[BUG] Exit handler never called! on npm login

[w3spi5]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

Running npm login

$ npm login
npm notice Log in on https://registry.npmjs.org/
Login at:
https://www.npmjs.com/login?next=/login/cli/d52ddbd5-6a1a-4cb9-a802-fe957c46e510
npm error Exit handler never called!
npm error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm error   <https://github.com/npm/cli/issues>
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\2s\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-07-13T09_42_15_230Z-debug-0.log

Expected Behavior

Login via CLI worked before

Steps To Reproduce

1. In this environment... see below
2. With this config... see below
3. Run npm login
4. See error...

0 verbose cli C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\2s\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
1 info using npm@10.8.2
2 info using node@v20.13.1
3 silly config load:file:C:\Users\2s\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\npmrc
4 silly config load:file:C:\Users\2s\.npmrc
5 silly config load:file:C:\Users\2s\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc
6 verbose title npm login
7 verbose argv "login"
8 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:C:\Users\2s\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-07-13T09_42_15_230Z-
9 verbose logfile C:\Users\2s\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-07-13T09_42_15_230Z-debug-0.log
10 notice Log in on https://registry.npmjs.org/
11 verbose web login before first POST
12 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
13 silly logfile done cleaning log files
14 http fetch POST 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/login 381ms
15 verbose web auth got response {
15 verbose web auth   loginUrl: 'https://www.npmjs.com/login?next=/login/cli/d52ddbd5-6a1a-4cb9-a802-fe957c46e510',
15 verbose web auth   doneUrl: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/done?sessionId=d52ddbd5-6a1a-4cb9-a802-fe957c46e510'
15 verbose web auth }
16 verbose web auth opening url pair
17 http fetch GET 202 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/done?sessionId=*** 197ms
18 verbose cwd C:\Users\2s
19 verbose os Windows_NT 10.0.22631
20 verbose node v20.13.1
21 verbose npm  v10.8.2
22 error Exit handler never called!
23 error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
24 error   <https://github.com/npm/cli/issues>
25 verbose exit 0
26 info ok
27 error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\2s\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-07-13T09_42_15_230Z-debug-0.log

Environment

• npm: 10.8.2
• Node.js: v20.13.1
• OS Name: Windows_NT 10.0.22631
• System Model Name: Windows 11
• npm config:

$ npm config ls
; "builtin" config from C:\Users\2s\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\npmrc

prefix = "C:\\Users\\2s\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm"

; node bin location = C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe
; node version = v20.13.1
; npm local prefix = C:\Users\2s
; npm version = 10.8.2
; cwd = C:\Users\2s
; HOME = C:\Users\2s
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.

[melroy89]

Duplicate of: #7657

[milaninfy]

Tracking this here as #7612
Closing as Duplicate