
npx breaking on CI?
npm@7 brings fundamental changes to npx, which may break your CI process.
TL;DR
npm_config_yes=true npx <package_name>Need to install the following packages:
something-runnable@2
Ok to proceed? (y)
npm@7 now uses npm exec
as an underline to npx. As a result, your terminal should wait for you to proceed with installation of uninstalled packages. (I’m “standard” as an example, but this applies for all).
npx standard

This is a blocker for CI processes that may start to fail when migrating to npm@7.
The solution should be to use the underlined npm exec
—- yes
option.
npx --yes standard
Is equivalent to
npm exec standard --yes
The issue with this solution is that npm@6 does not support this flag and will throw an error.
The solution that is compatible for both versions is to set an npm flag “npm_config_yes” which will get picked up by npm@7 and will be ignored by npm@6
npm_config_yes=true npx standard
Hope this helps
