CodeArtifact not adding npm packages to my repository

Question

I've created in CodeArtifact a domain and a main repository called "MainRepo" with two upstreams stores: npm ("npm-store") and pipy ("pipy-store"). Then locally in my PC I've created a new folder and setup the connection using AWS CLI to "MainRepo" specifying npm as tool. After checking successfully that npm is now pointing to my repository with:

```
npm -d ping
```

I proceeded to install husky and commitlint:

```
npm install husky --save-dev
npm install @commitlint/cli --save-dev
```

At this point would expected to see those packages (and their dependencies) showing up in my main repository (or at least the npm-store) but to my surprise neither of them where listed. Then I've made a number of tests, installing other packages but not a single one got added.

Finally I've tried with:

```
npm install -g aws-cdk
```

and this was indeed added to my repo and showing up in the CodeArtifact console.

Any clues on why the others packages got ignored by CodeArtifact?

Accepted Answer

npm uses a local package cache. It will only reach out to the remote repository if it doesn't find the package in the cache. If you want to make sure that packages you request are stored in CodeArtifact, you can clear the cache before running npm install with npm cache clear -f. See https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-cache for the docs.

If that wasn't the issue, you can confirm if the npm client made requests to your CodeArtifact repository using CloudTrail.

CodeArtifact not adding npm packages to my repository

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