[BUG] Npm view command issue when private registry return manifest short version

[aleDVirgo]

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

We noticed that from npm version 11 we have issue with the view command, the code referenced below doesn't check for time existence property in the manifest output.

cli/lib/commands/view.js

Line 272 in cab74ff

const aTime = aTag === 'latest' ? Infinity : Date.parse(packu.time[aVer])

However the time property doesn't exist if the manifest is in the short version, resulting in a null pointer (variable is undefined). Downgrading to latest v10 solves the issue

Expected Behavior

It should print package info

Steps To Reproduce

1. Setup a private registry
2. Run npm show or npm view of a package with the private scope

Environment

• npm: 11.1.0
• Node.js: 23.8.0
• OS Name: Arch Linux
• System Model Name: Dell latitude
• npm config:

; copy and paste output from `npm config ls` here
; "user" config from /home/ale/.npmrc

@middleware:registry = "https://gitlab.dvtech.io/api/v4/projects/3928/packages/npm/"
//gitlab.dvtech.io/api/v4/projects/3928/packages/npm/:_authToken = (protected)

; "env" config from environment

prefix = "/home/ale/.local"

; node bin location = /usr/bin/node
; node version = v23.8.0
; npm local prefix = /home/ale
; npm version = 11.1.0
; cwd = /home/ale
; HOME = /home/ale

[milaninfy]

Could you please provide what npm view some-test-package output shows with logs using --verbose ?

[aleDVirgo]

npm show @middleware/su-baseclient --verbose
npm verbose cli /home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/bin/node /home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/bin/npm
npm info using npm@11.0.0
npm info using node@v23.8.0
npm verbose title npm show @middleware/su-baseclient
npm verbose argv "show" "@middleware/su-baseclient" "--loglevel" "verbose"
npm verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/zingo/.npm/_logs/2025-02-25T16_28_27_299Z-
npm verbose logfile /home/zingo/.npm/_logs/2025-02-25T16_28_27_299Z-debug-0.log
npm http fetch GET 200 https://gitlab.dvtech.io/api/v4/projects/3928/packages/npm/@middleware%2fsu-baseclient 378ms (cache revalidated)
npm verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.473402')
npm verbose stack     at /home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/view.js:272:75
npm verbose stack     at Array.sort (<anonymous>)
npm verbose stack     at #prettyView (/home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/view.js:271:8)
npm verbose stack     at #viewPackage (/home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/view.js:117:41)
npm verbose stack     at async View.exec (/home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/view.js:70:5)
npm verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (/home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9)
npm verbose stack     at async module.exports (/home/zingo/.nvm/versions/node/v22.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:69:5)
npm error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.473402')
npm verbose cwd /home/zingo
npm verbose os Linux 6.11.0-17-generic
npm verbose node v23.8.0
npm verbose npm  v11.0.0
npm verbose exit 1
npm verbose code 1
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/zingo/.npm/_logs/2025-02-25T16_28_27_299Z-debug-0.log

[Delagen]

The same issue with Gitlab. NPM 10 works fine.