Theo's Typesafe Cult•17mo ago

Why does NPM try to log in?

NPM keeps trying to log in when I run my pipeline, but I do not know why. My project is located in a private repository from a GitHub organization (I'm the CEO and the janitor at the same time). This is my package.json:

`
{
  "name": "website",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "build": "next build",
    "dev": "next dev",
    "postinstall": "prisma generate",
    "lint": "next lint",
    "start": "next start",
    "prepare": "husky install",
    "test:e2e": "playwright test",
    "test": "jest --watch"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^6.4.0",
    "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^6.4.0",
    "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "^6.4.0",
    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^6.4.0",
    "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "^0.2.0",
    "@next-auth/prisma-adapter": "^1.0.5",
    "@prisma/client": "^4.11.0",
    "@tanstack/react-query": "^4.28.0",
    "@trpc/client": "^10.18.0",
    "@trpc/next": "^10.18.0",
    "@trpc/react-query": "^10.18.0",
    "@trpc/server": "^10.18.0",
    "daisyui": "^2.51.5",
    "next": "^13.2.4",
    "next-auth": "^4.21.0",
    "prettier": "^2.8.7",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "18.2.0",
    "react-select": "^5.7.2",
    "superjson": "1.12.2",
    "zod": "^3.21.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@playwright/test": "^1.34.3",
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.5",
    "@testing-library/react": "^14.0.0",
    "@types/eslint": "^8.21.3",
    "@types/node": "^18.15.5",
    "@types/react": "^18.0.28",
    "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.11",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.56.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.56.0",
    "autoprefixer": "^10.4.14",
    "eslint": "^8.36.0",
    "eslint-config-next": "^13.2.4",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.8.0",
    "husky": "^8.0.3",
    "postcss": "^8.4.23",
    "prisma": "^4.11.0",
    "tailwindcss": "^3.3.1",
    "typescript": "^5.0.2"
  },
  ...
}

7 Replies

Josh•17mo ago

What pipeline are you running? And what do you mean by log in? We need more context here

ceespert•17mo ago

My apologies, my pipeline is (GitHub workflow):

name: Test Workflow
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - dev
  push:
    branches:
      - dev
jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version: "18.16.x"
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

name: Test Workflow
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - dev
  push:
    branches:
      - dev
jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version: "18.16.x"
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

... and the error is:

Run npm ci
  
npm ERR! code E401
npm ERR! Incorrect or missing password.
npm ERR! If you were trying to login, change your password, create an
npm ERR! authentication token or enable two-factor authentication then
npm ERR! that means you likely typed your password in incorrectly.
npm ERR! Please try again, or recover your password at:
npm ERR!     https://www.npmjs.com/forgot
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you were doing some other operation then your saved credentials are
npm ERR! probably out of date. To correct this please try logging in again with:
npm ERR!     npm login

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2023-06-08T06_46_23_860Z-debug-0.log
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Run npm ci
  
npm ERR! code E401
npm ERR! Incorrect or missing password.
npm ERR! If you were trying to login, change your password, create an
npm ERR! authentication token or enable two-factor authentication then
npm ERR! that means you likely typed your password in incorrectly.
npm ERR! Please try again, or recover your password at:
npm ERR!     https://www.npmjs.com/forgot
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you were doing some other operation then your saved credentials are
npm ERR! probably out of date. To correct this please try logging in again with:
npm ERR!     npm login

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2023-06-08T06_46_23_860Z-debug-0.log
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Josh•17mo ago

Do you buy chance have a rouge npmrc file

ceespert•17mo ago

Nope, I do not have an .npmrc file

Josh•17mo ago

Could it be this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73247706/unable-to-install-public-npm-package-from-github-package-registry-using-github-a

Stack Overflow

Unable to install public NPM-package from Github Package Registry u...

There is a public NPM package in the Github Package Registry im trying to install using Github Actions. I have added a .npmrc file next to my package.json with the line @instacart:registry=https://...

Josh•17mo ago

Also see if your at the latest version for setup node and checkout

ceespert•17mo ago

GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
  Actions: write
  Checks: write
  Contents: write
  Deployments: write
  Discussions: write
  Issues: write
  Metadata: read
  Packages: write
  Pages: write
  PullRequests: write
  RepositoryProjects: write
  SecurityEvents: write
  Statuses: write

GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
  Actions: write
  Checks: write
  Contents: write
  Deployments: write
  Discussions: write
  Issues: write
  Metadata: read
  Packages: write
  Pages: write
  PullRequests: write
  RepositoryProjects: write
  SecurityEvents: write
  Statuses: write

My GITHUB_TOKEN permissions seem to be fine.

- name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

- name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

This is the latest tweak to my workflow, but still the same 401 error. rip I accidentally installed a Fontawesome dependency that was not free. Removing them fixed the issue.

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