NPM 9 breaks @grafana/e2e cli because npm bin is removed

[fmterrorf]

What happened:
grafana-e2e run does not work and outputs

Command failed with ENOENT: /home/test/proj/Unknown command: "bin"

To see a list of supported npm commands, run:
  npm help/cypress run --env CWD=/home/test/proj/,UPDATE_SCREENSHOTS=0 --project=/home/test/proj/node_modules/@grafana/e2e
spawn /home/test/proj/Unknown command: "bin"

To see a list of supported npm commands, run:
  npm help/cypress ENOENT

What you expected to happen:
The command runs

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
Create a new plugin using the plugin code gen and run npm run e2e. Make sure npm is using version 9

Anything else we need to know?:

• @grafana/e2e uses resolve-as-bin to resolve the cypress bin path.
• The package uses npm bin command which is removed in npm @ 9 feat: remove npm bin npm/cli#5459
• Because npm bin is removed, resolve-as-bin will return an error

A temporary solution would be to downgrade to NPM 8

[zuchka]

Thanks for creating this issue, @fmterrorf

I can reproduce this issue following the OP's steps. Use this guide to build a backend datasource plugin. with the following settings npm run e2e will fail as described:

node -v && npm -v && yarn -v
v16.14.0
9.1.2
1.22.17

[tolzhabayev]

@zuchka I've removed plugins platform project from this issue, we still have to sort our internally which team is responsible for this package.

[fmterrorf]

I can also attempt to put up a fix if you want. Im thinking of just using npx cypress to run the cypress bin as a fix

[zuchka]

@fmterrorf by all means, we welcome community PRs! I'll make sure it gets reviewed right away 👍

[fmterrorf]

@fmterrorf by all means, we welcome community PRs! I'll make sure it gets reviewed right away +1

I might have to skip on this. I can't figure how to setup my test environment and I don't have enough time to figure it out. Sorry