Explore using npm install-strategy=linked

.github/setup-node/action.yml

@@ -16,21 +16,17 @@ runs:
               check-latest: true
               cache: npm
 
-        - name: Get Node.js and npm version
-          id: node-version
+        - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
           run: |
-              echo "NODE_VERSION=$(node -v)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git /tmp/npm-cli
+              cd /tmp/npm-cli && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+              NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+              rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+              ln -s /tmp/npm-cli "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+              npm --version
           shell: bash
 
-        - name: Cache node_modules
-          id: cache-node_modules
-          uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
-          with:
-              path: '**/node_modules'
-              key: node_modules-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ steps.node-version.outputs.NODE_VERSION }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json', 'patches/**') }}
-
         - name: Install npm dependencies
-          if: ${{ steps.cache-node_modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
           run: |
               npm ci
           shell: bash
@@ -40,14 +36,3 @@ runs:
           with:
               name: npm-logs
               path: C:\npm\cache\_logs
-
-        # On cache hit, we run the post-install script to match the native `npm ci` behavior.
-        # An example of this is to patch `node_modules` using patch-package.
-        - name: Post-install
-          if: ${{ steps.cache-node_modules.outputs.cache-hit == 'true' }}
-          run: |
-              # Run the post-install script for the root project.
-              npm run postinstall
-              # Run the post-install scripts for workspaces.
-              npx lerna run postinstall
-          shell: bash

.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml

@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ ! matrix.IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN }}
               run: jq --tab '.wpPlugin.name = "wp"' package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json
 
+            - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
+              run: |
+                  git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git /tmp/npm-cli
+                  cd /tmp/npm-cli && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+                  NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+                  rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  ln -s /tmp/npm-cli "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  npm --version
+
             - name: Build Gutenberg plugin ZIP file
               run: ./bin/build-plugin-zip.sh
               env:
@@ -485,6 +494,15 @@ jobs:
                   registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
                   check-latest: true
 
+            - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
+              run: |
+                  git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git /tmp/npm-cli
+                  cd /tmp/npm-cli && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+                  NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+                  rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  ln -s /tmp/npm-cli "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  npm --version
+
             - name: Publish packages to npm ("latest" dist-tag)
               run: |
                   cd main

.github/workflows/bundle-size.yml

@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ jobs:
                   check-latest: true
                   cache: npm
 
+            - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
+              run: |
+                  git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git /tmp/npm-cli
+                  cd /tmp/npm-cli && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+                  NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+                  rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  ln -s /tmp/npm-cli "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  npm --version
+
             - uses: preactjs/compressed-size-action@66325aad6443cb7cf89c4bfcd414aea2367cda94 # v2.9.1
               with:
                   omit-unchanged: true

.github/workflows/publish-npm-packages.yml

@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ jobs:
                   registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
                   check-latest: true
 
+            - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
+              run: |
+                  git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git /tmp/npm-cli
+                  cd /tmp/npm-cli && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+                  NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+                  rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  ln -s /tmp/npm-cli "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  npm --version
+
             - name: Publish development packages to npm ("next" dist-tag)
               if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type == 'development' }}
               run: |

.github/workflows/static-checks.yml

@@ -58,8 +58,19 @@ jobs:
                   node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
                   cache: npm
 
-            - name: Pin npm version for consistency
-              run: npm install -g npm@10
+            - name: Install custom npm with linked strategy fix
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  git clone --depth 1 --branch v11-gb-test https://github.com/manzoorwanijk/npm-cli.git "$RUNNER_TEMP/npm-cli"
+                  cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/npm-cli" && node scripts/resetdeps.js
+                  NPM_GLOBAL_DIR="$(npm root -g)/npm"
+                  rm -rf "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  if [[ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]]; then
+                      cp -r "$RUNNER_TEMP/npm-cli" "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  else
+                      ln -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/npm-cli" "$NPM_GLOBAL_DIR"
+                  fi
+                  npm --version
 
             - name: npm install
               # A "full" install is executed, since `npm ci` does not always exit

.github/workflows/storybook-check.yml

@@ -51,12 +51,19 @@ jobs:
 
             - name: Install test-runner and Playwright dependencies
               run: |
-                  npm install --no-save @storybook/test-runner@0.24.2
+                  # storybook and playwright are needed as peer dependencies of @storybook/test-runner
+                  STORYBOOK_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./storybook/package.json').devDependencies.storybook")
+                  npm install --save-dev "storybook@$STORYBOOK_VERSION" @storybook/test-runner@0.24.2 playwright
                   npx playwright install --with-deps
 
             - name: Serve Storybook and run tests
               run: |
-                  npx concurrently -k -s first -n "SB,TEST" -c "magenta,blue" \
-                  "npx http-server ./storybook/build --port 50240 --silent" \
-                  "npx wait-on tcp:127.0.0.1:50240 && \
-                  npx test-storybook --url http://localhost:50240 --config-dir ./storybook"
+                  npx http-server ./storybook/build --port 50240 --silent &
+                  SERVER_PID=$!
+                  # Wait for server to be ready
+                  until curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:50240 > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
+                  # Run tests (kill server on exit)
+                  npx test-storybook --url http://localhost:50240 --config-dir ./storybook
+                  EXIT_CODE=$?
+                  kill $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null || true
+                  exit $EXIT_CODE

.npmrc

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ legacy-peer-deps = true
 prefer-dedupe = true
 lockfile-version = 3
 min-release-age = 1
+install-strategy = "linked"