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

(While there are similar issues already open, the wiki page for "exit handler never called" errors recommends opening a new issue, so I am doing so)

I am running into errors when using Node.js v22.5.0 and npm v10.8.2 to install dependencies. In GitHub Actions, I'm seeing an "Exit handler never called!" error. I tried installing the same versions locally, and instead npm never exits -- the packages get installed, but I just see a spinner in the terminal forever. I did not have any issues in CI prior to the release of Node.js v22.5.0. When I use Node.js v20.12.2 and npm v10.8.2 locally, installation completes successfully. Thus, I think some change in Node.js v22.5.0 must be related.

Here's a log file from the error happening in GitHub Actions: 2024-07-17T17_07_43_972Z-debug-0.log. This came from the following run: https://github.com/divviup/divviup-api/actions/runs/9978466717/job/27575428716?pr=1178

Expected Behavior

npm ci should succeed and exit cleanly.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install Node.js v22.5.0.
2. Install npm v10.8.2.
3. git clone https://github.com/divviup/divviup-api.git
4. cd divviup-api/app
5. git checkout 3edafaefe90795387db3e35a161f3110c3ac3dea
6. npm ci

Environment

• npm: v10.8.2
• Node.js: v22.5.0
• OS Name: Ubuntu
• System Model Name: Unknown, Azure instance
• npm config:

; node bin location = /opt/hostedtoolcache/node/22.5.0/x64/bin/node
; node version = v22.5.0
; npm local prefix = /home/runner/work/divviup-api/divviup-api/app
; npm version = 10.8.2
; cwd = /home/runner/work/divviup-api/divviup-api/app
; HOME = /home/runner
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.