[BUG] ideal-tree freezes randomly all the time

[corysimmons]

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

ideal-tree freezes when I npm install on a plethora of projects from a plethora of platforms. I can immediately retry the npm install and sometimes it works fine.

Can the Node team rewrite ideal-tree or find something else to replace it so my experience with Node doesn't randomly suck really bad?

I've been running into this, and so have a ton of other people, for years...

Expected Behavior

Expect it not to freeze all the time...

Steps To Reproduce

1. npm install on enough projects
2. randomly experience it

Environment

• npm: 10.4.0
• Node.js: v20.11.0
• OS Name: Windows WSL (but I've ran into this on every platform)
• System Model Name:
• npm config:

; "user" config from /home/xyz/.npmrc

//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken = (protected) 
strict-ssl = false 

; node bin location = /home/fisher/.nvm/versions/node/v20.11.0/bin/node
; node version = v20.11.0
; npm local prefix = /home/fisher/Projects/obsidian-clone
; npm version = 10.4.0
; cwd = /home/fisher/Projects/obsidian-clone
; HOME = /home/fisher
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.

[milaninfy]

This could be due to multiple reasons, without proper reproduction case it's not possible to identify the issue.
We have fixed similer issues on later npm version. Please try updating your npm to latest version and check, Feel free to reopen or create new issue with all the details if issue persists.