Error: npm install exited with 1

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Running the deployment for the first time and it is failing to install npm packages:

Running build in Washington, D.C., USA (East) – iad1

10:32:54.172

Cloning github.com/kbajjuri/indproperties (Branch: main, Commit: 878724c)

10:32:54.188

Skipping build cache, deployment was triggered without cache.

10:32:54.706

Cloning completed: 532.000ms

10:32:54.706

Running "if [ "$VERCEL_ENV" == "preview" ]; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi"

10:32:55.037

Running "vercel build"

10:32:55.477

Vercel CLI 41.2.2

10:32:55.799

Running "install" command: `npm install`...

10:34:10.675

npm error Exit handler never called!

10:34:10.676

npm error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:

10:34:10.676

npm error <https://github.com/npm/cli/issues>

10:34:10.676

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /vercel/.npm/_logs/2025-03-11T16_32_59_080Z-debug-0.log

10:34:10.708

Error: Command "npm install" exited with 1

Am I missing any network configuration to install packages?

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Hi, @kbajjuri! Welcome to the Vercel Community :waving_hand:

Could you share a minimal reproducible example for us to dig deeper here?

The most common reasons for this error are:

  1. Dependency conflicts: Incompatible package versions
  2. Network issues: Connection problems when downloading packages
  3. Permission problems: Insufficient file system permissions
  4. Corrupted cache: Issues with npm’s cache
  5. Node.js version incompatibility: Your Node.js version doesn’t meet requirements

Might be a good place to start!

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Hi @pawlean. I created a boiler plate project from templates and update with my package.json. Could you please try with this package file and see if you are able to deploy ok? I got the same error again with this below package.json.

{
  "name": "nextjs",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next dev --turbopack",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start",
    "lint": "next lint"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "^19.0.0",
    "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
    "next": "15.2.2",
    "cloudinary": "^2.2.0",
    "mapbox-gl": "^3.5.1",
    "mongodb": "^6.8.0",
    "mongoose": "^8.5.0",
    "next-auth": "^4.24.7",
    "photoswipe": "^5.4.4",
    "react-geocode": "^1.0.0-alpha.1",
    "react-icons": "^5.2.1",
    "react-map-gl": "^7.1.7",
    "react-photoswipe-gallery": "^3.0.1",
    "react-share": "^5.1.0",
    "react-spinners": "^0.15.0",
    "react-toastify": "^10.0.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "typescript": "^5",
    "@types/node": "^20",
    "@types/react": "^19",
    "@types/react-dom": "^19",
    "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4",
    "tailwindcss": "^4",
    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3",
    "eslint": "^9",
    "eslint-config-next": "15.1.7",
    "postcss": "^8"
  }
}
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I asked v0 for some debugging tips, could you give this a go?

https://v0.dev/chat/npm-install-error-Y5ks0KnqTNe?b=b_9YEHL5ONyDa