[BUG] 404 for team gives misleading and scary message about package not in registry (because 404 handling)

[reggi]

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

  pkg npm access grant read-only saki-test:xxxdevelopers meowmeowmeow-chitty-bang-bang --loglevel=silly
npm verbose cli /Users/reggi/.nvm/versions/node/v22.9.0/bin/node /Users/reggi/.nvm/versions/node/v22.9.0/bin/npm
npm info using npm@11.3.0
npm info using node@v22.9.0
npm silly config load:file:/Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/npmrc
npm silly config load:file:/Users/reggi/Desktop/pkg/.npmrc
npm silly config load:file:/Users/reggi/.npmrc
npm silly config load:file:/Users/reggi/.nvm/versions/node/v22.9.0/etc/npmrc
npm verbose title npm access grant read-only saki-test:xxxdevelopers meowmeowmeow-chitty-bang-bang
npm verbose argv "access" "grant" "read-only" "saki-test:xxxdevelopers" "meowmeowmeow-chitty-bang-bang" "--loglevel" "silly"
npm verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/Users/reggi/.npm/_logs/2025-04-25T14_40_27_210Z-
npm verbose logfile /Users/reggi/.npm/_logs/2025-04-25T14_40_27_210Z-debug-0.log
npm silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
npm silly logfile done cleaning log files
npm http fetch PUT 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/team/saki-test/xxxdevelopers/package 311ms
npm verbose stack HttpErrorGeneral: 404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/-/team/saki-test/xxxdevelopers/package - Team not found
npm verbose stack     at /Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/lib/check-response.js:103:15
npm verbose stack     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
npm verbose stack     at async Object.setPermissions (/Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/workspaces/libnpmaccess/lib/index.js:106:3)
npm verbose stack     at async #grant (/Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/lib/commands/access.js:119:5)
npm verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (/Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/lib/npm.js:208:9)
npm verbose stack     at async module.exports (/Users/reggi/Documents/GitHub/cli/lib/cli/entry.js:67:5)
npm verbose statusCode 404
npm verbose pkgid meowmeowmeow-chitty-bang-bang@*
npm error code E404
npm error 404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/-/team/saki-test/xxxdevelopers/package - Team not found
npm error 404
npm error 404  'meowmeowmeow-chitty-bang-bang@*' is not in this registry.
npm error 404
npm error 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm error 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.
npm verbose cwd /Users/reggi/Desktop/pkg
npm verbose os Darwin 24.3.0
npm verbose node v22.9.0
npm verbose npm  v11.3.0
npm verbose exit 1
npm verbose code 1

Expected Behavior

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Steps To Reproduce

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