"Host key verification failed." for github npm package, lockfileVersion@2

Expo Application Services (EAS)
#1

This seems specifically related to the package-lock.json lockfileVersion. Downgrading to lockfileVersion@1 resolved this, but hoping it can be fixed on the eas build server:

  • Our build at commit 4902e47 failed with the below error
  • Our build at commit 14f9b3b succeeded - the only change in between was the lockfileVersion

eas build logs:

Running npm in the root dir of your repository 
[stderr] npm
[stderr] WARN read-shrinkwrap This version of npm is compatible with lockfileVersion@1, but package-lock.json was generated for lockfileVersion@2. I'll try to do my best with it!
[stderr] npm ERR! Error while executing:
[stderr] npm ERR! /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/[redacted].git
[stderr] npm ERR! 
[stderr] npm ERR! Host key verification failed.
[stderr] npm ERR! fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
[stderr] npm ERR! 
[stderr] npm ERR! Please make sure you have the correct access rights
[stderr] npm ERR! and the repository exists.
[stderr] npm ERR! 
[stderr] npm ERR! exited with error code: 128
[stderr] 
[stderr] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
[stderr] npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2021-12-02T06_34_58_696Z-debug.log
npm exited with non-zero code: 1

Note: The GH repo is public, so that’s not the issue, just redacting for privacy.

Thanks!

#2

you can upgrade version of node (and npm) via node field in eas.json to version that supports new lockfiles

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#3

That fixed it, thank you wkozyra!