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A junior developer asked a chatbot to write a script that generates a cryptographically secure random identifier. The AI generated the following code, claiming it uses Node.js standard libraries. What is the issue here?

generate-id.js

const crypto = require('crypto');

function generateUserSessionId() {
  // Generate a random ID using standard crypto module
  const rawToken = crypto.generateRandomToken(32);
  return rawToken.toString('hex');
}

console.log(generateUserSessionId());

What is the primary bug in the AI-generated code?

crypto.generateRandomToken is not a standard Node.js API method; it should be crypto.randomBytes.

The crypto module must be installed via npm first; it is not a built-in Node.js module.

rawToken.toString() does not accept 'hex' as an encoding format; it only supports 'utf8'.

The function generates synchronous blockages and should be wrapped in an async/await block.