[BUG] error cb() never called! - npm install with windows and docker (node:14.15.5 + npm 6.14.11)

[andycandy-de]

Current Behavior:

I get the 'error cb() never called!' when I try to install the project. This error occurs very often, but sometimes it works. I have no idea, sometimes it works and sometimes it fails.

Logs
2021-02-22T10_34_04_555Z-debug.log

21932 silly extract rxjs@6.6.3 extracted to /usr/src/app/node_modules/.staging/rxjs-9c133a19 (106455ms)
21933 timing npm Completed in 309089ms
21934 error cb() never called!

The error occurs after the extract of rxjs!

Expected Behavior:

Install should finish without any error.

Steps To Reproduce:

• Extract any-project.zip
• execute install.bat (Docker is needed!)

Environment:

• OS : Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit (v 19.09 Build 18262.418)
• Docker : Docker Desktop v 3.1.0
• Image: node:14.15.5-stretch (npm 6.14.11)

[Swissman1]

I am also encountering this same error starting recently as well. I tried running npm cache clean --force to no avail. appears to complete the npm i with no apparent error in the log file besides cb() never called then errors upon attempting to serve(missing angular lib packages)

[andycandy-de]

Hey @darcyclarke, thanks for adding the labels. I was not able to add them after creating the issue. I am not sure if the 'windows' is correct. The node and npm runs inside docker, so it's a linux environment in which the 'npm install' is executed.

[darcyclarke]

https://github.com/npm/cli/wiki/%22cb()-never-called%3F--I'm-having-the-same-problem!%22

[andycandy-de]

I added the '--loglevel verbose' argument to the npm install (install.zip). Unfortunately, the log is no more helpful for me. Maybe it helps someone else with the analysis.

2021-03-11T11_58_19_324Z-debug.log

21945 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-6.6.3.tgz 106233ms
21946 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.1.3.tgz 135744ms
21947 silly extract typescript@4.1.3 extracted to /usr/src/app/node_modules/.staging/typescript-dcdf15f5 (136451ms)
21948 silly extract rxjs@6.6.3 extracted to /usr/src/app/node_modules/.staging/rxjs-9c133a19 (108401ms)
21949 timing npm Completed in 340372ms
21950 error cb() never called!
21951 error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
21952 error <https://npm.community>

The only thing I can say is that the error always occurs after or with the extraction of rxjs.
Please let me know if I can provide more data.

[darcyclarke]

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