ci: fix GitLab npm artifactory publish config

[willkill07]

Overview

Fix the GitLab publish:artifactory:npm job for npm 11 / Node 24 by removing legacy npm config writes that are no longer accepted.

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Details

• Remove registry-scoped email and always-auth writes from the Artifactory npm publish setup.
• Keep the Artifactory registry and registry-scoped _auth configuration used by npm publish.
• Validation: reproduced npm 11 rejecting always-auth, verified the remaining npm config commands with npm 11.11.0, ran git diff --check, and commit hooks passed.

Where should the reviewer start?

.gitlab-ci.yml, in the publish:artifactory:npm job.

Related Issues: (use one of the action keywords Closes / Fixes / Resolves / Relates to)

• Relates to: none

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated npm registry authentication configuration in the CI/CD pipeline to use base64-encoded credentials for improved security during artifact publishing.

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Walkthrough

The publish:artifactory:npm GitLab CI job now authenticates to the npm registry using base64-encoded credentials passed via the :_auth configuration, replacing the previous email and always-auth settings. The registry URL is explicitly set prior to authentication.

Changes

NPM Registry Authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Credential Encoding .gitlab-ci.yml	Base64-encodes NEMO_FLOW_CI_ARTIFACTORY_USER and NEMO_FLOW_CI_ARTIFACTORY_KEY into npm_auth variable.
Registry Configuration .gitlab-ci.yml	Sets npm registry URL via npm config set registry, then configures authentication via npm config set "${registry_key}:_auth" with the encoded credentials.
Legacy Configuration Removal .gitlab-ci.yml	Removes "${registry_key}:email" and "${registry_key}:always-auth" npm config settings.
Publishing .gitlab-ci.yml	Unchanged npm publish commands for consolidated packages and WASM artifacts remain intact.

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