docker-node: NPM install stucks with node:20

I’m encountering the same issue - docker build hangs on RUN npm install. The problem occurs when trying to build an image using --platform=linux/amd64 on Docker Desktop Mac.

(Why do this? I want to test an image on my mac laptop that will eventually run in an amd64 environment, and one apt dependency does not have an arm64 version)

Workarounds I found:

• Downgrade to the previous base node image (node:18.17.0, should be the case for node:20 as well)
• Turn off Rosetta, as @callmemaxi suggested (slow)
• Build for arm64 (causes issues if you need amd64)

Dockerfile

FROM --platform=linux/amd64 node:18
RUN npm install --loglevel verbose
CMD index.js

package.json

{
  "name": "docker-bug",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "chalk": "^5.3.0"
  }
}

index.js

import chalk from 'chalk';
console.log(chalk.green('Hello world'));

Console output

$ docker build . -t node-docker-bug
[+] Building 11.7s (4/5)                                                                                                                                  docker:desktop-linux
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                                         0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                                                                           0.0s
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                      0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 120B                                                                                                                                      0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:18                                                                                                                0.3s
 => CACHED [1/2] FROM docker.io/library/node:18@sha256:ee0a21d64211d92d4340b225c556e9ef1a8bce1d5b03b49f5f07bf1dbbaa5626                                                   0.0s
 => [2/2] RUN npm install --loglevel verbose                                                                                                                             11.5s
 => => # npm info using npm@9.8.1                                                                                                                                             
 => => # npm info using node@v18.18.0                                                                                                                                         
 => => # npm verb title npm install                                                                                                                                           
 => => # npm verb argv "install" "--loglevel" "verbose"                                                                                                                       
 => => # npm verb logfile logs-max:10 dir:/root/.npm/_logs/2023-09-25T19_40_55_092Z-                                                                                          
 => => # npm verb logfile /root/.npm/_logs/2023-09-25T19_40_55_092Z-debug-0.log  

Same issue affecting npm and yarn when using docker buildx and building for linux/arm/v7

got same issues , you can easily duplicate this issue with below commands

$ cat Dockerfile

FROM node:lts-alpine

RUN export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH && npm install -g semver

CMD ["semver", "--help"]

$ export platform="linux/arm/v7"

$ docker buildx build --progress=plain --platform "${platform}" --tag demo .

...
#6 [2/2] RUN export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin && npm install -g semver

Then it stucks at installation forever.

run tests on below platforms

linux/amd64,linux/arm/v6,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64/v8,linux/ppc64le,linux/s390x

• platforms without problem: linux/amd64, linux/arm64/v8, linux/ppc64le
• platforms with buildx hangs on problem: linux/s390x, inux/arm/v6, linux/arm/v7

I have the same issue with yarn

Trigger

What triggered this problem for me was updating my package-lock.json from version 1 to version 3.

Solution

The key solution for me was using npm install --no-audit, which also just makes it run much faster, and auditing can probably just be done independently of the normal build/CI process.

Details

Here are some additional details I gathered before finding the final solution, in case it’s helpful for others, or for debugging the root problem.

Sorta Solutions

These attempts somewhat worked but not in a satisfactory way…

• Reverting back to my version 1 package-lock.json file worked, but I didn’t want to stick with this because it felt fragile and it was slow because npm had to recreate it each time I ran my docker-based build (unless in the docker cache).

• For 1 code repository, it worked to remove the package-lock.json file and recreate it, but this didn’t work for my other repo.

Non-Solutions

These attempts didn’t work…

• Flushing docker state with …

docker container prune -a
docker rm -f $(docker ps -qa)
docker image prune -a
docker volume prune
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)
docker buildx prune

• Reinstall docker at older versions (on linux mint) with instructions here https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository using the “specific version” instructions, something like …

apt-cache madison docker-ce
va=... # pick an older version from above
apt-cache madison containerd.io
vb=... # pick an older version from above

apt-get install docker-ce=$va containerd.io=$vb
# restarted

• Installing the latest LTS node currently 20.11.1 which contains npm version 10.2.4

• Deleting and recreating my package-lock.json (although it worked for the 1 repo mentioned above)

• Using docker build --network=host

I was able to run yarn and npm commands now after disabling Use Rosetta for x86/amd64 emulation on Apple Silicon option in docker settings. Not sure this is a fix.

Same here. My image works with Node 16, 18 and 19. With 20 even corepack enable command gets stuck

Update: on my pipeline based on Ubuntu-22.04 linux/amd64 works