util._extend deprecation warning with browser-sync 3.0.3 and NodeJS 22.9.0

[jupelexv]

Issue details

browser-sync (version 3.0.3) is using http-proxy version 1.18.1 which causes deprecation warning with NodeJS 22.9.0:

(node:5602) [DEP0060] DeprecationWarning: The `util._extend` API is deprecated. Please use Object.assign() instead.
    at ProxyServer.<anonymous> (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/index.js:50:26)
    at handle (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/browser-sync/dist/server/proxy-server.js:77:23)
    at call (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:239:7)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:183:5)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:161:14)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:161:14)
    at respModifierMiddleware (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/resp-modifier/index.js:80:9)
    at call (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:239:7)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:183:5)
    at /Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/browser-sync/dist/snippet.js:76:13
    at call (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:239:7)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:183:5)
    at next (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:161:14)
    at Function.handle (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:186:3)
    at Server.app (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/connect/index.js:51:37)
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Users/juho/Projects/<project>/node_modules/engine.io/build/server.js:656:34)

The warning likely happens in http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/http-proxy/index.js at line 2: extend = require('util')._extend, (https://github.com/http-party/node-http-proxy/blob/9b96cd725127a024dabebec6c7ea8c807272223d/lib/http-proxy/index.js#L2C5-L2C41).
This expression has been deprecated since NodeJS 22.0.0.
I did not find this issue on any other modules listed in the error message.

There's already an existing issue and suggested solution in http-proxy repository, but has not been applied yet.
Also, worth noting that the latest version ofhttp-proxy was released 4 years ago, so not sure if the whole module has been deprecated.

One suggestion could be using @refactorjs/http-proxy, which is supposed to be a refactored project of http-proxy.

Please specify which version of Browsersync, node and npm you're running

• Browsersync [3.0.3]
• Node [22.9.0]
• Npm [10.8.3]