create-react-app deletes application when done

[ChadEubanks]

Describe the bug

npx create-react-app <app_name> fails to bootstrap. At the end of the bootstrap process, the <app_name> directory is deleted.

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes, error persists.

npm --version: 6.9.0
yarn --version: 0.27.5

Environment

Please specify the project directory:
create-react-app

For example:
create-react-app my-react-app

Run create-react-app --help to see all options.
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Steps to reproduce

1. npx create-react-app
2. install process will fail and deletes the generated application directory

Expected behavior

Application folder and file structure to be stubbed out

Actual behavior

[CodeBradley]

I just posted a very similar issue.. must be from something recent

[jrobs87]

Updating node fixed the issue for me.
$ sudo n stable

From this post: yarnpkg/yarn#3430
and from this reply: yarnpkg/yarn#3430 (comment)

[iansu]

It looks like you're running a pretty old version of yarn and that's what's causing the install to fail.