Unable to install private GPR npm package

[ssylvester]

I've been having some issues installing a scoped package that that was published to GPR

See below for my actions file

name: run unit and coverage tests

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: macos-latest

    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [12.x]

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com/'
        scope: '@OWNER'
    - name: Authenticate with GitHub package registry
      run: echo "//npm.pkg.github.com:_authToken=${{ secrets.PRIVATE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
    - name: npm install, build, and test
      run: |
        npm ci
        npm run test:unit
        npm run lint
        npm run test:e2e -- --headless
      env:
        CI: true

my .npmrc file is as follows:

@discoveryedu:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/

my private access token has read:packages, write:packages, and repo privileges.

I'm getting the following error in actions:

npm ERR! code E401
npm ERR! 401 Unauthorized - GET https://npm.pkg.github.com/download/@owner/repo/version/17acfb4437fa36d9d3a823706515a97591ef1ca93a2cc3abb943b333734672d1

i've subbed the owner, repo, and version names for privacy.

[ssylvester]

anyone?

[joebowbeer]

Is @OWNER supposed to be @discoveryedu?

Look at the source for setup-node and you will notice that providing registry-url causes setup-node to (re)write the .npmrc file. Are you anticipating this?

[joebowbeer]

One problem is that this line is ignored:

run: echo "//npm.pkg.github.com:_authToken=${{ secrets.PRIVATE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc

setup-node wrote to .npmrc and set NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG to that file, so your ~/.npmrc is ignored.

The other problem is that the .npmrc contents written by setup-node expect a NODE_AUTH_TOKEN env variable.

[bryanmacfarlane]

Per @joebowbeer , would it just work if you set NODE_AUTH_TOKEN envvar and didn't echo to the npmrc file?

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello everyone. Thank you for your responses. I'm going to close, because I could not reproduce it. It looks like the issue from customer's set up.
@ssylvester If you have any concerns feel free to contact us.