[BUG] npm login - Exit handler never called!

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This issue exists in the latest npm version

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Current Behavior

When trying to run npm loginto authenticate with my companies artifactory in order to run npm install, I am unable to login, and the following error message is shown

$ npm login npm notice Log in on https://artifactory.{companyname}.com/artifactory/api/npm/et-npm/ Login at: https://artifactory.{companydomain}/ui/auth-provider/npm?uuid={id} npm error Exit handler never called! npm error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: npm error https://github.com/npm/cli/issues npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: D:\Users\etc

Expected Behavior

I am expecting to be logged in, or the web browser for our artifacory is prompted so that I am authenticated. Then I can npm install correctly

Steps To Reproduce

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Environment

npm: 10.8.1
Node.js: 20.12.2
OS Name: Windows
System Model Name:
npm config: I cannot provide those details

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