`@google-cloud/storage` Fails to Import on Node.js 25.x & 26.x

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In a TypeScript file, using:

import { Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage';

will generate the following error with Node.js 25.0.0:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'prototype')

Functions correctly in Node.js 24.x

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TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'prototype')

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Node.js 25.x upgrade.

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[guyellis]

Confirmed this is failing on Node 26.1.0 as well.