setup failed for github action: Command failed: /usr/bin/sudo npm install -g canvas vega vega-cli vega-lite @dvcorg/cml

[MeWu-IDM]

using the github action failed with this template

• uses: iterative/setup-cml@v1
  with:
  version: latest__

Run iterative/setup-cml@v1
with:
version: latest
env:
pythonLocation: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.7.9/x64
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.7.9/x64/lib
Uninstalling previous CML
Installing CML version latest
Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/sudo npm install -g canvas vega vega-cli vega-lite @dvcorg/cml
npm WARN deprecated tar.gz@1.0.7: ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ tar.gz module has been deprecated and your application is vulnerable. Please use tar module instead: https://npmjs.com/tar
node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for canvas@2.6.1 and node@14.15.4 (node-v83 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/build'
gyp WARN EACCES current user ("nobody") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.15.4"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/.node-gyp"
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.4.0-1039-azure
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.node" "--module_name=canvas" "--module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/build/Release" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.node --module_name=canvas --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/build/Release --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 5.4.0-1039-azure
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/canvas
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.4
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.11.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! canvas@2.6.1 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@2.6.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2021-02-05T01_11_39_828Z-debug.log

[DavidGOrtega]

👋 @MeWu-IDM Could you please share more insights of your workflow? Is this running inside a GitHub runner?
Why the version is latest__?

[DavidGOrtega]

here you can see a run using setup-cml running properly.

[MeWu-IDM]

We have some steps look like below
it is using ubuntu:latest and python 3.7 env
was working fine until 2 days ago
the error log shows

Run iterative/setup-cml@v1
Uninstalling previous CML
Installing CML version latest
Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/sudo npm install -g canvas vega vega-cli vega-lite @dvcorg/cml

- uses: iterative/setup-cml@v1
        with:
          version: latest 
      - name: cml_run
        id: cv
        working-directory: ./tests
        env:
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # Code coverage report
          cml-publish coverage-badge.svg --md >> cov.md
          cml-send-comment cov.md
          cml-send-github-check cov.md
          

[cliffckerr]

Hi @DavidGOrtega , thanks for your fast response! Yes, it's running inside GitHub Actions. Here's the whole file:
https://github.com/InstituteforDiseaseModeling/synthpops/blob/master/.github/workflows/tests.yaml#L43

[cliffckerr]

@DavidGOrtega @MeWu-IDM Super weird -- just ran the exact same thing that was failing yesterday, and it worked fine! Run results here:
https://github.com/InstituteforDiseaseModeling/synthpops/pull/62/checks?check_run_id=1841723229
Think this issue can be closed, sorry about that!

[DavidGOrtega]

@MeWu-IDM @cliffckerr those intermittent issues is something that sometimes happens due to several factors:

• availability of the packages
• discrepancies in GH runner's virtual env, I mean, there are sometimes that the runners are running a version with bugs and they are not all aligned. or updated.

For us is very helpful this issue to keep an eye on that.
Thanks!