npm install alway failed on jenkins build job (error code EPIPE)

Question

It's very strange since it just works for a long time but now when I trigger the build job, it's always failed. But when I connect to the jenkins host via ssh and build by command line, it works without any error

My jenkins config:

cd pic-frontend
npm install --verbose
npm run build-staging

It's failed at npm install

Here is the jenkins log:

Started by user root
Rebuilds build #155
Running as SYSTEM
[EnvInject] - Loading node environment variables.
Building on master in workspace /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/PIC-Staging-Deployment
using credential aaa
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repository
 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-backend.git # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-backend.git
 > /usr/bin/git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials aaa
 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress -- git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-backend.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master^{commit} # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/origin/master^{commit} # timeout=10
Checking out Revision ef4181ffa267fa10e8ca074a81048bb1ac18e0f6 (refs/remotes/origin/master)
 > /usr/bin/git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git checkout -f ef4181ffa267fa10e8ca074a81048bb1ac18e0f6 # timeout=10
Commit message: "Merge branch 'busy-time' into 'master'"
 > /usr/bin/git rev-list --no-walk ef4181ffa267fa10e8ca074a81048bb1ac18e0f6 # timeout=10
using credential aaa
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repository
 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-frontend.git # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-frontend.git
 > /usr/bin/git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials aaa
 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress -- git@gitlab.com:epic4/pic-frontend.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master^{commit} # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/origin/master^{commit} # timeout=10
Checking out Revision 28f5e1eaa374f407738e7aaf8254e9a22bcd1627 (refs/remotes/origin/master)
 > /usr/bin/git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10
 > /usr/bin/git checkout -f 28f5e1eaa374f407738e7aaf8254e9a22bcd1627 # timeout=10
Commit message: "Merge branch 'Ql-dao-tao' into 'master'"
 > /usr/bin/git rev-list --no-walk 28f5e1eaa374f407738e7aaf8254e9a22bcd1627 # timeout=10
[PIC-Staging-Deployment] $ /bin/sh -xe /tmp/jenkins7625098248618834599.sh
+ cd pic-frontend
+ npm install --verbose
npmBuild step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE

And npm log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '--verbose' ]
2 info using npm@6.14.13
3 info using node@v14.17.0
4 verbose npm-session 34549561e0a4df44
5 silly install runPreinstallTopLevelLifecycles
6 verbose stack Error: write EPIPE
6 verbose stack     at afterWriteDispatched (internal/stream_base_commons.js:156:25)
6 verbose stack     at writeGeneric (internal/stream_base_commons.js:147:3)
6 verbose stack     at Socket._writeGeneric (net.js:785:11)
6 verbose stack     at Socket._write (net.js:797:8)
6 verbose stack     at writeOrBuffer (internal/streams/writable.js:358:12)
6 verbose stack     at Socket.Writable.write (internal/streams/writable.js:303:10)
6 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.log.write (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:271:10)
6 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:235:12)
6 verbose stack     at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
6 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.log.emitLog (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:232:28)
6 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:214:8)
6 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:286:23)
6 verbose stack     at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/figgy-config.js:13:5)
6 verbose stack     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1068:30)
6 verbose stack     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:10)
6 verbose stack     at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:933:32)
7 verbose cwd /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/PIC-Staging-Deployment/pic-frontend
8 verbose Linux 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64
9 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--verbose"
10 verbose node v14.17.0
11 verbose npm  v6.14.13
12 error code EPIPE
13 error syscall write
14 error errno -32
15 error write EPIPE
16 verbose exit [ -32, true ]

Answer 1

Hard to provide one answer, so here are few possible solutions. Please test each one, in next order, and comment about what works for you.

1. CI npm installation

   cd pic-frontend
   npm ci
   npm run build-staging
   

2. Add permission flags (ref)

   cd pic-frontend
   npm install --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root --verbose
   npm run build-staging
   

If issue still reproducing, provide next info:

• what node and npm version do you have on Jenkins? Please check it in two ways: by running CI and through ssh connection.
• do you use caching for node_modules on Jenkins?