[BUG] npm publish under node 15.12.0 throws TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string

[jsg2021]

Current Behavior:

publishing throws an error

Expected Behavior:

publish without error

Steps To Reproduce:

nvm use 15.12.0;
npm publish

0 verbose cli [
0 verbose cli   '/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/bin/node',
0 verbose cli   '/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/bin/npm',
0 verbose cli   'publish',
0 verbose cli   '--tag',
0 verbose cli   'alpha'
0 verbose cli ]
1 info using npm@7.6.3
2 info using node@v15.12.0
3 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
4 timing config:load:file:/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
6 timing config:load:cli Completed in 1ms
7 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:file:/home/jonathan/Workspace/nti/app/webapp/.npmrc Completed in 2ms
9 timing config:load:project Completed in 2ms
10 timing config:load:file:/home/jonathan/.npmrc Completed in 1ms
11 timing config:load:user Completed in 1ms
12 timing config:load:file:/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
13 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:cafile Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:validate Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load:setUserAgent Completed in 0ms
17 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 1ms
18 timing config:load Completed in 8ms
19 verbose npm-session 58bbfc3072044dcf
20 timing npm:load Completed in 12ms
21 verbose publish [ '.' ]
22 timing command:publish Completed in 19ms
23 verbose stack TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
23 verbose stack     at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:329:5)
23 verbose stack     at validateString (node:internal/validators:129:11)
23 verbose stack     at join (node:path:1081:7)
23 verbose stack     at flatten (/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/flat-options.js:50:10)
23 verbose stack     at Publish.publishConfigToOpts (/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/publish.js:140:12)
23 verbose stack     at Publish.publish (/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/publish.js:58:32)
24 verbose cwd /home/jonathan/Workspace/nti/app/webapp
25 verbose Linux 5.10.23-200.fc33.x86_64
26 verbose argv "/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/bin/node" "/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v15.12.0/bin/npm" "publish" "--tag" "alpha"
27 verbose node v15.12.0
28 verbose npm  v7.6.3
29 error code ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
30 error The "path" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
31 verbose exit 1

Environment:

• OS: Fedora 33
• Node: 15.12.0
• npm: 7.6.3

[Echron]

There is a similar ticket for this. At the moment I've fixed it by adding a path to a cache directory in my publish definition in package.json:
"publishConfig": { "cache": "~/.npm", "registry": "*****" },

Duplicate of #2834

[jsg2021]

i'm not sure it's 100% a duplicate. this package has been fine until ci picked up node 15.12.0

publishConfig just has a registry.
npmrc just has a registry and auth.

[ruyadorno]

@jsg2021 npm@7.7.0 is out with the intended fix to the linked issue, can you please check if it fixes yours?

[jsg2021]

It does seem to work :)

[CodeTroopers]

I confirm : it works ;)