[BUG] < Exit handler never called!>

[sergey70kh]

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

verbose cli C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
1 info using npm@11.7.0
2 info using node@v24.11.1
3 silly config load:file:C:\Users\sergeyk\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v24.11.1\node_modules\npm\npmrc
4 silly config load:file:C:\Users\sergeyk.npmrc
5 silly config load:file:C:\Program Files\nodejs\etc\npmrc
6 verbose title npm install @angular/cli@latest
7 verbose argv "install" "@angular/cli@latest" "--global"
8 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:C:\Users\sergeyk\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2026-01-21T08_40_33_188Z-
9 verbose logfile C:\Users\sergeyk\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2026-01-21T08_40_33_188Z-debug-0.log
10 silly packumentCache heap:4496293888 maxSize:1124073472 maxEntrySize:562036736
11 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
12 silly logfile done cleaning log files
13 silly packumentCache corgi:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli cache-miss
14 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
15 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
16 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
17 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli 71350ms (cache stale)
18 silly packumentCache corgi:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli set size:1716669 disposed:false
19 silly idealTree buildDeps
20 silly fetch manifest @angular/cli@21.0.4
21 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli cache-miss
22 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
23 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
24 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
25 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli 71216ms (cache stale)
26 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcli set size:2984647 disposed:false
27 silly placeDep ROOT @angular/cli@21.0.4 OK for: want: 21.0.4
28 silly fetch manifest ini@5.0.0
29 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/ini cache-miss
30 silly fetch manifest zod@4.1.13
31 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/zod cache-miss
32 silly fetch manifest yargs@18.0.0
33 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs cache-miss
34 silly fetch manifest listr2@9.0.5
35 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 cache-miss
36 silly fetch manifest pacote@21.0.3
37 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote cache-miss
38 silly fetch manifest semver@7.7.3
39 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/semver cache-miss
40 silly fetch manifest resolve@1.22.11
41 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve cache-miss
42 silly fetch manifest jsonc-parser@3.3.1
43 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser cache-miss
44 silly fetch manifest algoliasearch@5.40.1
45 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch cache-miss
46 silly fetch manifest npm-package-arg@13.0.1
47 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg cache-miss
48 silly fetch manifest @inquirer/prompts@7.9.0
49 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts cache-miss
50 silly fetch manifest @yarnpkg/lockfile@1.1.0
51 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile cache-miss
52 silly fetch manifest @schematics/angular@21.0.4
53 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular cache-miss
54 silly fetch manifest @angular-devkit/core@21.0.4
55 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore cache-miss
56 silly fetch manifest @angular-devkit/architect@0.2100.4
57 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect cache-miss
58 silly fetch manifest @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.24.0
59 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@modelcontextprotocol%2fsdk cache-miss
60 silly fetch manifest @angular-devkit/schematics@21.0.4
61 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fschematics cache-miss
62 silly fetch manifest parse5-html-rewriting-stream@8.0.0
63 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/parse5-html-rewriting-stream cache-miss
64 silly fetch manifest @listr2/prompt-adapter-inquirer@3.0.5
65 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@listr2%2fprompt-adapter-inquirer cache-miss
66 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
67 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
68 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
69 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
70 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
71 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ini attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
72 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
73 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
74 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
75 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
76 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
77 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zod attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
78 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
79 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/semver attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
80 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore attempt 1 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
81 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ini attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
82 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
83 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
84 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
85 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
86 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
87 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
88 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
89 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
90 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
91 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
92 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
93 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/semver attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
94 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zod attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
95 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore attempt 2 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
96 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
97 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote 70868ms (cache stale)
98 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/pacote set size:734587 disposed:false
99 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ini attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
100 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/ini 70932ms (cache stale)
101 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/ini set size:57019 disposed:false
102 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
103 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts 70978ms (cache stale)
104 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@inquirer%2fprompts set size:297290 disposed:false
105 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
106 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
107 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs 71025ms (cache stale)
108 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs set size:743056 disposed:false
109 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular 71027ms (cache stale)
110 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@schematics%2fangular set size:2244336 disposed:false
111 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
112 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 71042ms (cache stale)
113 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/listr2 set size:1039459 disposed:false
114 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
115 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch 71057ms (cache stale)
116 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/algoliasearch set size:1710707 disposed:false
117 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
118 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
119 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
120 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile 71066ms (cache stale)
121 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg%2flockfile set size:8937 disposed:false
122 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve 71069ms (cache stale)
123 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve set size:246681 disposed:false
124 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect 71071ms (cache stale)
125 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2farchitect set size:2045398 disposed:false
126 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
127 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
128 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore 71164ms (cache stale)
129 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular-devkit%2fcore set size:2225204 disposed:false
130 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg 71171ms (cache stale)
131 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-package-arg set size:131455 disposed:false
132 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
133 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser 71194ms (cache stale)
134 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser set size:122648 disposed:false
135 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/semver attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
136 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/semver 71226ms (cache stale)
137 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/semver set size:226907 disposed:false
138 http fetch GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zod attempt 3 failed with SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN
139 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/zod 71249ms (cache stale)
140 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/zod set size:3299325 disposed:false
141 verbose cwd C:\Windows\System32
142 verbose os Windows_NT 10.0.26100
143 verbose node v24.11.1
144 verbose npm v11.7.0
145 error Exit handler never called!
146 error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
147 error https://github.com/npm/cli/issues
148 verbose exit 1
149 verbose code 1

Expected Behavior

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Steps To Reproduce

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2. With this config...
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[MRagunandhan24]

Closing: this error can arise for a number of reasons; Please read this document & refile an issue with as much information as possible if you're able to consistently reproduce this error.