From 0352603eb3207032c864bdba4ec2f726d8dbe6c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Alaribe <anthonyalaribe@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 16:00:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Refresh npm metadata during publish verification

---
 scripts/verify-production-install.mjs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/verify-production-install.mjs b/scripts/verify-production-install.mjs
index 792d6c2..5c7e664 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-production-install.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-production-install.mjs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ for (const { dir, importable } of packages) {
     execSync('npm init -y', { cwd: work, stdio: 'ignore' })
     // --omit=dev is the whole point: devDependencies must not be what makes it importable.
     withRetry(() =>
-      execSync(`npm install --omit=dev --no-audit --no-fund ${name}@${version}`, {
+      execSync(`npm install --omit=dev --no-audit --no-fund --prefer-online ${name}@${version}`, {
         cwd: work,
         stdio: 'pipe',
       })