npm install gets stuck at fetchMetadata

Question

I\'m currently unable to run npm install in any project since today. I\'m running node v8.2.1 & npm 5.3.0 (installed via nvm).

When typing npm

Answer 1

Adding to @CptUnlucky's answer.

npm config set registry "http://registry.npmjs.org"

This forces the http fetch. If this alone doesn't work, throttle the number of simultaneous connections that can be established. Default Max connections is 50.

npm set maxsockets 3

That worked for me.