Revert "chore(driver): roll driver to recent Node.js LTS version (#18… (#18791)

…636)"

The new node resolves loalhost to ::1 by default which breaks API tests
in the ports (Java in particular). Reverting to the previous LTS to
allow some time to implement happy eyeballs algorithm on our end by next
release.

This reverts commit 63a0b75186.
Reference https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/18790

utils/build/build-playwright-driver.sh

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -x
 
 trap "cd $(pwd -P)" EXIT
 SCRIPT_PATH="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P)"
-NODE_VERSION="18.12.1" # autogenerated via ./update-playwright-driver-version.mjs
+NODE_VERSION="16.18.0" # autogenerated via ./update-playwright-driver-version.mjs
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 PACKAGE_VERSION=$(node -p "require('../../package.json').version")

utils/docker/Dockerfile.focal

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ ARG DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE="mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v%version%-focal"
 # === INSTALL Node.js ===
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    # Install node18
+    # Install node16
     apt-get install -y curl wget gpg && \
-    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - && \
     apt-get install -y nodejs && \
     # Feature-parity with node.js base images.
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git openssh-client && \

utils/docker/Dockerfile.jammy

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ ARG DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE="mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v%version%-jammy"
 # === INSTALL Node.js ===
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    # Install node18
+    # Install node16
     apt-get install -y curl wget gpg && \
-    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - && \
     apt-get install -y nodejs && \
     # Feature-parity with node.js base images.
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git openssh-client && \

utils/linux-browser-dependencies/inside_docker/process.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set +x
 # Install Node.js
 
 apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl && \
-    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - && \
     apt-get install -y nodejs
 
 # Install apt-file