npm cb() never called

[MJMarkjohn]

npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! https://npm.community

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

[communque]

Received a possibly related error...

npm install -g npm-check-updates

results in...

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>

[Noha-Ismail]

I have the same issue now

[cardoX007]

I have the same issue too

[Samiksha-C]

I am facing the same issue too.

[emmsdan]

Same issue, but mine happened even before any dependency was installed...
That's the only error I am having.

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-09-10T08_32_39_466Z-debug.log
The command '/bin/sh -c npm install' returned a non-zero code: 1

Am having this issue when running this in a Docker instance...

[darcyclarke]

Closing: Please use one of our issue templates if you believe you've found a bug in npm itself; As well, please check to ensure that there is no existing duplicate issue for that problem (ref. https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/new/choose)