npm create astro@latest fails with 400 Bad Request

[JohannesKlauss]

What version of astro are you using?

2.0.13

Are you using an SSR adapter? If so, which one?

N

What package manager are you using?

npm and yarn

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Describe the Bug

I wanted to try out astro, but cannot install it, since it always fails during the create process when trying to download https://github.com/withastro/astro/archive/latest.tar.gz

This is the cli output with npm:

npm create astro@latest ./astro-poc

╭─────╮  Houston:
│ ◠ ◡ ◠  We're glad to have you on board.
╰─────╯

 astro   v2.0.13 Launch sequence initiated.

      ◼  dir Using ./astro-poc as project directory

  tmpl   How would you like to start your new project?
         Empty
Failed to download https://github.com/withastro/astro/archive/latest.tar.gz: 400 Bad Request
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/johannesklauss/Documents/Spacetime/astro-test
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c -- create-astro ./astro-poc

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/johannesklauss/.npm/_logs/2023-02-17T08_43_06_383Z-debug-0.log

And with yarn it is the same. Not sure if this is related to github or astro.

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

No reproducible applicable

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

[julianbattye]

I'm also having this issue. Is there a simple way to bypass and get it installed such as a previous version?

[eliseomurillo9]

Same issue here and I still dont find any way to solve it, even with previous versions

[julianbattye]

It may be unrelated but I've just updated Node from 16 to 18 and it appears to be working now.

[Princesseuh]

Hi everyone, sorry for the issue. We're currently investigating what's happening.

In the meantime, if you can't upgrade to Node 18 or higher, installing manually should work: https://docs.astro.build/en/install/manual/

Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Princesseuh]

Hi, this seems to be caused by an issue upstream with the package we use to download the template: unjs/giget#81

We'll be reverting the version in the meantime, sorry again for the inconvenience.