Gots 404 error on npm when publishing with GitHub Actions

[EduardoJM]

I have a monorepo with some packages and i decided to use turbo to manage the packages and the changesets to make publish a little more easy.

When the changeset publish is run in local repository, the packages are published to npm.

When i added the Github Actions to publish, i got an 404 error on PUT:

🦋  info npm info @inventare/icons
🦋  info npm info @inventare/react
🦋  info npm info @inventare/styles
🦋  warn @inventare/icons is not being published because version 0.0.1 is already published on npm
🦋  warn @inventare/react is not being published because version 0.0.9 is already published on npm
🦋  info @inventare/styles is being published because our local version (0.0.8) has not been published on npm
🦋  info Publishing "@inventare/styles" at "0.0.8"
🦋  error an error occurred while publishing @inventare/styles: E404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/@inventare%2fstyles - Not found 

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I viewed some other issues with related problems but i don't see any solution.

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My repository: https://github.com/inventare/design-system
Complete log of action run: https://github.com/inventare/design-system/actions/runs/5581849500/jobs/10200447919

[axetroy]

Same with me.

Complete log of action run: https://github.com/axetroy/iconfont-componentized/actions/runs/5763320547/job/15624927029

🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-cli" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-react" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-svg" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-vue" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-web-component" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-parser" at "1.0.5"
🦋  info Publishing "@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-share" at "1.0.5"
🦋  error an error occurred while publishing @axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-svg: E404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/@axetroy%2ficonfont-componentized-gen-svg - Not found 
🦋  error 
🦋  error  '@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-svg@1.0.5' is not in this registry.
🦋  error 
🦋  error Note that you can also install from a
🦋  error tarball, folder, http url, or git url.
🦋  error npm notice Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and public access
🦋  error npm ERR! code E404
🦋  error npm ERR! 404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/@axetroy%2ficonfont-componentized-gen-svg - Not found
🦋  error npm ERR! 404 
🦋  error npm ERR! 404  '@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-svg@1.0.5' is not in this registry.
🦋  error npm ERR! 404 
🦋  error npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
🦋  error npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.
🦋  error 
🦋  error npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2023-08-04T14_26_36_018Z-debug-0.log
🦋  error 
🦋  error an error occurred while publishing @axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-vue: E404 Not Found - PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/@axetroy%2ficonfont-componentized-gen-vue - Not found 
🦋  error 
🦋  error  '@axetroy/iconfont-componentized-gen-vue@1.0.5' is not in this registry.
🦋  error 
🦋  error Note that you can also install from a

[EduardoJM]

Same with me.

I see new actions running on your repository:

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Found an solution for this problem?

[EduardoJM]

Solution (for my case):

Add NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} env variable on action:

https://github.com/inventare/design-system/blob/main/.github/workflows/publish-to-npm.yml#L36C11-L36C52

[axetroy]

Found an solution for this problem?

sorry, I didn't known how to resolve it. But I know it might be a problem with NPM token or NPM registry. so I tried various methods.

Glad you solved it. :)

[wamra]

The actions/setup-node action is designed to securely handle authentication tokens without exposing them in plaintext in the .npmrc file. When you provide a token to actions/setup-node, it intentionally writes the .npmrc file with the _authToken set to ${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN} as a placeholder.

This means you need to set the NODE_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable in your workflow steps that require npm authentication.

Difference Between NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and NPM_TOKEN:

• NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: Officially recognized by npm as an environment variable for authentication.
• NPM_TOKEN: Not natively recognized by npm; often used as a custom variable name in scripts but requires additional configuration to be used by npm.

[manulera]

One thing that can happen is that you use an NPM token without 2FA access. It will give you an error like this:

🦋  error ➤ YN0035:   Response Code: 404 (Not Found)
🦋  error ➤ YN0035:   Request Method: PUT
🦋  error ➤ YN0035:   Request URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/@opencloning%2fstore
🦋  error ➤ YN0000: Failed with errors in 0s 272ms

Which was extremely hard to debug. Sharing in case it can help others.