From e0ae517a24beb2d80f2064e18fdd1d3b4651551a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bun <73948280+bun913@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:55:53 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] docs(contributing): document how to get around node out of
 memory error (#26465)

Closes #26415

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1356abe3eb3e6..2a7567e8d64bb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Note: `lerna` uses a local cache by default. If your build fails, you can fix
 the issue and run the command again and it will not rerun any previously
 successful steps.
 
+Note: If you encounter `ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory`, please try running the command with increased memory by using `export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"`.
+
 At this point, you can run build and test the `aws-cdk-lib` module by running
 
 ```console