Major bug was fixed in NPM@10.3.0 concerning apps started with npm start

[zotakk4o]

Version

20.11.0

Platform

Any

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

There was an bug introduced in earlier versions of npmcli/run-script 6.0.2 which prevented signals from reaching child processes of NPM, i.e. applications started with npm start. This is fixed in 10.3.0 of the NPM package. Link to issue npm/run-script@089eefb.

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

No response

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

Child processes of NPM should receive signals so that they can handle proper shutdown(SIGTERM, SIGINT, etc.)

What do you see instead?

Child processes of NPM are not killed properly, meaning that shutdown processes are no longer executed for nodejs applications started with npm start

Additional information

The Docker team was informed about the problem but responded that Node must update the NPM package available for their versions. nodejs/docker-node#2038

[richardlau]

This is a duplicate of #48946.

npm 10.3.0 is on main (#51431) but hasn't gone out in a Node.js 21 release yet. Our usual policy would be for things to be released in a current release (i.e. Node.js 21) first for two weeks before it would be eligible for inclusion in long-term support releases (i.e. Node.js 20 and 18).

[zotakk4o]

Do you know when the next Node.js 21 release is going live?

[richardlau]

Do you know when the next Node.js 21 release is going live?

It was planned for last week but I'm not sure why it didn't happen as I was away.
cc @nodejs/releasers

[marco-ippolito]

@richardlau there were some issue with the CI flakiness making impossible to backport.
I guess as soon as this land #51898 I can create the proposal for 21.
The NPM was just updated and will be pulled in 21.7

[marco-ippolito]

node 21.7.0 has been live for around a week, I would consider this solved

[zotakk4o]

Hi, team, any idea when the updated NPM is coming to LTS, for example 20.11.1, versions? A lot of NodeJs applications that are being launched with "npm start" don't work now causing interruption of DB queries, HTTP requests, etc.

[marco-ippolito]

Hi, team, any idea when the updated NPM is coming to LTS, for example 20.11.1, versions? A lot of NodeJs applications that are being launched with "npm start" don't work now causing interruption of DB queries, HTTP requests, etc.

AFAIK release for 20 is planned for 2024-03-26 @richardlau

[zotakk4o]

Hi, team, any updates? Shall I expect a delay in the release of NPM@10.5.0 for older node versions?

[richardlau]

I'm hoping to get #52212 and #52165 out later today.