First time ever `npm install cypress` never finishes

[alexsch01]

Current behavior

First time running the command npm install cypress, it never completes
When I run it the second time, it will finish

Desired behavior

No response

Test code to reproduce

Doesn't apply to the issue

Cypress Version

13.17.0

Node version

v22.11.0

Operating System

Fresh Fedora 41 toolbox with nodejs

Debug Logs

No response

Other

Not a regression

[jennifer-shehane]

@alexsch01 Is this specific to 13.17.0?

Can you provide DEBUG logs?

[alexsch01]

Nope

[jennifer-shehane]

I wasn't able to reproduce this on a fresh directory. We'd need some more information to debug this.

[alexsch01]

Probably a npm issue since I don't see any debug information with export DEBUG=* run before

[alexsch01]

npm 10.9.0 has this issue
It was fixed in npm 10.9.1

[MikeMcC399]

If the issue repeats itself, then refer to the troubleshooting steps on https://docs.cypress.io/app/references/advanced-installation#Troubleshoot-installation which list the following instructions to collect debug logs:

CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 npm install cypress --save-dev
DEBUG=cypress:cli* npx cypress install

[alexsch01]

@MikeMcC399 yeah I believe it was a npm specific issue since none of the DEBUG logs were showing

[MikeMcC399]

@alexsch01

yeah I believe it was a npm specific issue since none of the DEBUG logs were showing

I was unable to reproduce your problem on Fedora 41 with your version of Node / npm. Without logs it won't be possible to diagnose. If it is all working now then there is no need to dig deeper.

[alexsch01]

Removing $HOME/.npm folder and removing node_modules directory in project folder
npm install cypress (using npm 10.9.0) gives this issue

npm 10.9.1 doesn't for me

[MikeMcC399]

@alexsch01

Executing the following under Fedora 41, Node.js v22.11.0, npm 10.9.0 is successful, so this is not a general problem:

rm -rf ~/.npm
rm -rf ~/.cache/Cypress
rm -rf node_modules
CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 npm install cypress --save-dev
DEBUG=cypress:cli* npx cypress install

Logs

$ CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 npm install cypress --save-dev
DEBUG=cypress:cli* npx cypress install

added 172 packages, and audited 173 packages in 7s

39 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.9.0 -> 11.0.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.0.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@11.0.0
npm notice
  cypress:cli:cli cli starts with arguments ["/home/mike/n/bin/node","/home/mike/github/cy-test/node_modules/.bin/cypress","install"] +0ms
  cypress:cli NODE_OPTIONS is not set +0ms
  cypress:cli:cli program parsing arguments +6ms
  cypress:cli parsed cli options {} +167ms
  cypress:cli installing with options {} +0ms
  cypress:cli detecting arch { osPlatform: 'linux', osArch: 'x64' } +5ms
  cypress:cli arm uname -m result: { stdout: 'x86_64' }  +63ms
  cypress:cli version in package.json is 13.17.0, version to install is 13.17.0 +64ms
  cypress:cli Reading binary package.json from: /home/mike/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0/Cypress/resources/app/package.json +0ms
  cypress:cli no binary installed under cli version +22ms
  cypress:cli checking local file /home/mike/13.17.0 cwd /home/mike/github/cy-test +0ms
  cypress:cli preparing to download and unzip version  13.17.0 to path /home/mike/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0 +0ms
Installing Cypress (version: 13.17.0)


  cypress:cli needed Cypress version: 13.17.0 +0ms
  cypress:cli source url https://download.cypress.io/desktop/13.17.0?platform=linux&arch=x64 +0ms
  cypress:cli downloading cypress.zip to "/tmp/cypress-3430.zip" +0ms
  cypress:cli Downloading package {
  url: 'https://download.cypress.io/desktop/13.17.0?platform=linux&arch=x64',
  proxy: null,
  downloadDestination: '/tmp/cypress-3430.zip'
} +1ms
  cypress:cli expected file size 82 +484ms
  cypress:cli redirect version: 13.17.0 +2ms
  cypress:cli redirect url: https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.17.0/linux-x64/cypress.zip +0ms
  cypress:cli Downloading package {
  url: 'https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.17.0/linux-x64/cypress.zip',
  proxy: null,
  downloadDestination: '/tmp/cypress-3430.zip'
} +0ms
  cypress:cli expected checksum 74e5d06f8569ff3177d89f0b04cec3ae0102d80cdebb3931d42c4d86772c00ac3fcfbc35981283b1a414681ed6ee334e51f6e42ef1b777553b34fa8ab8825358 +118ms
⠙  Downloading Cypress      100% 0s
  cypress:cli downloading finished +36s
⠦  Downloading Cypress      100% 0s
  cypress:cli downloaded file has the expected checksum and size ✅ +513ms
  cypress:cli verified +0ms
✔  Downloaded Cypress
  cypress:cli:unzip unzipping from /tmp/cypress-3430.zip +0ms
  cypress:cli:unzip into /home/mike/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0 +0ms
  cypress:cli:unzip zipFile entries count 25513 +5ms
✔  Downloaded Cypress
✔  Downloaded Cypress
✔  Downloaded Cypress
✔  Unzipped Cypress
✔  Downloaded Cypress
✔  Unzipped Cypress
✔  Finished Installation /home/mike/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0

You can now open Cypress by running one of the following, depending on your package manager:

- npx cypress open
- yarn cypress open
- pnpm cypress open

https://on.cypress.io/opening-the-app