[Bug]: npm_package_config_puppeteer_skip_download not working

[renandecarlo]

Minimal, reproducible example

// Add this to project's package.json
"config": {
  "puppeteer_skip_download": true
}

Error string

no error

Bug behavior

• Flaky
• PDF

Background

The "puppeteer_skip_download" variable is not working when using it in the project's package.json config.
Using the variable in .npmrc works though.

Expectation

I expect it to avoid downloading a chrome installation.

Reality

It does download it even when using the variable in project's package.json config

Puppeteer configuration file (if used)

No response

Puppeteer version

21.1.0

Node version

18.17.1

Package manager

npm

Package manager version

9.8.1

Operating system

Windows

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Analyzer run

[xfournet]

The correct configuration in package.json is

  "puppeteer": {
    "skipDownload": true
  }

[OrKoN]

It looks like in this is caused by change in npm? https://github.com/npm/rfcs/blob/main/implemented/0021-reduce-lifecycle-script-environment.md I confirmed that npm does not set expected environment variables in this case any longer. We recommend using Puppeteer configuration files https://pptr.dev/guides/configuration