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  • Fix timeout issue when using npm backend tools after v2026.1.0
  • The issue was caused by circular dependency: npm:npm was added to registry in registry: add npm (npm:npm) #7557, and npm was added to NPMBackend::get_dependencies(), causing infinite loop when resolving dependencies
  • Skip adding npm to dependencies when the tool itself is npm to break the cycle

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Prevents circular dependency/timeouts when resolving npm:npm.

  • Update NPMBackend::get_dependencies() to omit "npm" when the tool itself is "npm"; otherwise keep node/npm/bun/pnpm
  • Add unit tests validating dependency sets for npm:npm and other packages (e.g., npm:prettier)

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When npm:npm was added to the registry, npm was also added to
NPMBackend's get_dependencies(). This caused a circular dependency:
any npm backend tool would check for npm dependency, which would
try to resolve npm:npm, which would call dependency_env(), creating
an infinite loop until timeout.

Fix by excluding npm from dependencies when the tool itself is npm.
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Pull request overview

This pull request fixes a circular dependency timeout issue that occurs when using npm:npm after it was added to the registry. The fix prevents npm from listing itself as a dependency when the tool being installed is npm itself.

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  • Modified NPMBackend::get_dependencies() to conditionally exclude "npm" from the dependency list when the tool being installed is npm:npm
  • Added explanatory comments documenting the circular dependency prevention

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AprilNEA and others added 2 commits January 12, 2026 16:34
Add tests to verify that npm:npm does not include npm in its
dependencies to prevent circular dependency timeout.
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risu729 commented Jan 12, 2026

Thanks for the PR!
Sorry, I only tested it manually and it worked, but I only tested install.
Could you add an e2e test that reproduces the timeout without this change?

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abejfehr commented Jan 16, 2026

Sorry to chime in on a random PR, but is there any way this fix could be expedited? This bug is causing us a lot of toil

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@jdx jdx merged commit 8ba2cc0 into jdx:main Jan 16, 2026
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abejfehr commented Jan 19, 2026

This was present in 2026.1.3, right? Github says it was mentioned in there, but if I search "7644" in that release PR I don't actually see it mentioned in the changelog

Edit: I just realized the dates don't line up, 2026.1.3 is from Jan 13 and this was only merged on the 16th, but it's not present in the 2026.1.4 changelog either from what I can see

Edit edit: Ah okay, I see the commit here in 2026.1.4, it's just missing from the changelog

netbsd-srcmastr pushed a commit to NetBSD/pkgsrc that referenced this pull request Jan 22, 2026
## [2026.1.5](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.4..v2026.1.5) - 2026-01-19

### 🚀 Features

- **(complete)** add PowerShell completion support by @jdx in [#7746](jdx/mise#7746)
- **(release)** add LLM-generated prose summary to release notes by @jdx in [#7737](jdx/mise#7737)
- **(vfox)** add semver Lua module for version sorting by @jdx in [#7739](jdx/mise#7739)
- **(vfox)** add rolling release support with checksum tracking by @jdx in [#7757](jdx/mise#7757)
- dry filetask parsing and validation by @makp0 in [#7738](jdx/mise#7738)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(completions)** bump usage-cli to 2.13.1 for PowerShell support by @jdx in [#7756](jdx/mise#7756)
- schema missing env required string variant by @vadimpiven in [#7734](jdx/mise#7734)
- validate unknown fields in filetask headers by @makp0 in [#7733](jdx/mise#7733)
- disable schemacrawler test by @jdx in [#7743](jdx/mise#7743)
- replace double forward slash with single slash in get_task_lists by @collinstevens in [#7744](jdx/mise#7744)
- require LLM for release notes and include aqua section by @jdx in [#7745](jdx/mise#7745)
- preserve {{ version }} in tool options during config load by @jdx in [#7755](jdx/mise#7755)

### 📚 Documentation

- add documentation URL structure guidance to CLAUDE.md by @jdx in [#7740](jdx/mise#7740)
- add pitchfork promotion by @jdx in [#7747](jdx/mise#7747)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- relax version constraints and update dependencies by @jdx in [#7736](jdx/mise#7736)
- lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in [#7749](jdx/mise#7749)

### Chore

- bump xx to 2.3.1 by @jdx in [#7753](jdx/mise#7753)

### New Contributors

- @collinstevens made their first contribution in [#7744](jdx/mise#7744)
- @makp0 made their first contribution in [#7738](jdx/mise#7738)
- @vadimpiven made their first contribution in [#7734](jdx/mise#7734)

## [2026.1.4](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.3..v2026.1.4) - 2026-01-17

### 🚀 Features

- **(conda)** add dependency locking for reproducible installations by @jdx in [#7708](jdx/mise#7708)
- **(http)** add JSON filter syntax for version extraction by @jdx in [#7707](jdx/mise#7707)
- **(http)** add version_expr support and Tera templating by @jdx in [#7723](jdx/mise#7723)
- **(task)** add [monorepo].config_roots for explicit config root listing by @jdx in [#7705](jdx/mise#7705)
- **(task)** support env vars in task dependencies by @jdx in [#7724](jdx/mise#7724)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(conda)** fix hardcoded library paths in conda packages by @jdx in [#7713](jdx/mise#7713)
- **(env)** avoid venv/go backend deadlock during env resolution by @stk0vrfl0w in [#7696](jdx/mise#7696)
- **(locked)** exempt tool stubs from lockfile requirements by @jdx in [#7729](jdx/mise#7729)
- **(python)** sort CPython versions at end of ls-remote output by @jdx in [#7721](jdx/mise#7721)
- **(task)** resolve remote task files before display and validation commands by @yannrouillard in [#7681](jdx/mise#7681)
- **(task)** support monorepo paths in `mise tasks deps` by @chadxz in [#7699](jdx/mise#7699)
- **(task)** resolve all monorepo path hints in deps by @chadxz in [#7698](jdx/mise#7698)

### 📚 Documentation

- remove outdated roadmap page by @jdx in [#7726](jdx/mise#7726)

### ⚡ Performance

- **(task)** fix task-ls cached performance regression by @jdx in [#7716](jdx/mise#7716)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- replace dependency @tsconfig/node22 with @tsconfig/node24 by @renovate[bot] in [#7618](jdx/mise#7618)

### 📦 Registry

- add aqua backend for smithy by @jdx in [#7661](jdx/mise#7661)
- remove low-usage asdf plugins by @jdx in [#7701](jdx/mise#7701)
- disable mirrord test by @jdx in [#7703](jdx/mise#7703)
- use vfox-dotnet as default backend by @jdx in [#7704](jdx/mise#7704)
- use vfox-lua as default lua backend by @jdx in [#7706](jdx/mise#7706)
- add vfox backend for redis by @jdx in [#7709](jdx/mise#7709)
- use vfox-postgres as default postgres backend by @jdx in [#7710](jdx/mise#7710)
- use github backend for kotlin by @jdx in [#7711](jdx/mise#7711)
- add vfox backend for leiningen by @jdx in [#7714](jdx/mise#7714)
- use pipx backend for meson by @jdx in [#7712](jdx/mise#7712)
- use github backend for crystal by @jdx in [#7715](jdx/mise#7715)
- use conda backend for sqlite by @jdx in [#7718](jdx/mise#7718)
- use conda backend for make by @jdx in [#7719](jdx/mise#7719)
- swift-package-list use github backend by @jdx in [#7720](jdx/mise#7720)

### Chore

- increase macos release build timeout to 90 minutes by @jdx in [#7725](jdx/mise#7725)

### New Contributors

- @yannrouillard made their first contribution in [#7681](jdx/mise#7681)
- @stk0vrfl0w made their first contribution in [#7696](jdx/mise#7696)

## [2026.1.3](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.2..v2026.1.3) - 2026-01-16

### 🚀 Features

- **(s3)** add S3 backend for private artifact storage by @jdx in [#7668](jdx/mise#7668)
- **(upgrade)** use installed_tool completer for mise upgrade by @jdx in [#7670](jdx/mise#7670)
- **(upgrade)** add --exclude flag to mise upgrade command by @jdx in [#7669](jdx/mise#7669)
- add no hooks and no env flags by @aacebedo in [#7560](jdx/mise#7560)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(backend)** allow upgrading vfox backend tools with symlinked installations by @TyceHerrman in [#7012](jdx/mise#7012)
- **(backend)** reject architecture mismatches in asset selection by @jdx in [#7672](jdx/mise#7672)
- **(backend)** canonicalize symlink target before installs check by @jdx in [#7671](jdx/mise#7671)
- **(npm)** avoid circular dependency when npm is in dependencies by @AprilNEA in [#7644](jdx/mise#7644)
- **(self-update)** skip update when already at latest version by @jdx in [#7666](jdx/mise#7666)
- fall back to GITHUB_TOKEN for github.com by @subdigital in [#7667](jdx/mise#7667)
- GitHub token fallback by @subdigital in [#7673](jdx/mise#7673)
- inherit tasks from parent configs in monorepos by @chadxz in [#7643](jdx/mise#7643)

### 📚 Documentation

- **(contributing)** update registry examples by @scop in [#7660](jdx/mise#7660)
- **(contributing)** update registry PR title rule by @scop in [#7663](jdx/mise#7663)
- remove 404 link from contributing by @opswole in [#7692](jdx/mise#7692)
- clarify that backend plugins should sort the version list by @ofalvai in [#7680](jdx/mise#7680)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:alpine docker digest to 11f659e by @renovate[bot] in [#7685](jdx/mise#7685)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:copr docker digest to 3adaea4 by @renovate[bot] in [#7686](jdx/mise#7686)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:deb docker digest to 8bbca53 by @renovate[bot] in [#7687](jdx/mise#7687)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:rpm docker digest to de81415 by @renovate[bot] in [#7688](jdx/mise#7688)
- update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/rust:1 docker digest to 282e805 by @renovate[bot] in [#7690](jdx/mise#7690)
- update rust docker digest to bed2d7f by @renovate[bot] in [#7691](jdx/mise#7691)

### 📦 Registry

- add oh-my-posh by @scop in [#7659](jdx/mise#7659)
- add bibtex-tidy (npm:bibtex-tidy) by @3w36zj6 in [#7677](jdx/mise#7677)
- remove misconfigured bin_path option from kscript by @risu729 in [#7693](jdx/mise#7693)

### New Contributors

- @AprilNEA made their first contribution in [#7644](jdx/mise#7644)
- @opswole made their first contribution in [#7692](jdx/mise#7692)
- @subdigital made their first contribution in [#7673](jdx/mise#7673)
- @aacebedo made their first contribution in [#7560](jdx/mise#7560)
netbsd-srcmastr pushed a commit to NetBSD/pkgsrc that referenced this pull request Jan 25, 2026
## [2026.1.5](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.4..v2026.1.5) - 2026-01-19

### 🚀 Features

- **(complete)** add PowerShell completion support by @jdx in [#7746](jdx/mise#7746)
- **(release)** add LLM-generated prose summary to release notes by @jdx in [#7737](jdx/mise#7737)
- **(vfox)** add semver Lua module for version sorting by @jdx in [#7739](jdx/mise#7739)
- **(vfox)** add rolling release support with checksum tracking by @jdx in [#7757](jdx/mise#7757)
- dry filetask parsing and validation by @makp0 in [#7738](jdx/mise#7738)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(completions)** bump usage-cli to 2.13.1 for PowerShell support by @jdx in [#7756](jdx/mise#7756)
- schema missing env required string variant by @vadimpiven in [#7734](jdx/mise#7734)
- validate unknown fields in filetask headers by @makp0 in [#7733](jdx/mise#7733)
- disable schemacrawler test by @jdx in [#7743](jdx/mise#7743)
- replace double forward slash with single slash in get_task_lists by @collinstevens in [#7744](jdx/mise#7744)
- require LLM for release notes and include aqua section by @jdx in [#7745](jdx/mise#7745)
- preserve {{ version }} in tool options during config load by @jdx in [#7755](jdx/mise#7755)

### 📚 Documentation

- add documentation URL structure guidance to CLAUDE.md by @jdx in [#7740](jdx/mise#7740)
- add pitchfork promotion by @jdx in [#7747](jdx/mise#7747)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- relax version constraints and update dependencies by @jdx in [#7736](jdx/mise#7736)
- lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in [#7749](jdx/mise#7749)

### Chore

- bump xx to 2.3.1 by @jdx in [#7753](jdx/mise#7753)

### New Contributors

- @collinstevens made their first contribution in [#7744](jdx/mise#7744)
- @makp0 made their first contribution in [#7738](jdx/mise#7738)
- @vadimpiven made their first contribution in [#7734](jdx/mise#7734)

## [2026.1.4](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.3..v2026.1.4) - 2026-01-17

### 🚀 Features

- **(conda)** add dependency locking for reproducible installations by @jdx in [#7708](jdx/mise#7708)
- **(http)** add JSON filter syntax for version extraction by @jdx in [#7707](jdx/mise#7707)
- **(http)** add version_expr support and Tera templating by @jdx in [#7723](jdx/mise#7723)
- **(task)** add [monorepo].config_roots for explicit config root listing by @jdx in [#7705](jdx/mise#7705)
- **(task)** support env vars in task dependencies by @jdx in [#7724](jdx/mise#7724)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(conda)** fix hardcoded library paths in conda packages by @jdx in [#7713](jdx/mise#7713)
- **(env)** avoid venv/go backend deadlock during env resolution by @stk0vrfl0w in [#7696](jdx/mise#7696)
- **(locked)** exempt tool stubs from lockfile requirements by @jdx in [#7729](jdx/mise#7729)
- **(python)** sort CPython versions at end of ls-remote output by @jdx in [#7721](jdx/mise#7721)
- **(task)** resolve remote task files before display and validation commands by @yannrouillard in [#7681](jdx/mise#7681)
- **(task)** support monorepo paths in `mise tasks deps` by @chadxz in [#7699](jdx/mise#7699)
- **(task)** resolve all monorepo path hints in deps by @chadxz in [#7698](jdx/mise#7698)

### 📚 Documentation

- remove outdated roadmap page by @jdx in [#7726](jdx/mise#7726)

### ⚡ Performance

- **(task)** fix task-ls cached performance regression by @jdx in [#7716](jdx/mise#7716)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- replace dependency @tsconfig/node22 with @tsconfig/node24 by @renovate[bot] in [#7618](jdx/mise#7618)

### 📦 Registry

- add aqua backend for smithy by @jdx in [#7661](jdx/mise#7661)
- remove low-usage asdf plugins by @jdx in [#7701](jdx/mise#7701)
- disable mirrord test by @jdx in [#7703](jdx/mise#7703)
- use vfox-dotnet as default backend by @jdx in [#7704](jdx/mise#7704)
- use vfox-lua as default lua backend by @jdx in [#7706](jdx/mise#7706)
- add vfox backend for redis by @jdx in [#7709](jdx/mise#7709)
- use vfox-postgres as default postgres backend by @jdx in [#7710](jdx/mise#7710)
- use github backend for kotlin by @jdx in [#7711](jdx/mise#7711)
- add vfox backend for leiningen by @jdx in [#7714](jdx/mise#7714)
- use pipx backend for meson by @jdx in [#7712](jdx/mise#7712)
- use github backend for crystal by @jdx in [#7715](jdx/mise#7715)
- use conda backend for sqlite by @jdx in [#7718](jdx/mise#7718)
- use conda backend for make by @jdx in [#7719](jdx/mise#7719)
- swift-package-list use github backend by @jdx in [#7720](jdx/mise#7720)

### Chore

- increase macos release build timeout to 90 minutes by @jdx in [#7725](jdx/mise#7725)

### New Contributors

- @yannrouillard made their first contribution in [#7681](jdx/mise#7681)
- @stk0vrfl0w made their first contribution in [#7696](jdx/mise#7696)

## [2026.1.3](https://github.com/jdx/mise/compare/v2026.1.2..v2026.1.3) - 2026-01-16

### 🚀 Features

- **(s3)** add S3 backend for private artifact storage by @jdx in [#7668](jdx/mise#7668)
- **(upgrade)** use installed_tool completer for mise upgrade by @jdx in [#7670](jdx/mise#7670)
- **(upgrade)** add --exclude flag to mise upgrade command by @jdx in [#7669](jdx/mise#7669)
- add no hooks and no env flags by @aacebedo in [#7560](jdx/mise#7560)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(backend)** allow upgrading vfox backend tools with symlinked installations by @TyceHerrman in [#7012](jdx/mise#7012)
- **(backend)** reject architecture mismatches in asset selection by @jdx in [#7672](jdx/mise#7672)
- **(backend)** canonicalize symlink target before installs check by @jdx in [#7671](jdx/mise#7671)
- **(npm)** avoid circular dependency when npm is in dependencies by @AprilNEA in [#7644](jdx/mise#7644)
- **(self-update)** skip update when already at latest version by @jdx in [#7666](jdx/mise#7666)
- fall back to GITHUB_TOKEN for github.com by @subdigital in [#7667](jdx/mise#7667)
- GitHub token fallback by @subdigital in [#7673](jdx/mise#7673)
- inherit tasks from parent configs in monorepos by @chadxz in [#7643](jdx/mise#7643)

### 📚 Documentation

- **(contributing)** update registry examples by @scop in [#7660](jdx/mise#7660)
- **(contributing)** update registry PR title rule by @scop in [#7663](jdx/mise#7663)
- remove 404 link from contributing by @opswole in [#7692](jdx/mise#7692)
- clarify that backend plugins should sort the version list by @ofalvai in [#7680](jdx/mise#7680)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:alpine docker digest to 11f659e by @renovate[bot] in [#7685](jdx/mise#7685)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:copr docker digest to 3adaea4 by @renovate[bot] in [#7686](jdx/mise#7686)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:deb docker digest to 8bbca53 by @renovate[bot] in [#7687](jdx/mise#7687)
- update ghcr.io/jdx/mise:rpm docker digest to de81415 by @renovate[bot] in [#7688](jdx/mise#7688)
- update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/rust:1 docker digest to 282e805 by @renovate[bot] in [#7690](jdx/mise#7690)
- update rust docker digest to bed2d7f by @renovate[bot] in [#7691](jdx/mise#7691)

### 📦 Registry

- add oh-my-posh by @scop in [#7659](jdx/mise#7659)
- add bibtex-tidy (npm:bibtex-tidy) by @3w36zj6 in [#7677](jdx/mise#7677)
- remove misconfigured bin_path option from kscript by @risu729 in [#7693](jdx/mise#7693)

### New Contributors

- @AprilNEA made their first contribution in [#7644](jdx/mise#7644)
- @opswole made their first contribution in [#7692](jdx/mise#7692)
- @subdigital made their first contribution in [#7673](jdx/mise#7673)
- @aacebedo made their first contribution in [#7560](jdx/mise#7560)
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