[Question]: npmAuthenciate adding parameter to .npmrc that is deprecated

[gavintoddchurch]

Task name

npmAuthenticate & npm

Task version

@0 | @1

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Ubuntu 24.x

Question

npmAuthenciate and npm tasks when using customEndpoint are adding


//<registry>:always-auth=true


This is causing a warning in newer versions of npm


npm warn Unknown project config "always-auth" (//<registry>:always-auth). This will stop working in the next major version of npm.