BEACON

← candidates

npm @clerk/backend @3.8.0

score
0.7 high
flagged 2026-06-18 10:29
signals by category
topology 2

maintainers added:

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
topology
dist_tag_anomaly 0.5 dist-tags.latest=3.8.0 but max published is 3.8.1-canary.v20260617211015
shared_repo_different_publisher 0.9 repo 'git+https://github.com/clerk/javascript.git' also claimed by 10 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@clerk/react-router', 'npm/@clerk/astro', 'npm/@clerk/expo'] ...

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

{
  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "colinclerk",
    "bradenclerk",
    "nikosdouvlis",
    "chanioxaris",
    "jescalan",
    "bkalow",
    "dominic-clerk",
    "mwickett"
  ],
  "versions": 5243
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

{
  "dependencies_count": 3,
  "dist": {
    "integrity": "sha512-uZLyJNsRYnc8Ccx7IK/ZpUajRmb69khgwab3c24THK/oIyFs78wFlZ3rAKuC5K+BroggDOSUBwceXYJPUTCLLQ==",
    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@clerk/backend/-/backend-3.8.0.tgz",
    "unpackedSize": 3302151
  },
  "dist-tags": {
    "alpha-v5": "1.0.0-alpha-v5.17",
    "beta": "1.0.0-beta.37",
    "beta-v5": "1.0.0-beta-v5.19",
    "canary": "3.8.1-canary.v20260618152715",
    "canary-core3": "3.0.0-canary-core3.v20251208193449",
    "latest": "3.8.0",
    "latest-v4": "0.38.15",
    "latest-v5": "2.33.5",
    "snapshot": "3.8.1-snapshot.v20260618135925",
    "staging": "0.34.0-staging.v4f9214a"
  },
  "latest_version": "3.8.0",
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "colin@clerk.dev",
      "name": "colinclerk"
    },
    {
      "email": "braden@clerk.dev",
      "name": "bradenclerk"
    },
    {
      "email": "nikosdouvlis@gmail.com",
      "name": "nikosdouvlis"
    },
    {
      "email": "haris@clerk.dev",
      "name": "chanioxaris"
    },
    {
      "email": "soft.joy1514@fastmail.com",
      "name": "jescalan"
    },
    {
      "email": "hello@brycekalow.name",
      "name": "bkalow"
    },
    {
      "email": "dominic@clerk.dev",
      "name": "dominic-clerk"
    },
    {
      "email": "mike@wickett.ca",
      "name": "mwickett"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 5245,
  "repository": {
    "directory": "packages/backend",
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/clerk/javascript.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsup",
    "build:declarations": "tsc -p tsconfig.declarations.json",
    "build:lib": "tsup --env.NODE_ENV production",
    "build:runtime": "cpy 'src/runtime/**/*.{mjs,js,cjs}' dist/runtime",
    "clean": "rimraf ./dist",
    "dev": "tsup --watch",
    "dev:pub": "pnpm dev -- --env.publish",
    "format": "node ../../scripts/format-package.mjs",
    "format:check": "node ../../scripts/format-package.mjs --check",
    "lint": "eslint src",
    "lint:attw": "attw --pack . --profile node16 --ignore-rules false-cjs",
    "lint:publint": "publint",
    "test": "run-s test:node test:edge-runtime test:cloudflare-miniflare",
    "test:cloudflare-miniflare": "vitest run --environment miniflare",
    "test:edge-runtime": "vitest run --environment edge-runtime",
    "test:node": "vitest run --environment node",
    "test:watch": "run-s test:watch:node test:watch:edge-runtime test:watch:cloudflare-miniflare",
    "test:watch:cloudflare-miniflare": "vitest watch --environment miniflare",
    "test:watch:edge-runtime": "vitest watch --environment edge-runtime",
    "test:watch:node": "vitest watch --environment node"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "dist_tag_anomaly": "dist-tags.latest=3.8.0 but max published is 3.8.1-canary.v20260617211015",
    "shared_repo_different_publisher": "repo 'git+https://github.com/clerk/javascript.git' also claimed by 10 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@clerk/react-router', 'npm/@clerk/astro', 'npm/@clerk/expo'] ..."
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2022-11-29T11:12:10.488Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-18T15:29:36.982Z"
  }
}