fix(npm): eagerly reload package information when version from lockfile not found locally (#18673)

Closes #18624

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/cli/npm/installer.rs b/cli/npm/installer.rs
index 5a15494ab..9e5fcc4c3 100644
--- a/cli/npm/installer.rs
+++ b/cli/npm/installer.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ impl PackageJsonDepsInstaller {
         if inner.npm_registry_api.mark_force_reload() {
           log::debug!("Failed to resolve package. Retrying. Error: {err:#}");
           // re-initialize
-          inner.npm_registry_api.clear_memory_cache();
           reqs_with_info_futures = inner.reqs_with_info_futures();
         } else {
           return Err(err.into());
diff --git a/cli/npm/registry.rs b/cli/npm/registry.rs
index b38cfa898..798cb17dd 100644
--- a/cli/npm/registry.rs
+++ b/cli/npm/registry.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ impl CliNpmRegistryApi {
     ) {
       return false;
     }
-    self.inner().force_reload_flag.raise()
+    if self.inner().force_reload_flag.raise() {
+      self.clear_memory_cache(); // clear the memory cache to force reloading
+      true
+    } else {
+      false
+    }
   }
 
   fn inner(&self) -> &Arc<CliNpmRegistryApiInner> {