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Current Behavior

pkbp512@781640ZX0426:~/www/crous78/crous78-entretiens$ docker compose up --build
[+] Building 155.6s (11/11) FINISHED
=> [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s
=> => transferring dockerfile: 189B 0.0s
=> [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:22 0.0s
=> [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s
=> => transferring context: 172B 0.0s
=> [1/7] FROM docker.io/library/node:22 0.0s
=> [internal] load build context 0.2s
=> => transferring context: 15.24MB 0.2s
=> CACHED [2/7] WORKDIR /app 0.0s
=> [3/7] COPY package*.json ./ 0.1s
=> [4/7] COPY . . 0.5s
=> [5/7] COPY wait-for . 0.1s
=> [6/7] RUN chmod +x wait-for 0.3s
=> ERROR [7/7] RUN npm install 154.3s

[7/7] RUN npm install:
#4 154.2 npm error Exit handler never called!
#4 154.2 npm error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
#4 154.2 npm error https://github.com/npm/cli/issues
#4 154.2 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-07-10T15_25_06_709Z-debug-0.log

Expected Behavior

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Steps To Reproduce

1. docker-compse.ym :

version: '3.8'

services:
  db:
    image: mysql:8
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: admin
      MYSQL_DATABASE: entretiens
      MYSQL_USER: admin
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: admin
    ports:
      - "3307:3306"
    volumes:
      - ./dbdata:/var/lib/mysql

  phpmyadmin:
    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
    restart: always
    environment:
      PMA_HOST: entretiens
      PMA_USER: admin
      PMA_PASSWORD: admin
    ports:
      - "8088:80"

  adminer:
    image: adminer
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8089:8080"

  server:
    image: node:22
    working_dir: /app/server
    build:
      context: ./server
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    env_file:
      - ./server/.env.docker
    volumes:
      - ./server:/app/server   # monte ton code local dans le conteneur
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    command: ["./wait-for", "db:3306", "--", "npm", "run", "dev"]
    depends_on:
      - db

  client:
    image: node:22
    working_dir: /app/client
    build:
      context: ./client
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    volumes:
      - ./client:/app/client   # monte ton code local dans le conteneur
    ports:
      - "4200:4200"
    command: ["./wait-for", "server:3000", "--", "npm", "start"]
    depends_on:
      - server

volumes:
  dbdata:

2. In client,, Dockerfile :

FROM node:22

WORKDIR /app

COPY package*.json ./

COPY . .

COPY wait-for .
RUN chmod +x wait-for

RUN npm install

EXPOSE 4200

CMD ["npm", "start"]

3. run docker-compose up --build :

pkbp512@781640ZX0426:~/www/crous78/crous78-entretiens$ docker compose up --build
[+] Building 155.6s (11/11) FINISHED
=> [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s
=> => transferring dockerfile: 189B 0.0s
=> [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:22 0.0s
=> [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s
=> => transferring context: 172B 0.0s
=> [1/7] FROM docker.io/library/node:22 0.0s
=> [internal] load build context 0.2s
=> => transferring context: 15.24MB 0.2s
=> CACHED [2/7] WORKDIR /app 0.0s
=> [3/7] COPY package*.json ./ 0.1s
=> [4/7] COPY . . 0.5s
=> [5/7] COPY wait-for . 0.1s
=> [6/7] RUN chmod +x wait-for 0.3s
=> ERROR [7/7] RUN npm install 154.3s

[7/7] RUN npm install:
#4 154.2 npm error Exit handler never called!
#4 154.2 npm error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
#4 154.2 npm error https://github.com/npm/cli/issues
#4 154.2 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-07-10T15_25_06_709Z-debug-0.log

Environment

• npm:
• Node.js:
• OS Name: Ubuntu 22
• System Model Name:
• npm config:

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