[BUG] <cb() never called>

[Manik-Jain]

Note: Please search to see if an issue already exists for your problem: https://github.com/npm/cli/issues

Current Behavior:

npm ERR! cb() never called!
npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/cli/issues

Expected Behavior:

Project dependencies should be downloaded

Steps To Reproduce:

Run:
npm install --force
npm WARN using --force Recommended protections disabled.
npm ERR! cb() never called!
npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/cli/issues

Environment:

• OS: MacOS
• Node: 15.2.0
• npm: 7.0.10

[Christoph1972]

Maybe it's related to this: #3165

[ljharb]

#417

[nlf]

as mentioned, see #417, try updating to the latest npm 7 (7.11.2 as of this writing) and if you continue to have problems open a new issue being sure to fill out the issue template entirely. we need to know a lot more information about what you're doing in order to help you with this.