vue create gets npm error cb() never called

[mhldtna]

Version

3.0.0-beta.6

Reproduction link

https://codesandbox.io/s/xp4jyxvkxw

Steps to reproduce

vue create FileManagementUI

after upgrading npm and node and vue to their latest-and-greatest

Used these options:

? Please pick a preset: Manually select features
? Check the features needed for your project: (Press to select, to toggle all, to ? Check the features needed for your project: Router, Vuex, Linter
? Pick a linter / formatter config: Airbnb
? Pick additional lint features: (Press to select, to toggle all, to invert select? Pick additional lint features: Lint on save
? Where do you prefer placing config for Babel, PostCSS, ESLint, etc.? In dedicated config files
? Save this as a preset for future projects? No

What is expected?

New project named "FileManagement"

What is actually happening?

Vue CLI v3.0.0-beta.6
✨ Creating project in C:\SpecProOnline\FileManagementUI.
� Initializing git repository...
⚙ Installing CLI plugins. This might take a while...

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\MLINEHA\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-04-24T23_47_12_566Z-debug.log
ERROR command failed: npm install --loglevel error

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Reproduces very reliably.

Using Windows 8.1.

[mhldtna]

Reference npm/npm#20429 for a corresponding npm issue since it is not clear whether this is a vue-cli or npm bug.

[mhldtna]

Follow-up: I tried exactly the same vue create command, but just took the defaults. All worked fine. So then I did: "vue add vuex", and I got:
`� Installing (at-sign)vue/cli-plugin-vuex...

npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found: @vue/cli-plugin-vuex@latest

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\MLINEHA\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-04-25T20_25_06_684Z-debug.log
ERROR command failed: npm install --loglevel error -D @vue/cli-plugin-vuex`

So I did "npm install (at-sign)vue/cli-plugin-vuex(at-sign)latest" -- and got a similar error.

Conclusion: I guess vue-cli 3 really is beta code and it's too soon to meet my needs.

[yyx990803]

vue add is only for CLI plugins. There is no CLI plugin for Vuex. Vuex is added as an option of the core CLI service.

[Akryum]

@yyx990803 Maybe we could have an option to add vue-router or vuex at a later time to adhere to the progressive nature of the framework?

[mhldtna]

So I wish I hadn't mentioned trying "vue add vuex" because it distracted from the original problem. Please consider the original problem which was that "vue create" did not work when I specified the particular set of options that I requested.

[yyx990803]

The error message explicitly says: This is an error with npm itself.