Pipeline fails to install npm global package on new gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507)

Summary

NOW WORKING

Pipeline fails to install npm global package on new gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507), was working August 13, 2020.

Looks like during the npm install, an alias call to /usr/local/bin/vue -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js fails.

Was attempting to install @vue/cli@4.5.3.

No changes to .gitlab-ci.yml file. No changes to the npm package installed, as best as I can see.

Steps to reproduce

Run the following.

image: node:10.15.3

stages:
  - build

variables:
  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive

client:build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - npm --version
    - node --version
    - npm install -g @vue/cli

date	gitlab-runner	outcome
August 11, 2020	gitlab-runner 13.2.2 (a998cacd)	success
August 12, 2020	gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507)	success
August 13, 2020	gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507)	npm ERR! Invalid dependency type requested: alias

Example Project

(If possible, please create an example project here on GitLab.com that exhibits the problematic behavior, and link to it here in the bug report)

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What is the current bug behavior?

npm install -g @vue/cli will fail to install @vue/cli@4.5.3.

What is the expected correct behavior?

Was installing @vue/cli@4.5.3 successfully.

Running with gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507)
  on docker-auto-scale fa6cab46
Preparing the "docker+machine" executor
00:38
Using Docker executor with image node:10.15.3 ...
Pulling docker image node:10.15.3 ...
Using docker image sha256:5a401340b79fc623c9aec2a679f16ceb8a3b8865446691564bb104394fd0ce20 for node:10.15.3 ...
Preparing environment
00:04
Running on runner-fa6cab46-project-11929366-concurrent-0 via runner-fa6cab46-srm-1597342076-021cb712...
Getting source from Git repository
.
.
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$ npm install -g @vue/cli
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/joi@15.1.1: joi is leaving the @hapi organization and moving back to 'joi' (https://github.com/sideway/joi/issues/2411)
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/bourne@1.3.2: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/address@2.1.4: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/topo@3.1.6: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/hoek@8.5.1: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2.
/usr/local/bin/vue -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js
> core-js@3.6.5 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/core-js
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"
> @apollo/protobufjs@1.0.4 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/@apollo/protobufjs
> node scripts/postinstall
> nodemon@1.19.4 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/nodemon
> node bin/postinstall || exit 0
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> ejs@2.7.4 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/ejs
> node ./postinstall.js
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.2.7 (node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN @vue/compiler-sfc@3.0.0-rc.5 requires a peer of vue@3.0.0-rc.5 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
+ @vue/cli@4.5.3
added 1303 packages from 697 contributors in 49.852s

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

Running with gitlab-runner 13.3.0-rc1 (669fc507)
  on docker-auto-scale ed2dce3a
Preparing the "docker+machine" executor
Using Docker executor with image node:10.15.3 ...
Pulling docker image node:10.15.3 ...
Using docker image sha256:5a401340b79fc623c9aec2a679f16ceb8a3b8865446691564bb104394fd0ce20 for node:10.15.3 ...
Preparing environment
Running on runner-ed2dce3a-project-11929366-concurrent-0 via runner-ed2dce3a-srm-1597432410-16b3dd6b...
Getting source from Git repository
.
.
.
$ npm install -g @vue/cli@4.5.2
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/joi@15.1.1: joi is leaving the @hapi organization and moving back to 'joi' (https://github.com/sideway/joi/issues/2411)
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/address@2.1.4: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/hoek@8.5.1: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/bourne@1.3.2: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/topo@3.1.6: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.2.7 (node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! Invalid dependency type requested: alias
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-08-14T19_15_34_742Z-debug.log
ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1

Output of checks

This bug happens on GitLab.com

Possible fixes

Has something changed in the gitlab-runner environment that would cause the alias run of /usr/local/bin/vue -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js to fail?

The .gitlab-ci.yml file has not changed. The nodejs environment has not changed and the @vue/cli is the same.

Edited Aug 14, 2020 by David Kyle