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npm @npmcli/arborist @9.8.0

score
0.7333 high
flagged 2026-06-19 10:20
signals by category
topology 3

maintainers added: —

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
topology
dist_tag_anomaly 0.5 dist-tags.latest=9.8.0 but max published is 10.0.0-pre.0.0
mass_publish_burst 0.8 publisher 'owlstronaut' pushed 5 packages in the last 15min on npm
shared_repo_different_publisher 0.9 repo 'git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git' also claimed by 1 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/go-traffic-utility']

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

{
  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "saquibkhan",
    "npm-cli-ops",
    "reggi",
    "owlstronaut"
  ],
  "versions": 225
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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  "dependencies_count": 34,
  "dist": {
    "integrity": "sha512-bqjei/1+uait6wA30G7IElMs5VCyGpuVPFQYsvzqhTEEAVmDMsHBCFstcT2lLfeQDvi8MeUQHStfHSArvdTQuw==",
    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@npmcli/arborist/-/arborist-9.8.0.tgz",
    "unpackedSize": 534668
  },
  "dist-tags": {
    "backport": "8.0.5",
    "latest": "9.8.0",
    "prerelease": "10.0.0-pre.1"
  },
  "latest_version": "9.8.0",
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "saquibkhan@github.com",
      "name": "saquibkhan"
    },
    {
      "email": "npm-cli+bot@github.com",
      "name": "npm-cli-ops"
    },
    {
      "email": "reggi@github.com",
      "name": "reggi"
    },
    {
      "email": "owlstronaut@github.com",
      "name": "owlstronaut"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 227,
  "repository": {
    "directory": "workspaces/arborist",
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "benchclean": "rm -rf scripts/benchmark/*/",
    "benchmark": "node scripts/benchmark.js",
    "eslint": "eslint \"**/*.{js,cjs,ts,mjs,jsx,tsx}\"",
    "lint": "npm run eslint",
    "lintfix": "npm run eslint -- --fix",
    "postlint": "template-oss-check",
    "posttest": "npm run lint",
    "snap": "tap",
    "template-oss-apply": "template-oss-apply --force",
    "test": "tap",
    "test-proxy": "ARBORIST_TEST_PROXY=1 tap --snapshot"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "dist_tag_anomaly": "dist-tags.latest=9.8.0 but max published is 10.0.0-pre.0.0",
    "mass_publish_burst": "publisher 'owlstronaut' pushed 5 packages in the last 15min on npm",
    "shared_repo_different_publisher": "repo 'git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git' also claimed by 1 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/go-traffic-utility']"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2020-01-01T02:24:57.267Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-19T15:20:30.562Z"
  }
}