[BUG] progress=false is ignored on npm 7

[mafintosh]

Current Behavior:

Have an .npmrc with progress=false for aesthetic reasons.
On npm6 that disables the progress bar, on npm7 it does not although the docs say it still should.

This is my full .npmrc if that helps

loglevel=http
progress=false
package-lock=false
save=false

Expected Behavior:

Expected the above to disable the progress bar like it does on 6

Steps To Reproduce:

Save the .npmrc in home and install something. Progress bar is still shown.

Environment:

• OS: macOS big sur
• Node: 15.7.0
• npm: 7.4.3

[luisthedragon]

Same problem here, I have triedmany ways:

• inline (npm install --no-progress)
• in root folder (via .npmrc with progress=false)
• in my user folder (via .npmrc with progress=false)

I have also tried reinstalling node. Even reinstalling npm from the github page.
But I keep getting the same result.

Environment:

• OS: Windows 10 Home
• Node: 14.15.4
• npm: 7.5.2

[icatalina]

You can achieve something similar by piping the command through tee.

npm ci 2>&1 | tee

Not the best solution, but at least you don't get the progress... 🤷

[silverwind]

Neiter progress nor loglevel have any effect on the progress line any more. I hope it's not a performance bottleneck like past progress lines were.

[blimmer]

I noticed a ton of output in my CI system from this now. I think the progress was automatically disabled on non-interactive terminals before. Maybe it's related to this?

found 0 vulnerabilities
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[         .........] / idealTree: timing idealTree Completed in 15ms
[         .........] / idealTree: timing idealTree Completed in 15ms
[         .........] - reify:fsevents: sill reify mark deleted [
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[         .........] - reify:fb-watchman: sill tarball no local data for @apoll
[          ........] \ reify:yocto-queue: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@oclif/
[           .......] \ reify:@babel/code-frame: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@
[           .......] / reify:ansi-styles: timing reifyNode:node_modules/ansi-es
[           .......] / reify:binary-extensions: timing reifyNode:node_modules/c
[           .......] - reify:jsonfile: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@oclif/plu
[           .......] - reify:chalk: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@oclif/color/
[           .......] \ reify:@babel/helper-module-imports: timing reifyNode:nod
[            ......] / reify:@babel/helper-validator-identifier: timing reifyNo
[            ......] / reify:emoji-regex: timing reifyNode:node_modules/glob Co
[            ......] - reify:emoji-regex: timing reifyNode:node_modules/buffer
[            ......] | reify:tslib: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@babel/templa
[            ......] - reify:function-bind: timing reifyNode:node_modules/picom
[            ......] | reify:tslib: timing reifyNode:node_modules/@graphql-code
[            ......] - reify:agent-base: timing reifyNode:node_modules/lower-ca
[            ......] | reify:argparse: timing reifyNode:node_modules/chokidar C
[            ......] / reify:param-case: timing reifyNode:node_modules/chardet
[            ......] \ reify:external-editor: timing reifyNode:node_modules/is-
[            ......] - reify:tty: http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org
[            ......] \ reify:fast-json-stable-stringify: timing reifyNode:node_
[            ......] / reify:unixify: http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs
[            ......] / reify:widest-line: http fetch GET 200 https://registry.n
[            ......] | reify:slice-ansi: http fetch GET 200 https://registry.np
[            ......] | reify:setimmediate: http fetch GET 200 https://registry.

As mentioned above, I wonder if this is accounting for poor performance as in previous NPM versions.

[mafintosh]

Anyway to disable the progress bar now through other means?

[cong-min]

same problem

[wraithgar]

Closing in favor of #3314, which has information on where the bug may actually lie.