From 061131b166324252e680cc57f6d261d0016a59e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: innotex <innotex@miniYann.lan>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:43:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Add .npmrc config and improve npm install robustness

---
 .npmrc     |  5 +++++
 Dockerfile | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .npmrc

diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4156fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+legacy-peer-deps=true
+audit=false
+fund=false
+progress=false
+omit=dev
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 49145db..9dab037 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ FROM node:18-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Copy npm config first
+COPY .npmrc ./
+
 # Copy package files
 COPY backend/package*.json ./
 
-# Install dependencies - bypass npm bugs
-RUN npm ci --omit=dev || npm install --omit=dev || true && \
-    npm install --save express express-session bcryptjs dotenv cors multer fs-extra && \
-    if [ ! -d node_modules/express ]; then echo "ERROR: express not installed" && exit 1; fi
+# Install dependencies with retry logic
+RUN npm cache clean --force && \
+    npm install --no-optional --legacy-peer-deps 2>&1 | tail -20 && \
+    ls -la node_modules/express || npm install express && \
+    test -d node_modules/express || (echo "FATAL: express not found" && exit 1)
 
 # Copy application code
 COPY backend/src ./src