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Manage trusted publishing relationships between packages and CI/CD providers

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npm trust

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Prerequisites

Before using npm trust commands, ensure the following requirements are met:

  • npm version: npm@11.10.0 or above is required. Use npm install -g npm@^11.10.0 to update if needed.
  • Write permissions on the package: You must have write access to the package you're configuring.
  • 2FA enabled on account: Two-factor authentication must be enabled at the account level. Even if it's not currently enabled, you must enable it to use trust commands.
  • Supported authentication methods: Granular Access Tokens (GAT) with the bypass 2FA option are not supported. Legacy basic auth (username and password) credentials will not work for trust commands or endpoints.
  • Package must exist: The package you're configuring must already exist on the npm registry.

Description

Configure trust relationships between npm packages and CI/CD providers using OpenID Connect (OIDC). This is the command-line equivalent of managing trusted publisher configurations on the npm website.

For a comprehensive overview of trusted publishing, see the npm trusted publishers documentation.

The [package] argument specifies the package name. If omitted, npm will use the name from the package.json in the current directory.

Each trust relationship has its own set of configuration options and flags based on the OIDC claims provided by that provider. OIDC claims come from the CI/CD provider and include information such as repository name, workflow file, or environment. Since each provider's claims differ, the available flags and configuration keys are not universal—npm matches the claims supported by each provider's OIDC configuration. For specific details on which claims and flags are supported for a given provider, use npm trust <provider> --help.

The required options depend on the CI/CD provider you're configuring. Detailed information about each option is available in the managing trusted publisher configurations section of the npm documentation. If a provider is repository-based and the option is not provided, npm will use the repository.url field from your package.json, if available.

Currently, the registry only supports one configuration per package. If you attempt to create a new trust relationship when one already exists, it will result in an error. To replace an existing configuration:

  1. Use npm trust list [package] to view the ID of the existing trusted publisher
  2. Use npm trust revoke --id <id> [package] to remove the existing configuration
  3. Then create your new trust relationship

Bulk Usage

For maintainers managing a large number of packages, you can configure trusted publishing in bulk using bash scripting. Create a loop that iterates through package names and their corresponding configuration details, executing the npm trust <provider> command with the --yes flag for each package.

The first request will require two-factor authentication. During two-factor authentication, you'll see an option on the npm website to skip two-factor authentication for the next 5 minutes. Enabling this option will allow subsequent npm trust <provider> commands to proceed without two-factor authentication, streamlining the bulk configuration process.

We recommend adding a 2-second sleep between each call to avoid rate limiting. With this approach, you can configure approximately 80 packages within the 5-minute two-factor authentication skip window.

Configuration

npm trust github

Create a trusted relationship between a package and GitHub Actions

Synopsis

npm trust github [package] --file [--repo|--repository] [--env|--environment] [-y|--yes]

Flags

FlagDefaultTypeDescription
--filenullString (required)Name of workflow file within a repositories .GitHub folder (must end in yaml, yml)
--repository, --reponullStringName of the repository in the format owner/repo
--environment, --envnullStringCI environment name
--dry-runfalseBooleanIndicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the commands that modify your local installation, eg, install, update, dedupe, uninstall, as well as pack and publish. Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg dist-tags, owner, etc.
--jsonfalseBooleanWhether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output. * In npm pkg set it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your package.json. Not supported by all npm commands.
--registry"https://registry.npmjs.org/"URLThe base URL of the npm registry.
--yes, -ynullnull or BooleanAutomatically answer "yes" to any prompts that npm might print on the command line.

npm trust gitlab

Create a trusted relationship between a package and GitLab CI/CD

Synopsis

npm trust gitlab [package] --file [--project|--repo|--repository] [--env|--environment] [-y|--yes]

Flags

FlagDefaultTypeDescription
--filenullString (required)Name of pipeline file (e.g., .gitlab-ci.yml)
--projectnullStringName of the project in the format group/project or group/subgroup/project
--environment, --envnullStringCI environment name
--dry-runfalseBooleanIndicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the commands that modify your local installation, eg, install, update, dedupe, uninstall, as well as pack and publish. Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg dist-tags, owner, etc.
--jsonfalseBooleanWhether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output. * In npm pkg set it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your package.json. Not supported by all npm commands.
--registry"https://registry.npmjs.org/"URLThe base URL of the npm registry.
--yes, -ynullnull or BooleanAutomatically answer "yes" to any prompts that npm might print on the command line.

npm trust list

List trusted relationships for a package

Synopsis

npm trust list [package]

Flags

FlagDefaultTypeDescription
--jsonfalseBooleanWhether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output. * In npm pkg set it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before saving them to your package.json. Not supported by all npm commands.
--registry"https://registry.npmjs.org/"URLThe base URL of the npm registry.

npm trust revoke

Revoke a trusted relationship for a package

Synopsis

npm trust revoke [package] --id=<trust-id>

Flags

FlagDefaultTypeDescription
--idnullString (required)ID of the trusted relationship to revoke
--dry-runfalseBooleanIndicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the commands that modify your local installation, eg, install, update, dedupe, uninstall, as well as pack and publish. Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg dist-tags, owner, etc.
--registry"https://registry.npmjs.org/"URLThe base URL of the npm registry.

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