[BUG] NPM Audit is experiencing elevated latency

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Is there an existing issue for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

  • I am using the latest npm

This is not just a request to bump a dependency for a CVE

  • This is not solely a request to bump a dependency for a CVE

Current Behavior

Here is the log of the latest npm install. The way to mitigate is to use --no-audit but I would want to avoid doing that.

abhinasu-mac:nodejs abhinasu$ npm i --verbose
npm verbose cli /opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/24.1.0/bin/node /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
npm info using npm@11.3.0
npm info using node@v24.1.0
npm verbose title npm i
npm verbose argv "i" "--loglevel" "verbose"
npm verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/Users/abhinasu/.npm/_logs/2026-09-04T04_11_41_471Z-
npm verbose logfile /Users/abhinasu/.npm/_logs/2026-09-04T04_11_41_471Z-debug-0.log
npm http fetch POST 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/npm/v1/security/advisories/bulk **173178ms**

up to date, audited 69 packages in 3m

27 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities
npm verbose cwd /Users/abhinasu/Developer/helloworld/nodejs
npm verbose os Darwin 24.6.0
npm verbose node v24.1.0
npm verbose npm  v11.3.0
npm verbose exit 0
npm info ok

Expected Behavior

No response

Steps To Reproduce

  1. In this environment...
  2. With this config...
  3. Run 'npm i'
  4. See error...

No error but takes too long

Environment

  • npm:
  • Node.js:
  • OS Name: Mac/Linux
  • System Model Name:
  • npm config: