Fix npm 12 install scripts blocked for better-sqlite3 and node-gyp. Review allowScripts, rebuild safely, and verify the native binding.
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On August 23, 2026, I reproduced the npm 12 failure mode that is easy to miss: npm install can exit with code 0 while blocking a dependency’s lifecycle script. If that script builds a native addon, downloads a platform binary, or generates a required file, the application can fail later even though the installation looked successful. npm 12 blocks dependency preinstall, install, and postinstall scripts by default through the root project’s allowScripts policy, and it treats an implicit node-gyp rebuild as an install script. The safe repair is not to disable script protection globally. In the p…
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