npm 12 - `npm run tap` (2 failures)

[MikeMcC399]

Situation

Running npm run tap (part of npm test) under npm 12 causes 2 tests from the suite to fail:

✖ npm-install: custom install command > Install Failed
  lib/package-manager/install.js:151:23

✖ citgm: omg-i-pass from git url > Failure getting project from npm npm warn Unknown env config "tmp". This will error in a future major version of npm. See `npm
  help npmrc` for supported config options. npm error code EALLOWGIT npm error Fetching packages of type "git" have been disabled npm error Refusing to fetch
  "git+https://github.com/MylesBorins/omg-i-pass.git" npm error

Asserts:  318 pass  2 fail  320 of 320 complete
Suites:    25 pass  2 fail    27 of 27 complete

(Under npm 11.17.0, all tests pass.)

Steps to reproduce

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Node.js 24.19.0, initially with npm 11.17.0

git clone https://github.com/nodejs/citgm
cd citgm
npm install
npm run tap #
npm install -g npm@12.0.2
npm run tap #

Logs

 PASS  test/bin/test-citgm-all.js 20 OK 1m
 PASS  test/bin/test-citgm.js 8 OK 20s
 PASS  test/npm/test-npm-author-name.js 5 OK 880ms
 FAIL  test/npm/test-npm-install.js 1 failed of 10 3.009s
✖ npm-install: custom install command > Install Failed
  lib/package-manager/install.js:151:23
 PASS  test/npm/test-npm-test.js 12 OK 2.180s
 PASS  test/pnpm/test-pnpm-install.js 10 OK 2.410s
 PASS  test/pnpm/test-pnpm-test.js 12 OK 3.778s
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter-junit.js 9 OK 931ms
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter-logger.js 3 OK 879ms
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter-markdown.js 3 OK 875ms
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter-tap.js 7 OK 932ms
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter-util.js 20 OK 834ms
 PASS  test/reporter/test-reporter.js 8 OK 880ms
 PASS  test/test-check-tags.js 28 OK 956ms
 PASS  test/test-citgm-timeout.js 4 OK 1m
 FAIL  test/test-citgm.js 1 failed of 5 5.894s
✖ citgm: omg-i-pass from git url > Failure getting project from npm npm warn Unknown env config "tmp". This will error in a future major version of npm. See `npm
  help npmrc` for supported config options. npm error code EALLOWGIT npm error Fetching packages of type "git" have been disabled npm error Refusing to fetch
  "git+https://github.com/MylesBorins/omg-i-pass.git" npm error A complete log of this run can be found in:
  /home/mike/.npm/_logs/2026-08-19T12_09_53_713Z-debug-0.log
  test/test-citgm.js:52:9
 PASS  test/test-create-options.js 7 OK 880ms
 PASS  test/test-grab-module-data.js 11 OK 5.758s
 PASS  test/test-grab-project.js 10 OK 8.689s
 PASS  test/test-lookup.js 26 OK 887ms
 PASS  test/test-match-conditions.js 51 OK 865ms
 PASS  test/test-spawn.js 2 OK 808ms
 PASS  test/test-temp-directory.js 8 OK 908ms
 PASS  test/test-timeout.js 16 OK 1.341s
 PASS  test/test-unpack.js 4 OK 917ms
 PASS  test/yarn/test-yarn-install.js 9 OK 3.276s
 PASS  test/yarn/test-yarn-test.js 12 OK 2.968s

----------------------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------------------------------------
File                  | % Stmts | % Branch | % Funcs | % Lines | Uncovered Line #s
----------------------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------------------------------------
All files             |   94.98 |     92.4 |   98.75 |   94.98 |
 lib                  |   93.93 |    88.76 |     100 |   93.93 |
  citgm.js            |     100 |     91.3 |     100 |     100 | 97,133
  git-clone.js        |   89.47 |    85.71 |     100 |   89.47 | 28-31
  grab-module-data.js |   88.42 |       90 |     100 |   88.42 | 28,74-76,85-91
  grab-project.js     |   96.24 |    96.55 |     100 |   96.24 | 79-81,96-97
  lookup.js           |   91.07 |    86.36 |     100 |   91.07 | 67-77,116-117,185-186,188-189,191-192
  match-conditions.js |      91 |    85.36 |     100 |      91 | 12-14,24-29
  out.js              |   97.43 |       65 |     100 |   97.43 | 35-36
  spawn.js            |   23.07 |    66.66 |     100 |   23.07 | 5-24
  unpack.js           |   95.34 |    85.71 |     100 |   95.34 | 15-16
 lib/bin              |   95.67 |    93.93 |   88.88 |   95.67 |
  citgm-all.js        |   94.51 |    93.18 |   85.71 |   94.51 | 98-100,102-103,114-115,138-143
  citgm.js            |   98.18 |    95.45 |     100 |   98.18 | 61-62
 lib/package-manager  |   98.38 |    94.89 |     100 |   98.38 |
  install.js          |   96.91 |    89.65 |     100 |   96.91 | 22-23,120-122
  test.js             |   99.37 |    95.83 |     100 |   99.37 | 147
 lib/reporter         |   94.01 |    98.93 |     100 |   94.01 |
  logger.js           |   77.21 |    94.11 |     100 |   77.21 | 22-39
----------------------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------------------------------------


  🌈 TEST COMPLETE 🌈


 FAIL  test/npm/test-npm-install.js 1 failed of 10 3.009s
✖ npm-install: custom install command > Install Failed
  lib/package-manager/install.js
  148
  149     proc.on('close', (code) => {
  150       if (code > 0) {
  151         return finish(Error('Install Failed'));
  ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
  152       }
  153       context.emit(
  154         'data',
  155         'info',
  tapCaught: returnedPromiseRejection
  ChildProcess.<anonymous> (lib/package-manager/install.js:151:23)

 FAIL  test/test-citgm.js 1 failed of 5 5.894s
✖ citgm: omg-i-pass from git url > Failure getting project from npm npm warn Unknown env config "tmp". This will error in a future major version of npm. See `npm
  help npmrc` for supported config options. npm error code EALLOWGIT npm error Fetching packages of type "git" have been disabled npm error Refusing to fetch
  "git+https://github.com/MylesBorins/omg-i-pass.git" npm error A complete log of this run can be found in:
  /home/mike/.npm/_logs/2026-08-19T12_09_53_713Z-debug-0.log
  test/test-citgm.js
  49       );
  50     })
  51     .on('fail', (err) => {
  52       t.error(err);
  ━━━━━━━━━━━┛
  53     })
  54     .on('end', () => {
  55       t.notOk(process.exitCode, 'it should not exit');
  56       t.end();
  Tester.<anonymous> (test/test-citgm.js:52:9)
  Tester.run (lib/citgm.js:107:16)

  cause: Error: Failure getting project from npm
  npm warn Unknown env config "tmp". This will error in a future major version of npm. See `npm help npmrc` for supported config options.
  npm error code EALLOWGIT
  npm error Fetching packages of type "git" have been disabled
  npm error Refusing to fetch "git+https://github.com/MylesBorins/omg-i-pass.git"
  npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/mike/.npm/_logs/2026-08-19T12_09_53_713Z-debug-0.log

  lib/grab-project.js
   85       if (bailed) return;
   86       clearTimeout(timeoutId);
   87       if (code > 0) {
   88         return reject(new Error(`Failure getting project from npm\n${stderr}`));
   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
   89       }
   90       filename = filename.trim();
   91       if (context.module.type === 'directory') {
   92         filename = filename.trim().split('\n');
  ChildProcess.<anonymous> (lib/grab-project.js:88:23)

Asserts:  318 pass  2 fail  320 of 320 complete
Suites:    25 pass  2 fail    27 of 27 complete

# { total: 320, pass: 318, fail: 2 }
# time=213913.589ms

[MikeMcC399]

The test failures can be mitigated by using appropriate npm environment variables.

I want to hold back on submitting further PRs though, until there is capacity to have reviewed and merged (or rejected) the existing ones I've submitted.

[MikeMcC399]

Mitigations submitted as:
#1132
#1133