An as-yet unidentified update to babel released across several modules in 7.8.0 breaks CI builds that use the npm-node-6-docker image (that is to say, most or all services still on node 6):
14:03:04 + exec docker run --volume /srv/jenkins/workspace/workspace/mobileapps-periodic-test/src:/src --volume /srv/jenkins/workspace/workspace/mobileapps-periodic-test/cache:/cache --volume /srv/jenkins/workspace/workspace/mobileapps-periodic-test/log:/log --init --rm --label jenkins.job=mobileapps-periodic-test --label jenkins.build=14587 --env-file /dev/fd/63 docker-registry.wikimedia.org/releng/npm-test:0.6.1-s1 periodic 14:03:04 ++ /usr/bin/env 14:03:04 ++ egrep -v '^(HOME|SHELL|PATH|LOGNAME|MAIL)=' 14:03:05 + cd /src 14:03:05 + '[' '!' -f package.json ']' 14:03:05 + node --version 14:03:05 v6.11.0 14:03:05 + npm --version 14:03:05 3.8.3 14:03:05 + rm -rf node_modules 14:03:05 + npm install --no-progress 14:03:13 npm WARN deprecated kad-fs@0.0.4: Please upgrade to @kadenceproject/kadence - See https://kadence.github.io 14:03:13 npm WARN deprecated kad-memstore@0.0.1: Please upgrade to @kadenceproject/kadence - See https://kadence.github.io 14:03:16 npm ERR! Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.11-amd64 14:03:16 npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "--no-progress" 14:03:16 npm ERR! node v6.11.0 14:03:16 npm ERR! npm v3.8.3 14:03:16 npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG 14:03:16 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/deps.js:455:12) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:7 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: 14:03:16 npm ERR! typeerror <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>