npm is unable to authenticate when attempting to run npm install in my project folder

[noahlthorne]

I have been having a consistent problem with npm being unable to authenticate when I try to run npm install in my project folder. I have tried many different solutions according to information I found on the internet. Here are the things I tried

• npm logout and then npm login
• removing the .npmrc folder from both my home directory and project directory then recreating it on login
• changing node version
• uninstalling and reinstalling node
• manually adding authentication token to .npmrc file
• clearing the cache using npm cache clean --force
• checking the proxy setting
• removing the proxy

None of these methods worked for me. I think at this point I have exhausted all of my options, which is why I am reaching out to npm support.

Additionally, when I run npm config get registry I get: https://registry.npmjs.org/

Also, when I run "npm config get userconfig" it returns "/home/noahlthorne/.npmrc" which is the correct file where the auth token is located

Here is the most recent error log when running npm install:

npm i
npm error code E401
npm error Unable to authenticate, your authentication token seems to be invalid.
npm error To correct this please try logging in again with:
npm error npm login
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/noahlthorne/.npm/_logs/2024-06-13T13_22_29_575Z-debug-0.log

[milaninfy]

@noahlthorne Could you please provide steps to reproduce with these information

Environment Details

• npm:
• Node.js:
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• npm config:

; copy and paste output from `npm config ls` here

[milaninfy]

Closing due to age. If this is still a problem please feel free to reopen this issue, or create a new issue w/ steps to reproduce and logs.