Mise hang's on npm backend installs

[KaBankz]

When trying to install a package via mise's npm backend, the command hangs.

I've tested with cowsay, eas-cli, and supabase.

MISE_VERBOSE=1 mise use -g npm:supabase@latest

DEBUG ARGS: /opt/homebrew/opt/mise/bin/mise use -g npm:supabase@latest
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG install_some_versions: npm:supabase@latest
DEBUG $ npm view supabase dist-tags --json

I thought it initially was npm that was hanging, but manually running npm view worked with no issues.

npm view supabase dist-tags --json

{
  "hotfix": "1.142.2",
  "latest": "2.9.6",
  "beta": "2.10.1"
}

I tried with both bun integration on and off, with no luck.

I even tried mise cache clear, but still no luck.

But, if I use mise to exec the package instead of installing it, it works.
Strangely enough, if I now try to install the package it works.

But, if I remove the package and clear the mise cache, it's back to being broken.

Also, the supabase package specifically just does not work with mise, be it exec or install.

MISE_VERBOSE=1 mise x npm:supabase@latest -- supabase --version

DEBUG mkdirp: "/Users/banks/.cache/mise/.auto_prune"
DEBUG pruning old cache files, this behavior can be modified with the MISE_CACHE_PRUNE_AGE setting
DEBUG ARGS: /opt/homebrew/opt/mise/bin/mise x npm:supabase@latest -- supabase --version
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG $ npm view supabase dist-tags --json
DEBUG install_some_versions: npm:supabase@latest
INFO  npm:[email protected]        install
DEBUG $ bun install [email protected] --cwd /Users/banks/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-supabase/2.9.6 --global --trust
INFO  npm:[email protected]        bun add v1.2.2 (c1708ea6)
Resolving dependencies
Resolved, downloaded and extracted [86]
Saved lockfile
INFO  npm:[email protected]        installed [email protected] with binaries:
INFO  npm:[email protected]         - supabase
INFO  npm:[email protected]        60 packages installed [1454.00ms]
warn: To run "supabase", add the global bin folder to $PATH:
fish_add_path "/Users/banks/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-supabase/2.9.6/bin"
INFO  npm:[email protected]      ✓ installed
DEBUG [npm:[email protected]] list_bin_paths: ["/Users/banks/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-supabase/2.9.6/bin"]
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG config: ~/.config/mise/config.toml
DEBUG updating 1 lockfiles
Error:
   0: "supabase" couldn't exec process: No such file or directory

Location:
   src/cli/exec.rs:125

Version:
   2025.1.17 macos-arm64 (2025-01-31)

Backtrace omitted. Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display it.
Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=full to include source snippets.

mise doctor

version: 2025.1.17 macos-arm64 (2025-01-31)
activated: yes
shims_on_path: no

build_info:
  Target: aarch64-apple-darwin
  Features: DEFAULT, NATIVE_TLS, SELF_UPDATE
  Built: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:40:48 +0000
  Rust Version: rustc 1.84.0 (9fc6b4312 2025-01-07) (Homebrew)
  Profile: release

shell:
  /opt/homebrew/bin/fish
  fish, version 3.7.1

dirs:
  cache: ~/.cache/mise
  config: ~/.config/mise
  data: ~/.local/share/mise
  shims: ~/.local/share/mise/shims
  state: ~/.local/state/mise

config_files:
  ~/.config/mise/config.toml

ignored_config_files: (none)

backends:
  aqua
  asdf
  cargo
  core
  dotnet
  gem
  go
  npm
  pipx
  spm
  ubi
  vfox

plugins:

toolset:
  aqua:astral-sh/[email protected]
  aqua:dotenvx/[email protected]
  cargo:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  npm:[email protected]
  ubi:Enter-tainer/[email protected]
  ubi:aidoku/[email protected]
  ubi:simulot/[email protected]

path:
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.13.1/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/bun/1.2.2/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/deno/2.1.9/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/deno/2.1.9/.deno/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.13.1/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/uv/0.5.26/uv-aarch64-apple-darwin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/java/zulu-21.40.17/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/zig/0.13.0/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/cargo-krabby/0.2.2/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-eas-cli/14.7.1/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/aqua-dotenvx-dotenvx/1.34.0
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/ubi-simulot-immich-go/0.22.1/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/ubi-aidoku-aidoku-cli/0.5.9/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/ubi-enter-tainer-typstyle/0.12.14/bin
  /opt/homebrew/opt/mise/bin
  ~/.local/bin/iterm2
  ~/.local/bin
  ~/.local/share/cargo/bin
  ~/.local/share/yarn/bin
  ~/.local/share/pnpm
  ~/.local/share/bun/bin
  ~/Library/Android/sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin
  ~/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools
  /opt/homebrew/bin
  /opt/homebrew/sbin
  /usr/local/bin
  /System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin
  /usr/bin
  /bin
  /usr/sbin
  /sbin
  /var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin
  /var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin
  /var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin
  /Library/Apple/usr/bin
  /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/MacOS

env_vars:
  MISE_NODE_COREPACK=1
  MISE_SHELL=fish

settings:
  experimental            true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  not_found_auto_install  false ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  npm.bun                 true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  pipx.uvx                true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  python.uv_venv_auto     true  ~/.config/mise/config.toml

No problems found

[iamoeg]

I ran into the same issue: installing the Typescript compiler, language server, and others via the NPM backend just hangs indefinitely. I also tried to switch the underlying backend to Bun but it still didn't work. Luckily, using mise exec <tool> before installing the tools in question "fixes" the problem, but that's clearly just a workaround and not the intended behavior. If I remove the package and clear the mise cache, it's back to being broken for me as well.

---

Output of mise doctor:

version: 2025.2.1 linux-x64 (2025-02-03)
activated: yes
shims_on_path: no

build_info:
  Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
  Features: DEFAULT, NATIVE_TLS, OPENSSL, SELF_UPDATE
  Built: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 11:34:32 +0000
  Rust Version: rustc 1.84.0 (9fc6b4312 2025-01-07)
  Profile: release

shell:
  /usr/bin/fish
  fish, version 3.7.0

dirs:
  cache: ~/.cache/mise
  config: ~/.config/mise
  data: ~/.local/share/mise
  shims: ~/.local/share/mise/shims
  state: ~/.local/state/mise

config_files:
  ~/.config/mise/config.toml

ignored_config_files: (none)

backends:
  aqua
  asdf
  cargo
  core
  dotnet
  gem
  go
  npm
  pipx
  spm
  ubi
  vfox

plugins:
  chezmoi  https://github.com/joke/asdf-chezmoi.git#53f30be
  elm      https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-elm.git#1e1fcfe
  flyctl   https://github.com/chessmango/asdf-flyctl.git#e87344f
  maven    https://github.com/mise-plugins/asdf-maven.git#ad4b30d

toolset:
  aqua:astral-sh/[email protected]
  aqua:astral-sh/[email protected]
  aqua:biomejs/[email protected]
  aqua:cli/[email protected]
  aqua:errata-ai/[email protected]
  aqua:jesseduffield/[email protected]
  aqua:jesseduffield/[email protected]
  aqua:ollama/[email protected]
  aqua:pnpm/[email protected]
  aqua:pre-commit/[email protected]
  asdf:[email protected]
  asdf:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  core:[email protected]
  npm:[email protected]
  pipx:[email protected]
  ubi:helix-editor/helix[extract_all=true]@25.01.1
  ubi:jdx/[email protected]
  ubi:jgm/[email protected]
  vfox:[email protected]+13
  vfox:[email protected]
  vfox:[email protected]

path:
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/npm-typescript/5.7.3/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/pipx-pyright/1.1.393/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/biome/1.9.4
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/bun/1.2.2/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/chezmoi/2.59.0/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/deno/2.1.9/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/deno/2.1.9/.deno/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/github-cli/2.66.1/gh_2.66.1_linux_amd64/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.23.5/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/helix/25.01.1
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/java/21.0.2+13/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/lazydocker/0.24.1
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/lazygit/0.45.2
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/maven/3.9.9/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.13.1/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/ollama/0.5.7/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/pandoc/3.6.2/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/pnpm/10.1.0
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/pre-commit/4.1.0
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.12.8/bin
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/ruff/0.9.4/ruff-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/usage/2.0.4
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/uv/0.5.26/uv-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
  ~/.local/share/mise/installs/vale/3.9.4
  ~/.cargo/bin
  /usr/local/bin
  /usr/bin
  /bin
  /usr/local/sbin
  /usr/sbin
  /sbin

env_vars:
  MISE_SHELL=fish

settings:
  experimental         true ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  npm.bun              true ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  pipx.uvx             true ~/.config/mise/config.toml
  python.uv_venv_auto  true ~/.config/mise/config.toml

3 warnings found:

1. plugin java overrides a core plugin

2. plugin node overrides a core plugin

3. plugin python overrides a core plugin

No problems found

[arcticShadow]

a while back this was caused by a issue that required (i.e. a workaround) that node was installed as a tool when using npm:

I though that had been fixed but i cant find the original report. Could be worth a shot