From 068a9dc45aa23e697264e912cf30ae170e586158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drickon <41375613+Drickon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 19:06:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove --prefer-offline flag to prevent stale cache
 errors (#1531)

The --prefer-offline flag causes npm to use cached package metadata,
which can be stale and fail to resolve recently published versions.

Also updates deprecated --production flag to --omit=dev.

Fixes #1438
---
 tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js b/tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js
index f06f5483..c55dae83 100644
--- a/tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js
+++ b/tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class ModuleManager {
       if (needsDependencyInstall || wasNewClone || nodeModulesMissing) {
         const installSpinner = ora(`Installing dependencies for ${moduleInfo.name}...`).start();
         try {
-          execSync('npm install --production --no-audit --no-fund --prefer-offline --no-progress --legacy-peer-deps', {
+          execSync('npm install --omit=dev --no-audit --no-fund --no-progress --legacy-peer-deps', {
             cwd: moduleCacheDir,
             stdio: 'pipe',
             timeout: 120_000, // 2 minute timeout
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class ModuleManager {
         if (packageJsonNewer) {
           const installSpinner = ora(`Installing dependencies for ${moduleInfo.name}...`).start();
           try {
-            execSync('npm install --production --no-audit --no-fund --prefer-offline --no-progress --legacy-peer-deps', {
+            execSync('npm install --omit=dev --no-audit --no-fund --no-progress --legacy-peer-deps', {
               cwd: moduleCacheDir,
               stdio: 'pipe',
               timeout: 120_000, // 2 minute timeout