yarn issue invalid distance too far and no yarn-metadata.json file found

[msimonian77]

I'm just trying to install the simple react app:
npx create-react-app my-app
But getting this error from yarn:

Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts...
yarn add v1.3.2
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
error https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.1.2.tgz: invalid distance too far back
error https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.1.3.tgz: invalid distance too far back
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
error An unexpected error occurred: "ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Yarn\cache\v1\npm-fsevents-1.1.3-11f82318f5fe7bb2cd22965a108e9306208216d8\.yarn-metadata.json'".
info If you think this is a bug, please open a bug report with the information provided in "V:\...\my-app\yarn-error.log".
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.
Aborting installation.
yarnpkg add --exact react reac-dom react-scripts --cwd V:\GXP\my-app has failed.

Here are the versions of node (v8.9.4) yarn (v1.3.2) I'm on windows 10

[msimonian77]

the log has this error:
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\Users...\AppData\Local\Yarn\cache\v1'

But if i go to the
C:\Users...\AppData\Local\Yarn\cache\v1
directory there are tons of npm- directories created.

[msimonian77]

I had to use the --use-npm flag to pass this issue but this is a problem with yarn that needs to be fixed.