommended. Developers must carefully review the official tap documentation and migration guides, refactor their test suite to accommodate the new plugin system and API changes, and validate the new coverage behavior.

Source: Upgrading from tap v16 and before

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