[Bug]: Bazel Fails to Fetch fast-deep-equal@3.1.3 Due to HTTP 304 Not Modified Error

[Blerr511]

What happened?

I'm encountering an issue where Bazel fails to fetch the fast-deep-equal@3.1.3 package when using the npm_translate_lock rule from Aspect's rules_js. The build process halts with an error indicating that a GET request returned a 304 Not Modified status code, which Bazel does not handle properly.

This issue seems specific to the fast-deep-equal package, as other packages are fetched without any problems.

WARNING: Download from https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz failed: class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.repository.downloader.UnrecoverableHttpException GET returned 304 Not Modified
INFO: Repository npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3 instantiated at:
  /home/user/project/WORKSPACE:113:17: in <toplevel>
  /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/npm/repositories.bzl:49826:15: in npm_repositories
  /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/aspect_rules_js/npm/private/npm_import.bzl:1154:20: in npm_import
Repository rule npm_import_rule defined at:
  /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/aspect_rules_js/npm/private/npm_import.bzl:865:34: in <toplevel>
ERROR: An error occurred during the fetch of repository 'npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3':
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   	File "/home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/aspect_rules_js/npm/private/npm_import.bzl", line 501, column 38, in _npm_import_rule_impl
   		_download_and_extract_archive(rctx, package_json_only = True)
   	File "/home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/aspect_rules_js/npm/private/npm_import.bzl", line 437, column 18, in _download_and_extract_archive
   		rctx.download(
Error in download: java.io.IOException: Error downloading [https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz] to /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3/package.tgz: GET returned 304 Not Modified
ERROR: no such package '@@npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3//': java.io.IOException: Error downloading [https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz] to /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/xxxxxxxx/external/npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3/package.tgz: GET returned 304 Not Modified
ERROR: /home/user/project/BUILD.bazel:6:22: //:.aspect_rules_js/node_modules/fast-deep-equal@3.1.3/pkg depends on @@npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3//:pkg in repository @@npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3 which failed to fetch. no such package '@@npm__fast-deep-equal__3.1.3//': java.io.IOException: Error downloading [https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz]...

I've tried bazel clean --expunge , it doesn't help

Version

Bazel Version: 7.2.1 or 6.1.2
rules_ts Version: rules_ts-3.2.0
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Node.js Version: 18.18.2
NPM Version: 9.8.1
PNPM Version: 8.3.1

How to reproduce

1. Set up a Bazel workspace and BUILD files
2. Include fast-deep-equal@3.1.3 as a dependency in your package.json and pnpm-lock.yaml
3. Run a Bazel build command that triggers the fetching of NPM packages:

Any other information?

Here is a minimal codebase for reproducing the issue

https://github.com/Blerr511/bazel-npm-import-issue

[jbedard]

Did you ever resolve this?

The repo you provided seems to fail for other reasons, can you update that if you're still seeing the issue?