npm i -g npm@latest -> Cannot find module 'promise-retry'

[tiagosiebler]

Version

v22.22.2

Platform

MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1, but also on "ubuntu-latest" in a container.

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

npm i -g npm@latest

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Always, since moving to v22.22.2 (from v22.22.0)

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

Should be able to install latest

What do you see instead?

npm error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
npm error Cannot find module 'promise-retry'
npm error Require stack:
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/index.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/index.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmfund/lib/index.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-output.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-finish.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js
npm error - /Users/ts/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/ts/.npm/_logs/2026-03-25T10_37_59_708Z-debug-0.log

Additional information

No response

[tiagosiebler]

Oh, duplicate of #62425, my bad