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npm checks devEngines.packageManager from the workspace package.json even for `npm config get cache`, so setup-node fails before the workflow can install the required package manager (monorepos with pnpm at the root, or projects that require a newer npm than the one bundled with Node). Retry the lookup once with --force only when npm reports EBADDEVENGINES; the normal path is unchanged. Fixes actions#1553 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This PR addresses #1553 by allowing setup-node’s npm cache lookup to recover from EBADDEVENGINES, so workflows can proceed before installing the required package manager.
Changes:
- Retry
npm config get cacheonce with--forceonly after anEBADDEVENGINESfailure, preserving other error handling. - Add four unit tests covering normal lookup, retry success, unrelated errors, and retry failure.
- Update both bundled action entrypoints with the retry logic.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
src/cache-utils.ts |
Adds the conditional npm cache lookup retry and informational log. |
dist/setup/index.js |
Includes the retry logic in the setup bundle. |
dist/cache-save/index.js |
Includes the retry logic in the cache-save bundle. |
__tests__/cache-utils.test.ts |
Tests successful lookups and retry/error behavior. |
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Description:
With npm caching enabled, setup-node looks up the cache folder with
npm config get cachein the workspace root. npm checksdevEngines.packageManagerfrom thatpackage.jsoneven for this read-only command, and exits withEBADDEVENGINESwhen the installed npm doesn't match. setup-node then fails before the workflow can install the package manager the project asks for.This affects the three cases reported in #1553:
^11.10.0on Node 22,>=12.2.2on any current Node);pnpmdeclared at the root and an npm project in a subfolder. This one fails on npm 11 as well, because npm still rejects a package-manager name mismatch.The change keeps the current lookup as is. Only when it fails with
EBADDEVENGINESdoes setup-node log a short note and retry once withnpm config get cache --force.--forceturns the devEngines check into a warning and still honours a project.npmrccache=setting. Any other error, or a failing retry, is reported as before.I didn't add
--forceunconditionally because npm then printsnpm warn using --force Recommended protections disabled.for every project. I checked that on Node 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26, so every npm-cached job would show it.Testing
__tests__/cache-utils.test.ts(normal path doesn't use--force,EBADDEVENGINEStriggers one retry, other errors don't retry, a failing retry surfaces its error). The full suite ran 10 times innode:24: 261/261 passed each time.format-check,lintandbuildare clean, anddist/was rebuilt.ubuntu-24.04: eran132/setup-node-devengines-repro, run. 4 scenarios × Node 22/24/26 × 10 attempts, comparing upstream v7.1.0 with this branch. Jobs using this branch have nocontinue-on-error, so the post-job cache save passes as well:^11.10.0app/>=12.2.2--forcewarningRelated issue:
Fixes #1553
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