[BUG] TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE : Unrecognized archive format

[VishalMishraTss]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

while running RUN npm install pm2 -g in docker creation of my node app
I am getting:
npm error code TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE
npm error TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format

Dockerfile:
FROM node:18-slim

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm i --only=production

COPY . .

RUN npm install pm2 -g

tried below also still same

RUN npm cache clean --force && npm install pm2 -g

EXPOSE 1337

CMD ["pm2-runtime", "dist/server.js"]

Expected Behavior

It should install pm2 properly in the docker container

Steps To Reproduce

1. Docker base image tested on: node:18-slim, node:18,node:16,node:16-slim,node:alpine,node:latest,node:18-slim,node:18,node:22,node:20

2.Manually test the PM2 installation:
Run a temporary container for debugging:
docker run -it --rm node:18-slim bash
Inside the container, run:
npm cache clean --force && npm install -g pm2

error encountered:
npm error code TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE
npm error TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format

Environment

• npm: 11.0.0
• Node.js: v22.12.0
• OS Name: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2861]

[atharva-unde]

Duplicate of #7986

[BRAVO68WEB]

Same, its again an India specific error. Ahh

[BRAVO68WEB]

Our AWS server in Mumbai are failing.
But, Singapore ones are up!

[Ganesh1991]

Facing same issue

70.30 npm error code TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE
70.30 npm error TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
70.30 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2024-12-17T13_05_42_763Z-debug-0.log

[Ganesh1991]

Issue with NPM site. you can track status from here https://status.npmjs.org/

[milaninfy]

Closing as duplicate of #7986.