on nodejs 20.10.0, Uncaught Error Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:49792

[jason79]

running example:
var request = require('sync-request');
var res = request('GET', 'http://example.com');
console.log(res.getBody());

Getting this error:

Uncaught Error Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:49792
at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (internal/errors:563:5)
at __node_internal_exceptionWithHostPort (internal/errors:738:12)
at afterConnect (net:1595:16)
at callbackTrampoline (internal/async_hooks:130:17)
--- TickObject ---
at init (internal/inspector_async_hook:25:19)
at emitInitNative (internal/async_hooks:202:43)
at emitInitScript (internal/async_hooks:505:3)
at nextTick (internal/process/task_queues:132:5)
at onDestroy (internal/streams/destroy:103:15)
at Socket._destroy (net:833:5)
at _destroy (internal/streams/destroy:109:10)
at destroy (internal/streams/destroy:71:5)
at afterConnect (net:1604:10)
at callbackTrampoline (internal/async_hooks:130:17)
--- TCPCONNECTWRAP ---
at init (internal/inspector_async_hook:25:19)
at emitInitNative (internal/async_hooks:202:43)
at internalConnect (net:1071:26)
at defaultTriggerAsyncIdScope (internal/async_hooks:464:18)
at (net:1315:9)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues:77:11)
--- TickObject ---
at init (internal/inspector_async_hook:25:19)
at emitInitNative (internal/async_hooks:202:43)
at emitInitScript (internal/async_hooks:505:3)
at nextTick (internal/process/task_queues:132:5)
at defaultTriggerAsyncIdScope (internal/async_hooks:464:18)
at lookupAndConnect (net:1313:5)
at Socket.connect (net:1246:5)
at connect (net:236:17)
at (<node_internals>/[eval]:1:22)
at runScriptInThisContext (internal/vm:144:10)
at (internal/process/execution:109:14)
at (<node_internals>/[eval]-wrapper:6:24)
at runScript (internal/process/execution:92:62)
at evalScript (internal/process/execution:123:10)
at (internal/main/eval_string:51:3)