Many packages suddenly disappeared

[antoniobrandao]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/infinity-agent
https://www.npmjs.com/package/timed-out
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pinkie-promise

All dependencies of webpack-related modules

[JAertgeerts]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/require-from-string

[girishla]

massive issue for us because of this. Please resolve asap

[girishla]

I've tweeted npm support and also emailed them. Hope someone sees this soon

[allquantor]

npm/npm#19534

[jamesplease]

I believe this issue affects packages with versions before 2018 as well as versions after 2018.

Versions before 2018 cannot be installed, while versions after 2018 can be. For instance,

require-from-string@2.0.0 is unavailable, while require-from-string@2.0.2 is available. The difference between them is their publish year. Note that 2.0.2 was just published, which kicked off this series of problems.

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Update: This theory appears to be wrong. See @BlackHole1 's comment below :)

Instead, this appears to be because floatdrop's packages have disappeared.

• Cached float drop account page
• Current float drop account page

[BlackHole1]

@jmeas Not so, because someone registered the package