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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Possible NodeJS 22.22.2 regression when installing latest NPM","articleBody":"### Version\n\nv22.22.2\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nDarwin M-FC6WJYY430 25.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0: Wed Jan 28 20:56:35 PST 2026; root:xnu-12377.91.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6030 arm64\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\n_No response_\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\n```sh\n# use the latest node 22.x\nnvm install 22.22.2\n\n# activate the node version\nnvm use 22.22.2\n\n# install latest npm\nnpm install -g npm@latest\n```\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nAlways happens.\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nNPM should install successfully.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\n```\nnpm error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND\nnpm error Cannot find module 'promise-retry'\nnpm error Require stack:\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/index.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/index.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmfund/lib/index.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-output.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/reify-finish.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js\nnpm error - /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.22.2/x64/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js\n\n```\n\n### Additional information\n\nCreated a minimal reproducible matrix of Node and NPM versions in https://github.com/altbdoor/node-22-npm-regress/actions/runs/23525843427/job/68478996014 .\n\nFor brevity:\n\n| Node | NPM | Success? |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| `22.22.1` | `^11.12.0`  | OK  |\n| `22.22.1` | `^11.11.0`  | OK  |\n| `22.22.1` | `latest`    | OK  |\n| `22.22.2` | `^11.12.0`  | NOK |\n| `22.22.2` | `^11.11.0`  | NOK |\n| `22.22.2` | `latest`    | NOK |\n\nEdit: seems to only happen from a new Node 22.22.2 environment, doing `npm install -g npm@latest`. Installing the versions in increment appears to be OK.\n\n```console\n$ npm i -g npm@^10\n\nchanged 13 packages in 1s\n\n$ npm i -g npm@~11.10\n\nremoved 48 packages, and changed 92 packages in 1s\n\n$ npm i -g npm@~11.11\n\nremoved 1 package, and changed 26 packages in 902ms\n\n$ npm i -g npm@~11.12\n\nremoved 7 packages, and changed 22 packages in 905ms\n\n$ npm i -g npm@latest\n\nchanged 10 packages in 1s\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/altbdoor","@type":"Person","name":"altbdoor"},"datePublished":"2026-03-25T05:13:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":16},"url":"https://github.com/62425/node/issues/62425"}