[BUG] npm error Exit handler never called!

[Vikybad]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

No response

Expected Behavior

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Steps To Reproduce

1. In this environment...
2. With this config...
3. Run '...'
4. See error...

Environment

• npm:
• Node.js:
• OS Name:
• System Model Name:
• npm config:

; copy and paste output from `npm config ls` here

[Sebastian-Webster]

I'm having this issue as well. I've noticed it only happens only on Node.js 22.5.0. I had a GitHub Actions workflow with the following matrix:
os: [ ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, windows-2019, windows-2022, macOS-12, macOS-13, macOS-14 ]
node-version: [18.x, 19.x, 20.x, 21.x, 22.4.0, 22.4.1, 22.5.0 ]
All workflows worked except for the ones running node 22.5.0

[DoLoop216]

I have same issue and it started today. I have workflow runs which build my docker images and I run them multiple times a day.
Last time it worked was yesterday (18.07.2024)

Jobs are running on:

  Ubuntu
  22.04.4
  LTS
  Image: ubuntu-22.04
  Version: 20240714.1.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu22/20240714.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md

[marvingbh]

same issue

[matteobe]

Same issue
Also yesterday working, no changes and today not working

[alex-weber]

same issue on Heroku. Build fails using 22.5.0
22.4.1 works fine

[Sebastian-Webster]

An example GitHub Actions workflow with this issue can be found here: https://github.com/Sebastian-Webster/npm-reproducible-example/actions/runs/10007074269. It's only failing on Node 22.5.0. Both npm ci and npm install

[actualben]

This npm install error is happening on the node:22@sha256:b44cbfafe84144217b7502cde5d21958500781fb9b13eed74a47486db2277cd5 docker tag. It's notable that npm exits 0 after it fails. I have a filtered error log excerpt.

• npm -v: 10.8.2
• node -v: v22.5.0
• OS Name: Debian 12
• System Model Name: N/A - happening on both ARM64 and AMD64
• npm config ls:

node bin location = /usr/local/bin/node
node version = v22.5.0
npm local prefix = /build
npm version = 10.8.2
cwd = /build
HOME = /root

[gopivr]

Any work around for this issue.. Still facing this issue

[alex-weber]

Any work around for this issue.. Still facing this issue

use node 22.4

[milaninfy]

Closing Seems similer if not duplicate of #7657.
Try node 22.4.1 with npm 10.8.2.

[milaninfy]

Fixed in Node.js v22.5.1 nodejs/node#53902 (comment)